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Total questions: 86

Worksheet time: 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a)

10

b)

9

c)

7

d)

6

2.

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

8

3.

What is the following number? 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, ______________

a)

38

b)

40

c)

37

d)

39

4.

What weighs more – A kilo of apples or a kilo of feathers?

a)

a kilo of apples

b)

a kilo of feathers

c)

both same

5.
a)

20

b)

30

c)

40

d)

50

6.

which figure have exactly two lines of symmetry

a)
b)
c)
d)
7.

a)
b)
c)
d)
8.

a)

9

b)

27

c)

3

d)

30

9.

How many blocks?

a)

7

b)

8

c)

9

d)

19

10.

Greatest 3-digit number with all different digits?

a)

999

b)

909

c)

987

d)

978

11.

What is the following number? 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, ______________

a)

38

b)

40

c)

37

d)

39

12.

How many months have 28 days?

a)

All Of Them

b)

1

c)

February

d)

What about leap years?

13.

How many squares are there?

a)

9

b)

10

c)

14

d)

18

14.

What number comes between 187 and 189?

a)

188

b)

190

c)

186

d)

183

15.

The Riddle Of The Sphinx : What Animal Walks On Four Feet When He's Young, On Two Feet When He's An Adult, And On Three Feet When He's Old?

a)

Tiger

b)

Human

c)

Chimpanzee

d)

Orangutan

e)

Monkey

16.

If You Have 10 Apples and I Take All But 3, How many Apples Are Left With You?

a)

10

b)

3

c)

7

d)

5

17.

What Do You Desire Most . . . But When You Get It, You're Not Even Aware Of It?

a)

Food

b)

Joy

c)

Sleep

d)

Money

18.

What can you catch but cannot throw?

a)

A tennis ball

b)

Your toys

c)

A cold

d)

A Boomerang

19.

Pick me up and scratch my head. I’ll turn red and then black. What am I?

a)

A matchstick

b)

Caterpillar

c)

Candle

d)

None of the above

20.

I can be broken without being touched or even being seen. What am I?

a)

Promise

b)

Glass

c)

Air

d)

Ice

e)

Glass

21.

How many months have 28 days?

a)

All Of Them

b)

1

c)

February

d)

What about leap years?

22.

There are 14 fish and 8 drown, how many fish are there?

a)

6

b)

8

c)

14

d)

none, since the rest swam away

23.

Before Mt Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?

a)

Mt Fuji

b)

Mt Aconcagua

c)

Mt Rainier

d)

Mt Everest

24.

If you take off my skin I won't cry, but you will. What am I?

a)

a bandaid

b)

an animal

c)

a human

d)

an onion

25.

There are 10 lit candles on a cake, you blow out 3. How many candles are on the cake?

a)

10

b)

3

c)

7

d)

13

26.

I'm tall when I'm young and I'm short when I'm old. What am I ?

a)

A candle

b)

A child

c)

A tree

27.

What goes up and never goes down ?

a)

water

b)

your age

c)

growing tree

28.

A rooster laid an egg on the top of a roof. Which way did it roll?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

e)

None

29.
How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet?
a)
24 ft3
b)
20 ft3
c)
0 ft3
d)
12 ft3
30.

Using only addition, how do you add eight 8's and get the number 1000 ?

a)

888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8

b)

88 + 88+ 88+ 88+ 88+ 88+ 88+ 88+

c)

88 + 888 + 88

31.

A farmer has 17 sheep and all but nine die. How many are left? (10 seconds)

a)

8

b)

7

c)

9

d)

17

32.

In a year, there are 12 months. Seven months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days? (20 seconds)

a)

1

b)

8

c)

12

d)

6

33.

Jimmy’s mother had four children. She named the first Monday. She named the second Tuesday, and she named the third Wednesday. What is the name of the fourth child?

(10 seconds)

a)

Thursday

b)

Friday

c)

Jimmy

d)

Jim

e)

Bob

34.

When I was 6 years old, my sister was half my age. Now I am 50 years old.

How old is my sister now?

a)

25

b)

3

c)

47

35.

Let’s guess how many blocks in this tower?

a)

5

b)

7

c)

9

36.
The more you take, the more you leave behind
a)
money
b)
wisdom
c)
footprints
d)
shadows
37.

What piece goes there?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

38.
Beth's mother has three daughters.  One is called Laura, and one is called Sarah.  What's the name of the third daughter?
a)
Sarah
b)
No one knows
c)
Gwen
d)
Beth
39.

A clerk at the butcher shop is six feet tall and wears size 10 shoes. What does he weigh?

a)

80 kg

b)

shoes

c)

body

d)

meat

40.

What will you write in place of question mark in the picture?

a)

18

b)

14

c)

50

d)

30

41.

Billy’s mother had five children. The first was named Lala, the second was named Lele, the third was named Lili, the fourth was named Lolo. What was the fifth child named?

a)

Lulu

b)

Lolu

c)

Billy

d)

Lelo

42.

How much dirt is there in a hole 3 feet deep, 6 feet long and 4 feet wide?

a)

one grain of dirt

b)

5kg

c)

roughly 10 kg

d)

none. How is there dirt in a hole?

43.

If you throw a red stone into a blue sea, what will it become?

a)

its still a red stone

b)

a sea with a stone

c)

purple

d)

wet

44.

What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?

a)

towel

b)

water

c)

sea

d)

wind

45.

Imagine you are locked in a dark room with no windows. How do you escape?

a)

call for help

b)

search for a hidden message

c)

do a barrel roll

d)

stop imagining

46.

What gets broken without being held?

a)

a promise

b)

a vase

c)

silence

d)

air

47.

How many of each species did Moses take on the arc with him?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

0

d)

a male and a female

48.

There are 10 lit candles on a cake, you blow out 3. How many candles are on the cake?

a)

10

b)

3

c)

7

d)

13

49.

The twins put ............. their best dress to the annual grand dinner tonight.

a)

on

b)

off

c)

out

d)

away

50.

"This is my pen. It is ................. . Where is ...............?", said Kajol to Rani.

a)

hers, mine

b)

mine, yours

c)

hers, his

d)

his, ours

51.

Father is not buying the suit because it is ................. .

a)

a rip-off

b)

a grey area

c)

a piece of cake

d)

a leap in the dark

52.

My uncle is a cobbler. He owns a shoe repair shop in ................ .

a)

mall

b)

town

c)

states

d)

village

53.

Ravi has 35 pencils and Kavi has 15 pencils. How many pencils do they have all together?

a)

FIFTY

b)

FIVETY

c)

FIVTY

d)

FORTY

54.

Correct number name of 146 is

a)

One four six

b)

One hundred and fourty -six

c)

One hundred forty six

d)

One hundred forty - six

55.

Five hundred eighty in numeral is -

a)

50080

b)

5080

c)

580

d)

508

56.

Tick the correct abacus for numeral - 231

a)
b)
c)
d)
57.

Tick the greatest number -

a)

846

b)

879

c)

889

d)

899

58.

Tick the smallest 3- digit number -

a)

001

b)

010

c)

100

d)

110

59.

1 dozen = ____________ bananas

a)

12

b)

11

c)

10

d)

09

60.

In a race, if you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?

a)

Third

b)

First

c)

Second

d)

Fourth

61.

When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?

a)

Every second year

b)

Every third year

c)

in the alphabet

d)

in the dictionary

62.

What has many keys, but can't even open a single door?

a)

A small key

b)

A large key

c)

A monKEY

d)

Piano

63.

What room do ghosts avoid?

a)

The spooky one

b)

The alive room

c)

the living room

d)

the light room

64.

You are driving and you are hungry and thirsty.On the road you find 2 doors.1 has food and 1 has water(drinkable).:Question:What door do you open first?

a)

your car door

b)

the food places door

c)

the water places door

d)

no door

65.

My thickness is no more than a few centimeters, yet my depth can span to infinity. Although mundane, I intimidate most animals. When in my presence, you will inevitably follow me. What am I?

a)

human

b)

animal imitator

c)

a mirror

d)

glass

66.

What goes in the water black and comes back out red?

a)

shrimp

b)

crawfish

c)

a crab

d)

a lobster

67.

A man parks his car in an opposite hotel and already knows hes bankrupt. How?

a)

he knows that he has bad luck

b)

he is playng monopoly

c)

He doesn't care and parks in the wrong spot

d)

He has no money already

68.

What kind of room has no doors or windows

a)

a hotel room

b)

a mushroom

c)

a doorles bathroom

d)

a plain room

69.

Some months have thirty days and some have thirty-one. How many have twenty-eight days?

a)

March

b)

all of the above

c)

all of them

d)

none of them

70.

What flies when it is born, lies when its alive, and runs when its dead

a)

a machine

b)

sleet

c)

a snowflake

d)

rain

71.

When is 99 more than 100?

a)

never

b)

A microwave.Generally when you run a microwave for '99' it runs for 1 minute and 39 seconds. '100' runs for 1 minute.

c)

always

d)

whenever you say it is

72.
a)

Yes!

b)

No!

73.
a)

32

b)

38

c)

40

d)

50

74.

2. The more there is, the less you see. What is it?

a)

fog

b)

light

c)

shadow

d)

wind

75.

3. It likes food, but water kills it. What is it?

a)

plants

b)

stove

c)

soil

d)

fire

76.

4. You’re driving a city bus. At the first stop, three women get on. At the second stop, one woman gets off and a man gets on. At the third stop, two children get on. The bus is blue and it’s raining outside in December. What color is the bus driver’s hair?

a)

blue

b)

black

c)

brown

d)

blonde

77.

5. A cowboy rode into town on Friday. He stayed in town for three days and rode back out on Friday. How is this possible?

a)

His horse was too fast

b)

He took a shortcut home

c)

The horse’s name was Friday.

78.

8. Which is heavier, a pound of feathers or a pound of rocks?

a)

a pound of rocks

b)

a pound of feather

c)

Neither

79.

9. A man was walking in the rain in the middle of nowhere without a coat or an umbrella. He got soaked, but not a single hair on his head was wet. How can this be?

a)

He is wearing a cap

b)

The man is bald

c)

He covered his head with his hands

80.

10. It’s as light as a feather, but the strongest person can’t hold it for more than five minutes. What is it?

a)

paper

b)

leaf

c)

wind

d)

breath

81.

____ ____ ____ ____ _____

(a)  

82.

What is always in front of you but can't be seen?

(a)  

83.

I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

(a)  

84.

The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?

(a)  

85.

What question can you never answer yes to?

(a)  

86.

What has one eye but can't see?

(a)