Who is generally closer to the kids, mom or dad?

(it's a funny riddle)

Which is the correct shadow of the bird?

What has hands, but can’t clap?

They do not possess flesh or feathers or scales or bone
But still, they are blessed with fingers and thumbs of their own.

Can you place three balls such that the equation shown in the picture holds true?

A non-stop marathon is the shared favourite sport of three brothers.

*The oldest one is fat and short and trudges slowly on.
*The middle brother's tall and slim and keeps a steady pace.
*The youngest runs just like the wind, speeding through the race.

"He is young in years, we let him run!" the other two brothers explained, "'because though he is surely number one, he is second, in a way." Why is it?

I know a nine-letter word having only one vowel.
Do you ?

As a whole I am both
safe and secure.

Behead me and I become
a place of meeting.

Behead me again and I am
the partner of ready.

Restore me, and I become
the domain of beasts.

What am I?

You have a roll of cloth 1km long. You have a machine which cuts this roll into pieces of 10-meter-long cloth.

How long would it take for the machine to cut the roll if each cut took 4 secs?

What kind of band never plays music?