Basics & Puzzles

Nidhi was sitting at her study table, home alone, on a cold and stormy night.  She was reading her books when she heard faint footsteps. Nidhi got out of her room and looked around when suddenly, without warning, she was grabbed by the neck. She tried to scream but it came out as a mere whimper as the intruder was pressing hard against her throat with his arm.  "Give me all your money!" growled the man who had grabbed her from behind. "Th-there is none h-here! Please ll-let me go!" cried Nidhi. "Don't LIE TO ME!" screamed the increasingly agitated man. She felt the man strengthen his grip around her neck. She said nothing and a few seconds passed by in silence.  Suddenly the phone rang which alerted both of them. "People will get suspicious if I don't answer the phone," said Nidhi, with a controlled voice. The intruder let her go. "Alright, but NO funny business, or ELSE!" said the nervous intruder. Nidhi wa

Six Juice canes are in a row. The first three canes are filled with juice and last three are empty. By using only one cane, can you arrange them so that the full and empty canes are alternate ?

An International competition is organized on knockout terms in  November 2013. The final contestants are from Britain and  America respectively. Both of them are handed over the final  test paper which they have to fill for evaluation. They have to  write their names and date on the paper. When the  evaluators are handed over the sheets, they find out that  both  the guys have same name. In no manner can they  identify  which sheet belongs to whom. Can you identify the date on which the competition was held? Click here for solution

Move only one digit and rectify the equation: 101 - 102 = 1

There were five people were going to church and all of sudden its started raining. Four of them got wet and while one still stayed dry. Hows this possible ?  Note: They were not carrying any umbrella or having any shelter near by.

You are participating in a race. You overtake the last person. What position are you in? Click here for Solution:

One day, a Circle inspector(CI) was told that the police commissioner will be visiting police station in next 2 days. Police comissioner can ask questions related to their circle and if all question answered, then he will award that station best police station award. CI will have liberty to choose any person for answering the question.     CI knows that all of his Juniors does not have all information about their area. CI is yours friend and seek help from you. How will you give him advice so that he can instruct his juniors to maximise the chances of receiving a correct answer for each question ?  Click here for Solution:

What comes first - Chicken or Egg ?? Give your reply with reason. Click here for Solution

Ram and shyam have 100 rupees between them. Ram have 99 Rupees more than Shyam. How much amount does each have ? 

An old man lives alone in a flat. Because of his age , he is not able to move comfortably and hence most of the things used to be delivered to his house. On Friday while delivering the mail , postman feels something suspicious in the flat and try to look inside through the key hole and he saw a blood filled body of the old man. CID arrived the scene.  On the outside of flat, he found two bottles of warm milk, Tuesday newspaper, some unopened mails, some gifts. CID waste no time to find the murderer. Who was the murderer ?

A Girl wanted to enter an pub but did not know the  password that was required. She waited by the door and  listened.A club member knocked on the door and the  doorman said, "twelve." The member replied, "six " and was  let in.A second member came to the door and the doorman said,  "six." The member replied, "three" and was let in.The Girl  thought she had heard enough and walked up to the door.  The doorman said ,"ten" and the girl replied, "five. "But She was not let in. What should have she said?

Bobby jasoos reviewed the information they had on the case so far.  A Girl named 'Anushka' was found shot and they already had a list of suspects - Ankit , Tarun, Harish, Manoj and Manish.  Killer is a fan of Bobby  and challenge her by leaving notes at various places. * The first was found in a toilet room. Toilet room was too much in bad condition. * The second was found in an art room. Art room were having lots of costly paintings. * The third was in a restroom. In restroom she found a bandage and a knife. * the fourth in an underwater room. * The fifth at the no smoking room. She found cigarette buds.  All of the notes read the same thing, 'The clues are where you find the notes.' Yet, nothing was found at anyplace the notes were.  Bobby the genius , immediately solved the case.   Who was the killer ?

A man has two sons. he has treated them equally and has not put any sort of discrimination between them. Now, he owns a land which he wants to divide equally between his sons So that he can go for pilgrimage. The only problem is that the land is not in any symmetrical shape and thus can’t simply be divided into two equal halves. You are the only intelligent person in town. He called you and asked for a solution. Can you figure out a method to divide the land without going through all the extensive measurements such that both sons are happy with their share of land ?

2+3=8, 3+7=27, 4+5=32, 5+8=60, 6+7=72, 7+8=?? Solve it?

Suppose we lay down two cups in front of you. One of the cups is filled with tea and the other one with coffee. Now we ask you to take a spoonful of tea and mix it with the coffee. At this moment, the coffee cup has a mixture of tea and coffee. You have to take that mixture (spoonful) and add it back to the tea.  Can you now tell if the cup of coffee has more tea or the cup of tea has more coffee ?       Click here for solution