54.

The stars twinkle in the sky because the light coming from the stars passes through air having
gradually changing:
(a) refractive index.
(b) material density.
(c) both refractive index and material density.
(d) temperature.

(a) rardo%

(d) AIqHIT
55.
A piece of wood is placed first in a vessel containing water and then in a vessel containing saline
water. What one observes is that the piece of wood:
(a) completely sinks in saline water.
(b) floats less in saline water.
(c) floats more in saline water.
(d) just sinks in saline water.

(a)T Tot qUa: IAT

56.
A solid cube, a thin circular plate and a solid sphere are made of the same metal and have the
same volume. They are heated to the same temperature. If left in the air to cool, which of these
will cool fastest and slowest respectively?
(a) Sphere, circular plate
(b) Cube, sphere
(c) Circular plate, cube
(d) Circular plate, sphere

(a) TeiT, arIAR Tt

(b) ET, JTteT
(c) arilTT T, aA

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57.
A person standing in front of a mirror finds his image larger than himself. This implies that the
mirror is:
(a) Concave.
(b) Convex.
(c) Plane.
(d) Broken.
58.
When pressure is applied on a piece of ice, its melting point:
(a) decreases.
(b) increases.
(c) first increases and then decreases.
(d) remains unchanged.

(a) TT GTAT
(b)a T

(d) 3HuraTra aaT TAT

59
In vacuum, a coin and a feather are dropped from the same height simultaneously. Which will
reach the ground first?
(a) Feather
(6) Coin
(c) Both at the same time
(d) feather drifts away

(a) TE

(b) HrT

(d)TE 3HYaTi7 BT GIAT

62.
Which one among the following is NOT a layer of Sun?
(a) Chromosphere
(b) Corona
(c) Photosphere
(d) Mantle

(a) qulHSe (AÈHUT)

b) NlAT
(c) TT-HST
(d) TCT (He)
96.
One feels hotter at the top of a flame than the sides because of.
(a) Conduction.
(b) Convection.
(c) Radiation.
(d) both conduction and radiation.

feit aeAT (T) HATC-a3TO HTET 34T HT7 JTHTBE HEHH Fl UT

(a) ichcC

(b) Ha5rl
(c) fafuT
(d) Teca 3ix fareUT Eat
97.
Water is boiling in a flask over a burner. To reduce the boiling temperature one must:
(a) reduce the surrounding temperature.
(b) connect the mouth of flask to an evacuating system.
(c) supply heat from a very intense heat source.
(d) close the container with an airtight cork.

aTfeT?
(a) 3TH-YTH 7 ATYHTA T 7H NT TT
98.
Rainbow is formed due to combination of:
(a) refraction and scattering
(b) refraction and absorption
(c) dispersion and total internal reflection
(d) dispersion and focusing

(a) Hada iN yAutT

(d) faatyoT AT TtHT

99.
Which one of the following is NOT correct when two convex lenses are in contact?
(a) A change in magnification
(b) Increases the resultant power
(c) Changes the field of view
(d) Increases the resultant focal length

(a) 3HTqea H aTC

100.
For criticalangle of incidence, the refracted angle is always:
(a) Equal to the angle of incidence
(b) Less than the angle of incidence
(c) 90°
(d) 180
101
In dark, when the plant is neither photosynthesizing nor requiring any CO2, the stomata remain:
(a) completely open
(b) completely closed
(c) partially open
(d) partially closed
91.
In Sun and other Stars, energy is released by:
(a) nuclear fission.
(b) nuclear fusion.
(c) gravitational force between the Sun and the Earth.
(d) Earth's magnetism.

(a) FTfah faUsa

(b) Ta6TY HYA

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 (C) hlktIHUT

(d) HayUT
93.
Which one of the following is the nearest atmospheric layer to the surface of the Earth?
(a) lonosphere
(b) Stratosphere
(c) Troposphere
(d) Mesophere
95.
The principle on which an electric bell works is based on which one of the following properties of
electric current?
(a) Heating effect of current
(b) Magnetic effect of current
(c) Electromagnetic induction
(d) Joule Thomson effect
-

(a) TNT 6 IYT HTG

(b) TRT T TacT THTG

(d) T-TAHT THTT

97.
The X-ray beam can be deflected:
(a) by a magnetic field only.
(b) by an electric field only.
(c) neither by a magnetic field nor by an electric field.
(d) by a magnetic field as well as by an electric field.
107.
During the melting of a solid, its temperature:
(a) remains the same.
(b) gradually increases.
(c) gradually decreases.
(d) first decreases and then increases.

(a) 317T T aT TEGT

b) eN-e T¢AI
(c) ei-eR TEAI
110.
Which of the following is a chemical
one change?
(a) Melting of ice
(b) Evaporation of water
(c) Rusting of almirah
(d) Sublimation of camphor

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(b) t T CTstjHRUT
(c) 3HoTHTRI À TT TIAT
(d) 5R 51 3ETTdT
21. If the mercury in a barometer is replaced by
water, the height of the liquid in the column
will be
(a) Lower

(b) The samne

(c) Higher
d Either higher or lower, depending on the
temperature

22. When white light passes through a glass

prism, then which ray among the following
goes through maximum deviation ?
(a) Red ray
(b) Blue ray
(c) Green ray
(d) Yellow ray

23. An electron is moving downwards in a uniform

magnetic field which is directed towards the
North. Then, the electron will be deflected
towards
(a) North
(b) South
(c) East
d) West