Why is it very easy to weigh a fish?

Can anyone tell me a word in the English dictionary which has a silent 'z'?

You are confined in a room and given two metal rods. Out of these two rods, one is magnet and the other is the iron rod. They look starkly similar. You don't have any other metal object in the room.

How will you decide which one of those is magnet?

Look at this sequence from top to bottom. What is the next number in the sequence?
1
11
21
1211
111221
312211

Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?

You have a thousand Re. 1 coins with you. You have ten bags with you and you can put any number of coins in each of the bags. The condition is that if someone asks you for any amount between 1 and 1000, you must be able to give that amount by just giving the bag (you are not allowed to open the bag and give coins).

How will you do it?

You can take four of the five letters out of this word, but the pronunciation never changes. What is the word?

Can you find the next number in the below sequence
3 , 7 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 17 ?

A cat, a dog and a monkey were stolen. 3 suspects got caught: Harish, Manoj and Tarun. All we know is each person stole one animal, but we do not know who stole which. Here are the investigation statements. Harish said: Tarun stole the cat. Manoj said: Tarun stole the dog. Tarun said: They both were lying. I did not steal the cat or the dog. Later on, the police found out the man who stole the monkey told a lie. The man who stole the cat told the truth. Can you find out who stole which?

Can you find out what is missing?

1 3 5
2 4 ?

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