Puzzle: A man has two ropes of varying thickness (Those two ropes are not identical, they aren’t the same density nor the same length nor the same width). Each rope burns in 60 minutes. He actually wants to measure 45 mins. How can he measure 45 mins using only these two ropes. He can’t cut … Read More →
Inverted Cards Puzzle
Problem: One day, Santa and banta were playing cards, but suddenly power went off. Santa randomly inverted position of 15 cards out of 52 cards(and shuffled it) and asked banta to divide the card in two piles with equal number of cards facing up. It was very dark in the room and banta could not … Read More →
Red and Blue Balls in a Bag
Problem: You have 20 Blue balls and 10 Red balls in a bag. You put your hand in the bag and take off two at a time. If they’re of the same color, you add a Blue ball to the bag. If they’re of different colors, you add a Red ball to the bag. What … Read More →
100 Wrong Statements puzzle
Puzzle: There are 100 statements. 1st one says : at least one is wrong. 2nd one says : at least two are wrong. 3rd one says : at least three are wrong. 4th one says : at least four are wrong. and so on. 100th one says : at least 100 are wrong. How many statements … Read More →
Riding Against the Wind Puzzle
Problem: A horse rider went a mile in 5 minutes with the wind and returned in 7 minutes against the wind. How fast could he ride a mile if there was no wind? Solution: Most of us will proceed like that if a rider goes a mile in 2 minutes with the wind, and returns … Read More →
Cashier’s Puzzle
Problem: An engineer goes to a bank with a check of $200 and asks the cashier “Give me some one-dollar bills, ten times as many twos and the balance in fives!”. What will the cashier do? Solution: The smallest amount of one-dollar and two-dollar bills the cashier may give to the old man is 1×1 … Read More →
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