Replace the question mark with the correct number.

Can you find out what is missing?

1 3 5
2 4 ?

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

An ant is travelling on a 1-meter-long rope at 1 cm/second but also the entire rope is being stretched by an extra 1 meter/second. Is it possible for the ant to reach at the end of the rope?

A pond had 60 fish, out of which, all but 20 died.
How many fishes are now present in that pond?

What is a word made up of 4 letters, yet is also made up of 3. Sometimes is written with 9 letters, and then with 4. Rarely consists of 6, and never is written with 5.

In the attached figure, you can see a chessboard and two rooks placed on the chess board. What you have to find is the number of squares that do not contain the rooks. How many are there?

I am lying and I always lie. Tell me whether I am lying or telling the truth.

Take number 1000 and then add 20 to it.
Now add 1000 one more time.
Now add 30.
Now add 1000 one more time.
Now add 40.
Now add 1000 one more time.
Now add 10.

What is the total?

Which of the following words don't belong in the group and why?
CORSET, COSTER, SECTOR, ESCORT, COURTS

An equation has been laid down using a few matchsticks. However, as you can see, the equation is not correct. Can you correct the equation if you are allowed to add or remove 5 matchsticks?