mostly classics

1. 25 selected Brain Teasers Compiled by SRG Oct 2008

2. Dots and balls 1. Connect nine dots using 4 straight lines without lifting the pencil . . . . . . . . . 2. A factory has 10 machines producing iron balls. All machines produce balls which are identical in appearance but one produces balls weighing 99 gms instead of 100 gms which is the standard. Identify the defective machine with one weighing

7. 11-14 Eggs to Gold 11.You have six eggs in a basket. How do you distribute them to six people so that one egg remains in the basket? 12.In a perfect sphere of cheese a hole of uniform diameter is drilled thru the centre. What is the quantity of cheese remaining? 14. Man weighing 90 Kgs has to take 3 gold balls of 5 Kgs in a boat that can take only 100 Kg. How? 13. Using 4 weights you have to measure any weight from 1 to 40. what weights will you choose?

16. 23-24 23. Cryptogram: TWO + THREE + SEVEN= ______ TWELVE (No leading Zeros) 24. An emperor was born in 36 BC and lived for 100 years. How old was he on his birthday in 38AD?