f you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?

Can you name some countries which do not have the alphabet 'A' in them?

There are 2 cops parked along a one-way street looking for traffic violations. They spot a taxi driver going in the wrong direction, yet they do nothing.

Why?

It is always ahead of me yet I can never see it. What is it?

I speak without a mouth, and hear without ears. I have no-body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?

I am a ten letters word
The first four letters have the power to rule,
Next, four-letter can be eaten.
The next three-letter represents a lady.
I can fly as well

what am I looking for?

The more it dries, the wetter it becomes. Can you tell what it is?

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

I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?

Which of the following words don't belong in the group and why?
CORSET, COSTER, SECTOR, ESCORT, COURTS