Can you place six X (crosses) in below board without making three in a row in any way ?

At my favorite fruit stand,
an orange costs 18,
a pineapple costs 27,
and a grape costs 15.
Using the same logic, can you tell how much a mango costs?

Is the statement valid that it does not matter how much older a sibling is, eventually the younger one will be half as old as the older one?

In Greek mythology, the Sphinx sat outside of Thebes and asked this riddle of all travellers who passed by. If the traveller failed to solve the riddle, then the Sphinx killed him/her. And if the traveller answered the riddle correctly, then the Sphinx would destroy herself. The riddle:

What goes on four legs in the morning, on two legs at noon, and on three legs in the evening?

Oedipus solved the riddle, and the Sphinx destroyed herself.

A detective visits his friend John just to discover that John's neighbour Dr Jacob was murdered. Dr Jacob, who is a mathematician wrote the murderer's name in a code word "Hcqtfz". There were five suspects
1. Ajit
2. Pankaj
3. Ganpat
4. Deenu
5. Hariya

The Detective was instantly able to find the murderer.
Can you?

I don't get anymore wetter, no matter how much rain falls on me.

What does this below rebus puzzle mean?

On the occasion of Diwali, online seller companies in India are offering a big discount on Iphone14 as below.

: Flipkart offers a Flat 65% discount
: Amazon offers a 10% discount over and over again.
: Shopclues offers RS.45,000 off.

If the original cost of the iPhone is Rs.70,000 Which is the best offer for you?

Count the number of squares in the picture below.

Can you find the largest Three-digit number whose sum is 14 and whose square is less than 5,00,000?