Section – V

JOKES & RIDDLES

JOKES
 JUST LAUGH

Jugnu Singh got up in the middle of Night to answer the Telephone.

Is this ‘one-one-one-one’?
No, It is ‘eleven-eleven’.
Are you sure it is not ‘one-one-one-one’?
No, I told you, It is ‘eleven-eleven’.
Well Wrong Number. I am Harpal calling, Sorry to have woken you
up.
It is Okay Harpal. I had to get up to answer the Telephone anyway.

Son: How did you go to Egypt?

Dad: Son, What are you talking? I never went to Egypt.
Son: Then where did you get Mummy?

Mother: Naughty Girl, Why did you throw Stones at Raju?

Daughter: First he threw Stones at me, and then he started crying. I
thought, he waned his Stones back.

Son: Daddy, What is the spelling of Brigadier?

Father: B-R-I-G-A-D-I-E-R but Why are you asking?
Son: Today the Teacher asked us to write down Father’s Occupation
but I did not know the Spelling of Brigadier?
Father: Then what did you write?
Son: I wrote Washerman instead.

A Couple had a quarrel and they were not talking to each other. The
Husband had to go on a Tour and had to wake up at ‘5’ in the
morning. But he did not know how to tell this to his Wife. He did not
like the idea of speaking to her first after the quarrel. Then an idea
came into his head. He took a paper and wrote, ‘Wake me up at ‘5’ in
the morning’ and kept it on her bedside.
In the morning, he suddenly woke up and realized it was 7 am.
Before he could get angry with his wife again, he saw a chit near his
pillow. It read, ‘Darling, get up. It is 5 O’clock’.

Teacher: How do you spell ‘CAT’.

Johnny: K-A-T.
Teacher: You have no done your Home work. See your Book. It is C-
A-T in the book.
Johnny: But Madam, you asked me how I spell it?

Judge: Why did you steal this man’s Watch?

Thief: I did not steel it.
Judge: Then how did it come to you
Thief: He gave it to me.
Judge: When?
Thief: When I showed him my Gun?

Conductor: Ticket.
Passenger: I have it.
Conductor: Show me.
Passenger: Here is the Ticket.
Conductor: This Ticket is old.
Passenger: So what? Is this Bus new?

History Teacher: When was Rome built?

Student: At Night Sir.
Teacher: Why?
Student: You told us one day that Rome was not built in a day!

One evening Ramesh and Mohan met in a Garden. Suddenly,

Ramesh saw some thing that astonished him.
Ramesh: That is strange pair of Socks you are wearing – one Green
& one Blue.
Mohan: Is it not funny? I have got another pair just like this one at
home.
Rohan and Mohan got up on a Double Decker Bus. After a short
while, a frightened Rohan came down from he upper deck.
Mohan: Why did you come down? Our Stop is still far away.
Rohan: There is no Driver there!

Patient: Doctor, I am still feeling Sick.

Doctor: Did you take the Medicine following Instructions written on
the Bottle?
Patient: Yes, Doctor. I followed the Instructions fully. It said, ‘Keep it
tightly closed’.

Teacher: Where is France?

Student: I do not know.
Teacher: Stand up at the Bench.
Student: I still can not see it.

Teacher (angrily to a late coming Student): Next time do not walk

into my class, if you are late.
Teacher (next day to the same Student): Why are you crawling?
Student: Madam, I am again late today. You told me not to walk into
the class, if I am late.

Dumbo: I have changed my mind.

Dodo: Thank God, Does the new one work any better?

Teacher: When was Akbar born?

Student: I do not know.
Teacher: You did not read the Book. See in the Book and then tell
me.
Student: Madam, It is not in the Book.
Teacher (showing the correct page in the Book: Look It is here.
Student: But Madam, I thought this is his Telephone Number ‘1542-
1605’.
Sarah & Simon were arguing over the Breakfast Table.
‘You are Stupid’, said Simon.
‘That is enough’, said Dad, ‘Say Sorry to Sarah’.
Simon replied, ‘Sarah, I am sorry you are so Stupid’.

Mother: Why aren’t you doing well in History?

Son: Because the Teacher keeps on asking about things that
happened before I was born.

A little Boy was taking ‘True-False’ Test in the School and was writing
the Answers by flipping his Coin. At the end of the Test, he started
flipping of the Coin all over again.
Friend: What are you doing?
Boy: I am rechecking my Answers.

Once a Teacher was taking a small Test of a Student and said, ‘Ron,
suppose your Father has taken a loan of Rs. 200. In how many
months can he pay back his loan if he starts paying back at Rs. 40 a
month.
Ron: Minimum 2 Years Sir.
Teacher: I am afraid Ron, Your Maths is very poor. Go and revise.
Ron: Sir, Believe me. My answer is correct. I know my Father very
well.

Customer (waiting in a Restaurant) to a Waiter: I do not know why

people call you waiter? It is me who is waiting.

Teacher: John, Make a sentence starting with Letter ‘I’.

John: I is -----
Teacher: John, No, always use ‘am’ with ‘I’, when making a sentence
in present Tense.
John: Okay Madam, I am the ninth letter of the Alphabet.
Lawyer to a Thief: Four Witnesses have seen you stealing the Cow,
but you still do not admit.
Thief: Sir, I can produce hundred Witnesses who have not seen me
stealing the Cow.

A Class was asked to write an essay on Laziness.

At the end of the Test Book, a Child wrote, ‘This is Laziness’.

A Ghost sitting on a Tree said to his companion, ‘I am just saved’.

The other Ghost asked, ‘Why? What happened?’
First Ghost replied, ‘I saw a Man below the Tree, but he did not see
me’.
The other Ghost said, ‘Oh! You are an Idiot. Forget. There is nothing
like a Man in this World. It is all our Imagination.

A Boy from a Village joins a Public School in the City.

Teacher: What us your Name?
Student: Mera Naam Suraj Prakash hai.
Teacher: You are now in Public School. Here Medium of Instructions
is English. So, Speak in English only.
Student: My Name is Sun Light.

Once an Ant was going on her Motorbike. On the way, she met an
Elephant who asked for a lift. She agreed and asked the Elephant to
sit on the Back Seat.
While they were travelling, they me another Elephant, who also asked
for a lift from the Ant.
Ant refused and told the Elephant asking for the lift, ‘You do not know
Traffic Rules! Three Persons are not allowed on a Two Wheeler.

One Night, a Moron was walking alone in the street when a Robber
jumped on him and said, Give me all your money’.
Moron started fighting back and the fight continued for quite some
time. In the end Moron gave up.
Robber searched the Pockets of the Moron and could find only a
Coin of Rs. ‘1’ only in his Pocket.
Robber: Why did you fight with me. Was it for Rs. ‘1 ‘Only?
Moron: No I though you were asking for Rs. 1000 which I Have
hidden in my shoes.

Attending a Wedding for the first time, a little girl in America

whispered to his Mother, ‘Why is the Bride dressed in White?’
‘Because White is the Colour of Happiness and today happens to be
the happiest day of her life’, her Mother tried to explain keeping it
simple.
The Child thought about this for a moment and then asked, ‘ Then
why is the Groom wearing Black?’

Dumbo was standing for quite some time below a Tube Light with his
Mouth Open.
Mother asked him, ‘Why?’
Dumbo: Oh! Mom Doctor has advised me ‘Aaj light hi khana’.

Once a 4 Years old Girl asked her 5 Years old boy friend, ‘Will You
marry me?’
Boy: ‘No, in our family, we only marry relatives. My Dad married
Mom, Bhaiya married Bhabhi and Didi married Jiju.

An Indian who does not know English and an American who knows
no Hindi join the same Office. The American greets the Indian, ‘How
do you do?’
The Indian does not understand but he responds, ’Girdhari Lal’.
This goes on for a few days.
Girdhari Lal understands the way of greeting in English is to ask ‘How
do you do?
One morning when he meets the American, he says, ‘How do you
do?’
American responds warmly, ‘Girdhari Lal’.
Tarun: How should I convey the News to my Father that I have
failed?
Dinesh: You just send a Telegram, ‘Result Declared, Past Year’s
Performance repeated’.

A little Girl was playing in the Park, when an Old Lady started talking
to her.
‘And do you go to School’, She asked.
‘No!, was her Answer, ‘I am sent’.

Shopkeeper: This Computer will reduce your workload by 50%,

Customer: GREAT! Give me two.

A Lion woke up one morning feeling really rowdy and mean. He went
out and caught a Monkey and roared, ‘Who is the mightiest of all
Jungle Animals?’
The trembling Monkey said, ‘Where is doubt, You are the mightiest’.
Then the Lion confronted an Ox and fiercely roared, ‘Tell me ‘Who is
the mightiest of all Jungle Animals?’
The terrified Ox stammers, ‘Oh Great Lion, You are undoubtedly the
mightiest animal in this Jungle and all other Jungles combined’.
The Lion was very happy and went further to roam in the Jungle.
On way the Lion came across an Elephant. Lion repeated his
Question to the Elephant.
The Elephant rolled the Lion in his Trunk and slammed him against a
Tree a number of times. Then he threw the Lion on the ground and
kept his foot on the Lion.
The Lion cried out in pain, lifted his head weakly and said, ‘Just
because you do not know the Answer, you need not be so upset
about it’.

Father to Son: How were your Exams?

Son: Great! I could answer all the Questions.
Father: Good, then you should expect to get good marks!
Son: Of course, I should. But the Examiner has to agree with what I
wrote in Answer Book.
When Fundu just started going to School -----
One day he came back and his Mother asked, ‘What happened? You
look sad and gloomy’.
Fundu: ‘Yes Mother. I am feeling terrible. I can’t read, I can’t write and
the Teacher in school won’t let me talk!

Dumbo was driving his Mercedes at a furious pace and suddenly hits
the Car ahead, a Maruti and both come to a complete halt.
Maruti was being driven by Dodo.
Dodo is furious. He steps out of his Car, pulls out Dumbo, makes a
small circle on the Road and asks Dumbo to stand quietly there.
Then Dodo pulls out a Rod and breaks the Bonnet of the Mercedus.
He looks back at the Dumbo, who was smiling cunningly. This makes
Dodo more furious.
Dodo now goes about breaking the entire Car till nothing is left intact.
Again looking back he finds Dumbo laughing. Frustrated and tired,
Dodo finally asks Dumbo, ‘What is the matter with you? I have
completely torn about your Car and you continue to smile & laugh.
What is wrong with you?
Dumbo replies, ‘well you didn’t know. You see, every time you turned
to hit & smash my Car, I stepped out of the Circle.

Two men are talking.

1st: My eye-sight is so good that I can see 5 Kms. away.
2nd: That is nothing. My eye-sight is so good that I can see thousands
of Kilimetres away.
1st: But that is impossible.
2nd: But why? That is possible. Well I can see Sun, Moon and Stars
which are thousands of Kilometres away from us.

A middle-aged woman had a heart attack and was taken to the

Hospital. While on the Operations able, she was near to death
experience. Seeing God she asked, ‘Am I going to die?
God said, ‘No, you have another 43 Years 2 Months & 7 days to live’.
Since she had so much more time to live, she thought she might as
well make most of it. She immediately got her cosmetic surgery done
and even coloured her hair.
After she was released from Hospital and resting for few Days at
home, she went about for shopping and while crossing the street on
her way back to home, she was killed by a Car.
Arriving in front of God, she demanded, ‘I thought you said that I have
another 43 Years 2 Months & 7 days to live. Why then you didn’t pull
me out of the path of that Car?
God replied, ‘Frankly speaking, I could not recognize you’.

Dodo went to an Eye Specialist to get his eyes tested and asked,
‘Doctor, Will I be able to read after wearing Glasses?’
‘Yes, of-course’, said the Doctor, ‘Why not?’
‘Oh! That would be really nice, said the Dodo with joy, ‘I have been
Illiterate for so long’.

Donkey A: My Owner beats me a Lot.

Donkey B: Why Don't you run away?

Donkey A: I wanted to.... But my future is really bright here...
Donkey B: How ?
Donkey A: When ever my owner's beautiful Daughter commits a
mischief, my Owner warns her by saying, ‘I will Marry you with the
Donkey if you repeat any mischief....!
That's why I'm still here........I strongly believe in thinking of good
Possibilities.

Teacher: ‘Which is more important to us, the Sun or the Moon?’

Student: ‘The Moon’.
Teacher: ‘Why?’
Student: ‘The Moon gives us light at Night when we need it but the
Sun gives us light only in the day time, when we don't need it’.
A Priest dies & is awaiting his turn in line at the Heaven's Gates.
Ahead of him is a Guy, shabbily dressed, in Dark Sun Glasses, a
Lousy Shirt, Leather Jacket & Black torn-out Jeans.
God asks him, ‘Please tell me who are you?, so that I may know
whether to admit you into the kingdom of Heaven or not?
The Guy replies, ‘I am Pandi, Auto Driver from Chennai !’
God consults his ledger, smiles & says to Pandi, ‘Please take this
Silken Robe & Gold Scarf & enter the Kingdom of Heaven ...’.
Now it is the Priest's turn. He stands erect and speaks out in a
Booming Voice, ‘I am Pope's Assistant so & so, Head Priest of the so
& so Church for the last 40 years’.
God consults his ledger & says to the Priest, ‘Please take this Cotton
Robe & Cotton Scarf and enter the Kingdom of Heaven ...’.
'Just a minute,' says the agonized Priest, 'How is it that a foul
mouthed, rash driving Auto Driver is given a Silken Robe & a Golden
Scarf and me, a Priest, who's spent his whole life preaching your
Name & Goodness has to make do with a Cotton Robe & Cotton
Scarf?'
'Results my friend, results,' shrugs God.
'While you preached, people SLEPT; but when he drove his Auto,
people PRAYED'
It is the PERFORMANCE (RESULT) & not the POSITION that
ultimately matters.

एक व ृ दं प त को लगने लगा क उनक याददा त कमजोर हो चल है । यह

सु नि चत करने के लये क उ ह कछ
ु नह ं हआ
ु है , वे डॉ टर के पास गये।
डॉ टर ने बार क से उनका पर ण कया और बताया क उ ह कोई बीमार
नह ं है । बढ़ापे
ु म इस तरह के ल ण वाभा वक ह। उसने उ ह मह वपण
ू
काय को लखकर रखने क सलाह द ता क वे कोई ज र काम न भल।
ू
वृ दं प त ने डॉ टर का ध यवाद कया और घर चले गये। उस रात को
ट वी दे खते समय प त उठकर कह ं जाने लगा तो प नी ने पछा
ू - ''कहां जा
रहे हो ?'' उसने जवाब दया - ''रसोईघर म''। ''मेरे लये एक कप चाय लाओगे
?'' - प नी ने कहा। ''ठ क है , ले आऊंगा।'' ''मेरे खयाल से तम
ु इसे नोट कर
लो नह ं तो भल
ू जाओगे।'' प नी ने कहा। ''नह ं भलं
ू ूगा, य'' - प त ने जवाब
दया। ''ठ क है , मेरे लये कछ
ु खाने को भी लाना। जैसे आलू च स'' । ''ठ क
है , ले आऊंगा।'' ''मझे
ु लगता है तम
ु लख लेते तो ठ क था। कह ं भल
ू न
जाओ।'' प नी ने फर आ ह कया। ''नह ं भलं
ू ूगा य । मझे
ु तु हारे लये
एक कप चाय और आलू च सहै । ठ क है इतना तो म याद रख ह सकता
हंू । ''
लगभग आधे घ टे बाद प त महोदय एक कटोरे म आइस म और एक
लेट म आमलेट लेकर हािजर हये
ु । प नी यह दे खते ह आग बबला
ू होते हये
ु
च लाई - ''तमसे
ु कहा था क लखकर ले जाओ वरना भल ू जाओगे। बताओ
मेरे आलू के परांठे कहां है ?''

एक यवक
ु नौकर के लये आवेदन प भर रहा था। जब वह इस न पर
आया '' या आप कभी गर तार कये गये ह ?'' उसने लखा '' नह 'ं ' अगला
न (जो उन लोग से स बि धत था िज ह ने उ त न का उ तर हां म
दया है ) था - ''कारण ?'' यवक
ु ने उसके सामने लखा - ''कभी पकड़ा नह ं
गया''

एक यवक
ु नौकर के लये इंटर यू दे ने गया। इंटर यू क समाि त पर
सा ा कारकता ने उससे अं तम सवाल पछा
ू - ''आप कतने वेतन क अपे ा
रखते ह ?'
यवक
ु ने जवाब दया - ''यह कोई पांच लाख पये सालाना के आसपास
वेतन और उसी अनसार
ु भ ते।'
सा ा कारकताः ''अ छा ये बताओ अगर तु ह दस लाख पये सालाना वेतन,
कर ब पांच लाख पये के आसपास भ ते, पॉश कॉलोनी म एक बंगला, आने
जाने के लये एक ह डा सट और शहर से बाहर जाने पर मु त हवाई या ा
द जाये तो तु ह मंजूर होगा।'
यवकः
ु ''वाह या बात है ! कह ं आप मजाक तो नह ं कर रहे ?'
सा ा कारकताः ''हां, ले कन मजाक पहले तमने
ु शु कया था।'

तीन आदमी एक दे हाती सड़क के कनारे पर काम कर रहे थे। एक आदमी

2-3 फ ट गहरा ग ढा खोदता था और दसरा
ू उसे फर म ी से भर दे ता था।
तब तक पहला आदमी नया ग ढा खोद लेता था और दसरा
ू आदमी उसे भी
म ी से भर दे ता था। काफ दे र से यह म चल रहा था। तीसरा आदमी
सड़क कनारे ह एक पेड़ क छाया म बैठा था।
एक राहगीर जो सु ताने के लये पास ह एक पेड़ के नीचे का था, काफ
दे र से इस काय म को दे ख रहा था। आ खरकार उससे रहा नह ं गया और
उसने उनके नजद क जाकर पछ
ू ह लया - यहां या काम हो रहा है ?
हम सरकार काम कर रहे ह - उनम से एक आदमी ने बताया।
वो तो म दे ख ह रहा हंू । ले कन तम
ु लोग ग ढा खोदते हो फर उसे भर
दे ते हो फर खोदते हो फर भर दे ते हो। आ खर इस काम से हा सल या हो
रहा है । या यह दे श के धन क बबाद नह ं है ? राहगीर ने थोड़ा गु से से
कहा।
जी नह ं, आप समझे नह ं ीमान । हम तो अपना काम परू ईमानदार से
कर रहे ह। दे खये म आपको समझाता हंू । पहले आदमी ने अपना पसीना
प छते हये
ु कहा ।
यहां हम कल
ु तीन आद मय क डयट
ू है । म, मोहन और वह जो पेड़ क
छाया म बैठा है याम। हम लोग यहां पौधारोपण काय के लये लगाये गये
ह। मेरा काम है ग ढा खोदना, याम का काम है उसम पौधा लगाना और
मोहन का काम है उस ग ढे म म ी डालना ।
अब चंू क याम क तबीयत आज खराब है तो इसका मतलब यह तो नह ं
क हम दोन भी अपना काम न कर।
एक चोर एक घर म चोर करने गया। तजोर पर लखा था - तजोर को
तोड़ने क ज रत नह ं है । 123 नंबर लगाकर सामने वाला लाल बटन दबाओ,
तजोर खल
ु जाएगी।
जैसे ह चोर ने बटन दबाया, अलाम बजने लगा और पु लस आ गई।
जाते-जाते चोर ने घर के मा लक से कहा - आज मेरा इंसा नयत से व वास
उठ गया है ।

संता साइ कल पर बाजार जा रहा था। रा ते म उसने एक लड़क को ट कर

मार द ।
लड़क च लाई - घ ट नह ं मार सकता था या ....... ?
संता आंसा होकर बोला - परू साइ कल तो मार द , अब घ ट या अलग
से मा ं ....?

एक आदमी मर गया और सीधा नरक म पहंु चा। वहां यमदत

ू ने उसका
वागत कया और उसे नरक क सैर कराई। यमदतू ने कहा क यहां तीन
तरह के नरक-क है और उसे अपनी पस द का क चनने
ु क आजाद है ।
पहला क आग क लपट और गम हवाओं से इस कदर भरा हआ ु था क
वहां सांस लेना भी दभर
ू था। आदमी ने कहा क वह इस नरक म रहना
नह ं चाहे गा।
यमदत
ू उसे दसरे
ू नरक क म ले गया । यह क सकड़ आद मय से भरा
हआ
ु था और यमदत ू बेरहमी से उनक पटाई कर रहे थे। चार ओर
चीखपकार
ु का माहौल था। आदमी यह सब दे खकर घबरा गया और उसने
यमदत
ू से अगला क दखाने क ाथना क।
तीसरा और अं तम क ऐसे लोग से भरा हआ
ु था जो बस आराम कर रहे
थे और कॉफ पी रहे थे। यहां अ य दो क जैसी क टदायक कोई बात उसे
नह ं दखी। उसने यमदत
ू से कहा क वह इसी क म रहना चाहता है ।
यमदत
ू ने उसे उसी क म छोड़ा और चला गया। आदमी ने एक कॉफ ल
और आराम से एक तरफ बैठ गया। कछ
ु मनट बाद लाउड पीकर पर एक
आवाज गंूजी - '' ेक टाइम ख म हआ।
ु अब फर से एक हजार कोळे खाने
के लये तैयार हो जाओ!''

एक म हला अपने कु ते को लेकर जानवर के डॉ टर के पास पहंु ची और

बोल - ''मेरे कु ते को कछ
ु हो गया है डॉ टर । यह उठ नह ं रहा है .... ।
कछ
ु क िजये। ''
डॉ टर ने कु ते को टे बल पर लटाया और उसक जांच करने बाद बोला -
''आपका कु ता मर चका
ु है । उसक न ज ब द हो चक
ु है ।''
म हला कु ते को कछ
ु यादा ह यार करती थी। वह इस बात को सहज
वीकार नह ं कर सक । बोल - ''नह ं, नह ं डॉ टर साहब, ये कैसे मर सकता
है ? आप कसी और तर के से जांच क िजये ल ज।''
डॉ टर दसरे
ू कमरे म गया और एक ब ल के साथ वापस आया। ब ल
टे बल पर कद
ू कर चढ़ गई और उसने कु ते को संघ
ू ना शु कया। सर से
ू ने के बाद ब ल कदकर
पैर तक कु ते को संघ ू वापस दसरे
ू कमरे म भाग
गई।
''अब ये प का है क तु हारा कु ता मर चका
ु है ।'' डॉ टर ने म हला से कहा।
म हला ने अंतत: मान लया क कु ता मर गया है । बोल - ''शायद आप
सह कह रहे ह। बताइये आपक फ स कतनी हई।
ु ''
''550 पये'' - डॉ टर ने जवाब दया।
म हला को झटका लगा। ''इतना यादा य ? आ खर आपने कया ह या
है ?''
''दे खये,'' डॉ टर ने उसे समझाते हये
ु कहा '' 50 पये मेर फ स है और
बाक 500 पये कैट कैन के ह।''
जन
ू क गम दोपहर म तीन आदमी सड़क के कनारे ग ढा खोद रहे थे।
उनका बॉस पास ह पेड़ क छाया म खड़ा था।
एक आदमी बोला - ''दे खो, हम यहां धप
ू म मर रहे ह और हमारा अफसर
छाया म आराम से खड़ा है । ये अ याय य ह ?''
''पता नह ं।'' - दसरे
ू ने कहा ।
''म पछकर
ू आता हंू '' - पहले ने कहा और अफसर के पास गया।
''हम लोग धप
ू म काम कर रहे ह और आप यहां छाया म खड़े ह। ऐसा य
है ? - उसने पछा।
ू
''अ ल क वजह से'' - अफसर ने कहा ।
'' या मतलब ? '' - आदमी ने पछा।
ू
''मतलब ये क म तमसे
ु यादा अ लमंद हंू ।'' - अफसर ने कहा।
''वो कैसे ? सा बत क िजये'' आदमी ने कहा।
''ठ क है । दे खो म अपना हाथ इस पेड़ पर टकाता हंू । अब तम
ु फावड़ा मेरे
हाथ पर मारो।'' - अफसर ने कहा।
आदमी ने जैसे ह उसके हाथ पर वार कया अफसर ने अपना हाथ वहां से
हटा लया। फावड़ा तने म जाकर लगा।
''यह अ लमंद है । समझे?'' - अफसर ने मु कराते हये
ु कहा।
आदमी सर झकाये
ु वापस चला गया। उसके साथी ने पछा ू - ''उ ह ने या
कहा ?''
''उ ह ने कहा हम लोग म अ ल कम ह इसी लये हम यहां ह।''
'' या मतलब? अ ल कम है !'' - साथी ने पछा
ू ।
आदमी ने सर खजाया
ु और अपने दसरे
ू साथी के सर पर हाथ रखकर तीसरे
से कहा - ''फावड़ा उठाओ और मेरे हाथ पर मारो।''

यारह लोग एक हे ल कॉ टर से र सी से लटक रहे थे। दस आदमी और एक

औरत। र सी कमजोर थी और एक साथ इतने लोग को लटका कर ले जाने
म टटने
ू का खतरा था। कम से कम कसी एक आदमी को र सी छोड़नी ह
थी अ यथा सारे लोग क जान खतरे म आ सकती थी। पर ब लदान कौन
करे ? यह सोच वचार चल ह रहा था क म हला ने भावक
ु होकर कहना शु
कया। उसने कहा क वह वे छा से र सी छोड़ रह है , य क याग करना
ी का वभाव है । वह रोज क अपने प त और ब च के लये याग करती
है और यापक प से दे खा जाये तो ि यां पु ष के लये न: वाथ याग
करती ह आई ह।
जैसे ह म हला ने अपना भाषण ख म कया, सभी पु ष एक साथ ताल
बजाने लगे।

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RIDDLES
 RIDDLES
(BOOJHO TO JANE)

1. I am pronounced as one letter, but written with three. I am

same front to back. Look with me and see. What am I?

2. Where will you find Roads without Cars, Forests without Trees
and Cities without Houses.

3. What is the difference between ‘Here’ & There’.

4. Your Mother’s Brother’s only Brother-in-law is sleeping on your

Couch. Who is asleep on your Couch?

5. Take one full Cup of Coffee and drink 1/6 of it. Replace what
you drank with Milk. Now drink 1/3 of the Coffee / Milk mixture.
Again, replace what you drank with more Milk. Now drink ½ of
what is in the Cup. Once again replace what you drank with
Milk. Now drink the entire Cup of mixed Coffee / Milk. Did you
have more Milk or more Coffee? How much of each you have
had?

6. A man is wearing Black hoes, Black Socks, Black Trousers,

and Black Gloves. He is walking down a Black Street with all
Street Lamps ‘Off’. A Black Car is coming towards him with its
lights ‘Off’ too but it some how manages to stop in time. How
did the Driver see the Man?

7. The same Five Letters can be anagrammed into Four different

words that fill in the blanks in the following sentence to make
good sense. What are the missing words?

‘The farmer with hundreds of ----- of Land, deeply --

--- about the amount of rainfall, and ----- around with
Artificial Watering System when the Ground is dry
enough to ----- him about the possibility of Crop
Failure.’

8. The following Number is the only one of its kind:

 ‘8,549,176,320’

Can you figure out what is so special about it?

9. Gaze at the following sentence and find it what is so special

about it?

‘A Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog’

10. Two ways you can get 100 ---- by filling in or not filling in ‘+’ or ‘-
‘ signs in the Blanks:

(i) 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 = 100.

(ii) 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 = 100.

11. If you wrote all of the Numbers from ‘300’ to ‘400’ on a piece of
paper, how many times would you have written the Number ‘3’?

12. You are standing by a River with a 5-Litres Jug and a 3-Litres
Jug, but you need exactly 4Litres of water. Using only the two
Jugs you have, how can you measure 4 Litres?

13. Which Number of ’17, 19, 36, 49, 50’ should come next after
the following list of Numbers?

‘144, 121, 100, 81, 64’

14. In olden days there was a clever Criminal who was charged
with Treason against the King and sentenced to Death. But the
King decided to be a little lenient and lets him choose his own
way to die. Can you guess, what was the method the clever
Criminal chooses to die?

15. A Boy was at a Carnival and went to a Booth where a Man said
to the Boy, If I write your exact weight on this paper then you
give me $50, but if I can’t, I will you $50.
 The Boy looked around and saw no Scale and hence he agreed
to the Bet, thinking no matter what the man writes he will just
say he weighs more or less.

In the end the Boy ended up in paying the Man $50. How did
the Man win the Bet?

16. How can you make the following Equation True by drawing one
straight Line?

17. can you name three consecutive days without using the Words
‘Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday or
Sunday’?

18. How do you get Six Nines to become 100?

19. What starts with ‘t’, ends with ‘t’ and is full of ‘t’?

20. Which Letter is last in the ‘Alphabet’?

21. What has no contents yet you are still able to see it?

22. If today is Four days before the day immediately before two
days after Wednesday, What day comes immediately before
the day that is two days after the day immediately after the day
which comes two days before the day which comes three days
after the day before yesterday?

23. Study this Paragraph and all things in it. What is vitally wrong
about this Paragraph? Actually, nothing in it is wrong, but you
must admit that it is most unusual. Don’t just zip through it
quickly, but study it scrupulously. With Luck you should spot
what is so particular about it and all words found in it. Can you
say what it is? Tax your Brains and try again. Do not miss a
word. Do not miss a Symbol. It is not all that difficult.

24. If a Farmer has 5 Haystacks in one Field and 4 Haystacks in

the other field, how many Haystacks would he have if he
combined them all in the centre field.
25. Take the Number 30, Divide it by ‘1/2’ and then add 10 to it.
What do ou get?

26. What falls but never breaks?

What breaks but never falls?

27. Forward & Forward I go, never looking back.

My limit no one knows, more of me do they lack.
Like a River I do flow, an Eagle I fly.
Now can you guess, What am I?

28. When does Thursday come before Wednesday?

29. On reaching the Park, I saw that there were a total of 15

Bicycles and Tricycles. If total number of Wheels were 39, how
many Tricycles were there?

30 There is a Pole in a Lake. One-half of the Pole is in the ground,

another one-third of it is covered by water, and 10 ft is out of
the water. What is the total length of the Pole.

31. What Word when written in Capital Letters is same Forward,

Backward and even upside down?

32. A 30 Years old man married a 25 Years old woman. She died
at the age of 50 Years and her devastated Husband lived to be
80. For how many Years was he a Widower?

33. If there are fifteen Crows on a Fence and the Farmer shoots the
third Crow from the left, how many are left?

34. Use the Digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 once only, in the following

Multiplication Sum to make it correct:

??
x?
----
???
----
35. Which is the largest Number that can be written with 3 Digits?

36. A Champion Weight Lifter has a Brother who is a Doctor, but

the same Doctor doesn’t have a Brother. How are they related
then?

37. At Night they come without being fetched,

And by Day they are lost without being stolen.
Can you recognize them?

38. How many Cookies can you eat on an empty stomach?

39. My life can be measured in Hours or Minutes.

I serve by being devoured.
Thin, I am quick. Fat, I am slow. Wind is my foe.
Who am I?

40. I am the beginning of Sorrow, and the end of Sickness. You can
not express happiness without me. I am in the midst of
Crosses. I am always in the Risk, yet never in anger. You may
find me in the Sun, but I am never out of Darkness. Who am I?

41. 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
everybody. Who am I?

42. John is half as old as Robin, who is half as old as Mike. Their
ages total 152. How old is Robin?

43. A Circus Ring Master returned from the Market with a Lion, a
Cow and a Bag of Grain. He had to cross a fast flowing River
on the way back Home and found that he could get to other
side with only one Item at a time. If the Farmer left the Lion and
Cow together, the Lion would gobble the Cow. If he left the Cow
with the bag of Grain, the Cow will eat away the Grain. How can
the Farmer get across without losing any of them?

44. What two things can you never eat for Breakfast?
45. There were 10 Copycats in a Boat. One jumped out. How many
are left on the Boat?

46. If today is Friday, what is the day that follows the day that
comes after the day that precedes the day before yesterday?

47. Starting with HEAD, change one letter at a time until you have
the Word TAIL. Each change must result in a proper Word.
What is the minimum Number of Steps required to achieve this
change?

48. We are five little things of similar sort. You will find us all on ‘A
Tennis Court’.

49. How many sides does a Circle have?

50. Which does not belong in this group:

‘Apple, Grape, Banana, Cherry, Pear’

51. What is the 5-Digit Number in which the sum of the first two
Digits is one less than the third, the third is double the fourth,
the fourth is double the last, the third is the product of fourth &
fifth, and second is five more than the first?

52. There was a Bus with 27 People on it. At the first stop, 7 people
got on but 4 got off. At the second stop, 11 people got on and 9
got off. At the next stop 6 women & 7 Men got on. At the last
stop 9 Men and 3 women got off. How many people are on the
bus now?

53. John had Dinner last night with his only Sister’s Husband’s
Mother-in-Law’s only Daughter-in-law. With whom did he dine?

54. First in Car, Middle in Pot and last in How. Who am I?

55. A Person with some Money spends1/3rd on Clothes, 1/5th of the

remaining on food and 1/4th of the remaining on travel. He is left
with Rs. 100. How much did he have with him in the beginning?
56. There is a Family Party with two Fathers, Two Mothers, Two
Sons, One Father-in-law, One Mother-in-law, One Daughter-in-
law, One Grand Father, One Grand Mother and One Grand
Son. What is the minimum Number of Persons required so that
this is possible?

57. How many times can you subtract ‘6’ from ’30’?

58. A man jumped out of a Plane. He was not injured at all. Why?

59. Three Fishes have a total weight of 15 Kgs. The lightest one is
one quarter the weight of the other two together, and the
heaviest is one Kg. less than the weight of the other two
together. How much does each Fish weigh?

60. Tom is 40, Jerry is 13. How many years ago, Tom was four
times as old as Jerry?

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