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Puzzle-29
Maninder rents a cab for his daily Chandigarh-Sangrur-Chandigarh round-trip. The cab-driver charges his Rs. 200 everyday. One day, the cab driver informs Maninder that there are two students who wish to travel from Patiala to Sangrur and then back to Patiala. Patiala...
Puzzle-28
There is a dinner party going on. Uncle Scrooge said this to Uncle Donald: “Look at how nature is at play here. Just two days ago, Louie was 8. This December, he will turn 10. Next year, he'll be 11 for one day. What a lucky boys, he will be the first man to grow so...
Puzzle-27
Meera was studying for her examinations and the lights went off. It was around 2:00 AM. She lighted two uniform candles of equal length but one thicker than the other. The thick candle is supposed to last six hours and the thin one three hours. When she finally went...
Caprice
Caprice ka mnemonic: Kya? Price phir change! Caprice ka matlab hota hai sudden change, isliye humne isko relate kiya price ke saath. Indians ki life to full of caprice hai, har din hi prices change hoti hain kissi na kissi cheez ki. Something more about...
Puzzle-26
There are 4 jars, placed upside down on a table. Each jar has an identical number of pebbles and a sticker placed on top as a clue which helps us identify the number of marbles in the jars. The stickers placed on the jars are as follows: Two or Three, One or Four,...
Puzzle-25
There is a magical number that will unlock the wealth of a lifetime for Uncle Scrooge. The number opens the lock to a safe and Uncle Scrooge has a tattered piece of paper that has clues written over it. The clues for number are: The number has the same digits as the...
Love affair with dogs continues
Why this section? I never imagined the response I would get when I wrote the first dog-related words post. A lot of mails and suggestions came in, and these mentioned a number of dog-related words (slang included). And geez, I had fun again; sniffing my way around an...
Puzzle-24
In a zoo: I. There were 9 male chimps and their baby chimps. II. There were 2 more female chimps than baby chimps. III. The number of different male-female chimp couples possible was 24. Note that if there were 7 male and 5 female chimps, then the total number of...
Puzzle-23
The year is 1950, when one did get ‘paises’ from a bank. Mahesh went to the bank to withdraw a precise amount of money: A rupeer B paise. But in a bungle at the cash counter, he ended up receiving B rupees and A paise. He spends 20 paise and then realized his mistake....
Decipher
Mnemonic for ‘Decipher’ Decipher bole to sar phir gaya aur phir bhi samajh (decipher) nahi hua! When you try to decipher something, you try to unravel it and understand it. Meanings of Decipher : 1. To interpret or make out the meaning of 2. To translate or convert a...
Puzzle-22
In Mr. Sharma's family, there are one grandfather, one grandmother, two fathers, two mothers, one father-in-law, one mother-in-law, four children, three grandchildren, one brother, two sisters, two sons, two daughters and one daughter-in-law. How many members are...
Puzzle-21
There are 3 persons Ram, Shyam and Ghanshyam. On some day, Ram lent books to Shyam and Ghanshyam as many as they had. After a month Shyam gave as many books to Ram and Ghanshyam as many as they had. After a month Ghanshyam did the same thing. At the end of this...
