Once while in his court, King Akbar asked Birbal to write something on a wall that makes one sad when read in good times and makes one happy when read in sad times.

He took only a few moment and wrote something that fit the requirements. What did he write?

I am a word of 12 alphabets.

* Alphabets 12, 4, 7, 2, 5 : Eastern beast of burden
* Alphabets 1, 8, 10, 9 are street made famous by Sinclair Lewis.
* Alphabets 11, 3, 6 are past.

On whole it means a person suffering from delusions of greatness.

What Is it ?

A famous swimmer can swim downstream in a lake in exactly 40 minutes with the lake current.
He can swim upstream in that lake in exactly 60 minutes against the lake current.
The length of the lake is 2 km.

How long he can cover the distance of one side at a still lake with no current?

Which is heavier: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?

Can you find the missing number in the third row?
35 20 14
27 12 18
5 2 ?

People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I?

I possess a head

I flaunt a tail

But I don't have mouth or legs

Can you find out who I am?

When I got four, I have it none.
When I got two, I have it some.
When I got none, I have it all.

What is it?

What does below Rebus say?

XLR8

Which of the following words don't belong in the group and why?
CORSET, COSTER, SECTOR, ESCORT, COURTS