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NOTES FOR IAS
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IAS is one of the toughest exams to crack. People who have studied
for it, or better still, cleared it, would tell you how competitive it can
get, and how tough the whole process of getting through really is.
It's nothing like giving the boards where you mug up everything and
vomit it out on a paper. You actually need to an incredibly smart
person here. Once you have cleared the written examination, you are
called in for an interview session, so only the very best of the best
make the cut.
We found 19 really quirky questions (and answers) that were asked in
the two stages of the examination process. These questions don't
check how well you know the subject, but how knowledgeable you
really are, and how witty you can get. Check them out, see if you can
solve them without checking out the answers (given at the end of the
article).
Q1: How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without
cracking it?
Q2: What looks like half apple?
Q3: What will you do if I run away with your sister?
Q4: ( ) + ( ) + ( ) + ( ) + ( ) = 30
This is what you have for the equation. The following are the numbers
that you can use to fill in the brackets: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15. You
can repeat the numbers if required. The resulting sum should be 30.
Q5: Jamie looked at his reflection on the window mirror of the 45th
floor. Driven by an irrational impulse, he made a leap through the
window on the other side. Yet Jamie did not encounter even a single
bruise. How can this be possible if he neither landed on a soft surface
nor used a parachute?
Q6: By using only one straight line, can you make the equation
correct. 5+5+5=550?
Q7: A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between
three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of
assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't
eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
Q8: Can you name three consecutive days without using the words
Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday?
Q9: This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to just how quickly
you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary and
plain that you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is
wrong with it! It is highly unusual though. Study it and think about it,
but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you
might find out. Try to do so without any coaching!
Q10: What if one morning you woke up and found that you were
pregnant?
Q11: Twins (Adarsh and Anupam) were born in May but their birthday
is in June. How's this possible?
Q12: The peacock is a bird that does not lay eggs. How do they get
baby peacocks?
Q13: If two's company, and three's a crowd, then what is four and
five?
Q14: A cat had three kittens: January, March and May. What was the
mother's name.
Q15: James bond was pushed out of an airplane without any
parachute. He survived. How?
Q16: If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall, how long would it
take four men to build it?
Q17: How can a man go eight days without sleep?
Q18: Bay of Bengal is in which state?
Q19: Where would Lord Rama have celebrated his “First Diwali”?
Winning isn't the point, participation is the key. Tally your answer with
these, see if you're IAS material or not.
A1- Concrete floors are very hard to crack!
A2- The other half.
A3- The candidate who was selected answered, "I will not get a better
match for my sister than you sir.”
A4- There is no mention if you can use sign or not and thus the only
possible way to get this is as follows: (15 - 9) + (13 - 7) + (7 - 1) + (9 -
1) + (13 - 9). If you solve inside the brackets, you will get the following
equation 6 + 6 + 6 + 8 + 4. Adding all these numbers will give you 30.
A5- Jamie is a window cleaner who was tired after cleaning the
windows on the 45th floor and thus leaped inside the building.
A6- Draw a tilted line on 1st plus (+) operator, + will become 4. The
equation then becomes true: 545+5=550.
A7- The third room. Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead.
Easy one, right?
A8- Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.
A9- The letter 'e', which is the most common letter used in the English
language, does not appear even once in the paragraph.
A10- Girl -"I will be very excited and take an off, to celebrate with my
husband."
A11- May is the name of the town.
A12- The peahen lays eggs.
A13- Nine.
A14- What. It stated 'WHAT' was the mother's name.
A15- The plane was on the runway.
A16- No time at all it is already built.
A17- He sleeps at night.
A18- Liquid
A19- People will start thinking of Ayodhya, Mithila (Janak's place),
Lanka etc. But the logic is, Diwali was a celebrated as a mark of Lord
Krishna killing Narakasura. In Dusavataar, Krishnavathaar comes after
Raamavathaar. So, Lord Rama would not have celebrated Diwali at
all!
Quite something, eh?