General Riddles

A shepherd has 18 goats. All but 6 die. How many are left?
6 of course!

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.

Find the odd one out: level, civic, madam, eye, mouth
Mouth. Explanation: All the words except "mouth" are palindromes (reads the same backward and forward).

I'm the start of nothing and the end of sun and I'm also in the number one What am I?
The letter "N".

Swap one letter from each of the words "Right" and "Blight" to make two related words.
Light and Bright.

I look like a pearl. Clouds are my grandparents. I am very delicate. I die as soon as anybody touches me. Who am I?

I am a seven letter word. I am very heavy. Take away two letters from me and you will get 8. Take away one letter from me and you will get 80. Who am I?

There are 17 pigeons sitting in a row on a wall. A boy shoots the fifth pigeon. How many pigeons remain?
None. Explanation: They all fly away at the sound of the gunshot.

A container without hinges, lock or a key, yet a golden treasure lies inside me. What am I?

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

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