Puzzles questions and answers

Puzzles Questions and Answers

Puzzle questions test your mind power and inspire you to think harder than you’ve ever thought before, while enhancing your deductive and problem solving abilities. Puzzles are real brain teasers often featured in bank, government exams and many other aptitude tests.

Practise with our puzzles to help you know what to expect, improve your speed and confidence and be really prepared for the actual test.

51.

What time should last watch show?

A.

9:18

B.

10:40

C.

11:01

D.

11:45

Correct answer is C

Taking the hour and minute values on each watch separately, as you move to the right the hour value increases by 1, 2, 3 and 4, and the minute value decreases by 11, 22, 33 and 44.

52.

Where should the missing hour hand point to?

A.

2

B.

4

C.

6

D.

8

Correct answer is C

Starting with the top left clockface and working clockwise around the others, the sum of the numbers pointed to by the 2 hands starts at 3 and increases by 2 each time.

53.

Where should the hour hand point to on the bottom clock?

A.

4

B.

7

C.

9

D.

12

Correct answer is A

The sum of the values pointed to by the hands on each clock equals 12.

54.

What time should the last watch show?

A.

7:52

B.

8:33

C.

6:20

D.

9:31

Correct answer is C

On each watch, the sum of the digits shown equals 8.

55.

Where should the missing hour hand point?

A.

2

B.

5

C.

7

D.

10

Correct answer is B

Start with the top left clockface, and move around the others in a clockwise direction. The sum of the numbers pointed to by the hour and minute hand follows the sequence 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18.

56.

Where should the hour hand point to on the bottom clock?

A.

11

B.

8

C.

4

D.

1

Correct answer is B

Starting with the top clockface, and moving clockwise around the others, the minute hand moves forward 15 minutes, while the hour hand moves back 2 hours each time.

57.

What time should the last watch show?

A.

7:05

B.

7:29

C.

7:30

D.

7:00

Correct answer is A

As you move from left to right, the time shown on each watch decreases by 12 minutes, then 24, 36 and 48.

58.

What time should the bottom clock show?

A.

Ten minutes past Four

B.

Twenty minutes to Eleven

C.

Five minutes to Ten

D.

Fiteen minutes past Six

Correct answer is C

Start with the top left clockface, and move around the others clockwise. The minute hand moves backwards by 15 minutes, then 20, then 25 etc, while the hour hand moves forward 2 hours, then 3, then 4 etc.

59.

Where should the hour hand be pointing on the bottom clock?

A.

2

B.

4

C.

6

D.

8

Correct answer is A

Multiply the hour hand value by 2 and add the minute hand value. This total is always 15.

60.

What time should the last watch show?

A.

5:01

B.

5:12

C.

5:23

D.

6:00

Correct answer is C

The sum of the separate digits on each watch increases by 2 as you move to the right.