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A small bubble of air deep down in a lake rises up to the top of the lake. The volume of the bubble on coming up will

A. increase

B. decrease

C. will not change

D. first increase and then decrease

Correct Answer :

A. increase


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The brightest planet in the Solar System is

A. Jupiter

B. Mercury

C. Venus

D. Sirius

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In a microphone

A. sound energy is converted into electrical energy

B. electrical energy is converted into sound energy

C. sound energy is converted into mechanical energy

D. mechanical energy is converted into sound energy

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When are temperature resistance

A. increases

B. decreases

C. remains the same

D. first increases then decreases

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A bar magnet tied in the middle with a thread is suspended at the South Pole of the earth. The magnet will be in

A. a horizontal position

B. a nearly vertical position with its South Pole downwards

C. a nearly vertical position with its North Pole downwards

D. a slanting position

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The speed of sound in air at 0° C is approximately

A. 4 x 10 8 m/s

B. 1500 m/s

C. 330 m/s

D. 500 m/s

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The minimum velocity required by a satellite to escape earth's gravitational pull is

A. 18 km/s

B. 11.2 km /s

C. 21 km/s

D. 35 km/s

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The device used to record the sound is

A. a microphone

B. a headphone

C. a phonograph

D. an amplifier

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The number of electrons in the outer orbits of a nucleus gives

A. the mass number

B. atomic number

C. atomic weight

D. absolute number

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The spectrum of white light can be studied by

A. a microscope

B. a telescope

C. a stereoscope

D. a spectroscope

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The mixing up of two gases as a result of random motion of molecules is called

A. diffusion

B. effusion

C. vaporisation

D. sublimation

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A spherical mirror is

A. a reflecting elliptical portion

B. a reflecting spherical surface

C. a parabolic reflecting surface

D. a flat reflecting surface

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For detecting and, testing of small electric charges we use

A. an electrophorus

B. an electroscope

C. an electromagnet

D. an ammeter

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Credit for starting Space Science Research in India goes to

A. HJ Bhabha

B. SS Bhatnagar

C. V Sarabhai

D. CV Raman

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A pair of stars that revolve round each other is

A. a neutron star

B. a binary star

C. a dwarf star

D. a polar star

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The nuclear model of atom was first visualised by

A. Rutherford

B. Neils Bohr

C. Albert Einstein

D. JJ Thompson

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The characteristics of a musical note are

A. loudness

B. pitch

C. quality or timbre

D. All the above

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A body has fallen from a height. Just before touching the pound it has

A. lost all its potential energy and gained an equivalent amount of kinetic energy

B. gained potential energy and lost kinetic energy

C. gained kinetic energy as well as potential energy

D. lost kinetic energy as well as potential energy

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The first Indian Satellite launched from a Russian Cosmodrome on April 16, 1975 was named

A. Bhaskara

B. Insat I-A

C. Aryabhatta

D. SLV-l

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Electron-volt is a unit of

A. power

B. velocity

C. energy widely used in nuclear physics

D. number of electrons

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Galaxies emit

A. radio waves and X-rays

B. ultraviolet light waves

C. visible light waves

D. All the above

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Sound travels fastest in

A. air

B. water

C. iron

D. vacuum

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When ice just melts

A. there is no change in volume

B. there is no change in temperature

C. heat is given out

D. there is no change of state

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SONAR (Sound Navigation Ranging) is

A. used by warships and military aircraft to locate enemy submarines

B. used by ships to determine the depth of water beneath them

C. a detective device that uses sound to locate under - water objects

D. All the above

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The transistor was invented by

A. Marconi

B. Baird

C. John Bardeen, Walter H. Brattain and William Shockley

D. Edison

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In a freezer ice cubes will be formed more quickly in trays made of

A. rubber

B. plastic

C. aluminium

D. wood

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The number of galaxies that are visible without telescope on clear dark nights and away from bright lights is

A. one

B. two

C. three

D. infinite

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Increase in pressure

A. has no effect on the boiling point of a liquid

B. raises the boiling point of a liquid

C. lowers the boiling point of a liquid

D. increases the volume of a liquid

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A small bubble of air deep down in a lake rises up to the top of the lake. The volume of the bubble on coming up will

A. increase

B. decrease

C. will not change

D. first increase and then decrease

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If the speed of the rotation of the earth increases the weight of a body

A. will increase

B. will decrease

C. will have no change

D. will either increase or decrease

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In a dynamo

A. mechanical energy is converted to light energy

B. mechanical energy is converted to heat energy

C. mechanical energy is converted to electrical energy

D. electrical energy is converted to mechanical energy