Logical & Aptitude Interview Questions
- A banana plantation is located next to a desert. The plantation owner has 3000 bananas that he wants to transport to the market by camel, across a 1000 kilometer stretch of desert. The owner has only one camel, which carries a maximum of 1000 bananas at any moment in time, and eats one banana every kilometre it travels. What is the largest number of bananas that can be delivered at the market?
http://www.coolinterview.com/interview/4531/ - It's always 1 to 6, it's always 15 to 20, it's always 5, but it's never 21, unless it's flying. What is this?
http://www.coolinterview.com/interview/4508/ - Joyce has bought ten trees for her garden. She wants to plant these trees in five rows, with four trees in each row. The Question :How must Joyce plant the trees?
http://www.coolinterview.com/interview/4554/ - In a Bus there are 7 people.Each one carry 7 bags. Each bag contains 7 cat.Each cat carry 7 small cats. How many legs are there in the bus?
http://www.coolinterview.com/interview/13959/ - The poor have it, the rich want it, but if you eat it you will die. What is this?
http://www.coolinterview.com/interview/4551/ - A bus run at 100 km/hr top speed. It can carry a maximum of 6 persons. If speed of bus decreases in fixed proportion with increase in number of person, find speed when three person are traveling in bus?
http://www.coolinterview.com/interview/11223/ - From a book, a number of pages are missing. The sum of the page numbers of these pages is 9808. Which pages are missing?
http://www.coolinterview.com/interview/4528/ - Barbara has boxes in three sizes: large, standard, and small. She puts 11 large boxes on a table. She leaves some of these boxes empty, and in all the other boxes she puts 8 standard boxes. She leaves some of these standard boxes empty, and in all the other standard boxes she puts 8 (empty) small boxes. Now, 102 of all the boxes on the table are empty. How many boxes has Barbara used in total?
http://www.coolinterview.com/interview/24404/ - A light bulb is hanging in a room. Outside of the room there are three switches, of which only one is connected to the lamp. In the starting situation, all switches are 'off' and the bulb is not lit. If it is allowed to check in the room only once to see if the bulb is lit or not (this is not visible from the outside), how can you determine with which of the three switches the light bulb can be switched on?
http://www.coolinterview.com/interview/4515/ - These words follow a logical progression: CODIFY LAMINA STOVE RESET JOKUL QUIRES Which one of these comes next? REST, GRAIL, STOIC, ORDEAL
http://www.coolinterview.com/interview/12439/ - A cyclist drove one kilometer, with the wind in his back, in three minutes and drove the same way back, against the wind in four minutes. If we assume that the cyclist always puts constant force on the pedals, how much time would it take him to drive one kilometer without wind?
http://www.coolinterview.com/interview/24377/ - The letters A, B, C, D, E, F and G, not necessarily in that order, stand for seven consecutive integers from 1 to 10 D is 3 less than A B is the middle term F is as much less than B as C is greater than D G is greater than F 1. The fifth integer is (a) A (b) C (c) D (d) E (e) F 2. A is as much greater than F as which integer is less than G (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E 3. If A = 7, the sum of E and G is (a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) 14 (e) 16
http://www.coolinterview.com/interview/15693/ - General Gasslefield, accused of high treason, is sentenced to death by the court-martial. He is allowed to make a final statement, after which he will be shot if the statement is false or will be hung if the statement is true. Gasslefield makes his final statement and is released. What could he have said?
http://www.coolinterview.com/interview/4502/ - 35. If the value of x lies between 0 & 1 which of the following is the largest? (a) x (b) x2 (c) -x (d) 1/x
http://www.coolinterview.com/interview/20040/ - M men agree to purchase a gift for Rs. D. If three men drop out how much more will each have to contribute towards the purchase of the gift/ A. D/(M-3) B. MD/3 C. M/(D-3) D. 3D/(M2-3M)
http://www.coolinterview.com/interview/20020/ - A traveler, on his way to Eindhoven, reaches a road junction, where he can turn left or right. He knows that only one of the two roads leads to Eindhoven, but unfortunately, he does not know which one. Fortunately, he sees two twin-brothers standing at the road junction, and he decides to ask them for directions. The traveler knows that one of the two brothers always tells the truth and the other one always lies. Unfortunately, he does not know which one always tells the truth and which one always lies. How can the traveler find out the way to Eindhoven by asking just one question to one of the two brothers?
http://www.coolinterview.com/interview/24482/ - Hans is standing behind Gerrie and at the same time Gerrie is standing behind Hans. How is this possible
http://www.coolinterview.com/interview/4548/ - In the middle of a round pool lies a beautiful water-lily. The water-lily doubles in size every day. After exactly 20 days the complete pool will be covered by the lily. After how many days will half of the pool be covered by the water-lily?
http://www.coolinterview.com/interview/4511/ - You are standing next to a well, and you have two jugs. One jug has a content of 3 liters and the other one has a content of 5 liters. How can you get just 4 liters of water using only these two jugs?
http://www.coolinterview.com/interview/24452/ - Jack and his wife went to a party where four other married couples were present. Every person shook hands with everyone he or she was not acquainted with. When the handshaking was over, Jack asked everyone, including his own wife, how many hands they shook. To his surprise, Jack got nine different answers. How many hands did Jack's wife shake?
http://www.coolinterview.com/interview/24401/ - General Gasslefield, accused of high treason, is sentenced to death by the court-martial. He is allowed to make a final statement, after which he will be shot if the statement is false or will be hung if the statement is true. Gasslefield makes his final statement and is released. What could he have said?
http://www.coolinterview.com/interview/24388/ - An old farmer died and left 17 cows to his three sons. In his will, the farmer stated that his oldest son should get 1/2, his middle son should get 1/3, and his youngest son should get 1/9 of all the cows. The sons, who did not want to end up with half cows, sat for days trying to figure out how many cows each of them should get. One day, their neighbour came by to see how they were doing after their father's death. The three sons told him their problem. After thinking for a while, the neighbour said: "I'll be right back!" He went away, and when he came back, the three sons could divide the cows according to their father's will, and in such a way that each of them got a whole number of cows. What was the neighbour's solution?
http://www.coolinterview.com/interview/24491/ - A snail is at the bottom of a 20 meters deep pit. Every day the snail climbs 5 meters upwards, but at night it slides 4 meters back downwards. How many days does it take before the snail reaches the top of the pit?
http://www.coolinterview.com/interview/4546/ - At 6’o a clock ticks 6 times.The time between first and last ticks is 30 seconds.How long does it tick at 12’o clock? 2.A hotel has 10 storey. Which floor is above the floor below the floor, below the floor above the floor, below the floor above the fifth. 3. Two trains starting at same time, one from Bangalore to Mysore and other in opposite direction arrive at their destination 1 hr and 4 hours respectively after passing each other. How much faster is one train from oter? A man collects cigarette stubs and makes one full cigarette with every 8 stubs.If he gets 64 stubs how many full cigarettes can he smoke? 5. There is one room with 3-bulbs inside and corresponding switches are outside the room. You make any combination of three switches and enter room only once. How do you find out the respective switches for these three bulbs.
http://www.coolinterview.com/interview/12726/ - 52. If a boat is moving in upstream with velocity of 14 km/hr and goes downstream with a velocity of 40 km/hr, then what is the speed of the stream ? (a) 13 km/hr (b) 26 km/hr (c) 34 km/hr (d) none of these
http://www.coolinterview.com/interview/20068/ - Three piles of chips--pile I consists one chip, pile II consists of two chips, and pile III consists of three chips--are to be used in game played by Anita and Brinda.The game requires: a)That each player in turn take only one chip or all chips from just one pile. b)That the player who has to take the last chip loses. c)That Anita now have her turn. From which pile should Anita draw in order to win?
http://www.coolinterview.com/interview/20005/ - A cyclist drove one kilometer, with the wind in his back, in three minutes and drove the same way back, against the wind in four minutes. If we assume that the cyclist always puts constant force on the pedals, how much time would it take him to drive one kilometer without wind?
http://www.coolinterview.com/interview/24372/ - 100. If x/y=4 and y is not '0' what % of x is 2x-y (a)150% (b)175% (c)200% (d)250%
http://www.coolinterview.com/interview/20106/ - Yesterday evening, Helen and her husband invited their neighbors (two couples) for a dinner at home. The six of them sat at a round table. Helen tells you the following: "Victor sat on the left of the woman who sat on the left of the man who sat on the left of Anna. Esther sat on the left of the man who sat on the left of the woman who sat on the left of the man who sat on the left of the woman who sat on the left of my husband. Jim sat on the left of the woman who sat on the left of Roger. I did not sit beside my husband." What is the name of Helen's husband?
http://www.coolinterview.com/interview/24397/ - 23. What is the selling price of a car? If the cost of the car is Rs.60 and a profit of 10% over selling price is earned
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