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Riddles

Here you could give a brief

description of the topic you

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

WHOA! b) You measure my life in hours and I serve you by example, if you want to talk

expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat. The
about Mercury, you could
wind is my enemy. What am I?

c) What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be say that it’s the closest

seen at the beginning or end of either month? planet to the Sun and the

d) What word in English language does the following: the first smallest one in the Solar

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

the first four letters signify a great, while the entire word signifies
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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