3 0 1

A) Exactly one number is perfectly placed: 9 8 1  — Digit ‘1’ is correctly placed at the end.
B) Everything is incorrect: 9 2 4  — No explanation required.
C) Two numbers are part of the code of the safe but are wrongly placed: 0 9 3  — ‘0’ and ‘3’ are correct, but at wrong places.
D) One number is part of the code of the safe but is wrongly placed: 1 4 7 — ‘1’ is correct but at wrong place  (first instead of last)
E) One number is part of the code of the safe but is wrongly placed: 7 8 3 — ‘3’ is correct but wrongly placed at the end instead of at the beginning.

Suicide

The green lines indicate the cuts. P1, P2 … P9 indicate the resulting pieces.

There are two possible scenarios when the merchant reaches the bridge: The guard is at the observation post OR he is away. So, the merchant planned as follows: If the guard is at the post, the merchant would wait for him to return to his hut. On the other hand, if the guard is away, he would wait till the guard came to the post and returned again. (This is because, if the guard was already away, the merchant can’t know for how long he was away and when would he return (and find the merchant trying to escape).)

Once the guard left for his hut, the merchant started over the bridge at his maximum speed. Just before the 5-min mark, he stopped, turned around and started moving towards the country at a slow pace. The guard who came back to the watch point at 5 min. saw the merchant coming towards the country and wasn’t bothered because he thought that he could check the ‘visitor’ (for necessary paperwork) when he reaches the end of the bridge, about to enter the country. Assuming that everything is safe, the guard returned to his hut. The merchant turned back again and resumed his escape. By the time the guard returned from the hut again to the watch point, the merchant had crossed the bridge and escaped.

Teddy Bear

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TYPEWRITER

It was rainy season; The umbrella was normal sized; The persons underneath were ‘huge’; But did anyone say it was raining?

Put it up on the North pole!