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Holography is the technique of

A. taking photos of various objects

B. recording and reproducing three dimensional images

C. tracing out planets and stars in the sky

D. transmitting light waves

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B. recording and reproducing three dimensional images


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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 asteroids belt lies between the orbits of

A. Earth and Mars

B. Venus and Earth

C. Mars and Jupiter

D. Moon and Mars

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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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A car parked in the sun with its windows closed gets terribly hot inside. This is due to

A. the heat emitted by the engine

B. the greenhouse effect

C. the good conducting power of the metal body

D. the double layered wind shield

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When a whistling engine approaches a person standing on the platform, the frequency or the note

A. appears to increase

B. appears to decrease

C. does not change at all

D. first increases then decreases

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Mercury is used in a barometer because

A. its density being very high 13.6 g/cm3 the height of mercury column is conveniently small

B. at the ordinary temperature its vapour pressure is small

C. it is opaque and does not wet glass

D. All the above

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Some persons are not able to see distant objects clearly because the image of the object is focused in front of the retina. This defect is known as

A. short sight

B. long sight

C. astigmatism

D. presbyopia

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The rate of cooling of a hot body depends on

A. the nature of the radiating surface

B. area of the radiating surface

C. temperature difference between the body and the surroundings

D. All the above

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In which of the following will a piece of iron weigh most?

A. in air

B. in an atmosphere of oxygen

C. in an atmosphere of CO2

D. in vacuum

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The heat produced in a conductor due to the passage of a current through it is proportional to

A. the square of the current

B. the resistance of the conductor

C. the time for which the current flows

D. All the above

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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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Which physical quantity is measured in watts

A. power

B. kinetic energy

C. momentum

D. impulse

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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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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 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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A person cups his hand around the mouth when shouting. Why?

A. Sound energy from his mouth is then directed in one direction

B. The cupped hand acts as a cardboard tube of short length

C. The pitch of sound increases

D. Both (a) and (b)

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If a body weight 12N on the surface of the earth, how much will it weigh on the surface of the moon where acceleration due to gravity is only one-sixth of that on earth's surface?

A. 12N

B. 2N

C. 10N

D. 6N

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A person does not sink in the Dead Sea because

A. the sea contains a large amount of other salts besides sodium chloride

B. the density of the person is less than the density of the Dead Sea water

C. of the surface tension due to salt water in the Dead Sea

D. of difference in mass

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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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Echoes are produced by

A. the reflection of sound waves

B. the refraction of sound waves

C. the interference of sound waves

D. reverberation of sound waves

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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. Can't be said

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Who discovered that the Cree Call acceleration Is the same for any object at a given place?

A. Newton

B. Pascal

C. Archimedes

D. Galileo

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A permanent magnet may be demagnetised by

A. placing it inside a solenoid through which an alternating current is flowing

B. heating the magnet to redness and then allowing it to cool

C. dropping it several times or hammering it while lying east-west

D. All the above

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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 presence of impurities

A. lowers the melting point of ice

B. raises the melting point of ice

C. has no effect on the melting point of ice

D. may lower or raise the melting point depending upon the type of impurities

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The distance between two bodies is halved. Now the force of attraction between them will be

A. half

B. one fourth

C. four times

D. two times

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The instrument used to measure the strength of electric current at a point is

A. Ammeter

B. Altimeter

C. Adrinometer

D. Anemometer

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Every action has an equal and opposite reaction is Newton's law of Motion

A. first

B. second

C. third

D. fourth

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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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The force that keeps a body in a circular motion la called

A. the centripetal force

B. the centrifugal force

C. the frictional force

D. All the above