Why is the longest human nose just 11 inches?

I welcome the day with a show of light, I stealthily came here in the night. I bathe the earthy stuff at dawn, But by noon, alas! I'm gone.

There are a number of books on a shelf. If one book is the 4th from the left and 6th from the right, how many books are on the shelf?

I look at you, you look at me I raise my right, you raise your left. What am I?

You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?

Joseph buys three kinds of chocolates for 100 rupees. The first one is priced at 5 rupees, second one at 3 rupees and third one at 0.5 rupees.

If he bought 100 chocolates in total, how many pieces do you think he bought each chocolate?

Replace the question mark with the number below given a simple math problem.

Use the numbers 2, 3, 4 and 5 and the symbols + and = to make a true equation. Conditions: Each must be used exactly once and no other numbers or symbols can be used.

It's a protector.
It sits on a bridge.
One individual can see directly through it, while others wonder what it hides.

What is it?

Can you write down eight eights so that they add up to one thousand?