Beginners Level Questions... used for checking logical skills during the selection process in companies. (Especially posted for all those who wanted more challenges and demanded a new set of questions from me...)
Q.1. A dog is tied to a 15-feet long leash. How can the dog reach a bone that is 20 feet away?
Q.2. Last week, my uncle Ramesh was able to turn his bedroom light off and get into bed before the room was dark. The light switch and the bed are ten feet apart. How did he accomplish this?
Q.3. My brother Mahesh says he is able to place a bottle in the middle of a room and by crawling on the floor, he can slide into it. How can this be?
Q.4. Last Friday, I flew to Mumbai. It was a scary flight. About an hour after getting onto the plane, I saw a very thick fog and then the engines stopped due to a lack of fuel. Why didn't we die?
Q.5. A mother has 6 children and 5 potatoes. How can she feed each an equal amount of potatoes? (Do not use fractions).
Q.6. While eating out, my brother-in-law Joy found a fly in his coffee. After taking the cup away, the waiter came back with a different cup of coffee. My brother-in-law got upset and returned it, saying that the coffee in the second cup was the same as in the first one. How did he know?
Q.7. You find shelter in a mountain lodge on a windy night. When you go in, you find a match, a candle, a sheet of newspaper, a torch, and some dry grass. You need to light the fireplace. What would you light first?
Q.8. A farmer has twenty sheep, ten pigs, and ten cows. If we call the pig cows, how many cows will he have?
Q.9. Where must a referee be to blow the whistle?
Q.10. How much will a 33-degree angle measure when observed under a microscope that magnifies 1.33 times?
Q.11. Imagine you are a taxi driver, and you are driving a Tata Sumo. This taxi is meant only for senior citizen passengers. Your passengers are an older couple, and they want to travel 6 miles. You are driving at 40 miles an hour with the tank one-third full when, 2 miles into the trip, the tank is down to one-fourth full. Ten minutes later, the trip is over. What is the name and age of the driver?
Q.12. My neighbor's son came to me and told me this yesterday, "Four days ago, my school's basketball team won a game, although none of the boys on the school's team scored any baskets. Also, the other team didn't score against itself accidentally (means, they didn't ball in their basket by mistake). How can this be?
Q.13. A boy of 22 years was driving a scooter down a one-way street in the wrong direction. A policeman stopped him and challenged him. The policeman himself paid for the challenge also. Can you find a logical explanation for this?
Q.14. Why do black sheep eat less grass than white sheep?
Q.15. How can you light a match underwater?
Q.1. A dog is tied to a 15-feet long leash. How can the dog reach a bone that is 20 feet away?
Q.2. Last week, my uncle Ramesh was able to turn his bedroom light off and get into bed before the room was dark. The light switch and the bed are ten feet apart. How did he accomplish this?
Q.3. My brother Mahesh says he is able to place a bottle in the middle of a room and by crawling on the floor, he can slide into it. How can this be?
Q.4. Last Friday, I flew to Mumbai. It was a scary flight. About an hour after getting onto the plane, I saw a very thick fog and then the engines stopped due to a lack of fuel. Why didn't we die?
Q.5. A mother has 6 children and 5 potatoes. How can she feed each an equal amount of potatoes? (Do not use fractions).
Q.6. While eating out, my brother-in-law Joy found a fly in his coffee. After taking the cup away, the waiter came back with a different cup of coffee. My brother-in-law got upset and returned it, saying that the coffee in the second cup was the same as in the first one. How did he know?
Q.7. You find shelter in a mountain lodge on a windy night. When you go in, you find a match, a candle, a sheet of newspaper, a torch, and some dry grass. You need to light the fireplace. What would you light first?
Q.8. A farmer has twenty sheep, ten pigs, and ten cows. If we call the pig cows, how many cows will he have?
Q.9. Where must a referee be to blow the whistle?
Q.10. How much will a 33-degree angle measure when observed under a microscope that magnifies 1.33 times?
Q.11. Imagine you are a taxi driver, and you are driving a Tata Sumo. This taxi is meant only for senior citizen passengers. Your passengers are an older couple, and they want to travel 6 miles. You are driving at 40 miles an hour with the tank one-third full when, 2 miles into the trip, the tank is down to one-fourth full. Ten minutes later, the trip is over. What is the name and age of the driver?
Q.12. My neighbor's son came to me and told me this yesterday, "Four days ago, my school's basketball team won a game, although none of the boys on the school's team scored any baskets. Also, the other team didn't score against itself accidentally (means, they didn't ball in their basket by mistake). How can this be?
Q.13. A boy of 22 years was driving a scooter down a one-way street in the wrong direction. A policeman stopped him and challenged him. The policeman himself paid for the challenge also. Can you find a logical explanation for this?
Q.14. Why do black sheep eat less grass than white sheep?
Q.15. How can you light a match underwater?