General Riddles

Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die.

When I get multiplied by any number the sum of the figures in the product is always me. Who I am?
9 e.g. 9 X 6 = 54; 5 + 4= 9

How many times is the alphabet "a" used while writing the spelling of each number from 1 to 500?
Not a single time.

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

What gets broken without being held?
A promise.

How can you lift a hippopotamus with one hand?
You won't find a hippo having one hand!

A grandfather, a father and 2 sons were having tea in the garden. But there are only 3 cups on the table. Justify how.
Grandfather is the father of one son and he himself also has one son. That makes two fathers and two sons.

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

Fill in the blanks in the following sentence with an anagram: Almost a _________ started between two brothers to decide who will use their father's _________.
battle and tablet.

I am made up of the head of a lamb, middle of a pig, hind of a buffalo and the tail of a dragon. Who am I?

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