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Four friends, Mr. Barber, Mr. Carpenter, Mr. Stock- broker and Mr. Tanner all have different occupations barber, carpenter, stock broker and tanner. But none of them has an occupation which matches his name. Each man always wears the same colour shirt. black, crimson, silver or topaz. But the colour shirt he wears does not start with the same letter as his name or his occupation.

Mr. Stockbroker and the tanner dine together regularly.

The Stockbroker wears a black shirt

Mr. Carpenter is the barber.

What is the Stockbroker's occupation?

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P, Q, R, S and T took a photography class together. The assignment was to photograph animals, so they decided to take a safari for 10 days. A different pair took the pictures each day. Some days they didn't see any animals. But they returned home with pictures of five animals, each taken on different days.

T was not involved with the picture of the anteater.

Q was one of the pair which took pictures of the emu. No one was on the teams which took pictures of both the anteater and the deer.

One person captured the photo of both the crocodile and the emu.

One person took pictures of the bear. He also took photograph of an animal when he was out with S.

P and Q were successful on their day together as a team. Rand T, however, saw nothing on their day as a team. Each man participated in the photographing of two animals.Q, S and T together had a hand in photographing all five of the animals.

Which pair photographed the bear?

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Early one morning, four snails, A, B, C and D, set off together down the garden path. A and B kept the same steady pace, slithering only 8 metres by the time C and D had already reached the azalea. C was wounded and had to stop for an hour to rest. Although D was tired, too, she pressed on, but re- duced her pace to be at the same speed as A's and B’s. C started off again just as A and B got even with her. She raced off at her original pace. A promptly sped up to the same speed as C and kept even with her. B just kept going at her original pace. When A reached the end of the path, she was 1 metre ahead of B, but she was a half hour later than D was.

How many meters long was the path?

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Coach Pathak has one tennis scholarship left. He's just heard of a family with four boys who are all great tennis players. He's never seen them play, but his scouts assure him that all four play equally well. With no more knowledge available to him, he decides that he wants to give the scholarship to the tallest boy. But their parents do not want to show any favouritism. The parents agree to have the boys exit the house, one at a time and let Coach Pathak pick the one he wants. He has to make an immediate decision on whether or not to offer the scholarship to that boy. If the coach uses his best strategy, what is the prob- ability of him offering the scholarship to the tallest boy? Assume he can tell whether the boy is taller or shorter than the other boys he's seen.
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Fanny, Gopal and Harish play a challenge tennis tour- nament where two of them play a set, then the winner stays in the court to play the one who sat out. During the tournament, Fanny played, 15 sets, Gopal played 14 and Harish played 9

Who played in set 13 ?

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In the town of Rokas Phokas, all the married people lie all the time. All the single people tell the truth all the time. Tennis is a popular pastime in Rokas Phokas. One day three women and three men decided to play. There were two couples and two single people among them. If you asked Chandar whether Bandar is married to Tender, he would say, “Haan.” If you asked Pammi if she is married to Chandar, she would say, "Haan." If you asked Jimmy if he is married to Rashmi, he would say, “Nahin.” If you knew enough about the local language to know whether “Haan” means “Yes” and “Nahin” means “No” or visa versa, you could figure out who is married to whom. Can you figure it out who is married to Chandar?
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A, B and C each make four statements about each other. But only one of them made four true state- ments

. A said:  

1. B owes me $10.

2. Cowes me $5.

3. All of C's statements are true.

4. All of B's statements are false.

 

B said:

1. I owe no money to A

2. Cowes me $7

.3. I am Scandinavian

4. All A's statements are false.

C said:

1. I owe no money to anyone.

2. B is Italian.

3. I always tell the truth.

4. Two of B's statements are true and two are false.

Find which statements are true and which are false for all three.

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My next door neighbour lies a lot. In fact, he only tells the truth on one day a week! One day he told me, “I lie on Mondays and on Tuesdays.” The next day he said, "Today is either Thursday, Saturday or Sunday.”

The next day he said, “I lie on Wednesdays and Fri- days."

On which day of the week does my neighbour tell the truth?

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In chess, a knight moves two squares in one direction and one square in another direction, ending up on the diagonally opposite corner of a 2 x 3 grid. Intervening squares can be occupied. Find the maximum number of knights which can be placed on an 8 x 8 chessboard  so that no knight threatens another knight (can move into a square occupied by one of the other knights).