I have eight fingers and two thumbs but I do not live. What Am I?

Below the four parts have been reorganised. The four partitions are exactly the same in both arrangements. Why is there a hole?

In particular commonwealth games, a female participant won silver and gold medals for a single event.

How can this be possible?

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

A man was convicted of a minor offence in Akbar court. Akbar decided to give him a chance. He asked him to give a statement. If the statement is true, he will be killed by lions and if it is false, he will be killed by trampling of wild elephants.

The convicted person requested help from Birbal and since the crime was not a big one, Birbal decided to help him. Whatever Birbal suggested impressed Kabir and he let the convicted person go.

What did Birbal suggest to the person?

Three ants are going up a hill, one behind the other. The last ant then says to the other ants, 'There is an ant behind me!'' How come?

What has a ring but no finger?

We are a group of eight brothers. We consider the weak, yet we protect the king in every battle. If we move ahead, we never turn back. Who are we?

If a wheel has 54 spokes, how many spaces are there between the spokes?

In the following series, a set of numbers is progressing with a particular pattern. Can you deduce that pattern and find the missing set?

(2 + 6), (21 + 6), (58 + 6), (119 + 6), ___