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You are given a round glass full of water having capacity of 1 Ltr. You do not have any kind of measurements or any other things. How you will remove water from this glass such that glass will contain exact half of its quantity (500ml).

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.

Nine children are in a house and only these 9 are in house, no-one else in house other than these 9 children. A is ironing. B is watching TV C is playing Foosball D is listening radio E is bathing F is sleeping G is dressing I is cooking So what is H doing ? For Hint: Click Here Hint will be uploaded in 1 Day.

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.

Two deaf and dumb guys Ramesh and Suresh went to bus station. They wanted to take ticket to Kalyan station from thane and ticket cost per person is 50rs. Ramesh gave him 100rs and Ticket master gave him two tickets without looking at him. How did ticket master get to know that he wants two tickets not one as ticket master did not even seen his face ? For Hint: Click Here He did not gave 100rs Note.

In a basket of Mangoes, when counted in twos, there was one extra when counted in threes, there were two extra when counted in fours, there were three extra when counted in fives, there were four extra when counted in sixes, there were five extra. However, if the mangoes were counted in sevens, no extra mango was left. Can you calculate the minimum number of mangoes that were present in the basket ?

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.

On my way to Temple, I saw a man with 7 wives. Each wife had 7 sacks. Each sack had 7 cats. Each cat had 7 kittens. Kitten, cats, sacks, wives, How many livings were going to Temple?

Circle exact four numbers to get sum of 12.                     1    6     1                     6    1     6                     1    6     1                     6    1     6                     1    6     1                     6    1     6

An old man was sitting in his hotel room when he heard a knock on the door. he opened the door and found that a man was standing outside.  The man said, "Oh! I am really sorry, I thought this was my room." He then walked through the corridor to the elevator. The old man did not know the man. he closed his door and called the security asking them to arrest the man. What made him suspicious of that man? He might have been genuinely mistaken.

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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...

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: