The more it dries, the wetter it becomes. Can you tell what it is?

Decode the below four famous ciphers:

8P of the SS
1M of the E
1S of the SS
60M in 1H

Find the combined weight of the Cat, Dog and Rabbit in the given picture.

One fine day, an intellectual man came to the emperor's court with the aim of testing Birbal's wittiness. In order to do this, he challenged Birbal to answer his question and hence prove that he was as intelligent and witty as he was said to be.
He asked Birbal, Do you want me to ask one difficult question or a hundred easy ones?
Since both Akbar and Birbal had had a tough day and were eager to leave, Birbal hastily told the intellectual to ask him a single difficult question.
Intellectual: OK. Tell me what came first into the world, the egg or the chicken?
Of course, the chicken, Birbal replied with a smile.
This time with a note of victory in his voice, the intellectual asked Birbal, How will you demonstrate that?
What did Birbal say?

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

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

The day before yesterday I was 25 and the next year I will be 28. This is true only one day in a year. What day is my birthday?

Prove that twice of ten is the same as twice of eleven.

While going to your grandmother's house, you counted Twenty houses on the right side. While returning back to your home, you counted Twenty houses on the left side.

How many houses are there between your home and your grandmother's home?

Two batsman each on 94 runs. Seven runs needed to win in last 3 balls. Both make 100*. How?

In The 1st month of this year(the year 2013), I noticed that the date 13-1-13 (13 January 2013) is special.

This date is special as:

Date * Month = Year.

Can you figure out which year of this century has a maximum number of such dates?