f you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?

A man hijacks an aeroplane transporting both passengers(8 of them) and valuable cargo. After taking the cargo, the man demands nine parachutes, puts one of them on, and jumps, leaving the other eight behind. Why did he want eight?

One is to three as three is to five and five is to four and four is the magic number.
What is the pattern?

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

What is the fewest number of coins that would be required in order to make sure each and every coin touches exactly three other coins?

Can you find out the missing number?

? 4 5 3 5

9 5 7 10 3

You are in a room with no metal objects except for two iron rods. Only one of them is a magnet.
How can you identify which one is a magnet?

In the picture given below, can you find out which digit will take place of the question mark?

I am five letter word that is under you.
If you remove my 1st letter, then I am over you.
If you remove my 1st and 2nd letters then I am all around you.

Who am I?

Replace the question mark with the correct number in the below-given picture?