IAS Interview Question

If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall, how long would it take four men to build it?




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While taking out the pills one day, you took out one pill from A and by mistake took out two from B. You have no idea which pill is which now.

You cant throw away the expensive pills. What will you do now?

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Can you determine the number of apples in a basket from this information?

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John bought a new car. He has a habit of eating ice cream from a particular ice cream shop while returning home from office. Whenever, he eats strawberry ice cream, he faces no problem. But whenever, he eats chocolate ice cream, the car starts giving problem. At first, he thinks, it is just a co-incidence but when this awkward incident happens for 3-4 times, he reports this problem to the company.

The mechanic of the company checks but finds no problem at all. The next day, when he stops by to eat chocolate ice cream, the car again starts giving problem.

Can you find the possible reason?

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Can it be possible to build a house that has all its four walls facing towards the South?

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The doctor advised his patient to take a tablet after every fifteen minutes. He gave him five tablets in total.

How much time will he take to have all the five tablets?

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Look at the below sequence of letters and tell us what the next letter should be:

O T T F F S S ?

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Can you place three balls such that the equation shown in the picture holds true?

Place the Balls

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

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