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Q:

Speed of sound is maximum in which among the following?

A) Gases B) Vaccum
C) Liquids D) Solids
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Solids

Explanation:

We know that, in solids all the particles are packed together and hence sound can travel from one to one very fast.

 

Hence, speed of sound is maximum in solids and decreses from solids to liquids and liquids to gases. Sound can't travel through vaccum.

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During thunderstorm 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
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) remain in the car

Explanation:

The Whole car  - the body and inside - can be considered to be a hallow conductor. During the thunderstorm the body - i.e, the outside- gets a charge but there will be no charge inside. so the inside is safe.

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Q:

Which is the liquid that shows Capillary fall?

Answer

Mercury

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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
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) a parabola

Explanation:

Parabola, because when the coin is dropped at a particular point, it has the same velocity as the running train. So, by Newton's first law, it continues its motion horizontally with that velocity. But then, it is also pulled down by earth's gravity continuously. In this situation its horizontal motion gives way to the parabolic motion until it reaches the ground.

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Q:

Which of the following is not an aerosol?

A) mud B) dust
C) smoke D) fog
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) mud

Explanation:

Among the given options, mud is not an aerosol.

 

An aerosol is a suspension of fine solid particles or liquid droplets, in the air or another gas. Aerosols can be natural or anthropogenic. Examples of natural aerosols are fog, dust, forest exudates and geyser steam. Examples of anthropogenic aerosols are haze, particulate air pollutants, and smoke.

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What is refractive index ?

A) it is defined as the ratio of speed of light in the medium to the speed of light in vacuum. B) it is defined as the product of speed of light in medium and in vacuum.
C) it is defined as the ratio of speed of light in vacuum to the speed of light in the medium . D) None of above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) it is defined as the ratio of speed of light in vacuum to the speed of light in the medium .

Explanation:
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Q:

The stability triangle is used to describe

Answer

The stability triangle is used to describe the movement of center of gravity of a load vehicle like trucks. If the load is not balanced then it moves and may tip over it.


 


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If you were to raise a lift truck up and look at its underside, you would see that the support points for the truck are located at points A, B, and C. The triangle formed between points A, B, and C is called the Stability Triangle. The lift truck will not tip over as long as the center of gravity remains inside the triangle.


 


The center of gravity is the point within a lift truck where there is equal weight all around it.

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Q:

How many laws of physics are there?

A) 5 B) 4
C) 3 D) 2
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 3

Explanation:

Physics has 5 laws. But the 3 laws of Newton has been clubbed together under one Law. Therefore there are 3 Newtons laws of Physics. They are ::

 

1. Newtons Laws of Motion

    a. First Law of Motion

    b. Second Law of Motion

    C. Third Law of Motion

 

2. Newtons Law of Cooling

 

3. Newtons Law of Gravitation.

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