Presenting you today is a Mensa Questionnaire which will test you mental levels. For your ease, 1 of 33 problems have been solved, and you have to solve rest 32. According to Mensa, if you get 19+ score you are a genius. If your score is in between 1 – 5, you are an average person, 6 – 11, somewhat intelligent, 12 – 18 intelligent.

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Mensa Questionnaire

For many of you, if you are thinking what is lateral thinking, well it is a way in which you try to look at the problem from many angles instead of tackling it head-on. Here are few problems, Goa ahead and solve them…

1. There is a man who lives on the top floor of a very tall building. Everyday he gets the elevator down to the ground floor to leave the building to go to work. Upon returning from work though, he can only travel half way up in the lift and has to walk the rest of the way unless it’s raining! Why?
(This is probably the best known and most celebrated of all lateral thinking puzzles. It is a true classic. Although there are many possible solutions which fit the initial conditions, only the canonical answer is truly satisfying.)

2. A man and his son are in a car accident. The father dies on the scene, but the child is rushed to the hospital. When he arrives the surgeon says, “I can’t operate on this boy, he is my son! ” How can this be?

3. A man is wearing black. Black shoes, socks, trousers, coat, gloves and ski mask. He is walking down a back street with all the street lamps off. A black car is coming towards him with its light off but somehow manages to stop in time. How did the driver see the man?

4. One day Kerry celebrated her birthday. Two days later her older twin brother, Terry, celebrated his birthday. How?

5. Why is it better to have round manhole covers than square ones? This is logical rather than lateral, but it is a good puzzle that can be solved by lateral thinking techniques. It is supposedly used by a very well-known software company as an interview question for prospective employees.

6. A man went to a party and drank some of the punch. He then left early. Everyone else at the party who drank the punch subsequently died of poisoning. Why did the man not die?

7. A man died and went to Heaven. There were thousands of other people there. They were all naked and all looked as they did at the age of 21. He looked around to see if there was anyone he recognized. He saw a couple and he knew immediately that they were Adam and Eve. How did he know?

8. A woman had two sons who were born on the same hour of the same day of the same year. But they were not twins. How could this be so?

9. A man walks into a bar and asks the barman for a glass of water. The barman pulls out a gun and points it at the man. The man says ‘Thank you’ and walks out. This puzzle claims to be the best of the genre. It is simple in its statement, absolutely baffling and yet with a completely satisfying solution. Most people struggle very hard to solve this one yet they like the answer when they hear it or have the satisfaction of figuring it out.

10. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven’t eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

11. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

12. There are two plastic jugs filled with water. How could you put all of this water into a barrel, without using the jugs or any dividers, and still tell which water came from which jug?

13. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

14. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday? (or day names in any other language)

15. This is an unusual paragraph. I’m curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out.

Now, don’t be lazy, go ahead and try to think from different angels, try to solve as much as you can.

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Alright, here are the answers to all the questions above.

1. The man is very, very short and can only reach halfway up the elevator buttons. However, if it is raining then he will have his umbrella with him and can press the higher buttons with it.

2. The surgeon was his mother.

3. It was day time.

4. At the time she went into labor, the mother of the twins was traveling by boat. The older twin, Terry, was born first early on March 1st. The boat then crossed a time zone and Kerry, the younger twin, was born on February the 28th. Therefore, the younger twin celebrates her birthday two days before her older brother.

5. A square manhole cover can be turned and dropped down the diagonal of the manhole. A round manhole cannot be dropped down the manhole. So for safety and practicality, all manhole covers should be round.

6. The poison in the punch came from the ice cubes. When the man drank the punch, the ice was fully frozen. Gradually it melted, poisoning the punch.

7. He recognized Adam and Eve as the only people without navels. Because they were not born of women, they had never had umbilical cords and therefore they never had navels. This one seems perfectly logical but it can sometimes spark fierce theological arguments. (Just what a HUMOR list needs!!) ;^)

8. They were two of a set of triplets (or quadruplets, etc.). This puzzle stumps many people. They try outlandish solutions involving test-tube babies or surrogate mothers. Why does the brain search for complex solutions when there is a much simpler one available?

9. The man had hiccups. The barman recognized this from his speech and drew the gun in order to give him a shock. It worked and cured the hiccups–so the man no longer needed the water. The is a simple puzzle to state but a difficult one to solve. It is a perfect example of a seemingly irrational and incongruous situation having a simple and complete explanation. Amazingly this classic puzzle seems to work in different cultures and languages.

10. The third. Lions that haven’t eaten in three years are dead.

11. The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry.

12. Freeze them first. Take them out of the jugs and put the ice in the barrel. You will be able to tell which water came from which jug.

13. The answer is Charcoal.

14. Sure you can: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow!

15. The letter “e,” which is the most common letter in the English language, does not appear once in the long paragraph…

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Lateral Thinking Exercises

Here is a story of four boys Namely Tom, Dick, Harry & John.
One day all of them decide to save their money in a bank, they select a bank called named Lena Bank.

The bank’s specialty is: In every month the money gets doubled.
In 2nd month, Tom withdraws 100-Rs from bank
In 3rd month, Dick withdraws 100-Rs from bank
In 4th month, Harry withdraws 100-Rs from bank
In 5th month, John withdraws 100-Rs from bank & their balance in the bank becomes zero

How much amount had the boys put in the bank?

Think about it for a minute, very easy solution…

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Alright, Here is the answer…

The answer is Rs. 93.75

How? Let see the solution
Let the money deposited be X
Month 1: money = X
Month 2: money = 2X-100
Month 3: money = 4X-300
Month 4: money = 8X-700
Month 5: money = 16X-1500

as the final balance is zero,

Therefore,
16x-1500=0
1500=16x
x=93.75

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The story of 4 Boys

Do you know, which is the 27th Letter of English Alphabet ??

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Are you looking for the answer ??
Very Good, Excellent
Which School ?? 

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27th Letter in English

In Common English, there is a 7 letter word.

If we remove 1 letter from it, it remains same.

If we remove 2 letter from it, it remains same.

If we remove 3 letter from it, it remains same.

If we remove 4 letter from it, it remains same.

If we remove all the letters from it, it still remains the same.

Guess, what word is it ?

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POST BOX

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Guess the Word

Question1:-
Three 3 British cities names are inter lettered below. Can you find them? The letters of the cities have not been scrambled.

LCPEALIMYCBMEROSIUTDTEGHRE

Question2:-
John, a great painter,was asked to paint the room numbers on all of the doors of the fourth floor of the local hotel. He painted all of the numbers from 400 to 499. How many times did he paint the number 4?

Question3:-
Sam shows up for Monday’s class and find that it’s been postponed. It will be held three days after the day before the day after tomorrow. What day should Sam show up?

Question4:-
Bill went out to buy some golf equipment. He spent half of what he had plus $5 at the first store. He spent half of what was left plus $4 at the second store. At the third store he spent half of the remainder plus $3 He then had $5. left to buy golf balls. How much money did he start with?

Question5:-
What is it that has fingers but can’t type?

Question6:-
Why cant you take a photo of an Indian woman using hair curlers?

Question7:-
What English word can have 4 of its 5 letters removed starting from last letter, and still retain it’s original pronunciation?

Question8:-
A baseball team had just won the championship game and the players wanted to congratulate each other. They began shaking hands with each other, but each player only shook hands with every other player just once. There are, of course, only 9 players on a baseball team. How many times did the players shake hands?

Question9:-
Could you find English words containing the following groups of three letters consecutively? For example, MMU exists in AMMUNITION, but you should be able to come up with an alternative word.
BBT, GGH, MMU, SSP, FFH, HHO, NNK, TTH, RRH, KKN, PPH, VVY

Question10:-
Fill in the missing numbers. The multiplication example uses every digit from 0 to 9 once (not counting the intermediate steps).
7 x x
4 x
x x x x x

These question are very simple and requires your brain to be focused in one direction.

Try to answer as many as you can.

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Here are the Answers:-

Answer 1:-
Leicester, Plymouth, Cambridge

Answer 2:-
120 Times

Answer 3:-
Friday

Answer 4:-
Initially He had $90 ($45 + $5 = $50, $40 left; $20 + $4 = $24, $16 left; $8 + $3 = $11, $5 left)

Answer 5:-
Gloves

Answer 6:-
You can’t take a picture with hair curlers, you need a camera.

Answer 7:-
“Queue” which would simply become “Q”!

Answer 8:-
The first player only shakes hands with 8 other players, the second player only shakes hands with 7 other players (he already shook hands with the first player), the third player only shakes hands with 6 players ( he already shook hands with the first player and second player ), and so on, until the last player who only has one possibility left.
Therefore: 8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1=36

Answer 9:-
BBT = EBBTIDE, GGH = EGGHEAD, MMU = IMMUNE, SSP = CESSPOOL, FFH = OFFHAND, HHO = WITHHOLD, NNK = INNKEEPER, TTH = CUTTHROAT, RRH = MYRRH, KKN = JACKKNIFE, PPH = SAPPHIRE, VVY = NAVVY

Answer 10:-
715
X 46
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32890

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Brain Teasers

Here is a very Nice picture for you, It is kind of an illusion.

Just stare at this and you will see a Beautiful Girl.

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If you find it out, do let us know.

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Can you see a Beautiful Girl

Question:-
You have two very hungry termites and two sticks of wood.
One stick of wood is 12 inches long and the other is 16 inches long.
One termite can eat sticks at the rate of 1 inch every 3 minutes. The other termite can eat 1 inch in 4 minutes.
How would you use the termites and sticks to measure 61 minutes?

You need to be some strong in your basics to solve this puzzle.

Put some pressure on your brains and try to apply some permutation combination methods

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HINT :- Start from the slow eating termite eating the Longer Stick and then move ahead with fast moving termite.

If you are still not able to solve it, here is the Solution.

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Answer :-
Start the slow termite eating the longer stick.
It will take the slow termite 16 minutes to eat the 4 inches that will make the sticks the same size.
When the sticks are the same size, start the fast termite on the other stick.
This termite will finish his 12 inch stick in 36 minutes.
That’s 52 minutes elapsed so far and the slow termite still has 3 inches left on his stick.
Remove the slow termite and let the fast termite finish off the 3 inches in 9 minutes for a total of 61 minutes.

Easy ! Wasn’t it. We were able to solve it after we got the hint. Have you got any other solution, If you have please share it with us.

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The Termite and Stick Puzzle

Five pirates are trying to split up 1000 Gold pieces.

The rules are as follows:
Pirate 1 must divide the gold up in such a way that a majority of the pirates (including himself) agree to. If he does not get a majority vote, he will be killed, and pirate 2 will get to propose a solution to the remaining 3 pirates, and the same rules will follow. This continues until someone comes up with a plan that earns a majority vote.
What is the most amount of gold pieces that pirate 1 can keep to himself, and what would his proposal be..?
The pirates are infinitely greedy, infinitely ruthless (the more dead pirates the better), and infinitely intelligent.

Try to think over it deeply.

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HINT:- Start from the END, when only 2 pirates will be left, and then move ahead.

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Alright, Here is the Answer

Answer:- Starting from Backwards
If there are two pirates left (4 & 5), 4 has no options. No matter what he proposes, Pirate 5 will disagree, resulting in a 1-1 vote (no majority). 5 will kill 4 and will keep all of the gold.

Now say there are 3 pirates left. 4 has to agree with whatever 3 decides, because if he doesn’t 3 will be killed (because 5 won’t vote for 3′s proposal no matter what it is). 3 will just propose that he keep all of the gold and will get a 2-1 vote in his favor.

Now if there are 4 pirates left:
3 won’t vote for 2′s proposal because if 2′s fails, 3 will get all of the gold. 4 and 5 know that they will get nothing if the decision goes to 3, so they will vote for 2′s proposal if he gives them one gold piece each. Therefore, 2 would keep 998 gold, and 4 and 5 would each get one gold.

So let’s wrap this up, with all 5 Pirates:
Pirate 1 needs 2 other votes. He will not get a vote from 2 because 2 will get 998 gold if 1′s plan fails.
1 offers 3 one gold piece to vote for him, which 3 will accept (if it gets to 2′s plan, 3 will get nothing).
1 then offers 4 or 5 (doesn’t matter which) two gold pieces, which is more than they would get with 2′s plan.
So 1 can end up with 997 gold pieces, with 3 getting one piece and 4 or 5 getting two pieces.

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The Pirate Puzzle

1. What do “A.M.” and “P.M.” stand for?

2. What is the Russian equivalent for U.S.S.R.?

3. What does “stet” in printing mean?

4. What do the following stand for:
4.1. B.B.C.
4.2. V.O.A.
4.3. A.I.R.

5. What do the letters “RSVP” at the end of an invitation mean?

6. Give the full name of:
6.1. UNICEF
6.2. CRY

7. What do the letters D.C. after Washington stand for?

8. What do VCR and VCP mean?

9. What is OPEC?

10. What do the following mean?
10.1. e.g.
10.2. etc.

11. What do the letters ER which follow the signature of Queen Elizabeth stand for?

12. What do the letters “QED” at the end of a geometrical theorem mean?

13.1. What is an UFO?
13.2. TNT is an explosive. What is its chemical name?

14. What does the sign ‘R’ at the top of a medical prescription mean?

15. What does “dim” In a musical score stand for?

16. Expand the following:
16.1. kw
16.2. cft
16.3. rpm

17. Who is an OBE?

18. What are the following:
18.1. P.A.A.
18.2. QANTAS
18.3. SAL

19. Which country’s name is abbreviated to C.S.S.R.?

20.1. What are the three R’s?
20.2. Children are graded at school by their IQ rating of what is IQ an abbreviation?

Try to answer these Questions.
We have studied all these in out lower classes. Try to answer them

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Answers:

1. “A.M.” means “Ante Meridiem”, or before noon; “P.M.” means “Post Meridiem” or after noon

2. C.C.C.P.

3. Let it stand

4.1. British Broadcasting Corporation
4.2. Voice of America
4.3. All India Radio

5. “Respondez s’il vous plait” or “please answer”

6.1. United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
6.2. Child Relief and You

7. District of Columbia

8. Abbreviations for Video Cassette Recorder and Video Cassette Player

9. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.

10.1. “e.g.” stands for “exempli gratia” or “for example”.
10.2. “etc” stands for “etcetera” or “following”.

11. Elizabeth Regina

12. “Quod erat demonstrandum” or “that which has to be proved”

13.1. Unidentified Flying Object
13.2. Trinitrotoluene

14. “Recipe” or “take what has been prescribed”

15. “Dimiuendo” or gradual decrease of tone

16.1. Kilowatt
16.2. cubic feet
16.3. revolutions per minute

17. An officer of the British Empire

18.1. Pan American Airways
18.2. Queensland & Northern Territory Aerial Service
18.3. Scandinavian Airways Limited

19. Czechoslovakia’s

20.1. ‘R’eading, W‘r’iting, A‘r’ithimetic
20.2. Intelligence Quotient

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20 General Questions