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I am a part of your body. You can hold me in your left hand but not in your right hand. Who am I?
Right hand.

A grandfather, a father and 2 sons were having tea in the garden. But there are only 3 cups on the table. Justify how.
Grandfather is the father of one son and he himself also has one son. That makes two fathers and two sons.

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.

Find out the difference between 18°C and 64.4°F.
Zero degree

I am an eight letter standard word used by almost everybody. If you take away two alphabets from me I will make a logical sequence. Who am I?
STANDARD

I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty.

What is it that's always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

I am very fragile. I crack easily. If you cry in front of me, I too start crying. If you smile at me, then I too smile back. Who am I?

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

What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the start of every end, and the end of every race?
The letter 'E'.

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