Teasers
Description: Test (Terser Question) | |
Number of Questions: 30 | |
Created by: Shankara Prabhu | |
Tags: Test (Terser Question) Mental Ability |
There are 6 pairs of black gloves and 5 pairs of white gloves. They all are put into a box and gloves are drawn one at a time. To ensure that at least one pair of black gloves is drawn out, what is the number of gloves required to be drawn out?
A bear is facing south. He walks 5 km to his front, then turns right and walks 5 km to his front. He then turns right and walks 5 km to his front. He again turns right and walks 5 km to his front. He is now facing south. What is the colour of the bear?
Pick the odd one out.
A farmer in UP owns a beautiful mango tree. He supplies fruit to a nearby grocery store. The store owner has called the farmer to see how much fruit is available for him to purchase. The farmer knows that the main trunk has 24 branches. Each branch has 12 boughs and each bough has 6 twigs. If each twig bears one piece of fruit, how many guavas will the farmer be able to sell?
A boy has 10 pairs of white socks and 10 pairs of black socks. He can pick only one piece each time. How many pieces of socks does he have to pick before he necessarily gets at least one matching pair?
Triangle 1 has length of sides as 30 m, 40 m and 50 m respectively. Triangle 2 has length of sides as 25 m, 35 m and 60 m respectively. Which triangle has the bigger area?
No matter how adverse the conditions may become for the people of the Arctic, they will never hunt and eat a penguin. Why so?
In a naval exercise, two ships travel towards each other on a straight line beginning 90 nautical miles apart. One ship travels at 40 knots and the other travels at 50 knots. The exercise consists of a boat travelling to and fro between the ships transporting men and materials according to a set clockwork precise plan. The boat starts its voyage having been launched from the faster ship, and it sails at a speed of 70 knots. As soon as it reaches the destination ship, all three vessels come to a stop immediately. When the boat has done its job, all 3 vessels again start moving at the same speed. The boat leaves the slower ship, turns around and sails back at the same speed. When it reaches the faster ship again, the process is repeated and so on and so forth till the time the two ships meet each other. The boat consumes 0.5 barrels of fuel per nautical mile travelled either way. How many barrels of fuel are consumed by the boat?
What will be the next number in the given series? 61, 52, 63, 94,.....,
A piece of ice with a small stone embedded in it is floating in a glass full of water. What will happen to the level of water when ice melts?
A shop sells 1 chocolate @ Re.1 each. You can exchange 3 wrappers for 1 chocolate. If you have Rs. 75, how many chocolates will you get?
A boat with a man and some stones in it is floating in a pool of water. The man in the boat starts throwing the stones one by one in the water. What will happen to the level of water when he has thrown all stones in the water?
An electric train in the southern continent of Australia is going 40 mph north, and the wind is blowing 60 mph south. Which way is the train’s smoke blowing?
There is a basket full of hats. Three of them are red and two of them are blue. There are 3 men; Timothy, Imran and Jatin. Jatin is colour blind for both these colours. They each take a hat out of the basket and put it on their heads without seeing the hat they selected or the hats the other men selected. The men arrange themselves in such a manner so that Timothy can see Imran and Jatin's hats, Imran can see Jatin's hat and Jatin can't see anyone's hat. However, they can hear each other. Also, they do know the initial number of red and blue hats. Timothy is asked what colour his hat is and he says he doesn't know. Imran is asked the same question, and he also doesn't know. Finally, Jatin is asked the question, and he does know. What colour is his hat?
There are 17 pairs of black gloves and 15 pairs of white gloves. They all are put into a box and gloves are drawn 1 at a time. What is the minimum number of gloves required to be drawn out to get at least 1 correct pair of gloves (either white or black)?
There are 30 socks in a drawer. 60% of the socks are red and the rest are blue. What is the minimum number of socks that must be taken from the drawer without looking to be certain that atleast two blue socks have been chosen?
Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
In a trapezoid, the lengths of the two parallel sides are 12 units and 20 units. If one of the oblique sides has length 6 units, then the length of the other oblique side must be
You have nine balls. All weigh the same, except for one which is heavier. You have a weighing balance. What is the minimum number of weighings required to pick the heavy ball?
A toyboat is floating in a tub full of water. It develops a small hole and sinks to the bottom. What will happen to the level of water in the tub?
If you were participating in Raid De Himalaya in a modified jonga and you passed a gypsy in 3rd place, how many vehicles are ahead of you?
An intelligent trader travels from one place to another carrying 3 sacks having 30 coconuts each. No sack can hold more than 30 coconuts. On the way, he passes through 30 checkpoints and on each checkpoint, he has to give one coconut for each sack he is carrying. How many coconuts are left in the end?
An ant wants to travel from one corner of the floor of a cubical room to the diagonally opposite corner of the ceiling. The length of 1 side of the room is 10 ft. What is the shortest possible distance travelled by the ant?
A ship anchored in a port has a ladder which hangs over the side. The length of the ladder is 200 cm, the distance between each rung is 20 cm and the bottom rung touches the water. The tide rises at a rate of 10cm an hour. When will the water reach the fifth rung?
If 1 + 1 = 0 2 + 2 = 2 3 + 3 = 24, then 4 + 4 = ?
Directions: Read the following information and answer the given question.
Four friends A, B, C and D need to cross a bridge. A maximum of 2 persons can cross at a time. It is night and they have just 1 lamp. Persons actually crossing the bridge must carry the lamp to see the way. A pair must walk together only at the speed of the slower person. The speeds are: A: 1 minute to cross the bridge B: 2 minutes to cross the bridge C: 7 minutes to cross the bridge D: 10 minutes to cross the bridge
What is the total minimum time required for all the 4 friends to cross the bridge?
A communication tower needs to be located for 3 villages (in a triangle) so that all receive the same intensity/strength of signal. Where would it be ideally located?
A man wears socks of 2 colours - black and brown. He has 20 black socks and 20 brown socks in a bag. Suppose that he has to take out the socks in the dark. How many must he take to ensure that he has a matching pair?
Sylvester was born on 27th December, yet his birthday always falls in the summer. Which country could not be the possible home of Sylvester?
You are given two identical plastic balls, which you can drop from various floors of a building to carry out your experiment. If a ball doesn't break after being dropped, it may be reused without suffering any loss of quality. But if both balls break before you have reached the highest floor, then the experiment is a failure. What is the least number of times you must drop the balls in order to reach the highest floor?