Can you start the fire using two pieces of wood?

A farmer and his neighbour once went to Emperor Akbar"s court with a complaint. "Your Majesty, I bought a well from him," said the farmer pointing to his neighbour, "and now he wants me to pay for the water."
"That"s right, your Majesty," said the neighbour. "I sold him the well but not the water!"?
The Emperor asked Birbal to settle the dispute. How did Birbal solve the dispute?

It has a long neck, A name of a bird, Feeds on cargo of ships, It's not alive,

What is it?

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

If two fifty-foot ropes are suspended from a forty-foot ceiling that is twenty feet apart, how much rope will you be able to steal if you have a knife?

I am a mother. However, I never give birth.

I am a father. However, I never nurse my children.

Wandering is not possible for me, but standing still happens occurs rarely.

Who am I?

2, 3, 5, 9, 17, _ What is the next number in the sequence?

Women do it once a year after they turn 19 but men get to do it only once in a lifetime. What is it?

A clock loses 10 minutes each hour. If the clock is set correctly at noon, what time is it when it reads 3 PM?

A word I know,
Six letters contain,
Subtract just one,
And twelve is what remains.