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Fill in the blank: If Tom's father is Tony then Tony is the ________ of Tom's father.

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.

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

Imagine you are in a dark room. How do you get out?
Stop imagining.

I don't have legs but I have hands. I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?
A clock.

What is it that's always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

The peacock is a bird which doesn't lay eggs. Then how does it come into the world?
Peahens lay eggs, not peacocks

Paris, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Libya, England, ? Complete the sequence by choosing the correct one amongst the following: Mexico, Singapore and Netherland.
Singapore Explanation: The first letters of each word makes the word PUZZLES.

Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will! What am I?
An onion.

I am a 5 letter word. Take away my first and last letter, I will remain same. If you also take away my middle letter, I will remain same. Who am I?

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