General Riddles

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

I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I?

What is as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold it for more than a minute?
His breath.

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps

What gets broken without being held?
A promise.

Decode the following message: AENDFNDFNNIRDERDESIIEIIEAEND
A friend in need is a friend indeed. Explanation: Write the alphabets in four rows for example:

I am soft and transparent. I am so small that you can keep me on your fingers. I have no light but I help you to see the beautiful world. I improve your vision only when I come in contact with you. Who am I?
Contact Lens

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

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

Find the odd one out: level, civic, madam, eye, mouth
Mouth. Explanation: All the words except "mouth" are palindromes (reads the same backward and forward).

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