Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Lateral Thinking and Fun

Quick wit, is an important factor to keep the audience engaged. Some interesting answers though may be incorrect factually, but can sound right logically. Most of the interesting retorts in the history have word smiting and based on play of words. These are the outcomes of the Lateral Thinking. Our Ancestors used some indicators for predicting weather, here's some one  who is using those logic :-) :-)



The History has a huge list of intelligent and quick wit people who have tackled complex situation with their intelligent answers. From India we have examples like Birbal, handling Akbar's puzzles ,Thenali Raman resolving Sri Krishnadevaraya's complex questions. Britain's Churchill has been a person who had been know for his spontaneous with witty replies.. Our Engineers are smarter today !!!


Here's series of Q &A's which uses lateral thinking. Many say this has been answers given in UPSC test, however the authenticity could not be traced out.


1.How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it?
2 If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall,how long would it take four men to build it?
3 If you had 3 apples and 4 oranges in one hand and four apples and three oranges in the other hand, what would you have?
4 How can you lift an elephant with one hand?
5 How can a man go eight days without sleep?
6.If you throw a red stone into the blue sea what it will become?
7.What looks like half apple ?
8 Bay of Bengal is in which state?

Answers
1.Concrete floors are very hard to crack!

2. No time at all it is already built.
3. Very large hands.(Good one)

4 It is not a problem, since you will never find an elephant with one hand.

5. No Problem , He sleeps at night.
6. It will Wet or Sink as simple as that.
7: The other half.
8 : Liquid

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