General Riddles

What is always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

An American woman living in Australia was refused a burial in India. Why?
Living people can't be buried, isn't it!

What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
A stamp.

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

I have wheels and flies. But I don't have any wings. Who am I?
Garbage truck

I am so fragile that even if anybody says my name I break. Who am I?

When you buy me I am black in color. When you use me I am red and when you discard me I am grey in color. Who am I?
Charcoal

How can you lift a hippopotamus with one hand?
You won't find a hippo having one hand!

I look like a pearl. Clouds are my grandparents. I am very delicate. I die as soon as anybody touches me. Who am I?

Find the missing number: 6 13 25 51 101 ?
203 Explanation: 6x2+1=13 13x2-1=25 25x2+1=51 51x2-1=101 101x2+1=203

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