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I am a four letter word. I am an animal. You use me to call your dear ones. Who am I?

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

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

Two lawyers were fighting against each other in a case in a courtroom. One of them is the father of the other's son. How are they related?
They are husband and wife.

If it took fifteen men ten days to build a tower, how long would it take four men to build it?
No time at all, as the tower it is already built!

Tim came second in Math. When his mother asked him how much he had scored, he answered that he got the sum of the first 9 even numbers. His mother immediately worked out the answer. How much had he scored in Math?
90 Explanation: Sum = (n x n) + n Hence, 9 x 9 = 81 + 9 = 90

Let us imagine that you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth. Now on the eastern side of that point is an island and on the western side of that point is a lake. Which one is closer to you - the island or the lake - and why?
Neither of the two because when you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth, all directions are north.

I'm sometimes white, But most often I'm black. I take you there, But never bring you back. What am I?
A hearse.

I am transparent. You can see and feel me, but you cannot hold me. I always take the shape of my container. Who am I?

Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters.

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