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An integrated circuit la more advantageous than a conventional circuit because

A. they make the electric equipment more reliable and easier for servicing

B. a faulty part of a conventional circuit may be difficult to locate and repair

C. if a part of the integrated circuit fails the entire circuit is simply replaced

D. All the above

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D. All the above


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The velocity of sound in air increases with

A. the rise of temperature

B. rise of its frequency

C. decrease in humidity

D. fall of temperature

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Which of the following is not electromagnetic waves?

A. heat waves

B. sound waves

C. radio waves

D. light waves

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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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The theory that the earth constituted the centre of the universe around which the sun and the planets revolved was propounded by

A. Copernicus

B. Ptolemy

C. Newton

D. Kepler

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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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If a band is played on the moon the sound will

A. reverberate

B. be heard by us faintly

C. be heard upto 10 km from it

D. not be heard at any distance at all from it

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To concentrate light on the defective teeth, the dentists use

A. convex mirrors

B. concave mirrors

C. convex lens

D. concave lens

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Frictional force acts in

A. the same direction as the motion

B. the opposite direction of the motion

C. all the directions

D. upward direction

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You want a supply of a small but constant current. Which of the following cells will you prefer?

A. Daniell cell

B. Leclanche cell

C. Dry cell

D. All the above

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It is easier to climb down a staircase than climb up because in climbing down

A. work is done against gravity

B. the steepness of the staircase isn't felt

C. gravity assists

D. there is no friction between the legs and steps

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Heat is transmitted from one end of a metal rod to its other end by the method of

A. conduction

B. convection

C. radiation

D. sublimation

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In the visible spectrum which colour has the shortest wavelength?

A. Red

B. Blue

C. Yellow

D. Violet

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Mica is used in an electric iron because it is a

A. good conductor of heat

B. good conductor of electricity

C. bad conductor of electricity

D. Both (a) and (b) above

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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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When sound waves travel from one medium to another, the quantity which remains unchanged is its

A. speed

B. frequency

C. wavelength

D. All the above

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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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Rain drops acquire spherical shape due to

A. viscosity

B. surface tension

C. friction

D. elasticity

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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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A workman was working on a rail track. A young boy at a distance holds his ear close to the railway track. The boy was able to hear the sound of each blow or the workman twice. It is because

A. speed of sound is greater in steel than in air

B. speed of sound is greater in air than in steel

C. part of sound waves is reflected between rail tracks

D. the boy's ears are at a different distance from the source

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In a longitudinal wave, the direction of propagation of the wave is

A. the same as the direction of the vibrations of the vibrating body

B. at right angles to the direction of the vibrations of the vibrating body

C. Both (a) and (b) above

D. None of the above

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The velocity of sound in a medium is

A. directly proportional to its pressure

B. inversely proportional to the square root of its pressure

C. directly proportional to the square root of its pressure

D. independent of its pressure

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When a body is projected upwards

A. the time for the upward journey and downward journey are the same

B. the upward journey takes more time

C. the downward journey takes more time

D. Cant be said

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Diamond shines because of its

A. purity

B. hardness

C. high density

D. high refractive index and low critical angle

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Match the following:
A. Manometer1. Depth of sea
B. Audiometer2. High temperatures
C. Pyrometer3. Level of human hearing
D. Fathometer4. Pressure of a gas

A. A-1 B-4 C-3 D-2

B. A-4 B-3 C-1 D-2

C. A-4 B-3 C-2 D-1

D. A-3 B-4 C-1 D-2

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The cell that can be recharged, after it has run down, by passing a direct current through it from a source of current is

A. Voltaic cell

B. Leclanche cell

C. Dry cell

D. An accumulator

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In the ramous equation of Einstein E = mc2 , 'c' denotes.

A. velocity of sound

B. velocity of light

C. a constant factor

D. wavelength of light

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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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When a bottle of perfume la opened in one corner of a room the smell spreads soon throughout the room. This is an example of

A. surface tension

B. capillarity

C. viscosity

D. diffusion

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Mercury is used in thermometers because

A. it has high thermal conductivity

B. it has uniform expansivity

C. it has high boiling point and low freezing point

D. of all the above

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What is 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