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Riddles

a) I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no
body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?

b) You measure my life in hours and I serve you by
expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat. The ■Here you could give a brief
WHOA! wind is my enemy. What am I? description of the topic you want to

talk about. For example, if you want
c) What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be

seen at the beginning or end of either month? to talk about Mercury, you could say

that it’s the closest planet to the Sun
d) What word in English language does the following: the first and the smallest one in the Solar

two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female,

the first four letters signify a great, while the entire word signifies System
a great woman. What is the word ?

e) I come from a mine and get surrounded by wood. Everyone
uses me. What am I?

f) What disappears as soon as you say its name?

g) I have keys, but no locks and space, and no rooms. You can
enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?

Answers- (a) echo (b) candle (c) The letter ‘R’ (d) Heroine (e)
Pencil lead (f) Silence (g) A keyboard

Ashika Rastogi

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