A coconut..!

“… LEFT THE THE KEYS…”

Answer: 30  18  48  66

From 3rd Row onwards, the numbers are the sums of corresponding numbers of the two previous rows. (3 + 8 = 11, 6 + 2 = 8, 9 + 10 = 19, 15 + 12 = 27 and so on.)

54 Years have passed and 45 Yrs remain to go.

You’re a MUSH…ROOM…!

“The dark figures of lion, a panther, and a cheetah which were curled up next to her daughter” were dolls – the ‘playmates’ of the six-year old girl. There’s no reason why a mother should panic seeing her daughter asleep with her dolls, whatever figures they may be.

The ‘premise’ pf the question is faulty. It assumes that a round house can’t have corners (so that the ‘cleaning corner’ claim can be refuted to derive the ‘expected’ answer). However, there is no ‘rule’ that, just because a house is round in shape, it can’t have corners. What if only the outside shape of the house is round, but it has straight walls inside?  There will be corners then, right? Given that possible scenario, the only ‘conclusion’ we can make is that the data given in the question is insufficient to conclude an answer. 

The man is (was) one of a very short stature – so short that he couldn’t reach the button for 10th floor, whereas he could (barely) manage to press the 1st floor button (because, on the keypad, the ‘1’ button would be at a lower level than the ’10’ one). So, when he has to go out, he can press the ‘1’ button to go down, whereas coming back, he has to take the help of someone else to press the ’10’ for him. If there is no one else to help, he is left with no option but to take the stairs.

He must be none other than my sister’s husband’s father-in-law…!!  🙂 (aka my father!)