General Riddles

I run around a house but I don't move. Who am I?

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?
Answer to this riddle goes as follows: 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple

I am transparent. You can see and feel me, but you cannot hold me. I always take the shape of my container. Who 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?

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

On an average, how many birthdays do men on earth have?
1, just one! It is the day when we hit the earth. It is a different story that we celebrate our birthday every year, which actually implies Anniversary.

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Forward I am ton, backwards I am not

Where do fish store all their money?
On the river banks!

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

End always begins with me. Time, space and universe always end with me. Who am I?
The letter 'E'.

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