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Only one color, but not one size, Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies, Present in sun, but not in rain, Doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What am I?
A shadow.

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.

The eight of us go forth not back to protect our king from a foes attack.
Chess pawns.

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).

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

I look like a pearl. Clouds are my grandparents. I am very delicate. I die as soon as anybody touches me. Who am I?

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

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

I am a part of your body. You can hold me in your left hand but not in your right hand. Who am I?
Right hand.

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.

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