Brain Teasers- 2

Brain - 2

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Three playing cards, taken from a normal pack, are placed facedown on a table in a row. To the right of a king, there are one or two queens. To the left of a queen, there can be a queen. To the left of a heart, there are one or two spades. To the right of a spade, there can be a spade.

Which three cards are we talking about, respectively?

  1. The king of hearts, queen of spades and queen of hearts
  2. King of spades, queen of spades and queen of hearts
  3. Queen of spades, king of spades and queen of spades
  4. Queen of hearts, king of spades and queen of spades
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Find the wrong number in the following series.

1 2.5 5.5 10 16 20.5 32.5

  1. 2.5
  2. 5.5
  3. 20.5
  4. 32.5
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

There are 100 marbles in five bags. If the first and second bags contain 52 marbles together, the second and third bags together contain 43 marbles, the third and fourth bags contain 34 marbles, and the fourth and fifth bags contain 30 marbles, how many marbles are each there in the fifth bag?

  1. 15
  2. 18
  3. 16
  4. 14
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A barrel is full of water. All the water in the barrel is put in equal quantities into three buckets of different sizes. When this operation is completed, it is noted that the first bucket is half full, the second is two-thirds full, while the third is three-quarters full.

If the capacity (in gallons) of the barrel and each of the buckets is a whole number, which of the following options can be the minimum capacity of the barrel?

  1. 6 gallons
  2. 12 gallons
  3. 15 gallons
  4. 18 gallons
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Four brothers go to a dance party. As they leave, each one of the brothers accidentally takes a hat belonging to another brother and a coat belonging to another, different brother. Martin takes the coat belonging to the brother whose hat got taken by Phil, while Phil’s coat got taken by the brother who took Martin’s hat. Serge took John’s hat.

Whose coat was taken by Martin?

  1. Serge
  2. Phil
  3. John
  4. Data insufficient