Eight of us go fourth, not back, to protect our king from an attack. What are we?

Can it be possible to build a house that has all its four walls facing towards the South?

I never stop running even when I standstill. If I am formed by joining two identical bodies together, can you guess who I am?

How can one talk without saying a single word?

What is the unique property of the following words ?
* Revive
* Banana
* Grammar
* Voodoo
* Assess
* Potato
* Dresser
* Uneven

I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone and cities with no buildings. What am I?

Only one colour, but not one size,
Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies.
Present in sun, but not in rain,
Doing no harm, and feeling no pain.
What is it?

Tell me the Hindi name of a Vegetable which if we remove 1st word will become a precious Stone and by removing the last word it will become a sweet eatable.

I travel all around the world but always stay in the corner. What am I?

It is a six-letter word.
The first four letters are me.
The second and last letters are the same.
The fourth second and last letter is payment.

Who is it?