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<![CDATA[Arakkonam Online - Arakkonam Properties - Land Sales - Puzzles]]>Wed, 20 Apr 2022 02:22:23 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[Puzzles]]>Wed, 17 Dec 2014 12:29:40 GMThttp://www.arakkonamonline.com/puzzles/puzzlesA. Each of the following sets of letters can be made into a real word by adding three letters to the beginning, and the same three letters in the same order to the end.

For example, ANGLEM can have ENT added at the start and the end to become ENT + ANGLEM + ENT = ENTANGLEMENT.

ERTAINM
ISCOVE
ROW
IOXID
ROCOS

B. Can you complete these 5-letter words?

_ S _ G _
_ _ R _ F
_ Z U _ _
E _ _ X _
_ P _ _ C
_ _ L N _
_ W _ _ M
_ _ _ J O
Q _ _ _ A
_ V _ K _
I _ _ H _

C. These words can all have a letter added and then be rearranged to make a new 5-letter word, e.g. noun union NOUN + I = UNION.

The 7 added letters are an anagram of a 7-letter word. What is the 7-letter word, and what are the new words?

MAIL
EXIT
GOSH
CITY
NEWT
DENY
MINI

]]><![CDATA[Logical Puzzle]]>Thu, 04 Dec 2014 06:33:54 GMThttp://www.arakkonamonline.com/puzzles/logical-puzzleAfter a local art theft, six suspects were being interviewed.

Below is a summary of their statements.

Police know that exactly four of them told one lie each and all of the other statements are true.

From this information can you tell who committed the crime?

Alan said:
It wasn't Brian
It wasn't Dave
It wasn't Eddie

Brian said:
It wasn't Alan
It wasn't Charlie
It wasn't Eddie

Charlie said:
It wasn't Brian
It wasn't Freddie
It wasn't Eddie

Dave said:
It wasn't Alan
It wasn't Freddie
It wasn't Charlie

Eddie said:
It wasn't Charlie
It wasn't Dave
It wasn't Freddie

Freddie said:
It wasn't Charlie
It wasn't Dave
It wasn't Alan ]]><![CDATA[Determine the words]]>Thu, 04 Dec 2014 06:32:34 GMThttp://www.arakkonamonline.com/puzzles/determine-the-words1Below you will find ten 6 letter words, however, every other letter is missing.

Can you determine the words?

_ S _ E _ D

_ P _ A _ G

_ R _ F _ R

_ Y _ R _ D

_ R _ F _ E

_ A _ B _ N

_ A _ E _ A

_ O _ D _ G

_ S _ F _ L

_ I _ S _ E

]]><![CDATA[Determine the words]]>Thu, 04 Dec 2014 06:32:12 GMThttp://www.arakkonamonline.com/puzzles/determine-the-wordsBelow you will find some well known eight-letter words, with only their endings remaining. Can you determine the words?

_ _ _ _ _ YEE

_ _ _ _ _ EGY

_ _ _ _ _ IGM

_ _ _ _ _ LSE

_ _ _ _ _ COM

_ _ _ _ _ BET

_ _ _ _ _ LEL

_ _ _ _ _ DEE ]]><![CDATA[12 Days Of Christmas Puzzle]]>Wed, 03 Dec 2014 11:57:34 GMThttp://www.arakkonamonline.com/puzzles/12-days-of-christmas-puzzleAccording to the traditional song, on the first day of Christmas (25th December), my true love sent to me:

. A partridge in a pear tree

On the second day of Christmas (26th December), my true love sent to me THREE presents:

. Two turtle doves
. A partridge in a pear tree

On the third day of Christmas (27th December and so on) my true love sent to me SIX presents:

. Three French hens
. Two turtle doves
. A partridge in a pear tree

This carries on until the the twelfth day of Christmas, when my true love sends me:

Twelve drummers drumming
Eleven pipers piping
Ten lords a-leaping
Nine ladies dancing
Eight maids a-milking
Seven swans a-swimming
Six geese a-laying
Five gold rings
Four calling birds
Three French hens
Two turtle doves
A partridge in a pear tree

After the twelve days of Christmas are over, how many presents has my true love sent me altogether? ]]><![CDATA[Easy Puzzle]]>Tue, 02 Dec 2014 12:58:18 GMThttp://www.arakkonamonline.com/puzzles/easy-puzzleAs I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives.
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits.
Kits, cats, sacks and wives,
How many were going to St. Ives? ]]><![CDATA[Logical Reasoning]]>Fri, 28 Nov 2014 05:34:09 GMThttp://www.arakkonamonline.com/puzzles/logical-reasoningEach problem consists of three statements. Based on the first two statements, the third statement may be true, false, or uncertain.

1. Tanya is older than Eric.
Cliff is older than Tanya.
Eric is older than Cliff.
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

A. true
B. false
C. uncertain

2. Blueberries cost more than strawberries.
Blueberries cost less than raspberries.
Raspberries cost more than strawberries and blueberries.
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

A. true
B. false
C. uncertain

3. All the trees in the park are flowering trees.
Some of the trees in the park are dogwoods.
All dogwoods in the park are flowering trees.
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

A. true
B. false
C. uncertain

4. Mara runs faster than Gail.
Lily runs faster than Mara.
Gail runs faster than Lily.
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

A. true
B. false
C. uncertain

5. Apartments in the Riverdale Manor cost less than apartments in The Gaslight Commons.
Apartments in the Livingston Gate cost more than apartments in the The Gaslight Commons.
Of the three apartment buildings, the Livingston Gate costs the most.
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

A. true
B. false
C. uncertain]]><![CDATA[Aptitude - Problems on Trains]]>Fri, 28 Nov 2014 04:56:31 GMThttp://www.arakkonamonline.com/puzzles/aptitude-problems-on-trains1. A train running at the speed of 60 km/hr crosses a pole in 9 seconds. What is the length of the train?

A. 120 meters B. 180 meters
C. 324 meters D. 150 meters

2. A train 125 m long passes a man, running at 5 km/hr in the same direction in which the train is going, in 10 seconds. The speed of the train is:

A. 45 km/hr B. 50 km/hr

C. 54 km/hr D. 55 km/hr

3. The length of the bridge, which a train 130 meters long and travelling at 45 km/hr can cross in 30 seconds, is:

A. 200 m B. 225 m

C. 245 m D. 250 m

4. Two trains running in opposite directions cross a man standing on the platform in 27 seconds and 17 seconds respectively and they cross each other in 23 seconds. The ratio of their speeds is:

A. 1 : 3 B. 3 : 2

C. 3 : 4 D. None of these

5. A train passes a station platform in 36 seconds and a man standing on the platform in 20 seconds. If the speed of the train is 54 km/hr, what is the length of the platform?

A. 120 m B. 240 m

C. 300 m D. None of these ]]><![CDATA[Easy Puzzles]]>Fri, 28 Nov 2014 04:50:36 GMThttp://www.arakkonamonline.com/puzzles/easy-puzzlesThere are 5 houses in 5 different colours. In each house lives a person of a different nationality. The 5 owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet. Using the clues below can you determine who owns the fish?

The Brit lives in a red house.
The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
The Dane drinks tea.
The green house is on the immediate left of the white house.
The green house owner drinks coffee.
The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
The man living in the house right in the middle drinks milk.
The Norwegian lives in the first house.
The man who smokes Blend lives next door to the one who keeps cats.
The man who keeps horses lives next door to the man who smokes Dunhill.
The owner who smokes Blue Master drinks chocolate.
The German smokes Prince.
The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
The man who smokes Blend has a neighbour who drinks water.]]><![CDATA[Eassy Puzzles]]>Thu, 27 Nov 2014 09:58:06 GMThttp://www.arakkonamonline.com/puzzles/eassy-puzzlesA car travels at a speed of 64mph and its fuel consumption is 28 mpg.

It has a 11 gallon tank which was full when it started but at that very moment began to leak fuel.

After 112 miles the car stops with a completely empty tank.

How many gallons per hour was it losing?]]>