General Riddles

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

The diameter of a hole is 4ft 5in. How much dirt does it contain?
A hole has no dirt in it. It contains only air.

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

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

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".

A calendar year has how many seconds?
12 (2nd January, 2nd February, 2nd March.....)

Tim came second in Math. When his mother asked him how much he had scored, he answered that he got the sum of the first 9 even numbers. His mother immediately worked out the answer. How much had he scored in Math?
90 Explanation: Sum = (n x n) + n Hence, 9 x 9 = 81 + 9 = 90

Fill in the blanks. Both words are anagrams of each other. This year the top 10 horse ______ took place in this huge ground measuring two _______.
races, acres

What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees. Up, up, up it goes, And yet never grows?
Mountain.

I am transparent. You can see and feel me, but you cannot hold me. I always take the shape of my container. Who am I?

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