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%
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%
An electrician’s brother died and left 10 lakh rupees to his only brother. The money was paid out but the electrician did not receive a single rupee. How is this possible?
Popularity: 1%
A worker has a piece of metal that is 80 cm square. He needs to make an open box that has the greatest possible volume. He cuts equal square pieces from each corner of the sheet and the remaining piece is bent to form an open box.
What size would the box need to be to obtain the maximum possible volume and how much would it hold?
Popularity: 1%
There is a five-letter word that contains three consonants and two vowels. Although the word had five letters, three of them are the same. The two vowels are different letters, but the three consonants are all alike.
What is the word?
Popularity: 1%
The stump of a candle is usually thrown away. A clever man found that ten such stumps would make a full candle. As luck would have it, he found a hundred stumps in his house. How many candles could he make?
Popularity: 1%
A group of walkers trekked from Town A to Town B at an average speed of 4 km an hour, and then back from Town B to Town A at a speed of 1 km an hour. The outward journey took one hour less than the return.
How far did they walk on the trip?
Popularity: 1%