Exercise your brain LT III

Lateral Thinking - Exercise your Brain

There are nine ears of corn in a plate at the kitchen. A healthy rat carries only three ears out each day because it can only consume that, how many days will it take to empty the plate?

a) 3
b) 6
c) 9

John sitting at a restaurent signals to the headwaiter in a restaurant, and says, "There's a fly in my tea." The waiter says, "No problem, sir. I will bring you a fresh cup of tea." A few minutes later John shouts, "Get the manager! This is the same cup of tea!" How did he know?

a) he thought so
b) he added sugar in the previous cup
c) he added sugar to this cup
d) he was a diabetic
e) none of the above

Manish had a some magic powder with him, which he wished to sell. He sold half of this plus another half Kg more to Rajesh. Then he sold half of what was left and another half Kg more to Ramya. At this point Manish had one Kg left. How many Kgs did Manish have originally?
a) 5
b) 6
c) 7
d) 8
e) 9

Krishnan bought a second hand bike for Rs 6000/= and sold it to Rajan for Rs 8000/=. He later bought it back for Rs 10000/= and resold it for Rs 12000/=. Did Krishnan make any profit and if so how much?

a) Rs 0/=
b) Rs 2000/=
c) Rs 4000/=


Picture this - a bridge six kilometres long and strong enough to hold ten Tons , but not a gram more. A loaded transport truck weighing exactly ten Tons drives onto the bridge. At the mid pointt, a sparrow weighing 28 grams lands on the truck, did the bridge collapse? Whats your logic?

a) Yes
b) No

Answer all these questions ( do lateral thinking) to arrive at solutions, ill post the answers in 7 days time.