1. A plane crashed on the border of India and Pakistan.

Where do they bury the

survivors? Answer: Survivors are not buried.
2. Some months have 30 days, some months have 31 days. How many months
have 28 days? Answer: All months have 28 days.
3. You have two buckets - one holds exactly 5 liters and the other 3 liters. How
can you measure 4 liters of water into the 5 liter bucket? (Assume you have an
unlimited supply of water and that there are no measurement markings of any
kind on the buckets.) Answer: Fill up the 3-liter bucket with water and pour it
into the 5-liter bucket. Then fill up the 3-liter bucket again and pour it into the
5-liter bucket until it is full. This will leave 1 liter of space remaining in the 3-
liter bucket. Empty the 5-liter bucket and pour the 1 liter from the 3-liter
bucket into the 5-liter bucket. Finally, fill up the 3-liter bucket and pour it into
the 5-liter bucket to get a total of 4 liters.
4. How can you drop an egg on the floor without breaking it? Answer: Drop the
egg from a very low height or drop it onto a soft surface.
5. Why are manhole covers round? Answer: Manhole covers are round because
they can't fall through the opening they cover, unlike covers that have edges
or corners that could get stuck or allow the cover to fall through.
6. If 7 spiders make 7 webs in 7 days, then how many days are needed for 1
spider to make 1 web? Answer: 1 day. Each spider makes one web in one day.
7. Tom's mother has three children. One is named April, one is named May.
What is the third one named? Answer: The third child's name is Tom.
8. Perform this calculation in your head, mentally adding the numbers as quickly
as you can. Start with 1000 and add 40. Now add 1000. Add 30 to that, then
add another 1000. Now add 20 to that result. Add another 1000 and finally,
add 10 to that. What is the total? Answer: The total is 4100.
9. If you were to spell out the numbers, how far would you have to go before
encountering the letter 'A'? Answer: One thousand.
10. You are standing outside a closed door. On the other side of the door is a
room that has three light bulbs in it. The room is completely sealed off from
the outside. It has no windows and nothing can get in or out except through
the door. On the outside of the room there are three light switches that
control each of the respective light bulbs on the other side of the door. Your
assignment is to determine which light switch controls which light bulb. You
are allowed to enter the room only once, and once you come out, you must
be able to state with 100% certainty which light switch controls which light
bulb. Answer: Turn on the first switch and leave it on for a few minutes. Turn it
off and turn on the second switch. Then enter the room. One bulb will be on
(the one connected to the second switch) and two will be off. Touch each of
the two off bulbs. The one that is still warm is connected to the first switch,
and the other one is connected to the third switch.
 11. If a doctor gives you 3 pills and tells you to take one pill every half hour, how
long would it be before all the pills had been taken? Answer: One hour.
12. I went to bed at 8 o'clock in the evening and wound up my clock and set the
alarm to sound at 9 o'clock in the morning. How many hours of sleep would I
get before being awoken by the alarm?

Answer: You would get 13 hours of sleep.

13. Divide 30 by half and add ten. What do you get?

Answer: You get 70.

14. A farmer had 17 sheep. All but 9 died. How many live sheep were left?

Answer: There were 9 live sheep left.

15. If you drove a bus with 43 people on board from Warangal and stopped at
Khammam to pick up 7 more people and drop off 5 passengers and at Kodad
to drop off 8 passengers and pick up 4 more and eventually arrive at
Vijayawada 06 hours later, what’s the name of the driver?

Answer: The question does not provide enough information to determine the name
of the driver.

16. If you had only one match and entered a COLD and DARK room, where there
was an oil heater, an oil lamp, and a candle, which would you light first?

Answer: You would light the match first.

17. By moving one of the following digits, make the equation correct: 62 - 63 = 1

Answer: Move the minus sign to form 6 + 2 = 3 + 1, which is a correct equation.

18. You have 12 black socks and 12 white socks mixed up in a drawer. You're up
very early, and it's too dark to tell them apart. What's the smallest number of
socks you need to take out (blindly) to be sure of having a matching pair?

Answer: You would need to take out 3 socks to be sure of having a matching pair.

19. What is special about the following sequence of numbers? 8 5 4 9 1 7 6 10 3 2 0

20. Why is it very common to have a 9 minute snooze interval on alarm clocks, why not
10 instead?
21. An Arab sheikh tells his two sons to race their camels to a distant city to see who will
inherit his fortune. The one whose camel is slower will win. The brothers, after
 wandering aimlessly for days, ask a wise man for advise. After hearing the advice they
jump on the camels and race as fast as they can to the city. What does the wise man
say?
22. If you had a ton of feathers and a ton of stones which would be heavier?
23. 23. Two women apply for a job. They are identical and have the same mother, father
and birthday. The interviewer asks, "Are you twins?" to which they honestly reply,
"No". How is this possible?
24. 24. A prisoner is told "If you tell a lie we will hang you; if you tell the truth we will
shoot you." What can he say to save himself?
25. 25. You have a fox, a chicken and a sack of grain. You must cross a river with only one
of them at a time. If you leave the fox with the chicken he will eat it; if you leave the
chicken with the grain he will eat it. How can you get all three across safely?
26. 26. A man is traveling with a fox and two chickens, if he leaves the fox alone with the
chickens the fox will eat the chickens. He comes to a river and needs to cross it, he
finds a small boat that can carry only him and one animal, how does he get himself,
the fox and two chickens across the river safely?
27. 27. Three closed boxes have either white marbles, black marbles or both, and they are
labeled white, black and both. However, you're told that each of the labels are wrong.
You may reach into one of the boxes and pull out only one marble. Which box should
you remove a marble from to determine the contents of all three boxes?
28. 28. A glass of water have one ice cube in it. When the ice has completely melted, will
the level of the water have increased, decreased or remain unchanged?
29. 29. How far can a horse run into the forest?
30. 30. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The
first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the
third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
31. 31. Name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday, or
Sunday.
32. 32. There are six glasses in a row. The first three are full of water, and the next three
are empty. By moving only one glass how can you make them alternate between full
and empty?
33. 33. Two children were playing chess and each played five games. Both children won
the same number of games yet there were no ties. How is this possible?
34. 44 33 555 555 666 9 666 777 555 3 What is the message in this code?
35. What seven-letter word has hundreds of letters in it?
36. 36. Rearrange the letters in the words "new door" to make one word.
37. 37. Two fathers and two sons go fishing together in the same boat. They all catch a
fish but the total catch for the day is three fish. How is this possible?
38. 38. 0_2345 What does this represent?
39. 39. On a regular 12-hour digital clock how many times would the same three digits in
a row be displayed (e.g. 1:11, 11:12, 12:22) in one day?
40. 40. A man says his dog can jump over his house. No one believes him but he is right.
How is that possible?
 Answers :
19. The sequence of numbers is arranged in alphabetical order based on their
English word spelling: eight, five, four, nine, one, seven, six, ten, three, two,
zero.
20. The 9 minute snooze interval on alarm clocks is common because it's easy to
divide an hour (60 minutes) by 9 and get a whole number result (6, in this
case). This makes it easier for manufacturers to design and program snooze
functions on alarm clocks.
21. The wise man tells the brothers to switch camels.
22. Both a ton of feathers and a ton of stones would weigh the same, as they are
both a ton in weight.
23. The two women are not twins but triplets.
24. The prisoner can say "You will hang me" because if the statement is true, he
will be hanged, but if it's false, he will be shot, thereby fulfilling both outcomes
of the statement.
25. The man takes the chicken across the river first, then goes back and takes the
fox across, but brings the chicken back with him. He then takes the grain
across, and leaves it with the chicken on the other side. Finally, he goes back
alone to get the fox and takes it across, leaving it with the grain. He then goes
back one last time to get the chicken.
26. The man takes the chicken across the river first and leaves it on the other side.
He then goes back and takes one of the chickens across, but brings it back
with him and leaves it on the original side. He then takes the fox across, and
brings it back with him, leaving it with the second chicken on the original side.
Finally, he takes one of the chickens across the river and leaves it with the
grain, before going back to get the last chicken.
27. Remove a marble from the box labeled "both". Since all of the labels are
incorrect, this box can only contain marbles of one color (either white or
black). By removing a marble from this box, you can determine the contents of
all three boxes.
28. The level of the water will remain unchanged. When the ice cube melts, it will
displace the same amount of water that it had previously displaced while it
was still frozen.
29. Halfway, after that the horse would be running out of the forest.
30. The safest room for the murderer is the third one, as lions that haven't eaten
in 3 years would be dead.
31. Yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
32. Pour the water from the second glass into the fifth glass.
33. The two children were not playing against each other, but with other people.
34. The message in the code is "I ate nine sandwiches at noon".
35. Mailbox.
36. "Newdoor" (one word).
37. The group of fishermen consists of a grandfather, his son, and his grandson.
38. It represents "045" on a phone keypad.
39. The same three digits in a row would be displayed 54 times in a day.
40. The dog's name is "house".