Ashok: Can you guess why people call my brother Arjuna?

Mohan: He must be good in archery.

Ashok: No, there’s another reason.

Mohan: I can’t think of any other reason. Tell me why.

Ashok: Because his name is Arjuna!

Amitesh Agarwal, Class V, Don Bosco School, Bandel, West Bengal

Father: Son, why are you looking at that ice cube so intently?

Son: I am trying to figure out from where exactly the cube is leaking.

Manaswita Buragohain, Class VIII, Holy Name School, Sivasagar, Assam

Ramesh: In which month does a baby eat the minimum amount of food?

Suresh: I didn’t know there’s such a month!

Ramesh: Quite naturally, in February.

Swagata Laxmi Sengupta, Class VI, Carmel Convent High School, Durgapur, West Bengal

Question: Why can’t we tell jokes to an egg?

Answer: Because it will crack up.

Aparajita Guha, Class IV, Nirmala Convent School, Siliguri, West Bengal

Ramu: Father, today I answered a question that no one in the class could answer.

Father: Well, what was the question?

Ramu: ‘‘Who broke the windowpane?’’

Suchetana Chatterjee, Class IV, Gokhale Memorial Girls’ School, Calcutta

Pratik: Do you know of any dress which cannot be worn by anyone?

Rahul: An ad-dress!

Bajrang Ojha, Class VI, I.P. Memorial School, Howrah, West Bengal

Four friends were discussing their aims in life.

Raja: I want to be an honest politician and serve my countrymen.

Suman: I’d like to be a doctor and serve my countrymen.

Uday: I want to become a lawyer and defend my countrymen.

Susanto: I’d rather be a countryman!

Somnath Pati, Class VII, St Paul’s School, Rourkela, Orissa

Question: Which knights ride camels?

Answer: Arabian knights.

Tryambak Dasgupta, Class VII, Aditya Academy (Secondary), Calcutta

Seema: In which division of the army should infants be admitted?

Rohan: In the infantry.

Gaurav Sarkar, Class VII, St Augustine’s Day School, Shyamnagar, West Bengal

Question: How does the beach greet the sea?

Answer: Hi tide!

Ayan P.V., Class V, Garden High School, Calcutta

Rupsha: I heard you went to Delhi to submit your application form? You could have filed it from here.

Doyel: But it was clearly written on the form ‘‘Fill in capitals’’.

Shreya Bose, Class VIII, South Point High School, Calcutta