General Riddles

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Forward I am ton, backwards I am not

You can catch me but cannot throw me. Who am I?

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!

Find the odd one out: level, civic, madam, eye, mouth
Mouth. Explanation: All the words except "mouth" are palindromes (reads the same backward and forward).

On an average, how many birthdays do men on earth have?
1, just one! It is the day when we hit the earth. It is a different story that we celebrate our birthday every year, which actually implies Anniversary.

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

I have a thumb and four fingers, but I have no flesh or bone. Who am I?

I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty.

I am transparent. You can see and feel me, but you cannot hold me. I always take the shape of my container. Who am I?

A tunnel is 650m long. How far can a horse run into the tunnel if the horse is running at a speed of 10km/hr?
325m Explanation: After that the horse is running out of the tunnel.

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