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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

A woman met one of her classmates after 20 long years. After exchanging pleasantries, the first woman told the other that she has 4 children, half of them female. At this, the other woman smiled and replied, even half of her children too are female. However, she has 3 children. How is this possible?
The second woman has all female children.

How can you write 23 using the number 2 only 4 times? You can use addition, subtraction, division, multiplication.

I am so fragile that even if anybody says my name I break. Who am I?

Which number can you put to fill in the sequence? 23 1 3 25 16 20 6 9 20 ?
19 Explanation: Position of first letter of the words in the question in alphabets.

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

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

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

Does the government of Texas permit a man to marry his widow's sister?
No question of legitimacy, because the man is already dead!

What has an eye but can not see?

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