General Riddles

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

I am an eight letter word. My first four letters combine to form an atmospheric state. My third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh letters give support. My last three letters is the name of a person. Who am I?
MISTAKEN

What room can no one enter?
A mushroom.

What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel.

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

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

Some months have 31 days, some have 30 days, how many months in the Gregorian calendar have 28?
All the 12 months!

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

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.

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they both weigh one pound.

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