What does does this rebus picture means ?

There are two words one resembles the "state of rest" and the other is related to "writing/reading material".

Can you name these two words which also sound similar?

John replied, when asked how old he was. In 2 years he will be twice as old as he was five years ago.' How old is he ?

Aman has 1.15 rupees in his pocket. There are a total of 6 coins in his pocket.

When his friend asked him for a change, he could not give change for a rupee and five paisa.

Can you tell which coins he has?

When I go in I might cause pain. I cause you to spit and ask you not to swallow. I can fill your hole. What am I?

The following alphametic has only one solution. Can you find it?
ENLIST + SILENT + LISTEN = ANAGRAM

PS: You may start the number from 0.

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

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?

Find the missing number in the sequence below:

A girl says this to her best friend: “I was born in 1955, and I celebrated my 17th birthday last weekend.” Her best friend thinks she’s lying, but she’s actually correct. How is that possible?