Numerical Puzzles Questions with Solutions

A train crosses Park Street every forty-five minutes. About 15 minutes ago, one train crossed Park Street, and the next train will be crossing Park Street at 9:45 am. What is the time now?

Five friends $A,B,C,D,E$ travel from Goa to five cities: Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi, Varanasi, Bangalore using bus, train, airplane, car, boat (all distinct). Given: $C\to$ Bangalore by car; $D\to$ by boat; $B\to$ Kolkata by airplane; $E\to$ by train; the Delhi traveler did not use boat; Goa has no bus to Delhi or Chennai. Who traveled to Delhi?

Read the given information properly and answer the question given below:

If the digits of $5734629$ are arranged in ascending order from left to right, how many digits remain in the same position?

The question is based on the six numbers: $283,347,518,829,748,827$. If the first and third digits of each number are interchanged, which number will be the third lowest?

If the digits of $5734629$ are arranged in ascending order from left to right, how many digits remain in the same position?

How many such digits are there in the number 6837941, each of which is as far away from the beginning in the number as when the digits are arranged in descending order within the number?

Thirty-six vehicles are parked in a parking lot in a single row. After the first car there is one scooter, after the second car there are two scooters, after the third car there are three scooters, and so on. Find the number of scooters in the second half of the row.

If 3 is subtracted from the middle digit of each of the following numbers and then the digits of each number are reversed, which of the following will be the last digit of the middle number when they are arranged in descending order? 589 362 554 371 442

Ana is a girl and has the same number of brothers as sisters. Andrew is a boy and has twice as many sisters as brothers. Ana and Andrew are the children of Emma. How many children does Emma have?

In a cricket season, India defeated Australia twice. West Indies defeated India twice. Australia defeated West Indies twice. India defeated New Zealand twice and West Indies defeated New Zealand twice. Which country has lost the most number of times?

There are 8 balls looking alike, seven of which have equal weight and one is slightly heavier. The weighing balance is of unlimited capacity. Using this balance, the minimum number of weighings required to identify the heavier ball is

A doctor said to his compounder, “I go to see the patients at their residence after every 3:30 hours. I have already gone to the patient 1:20 hours ago and next time I shall go at 1:40 p.m.” At what time was this information given to the compounder by the doctor?

A, B, C, D and E distribute some cards among themselves in a manner that A gets one less than B, C gets 5 more than D, E gets 3 more than B, while D gets as many as B. Who gets the least cards?

A, B, C, D and E are five integers. When written in ascending order of values, the difference between any two adjacent integers is 4. D is the greatest and A is the least. B is greater than E but less than C. The sum of the integers is equal to E. What is the product of the integers?

You are given two (unmarked) containers of capacity $9$ litres and $4$ litres, and a huge tank of water. You need to get a measure of exactly $6$ litres of water. A move is either filling a container completely or emptying a container (either fully or partly). The smallest number of moves needed to do this task is

Four friends Arjan, Bhuvan, Guran and Lakha were comparing the number of sheep they owned. Guran has $10$ more sheep than Lakha. Arjan gave one third of his sheep to Bhuvan, Bhuvan gave one fourth of what he then held to Guran, and Guran passed one fifth of his holding to Lakha. After this, all had an equal number of sheep. How many sheep did each possess (minimum possible)?

Which of the following is correct?

Four friends A, B, C and D need to cross a bridge in the night. A maximum of 2 people can cross at a time. They have only one lamp. A takes one minute to cross the bridge. B takes 2 minutes, C takes 8 minutes and D takes 11 minutes to cross the bridge respectively. A pair must walk together at the speed of the person who walks slowly. What is the minimum time required to cross the bridge by all the four people?

The nine alphabets L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T are assigned to nine integers 1 to 9, not necessarily in the same order. 4 is assigned to P. The difference between P and T is 5. The difference between N and T is 3. What is the integer assigned to N?