A bridge is about to collapse. There are four people P, Q, R and S on one of the sides. Before the bridge collapses, they want to cross it. Now since the bridge is too weak, it can only stand the weight of two people at a time. Also, it is night time and nothing is visible. They have just one torch with them.

Now P takes one minute to cross the bridge, Q takes two minutes to cross, R takes five minutes to cross and S takes ten minutes to cross.

The bridge will collapse in seventeen minutes. How will they be able to cross the bridge before it collapses?

You board a train. The train will have to enter a tunnel soon. You are claustrophobic. Which place is the best for you to sit?

When is the top of a mountain similar to a savings account?

One day, all the courtiers from Akbar's court were gathered in the assembly hall when one of them told the Emperor that all his valuables had been stolen by a thief the previous night.
This shocked the Emperor to his core as the place where that courter stayed was the most secured in the kingdom. The Emperor thought that it is not at all possible for an outsider to enter into the courtier's house and steal the valuables. Only another courtier could commit this crime. He quickly called Birbal to identify the thief.
Birbal thought for a while and successfully solved the mystery by identifying the thief in just one statement.
What did Birbal say?

Can you make numbers like 24, using numbers 3,3,7 & 7 with any arithmetic operator?

A word I know has six letters it contains, remove one letter and 12 remain. What is it?

2, 3, 5, 9, 17, _ What is the next number in the sequence?

What is the fastest way to double your money?

A sundial has the fewest moving parts of any timepiece. Which has the most?

How many bananas can you eat if your stomach is empty?