Why is the Hole below a Lock?

What 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?

In a basket of apples,
when counted in twos, there was one extra
when counted in threes, there were two extra when counted in fours, there were three extra
when counted in fives, there were four extra
when counted in sixes, there was five extra.

However, if the apples were counted in sevens, no extra apple was left. Can you calculate the minimum number of apples that were present in the basket?

I taste better than I can smell. Who am I?

There was a greenhouse.
Inside the greenhouse, there is a white house.
Inside the white house, there is a red house.
Inside the red house, there are lots of babies.

What is It?

Which number comes next in the number series?

2, 9, 30, 93, ?

I have Rs.50 and I spend it in the way as below.

Which is the correct shadow of the bird?

What has no start, end, or centre?

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