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Puzzles Questions

What are puzzles?

Puzzle in simple terms is defined as a problem designed to test ingenuity or knowledge. They have become an integral part of few competitive exams and entrance tests. They are devised with intent to test the knowledge of to-be-solver.

What are different types of puzzles?

There are different types, which are devised with a specific intent to test a person’s ability to interpret and solve the problem. Different type of puzzles are :

  • Math
  • Number
  • Logic
  • Clock
  • Missing letter
  • Word

What exams have puzzles?

Almost every competitive exams have puzzles. They are most commonly found in competitive exams like : CAT, MAT, XAT, Bank P.O.s, AIEEE, GATE, TOEFL, GRE, and GATE etc. In these exams, mostly arithmetic, math, number, and logic puzzles.

How to solve puzzles?

To solve, one needs to interpret the questions properly and understand the sequence in the problem Is designed. By understanding the sequence, it becomes easier to solve a problem. Understanding the sequence of a puzzle requires strong logical ability and a creative thought pattern. The key is to solve as many different puzzles as possible to improve the thought process and gain expertise over different ways of solving a problem.

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Q:

What has two hands but no arms or legs?

Answer

A Clock has 3 hands i.e, an Hour hand, a Minute hand and a Seconds hand.

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Q:

What comes down but never goes up?

Answer

Rain is what only comes down but never goes up.

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Q:

You are my brother, but I am not your brother.

Answer

I am your SISTER.

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Logical puzzle

You want to send a secret message to your friend Alex in the mail. But Sam, who you don't trust, has access to all your mail. So you put your message in a box with a lock. But you are not allowed to send a key! How can you get your message through securely?

Answer

- Send the box with the lock to Alex. 


- Alex can't open it, but can put another lock on the box. 


- Alex sends this box with the 2 locks back to you, you unlock your lock and send it back to Alex again.


- So there is just Alex's lock on the box and Alex can now open it.

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I am the first on Earth, the second in Heaven. I appear two times in a week you can only see me once in a year. Although I am in the middle of the sea, l am not found in month, but l am in February, June, September, October, November & December.

Who am I?

Answer

The letter 'E'.


As of the above given data,


It is in the 1st place in Earth, 2nd in Heaven and in the middle of the Sea.


It appears once in a Year and twice in a Week.


It is present in February, June, September, October, November & December.


But not in the Month.


 


Hence, it is the letter 'E'.

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Logical puzzle

Dr.Will wants to operate for three different persons who were wounded. But he had only two surgical gloves. There is not any blood contact between the three persons. How can Dr.Will operate for the three people with two pair of surgical gloves?

Answer

First, Dr.Will wear both of the gloves, one above the other. He operate the first person. After finishing he remove the outer pair of gloves as inside out and place it in a tray. Then operate the second person. Now he will wear the first gloves as inside out above the second gloves. Operate the third person. At last he remove the gloves and dispose them.

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Logical puzzle

At a restaurant, how could you choose one out of three desserts with equal probability with the help of a coin? What if the coin is biased and the bias is unknown?

Answer

Our solution:


Toss the coin twice.
Let TH, HT and TT correspond to the three choices.
And if you get HH, just repeat (so it takes 8/3 tosses on average).


BIASED COIN

If the coin was biased, TH and HT would occur with equal probability.
So you could assign THHT, HTTH and THTH to the three choices, with other 4-toss outcomes rejected.
Or you could assign HTT, THT and TTH to the three choices, with other 3-toss outcomes rejected.

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Logical puzzle

You have 10 coins….arrange them in 4 straight lines such that each line contains 4 coins.

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