Mind Teasers : Fun With Words Puzzle

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You reached the finale of a brainvita contest. In the final round, you are given a set of words with blanks. The only letters revealed is the set of I and E in all the five words. See below:
_ _ IE _ _
_ _ _ IE _ _
_ _ IE _
_ _ _ _ IE
_ _ _ IE _

Now, you are given a pool of letters that have to be used to form five meaningful words after filling the blanks. Can you do it in under 2 minutes? You are a winner if you can.

The pool of letters is as below:
A, C, D, F, H, K, L, M, N, N, O, R, R, S, S, S, T, T, Y and Y.


category : WHAT AM I

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Mind Teasers : Dollar * 4 = Quarter Equation Riddle

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A quarter is 1/4th of a dollar but Professor Mr.GPuzzles has reversed the equation as below :

DOLLAR * 4 = QUARTER

You need to replace each alphabet by a number to decipher the logic used by Professor to make above equation true.
category : MATHS | EQUATION

Mind Teasers : Changed Password Trick Teaser

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On a random day , i was not able to logged-in with my bank password , so i contacted them on phone.
Our conversation is stated as :

myself : My password is altered.
myself : I am not able to logged-in.
customer-executive : Your password is distinct this time and it got 8 letters , out of which 2 are same of your previous password.
myself: Thanks , now i am able to logged-in.

Whats my old and new passwords ?
category : LOGIC | TRICK

Mind Teasers : Interview Marble Logic Puzzle

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You are given a set of scales and 12 marbles. The scales are of the old balance variety. That is, a small dish hangs from each end of a rod that is balanced in the middle. The device enables you to conclude either that the contents of the dishes weigh the same or that the dish that falls lower has heavier contents than the other.
The 12 marbles appear to be identical. In fact, 11 of them are identical, and one is of a different weight. Your task is to identify the unusual marble and discard it. You are allowed to use the scales three times if you wish, but no more.

Note that the unusual marble may be heavier or lighter than the others. You are asked to both identify it and determine whether it is heavy or light.
category : LOGIC

Mind Teasers : Multiple Answers Problem

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Can you solve the equation in the image below(at-least three different ways) by playing numbers 1 through 9 in the boxes so that all three equation are correct ?

Mind Teasers : Math Number Riddle

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A man wanted to get into his work building, but he had forgotten his code. However, he did remember five clues. These are what those clues were:

The fifth number plus the third number equals fourteen.

The fourth number is one more than the second number.

The first number is one less than twice the second number.

The second number plus the third number equals ten.

The sum of all five numbers is 30.

What were the five numbers and in what order?
category : LOGIC | MATHS

Mind Teasers : Relation Sorcery Riddle

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The father of a driver's son is sitting with the son of the driver without the driver actually being in the car.

What sorcery is this?
category : LOGIC

Mind Teasers : Extremely Hard Civil Services Problem

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( ) + ( ) + ( ) + ( ) + ( ) = 30
This is what you have for equation. The following are the numbers that you can use to fill in the brackets:
1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15

You can repeat the numbers if required. The resulting sum should be 30.

This question appeared in the UPSC final examination in December 2013. Out of all the people who appeared, only one guy was able to solve this namely Gaurav Agarwal.

Can you solve it?

Mind Teasers : Truth Or Lie Brain Teaser

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Zoe and Joe are twin brothers. One of them is a falsifier however the other one always speaks truth. I asked one of the, “Does Zoe lie?” The person replied with a yes.

Whom did I talk with? Zoe or Joe?
category : LOGIC

Mind Teasers : Popular Interview Problem

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I have two rectangular bars.

They have property such that when you light the fire from one end , it will take exactly 60 seconds to get completely burn.
However they do not burn at consistent speed (i.e it might be possible that 40 percent burn in 55 seconds and next 60 percent can burn in 10 seconds).

Problem is : How do you measure 45 seconds ?

Mind Teasers : Logical Maths Gold Bar Brain Teaser

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A worker is to perform work for you for seven straight days. In return for his work, you will pay him 1/7th of a bar of gold per day. The worker requires a daily payment of 1/7th of the bar of gold. What and where are the fewest number of cuts to the bar of gold that will allow you to pay him 1/7th each day?
category : LOGIC | MATHS

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