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Q:

"Light years" is the unit of _____?

A) Acceleration B) Distance
C) Light Intensity D) Weight
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Distance

Explanation:

A Light-year is a distance that light travels in the vacuum in one Julian year (365.25 days).

The light-year is a unit of length used to express astronomical distances. It is about 9.5 trillion kilometers or 5.9 trillion miles. 

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Q:

What is unit of Astronomical distance ?

A) light year B) angstrom
C) weber D) lux
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) light year

Explanation:

angstrom is used to measure wave length,

weber is used to measure Magnetic flux,

lux is used to measure Intensity of illumination.

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Q:

Siphon will fail to work if

A) The level of the liquid in the two vessels are at the same height B) The temperature of the liquids in the two vessels are the same
C) The densities of the liquid in the two vessels are equal D) Both its limbs are of unequal length
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The level of the liquid in the two vessels are at the same height

Explanation:

Siphon is a tube bent to form two legs of unequal length by which a liquid can be transferred from a reservoir and then down to a lower level of it.

 

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Siphon will fail to work if, the level of the liquid in the two vessels are at the same height.

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Q:

Radian is used to measure

A) Temperature B) Intensity of Flame
C) Angle D) Solid Angle
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Angle

Explanation:

Kelvin is used to measure Temperature,

Candela is used to measure Intensity of flame,

Steredian is used to measure Solid Angle.

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Q:

Lux is the SI unit of

A) luminous flux B) luminous efficiency
C) intensity of illumination D) luminous intensity
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) intensity of illumination

Explanation:

The lux (lx) is the SI derived unit of illuminance and luminous emittance, measuring luminous flux per unit area. It is equal to one lumen per square meter.

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Q:

Which process allows water to enter the atmosphere?

A) Transpiration B) Respiration
C) Condensation D) Evaporation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Evaporation

Explanation:

Evaporation is the process that allows water to enter into the atmosphere.

Sunlight turns liquid water into water vapor which then rises higher into the atmosphere and forms into clouds.

 

Plants, too, help water get into the atmosphere through a process called transpiration.

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Q:

Lens is made up of which glass

A) Ordinary glass B) Pyrex glass
C) Flint glass D) Cobalt glass
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Flint glass

Explanation:
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Q:

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
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) not be heard at any distance at all from it

Explanation:

As there is no atmosphere surrounding the moon, the second from any band that is played there cannot travel outwards there is no material medium surrounding if for its propagation.

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