Kalpesh Sharma

***. A family X went for a vacation. Unfortunately it rained for 13 days when they were there. But whenever it rained in the mornings, they had clear afternoons and vice versa. In all they enjoyed 11 mornings and 12 afternoons. How many days did they stay there totally?

Ans. 18

***. Ann, Boobie, Cathy and Dave are at their monthly business meeting. Their occupations are author, biologist, chemist and doctor, but not necessarily in that order. Dave just told the biologist that Cathy was on her way with doughnuts.
Ann is sitting across from the doctor and next to the chemist. The doctor was thinking that Boobie was a goofy name for parent's to choose,but didn't say anything. What is each person's occupation?

Ans. Since Dave spoke to the biologist and Ann sat next to the chemist and across the doctor, Cathy must be the author and Ann the biologist.The doctor didn't speak, but David did, so Bobbie is the doctor and Dave the chemist.

***. The minute and the hour hand of a watch meet every 65 minutes. How much does the watch lose or gain time and by how much?

Ans. Gains; 5/11 minutes

***. The Bulls, Pacers, Lakers and Jazz ran for a contest. Anup, Sujit, John made the following statements regarding results.
· Anup said either Bulls or Jazz will definitely win
· Sujit said he is confident that Bulls will not win
· John said he is confident that neither Jazz nor Lakers will win
When the result came it was found that only one of the above three had made a correct statement. Who has made the correct statement and who has won the contest.

Ans. Sujith; Lakers

***. A man leaves office daily at 7pm. A driver with car comes from his home to pick him from office and bring back home. One day he gets free at 5:30 and instead of waiting for driver he starts walking towards home. In the way he meets the car and returns home on car. He reaches home 20 minutes earlier than usual. In how much time does the man reach home usually?

Ans. 1hr 20min

***. One of Mr. Horton,his wife,their son,and Mr. Horton's mother is a doctor and another is a lawyer.
a)If the doctor is younger than the lawyer, then the doctor and the lawyer are not blood relatives.
b)If the doctor is a woman, then the doctor and the lawyer are blood relatives. c)If the lawyer is a man, then the doctor is a man.
Whose occupation you know?

Ans. Mr. Horton:he is the doctor.