Mind Teasers : Conditional Probability Brain Teaser

Difficulty Popularity

The students of a particular class were given two tests for evaluation. Twenty Five percent of the class cleared both the tests and forty five percent of the students were able to clear the first test.

You have to calculate the percentage of those students who passed the first test and were also able to pass the second test. How will you do it?

Suggestions

Mind Teasers : Tricky Mathematician Problem

Difficulty Popularity

A mathematician was challenged to write nineteen in a manner that if one was taken out of it, it became twenty. He failed to do it.

Can you help him?

Mind Teasers : Whats The Temperature Rebus

Difficulty Popularity

Below rebus represents the current Temperature.

0
=========
B.Sc
LLB

What is the current Temperature ?
category : REBUS

Mind Teasers : Dirt Hole Tricky Riddle

Difficulty Popularity

How many cubic meters of dirt are in a hole of 20 meter long and 30 meter wide.

Mind Teasers : Maths Logical Brain Teaser

Difficulty Popularity

A man of faith visits the holy land where three temple are erected in a row offering a surreal divinity to the place. Awestruck at the sight of the magnificent temples, he visits the first temple where he finds that the number of flowers in his basket increases to double the number as soon as he sets his foot inside the temple. Astonished by the miracle he is completely happy and seeks it as a blessing of his god. He offers a few flowers to the stone idol of god and moves out.

Then he visits the second temple, where the same miracle happens again. The number of flowers in his basket again double up in number. With a smile on his face, he offers a few of flowers to the stone idol again and walks out after praying.

The moment he enters the third temple, the number of flowers increases to double again. Now he feels entirely blessed. He offers all the flowers at the feet of the stone idol and walks out in a moment of bliss.

When he walks out, he has no remaining flowers with him. He offered equal number of flowers at each of the temple. What is the minimum number of flowers he had before entering the first temple? How many flowers did he offer at each temple?
category : LOGIC

Mind Teasers : Brothers Ias Smart question

Difficulty Popularity

Two brothers have developed differences among themselves and thus want to part ways. The problem is that they have one big land that is irregular in shape. Both of them want an equal share which is fairly impossible as there is no way that land could be divided in equal halves due to irregularity in the shape.

The wisest man of the village is called who tells a way in which both of them will be happy even though the land might not be divided into exactly equal halves.

What way did he suggest?
category : LOGIC | RIDDLE

Mind Teasers : Two Men One Question Puzzle

Difficulty Popularity

Imagine that you are travelling to a village. You happen to reach a point in the road where there is a fork. There are two ways that you can go into but only one amongst them is correct and leads to the village. You happen to see two men standing on the fork and you can ask them for the direction. To your bad luck, one amongst the two men always lies and the other one always says the truth. But you do not know who is a liar and who is not. At that point of the situation you are allowed to ask only one question to any one of the men standing there.

What question will you ask?
category : LOGIC

Mind Teasers : Quick Fire Riddle

Difficulty Popularity

There is uniqueness between these five names
Nell Edna swati itaws and Ellen.

what uniqueness am i talking about ?

Mind Teasers : Tricky Math Race Riddle

Difficulty Popularity

Rooney, Hernandez, and Robin race each other in a 100 meters race. All of them run at a constant speed throughout the race.

Rooney beats Hernandez by 20 meters.
Hernandez beats Robin by 20 meters.

How many meters does Rooney beat Robin by ?
category : LOGIC | MATHS

Mind Teasers : Out Of Box Thinking Puzzle

Difficulty Popularity

n a hotel, a man was sleeping when he heard a knock on the door. He shifted the blanket and stepped down from the bed. He waked to the door and opened it to find a stranger standing outside.
Upon opening the gate, that stranger said, "Pardon me, I must have made a mistake. I thought this was my room."
The stranger then walked the corridor and climbed down the stairs. The man closed the door and immediately called the security. He asked them to arrest that stranger immediately.
Why did he asked them to arrest that stranger? What made him suspicious?

Mind Teasers : Trick Interesting Maths puzzle

Difficulty Popularity

There are three cars in a racing track. The track is made forming a perfect circle and is quite wide so that at one time, multiple cars can pass through it. The car which is leading is driving at 55 MPH and the slowest car is driving at 45 MPH. The car that is in middle of these two is driving in between the two speeds. For the time being you can say that the distance between the fastest car and the middle car is x miles and it is same between the middle car and the slowest car. Also, x is not equal to 0 or 1.

The car keeps running till the leading car catches up with the slowest car and then every car stops. Given the case, do you think that at any point, the distance between any two pairs will again become x miles?

Submit your Email Address to get latest post directly to your inbox.

Latest Puzzles

25 December
Minimum Move Chess Game Video Riddle

Can you figure out the minimum number of...

24 December
A numeric lock has 3 digit key Riddle

A numeric lock has 3 digit code with the...

23 December
What's wrong in the kitchen picture

What appears to be wrong in the kitchen ...

22 December
Who Is the Mother Picture Riddle

Can you find the mother of the baby in t...

21 December
Lighter Than Air Riddle

I'm lighter than air but a thousand men ...

20 December
3 Tigers 3 Sheep Riddle

If 3 tigers catch 3 sheep in 3 minutes. ...

19 December
Cow Rebus

Decode the below cow rebus....

Puzzles Tags :

Illusions Tags :