Here are some winning answers given by Indian Administrative Service candidates in the Union Public Service Commission exam interview, 2003.

Q. How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it?

A: Concrete floors are very hard to crack! (UPSC Topper)

Q. If it took eight men 10 hours to build a wall, how long would it take four men to build it?

A: No time at all it is already built. (Rank 23)

Q. 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?

A: Very large hands. (Good one) (Rank 11)

Q. How can you lift an elephant with one hand?

A: It is not a problem, since you will never find an elephant with one hand. (Rank 14)

Q. How can a man go eight days without sleep?

A: No probs, He sleeps at night. (Rank 98)

Q. If you throw a red stone into the blue sea what it will become?

A: It will get wet or sink as simple as that. (Rank 2)

Q. What looks like half apple ?

A : The other half. (UPSC-IAS Topper)

Q. What can you never eat for breakfast ?

A : Dinner.

Q. What happened when wheel was invented ?

A : It caused a revolution.

Q. Bay of Bengal is in which state?

A : Liquid (Rank 33)

Q. What is the opposite of Nagpanchami?

A: Nag did not punch me.

Q. Now what is the inverse of Nagpanchami?

A: I punched the Nag.

Q. Chintu’s mom has three sons.What is the name of the other two?

A: Chin-1 & Chin-3 (Phew!)