General Riddles

What gets broken without being held?
A promise.

I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I?

I am deaf, dumb and blind. But I am very shiny and always speak the truth. Who am I?

A calendar year has how many seconds?
12 (2nd January, 2nd February, 2nd March.....)

I am a four letter word. I am an animal. You use me to call your dear ones. Who am I?

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Forward I am ton, backwards I am not

There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house. Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies. What is it?
Watermelon.

I am pronounced with only one letter but written with three letters. Two different letters are used to write me. My color varies from black, blue, green, brown, grey etc. Who am I?

I am an English word. I have three consecutive double letters. Who am I?
Bookkeeper

Tim came second in Math. When his mother asked him how much he had scored, he answered that he got the sum of the first 9 even numbers. His mother immediately worked out the answer. How much had he scored in Math?
90 Explanation: Sum = (n x n) + n Hence, 9 x 9 = 81 + 9 = 90

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