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A temperature below absolute zero for an ideal gas

A. cannot be attained experimentally

B. can be attained

C. is impossible

D. Does not exist at all

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C. is impossible


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When a charged rod is brought near a collection of small pith balls, the balls

A. will jump rapidly up and down for a short time

B. will remain unaffected

C. Both (a) and (b) above

D. It will produce electric shock

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Which is the densest planet of the solar system?

A. Sun

B. Jupiter

C. Mercury

D. Earth

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We always see only one side of the moon because

A. the sun comes in between the earth and moon

B. the moon is stationary

C. the time taken by the moon to rotate on its axis is the same as the time taken by it to revolve round the earth

D. moon revolves round the sun

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What la the minimum velocity required for a rocket to overcome earth's gravity and travel into space?

A. 18 km/sec

B. 11.2 km/ sec

C. 21 km/ sec

D. 35 km/ sec

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Raindrops assume a spherical shape because or

A. adhesion

B. surface tension

C. gravitational force

D. atmospheric pressure from all sides

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Hydrophone is an instrument used

A. for measuring relative density of liquids

B. by ships to pass on messages

C. for determining the depth of ocean bottoms etc.

D. by deaf people to aid hearing

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The earth satellite Aryabhatta was put in orbit by India on

A. October 20, 1978

B. November 14, 1978

C. January 26, 1979

D. April 19, 1975

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The rocket engine is motivated by jet propulsion which uses the famous

A. Kepler's Laws

B. Newtonian Third Law of Motion

C. Bernoulli's Principle

D. Law of Relativity

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Which of the following sets of elementary particles have nearly equal masses?

A. Neutron and Proton

B. Electron and Proton

C. Neutron and Electron

D. Proton, Neutron and Electron

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A man stands on the pan of a balance holding a fish in his right hand and bucket of water in his left hand. If he transfers the fish into the bucket, the total weight on the pan

A. increases

B. decreases

C. remains the same

D. first increases and then decreases

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The stem of a vibrating tuning fork is pressed against a sound box. Then

A. the loudness of the sound increases

B. the loudness remains the same

C. the loudness decreases

D. the sound suddenly stops

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The overhead wires supported by high towers in the grid system carry

A. alternating current of very high frequency

B. alternating current of very high voltage

C. a very large direct current

D. a high voltage direct current

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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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The speed of light is minimum while passing through

A. air

B. glass

C. vacuum

D. water

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The earth's nearest neighbour in space is

A. the Sun

B. the Moon

C. the Venus

D. the Mars

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No current will flow between two charged bodies if they have the same

A. resistance

B. charge

C. potential

D. charge/potential ratio

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A stationary elevated object has

A. kinetic energy

B. potential energy

C. momentum

D. both potential and kinetic energy

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Increase in pressure

A. increases the melting point of ice

B. decreases the melting point of ice

C. has no effect on the melting point of ice

D. increases the volume of the ice

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Radio waves sent out by radio stations are reflected by

A. troposphere

B. stratosphere

C. mesosphere

D. ionosphere

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The best estimates of the age of the earth comes from the studies of

A. angle of inclination of the earth

B. changes in radio-active minerals in it

C. period taken by Sun's light to reach the earth

D. artificial satellites revolving round the earth

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The direction of heat flow between two objects depends on

A. their heat contents

B. their masses

C. their temperatures

D. whether they are in solid, liquid or gaseous state

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Acoustics' la a branch or study dealing with

A. historical sites

B. architecture

C. sound

D. trigonometry

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The planet that has got a well-developed set of rings is

A. Venus

B. Saturn

C. Mercury

D. Earth

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The hydraulic jack to lift heavy vehicles in automobile service stations is one of the applications of

A. Pascal's law

B. Principle of Archimedes

C. Boyle's law

D. Hooke's law

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A boy sitting in a train moving with a uniform velocity drops a coin outside. A man standing outside the train will find the trajectory of the coin to be

A. a parabola

B. a horizontal straight line

C. a vertical straight line

D. a circle

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When a bowler spins a ball, it changes its direction in the air. This is due to

A. turbulence caused by the wind

B. buoyancy of air

C. unequal pressures acting on it

D. sudden change in the direction of the wind

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When the earth reaches its perihelion

A. it is nearest to the moon

B. it is nearest to the sun

C. it is nearest to Pluto

D. it is farthest from the sun

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Meteors

A. look like falling stars

B. are really pieces of rock or metal

C. burn up as they shoot through the air

D. All the above

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Photocells are used

A. in burglar alarms

B. in automotive devices for light switches

C. television cameras

D. All the above

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For viewing objects placed at a higher level from a position at a lower level, the instrument used' Is known aa

A. telescope

B. spectrometer

C. microscope

D. periscope