General Riddles

Tear one off and scratch my head what was red is black instead.
A matchstick.

I am a six letter word. Subtract one letter and twelve will remain. Who am I?

I cannot speak but I tell everything. I am not a tree but I have leaves. I have hinges but I am neither a door nor a window. Who am I?

I am a drink. I am also an alphabet? Who am I?

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

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

Little John has a habit of throwing things whenever he gets angry. One day he throws a toy of his and it again comes back to him without bouncing off anything. How did this happen?
John had thrown the toy straight up in the air.

What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it, you'll die?
Nothing.

First, you kill me with a knife and then you chop me in anger. Then you cry beside me. Who am I?

The diameter of a hole is 4ft 5in. How much dirt does it contain?
A hole has no dirt in it. It contains only air.

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