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THANTHAI PERIYAR GOVERNMENT INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

1) If a red house is made from red bricks and a blue house is made from blue bricks

and a pink house is made from pink bricks and a black house is made from black bricks, what is a greenhouse made from?

2) Two people were walking in opposite directions. Both of them walked 6 milesforward then took right and walked 8 miles. How far is each from starting

positions?

3) O,T,T,F,F,S,S,E,N..what is the next nine letters?

4) Xs mothers name is 32, brothers name is 42, sisters name is 52. Then what ishis fathers name?

5) Marys mother has four children. The first child is called April. The second may.The third June. What is the name of the fourth child?

6) Two people on cycle are traveling at 10 miles/hour in opposite direction. Whenthey are at a distance of 50 miles, a housefly lands on the first cyclist and then fliesto the other at a speed of 16 miles/hour. What is the distance covered by fly?

7) My successors father is my fathers son. And I dont have any brothers or sons.Who is my successor?

8) Every Thing I swallow is digested in Full but If I Drink Water Ill Die Soon. Guesswhat is it?

9) Two identical trains, at the equator start traveling round the world in oppositedirections. They start together, run at the same speed and are on different tracks.Which train will wear out its wheel treads first?

10) There is a number, which is very peculiar. This number is three times the sumof its digits. Can you find the number?

11) I bought a sari and a blouse for Rs.110 at the New Market. The sari cost Rs.100more than the blouse, how much does the sari cost?

12) A box contains 12 marbles of three different colors green, yellow, and blue 4each. If you were to close your eyes and pick them at random, how many marblesmust you take out to be sure that there is at least two of one color among themarbles picked out?

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13) A heavy tree trunk can be sawed into a 12ft long piece in one minute. How longwill it take to saw it in to twelve equal pieces?

14) There are two numbers with the difference of 3 between them and the differenceof their squares is 51. Can you find the numbers?

15) Can you place 10 coins in such a way that they lie in 5 straight lines and on eachline there are 4 coins. There are at least two solutions.

16) Find the Value of CXVI + XIII + VI + CCLXV

17) What was the day of the week on 16 th July, 1776?

18) Suppose 8 monkeys take 8 minutes to eat 8 bananas. (a) How many minuteswould it take 3 monkeys to eat 3 bananas? (b) How many monkeys would it take toeat 48 bananas in 48 minutes?

19) A pool has four taps. The first tap takes two days to fill the pool, the second tapthree days, the third four days and the last one only 6 hours. How long will it taketo fill the pool using all 4 taps at once?

20) 1, 0, 0, 3, 20..what is the next number?

21) We have a brick of regular size. It weighs 4kg how much do you think a similar brick four times smaller, but made of the same material weigh?

22) A little ball is dropped from a height of 8ft and it bounces back each time to aheight which is one half of the height of the last bounce. How far approximatelywill the ball have travelled when it comes to rest?

23) A hotel has 10 storeys. Which floor is above the floor below the floor, belowthe floor above the floor, below the floor above the fifth?

24) Complete the series:5, 20, 24, 6, 2, 8?

25) A family X went for a vacation. Unfortunately it rained for 13 days when theywere there but whenever it rained in the mornings, they had clear afternoons andvice versa. In all they enjoyed 11 mornings and 12 afternoons. How many days didthey stay there totally?