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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?

I have keys but can't open any lock, I have space but no room. Who am I?
Keyboard

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

I am 3/8 of Tortoise, 2/5 of Onion and 2/6 of Tomato. Who am I?
Toronto. Explanation:Tortoise has 8 letters and the first 3 letters are TOR. Onion has 5 letters and the first 2 letters are ON. Tomato has 6 letters and the first 2 letters are TO.

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

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

I have one letter but my name is spelled with eight. What am I?
Envelope

How can you write 23 using the number 2 only 4 times? You can use addition, subtraction, division, multiplication.

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

I cannot speak but I tell everything. I am not a tree but I have leaves. I have hinges but I am neither a door nor a window. Who am I?

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