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?

I know a nine-letter word having only one vowel.
Do you ?

One day, all the courtiers from Akbar's court were gathered in the assembly hall when one of them told the Emperor that all his valuables had been stolen by a thief the previous night.
This shocked the Emperor to his core as the place where that courter stayed was the most secured in the kingdom. The Emperor thought that it is not at all possible for an outsider to enter into the courtier's house and steal the valuables. Only another courtier could commit this crime. He quickly called Birbal to identify the thief.
Birbal thought for a while and successfully solved the mystery by identifying the thief in just one statement.
What did Birbal say?

If an earthquake is 1 point higher on the Richter Scale than another earthquake which is actually 10 times stronger, how much stronger would an earthquake be if it was just half a point higher on the Richter scale?

Move four matchsticks to the below square to form three squares?

How many letters are in the alphabet?

Make eight squares by moving only two matchsticks.
Note- Square can be of different sizes.

I make a loud sound when I’m changing. When I do change, I get bigger but weigh less. What am I?

Divide 110 into two parts so that one will be 150 per cent of the other. What are the 2 numbers?

What has one letter and starts with an E?