Saturday, March 10, 2012

Odd String

Which of the following strings of letters is odd one out?

1) SUVXY
2) BNOPL
3) CGPQR
4) MPTVZ



Answer:

No. 2. In the other strings, letters are in the alphabetically ascending order .

Word Puzzle: Find an 11-Letter Word

Word Puzzle: Find An Eleven-Letter English Word 

In the above figure, an eleven-letter English word can be found! To find it, start from any circle going along the lines without crossing any letter more than once!



Answer:

Arrangement


Saturday, March 3, 2012

Which symbol will balance ...

Which symbol will balance the third scale?






Answer:

11 players lasting for 90 minutes ...

In a game of 11 players lasting for 90 minutes, 4 reserves alternate equally with each player; it means that all players, including the reserves, play for the same length of time. For how long?




Answer:

66 minutes
66 = (90 * 11)/(11 + 4)


If the first gets 333 from the second ...

Two numbers are such that if the first gets 333 from the second they will be in the ratio 4 to 1, but if the second receives 408 from the first, their ratio will be 1 to 10. What are these two numbers?  





Answer

503 and 542