Logical Problems

(21) How can you add 8 to the number 1 and get 9 as the result?

  • (a) By subtracting 8
  • (b) By appending it as a digit (18)
  • (c) By dividing by 8
  • (d) By multiplying by 8



(22) What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?

  • (a) The future
  • (b) Your nose
  • (c) The sky
  • (d) Tomorrow



(23) I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?

  • (a) Gold
  • (b) Oil
  • (c) Water
  • (d) Pencil lead (graphite)



(24) What gets wetter as it dries?

  • (a) A sponge
  • (b) A towel
  • (c) A water bottle
  • (d) A bar of soap



(25) What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

  • (a) The letter “m”
  • (b) The letter “e”
  • (c) The letter “o”
  • (d) The word “time”


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