General Riddles

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

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

I am so fragile that even if anybody says my name I break. Who am I?

I am deaf, dumb and blind. But I am very shiny and always speak the truth. Who am I?

What comes twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a month or a day?
The Letter 'E'.

6 15 18 20 ? = FORTY
25. Explanation: Replace each number with the corresponding letters in the alphabet. 6 = F 15 = O 18 = R 20 = T 25 = Y

If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?

I am pronounced with only one letter but written with three letters. Two different letters are used to write me. My color varies from black, blue, green, brown, grey etc. Who am I?

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?
They throw one cigarette overboard and made the boat a cigarette lighter.

I have four sides. Anyone can calculate my area if they come to know the length of any one side of mine. I have four right angles within me. Which shape am I?

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