Can you convert the number zero(0) into a positive number using just one mathematical operator ?

An evil man kidnapped someone and made them take one of two pills. One was harmless, but the other was poisonous. Whichever pill the victim took, the kidnapper took the other one. The victim took their pill with water and died. The kidnapper survived. How did the kidnapper get the harmless pill?

John went to buy some expensive, foreign chocolates. He only had Rs 100 with him. When he reached the shop, he got out and know that on those chocolates, there was a 15% import duty and 5% VAT.

How much worth chocolate should he buy so that he can accommodate it in Rs 100?

How can you spell "White of an egg" in one word?
Hint: I know you can spell coke, poke, and joke.

Five thieves looted a bank and they ran away in a car. The bank staff informed the police and they began the search of their car in their jeep. They found them on a road and chased them eventually catching them. The light that is used to fill the number plate was broken on the thieves' car. Also, the headlights of the jeep police were not working. How were the police able to catch the thieves then?

Today, I celebrated my 32nd birthday but I was born in 1972.
How is this possible?

What number divided by 4 is the same as that number minus 4?

Rob is taller than Edwin, and Jurgen is shorter than Rob.
Of only one of the following statements, we now certainly know it is correct:

A.Edwin is taller than Jurgen
B.Jurgen is taller than Edwin
C.It cannot be determined if Jurgen or Edwin is the tallest.

Can you think of a smallest +ve number such that if we shuffle the digits of the number, the new number becomes double the original number?

If EELS + MARK + BEST + WARY = EASY

What does HELP + BARK + WARD + LEAD equal?