Mind Teasers : Hard How Many Squares On A Chessboard

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You can find a chessboard with two rooks in the attached figure. Now, the question is - how many squares (of any size) exists that don't have the rooks in them?

Can you find out?

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Mind Teasers : IAS Logical Question

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An old man in the village feels that his end is near. He calls his two sons to discuss about the land he owns and other properties. He tells them to have a race on their horses till the city border. The one with the slower horse will be rewarded with the entire property.

Both of them keep wandering here or there without any result as no one is filling to reach the border. Then they visit the wise man of the village and seek his advice. The wise men tells them something listening to which they jump on the horses and race as fast as they can till the city border.

What did the wise man tell them?
category : LOGIC

Mind Teasers : Best Ramanujan Birthday Riddle

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Today is Ramanujan birthday.
A year Ago on his birthday, he had five candles and he lit all except the last one.
Today he is going to light all the candles.

How old is Ramanujan Today?

Note: He is not turning five today.



category : LOGIC | MATHS

Mind Teasers : King Gift Puzzle

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King Charles want to send the diamond ring to his girlfriend securely.He got multiple locks and their corresponding keys.His girl friend does not have any keys to these locks and if he send the key without a lock , the key can be copied in the way.How can charles send the ring to his girl friend securely .
category : LOGIC | TRICK

Mind Teasers : The sheep and the grass logical puzzle

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If we tie a sheep to one peg, a circled grass is been eaten by the sheep. If we tie the sheep to two pegs with a circle on its neck, then an eclipse is eaten out of the grass by the sheep. If we want an eclipse then we put two pegs then put a rope in between then and the other end of the rope is tied up on the sheep's neck.

Question: how should we tie the peg and the sheep so that a square is eaten out from the garden's grass? We only have one sheep's rope and the peg and the rings.
category : LOGIC

Mind Teasers : Logical Problem Riddle

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There is one apple tree near my home. In this apple trees, there are some apples.
But after a mild wind, there are neither apples on tree nor on ground.

Explain ?
category : LOGIC | RIDDLE

Mind Teasers : Clock Puzzle

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The needles of a clock overlaps at 12:00 in a 12 hour format clock.

When will the two needles overlap again ?
category : LOGIC | RIDDLE

Mind Teasers : Most Popular Logical Puzzle

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Outside a room there are three light switches. One of switch is connected to a light bulb inside the room.
Each of the three switches can be either 'ON' or 'OFF'.

You are allowed to set each switch the way you want it and then enter the room(note: you can enter the room only once)

Your task is to then determine which switch controls the bulb ??
category : LOGIC

Mind Teasers : Classic Card Brain Teaser

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A pack of cards has 52 cards. You are blindfolded. Out of 52, 42 cards are facing down while 10 are facing up. You have been asked to divide this pack of cards into two decks - so that each deck contains an equal number of face up cards. Remember, you are blindfolded.

How will you do it?
category : LOGIC

Mind Teasers : One Move Chess Puzzle

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Can you win this chess game in one move.

* You are playing with white and its ur turn

category : LOGIC

Mind Teasers : Toughest Number Series Question

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Solve the number series by identifying the last number.

1 4 5 6 7 9 11 ?
category : LOGIC | SERIES

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