Monday, March 12, 2012

Questions and Answers

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Brain teasers - with answers



2. The manufacturer doesn't want to use it, the buyer doesn't need to use it  and the user doesn't know he's using it. What is it?

3. The word CANDY can be spelled using just 2 letters. Can you figure out how?

4. Bill bets Craig $100 that he can predict the score of the hockey game  before it starts. Craig agrees, but loses the bet. Why did Craig lose the bet?

5. What is the next 3 letters in this sequence?
o t t f f s s _ _ _

6. FOUR is HALF of FIVE.
Is this statement True or False?

7. A woman shoots her husband.
Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes.
Finally, she hangs him.
But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.
How can this be?

8. What do these 3 have in common?
Superman
Moses
The Cabbage Patch Kids

9. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

10. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday,  Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

11. I can sizzle like bacon,
I am made with an egg,
I have plenty of backbone, but lack a good leg,
I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole,
I can be long, like a flagpole, yet fit in a hole,
What am I?

12. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though.
Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any
coaching!

13. Hi! Ma and Pa told me I'd better say that all the two-letter words in
this paragraph have something in common ...... or else! What's the common factor here?

14. What falls but never breaks?
What breaks but never falls?

15. This one's a tuffy! There is a common English word that is seven letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains a common English word - from seven letters right on down to a single letter. What is  the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing a
letter at a time?

16. In olden days you are a clever thief charged with treason against the king and sentenced to death. But the king decides to be a little lenient and lets you choose your own way to die. What way should you choose? Remember,
you're clever!

17. What is it that when you take away the whole, you still have some left
over?

18. What six letter word in the English language contains ten other words  without rearranging any of its letters?

19. Name an English word of more than 2 letters that both begins and ends with the letters "he" in that order. There are two possible answers. "hehe" is not acceptable.

20. A man was found murdered on Sunday morning. His wife immediately called the police. The police questioned the wife and staff and got these alibis:
The Wife said she was sleeping.
The Cook was cooking breakfast.
The Gardener was picking vegetables.
The Maid was getting the mail.
The Butler was cleaning the closet.

The police instantly arrested the murdered. Who did it and how did they  know?






Brain Teasers Answer Sheet

1. Tom.....Tom's mom had three children, June, May, and Tom.
2. A Coffin

3. The answer: C and Y

4. Bill said the score would be 0-0 and he was right. Before any hockey game starts, the score is always 0-0.

5. "e n t " They represent the first letter when writing the numbers one thru ten.

6. It's True. The Roman Numeral FOUR (IV) is in the middle of the word Five:
F(IV)E

7. The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry.

8. They were all adopted!

9. The answer is Charcoal. In Homer Simpson's words: Hmmmm... Barbecue.

10. Sure you can: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow!

11. A snake.

12. The letter "e", which is the most common letter in the English language, does not appear once in the long paragraph.

13. All the two-letter combinations are abbreviations of U.S. States:
Hi:Hawaii, MA:Massachusetts, PA:Pennsylvania, me:Maine, in:Indiana, I'd:
Idaho, or:Oregon

14. Night and Day!

15. The original word is "Snowing". It decomposes to: sowing, swing, sing,
sin, in, and I.

16. I think I would have chosen to die of "old age". Did you?

17. The word Wholesome.

18.The word is Spared. The ten words are: Spa, Spar, Spare, Pa, Par, Pare,Pared, Are, Re, and Red. If you got this one you are good!

19. Headache or Heartache.

20. It was the Maid. She said she was getting the mail. There is no mail on
 

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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF FINNACE


1. 
Since 1983, the RBI's responsibility with respect to regional rural banks was transferred to
ARDC
SBI
NABARD
PACs
Answer: Option C
2. 
Deficit financing implies
printing new currency notes
replacing new currency with worn out currency
public expenditure in excess of public revenue
public revenue in excess of public expenditure
Answer: Option C
3. 
In which of the following sequences the change in quantity of money leads to change in price level in the Keynesian models?
Change in quantity of money - change in investment - change in employment and output - change in rate of interest - change in price level
Change in quantity of money - change in employment and output - change in investment - change in the rate of interest - change in price level
Change in quantity of money - change in investment - change in rate of interest - change in employment and output - change in price level
Change in quantity of money - change in rate of interest - change in investment - change in employment and output - change in price level
Answer: Option D
4. 
Foreign Direct Investment ceilings in the telecom sector have been raised from 49 percent to
74 percent
51 percent
90 percent
100 percent
Answer: Option A
5. 
Which of the following is not a part of machinery that settles industrial disputes?
Wage Court
Works Committee
Conciliation officers
Board of Conciliation
Answer: Option A




6. 
The central banking functions in India are performed by the
  1.         I.            Central Bank of India
  2.      II.            Reserve Bank of India
  3.    III.            State Bank of India
  4.     IV.            Punjab National Bank
I, II
II
I
II, III
Answer: Option B
7. 
Development expenditure of the Central government does not include
defence expenditure
expenditure on economic services
expenditure on social and community services
grant to states
Answer: Option A
8. 
ICICI is the name of a
chemical industry
bureau
corporation
financial institution
Answer: Option D
9. 
Gilt-edged market means
bullion market
market of government securities
market of guns
market of pure metals
Answer: Option B
9. 
In the last one decade, which one among the following sectors has attracted the highest foreign direct investment inflows into India?
Chemicals other than fertilizers
Services sector
Food processing
Telecommunication
Answer: Option D










10. 
Our financial system has provided for the transfer of resources from the centre to the states; the important means of resource transfer are
tax sharing
grant-in-aids
loans
All the above
Answer: Option D
11. 
Debenture holders of a company are its
shareholders
creditors
debtors
directors
Answer: Option B
12. 
Excise duty is a tax levied on the
import of goods
export of goods
production of goods
sale of goods
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
What is Excise Duty? Is it collected by the State Government or the Central Government? How is it different from Sales Tax?
Excise duty is a tax on manufacture or production of goods. Excise duty on alcohol, alcoholic preparations, and narcotic substances is collected by the State Government and is called "State Excise" duty. The Excise duty on rest of goods is called "Central Excise" duty and is collected in terms of Section 3 of the Central Excise Act, 1944.
Sales Tax is different from the Excise duty as former is a tax on the act of sale while the latter is a tax on the act of manufacture or production of goods.
13. 
In pursuance with the recommendations of Narsimhan Committee, the RBI has framed new guidelines
to govern entry of new private sector banks to make the banking sector more competitive
to reduce the freedom given to banks to rationalize their existing branch network
to setup more foreign exchange banks
to lend more easily for industrial development
Answer: Option A
14. 
Which of the following is the first Indian private company to sign an accord with Government of Myanmar for oil exploration in two offshore blocks in that country?
Reliance Energy
Essar Oil
GAIL
ONGC
Answer: Option B


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