Puzzle Quiz for Class 3 to 5

I am not alive, but I can grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, and I can drown. What am I?

• Fire

• Plant

• Shadow

• Water

If it takes 5 machines 5 minutes to make 5 widgets, how long would it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets?

• 5 minutes

• 10 minutes

• 100 minutes

• 20 minutes

Which one is spelled correctly?

• Committment

• Comittment

• Committement

• Commitment

A farmer has to take a wolf, a goat, and a cabbage across a river. He has a boat, but it can only carry himself and one other item. If left alone, the wolf will eat the goat, and the goat will eat the cabbage. How does the farmer do it?

• Wolf, Goat, Cabbage

• Goat, Cabbage, Wolf

• Cabbage, Goat, Wolf

• Goat, Wolf, Cabbage

Answer explanation

The farmer takes the goat across first, returns alone. Then he takes the wolf across, returns with the goat. Finally, he takes the cabbage across, and returns to bring the goat last.

What comes next in the sequence: 1, 4, 9, 16, ...?

• 20

• 25

• 30

• 36

Tom’s mother has three children. One is named April, the second is named May. What is the third child’s name?

• June

• July

• Tom

• August

There are four brothers in a family. Each brother has one sister. How many children are there in the family?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

What has keys but can’t open locks?

• A map

• A lock

• A computer

• A piano

If you arrange 3 apples in each of 4 rows, how many apples do you have?

• 7

• 12

• 10

• 15

What can you catch but not throw?

• Wind

• Shadow

• Cold

• Light