General Riddles

An American woman living in Australia was refused a burial in India. Why?
Living people can't be buried, isn't it!

How many of each species did Moses take on the ark with him?
None, Moses wasn't on the ark Noah was.

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".

As a whole, I am both safe and secure. Behead me, and I become a place of meeting. Behead me again, and I am the partner of ready. Restore me, and I become the domain of beasts. What am I?
A Stable

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

What has a head and a tail, but no body?

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 started learning to drive today. Just a few minutes back, I went down a one-way street in the wrong direction but I did not break the traffic rules. How?
Simple, I was not driving then, I was walking.

How many times is the alphabet "a" used while writing the spelling of each number from 1 to 500?
Not a single time.

Which number can you put to fill in the sequence? 23 1 3 25 16 20 6 9 20 ?
19 Explanation: Position of first letter of the words in the question in alphabets.

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