Two in a corner, one in a room, zero in a house, but one in a shelter. What is it?

Find the next number in the following series:
6, 14, 26, 98, __?

Do you know of a place where the wind blows south and then suddenly shifts direction towards the north?

If you had an infinite supply of water and 5-quart and 3-quart pails, how would you measure exactly 4 quarts? What is the least number of steps you need?

what does the below math rebus puzzle mean?

What word begins and ends with an E, but has only one letter?

Below the four parts have been reorganised. The four partitions are exactly the same in both arrangements. Why is there a hole?

A time long back, there lived a king who ruled the great kingdom of Trojan House. As a part of the renovation of the kingdom to meet future security needs, he asked his chief architect to lay down a new play in a manner that all of his 10 castles are connected through five straight walls and each wall must connect four castles together. He also asked the architect that at least one of his castles should be protected with walls. The architect could not come up with any solution that served all of King's choices, but he suggested the best plan that you can see in the picture below. Can you find a better solution to serve the king's demand?

When I go in I might cause pain. I cause you to spit and ask you not to swallow. I can fill your hole. What am I?

A rain drop fell from one leaf to another leaf and lost 1/4th of its volume. It then fell to another leaf and lost 1/5th of the volume. It again fell on another leaf and lost 1/5th of the volume.



This process kept repeating till it fell on the last leaf losing 1/75th of its volume.



Can you calculate the total percentage of loss from the initial volume when the drop has fallen to the last leaf accurate up to two decimal places?