Indian Administrative Services (IAS) is one of the hardest examinations to split in India. The entire procedure of traversing it is truly extreme and individuals who have contemplated for it or cleared it would let you know how aggressive it can get. Consistently, lakhs of applicants compose the exam and once they cleared the composed examination, they are brought in for a meeting session, so just the absolute best of the best make the cut.

Tricky IAS Entrance Exam Questions

Q1: How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it?

Q2: What looks like half apple?

Q3: If you had three apples and four oranges in one hand and four apples and three oranges in the other hand, what would you have?

Q4: What will you do if I run away with your sister?

Q5: ( ) + ( ) + ( ) + ( ) + ( ) = 30
This is what you have for the equation. The following are the numbers that you can use to fill in the brackets: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15. You can repeat the numbers if required. The resulting sum should be 30.

Q6: How can you lift an elephant with one hand?

Q7: Jamie looked at his reflection on the window mirror of the 45th floor. Driven by an irrational impulse, he made a leap through the window on the other side. Yet Jamie did not encounter even a single bruise. How can this be possible if he neither landed on a soft surface nor used a parachute?

Q8: By using only one straight line, can you make the equation correct. 5+5+5=550?

Q9: If you throw a red stone into the blue sea what it will become?

Q10: A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven’t eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

Q11: Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday?

Q12: What can you never eat for breakfast?

Q13: This is an unusual paragraph. I’m curious as to just how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is highly unusual, though. Study it and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching!

Q14: What if one morning you woke up and found that you were pregnant?

Q15: What happened when the wheel was invented?

Q16: Twins (Adarsh and Anupam) were born in May, but their birthday is in June. How’s this possible?

Q17: The peacock is a bird that does not lay eggs. How do they get baby peacocks?

Q18: If two’s company, and three’s a crowd, then what is four and five?

Tricky IAS Entrance Exam Questions (2)

Q19: A cat had three kittens: January, March, and May. What was the mother’s name?