Sample Puzzles
Find below couple of weights and balance scale related puzzle questions. We are also mentioning the difficult level as per our perception. Our opinion may differ from yours.
Weight Puzzle Number 1
Here is a puzzle question of average (2/5; 5/5 is most difficult) difficulty level -
Among 12 identical looking golf balls there is one that is defective in weight. It is either heavier or lighter than the standard one. You have a balance Scale. You can only weigh 3 times to find
Popularity: 7%
Can you find these words from the clues?
If the clue were ‘Behead a mass killing to find amusement’, the answer would be LAUGHTER, since by beheading SLAUGHTER you are left with LAUGHTER.
- Behead a journey by air to find illumination.
- Behead a mark to produce a running competition.
- Behead anger to find your years.
- 4. Behead a seat to get head covering.
- Behead an apparition to find an entertainer of guests.
- Behead a support to get a bat for tennis.
- Behead the result of injury to make a vehicle.
- Behead an old weapon to find a fruit.
- Behead attractiveness to produce damage.
- Behead a section to get lousy insects.
Popularity: 2%
In a day at the library, 64 people borrowed books. Twice as many people borrowed a thriller only as borrowed a science fiction novel only. Three people borrowed a biography only and 11 people borrowed both science fiction and a thriller but not a biography. The same number borrowed a biography and a thriller but not a science fiction as borrowed one of each of the
Popularity: 2%
Age Puzzle
If you are 12 years or over:
Write down your age.
Reverse the figures.
So, if your age is 13, reversing the figures gives 31.
Popularity: 2%
My friend asked me this question: “my grandmother’s age is a perfect square. Also, it is equal to the difference the square of my father’s age and the square of my mother’s age. My father is one year older than my mother. Can you tell me how old my mother is?”
Popularity: 2%
Which of the following words is the odd one out?
- Capricious
- Fickle
- Unstable
- Spurious
- Inconstant
Popularity: 1%
A frog at the bottom of a well climbs up 3 ft every day, but slips back 2 ft during the night. How long will it take to reach the top, if the well is 20 ft deep?
Popularity: 1%
Out of 100 people surveyed, 86 had an egg for breakfast, 75 had cornflakes, 62 had toast, and 82 had coffee. How many people, as least, must have had all four items?
Popularity: 1%
Here are American phrases and isioms that have become common in our country. Do you know what they mean?
1. off the wall
2. greenbacks
3. a grand
4. street-smart
5. yuppie
6. nerd
7. high five
8. spaced out
9. over the top
10. push the envelope
11. double take
12. hype
Popularity: 1%
Rupees Puzzle
A man left Rs. 4800 in his will, to be divided equally among his children who survived him. Sadly, some of his children predeceased him. As a result, each of the remaining children received Rs. 1120 more than they would have otherwise got. How many of their siblings had died?
Popularity: 1%
