What word is pronounced the same if you take away four of its five letters?

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?

Below, you can see some coding:
January = 1017
February = 628
March = 1335
April = 145
May = 1353
June = 1064
July = 1074
August = 186

Now deciphering the way it has been coded, can you find out how September will be coded?

A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?

You have two strings whose only known property is that when you light one end of either string it takes exactly one hour to burn. The rate at which the strings will burn is completely random and each string is different.

How do you measure 45 minutes?

There are three light switches outside a room. One of the switches is connected to a light bulb inside the room.
Each of the three switches can be either 'ON' or 'OFF'.

You are allowed to set each switch the way you want it and then enter the room(note: you can enter the room only once)

Your task is to then determine which switch controls the bulb?

What does below science rebus mean?

Ag Ag Ag
Ag SPOON Ag
Ag Ag Ag

Which of the below owl is odd one out?

In the below-given picture of a pretty girl, there is something wrong. Can you find out what it is?

Solve the following series:
AZ, GT, MN, __, YB