I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at once on my birth, I am dissolved into air. What am I?

As a whole I am both
safe and secure.

Behead me and I become
a place of meeting.

Behead me again and I am
the partner of ready.

Restore me, and I become
the domain of beasts.

What am I?

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

The centre of the third figure is empty. What digit should fit inside?

Place the numbers from 1 to 9 in the circles in a manner that each side of the triangle sums up to 17.

Can you find the odd number in the following?

2716, 4135, 5321 and 7145

If you were to put a coin into an empty bottle and then insert a cork into the neck, how could you remove the coin without taking out the cork or breaking the bottle?

The sum of a mother, her baby and her dog's weight is 170 Kg. How much does the baby weigh if the mother weighs 100 kg more than the combined weight of the baby and the dog, and the dog weighs 60 per cent less than the baby?

In the given picture, in how many ways can you read the word "Tiger"?

What English word has three consecutive double letters?