Boat on Riverbank

Two-person want to cross a river. Only one boat is present on the riverside that can carry only one person at a time.

However, they still manage to cross the river. How is it possible?




Similar Riddles

Can you count the number of matches in the picture below ?


Count the Matches

Asked by Neha on 14 May 2021


An office is divided into 8 cubicles. How many of the cubicles are painted if only 1/8 of the cubicles are painted?

Asked by Neha on 23 Feb 2022

A chicken farmer has figured out that a hen and a half can lay an egg and a half in a day and a half. How many hens does the farmer need to produce one dozen eggs in six days?

Asked by Neha on 30 Dec 2020


John’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?

Asked by Neha on 14 Feb 2022

I have a hole in my back and legs I lack.
I live where I can’t breathe and I eat without teeth.
What am I?

Asked by Neha on 02 Nov 2025

What has a bottom at the top?

Asked by Neha on 20 Jul 2025


When you stop to look, you can always see me. But if you try to touch me, you can never feel me. Although you walk towards me, I remain the same distance from you. What am I?

Asked by Neha on 20 Aug 2025

A word I know,
Six letters contain,
Subtract just one,
And twelve is what remains.

Asked by Neha on 18 Feb 2024

Steffi's daughter Jazelle needs to be picked up from school every day.
Steffi asks one of her colleagues to pick up Jazelle from the school. Steffi devised a password system to confirm that Jazelle goes with the correct colleague only.

The password on Monday was SJM16.
The password on Wednesday was TAW39.

What will the password be for Friday?

Asked by Neha on 28 Jan 2026


I never was there, I am always to be.
You have never ever seen me, not ever you will.
Yet I am the confidence of everyone.

Who Am I?

Asked by Neha on 01 Feb 2024

Hot Articles

Amazing Facts

Out of the Box

The phrase “thinking outside the box” was popularised from the solution to a topographical puzzle involving 9 dots in a box shape.