A very simple but confusing puzzle A lady buys goods worth Rs 200 from a shopkeeper who sold her the goods at zero profit The lady gives him a 1000 rupee note The shopkeeper gets the change from the next shop and keeps Rs 200 for himself and returns Rs 800 to the lady Later the shopkeeper who gave him the change comes with the 1000 rupee note saying it is duplicate and takes his money back How much LOSS did the shopkeeper suffer?
The Smith family is a very wealthy family that lives in a big circular home One morning Mr Smith woke up and saw a strawberry jam stain on his new carpet He figured out that everyone who was there that morning had a jam sandwich By reading the following excuses figure out who spilled the jam Billy Smith: I was outside playing basketball The Maid: I was dusting the corners of the house Chef: I was starting to make lunch for later Who is lying?
A man went to 4 different temples with some money The moment he went to the 1st temple his money doubled and he donated 100 bucks He went to the 2nd temple his money doubled again; and he donated 100 bucks over there also In the 3rd temple the money doubled once gain; and he again donated 100 bucks over there also While visiting the 4th and the last temple his money doubled and he donated 100 bucks and he was left empty-handed How much money did he leave home with?
Four friends A B C D Need to cross a bridge A maximum of 2 peoples can cross at a time It is night and they have just 1 lamp People that cross the bridge must carry the lamp to see the way A pair must walk together at the speed of slower person Speeds of: A: 1 minute to cross bridge B: 2 minutes to cross bridge C: 7 minutes to cross bridge D: 10 minutes to cross bridge Now the question is What is the total minimum time required by all 4 friends to cross the bridge?
13 people went to a hotel which had 12 rooms and each guest wanted his own room The bell boy solved this problem He asked the thirteenth guest to wait a little with the first guest in room number 1 So in the first room there were two people The bellboy took the third guest to room number 2 the fourth to number 3 and the twelfth guest to room number 11 Then he returned to room number 1 and took the thirteenth guest to room number 12 still vacant How can everybody have his own room?
A man wanted to enter a Club The entry of the members was with a password The man hid besides the wall and tried to overhear the password A member came the guard said 12 and the member replied 6 The watchman let him in Another member came and the guard said 6 the member replied 3 and he was also let in The man deduced that the password is half the number recited by the guard He went confidently and the guard said 8 and the man replied 4 And the guard didn t open the door for him What was the PASSWORD?
There are seven thieves They steal diamonds from a diamond merchant and run away in jungle While running night sets in and they decide to rest in the jungle When everybody s sleeping two of the best friends get up and decide to distribute the diamonds among themselves and run away So they start distributing but find that one diamond was extra So they decide to wake up 3rd one and divide the diamonds again only to their surprise they still find one diamond extra So they decide to wake up the fourth one And again one diamond is spare 5th woken up still one extra 6th still one extra Now they wake up 7th and diamonds are distributed equally How many minimum number of diamonds did they steal?
