Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?

I possess a head

I flaunt a tail

But I don't have mouth or legs

Can you find out who I am?

I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?

Two boys were admitted to a school. When the headmaster asks them about their parents, they tell him that they have same parents (father and mother). On further inquiry, it turns out that they both share the same date for their birthday.

"Are you twins," ask the headmaster.
"No," replies the boys.

Is it possible?

John and Jill are madly in love with each other. To remind Jill of his pure love, John wants to send her a ring by post but in their country where burglary is quite prominent, any package that is not locked comes under the risk of being stolen for the contents.

John and Jill possess many padlocks but neither one of them has the other key.

Can you find a way John can send the ring to Jill safely?

There was a blind man. He had four socks in his drawer either black or white. He opened it and took out two socks. Now the probability that it was a pair of white socks is 1/2.

Can you find out the probability that he had taken out a pair of black socks ?

Can you make the below equation true by using any three numbers from "1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15"?

( ) + ( ) + ( ) = 30

If,

Akriti = 631
Levis = 521
Sroti = 521
Aneel = 533
Then,
Sunil =?

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?

What has six faces, but does not wear makeup, has twenty-one eyes, but cannot see?