One day, Akbar received a thread that was supposed to be so thin and fine that it was invisible. Akbar, wanting to test Birbal’s ingenuity, asked him to find a way to use this invisible thread.
Akbar decided to test Birbal’s intelligence in front of his courtiers. He ordered Birbal to make a statement that was true but could still get him punished.
Akbar was intrigued by how quickly Birbal could solve problems and wanted to test him with a tricky math problem. Akbar asked Birbal to count the exact number of crows in the city.
Indiana Jones has stolen two solid gold bars from a treasure. But now, the village people are behind him. While running away from them, he comes across a bridge formed by a single rope. Now he knows that he can cross the bridge on that rope. But there is a signboard which reads that the rope can carry a maximum weight of 130 pounds only.
Now, the gold bar weighs 20 pounds each and he weighs 100 pounds. How will he cross the bridge now given that he can’t leave the gold bar behind and he doesn’t have enough time to return and take them one by one?
Two bottles consist of different pills each. You must take the two pills at the same time and if you forget, or take one of them or take two of the same kind, you will die a miserable death. In a hurry, you pour from both the bottles at the same time and three pills fall in your hand.
Now you can’t throw away the pills as they are quite rare to be found. Also, both of the pills look the same and have all the characteristics similar. How will you ensure that you don’t take the wrong pill and die?