A man wears socks of two colours – Black and brown. He has altogether 20 black socks and 20 brown socks in a drawer. Supposing he has to take out the socks in the dark, how many must he take out to be sure that he has a matching pair ?

July 30, 2022 – by admin

Question: A man wears socks of two colours – Black and brown. He has altogether 20 black socks and 20 brown socks in a drawer. Supposing he has to take out the socks in the dark, how many must he…

A bird shooter was askgd how many birds he had in the bag. He replied that there were all sparrows but six, all pigeons but six, and all ducks but six. How many birds he had in the bag in all?

July 30, 2022 – by admin

Question: A bird shooter was askgd how many birds he had in the bag. He replied that there were all sparrows but six, all pigeons but six, and all ducks but six. How many birds he had in the bag…

A shepherd had 17 sheep. All but nine died. How many was he left with ?

July 30, 2022 – by admin

Question: A shepherd had 17 sheep. All but nine died. How many was he left with ? [A]. Nil [B]. 8 [C]. 9 [D]. 17 Answer: Option C Explanation: ‘All but nine died’ means ‘All except nine died’ i.e. 9…