I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?

Two batsman each on 94 runs. Seven runs needed to win in last 3 balls. Both make 100*. How?

I look at you, you look at me I raise my right, you raise your left. What am I?

Christina is practising her dance steps along with her friends. In a particular sequence, all of them form a row. At that point, Niharika is standing in the 4th position from either end of the row.
Can you find out how many girls are practising together?

In the Mexico City area, there are two Houses H1 and H2. Both H1 and H2 have two children each.
In House H1, The boy plays for Mexico Youth academy and the other child plays baseball.
In House H2, The boy Plays soccer for his school in Mexico and they recently have a newborn.

Can you prove that the probability of House-H1 having a girl child is more than that of House-H2?

Whats the next number in the below number sequence pattern.

The doctor advised his patient to take a tablet after every fifteen minutes. He gave him five tablets in total.

How much time will he take to have all the five tablets?

A woman lives in a Tall building thirty-six floors high and served by several elevators which stop at each floor going up and down. Each morning she leaves her apartment and goes to one of the elevators. Whichever one she takes is three times more likely to be going up than down. Why?

If eleven plus two equals one, what does nine plus five equal?

Can you spot the man between the coffee bean in the picture below ?