World's Hardest Puzzles and Riddles | Amazing English Riddles - Part 4

Q 1. A large truck is crossing a bridge 1 mile long. The bridge can only hold 14000 lbs which is the exact weight of the truck. The truck makes it half way across the bridge and stops. A bird lands on the truck. Does the bridge collapse?

A. No it does not collapse. Because it has driven a half mile – you would subtract the diesel used from the total weight of the truck.

Q 2. Which would you say is heavier, a pound of cotton or a pound of gold?

A. A pound of cotton is heavier than a pound of gold because cotton is weighted by the avoirdupois pound, which consists of 16 ounces, whereas gold, being a precious metal is weighted by the troy pound which consists 12 ounces.

Q 3. You have to use "because" consecutively three times and yet need to make a meaningful English sentence ?

A. In an oxford dictionary where "arcade" comes before "because", because "because" begins with "B".

Q 4. Name a 9 letter word having only one vowel in it.

A. Strengths

Q 5. There are some dead people inside the cabin. The cabin is inside the forest which got completely burnt out. However inside of cabin is fire free. So, how people inside the cabin die ?

A. Smoke inhalation

Q 6. A man collects cigarette stubs and makes one full cigarette with every 8 stubs. If he gets 64 stubs how many full cigarettes can he smoke.

A. 8+1=9

Q 7. Can you tell us who can jump higher than the Mount Everest ?

A: Nobody because Mountain Everest can't jump.

Q 8. Imagine you are alone in a boat in the middle of a river. Suddenly the boat starts to sink. You don’t know swimming and no one is around to help you. How do you get out of the situation?

A: Stop imagining.

Q 9. A mute person goes into a shop and wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action of brushing his teeth he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done. Next, a blind man comes into the shop who wants to buy a pair of sunglasses; how does HE indicate what he wants?

A: He just has to open his mouth and ask… It’s really very simple.

Q 10. Can you tell us an English word which contains of all the five vowels (a, e, i, o, u) ?

A. Unquestionably

Q 11. I know a word which is pronounced incorrectly even by best of scholars. Do you ?

A. Incorrectly.

Q 12. I can be made, cracked, told or even can be played and i bring smile on your face. What am i ?

A. Joke.

Q 13. Albert Einstein was found dead in a deserted place. Nobody has killed him. Einstein did not commit the suicide. I found a bag 10 meters away from Einstein which probably could save his life. What was in the bag ?

A. Parachute

Q 14. Word in English dictionary which has a silent z.

A. Rendezvous.

Q 15. Which month do all soldiers probably hate ?

A. March :p

Q 16. Name the document which solely belongs to you but your signature on it makes the document invalid !

A. Death certificate.

Q 17. Venus Williams was given a cigarette lighter.

A: Because she lost all the matches.

Q 18. Do you know which part of London is also present in France ?

A: The letter 'N'

Q 19. Mary named his first child Jan, second Feb, third March, and fourth April. What is the name of fifth child.

A: What [Look at the question again, there's no question mark]

Q 20. A mathematician was challenged to write nineteen in a manner that if one was taken out of it, it became twenty. He failed to do it. Can you help him?

A. XIX is the answer which refers to nineteen in roman numeric system. On taking out one i.e. I, we will get XX that is equal to twenty.

For Part - 3 of this series :

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