When Alexander the Great attacked the forces of Porus, an
Indian soldier was captured by the Greeks. He had displayed
such bravery in battle, however, that the enemy offered to
let him choose how he wanted to be killed. They told
him, "If you tell a lie, you will put to the sword, and if
you tell the truth you will be hanged."
The soldier could make only one statement. He made that
statement and went free. What did he say?
Answers were Sorted based on User's Feedback
Answer / salma
The soldier said, "You will put me to the sword."
If the statement he was telling is true, he will be hanged
as per king's order. If that happens, then definitely the
soldier was a liar as he will not put me to the sword.
What punishment for telling lie?
Its definitely "Put to the sword"
If this happens, then the soldier's statement will be true
So the king neither put him to the sword nor put him hanged.
The soldier escaped 'coz of his wise
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 42 Yes | 3 No |
Answer / guest
The soldier said, "You will put me to the sword."
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 21 Yes | 6 No |
Answer / sikandar
mai budhdha ho k marna chahta hu...aur tatti khana chahta
hu...aur teri maa chodna chahta hu
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 14 Yes | 12 No |
1,5,7,40,15,_? next no no arithmetic simple logic...
3 Answers Bosch, iStepup Services, Suzuki,
can anyone help me out in solving the following puzzle "i live in water,if you cut my head i am at your door,if you cut my tail i am a fuit,if you cut both,i am in you"
11 Answers CTS, ESEC, TCS, Wipro,
a frog starts climbing 20 feet wall. each day he climbs 3 feet , he slips back 2 feet. how many day does the frog take to reach the top?
A lady has fine gloves and hats in her closet- 18 blue, 32 red, and 25 yellow. The lights are out and it is totally dark. In spite of the darkness, she can make out the difference between a hat and a glove. She takes out an item out of the closet only if she is sure that if it is a glove. How many gloves must she take out to make sure she has a pair of each color?
We have 2 poles 5 m and 7 m height ropes are connected from top of one to tthe bottem of another find the intersection height of those poles.
In a group of 25, 13 can speak Latin, 15 can speak French, and 6 don’t speak either. How many of these speak both Latin and French?
1) You have 8 coins. 3 of them weigh x units, 3 y units, 1 a units and 1 b units. They are all mixed and look identical. You have to find the lightest coin in minimum number of weighing .
9 Answers Bhel, Mechanical, Microsoft, Oracle,
if you are running in the race and you overtakes 2nd no player then whats your position?
Five students - Akash, Chintan, Jignesh, Mukund and Venky - appeared for an exam. There were total five questions - two multiple choice (a, b or c) and three true/false questions. They answered five questions each and answered as follow. I II III IV V -------------------------------------------------- Chintan c b True True False Akash c c True True True Jignesh a c False True True Mukund b a True True False Venky b b True False True -------------------------------------------------- Also, no two students got the same number of correct answers. Can you tell which are the correct answers? What are their individual score?
what is the main reason to ask this type question in your interview sir?
Once a week a wagon driver leaves his hut and drives his wagon to the river dock to pick up supplies for his town. At 4:05 PM, one-fifth of the way to the dock, he passes the Temple. At 4:15 PM, one-third of the way, he passes the Preetam-Da-Dhabaa. At what time does he reached the dock?
(9^-2)*81*(5/6)