General Riddles

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

I am 3/8 of Tortoise, 2/5 of Onion and 2/6 of Tomato. Who am I?
Toronto. Explanation:Tortoise has 8 letters and the first 3 letters are TOR. Onion has 5 letters and the first 2 letters are ON. Tomato has 6 letters and the first 2 letters are TO.

I have a tongue but I can't talk. I have no legs or wings but I can move from one place to another. Who am I?

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

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.

A headless man had a letter to write; It was read by a man who had lost his sight. The dumb repeated it word for word; And deaf was he who listened and heard. Solve this riddle.
The letter in question is the letter "O". It is zero. The man had nothing to write. The blind could read nothing. The person who was dumb could repeat nothing. The deaf man listened and heard nothing.

How can you drop an egg on a floor 20 yards below, without cracking it?
The floor will not crack by the dropping of an egg on it!

People use me to keep themselves clean. I get slimmer whenever I do some work. After my workout is over people need water. Who am I?
A bar of soap.

7. I have three letters. I read the same forward and backwards. I know you'll get the answer, I know you'll see. It's a word that is important to you and me. What word am I?

End always begins with me. Time, space and universe always end with me. Who am I?
The letter 'E'.

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