General Riddles

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

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

What happens when an elephant sits on a chair?
It's time to buy a new chair!

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?
Answer to this riddle goes as follows: 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple

Decode the following message: AENDFNDFNNIRDERDESIIEIIEAEND
A friend in need is a friend indeed. Explanation: Write the alphabets in four rows for example:

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.

Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
Incorrectly.

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

What gets broken without being held?
A promise.

I have one letter but my name is spelled with eight. What am I?
Envelope

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