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A woman met one of her classmates after 20 long years. After exchanging pleasantries, the first woman told the other that she has 4 children, half of them female. At this, the other woman smiled and replied, even half of her children too are female. However, she has 3 children. How is this possible?
The second woman has all female children.

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?

What can you catch but not throw?

Name four days of the week starting with the alphabet "T".
Tuesday, Thursday, Today and Tomorrow

The more I am present, the less you can see. Who am I?
Darkness.

What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?
The letter m.

The peacock is a bird which doesn't lay eggs. Then how does it come into the world?
Peahens lay eggs, not peacocks

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

I have four sides. Anyone can calculate my area if they come to know the length of any one side of mine. I have four right angles within me. Which shape am I?

Place a word with 4 letters in between the two words so that it can be used as a prefix and suffix to make two new words. SPOILS_______ION

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