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I am in the beginning of sorrow and sadness. You will find me in happiness also. You will find me in sun and stars but not in moon. I am in summer and spring but not in fall or winter. Who am I?
The alphabet S.

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

What is the closest relationship my son can have has with my brother's niece's father's brother's mother?
She can be my son's grandmother.

When you buy me I am black in color. When you use me I am red and when you discard me I am grey in color. Who am I?
Charcoal

If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?

I am a 7 letter word. I become longer when my third letter is removed. Who am I?

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

There are 17 pigeons sitting in a row on a wall. A boy shoots the fifth pigeon. How many pigeons remain?
None. Explanation: They all fly away at the sound of the gunshot.

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter "M"

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