Latest CSC Aptitude Question SOLUTION: A bird shooter was asked how many birds he had in the bag. He replied that there were all sparrows but six, all pigeons but six, and all ducks but six. How many birds he had in the

• Placement Papers
• /
• CSC

CSC Question Papers: CSC Company Profile

(#M40006675) CSC question miscellaneous Keep an EYE

A bird shooter was asked how many birds he had in the bag. He replied that there were all sparrows but six, all pigeons but six, and all ducks but six. How many birds he had in the bag in all?

A. 9 B. 18
C. 27 D. 36

Asked In CSC (12 years ago)

Unsolved Read Solution (4)

Is this Puzzle helpful?   (11)   (2) Submit Your Solution

Read Solution (4) :

rabs  (11 years ago)

i thnk it will b 9..
all sparrows bt six i.e. those six can b 3 pigeons and 3 ducks,
similarly the other 2 conditions will apply..

Is this solution Helpfull? Yes (14) | No (3)  

sunil chhuttani  (11 years ago)

ans b 18
6+6+6 = 18

Is this solution Helpfull? Yes (2) | No (9)  

akhila  (8 years ago)

Yes the correct answer is 9.

Is this solution Helpfull? Yes | No   

ASHU CHAUHAN  (8 years ago)

There were all sparrows but six' means that six birds were not sparrows but only pigeons and ducks.

Similarly, number of sparrows + number of ducks = 6 and number of sparrows + number of pigeons = 6.

This is possible when there are 3 sparrows, 3 pigeons and 3 ducks i.e. 9 birds in all

Is this solution Helpfull? Yes | No   

Please Login to Read Solution.