Mind Teasers : Birbal Riddles

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A farmer with his neighbour once went to Emperor Akbar's court with a complaint.
'Your Majesty, I bought a well from him,' said the farmer pointing to his neighbour, 'and now he wants me to pay for the water.'
'That's right, your Majesty,' said the neighbour. 'I sold him the well but not the water'.

The Emperor asked Birbal(an intelligent adviser to the king) to settle the dispute.

How did Birbal solve the dispute?

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Mind Teasers : Spatial Trivia Physics Puzzle

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As shown in picture, there are four gears with the following specification
* Gear A has 60 teeth
* Gear B has 40 teeth
* Gear C has 20 teeth
* Gear D has 60 teeth
* Every minute, Gear B makes 15 complete turns.

What is the relative speed of Gear A and Gear B?

Mind Teasers : What Is It six letter word. Riddle

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It's a six letter word.
The first four letter is me.
The second and last letter are the same.
The fourth second and last letter are payment.

What Is It ?

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 : Tricky Logic Question

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A claustrophobic person boards a train that is just about to enter a tunnel.

Which place will be the best for him to sit?

Mind Teasers : Spot The Difference Christmas Tree Riddle

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Can you spot 5 differences in two Christmas tree below?

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Mind Teasers : Logical Bank Brain Teaser

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A bank customer had Rs.100 in his account. He then made 6 withdrawals, totaling Rs.. He kept a record of these withdrawals, and the balance remaining in the account, as follows:

Withdrawals Balance left
Rs.50 Rs.50
Rs.25 Rs.25
Rs.10 Rs.15
Rs.8 Rs.7
Rs.5 Rs.2
Rs.2 Rs.0
Rs.100 Rs.99


Why are the Totals not exactly right ?
category : LOGIC | MATHS

Mind Teasers : Logic Question In Maths

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Two trains under a controlled experiment begin at a speed of 100 mph in the opposite direction in a tunnel. A supersonic bee is left in the tunnel which can fly at a speed of 1000 mph. The tunnel is 200 miles long. When the trains start running on a constant speed of 100 mph, the supersonic bee starts flying from one train towards the other. As soon as the bee reaches the second train, it starts flying back towards the first train.

If the bee keeps flying to and fro in the tunnel till the trains collide, how much distance will it have covered in total?

Mind Teasers : Picture Mind Teaser

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You are given with six marbles of three different colors. Arrange them in a manner that each one of them touches all four marbles of different colors.

Mind Teasers : Matchsticks Picture Brain Teaser

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In the figure given below, you can see that there are five squares. Supposedly if this figure is formed using different matchsticks (refer the slight gap between matchsticks), can you remove just two matchsticks so that only two squares remain ?

Mind Teasers : Sherlock Holmes Murderer Mystery Puzzle

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There are five people. One of them shot and killed one of the other five.

1. Dan ran in the NY City marathon yesterday with one of the innocent men.
2. Mike considered being a farmer before he moved to the city.
3. Jeff is a topnotch computer consultant and wants to install Ben's new computer next week.
4. The murderer had his leg amputated last month.
5. Ben met Jack for the first time six months ago.
6. Jack has been in seclusion since the crime.
7. Dan used to drink heavily.
8. Ben and Jeff built their last computers together.
9. The murderer is Jack's brother. They grew up together in Seattle.

Sherlock holmes arrived at the scene and immediately find the murderer.

who was the murderer ?

category : LOGIC | MYSTERY

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