General Riddles

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.

Sometimes I am bigger than you and sometimes I am smaller than you. Sometimes I follow you and sometimes you follow me. I don't have any weight. Who am I?
Your shadow

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

Mr. & Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. Mrs. Smith has 5 sons and each son has a sister who has 5 daughters each of whom have 1 brother each. How many of them went for the picnic?
2 people. Explanation: The puzzle only says that Mr. and Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. It does not say that the others accompanied them.

How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?
12. There are 12 2-cent stamps in a dozen!

I am a 5 letter word. Take away my first and last letter, I will remain same. If you also take away my middle letter, I will remain same. Who am I?

I am clean when I look black and dirty when I look white. Who am I?
Blackboard

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

I help all living things to survive. I give shade to others. People use me for their various needs. I have rings to determine my age. Who am I?

Some months have 31 days, some have 30 days, how many months in the Gregorian calendar have 28?
All the 12 months!

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