General Riddles

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

If NUMERAL is written as UEALRMN then how would you write ALGEBRA?

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

I am a six letter word. I always follow you in light, but I disappear at night as I am afraid of darkness. Who am I?

In a cave there is a treasure within a big metal box with a lock on it. There is also a monster in the cave that has two keys with him; one gold and the other silver. The monster will give you only one chance to open the lock using one of the keys. If the box doesn't open, the monster will kill you. Since the monster is a bit helpful it would give you a clue in finding out the correct key. Can you choose the correct key by deciphering the below clue? A GKOY OEPD LYEO DCNO EAAR NNN
The gold key will open the lock. Explanation: The clue says "A Golden Key Can Open Any Door". Take the first letter of each word, then the second letter of each word, then the third letter and so on and construct the sentence.

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

Fill in the sequence: 1 5 9 15 ?
21 Explanation: Position of the vowels a e i o u.

Adam is 13 years old in 1980. In 1985 he is 8 years old. How?
The dates are in BC (Before Christ).

Paris, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Libya, England, ? Complete the sequence by choosing the correct one amongst the following: Mexico, Singapore and Netherland.
Singapore Explanation: The first letters of each word makes the word PUZZLES.

Fill in the blanks with a word which makes two different words if you read from both sides: Tim's father has kept his ______ in the ______ for scoring good marks in math.
Reward and Drawer.

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