General Riddles

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 wheels and flies. But I don't have any wings. Who am I?
Garbage truck

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 a thumb and four fingers, but I have no flesh or bone. Who am I?

Does the government of Texas permit a man to marry his widow's sister?
No question of legitimacy, because the man is already dead!

Two girls were born to the same mother, on the same day, at the same time, in the same month and year and yet they're not twins. How can this be?
The two babies are two of a set of triplets.

When I am open I am U-shaped but when I am closed I am V-shaped. Who am I?
Umbrella

Fill in the sequence: 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 4 2 ?
1 Explanation: Number of characters used in writing the numbers in roman numerals.

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

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

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