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A woman met one of her classmates after 20 long years. After exchanging pleasantries, the first woman told the other that she has 4 children, half of them female. At this, the other woman smiled and replied, even half of her children too are female. However, she has 3 children. How is this possible?
The second woman has all female children.

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 heavy and have an odd shape. You drop me when you need me and pick me up when you don't need me. Who am I?
Ship anchor

An American woman living in Australia was refused a burial in India. Why?
Living people can't be buried, isn't it!

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?

Why did the boy go to his bedroom with a pencil?
He wanted to draw the curtains.

One day on reaching school I found there were a total of 16 bicycles and tricycles parked in the school compound. I counted the total number of wheels to be 38. Find out the number of bicycles.
10 bicycles. Explanation:: All the cycles will have at least 2 wheels, so 16 cycles will have 16x2=32 wheels. But in total there are 38 wheels. So the extra wheels (38-32=6) must be of the tricycles because bicycles have 2 wheels and tricycles have 3 wheels. Therefore, the number of tricycles parked is 6 and hence the number of bicycles is 10.

I am an eight letter word. My first four letters combine to form an atmospheric state. My third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh letters give support. My last three letters is the name of a person. Who am I?
MISTAKEN

The peacock is a bird which doesn't lay eggs. Then how does it come into the world?
Peahens lay eggs, not peacocks

I help all living things to survive. I give shade to others. People use me for their various needs. I have rings to determine my age. Who am I?

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