John gave half of the apples he had plus one more to Jacob. He gave half of the remaining ones plus one more to James. Now, John was left with just one apple.

Can you find out how many did he have in the beginning?

You are on a Boat in the mid of a river. You have two cigarettes with you. One of these two you have to light, how will you light the cigarette?

This is the oldest riddle that I have heard.

Once there was a man who was travelling with a Tiger, goat and grass.
He needs to cross a river that can carry a maximum of two i.e. Man + one of Tiger goat or grass. But the problem is "If he takes the lion with him, the goat will eat grass and if he takes grass with him, the lion will eat the goat".

How can he ensure the safe delivery of all three?

What word is pronounced the same if you take away four of its five letters?

I am the largest in my family of fifty.
The youngest of our family lives separately from the rest of the family and so do I.
I am regarded as harsh and tough.
I am so large, you cut me in two equal halves,
each half would still be larger than the second largest member of the family.
Who am I?

Find out the number of circles in the given picture having Illusion

Two-person want to cross a river. Only one boat is present on the riverside that can carry only one person at a time.

However, they still manage to cross the river. How is it possible?

Replace all '*' with digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 to make below statement true.

* *
x *
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* * *

The first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire world signifies a great woman. What is the word?

How many pluses should we put between the digits of 987654321 to get a total of 99, and where?