It comprises roots which nobody sees,
Much taller than those trees,
Up and up it goes,
Still it never grows?

When my father was 31 I was 8. Now he is twice as old as me. How old am I?

If six children and two dogs were under an umbrella, how come none of them got wet?

These types of puzzles are known as charades. What you have to do is find two words that are referred to in the first stanza and the second stanza and put them together to form the third word in the third stanza.

Just for example, if my first refers to 'off' and my second refers to 'ice', then my whole will be office.

My first is present - future's past -
A time in which your lot is cast.

My second is my first of space
Defining people's present place.

My whole describes a lack of site -
A place without length, breadth, or height.

If an electric train is travelling south, then which way is the smoke going?

The first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire world signifies a great woman. What is the word?

If eleven plus two equals one, what does nine plus five equal?

Seven Robbers robbed a bank and hide the coins in a lonely place.
They decide to divide the money equally the next morning. Two greedy robbers decided to cheat the others and reach the place at night. They equally divided the coins between them, one coin left. So they called another robber and then they decided to divide equally among the three. Sadly again one coin left. The same thing happened to the 4th 5th and the 6th robber.
However, when the 7th robber reached in the morning, they can divide the coins equally.

How many coins were there in total?

My thunder comes before the lightning; my lightning comes before clouds; my rain dries all the land it touches. What am I?

What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?