What is the next number in this matchsticks series riddle?

A man was convicted of a minor offence in Akbar court. Akbar decided to give him a chance. He asked him to give a statement. If the statement is true, he will be killed by lions and if it is false, he will be killed by trampling of wild elephants.

The convicted person requested help from Birbal and since the crime was not a big one, Birbal decided to help him. Whatever Birbal suggested impressed Kabir and he let the convicted person go.

What did Birbal suggest to the person?

If an electric train is travelling south, then which way is the smoke going?

It is a 5 letter word if you take away first letter it is something you get from sun, if you remove second letter you will get something to eat, if you remove third letter you get a word you use in pointing at and if you remove the fourth letter you get something to drink. What is it?

A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?

The product of three consecutive numbers is 7980.
Then the sum of these consecutive numbers would be?

Can you solve this amazing hard number series problem?
7, 8, 10, 12, 16, 18 ?

Replace the letters of words with a number so that the below equation holds true

BASE +
BALL
---------
GAMES
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A man fell off a smuggling boat into deep water. He could not swim and he was not wearing anything to keep him afloat. It took 30 minutes for the people on the boat to realize someone was missing. The missing man was rescued two hours later on the return trip. Why didn't he drown? Note:- He didn't know swimming, the sea was deep, and He wasn't holding anything

What is more useful when it is broken?