I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

What word does this rebus represent?

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What is more useful when it is broken?

If I remove one from eleven it becomes Ten and if I remove one from nine also becomes Ten. How?

A farmer and his neighbour once went to Emperor Akbar"s court with a complaint. "Your Majesty, I bought a well from him," said the farmer pointing to his neighbour, "and now he wants me to pay for the water."
"That"s right, your Majesty," said the neighbour. "I sold him the well but not the water!"?
The Emperor asked Birbal to settle the dispute. How did Birbal solve the dispute?

You are stuck on an island where you have nothing. You find four pieces of paper somewhere on the island. What will be your strategy to escape from the island safely?

PS: No other resource is available to you on the island, neither can you build anything.

John left on a horse on Thursday , was gone for two days, and came back on Thursday after completing his work. How did that happen?

No matter how little or how much you use me, you change me every month. What am I?

Three ants are going up a hill, one behind the other. The last ant then says to the other ants, 'There is an ant behind me!'' How come?

Can you find out which number multiplied by itself will give the output as 12345678987654321?