Maharashtra Board Textbook Solutions for Standard Four

UNIT ONE

Lesson 1.10 – Riddles

1. Read and enjoy.

1. I begin with T, end with T and have T in it. What am I?
Ans: A teapot

 

2. Which word is always spelled wrong in the dictionary?
Ans: Wrong

 

3. What is full of holes but still holds water?
Ans: A sponge

 

4. What has keys but can’t open doors?
Ans: A piano

 

5. Which word starts with E, ends with E, but has only one letter?
Ans: An envelope

 

6. Which word is the same forwards and backwards?
Ans: MADAM (or LEVEL)

 

7. Which English word has three consecutive double letters?
Ans: Bookkeeper

 

8. What has one foot but cannot walk?
Ans: A ruler

 

9. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Ans: Footsteps

 

10. What begins with E, ends with E, and has thousands of letters?
Ans: A post office

 

11. What has words but never speaks?
Ans: A book

 

12. I have cities but no houses, rivers but no water and forests but no trees. What am I?
Ans: A map

 

13. What breaks when you say its name?
Ans: Silence

 

14. I am tall when I am young and short when I am old. What am I?
Ans: A candle

 

15. What has many teeth but cannot bite?
Ans: A comb

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