Answer :
The man is very short and so can only reach half of the lift buttons ! However if it is raining, then he will have his umbrella with him and so can press the buttons with it.
2. A man collects cigarette stubs and makes one full
cigarette with every 8 stubs.
If he gets 64 stubs how many
full cigarettes can he smoke.
Answer:
8+1=9
3. In 1990, a person is 15 years old. In 1995 that same person is 10 years old. How is this possible?
Answer :
The dates are in B.C.
4. It takes exactly one hour for an ununiformed cross sectional rope to burn when ignited at one end. How it can be used to measure the time duration of half hour?
Answer :
If ignited at both the ends when rope is in horizontal position it will burn in half hour.
5. " How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing is wrong with it at all, and, in fact, nothing is. But it is unusual . Why? If you study it, you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it with out coaching. No doubt, if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you. Who knows? Go to work and try your skill. "
Answer:
The letter "e" , the most used of all the letters is missing from the text.
6. If a clock takes 2 secs. to strike 2 0'clock, how long does it take to strike 3 0'clock?
Answer:
4 sec. It is 2 secs. between successive strikes.
7. Write a mathematical expression having a value of 24, using four zeroes.
Answer:
(0!+0!+0!+0!)!
8. If 5 apples are in a basket, how do you divide them among 5 persons so that each one gets an apple, no apple is cut, and one apple remains in the basket.
Answer:
Give last person his apple in the basket
9. If a man at the north pole walks 10 miles south, then 10 miles east & then 10 miles north, how far would he be from the starting point?
Answer:
He would be right back from where he started. Remember that he is at north pole !
10. What time is it if the clock strikes thirteen?
Answer:
Time to repair the clock
11. A number of persons were engaged to do a piece of work , which would have occupied them 24 hours if they had commenced at the same time; but instead of doing so, they commenced at equal intervals & then continued to work till the whole work was finished, the payment being proportional to the work done by each. The first-comer received 11 times as much as the last; find the time occupied to complete the work?
Answer:
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