IAS level One-Liner Questionnaire | Puzzles and Riddles | Part - 3

We are back again with some difficult questionnaire from around the world. Try to solve these interview puzzles and riddles. Be honest with yourself, try answering these questions by your own, do not look at answers.  

 

 

Q 1. If you were asked to pick nine toothpicks and make them ten without breaking any of them, how will you do it ? 

A. Align the toothpicks to form TEN. Use one toothpick for each of the lines.

 

Q 2.  I have four wheels and flies. What am i ?

A. I am a Garbage Truck

 

Q 3. I live in a land resided by thirty men and two women. All of us dress up in classic black and white apparels. The moment one of us moves, a battle begins. Do you have an idea where I live ?

A. I live in a Chess Board.

 

Q 4. Which city is three fifth of China, two sixth of Canada and two third of Goa ?

A. Chicago

 

Q 5. Can you find a 10 letter word in English language which can be typed using only the 1st rows of the computer keyboard ?

A. Typewriter

 

Q 6. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am i ?

A. Footsteps

 

Q 7. Can you name some countries which do not have the alphabet 'A' in it. ?

A:  Belgium, Chile, Fiji, Egypt

 

Q 8. I am always to be but I never was there. You can never ever seen me and never ever you can. Yet I am the confidence of everyone. What Am I ?

A: Future / Tomorrow

 

Q 9. Tennis Racket and ball cost $50. If the Racket cost $49 more than the ball. what is the cost of each ?

A: Tennis Racket $49.50 & ball $0.50

 

Q 10. I am an odd number; take away an alphabet and I become even. What number am I ?

A: 7 [SEVEN - S = EVEN]

 

Q 11. The horse jumps over the queen. Strangely there is no scratch on her. How come ?

A: Horse And queen are chess pieces

 

Q 12. A newspaper is supposed to have 60 pages.Pages 14 and 21 are missing from the newspaper. Can you tell me, which other pages won't be there as well ?

A: Pages 19, 20, 23, 37, 38, & 42 will also be missing

 

Q 13. Arrange four eights(9) and a one(1) and only one mathematical symbol to make it equal to 100.

A: 199 - 99

 

Q 14. A kind hearted person Mr. Rand buy packed food at 3$/packet from United states and sells them at 1$/packet at Africa.After some time he becomes a millionaire.

A: He started out as a billionaire, but lost so much money in his good works [by giving to poor people] that he became a millionaire.

 

Q 15. Eight Brothers lives in an old house where there is no electricity and no computers or any any other gadget.

B1 : Reading Comics
B2 : Playing Chess
B3 : Writing
B4 : making food for the family
B5 : sleeping and snoring
B6 : cleaning house
B7 : watering the plants

what is B8 doing ?

A: Playing chess with B2

 

Q 16. The five letters word, people eat it.
If u remove my 1st letter it will be a form of crime.
If u remove my first 2 letters i am a type of animal.
If u remove my first and the last letter i form music.

A. Grape [Rape-crime, Ape-animal, Rap-music]

 

Q 17.  I have four wheels and flies. What am i ?

A. I am a Secret

 

Q 18. You throw me out when you want to use me and you take me in when you don't want to use me. What Am I ?

A. I am an anchor

 

Q 19. Michael Schumacher was speeding and ran through a stop sign. Two police officer noticed him, yet they do nothing.Why ?

A. He was running

 

Q 20. In Era of Abraham Lincoln, there is a world famous surgeon whose more than 90% surgeries are successful & yet almost all of his patients die. Explain ?

A. Abraham Lincoln era is too old and we expect most of them [if not all] to be dead by now.

 

Q 21. Mr. A and Mr. B play 11 games of chess. Both Mr. A and Mr. B wins exactly same number of games. There is no tie matches. Explain ?

A. They were not playing against each other.

 

Q 22. Katrina Kaif shouted for the waiter, "There is a fly in my tea". 

"Sorry, I will bring a fresh cup for you mademoiselle" he said. 

In a few seconds, she called her again fuming with anger, "This is exactly the same cup of tea".

How did she come to know?

A:  Katrina had dipped sugar in her tea already.

 

Q 23. I can die but can't live. Who am i ?

A: I am a battery.

 

Q 24. The smallest number that you can write using all the vowels [A,E,O,I,U] exactly once.

A: fIvE thOUsAnd [5000]

 

Q 25. You have to write number 89 using only the number 8 ?

A: 88 + 88/88

 

For Part - 1 of this series :

IAS level Mind Shaking Questions and Answers | Part - 1

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[PDF] CTL 2014 and IPTL 2014 Schedules | Champions Tennis League vs International Premier Tennis League

Yet Another Sports league in India; this time it is Champions Tennis League. Sporting Revolution continues in India, after just 6-7 months of announcement of International Premier Tennis League, we have another Tennis league in India, CTL 2014, brain-child of former Indian Tennis Star Vijay Amritraj. Before this Mahesh Bhupati-backed ITPL was announced earlier this year in February.

India is already hosting number of private sports leagues in hockey, cricket, badminton, kabaddi and recently football. It started-off with Hockey back in 2005, with launch of Premier Hockey League [PHL]. The schedules for both the tennis leagues have been announced. We are flashing light upon both the leagues today.

 

International Premier Tennis League [IPTL]

It was announced by Mahesh Bhupathi in Feb 2014, bringing together greats of the game. The tournament is based in 4 Asian cities and will be played on round robin basis. IPTL matches are to be hosted by Delhi [India], Singapore, Manilla [Philippines], Dubai [United Arab Emirates]. Initially Bangkok and Mumbai Franchise were there, which were replaced by Manilla and Delhi respectively due to lack of clarity over the business model progress. Indian broadcaster Star Sports has picked up the rights to telecast the inaugural IPTL.

 

 

Format of IPTL 

IPTL spends nearly $24 million on inaugural teams. Players auction took place in Dubai on March 2, 2014. Four teams consisting of up to ten players will compete in 24 best-of-five round robin matches which will take place across the four cities between November 28 and December 13, consisting of a set each for men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, mixed double.  

 

IPTL Teams 2014 

1. Delhi : Roger Federer [replaced injured Rafael Nadal], Ana Ivanovic, Gael Monfils, Sania Mirza, Rohan Bopanna, Pete Sampras, Fabrice Santoro
 
2. Dubai : Novak Djokovic, Caroline Wozniacki, Janko Tipsarevic, Malek Jaziri, Nenad Zimonic, Goran Ivanisevic, Martina Hingis 
3. 
Bangkok : Andy Murray, Jo-Wilfred Tsonga, Victoria Azarenka, Daniel Nestor, Kirsten Flipkens, Carlos Moya 
 
4. Singapore : Tomas Berdych, Serena Williams, Andre Agassi, Lleyton Hewitt, Daniela Hantuchova, Bruno Soares, Patrick Rafter, Nick Krygios.

 

IPTL 2014 Schedule

• 28 - 30 November 2014 ::::  Philippines 
• 02 - 04 December 2014 ::::  Singapore 
• 06 - 08 December 2014 ::::  India 
• 11 - 13 December 2014 ::::  Dubai

Date              Time     Match

28 November 2014  4:00 pm  India  vs Singapore
28 November 2014  7:30 pm  Manila vs UAE 
29 November 2014  4:00 pm  UAE vs Singapore 
29 November 2014  7:30 pm  Manila vs India 
30 November 2014  4:00 pm  UAE vs India
30 November 2014  7:30 pm  Manila vs Singapore

2 December 2014  4:00 pm  UAE vs India
2 December 2014  7:30 pm  Manila vs Singapore
3 December 2014  4:00 pm  Manila vs UAE 
3 December 2014  7:30 pm  India  vs Singapore
4 December 2014  4:00 pm  Manila vs India 
4 December 2014  7:30 pm  UAE vs Singapore 

6 December 2014  4:00 pm  yet to be announced
6 December 2014  7:30 pm  yet to be announced
7 December 2014  4:00 pm  yet to be announced
7 December 2014  7:30 pm  yet to be announced
8 December 2014  4:00 pm  yet to be announced
8 December 2014  7:30 pm  yet to be announced

11 December 2014  4:00 pm  India  vs Singapore
11 December 2014  7:30 pm  Manila vs UAE 
12 December 2014  4:00 pm  Manila vs Singapore
13 December 2014  7:30 pm  UAE vs India
13 December 2014  4:00 pm  Manila vs India 
13 December 2014  7:30 pm  UAE vs Singapore 

Download International Premier Tennis League Schedule : Click Here

Champions Tennis League 2014 [CTL]

Champions Tennis League 2014 is going to held from 17 - 26 November 2014, across six Indian cities : Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi, Pune, Bangalore & Chandigarh. The 10 day tournament will be aired live on Sony SIX.

 

 

Format of CTL 2014

CTL will have 13 matches played over the 10-day period, with the teams structured into two groups, each having three teams, where all teams play each other. Each team will play the other two teams on a home and away basis to decide the group standings. The top team of each group will then face each other in the final. The teams with the highest number of matches  won in their respective group, will play each other in the grand finale to win prize money of Rs 1 crore. The runner-up will get Rs 50 lakh.

The player draft was conducted without any auction with each team picking four players from a pool of 24. The player pool consisted of six legends, six international men, six international women and six Indians with only the Mumbai franchise missing the proceedings. 

 

CTL 2014 Teams 

CTL 2014 Schedule 

Date                  Match                         Venue

17 Nov        Delhi v Punjab     Delhi
17 Nov        Chennai v B'lore   Chennai
18 Nov        Delhi v Mumbai     Chennai
18 Nov        Chennai v Pune     Delhi
20 Nov        B'lore v Pune      Bangalore
20 Nov        Punjab v Mumbai    Chandigarh
21 Nov        Delhi v Punjab     Chandigarh
21 Nov        Chennai v B'lore   Bangalore
23 Nov        Pune v Chennai     Pune
23 Nov        Mumbai v Delhi     Mumbai
24 Nov        Mumbai v Punjab    Mumbai
24 Nov        B'lore v Pune      Pune
26 Nov        Final              TBD

Download Champions Tennis League Schedule : Click Here

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