Puzzles contest - 83

[HELP]

1. Sometime after 10:00 PM a murder took place. A
witness claimed that the clock must have stopped at the time of the
shooting.

It was later found that the postion of both the hands were the same

but their positions had interchanged.Tell the time of the shooting (both actual and claimed).



2 Next number in the series is

1 , 2 , 4 , 13 , 31 , 112 , ?



3. Shahrukh speaks truth only in the morning and lies in the afternoon,

whereas Salman speaks truth only in the afternoon. A

says that B is Shahrukh. Is it morning or afternoon and who is A -

Shahrukh

or Salman.



4. Two trains starting at same time, one from Bangalore to Mysore and

other in opposite direction arrive at their destination 1 hr and
4 hours respectively after passing each other. How much faster is
one train from other?



5. There are 6 volumes of books on a rack kept in order ( ie vol.1,

vol. 2 and so on ). Give the position after the following changes were noticed.



All books have been changed

Vol.5 was directly to the right of Vol.2

Vol.4 has Vol.6 to its left and both weren't at Vol.3's place

Vol.1 has Vol.3 on right and Vol.5 on left

An even numbered volume is at Vol.5's place

Find the order in which the books are kept now.

[muralisankars]

2. Next number in the series is

1 , 2 , 4 , 13 , 31 , 112 , ?

Next Number is:224.
Sol:

The series is multiples of 2 i.e. 1,2,4,8,16,32,....
and it is mod 5.. i.e. 1,2,4,13,31,112,...

[muralisankars]

5. There are 6 volumes of books on a rack kept in order ( ie vol.1,

vol. 2 and so on ). Give the position after the following changes were noticed.



All books have been changed

Vol.5 was directly to the right of Vol.2

Vol.4 has Vol.6 to its left and both weren't at Vol.3's place

Vol.1 has Vol.3 on right and Vol.5 on left

An even numbered volume is at Vol.5's place

Find the order in which the books are kept now.

Ans:
The Order in which the books are kept now are:

Vol.2, Vol.5, Vol.1, Vol.3, Vol.6, Vol.4

[muralisankars]

3. Shahrukh speaks truth only in the morning and lies in the afternoon,

whereas Salman speaks truth only in the afternoon. A

says that B is Shahrukh. Is it morning or afternoon and who is A -

Shahrukh

or Salman.


Ans: It is AFTERNOON(SORRY PREVIOUSLY I MADE MISTAKE...) ( It's Sure...)
and A is Shahrukh ( I think so...)

Edited by: muralisankars

[murari]

nice

[technostar]

answers to these questions are..

1. the time will be 00.50 a.m..

2.224

3.it is afternoon and a is salman

4.it is 4:1 ratio..

5.the order is 251364

this is the first time i have solved a puzzle in sureshkumar.net...so,please tell me the answers..

[sairamjanakiram]

gr8 work techno star!! keep it up!!

de answers for de 3rd,4 th n 5th problem is correct!! n i don know abt de first 1n 2nd!!

any waypls post ur explanation too!! we can share r views n can even find short cut methods!!