tough IIT interview questions

How Will You Pay 1/7th of a Gold Bar Per Day?

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You hire an Employee for a week. You decide to pay him 1/7th of a gold bar per day and the worker requires the payment at the end of the day. How and when will cut the gold bar so that you have the fewest cuts on gold that will allow you to pay him … Read more

They are four errirs in these sentence. Find Them

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So you feel you are really good in English?? Let’s test your skills. Read the sentence below and find the mistakes in it. “They are four errirs in these sentence.” Can you spot them? So were you able to solve the riddle? Leave your answers in the comment section below. You can check if your … Read more

Mr. Red, Mr. Blue, and Mr. White Shirt Color Riddle

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At a restaurant downtown, Mr. Red, Mr. Blue, and Mr. White meet for lunch. Under their coats they are wearing either a red, blue, or white shirt. Mr. Blue says, ‘Hey, did you notice we are all wearing different colored shirts from our names?’ The man wearing the white shirt says, ‘Wow, Mr. Blue, that’s … Read more

WhatsApp Riddle: How Old is Janet?

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Use your logical skills to solve this riddle. When she is one year older than she is now, Janet will be twice as old as she was two years ago. How old is Janet? So were you able to solve the riddle? Leave your answers in the comment section below. You can check if your … Read more

What Time Will Needles of the Clock Overlap

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How often do you see your clock? Here’s a question related to your clocks, try and solve it. I have an Analog clock (12 hour format) and both the needles of the clock overlap at 12:00. After how much time roughly, will they overlap again? So were you able to solve the riddle? Leave your … Read more

How Many Legs are There in the Palace

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Solve if you are a genius. You are standing in one big palace where 5 soldiers stay. Each soldier has 5 rooms. In each room there are 5 big tigers. Each big tiger has 5 little tigers. Each tiger has 4 legs. How many legs are there in the palace? Take your time, consult your … Read more

Whom Would You Pick Up in Your Car on a Stormy Night?

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This riddle has been actually used in many interviews across the world, to analyse the character of the candidate. Check how you fair in this test. You are driving down the road in your car on a wild, stormy night, when you pass by a bus stop and you see three people waiting for the … Read more