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The wet camel hair, when brushed, cling together due to:
(a) Elasticity
(b) Adhesion
(c) Virosis
(d) Surface tension
Cooking is quicker in a pressure cooker because:
(a) It increases boiling point of water
(b) It increases the temperature of the content
(c) Of the penetrating action of steam
(d) The whole of the heart remains inside
The water in an open pond remains cool even in hot summer because:
(a) Of continuous evaporation of water
(b) Water absorbs heat less rapidly than the atmosphere
(c) Water radiates heat more rapidly than the atmosphere
(d) None of these
The tube light is felt cooler than the light from a bulb of the same wattage because the:
(a) Tungsten is not used in the tube
(b) Tube consume less power
(c) Tube is fixed at greater height than the bulb
(d) Surface area of a tube is larger than that of a bulb
When milk is churned, the cream is separated from it due to:
(a) Frictional force
(b) Cohesive force
(c) Gravitational force
(d) Centrifugal force
When a person enters a dark room from bright light, he cannot see anything clearly from some time.
Slowly, he starts seeing things. This is because:
(a) The length of lense increase
(b) The iris expands
(c) The iris contracts
(d) The distance between the lens and retina increases
In summer, a cloudy night is hotter than a star lit night because:
(a) Clouds work as a thick blanket and produce heat
(b) Clouds do not allow cold air to reach earth
(c) Clouds prevent the heat radiated by the earth from escaping to the sky
(d) Heat is generated by clouds and radiated back to earth
Food remains unspoilt in a refrigerator for a longer time because:
(a) The antibiotics inside a refrigerator kill bacteria and fungus
(b) Bacteria and fungus can not multiply fast at sufficiently low temperatures
(c) The low temperature inside makes the food shrink and thereby crush the germs
(d) Refrigerator contains food preservatives that get activated at low temperatures
(a) The atmospheric pressure at high attitude is less compared to what is at the sea level
(b) The atmospheric pressure at high attitude is more than what is at the sea level
(c) The atmospheric pressure is exactly the same as that at the sea level
(d) The atmospheric pressure keeps changing rapidly
It is observed that when glass is heated, it cracks while metal does not which of the following
statements explains this phenomenon?
(a) Metal is poor conductor of heat
(b) The expansion of the glass after heating is uniform and therefore it cracks
(c) Glass is poor conductor of heat
Sun appears radish during the rising and setting time because:
(a) The atmosphere absorbs short wavelengths more than long wavelengths.
(b) High of shorter wavelengths are a scattered to a greater extent than the longer wavelengths by the
atmosphere
(c) The atmosphere absorbs long wavelengths more than short wave lengths
(d) None of these
Rainbow is produced by tiny rain drops suspended in front of sun rays as a result of:
(a) Reflection and interference
(b) Refraction and dispersion
(c) Interference
(d) Reflection, refraction and dispersion
Why is the light of ordinary lamp hotter than the tube light?
(a) It is due to incandescence
(b) It gives white light
(c) It has more surface for distribution of energy
A fresh egg sinks in pure water whereas it floats in saturated salty water. This is because:
(a) Of higher density of pure water
(b) Of higher density of salty water
(c) Egg shell is made of calcium which is heavier than pure water
(d) The fluid matter inside the egg has the same density as the salty water
Why does the police use dogs for detective work? Because _____
(a) They have sharp eyesight
(b) They can run very fast
(c) They can hear ultrasonic waves
(d) They are easily trainable
The blue colour of the water in the sea is due to:
(a) Reflection of blue sky by seawater and scattering of blue light by water molecules
(b) Reflection of the blue light by the impurities in sea water
(c) Absorption of other colours by water molecules
(d) None of these
A lighted candle gets extinguished when covered with a tumbler because of:
(a) Adequate supply of air
(b) Inadequate supply of air
(c) Presence of non-luminous matter
(d) None of these
The sun rays falling on a thin film of oil spread over a water surface breaks into different colours.
This is due to:
(a) Interference
(b) Diffraction
(c) Polarisation
(d) Refraction
A piece of wood is floating in water. If we heat the water, the piece of wood will:
(a) Increase in size
(b) Rise a little
(c) Sink a little
(d) Float at the same level
When cream is separated from milk
(a) The density of milk decreases
(b) The density of milk increases
(c) The density of milk remains unchanged
(d) None of these
(d) Scatters
If a boy sitting in a railway train, moving at constant velocity, throws a ball straight up into the air.