Questions

You will get the answer in the riddle itself, if you read the riddle carefully.

The riddle says "A cowboy arrives in town on Friday." So Friday is the name of the horse on which he comes. Hence, the only possibility is he arrives on the horse friday on Tuesday, stays for 3 days and leaves on the same horse on Friday. 

Physics has 5 laws. But the 3 laws of Newton has been clubbed together under one Law. Therefore there are 3 Newtons laws of Physics. They are ::

1. Newtons Laws of Motion

    a. First Law of Motion

    b. Second Law of Motion

    C. Third Law of Motion

2. Newtons Law of Cooling

3. Newtons Law of Gravitation.

Apostate:

A person who abandons or renounces or deserts his religious or political beliefs or principles.

Here in the given number puzzle, the given numbers follows a pattern that 

1 + 4 = 5 => 1 x 4 + 1 = 4 + 1 = 5 

2 + 5 = 12 => 2 x 5 + 2 = 10 + 2 = 12   

3 + 6 = 21 => 3 x 6 + 3 = 18 + 3 = 21 

Similarly, 

8 + 11 = 96 => 8 x 11 + 8 = 88 + 8 = 96  

Hence, the missing number in the given number puzzle is 96.

China flicked the switch on the world’s largest floating solar energy plant.  The massive waterborne plant is expected to generate 40 megawatts at one time and could supply electricity for over 15,000 homes. The pioneering project, located in eastern China, is thought to cement China’s status as a top producer of solar energy in the world.  The plant has been built in Huainan city, Anhui Province, by Sungrow Power Supply, a Chinese company specialised in renewable energy.

The United Kingdom Cabinet Mission of 1946 came to India aimed to discuss the transfer of power from the British government to the Indian leadership, with the aim of preserving India's unity and granting it independence.

Sir P Lawrence presided over the cabinet mission which was formulated at the initiative of Clement Attlee, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.