Brain Teasers

1) Four people need to cross a rickety bridge at night. Unfortunately, they have only one

torch and the bridge is too dangerous to cross without one. The bridge is only strong

enough to support two people at a time. Not all people take the same time to cross the

bridge. Times for each person: 1 min, 2 mins, 7 mins and 10 mins. What is the shortest

time needed for all four of them to cross the bridge?- group them 1
and 2 can go together. 1 brings back torch. Then 7 and 10 go together. 2
brings torch. 2 and 1 go back together. (2+1+10+2+2= 17 minutes)

2) Guess the next three letters in the series GTNTLITS

3) If PAINT is coded as 74128 and EXCEL IS CODED AS 93596 then how would you
encode ACCEPT?

a) 455978 b) 547978 c) 554978 d) 735961

4) A is B's sister. C is B's mother. D is C's father. E is D's mother. Then, how is A

related to D?

a) Grandfather b) Grandmother c) Daughter d) Grand daughter

5) Five children are sitting in a row. S is sitting next to P but not T. K is sitting next to

R who is sitting on the extreme left and T is not sitting next to K. Who are sitting

adjacent to S?

a) K & P b) R & P c) Only P d) P and T

 6) The day after the day after tomorrow is four days before Monday. What day is

it today?

a) Monday b) Tuesday c) Wednesday d) Thursday

OEP b) NEO c) MEN d) PFQ

For Rs.1 you get 40 Bananas.

r Rs.3 you get 1 Mango.

r RS.5 you get 1 Apple. Now you want to get 100 fruits for Rs.100.So, How many

nanas, Mangoes and Apples will you buy? 2x1 banana= 2 rupees and 80 bananas; 1x3 mango= 3 rs 1
mango; 5x19 apples= 95 rupees 19 apples
If D=4 and COVER=63, then BASIS=?

54 b) 50 c) 49 d) 55

How is my father's mother's only child's son's mother related to my father?

Sister b) Mother c) Grandmother d) Wife

7) JAK, KBL, LCM, MDN, __neo___