General Riddles

What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees. Up, up, up it goes, And yet never grows?
Mountain.

What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?
The letter m.

A container without hinges, lock or a key, yet a golden treasure lies inside me. What am I?

If there are 8 chocolates and you take away 5, how many do you have?
5 of course. If you take 5, what else do you expect to have?

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

What is half of 4 plus 4?
6. Explanation: Half of 4 is 2 and then plus 4 is 6.

Spell eighty using only two alphabets.

Only one color, but not one size, Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies, Present in sun, but not in rain, Doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What am I?
A shadow.

I come form North, East, West and South. I give you lots of information either verbally or textually. Who am I?

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).

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