Puzzles for JOB hunters part-2

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CASE I : Singer is a woman and Dancer is also a woman Then, the dancer is Monika and the singer is Cindy. CASE II : Singer is a woman and Dancer is also a man Then, the dancer is Mr. Clinton and the singer is Cindy. In both the cases, we know that Cindy is the Singer. And either Mr. Clinton or Monika is the Dancer. There are 20 eo le in yo!r a licant ool, incl!ding " airs o# identical twins.

I# yo! hire " eo le randomly, what are the chances yo! will hire at least $ air o# identical twins% &'eedless to say, this co!ld ca!se tro!ble ()) Submitted 2. In a hotel, rooms are n!mbered #rom $0$ to ""0. A room is chosen at random. *hat is the robability that room n!mber starts with $, 2 or + and ends with ,, " or -%

3. There are 3 persons X, Y and Z. On some day, X lent tractors to Y and Z as many as they had. After a month Y gave as many tractors to X and Z as many as they have. After a month Z did the same thing. At the end of this transaction each one of them had 24. ind the tractors each originally had!
,. There is a "0m long army latoon marching ahead. The last erson in the latoon wants to gi.e a letter to the #irst erson leading the latoon. So while the latoon is marching he r!ns ahead, reaches the #irst erson and hands o.er the letter to him and witho!t sto ing he r!ns and comes back to his original osition. In the mean time the whole latoon has mo.ed ahead by "0m. The /!estion is how m!ch distance did the last erson co.er in that time. Ass!ming that he ran the whole distance with !ni#orm s eed. Submitted ". Ass!me that yo! ha.e eno!gh coins o# $, ", $0, 2" and "0 cents. 0ow many ways are there to make change #or a dollar% Do e1 lain yo!r answer. -. In a 2oad 2ace, one o# the three bikers was doing $"km less than the #irst and +km more than the third. 0e also #inished the race $2 min!tes a#ter the #irst and + min!tes be#ore the third. Can yo! #ind o!t the s eed o# each biker, the time taken by each biker to #inish the race and the length o# the co!rse% Ass!me that there were no sto s in the race and also they were dri.ing with constant s eeds thro!gh o!t the

3. *hat is the #o!r4digit n!mber in which the #irst digit is $5+ o# the second, the third is the s!m o# the #irst and second, and the last is three times the second% 6. Di##erence between 7hol!8s and Mol!8s age is 2 years and the di##erence between Mol!8s and 9ol!8s age is " years. *hat is the ma1im!m ossible .al!e o# the s!m o# the di##erence in their ages, taken two at a time% :. I# it is gi.en that: 2" 4 2 ; + $00 1 2 ; 20 +- 5 + ; 2 *hat is $,, 4 + ; %

$0. A + digit n!mber is s!ch that it8s !nit digit is e/!al to the rod!ct o# the other two digits which are rime. Also, the di##erence between it8s re.erse and itsel# is +:-. *hat is the s!m o# the three digits% $$. There are , m!gs laced ! t!rned on the table. <ach m!g ha.e the same n!mber o# marbles and a statement abo!t the n!mber o# marbles in it. The statements are: Two or Three, =ne or >o!r, Three or =ne, =ne or Two. =nly one o# the statement is correct. 0ow many marbles are there !nder each m!g%

$2. At ?ni.ersity o# @robability, there are +3" #reshmen, 2:+ so homores, $63 A!niors, B $2seniors. =ne st!dent will randomly be chosen to recei.e an award. *hat ercent chance is there that it will be a A!nior% 2o!nd to the nearest whole ercent $+. I# yo! were to dial any 3 digits on a tele hone in random order, what is the robability that yo! will dial yo!r own hone n!mber% Ass!me that yo!r tele hone n!mber is 34digits. $,. An anthro ologist disco.ers an isolated tribe whose written al habet contains only si1 letters &call the letters A, 7, C, D, < and >). The tribe has a taboo against !sing the same letter twice in the same word. It8s ne.er done. I# each di##erent se/!ence o# letters constit!es a di##erent word in the lang!age, what is the ma1im!m n!mber o# si14letter words that the lang!age can em loy% $". 9ate, Demi, Madona, Sharon, 7ritney and 'icole decided to l!nch together in a resta!rant. The waiter led them to a ro!nd table with si1 chairs. 0ow many di##erent ways can they seat%

3 "loc#s are chosen randomly on a chess"oard. $hat is the pro"a"ility that they are in the same diagonal!
$-. $3. $hat

is the area of the triangle A%& 'ith A(e,p) %(2e,3p) and &(3e,*p)!

'here p + ,- (3.141*.2/*4)
$6. Sil! and Meen! were walking on the road. Sil! said, CI weigh "$ 9gs. 0ow m!ch do yo! weigh%C Meen! re lied that she wo!ldn8t re.eal her weight directly as she is o.erweight. 7!t she said, CI weigh 2: 9gs l!s hal# o# my weight.C 0ow m!ch does Meen! weigh%

1.. &onsider the s0m1 A%& 2 34 2 56- + 777 -f different letters represent different digits, and there are no leading 8eros, 'hat does 7 represent!
20. A man has Ten 0orses and nine stables as shown here. DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE

The man wants to #it Ten 0orses into nine stables. 0ow can he #it Ten horses into nine stables% 2$. A man is at a ri.er with a : gallon b!cket and a , gallon b!cket. 0e needs e1actly - gallons o# water. 0ow can he !se both b!ckets to get e1actly - gallons o# water% 'ote that he cannot estimate by d!m ing some o# the water o!t o# the : gallon b!cket or the , gallon b!cket 22. <ach o# the #i.e characters in the word 72AI' has a di##erent .al!e between 0 and :. ?sing the gi.en grid, can yo! #ind o!t the .al!e o# each character% 7 2 A I ' +$

7 7 2 7 A +$

' I A 7 7 +2

' I 7 A I +0

I 2 A A A 2+

+3 2: 2" 23 2:

The n!mbers on the e1treme right re resent the s!m o# the .al!es re resented by the characters in that row. Also, the n!mbers on the last raw re resent the s!m o# the .al!es re resented by the characters in that col!mn. e.g. 7 F 2 F A F I F ' ; +$ &#rom #irst row) 2+. There are : coins. =!t o# which one is odd one i.e weight is less or more. 0ow many iterations o# weighing are re/!ired to #ind odd coin% 2,. In a s orts contest there were m medals awarded on n s!ccessi.e days &n G $). $. =n the #irst day $ medal and $53 o# the remaining m 4 $ medals were awarded. 2. =n the second day 2 medals and $53 o# the now remaining medals was awarded( and so on. +. =n the nth and last day, the remaining n medals were awarded. 0ow many days did the contest last, and how many medals were awarded altogether% 2". A n!mber o# : digits has the #ollowing ro erties: The n!mber com rising the le#tmost two digits is di.isible by 2, that com rising the le#tmost three digits is di.isible by +, the le#tmost #o!r by ,, the le#tmost #i.e by ", and so on #or the nine digits o# the n!mber i.e. the n!mber #ormed #rom the #irst n digits is di.isible by n, 2H;nH;:. <ach digit in the n!mber is di##erent i.e. no digits are re eated. The digit 0 does not occ!r in the n!mber i.e. it is com rised only o# the digits $4: in some order.

>ind the n!mber. 2-. $5+ rd o# the contents o# a container e.a orated on the $st day. +5,th o# the remaining contents o# the container e.a orated on the second day. *hat art o# the contents o# the container is le#t at the end o# the second day% 23. There are #o!r eo le in a room &not incl!ding yo!). <1actly two o# these #o!r always tell the tr!th. The other two always lie. Io! ha.e to #ig!re o!t who is who I' ='JI 2 K?<STI='S. Io!r /!estions ha.e to be I<S or '= /!estions and can only be answered by one erson. &I# yo! ask the same /!estion to two di##erent eo le then that co!nts as two /!estions). 9ee in mind that all #o!r know each other8s characteristics whether they lie or not. *hat /!estions wo!ld yo! ask to #ig!re o!t who is who% 2emember that yo! can ask only 2

/!estions. Submitted Io! ha.e + baskets, B each one contains e1actly , balls, each o# which is o# the same siLe. <ach ball is either red, black, white, or !r le, B there is one o# each color in each basket. I# yo! were blind#olded, B lightly shook each basket so that the balls wo!ld be randomly distrib!ted, B then took $ ball #rom each basket, what chance is there that yo! wo!ld ha.e e1actly 2 red balls%

26. Consider a state lottery where yo! get to choose 6 n!mbers #rom $ to 60, no re etiton allowed. The Jottery Commission chooses $$ #rom those 60 n!mbers, again no re etition. Io! win the lottery i# atleast 3 o# yo!r n!mbers are there in the $$ chosen by the Jottery Commission. *hat is the robablity o# winning the lottery% 2:. To mo.e a Sa#e, two cylindrical steel bars 3 inches in diameter are !sed as rollers. 0ow #ar will the sa#e ha.e mo.ed #orward when the rollers ha.e made one re.ol!tion%

+0.I# a rook and a bisho o# a standard chess set are randomly laced on a chessboard, what is the robability that one is attacking the other% 'ote that both are di##erent colored ieces.

+$. 0ere in <ngland McDonald8s has A!st la!nched a new ad.ertising cam aign. The oster shows 6 McDonald8s rod!cts and !nderneath claims there are ,0+$2 combinations o# the abo.e items. Mi.en that the ma1im!m n!mber o# items allowed is 6, and yo! are allowed to ha.e less than 6 items, and that the order o# !rchase does not matter &i.e. b!ying a b!rger and #ries is the same as b!ying #ries and a b!rger) 0ow many ossible combinations are there% Are McDonald8s correct in claiming there are ,0+$2 combinations% +2. *hat are the chances that at least two o!t o# a gro! o# #i#ty eo le share the same birthday% ++. A tank can be #illed by i e A in +0 min!tes and by i e 7 in 2, min!tes. =!tlet i e C can em ty the #!ll tank in N min!tes. I# the tank is em ty initially and i# all the three i es A, 7 and C are o ened sim!ltaneo!sly, the tank will '<O<2 be #!ll. Mi.e the ma1imal ossible .al!e o# N. +,. A worker earns a "P raise. A year later, the worker recei.es a 2."P c!t in ay, B now his salary is 2s. 22302.-6 *hat was his salary to begin with%

+". A erson wanted to withdraw N r! ees and I aise #rom the bank. 7!t cashier made a mistake and ga.e him I r! ees and N aise. 'either the erson nor the cashier noticed that. A#ter s ending 20 aise, the erson co!nts the money. And to his s!r rise, he has do!ble the amo!nt he wanted to withdraw. >ind N and I. &$ 2! ee ; $00 @aise) +-.At the

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$. There were : men and children. 2. There were 2 more women than children. +. The n!mber o# di##erent man4woman co! les ossible was 2,. 'ote that i# there were 3 men and " women, then there wo!ld ha.e been +" man4woman co! les ossible. Also, o# the three gro! s 4 men, women and children 4 at the arty: ,. There were , o# one gro! . ". There were - o# one gro! . -. There were 6 o# one gro! . <1actly one o# the abo.e - statements is #alse. Can yo! tell which one is #alse% Also, how many men, women and children are there at the arty% +3. 7rain Teaser 'o : 002,2 There is a shortage o# t!belights, b!lbs and #ans in a .illage 4 9harghar. It is #o!nd that All ho!ses do not ha.e either t!belight or b!lb or #an. e1actly $:P o# ho!ses do not ha.e A!st one o# these. atleast -3P o# ho!ses do not ha.e t!belights. atleast 6+P o# ho!ses do not ha.e b!lbs. atleast 3+P o# ho!ses do not ha.e #ans.

*hat ercentage o# ho!ses do not ha.e t!belight, b!lb and #an% +6. *hat is the remainder le#t a#ter di.iding $Q F 2Q F +Q F F $00Q 7y 3% Think care#!lly QQQ +:. Imagine that yo! ha.e 2- constants, labelled A thro!gh R. <ach constant is assigned a .al!e in the #ollowing way: A ; $( the rest o# the .al!es e/!al their osition in the al habet &7 corres onds to the second osition so it e/!als 2, C ; +, etc.) raised to the ower o# the receeding constant .al!e. So, 7 ; 2 S &A8s .al!e), or 7 ; 2S$ ; 2. C ; +S2 ; :. D ; ,S:, etc. >ind the e1act n!merical .al!e to the #ollowing e/!ation: &N 4 A) T &N 4 7) T &N 4 C) T ... T &N 4 I) T &N 4 R)

,0. I# three babies are born e.ery second o# the day, then how many babies will be born in the year 200$%

,$. 2e lace the letters with the correct n!mbers. T*=

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ne t!ne <ach o# the ten letters &m, a, r, s, ., e, n, !, t, and ) re resent a !ni/!e n!mber #rom the range 0 .. :. >!rthermore, n!mbers $ and - are being !sed most #re/!ently.