Basics & Puzzles

You are having a gold bar and you need a worker to finish some work at your home.  Work will be finished in exact 7 days. You need to pay worker every day with equal part of the gold bar.  You are allowed to make two breaks in the Gold bar.  So how you will be going to pay to the worker ? Note: You need to pay equal part of Gold bar everyday.

There are 200 apples in basket, out of which 99% apples are Red apple. How many red apples must be removed to make the percentage of Red apple 98% ? For Hint: Click Here To make Red apple 98%, you need to make other apples count as 2. Currently basket have 2 other apples.

Can you place 8 queens on the board in a manner that none of the queens can attack each other? Note: Queen moves horizontal, vertical and diagonally. Please see below image for reference.

A man is staying on an island covered in forest.  One day, when the wind is blowing from the west, lightning strikes the west end of the island and sets fire to the forest. The fire is very violent, burning everything in its path, and without intervention the fire will burn the whole island, killing the man in the process.  There are cliffs around the island, so he cannot jump off. How can the man survive the fire? (There are no buckets or any other means to put out the fire) Click Here for Solution

T hree friends A, B, and C are talking to each other about the art collection of Leonardo. A says: "Leonardo has at least four paintings of Hussain." B says: "No, he has less than four paintings of  Hussain ." "According to me," says C, " Leonardo  has at least one painting of Hussain." If you know that only one of the three friends is right, how many paintings does Leonardo possess ?

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...