General Riddles

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

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.

What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees. Up, up, up it goes, And yet never grows?
Mountain.

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

The eight of us go forth not back to protect our king from a foes attack.
Chess pawns.

What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel.

What is as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold it for more than a minute?
His breath.

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.

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

A woman met one of her classmates after 20 long years. After exchanging pleasantries, the first woman told the other that she has 4 children, half of them female. At this, the other woman smiled and replied, even half of her children too are female. However, she has 3 children. How is this possible?
The second woman has all female children.

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