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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.

A grandfather, a father and 2 sons were having tea in the garden. But there are only 3 cups on the table. Justify how.
Grandfather is the father of one son and he himself also has one son. That makes two fathers and two sons.

I'm sometimes white, But most often I'm black. I take you there, But never bring you back. What am I?
A hearse.

I have wheels and flies. But I don't have any wings. Who am I?
Garbage truck

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

How many times is the alphabet "a" used while writing the spelling of each number from 1 to 500?
Not a single time.

I have a mouth but I can't speak, I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?

How can you lift a hippopotamus with one hand?
You won't find a hippo having one hand!

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

Place the following letters in such a manner that it becomes something which is used to clean: boas
soap (flip the alphabet b so that it becomes p).

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