Some times its not just about our technical knowledge, but also the presence of mind and giving the right answer at right time. Even if u don't know the answer for a question just confuse the questioner.
Q1. How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it?
Answer: Concrete floors are very hard to crack! (UPSC Topper)
Q2. If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall, how long would it take four men to build it?
Answer: No time at all it is already built. (UPSC 23rd Rank Opted for IFS)
Q3. If you had three apples and four oranges in one hand and four apples and three oranges in the other hand, what would you have?
Answer: Very large hands
Q4. How can you lift an elephant with one hand?
Answer: It is not a problem, since you will never find! an elephant with one
hand. (UPSC Rank 14 Opted for IES)
Q5. How can a man go eight days without sleep?
Answer: No Problem! He sleeps at night. (UPSC IAS Rank 98)
Q6. If you throw a red stone into the blue sea what it will become?
Answer: It will get Wet or Sink as simple as that. (UPSC IAS Rank 2)
Q7. What looks like half apple ?
Answer: The other half. (UPSC - IAS Topper )
Q8. What can you never eat for breakfast ?
Answer: Dinner.
Q9. What happened when wheel was invented ?
Answer: It caused a revolution.
Q10. Bay of Bengal is in which state?
Answer: Liquid (UPSC 33rd Rank)
Friday, April 17, 2009
6 Tricky questions: Can you get them right the first time?
1. You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person... What position are you in?
Answer:
If you answered that you are first, then you are absolutely wrong! If you overtake the second person, you take his place, so you are second!
2. If you overtake the last person, then you are...?
Answer:
If you answered that you are second to last, then you are wrong again. Tell me, how can you overtake the LAST Person?
3. Very tricky arithmetic! Note: This must be done in your head only ..
Do NOT use paper and pencil or a calculator. Try it.
Take 1000 and add 40 to it.. Now add another 1000 . Now add 30 .Add another 1000 .. Now add 20 . Now add another 1000 Now add 10 . What is the total?
Answer:
Did you get 5000 ?
The correct answer is actually 4100.
4. Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4. Nono. What is the name of the fifth daughter?
Answer:
Did you Answer Nunu?
NO! Of course it isn't.
Her name is Mary. Read the question again!
5. A mute person goes into a shop and wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action of brushing his teeth he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done.
Next, a blind man comes into the shop who wants to buy a pair of sunglasses; how does HE indicate what he wants?
Answer:
He just has to open his mouth and ask....
6. How can you be behind a person when that person is also behind you?
Answer:
Put yourself back to back with each other.
Answer:
If you answered that you are first, then you are absolutely wrong! If you overtake the second person, you take his place, so you are second!
2. If you overtake the last person, then you are...?
Answer:
If you answered that you are second to last, then you are wrong again. Tell me, how can you overtake the LAST Person?
3. Very tricky arithmetic! Note: This must be done in your head only ..
Do NOT use paper and pencil or a calculator. Try it.
Take 1000 and add 40 to it.. Now add another 1000 . Now add 30 .Add another 1000 .. Now add 20 . Now add another 1000 Now add 10 . What is the total?
Answer:
Did you get 5000 ?
The correct answer is actually 4100.
4. Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4. Nono. What is the name of the fifth daughter?
Answer:
Did you Answer Nunu?
NO! Of course it isn't.
Her name is Mary. Read the question again!
5. A mute person goes into a shop and wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action of brushing his teeth he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done.
Next, a blind man comes into the shop who wants to buy a pair of sunglasses; how does HE indicate what he wants?
Answer:
He just has to open his mouth and ask....
6. How can you be behind a person when that person is also behind you?
Answer:
Put yourself back to back with each other.
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