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?

I never stop running even when I standstill. If I am formed by joining two identical bodies together, can you guess who I am?

Trying to tease Birbal, Akbar gave him one gold coin and ask him to buy
* something for him to eat
* something for him to drink.
* something to feed the cows
* something to plant in the garden
and most important you need to buy only one thing.

What must Birbal buy to silence Akbar?

There are two dice with empty faces in front of you and a marker. You can mark any number on each of the faces of the two dice, but you have to display all 31 days of the month using the two of them.

Which numbers will you mark on which dice so that you can easily depict all the dates of the month?

A man and a dog were going down the street. The man rode, yet walked. What was the dog’s name?

Twice ten are six of us,

Six are but three of us,

Nine are but four of us;

What can we possibly be?

Would you know more of us?

Twelve are but six of us,

Five are but four, do you see?

What are we?

I add 5 to 9 and get 2. The answer is correct, so what am I?

A man looks at a painting in a museum and says, “Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man’s father is my father’s son.” Who is in the painting?

A bomb goes off.
Carnage.
One person, only a few feet away, survives! How can this be?

Can anyone tell me a word in the English dictionary which has a silent 'z'?