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

It's pretty hard to give up.
If you remove a part of it, you will be left with a bit.
Even if you remove another part, the bit still remains.
Remove one more and it still remains.

What is it?

What is the below Rebus indicate?

A word I know,
Six letters contain,
Subtract just one,
And twelve is what remains.

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 am under you when I am whole.
I shift above you if you remove the first letter.
I come all around you if you remove the second as well.

Can you tell me who I am?

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

It has a long neck, A name of a bird, Feeds on cargo of ships, It's not alive,

What is it?

Once upon a time, there was a castle on a square island. The entire island was surrounded by a 14m wide trench. The Romans had wanted to invade the castle and had brought a few wooden planks along with them to facilitate themselves in crossing the moat. The planks were however found to be only 13m long.

The Romans still managed to cross the trench. How did they do it?

When my father was 31 I was 8. Now he is twice as old as me. How old am I?