Brain Teaser 4

Five swimmers (Adam, Brad, Carl, Doug, and Eric) have been preparing for the Olympics. It is now time for the swimming time trials. The five swimmers each compete in the four different strokes (backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle). The top three finishers in each event will qualify for the Olympic swim team in that stroke. Using the following clues, determine the order of finish in each of the four strokes.

1) Only one contestant qualified in all four strokes.

2) No contestant finished last in more than one event.

3) Adam finished better in the backstroke than he did in the butterfly.

4) Brad finished better than Doug in the butterfly.

5) Adam finished just behind Brad and just ahead of Eric in the breaststroke.

6) Doug finished just ahead of Carl in the freestyle.

7) Neither Brad nor Eric finished third in any event.

8) Eric's finish in the backstroke was the same as Doug's in the butterfly.

9) Doug only finished in the same position in the backstroke and the freestyle.

10) Carl finished in a different position in each event.

11) Brad finished only two events in the same position.

12) The contestant who finished second in the butterfly beat Doug in the freestyle.

13) The contestant who finished first in the freestyle did not qualify in the backstroke.

14) The contestant who finished fifth in the backstroke did not finish third in the butterfly.

15) No contestant finished in the same position in both the breaststroke and the butterfly.

Brain Teaser 3

A contractor had employed 100 laborers for a flyover construction task. He did not allow any woman to work without her husband. Also, at least half the men working came with their wives.
He paid five rupees per day to each man, four rupees to each woman and one rupee to each child. He gave out 200 rupees every evening.

How many men, women and children were working with the constructor?

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Brain Teaser 2

There is a 50m long army platoon marching ahead in a uniform speed . The last person in the platoon wants to
give a letter to the first person leading the platoon. So while the platoon is marching he
runs ahead, reaches the first person and hands over the letter to him and without stopping
he runs and comes back to his original position.

In the mean time the whole platoon has moved ahead by 50m.

The question is how much distance did the last person cover in that time. Assuming that he
ran the whole distance with uniform speed.

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Brain Teasers 1 (Very helpful for excercising the mind and preparation of GMAT, CAT, GRE, XAT, SNAP etc.)

Three men, including Ginni and three women, including Sachi are in line at the BrentWood
post office. Each has two different pieces of business to conduct.



1. The first person is a woman.

2. Carlos wants to send an overnight package.

3. Lau is just ahead of Pimentelli who is the same sex as Lau.

4. Gianni is two places ahead of the person who wants to buy stamps.

5. Knutson - who is the opposite sex than Rendler - isn't the person who wanted to
complain about a mail carrier.

6. The six people, not necessarily in the same order are - Anthony, Donna, the person
who wants to fill out a change-of-address form, the one who wants to buy a money order, the
one who wants to send Airmail to Tibet and the second person in the line.

7. The four tasks of the last two people in line, not necessarily in the same order are
- sending books fourth class, buying a money order, picking up a package and complaining
about a mail carrier.

8. The person who wants to send books fourth class is just behind a person of the same sex.

9. Mary is just behind a person who wants to send an insured package.

10. The person who wants to send Airmail to Tibet is either two places ahead of or two
places behind the one who wants to add postage to his or her meter.

11. Anthony isn't two places behind the who wants to pickup a registered letter.

12. Toriseza is two places ahead of the person who wants to pick up a package.

13. Knutson isn't just ahead of the person who wants to send an item parcel post.

Can you figure out where each customer is in the line, his or her full name (one surname is
Loti) and the two things he or she wants to accomplish?

Provide your answer is
POSITION - FIRST NAME - LAST NAME - BUSINESS format.

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