General Riddles

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

What comes twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a month or a day?
The Letter 'E'.

When I am open I am U-shaped but when I am closed I am V-shaped. Who am I?
Umbrella

The peacock is a bird which doesn't lay eggs. Then how does it come into the world?
Peahens lay eggs, not peacocks

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they both weigh one pound.

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

Fill in the sequence: 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 4 2 ?
1 Explanation: Number of characters used in writing the numbers in roman numerals.

Imagine you are in a dark room. How do you get out?
Stop imagining.

I am in the beginning of sorrow and sadness. You will find me in happiness also. You will find me in sun and stars but not in moon. I am in summer and spring but not in fall or winter. Who am I?
The alphabet S.

Place the following letters in such a manner that it becomes something which is used to clean: boas
soap (flip the alphabet b so that it becomes p).

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