Why is the Hole below a Lock?

A cat, a dog and a monkey were stolen. 3 suspects got caught: Harish, Manoj and Tarun. All we know is each person stole one animal, but we do not know who stole which. Here are the investigation statements. Harish said: Tarun stole the cat. Manoj said: Tarun stole the dog. Tarun said: They both were lying. I did not steal the cat or the dog. Later on, the police found out the man who stole the monkey told a lie. The man who stole the cat told the truth. Can you find out who stole which?

There is a square of a particular number which when doubled, becomes 7 more than its quarter.

Can you find the number?

A California farmer owns a beautiful pear tree. He supplies the fruit to a nearby grocery store. The store owner calls the farmer to see how much fruit is available for him to buy. The farmer knows the main trunk has 24 branches. Each branch has exactly 12 boughs and each bough has exactly 6 twigs. Since each twig bears one piece of fruit, how many plums will the farmer be able to deliver?

Can you decipher the following common phrase?

T M C
A U O
H S M
W T E

The current time can be represented by below textual rebus.

0
=========
B.Sc
LLB

Can you tell us the current time?

Decode the below four famous ciphers:

8P of the SS
1M of the E
1S of the SS
60M in 1H

What has lots of eyes, but can’t see?

2, 3, 5, 9, 17, _ What is the next number in the sequence?

A bag contains 64 balls of eight different colours. There are eight of each colour (including red). What is the least number you would have to pick, without looking, to be sure of selecting 3 red balls?