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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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D. All the above


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The brightest planet in the Solar System is

A. Jupiter

B. Mercury

C. Venus

D. Sirius

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The temperature of a large bucket-full of hot water (a few degrees below boiling point) is lower than a beaker full of boiling water. But

A. the hot water contains a much larger quantity of internal energy than the boiling water

B. the boiling water contains more quantity of internal energy than the warm water

C. both of them have got the same amount of internal energy.

D. nothing can be said definitely with the data given

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The star nearest to the sun is

A. Proxima Centauri

B. Sirius

C. Aldebaran

D. Vega

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Cosmic rays are

A. powerful X-rays falling on the earth from space

B. ultraviolet rays from the sun

C. gamma rays from radioactive minerals

D. very energetic radiation falling upon the earth from outer space consisting chiefly of charged particles

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The freezer in a refrigerator is placed near the top

A. to keep it away from the hot compressor which is near the bottom

B. because of convenience

C. so that it can cool the whole interior by setting up convection currents

D. to prevent too much cooling

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When an electric apparatus is fitted with a three core flexible lead the insulation on the three wires is distinctively coloured. The present international convention is

A. brown for earth, yellow for live, light blue for neutral

B. green for earth, yellow for live, brown for neutral

C. yellow for earth, green for live, brown for neutral

D. brown or red for live, light blue or black for neutral and green or yellow for earth

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A lactometer is used to

A. find out the specific gravity of liquids

B. measure the volumes of liquids

C. test the purity of milk

D. determine the strength of acid in car batteries

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Which of the following apparatus is used in the electrolysis of water?

A. Voltmeter

B. Voltameter

C. Ammeter

D. Potentiometer

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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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Atoms which have the same atomic number but different mass numbers are called

A. isobars

B. isomers

C. isotones

D. isotopes

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Sound waves

A. are electromagnetic waves

B. can easily pass through vacuum

C. are always transverse waves

D. require a material medium for propagation

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The image formed by a plane mirror is

A. of the same size as the object

B. at the same distance behind the mirror as the object is in front of it

C. virtual and laterally inverted

D. All the above

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The force of attraction or repulsion between two charged bodies is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of distance between them. This was propounded by

A. Coulomb

B. Gilbert

C. Volta

D. Rutherford

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During thunder storm you are travelling in a car. To protect yourself from the lightning you will have to

A. remain in the car

B. get out of the car and lie flat in the ground

C. abandon the car and take shelter under a nearby tree

D. touch the nearest electric pole

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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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The strength of an electromagnet can be increased by

A. increasing the length of the coiled wire

B. increasing current supply

C. increasing the size of the iron core

D. All the above

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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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The barometer was invented by

A. Michael Faraday

B. Torricelli

C. Thomas Alva Edison

D. Benjamin Franklin

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Dioptre is the unit of power of

A. convex mirrors

B. concave mirrors

C. concave lenses

D. lenses irrespective of types

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The base of an electric iron is brightly polished mainly

A. to make it smooth and frictionless

B. to make it rust - proof

C. to reduce heat loss by radiation

D. to make it more durable

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Halley's comet appears in the heavens once in

A. 40 years

B. 50 years

C. 76 years

D. 80 years

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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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When a ship floats on water, the weight or water displaced is

A. an indeterminate quantity

B. equal to the weight of the ship

C. greater than the weight of the ship

D. less than the weight of the ship

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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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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

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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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An electric fan converts

A. electrical energy into heat energy

B. electrical energy into mechanical energy

C. mechanical energy into electrical energy

D. mechanical energy into heat energy

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When we tighten the string of a sitar or tanpura its pitch

A. remains the same

B. increases

C. decreases

D. None of the above

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The filament lamp is an example for

A. fluorescence

B. incandescence

C. both (a) and (b)

D. None of these

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Stars twinkle because of

A. refraction of light from them through air

B. reflection

C. absorption

D. All the above