Puzzles
of the Month
1. Replace each letter by a digit.
Each letter must be represented by the same
digit and no beginning letter of a word can be 0.
O N E
O N E
O N E
O N E
-------
T E N
Ans: 0 =1, N = 8 ,E = 2, T = 7
2. Ann, Boobie, Cathy and Dave are at their
monthly business meeting.
Their occupations are author, biologist,
chemist and doctor, but not necessarily in that order.
Dave just told the biologist that Cathy was
on her way with doughnuts.
Ann is sitting across from the doctor and
next to the chemist.
The doctor was thinking that Boobie was a
goofy name for parent's to choose,but didn't say anything.
What is each person's occupation?
Ans: Since Dave spoke to the
biologist and Ann sat next to the chemist and across the doctor, Cathy must be
the author
and Ann the biologist.
The doctor didn't speak, but
David did, so Bobbie is the doctor and Dave the chemist.
3. Sometime after 10:00 PM a murder took
place.
A witness claimed that the clock must have
stopped at the time of the shooting.
It was later found that the postion of both
the hands were the same but their positions had interchanged.
Tell the time of the shooting (both actual
and claimed).
Ans: Time of shooting = 11:54
PM
Claimed Time = 10:59 PM
4. Next number in the series is
1 , 2 ,
4 , 13 , 31 , 112 , ?
Ans: 224.
No number has digits more than
4. All of them are 1 , 2, 4, 8 , 16 , 32 , 64 converted to numbers in base 5
5. Shahrukh speaks truth only in the morning
and lies in the afternoon, whereas Salman speaks truth only in the afternoon. A
says that B is Shahrukh. Is it morning or afternoon and who is A - Shahrukh or
Salman.
Ans: Afternoon ; A is Salman.
6. Two trains starting at same time, one from
Bangalore to Mysore and other in opposite direction arrive at their
destination 1 hr and 4 hours respectively
after passing each other. How nuch faster is one train from other?
Ans: Twice
7. There are 6 volumes of books on a rack
kept in order ( ie vol.1, vol. 2 and so on ).
Give the position after the following changes
were noticed.
·
All
books have been changed
·
Vol.5
was directly to the right of Vol.2
·
Vol.4
has Vol.6 to its left and both weren't at Vol.3's place
·
Vol.1
has Vol.3 on right and Vol.5 on left
·
An
even numbered volume is at Vol.5's place
Find the order in which the books are kept
now.
Ans: 2 , 5 , 1 , 3 , 6 , 4
8. I bought a car with a peculiar 5 digit
numbered licence plate which on reversing could still be read.
On reversing value is increased by
78633.Whats the original number if all digits were different?
Ans: Only 0 1 6 8 and 9 can be
readupside down.So on rearranging these digits we get the answer as 10968
9. The shape in the sketch below is that of a
square attached to half of a similar square. Divide it into four equal pieces
Ans: Hint: the figure can be
divided into 12 equal triangles
10. Supposing a clock takes 7 seconds to
strike 7. How mlong will it take to strike 10?
Ans: 10 1/2 seconds.
