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Puzzle: what question one would ask to reach home safe ?

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A person reached at a point where he need to choose one of the two road, one would lead him to his home and the other would lead him to certain death two man stood at each road.one would always speak truth, the other always lie.

They informed him that he could ask just one question to any of them but did not tell him who was who. So,what question he would had asked to reach home safe ?

posted Jan 7, 2014 by Majula Joshi

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