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Collection of Logical Puzzles

This section of the website contains logical puzzles. Think a little, apply some logic, you should be able to solve the puzzle.

First try to solve the puzzle on your own, then look for solution. Each problem is a challenge in itself, so give them your best try.

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Logical Puzzle – Employees of an Organization

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Alex, Betty, Carol, Dan, Earl, Fay, George and Harry are eight employees of an organization.

They work in three departments: Personnel, Administration and Marketing with not more than three of them in any department.
Each of them has a different choice of sports from Football, Cricket, Volleyball, Badminton, Lawn Tennis, Basketball, Hockey and Table Tennis not necessarily in the same order.

Dan works in Administration and does not like either Football or Cricket.
Fay works in Personnel with only Alex who likes Table Tennis.
Earl and Harry do not work in the same department as Dan.
Carol likes Hockey and does not work in Marketing.

George does not work in Administration and does not like either Cricket or Badminton.

One of those who work in Administration likes Football.
The one who likes Volleyball works in Personnel.

None of those who work in Administration likes either Badminton or Lawn Tennis.

Harry does not like Cricket.

Questions

Who are the employees who work in the Administration Department?

In which Department does Earl work?

2 Tigers and 1 Lady Puzzle

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A prisoner is facing three doors. He is told that behind one of them, there is a lady, and behind the other two there are tigers. The sign on the door of the room containing the lady is true. At least one of the other signs is false, maybe both.
The signs say
Room I A tiger is in room II
Room II A tiger is in this room
Room III A tiger is in room I

Assuming that the prisoner gets eaten immediately when opening the door to a room containing a tiger, and moreover assuming that he wants to keep alive, which door should he open?

How to Divide 8 Gold Coins between 2 farmers?

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While traveling along a lonely road, a rich man was hungry. He saw two farmers and asked them for food. One had 3 chapatis and the other 5. To divide them equally, they made 3 pieces of each chapati. Every man had 8 pieces. The rich man gave them 8 gold coins. He told them that they should divide them EQUITABLY and rode away. How many coins should each farmer get?

Spinning Disc Direction Puzzle

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A spinning disc is painted black on one half and white on the other (i.e., the line forming the border between the black and white regions of the disc is a diameter of the disc). The disk is spinning on a turntable in an unknown direction at an unknown speed. You have special video cameras that can observe the color of a single point on the disc. How many cameras do you need to determine the direction the disc is spinning?

What time is it on the clock?

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Can you tell the time in this Wall Clock.

It is showing the correct time.

Hint
Clock is Lying on the floor.

Check your answer:-

Tried enough already?
Answer With Explanation
First of all there is no hour marking so the clock can be tilted.

if you see the hour clock, you can see for it to reach the next hour it has 1/5th of the hour remaining, i.e. 12 minutes.

Thus minute hand will be at the bottom most point after 12 minutes, i.e. it is the 12th hour indicator line, and the hour hand will be at 11 (after 12 minutes).
thus the current time is 10:48.

Logical Puzzle – At what time train leaves?

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Lonnie is taking the train to the Library. He tells Rosti the hour of his train’s departure and he tells Ann at which minute it leaves. He also tells them both that the train leaves between 0600 and 1000.

They consult the timetable and find the following services between those two time: 0632 0643 0650 0717 0746 0819 0832 0917 0919 0950

Rosti then says “I don’t know when Lonnie’s train leaves but i am sure that neither does Ann”

Ann Replies “I didn’t know his train, but now i do”

Rosti responds “Now I do as well!”

When is Lonnie’s train and how do you know?
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