No one wants to have it, but if one got it, he does not want to lose it. What is It?

Which is Odd One Out and why?

4377

3954

9862

8454

9831

If a shopkeeper can only place the weights on one side of the common balance. For example, if he has weights 1 and 3 then he can measure 1, 3 and 4 only. Now the question is how many minimum weights and names of the weights you will need to measure all weights from 1 to 1000? This is a fairly simple problem and very easy to prove also.

Spelt forwards I’m what you do every day, spelled backwards I’m something you hate. What am I?

If in a car race, the man who came two places in front of the last man finished one ahead of the man who came fifth, how many contestants were there?

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

* *
x *
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* * *

As we know that white starts the game of chess. Can you find the scenario shown in the picture below is possible when all the white pieces are at the original place while the black pawn is not as in the below picture?

What does below science rebus mean?

Ag Ag Ag
Ag SPOON Ag
Ag Ag Ag

500 women soldiers are arranged in an array of ten rows and fifty columns in accordance with their respective heights. Now, the tallest woman from each row is asked to move out in the front. From them, the shortest one is labelled as Alpha. They are then asked to resume their original position.

Now, the shortest woman in each column is asked to come out in front. The tallest among them is labelled as Beta.

Can you find out if Alpha will be taller or Beta?

In my garden, I have many trees but only one of them is the mango tree. In these mango trees, there are some mangoes(as expected).

But after a strong wind, there are neither mangoes on the tree nor on the ground. Explain?