Saturday, June 15, 2013

Identify the Tallest Person

Puzzle # 15
100 men are arranged in an array of 10 rows and 10 columns according to their heights.Tallest among each row of all are asked to come out. And the shortest among them is A. Similarly after resuming them to their original positions, the shortest among each column are asked to come out. And the tallest among them is B. Now who is taller A or B ? 



  • All the Men are arranged in ascending Order of heights starting from Row#1 and Column # 1 Next person  at Row#1 and Column # 2 so on and so forth.
  • Tallest Person is positioned at Row#10 and Column#10.

A very magical Question, Who is taller A or B? 
Yes it is. Think of it!!


Friday, June 14, 2013

Awesome Magical water jars

Awesome # 2
Water Jar Question: 1
If you had a 5-liter jar and a 3-liter jar and an unlimited access to water, how would you measure exactly 4 liters using the above jars?
NOTE : Empty or completely filled Jars only should be used during measurement



Water Jar Question : 2
Given three jars: 8, 5 and 3 liters capacity, divide 8 liters in half (4 + 4 liters) with the minimum number of water transfers. 
NOTE : That the 8-liter jar initially filled with 8 liters of water and the other two jars are empty and No additional water should be used



Water Jar Question : 3
Given three jars: 7, 4 and 3 liters capacity. Only the 7-liter is full. Pouring the water the fewest number of times, make the quantities of 2, 2, and 3 liters.



Water Jar Question : 4
How can you measure 6 liters of water using only 4 and 9-liter jars?



Water Jar Question : 5
Measure exactly 2 liters of water if you have:
1. 4 and 5-liter jars
2. 4 and 3-liter jars

Awesome IAS / IPS / UPSC Topper Answers

Awesome # 1
Question : 1
How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it?



Question : 2
If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall, how long would it take four men to build it?



Question : 3
If you had three apples and four oranges in one hand and four apples and three oranges in the other hand, what would you have?



Question : 4
How can you lift an elephant with one hand?



Question : 5
How can a man go eight days without sleep?