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?

Which Number is the odd one out?

A) 7145
B) 2716
C) 5321
D) 4135

Find the next number in the series.
1 10 24 43 67 ?

It walks on 4 when its young, walks on 2 when it's older, and walks on 3 when its very old?

Can you find out what is missing?

1 3 5
2 4 ?

Hint: It's not six. Think out of the box.

Three men in a cafe order a meal the total cost of which is $15. They each contribute $5. The waiter takes the money to the chef who recognises the three as friends and asks the waiter to return $5 to the men.

The waiter is not only poor at mathematics but dishonest and instead of going to the trouble of splitting the $5 between the three he simply gives them $1 each and pockets the remaining $2 for himself.

Now, each of the men effectively paid $4, the total paid is therefore $12. Add the $2 in the waiters pocket and this comes to $14. Where has the other $1 gone from the original $15?

I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

Decode below three cipher riddles:

26 L of the A
7 D of the W
1000 Y in a M

I come in different shapes and sizes.
Parts of me are curved, other parts are straight.
You can put me anywhere you like,
but there is only one right place for me.
What am I?

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