Thinking matters.....

Many years ago in a small Indian village, a farmer had the misfortune of owing a large sum of money to a village moneylender. The Moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer’s beautiful Daughter. So he proposed a bargain.

He said he would forgo the farmer’s debt if he could marry his Daughter.  Both the farmer and his daughter were horrified by the Proposal. So the cunning money-lender suggested that they let Providence decide the matter.

He told them that he would put a black Pebble and a white pebble into an empty money bag. Then the girl would have to pick one pebble from the bag.

1) If she picked the black pebble, she would become his wife and her father’s debt would be forgiven.

2) If she picked the white pebble she need not marry him and her father’s debt would still be forgiven.

3) But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into Jail.

They were standing on a pebble strewn path in the farmer’s field. As they talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles. As he picked them up, the sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two Black pebbles and put them into the bag.
He then asked the girl to pick a pebble from the bag.

Now, imagine that you were standing in the field.  What would you have done if you were the girl? If you had to advise her, what would you have told her?

Careful analysis would produce three possibilities:

1. The girl should refuse to take a pebble.
 2. The girl should show that there were two black pebbles in the bag and expose the money-lender as a cheat.
3. The girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice herself in order To save her father from his debt and imprisonment.
Take a moment to ponder over the story. The above story is used with the hope that it will make us appreciate the difference between lateral and logical thinking.

The girl’s dilemma cannot be solved with traditional logical thinking. Think of the consequences if she chooses the above logical answers.

What would you recommend to the Girl to do?
Well, here is what she did:

The girl put her hand into the moneybag and drew out a pebble.  Without Looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble-strewn path where it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles. ”Oh, how clumsy of me,” she said. “But never mind, if you look into the Bag for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I Picked.”

Since the remaining pebble is black, it must be assumed that she had picked the white one. And since the money-lender dared not admit his Dishonesty, the girl changed what seemed an impossible situation into an extremely advantageous one.

             

MORAL OF THE STORY:
Most complex problems do have a solution. It is only that we don’t Attempt to think.

7th Sem Toppers 2013-14

SN	Name of the Student	USN	Marks	Percentage
1	PALLAVI G J	3PG10EC036	738	82.00
2	KOKILA K	3PG10EC021	719	79.89
3	AMRUTHA R S	3PG10EC004	714	79.33
4	VIJETHA R	3PG10EC074	714	79.33
5	SHAMSHAD BEGUM	3PG10EC053	682	75.78
6	BHARATI P MATHAD	3PG10EC009	673	74.78
7	SHRUTHI S GANJAL	3PG10EC057	672	74.67
8	NANDINI K	3PG10EC033	666	74.00
9	RADHASHREE YARASHI	3PG10EC041	665	73.89
10	RAFIYA BANU NADAF	3PG10EC042	664	73.78
11	UMM E ASMA U	3PG10EC070	663	73.67
12	POOJA RAO B	3PG10EC037	657	73.00
13	SHILPA GADUGINA	3PG10EC055	656	72.89
14	SPOORTHI D M	3PG10EC060	656	72.89
15	SHRUTI GUDUR	3PG10EC059	654	72.67
16	UMMEHANIA R	3PG10EC071	654	72.67
17	SANGEETHA B V	3PG10EC050	650	72.22
18	ROMA ANGELA J	3PG10EC046	649	72.11
19	D POORNIMA	3PG10EC015	648	72.00
20	SHRIDEVI BIRADAR	3PG10EC056	647	71.89
21	NIKHIL GUPTA K	3PG10EC034	642	71.33
22	JYOTHI	3PG10EC017	640	71.11
23	NAVEEN C	3PG09EC061	630	70.00
24	AKSHATHA D	3PG10EC002	630	70.00
25	KEERTHI SAGAR G	3PG10EC020	630	70.00
26	SWETHA K V	3PG10EC065	630	70.00
27	KIRAN.B.K	3PG11EC423	630	70.00
28	RANGANATH DESAI	3PG10EC045	620	68.89
29	PRADEEP KARAMADI	3PG10EC039	619	68.78
30	MADHURI N V	3PG10EC025	615	68.33
31	SUPRIYA	3PG11EC459	615	68.33
32	SUMMAIYYA M S	3PG10EC063	609	67.67
33	AMRUTHA BAI K	3PG10EC003	608	67.56
34	RAGHUMANOHAR A	3PG10EC068	608	67.56
35	SPOORTHI H B	3PG10EC061	605	67.22
36	B PRIYADARSHINI	3PG10EC008	601	66.78
37	SHALINI D V	3PG10EC052	601	66.78
38	SAMREEN BANU	3PG10EC049	600	66.67
39	KAVYA K	3PG10EC019	599	66.56
40	S VAISHNAVI	3PG10EC047	597	66.33
41	GOVINDAGOUDA H.M	3PG11EC415	596	66.22
42	NIRMALA G	3PG10EC035	594	66.00
43	TTM JYOTHI	3PG10EC069	587	65.22
44	CHANDRASHEKARA.C.E	3PG11EC405	584	64.89
45	NAGESH S DIVATAGI	3PG11EC432	583	64.78
46	MD AZHARUDDIN G	3PG10EC029	582	64.67
47	RAGHAVENDRA K	3PG10EC043	581	64.56
48	SRUTHI S	3PG10EC062	580	64.44
49	VIJAYALAKSHMI	3PG10EC073	580	64.44
50	CHETHAN KUMAR M R	3PG11EC407	580	64.44
51	SUJATA CHAKALABBI	3PG11EC457	580	64.44
52	MADHU K M	3PG10EC023	577	64.11
53	GIREESH.B.V	3PG11EC414	575	63.89
54	RENUKA G HIREMATH	3PG11EC444	575	63.89
55	MANJAPPA B ANGADI	3PG11EC429	574	63.78
56	RASHMI S KOGALI	3PG08EC037	569	63.22
57	VISHALAKSHI KATTI	3PG11EC462	569	63.22
58	RADHAKRISHNA A B	3PG10EC001	568	63.11
59	CHAITRA K	3PG10EC011	568	63.11
60	RANI MANDRE	3PG11EC442	568	63.11
61	MADHUMATHI S K	3PG10EC024	566	62.89
62	MANJUNATH I P	3PG11EC430	565	62.78
63	SHRUTHI HALLI	3PG11EC455	563	62.56
64	NOOR MOHAMMADI	3PG11EC435	560	62.22
65	SHRUTI	3PG10EC058	559	62.11
66	NAVINARADDI M H	3PG11EC434	559	62.11
67	SATISH KATAGERI	3PG11EC449	559	62.11
68	YALLALING NAVI	3PG11EC463	557	61.89
69	JYOTI C PATIL	3PG11EC418	556	61.78
70	MANDAKINI G A	3PG11EC428	556	61.78
71	PRABHA K P	3PG10EC038	554	61.56
72	SAVITRI	3PG11EC451	551	61.22
73	RAKESH R. POOJAR	3PG11EC440	550	61.11
74	GEETHA B	3PG10EC016	549	61.00
75	G N BHAVANI	3PG08EC015	548	60.89
76	BALARAJ KURBET	3PG11EC403	546	60.67
77	ANUSHA R SWAMY	3PG10EC006	542	60.22
78	DEEPA B	3PG10EC014	541	60.11
79	NAGARAJA I	3PG10EC031	540	60.00
80	S PRASANTH KR	3PG10EC051	540	60.00
81	CHERUKURI SHRAVANI	3PG10EC013
82	SYED IMTIYAZ G	3PG10EC066
83	MALLIKARJUNA	3PG11EC427
84	MANGALI SUMATHI	3PG10EC027
85	DEEPA .G. GARASANGI	3PG11EC408
86	LATA BADIGER	3PG11EC424
87	PANDYA HIREN	3PG08EC030
88	VINUTHA R D	3PG10EC075
89	FARID BASHA.S	3PG11EC413
90	SHANTAREDDY	3PG10EC054
91	PATEL GAURAV	3PG09EC028
92	MANJUNATH	3PG09EC405
93	VIRUPAKSHA SHASTRI	3PG11EC436
94	KIRAN SATTUR	3PG11EC422
95	CHAITRA V MOHITE	3PG10EC012
96	IMAMBI	3PG11EC417
97	VICTOR	3PG10EC072
98	HARSHA M K	3PG09EC013
99	CHETANKUMAR S C	3PG11EC406
100	SWETHA.S	3PG11EC460
101	RATNAKUMAR	3PG10EC028
102	AMRUTHA.N K	3PG11EC401
103	GURUDUTT T	3PG07EC014
104	FARHA ANJUM	3PG11EC412
105	SHAMBHULING.S.M	3PG11EC452
106	SHIVASHARANAPPA H	3PG11EC454
107	ANANDAKUMAR K R	3PG10EC005
108	PUSHPAVATHI E	3PG10EC040
109	MANJUNATH T	3PG11EC431
110	DEVENDRA A F	3PG11EC409
111	ANANDA	3PG11EC402
112	VIRESH T	3PG10EC076