You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?

If 21x = 79x, what is the value of x?

A pond had 60 fish, out of which, all but 20 died.
How many fishes are now present in that pond?

I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?

How could a baby fall out of a twenty-story building onto the ground and live?

There is one thing that goes round the house and also inside the house but never even share a brief touch. What is it?

I come in different shapes and sizes.
Parts of me are curved, other parts are straight.
You can put me anywhere you like,
but there is only one right place for me.
What am I?

A fresh card pile is taken out of a box (the pile has 54 cards including 2 jokers). One joker is taken out and then the cards are shuffled for a good amount of times. After shuffling, two piles are made by dividing that one pile.



What is the possibility that one of the piles will have a card sequence from A to K in order?

There are two beautiful yet remote islands in the South Pacific. The Islanders born on one island always tell the truth, and the Islanders from the other island always lie.
You are on one of the islands and meet three Islanders. You ask the first which island they are from in the most appropriate Polynesian tongue, and he indicates that the other two Islanders are from the same island. You ask the second Islander the same question, and he also indicates that the other two Islanders are from the same island.
Can you guess what the third Islander will answer to the same question?

There was a blind beggar living on the footpath of a street. Suddenly one day, the beggar's brother died. What was the relation of the blind beggar with the person who died?

PS: Brother is not the answer.