Sherlock Holmes was challenged to make a pre-drawn line smaller without erasing it. He did it in fractions of seconds. How?

Can you find out what is missing?

1 3 5
2 4 ?

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

I am working in a bus company. The company recently went under expansion and therefore there was not enough room for all the buses. As a result, twelve buses had to be stored outside.

If the company decides to expand the garage space by forty percent, enough space to accommodate the current buses will be created leaving enough space for twelve more buses if the need arises in future.

Can you calculate the number of buses that the company owns at present?

In an office's desk, you find a unique method that shows the current day of the month. Two numbered cubes are used to depict the current date.

Can you find out the numbers on both the cubes so that each date can be mentioned using them?

Please note that you have to use both the cubes to display any date. Thus the 1st day must be represented by 01 and so on.

I never stop running even when I standstill. If I am formed by joining two identical bodies together, can you guess who I am?

When we see 2 but call 10?

A man and a dog were going down the street. The man rode, yet walked. What was the dog’s name?

You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?

Why are televisions attracted to people?

A chess tournament is taking place on knock-out terms (the one who loses the match is out of the game).
(a) If 10 matches are played in total, how many players participated?
(b) If 20 players took part in the tournament, how many matches were played?