A man hijacks an aeroplane transporting both passengers(8 of them) and valuable cargo. After taking the cargo, the man demands nine parachutes, puts one of them on, and jumps, leaving the other eight behind. Why did he want eight?

You need to climb ten stairs. At every stair, you can either take one step up or you can jump two steps up.

In how many different ways you can climb 10 stairs?

There are three Athletes (John, Tarun and Harish) and their individual Coaches (Jacob, Meenaxi and Priyanka) standing on the shore.
No Coach trusts their Athlete to be near any other Coach unless they are also with them.
There is a boat that can hold a maximum of two persons.
How can the six people get across the river?

The measurement of time, That can't be found on a clock, But can be looked upon on a map.

Who is He ?

Can you find a five letter word that is left with only two letters if one is removed?

Can you find a pattern and the missing number in the series given below?

100, 155, 258,? , 584, 819.

There are hundred red gems and hundred blue gems. The blue gems are priceless while the red gems equal wastage. You have two sacks one labeled Heads and the other Tails. You have to distribute the gems as you want in the two sacks. Then a coin will be flipped and you will be asked to pick up a gem randomly from the corresponding sacks.

How will you distribute the gems between the sacks so that the odds of picking a Blue gem are maximum?

Your mother’s brother’s only brother-in-law is asleep on your couch. Who is asleep on your couch?

How many cubic feet of dirt are in a hole of one foot deep, three feet long, and two feet wide?

You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?