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Puzzles
1. P(No collision) = P(All ants go in a clockwise direction) + P( All ants go in an anti-clockwise direction) = 0.5 * 0.5 *
0.5 + 0.5 * 0.5 * 0.5 = 0.25
2. It is 17 mins. 1 and 2 go first, then 1 comes back. Then 7 and 10 go and 2 comes back. Then 1 and 2 go again, it
makes a total of 17 minutes.
3. Day 1: Give A (+1)
Day 2: Get back A, give B (-1, +2)
Day 3: Give A (+1)
Day 4:Get back A and B, give C (-2,-1,+4)
Day 5:Give A (+1)
Day 6:Get back A, give B (-1,+2)
Day 7:Give A (+1)
4. SACHA,JHUTHA,SACHA,JHUTHA,SACHA
5. Two Weighing Weigh 5 single coins from 5 bags vs. 5 single coins from 5 other bags. If they are the same weight,
then the 11th bag has counterfeit coins. If the weight is different, then the difference is between a real and a
counterfeit coin. Use the standard method of taking 1 coin from the 1st bag, two from the 2nd, three from the
3rd, etc. and compare them with 55 coins from the 11th bag (definitely real). The difference divided by the
difference from the first weighing will be the index of the counterfeit bag.
6. The only situation that Alice can tell what color she was wearing was that nobody was wearing blue hat. In this
situation, she must had wearing a blue hat. We can be sure one of the girls in front of Alice was wearing blue hat.
Betty knew the above statement was true. If neither Cindy nor Debbie was not wearing blue hat, then she can be
sure she was wearing blue hat. Obviously she saw a blue hat in front of her. This was why she could not tell. Cindy
had the same situation as Betty. She cold not tell because she saw a blue hat in front of her.Debbie knew all the
above facts. So she told Mrs. Harrison that she was wearing a blue hat.
7. NO CHANGE
8. Since there is no conflict between what they said, it meant that either they both told a lie or both told the truth.
In this case they both told a lie. The answer is the brother is older.
9. This puzzle is very simple if you list out all the cases. Remember that ALL the boxes are wrongly labeled.
Orange box (box 1) can have apples or "apples and oranges".
Apple box (box 2) can have oranges or "apples and oranges".
Mixed box (box 3) can have either apples or oranges but not both.
10. Start the 7 minute sand timer and the 4 minute sand timer.
Once the 4 minute sand timer ends turn it upside down instantly.
Once the 7 minute sand timer ends turn it upside down instantly.
After the 4 minute sand timer ends turn the 7 minute sand timer upside down(it has now minute of sand in it)
So effectively 8 + 1 = 9.
11. Round 1: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59,
61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99
Round 2: 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37, 41, 45, 49, 53, 57, 61, 65, 69, 73, 77, 81, 85, 89, 93, 97
Round 3: 1, 9, 17, 25, 33, 41, 49, 57, 65, 73, 81, 89, 97
Round 4: 9, 25, 41, 57, 73, 89
Round 5: 9, 41, 73
Round 6: 9, 73
Round 7: 73
12. Answer: 500
13. TETRAHYDRON
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15. At the beginning of the first hour feed the rat the Ist bottle. At the start of 2nd-hour feed, the 2nd one and similarly
at the start of 3rd-hour feed, the 3rd bottle. If the rat dies after exactly 10 hrs, the first bottle is poisonous. If it
dies after 11 hours, 2nd one contains poison else the 3rd one is poisonous. In this way, after exactly 12 hours you
would be able to determine the poisonous bottle.
16. 33*49+50=1653
17. Light Rope #1 from both ends.
At the same time light Rope #2 from one end.
When Rope #1 burns fully, it will be 30 minutes and Rope #2 will take 30 more minutes to burn, light the other
end of Rope #2 at this time, thus it will take 15 minutes to burn.
Start cooking your egg at the same point.
Stop cooking when Rope #2 burns fully.
18. On the back of 45, it is 46. The pages are such that for each page p, 65-p will be also on the same page.
Then,
65-45= 20,
65-46 = 19
So the four pages in this sheet are 19, 20, 45, 46.
19. The Prisoner said, ‘I will be shot dead’
If Policeman says the statement is true, the Prisoner will be hanged to death which will make his statement false.
If Policeman says the statement is false, the Prisoner will be shot dead which will make the statement true.
20. Final ranking of height in descending order is : Hritik, Sanjay, Salman, Akshay, Shahrukh. Hence, Hritik is the tallest.
21. The only child of Neeraj's grandmother is Neeraj's father. Now daughter of Neeraj's father is Neeraj's sister. So
answer is sister.
22. These are basically the first alphabets of the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 when written in words.Thus, the next will
be 9-Nine-N. so the answer is N.
23. 4 squares can be made if 3 matches can be moved in the following ways.

24. Mink is looking at her FATHER's portrait.

"my father's daughter" is the Mink herself as she does not have any brothers and sisters. So the statement reduces
to "this man's daughter is myself."
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 ANSWERS TO LAVISH’S QUESTIONS
A2 Yes, at every point there is a married person looking at an unmarried person. The only person whose
information we don’t know is Nisha. Assume Nisha is married, she is looking at Sahil. So, married person is looking
at unmarried person. Now assume Nisha is unmarried, Rahul is looking at Nisha. So even then married person is
looking at an unmarried person.

A3 You have to place them in a star shape with the centre being a pentagon. Each coconut will be placed at the
intersection and meeting point of 2 lines.

A4The last ball will be red. The puzzle is about odds and evens. For instance you pick a red and blue ball, you will
place red ball back inside. The red balls will always be in odd numbers. Hence, the last one will be a red ball.

A5You place 49 white balls in one bowl and 1 white ball in the other mixed with all the balls. The probability of
picking the white ball is ½*1+ ½*49/99 which is approximately ¾.

A6Let the lightbulbs be X, Y and Z. Switch on and off X for 5 to 10 times. Now immediately switch off X and switch
on Y and open the door. The lightbulb which is on is Y. The lightbulb which is hot but off is X. The lightbulb which
is off and cold is Z.

A7The last ball will be red. The puzzle is about odds and evens. For instance you pick a red and blue ball, you will
place red ball back inside. The red balls will always be in odd numbers. Hence, the last one will be a red ball.

A8 You first light up three ends of the two wires. The remaining end you can light up once the first wire is
completely burnt. When the second wire is completely burnt, the time is 45 minutes.

A 9 First, you will get 12 possibilities for the equation XxYxZ = 72. Next, the sum of each of the numbers is added.
You get a variety of numbers but there are two possibilities where the sum is 14. 2+6+6 and 3+3+8. Arun mentioned
that his oldest like chocolate icecream, which meant there is only one older child and hence, the sons ages are 3,3
and 8.
 Technical
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5. The positive integer is 1.
Sum of 1 and 2000 = 1 + 2000 = 2001
Multiplication of 1 and 2000 = 1 * 2000 = 2000
Thus, sum of 1 and 2000 is greater than the multiplication of 1 and 2000.
6.
7. Parallel
8. No friction
9. Yes
10. (i)-transverse, (ii)-longitudinal
11. 12 and 48
12. 1/512
13. 6, 3, 3/2
14. 1023 ways
15. 6P4= 360 ways.
16. Hence the solution is (- 6, 5).
17. Ans-19
18. Runs scored for 1st 20 overs = 100
Total required = 300
So, in the next 20 overs the team has to score 200 runs.
So, run rate required = 200/20 = 10
19. Electron
20. Neutron+proton
21. Atomic number
22. J.J. Thompson
23. Hydrogen
24. 40m