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Q:

A boy is swinging a ball attached to a string in a horizontal circle.If the string snaps

A) the ball will travel towards the center of the circle and fall down B) it will continue to travel along a tangent to the circle at the point the ball was at the time of snapping and finally fall down
C) it will fall down at the same place where the string breaks D) none of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) it will continue to travel along a tangent to the circle at the point the ball was at the time of snapping and finally fall down

Explanation:

The centripetal force having  been removed the body cannot execute the curved path. (B) is Correct.

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Q:

A Step-Up Transformer Increases

A) Power B) Current
C) Frequency D) Voltage
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Voltage

Explanation:

A transformer that increases voltage from primary to secondary (more secondary winding turns than primary winding turns) is called a Step-Up Transformer.

Conversely, a transformer designed to do just the opposite is called a Step-Down Transformer. 

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Q:

what is the source of energy for the water cycle?

A) Rain water B) Sun
C) Clouds D) Animals
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sun

Explanation:

The water cycle is a term for the movement of water between the Earth's surface, the sky and underground. Water evaporates due to heat from the sun. Hence, the water cycle is driven primarily by the energy from the sun.

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This solar energy drives the cycle by evaporating water from the oceans, lakes, rivers, and even the soil. Other water moves from plants to the atmosphere through the process of transpiration.

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A man stands on the pan of a balance holding a fish in his right hand and bucket of water in his left hand. If he transfers the fish into the bucket, the total weight on the pan

A) increases B) decreases
C) remains the same D) first increases and then decreases
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) remains the same

Explanation:

Before transferring the fish, the position is the man with the fish and the bucket of water. After transferring the position is : the man without the fish, but the fish inside the water in the bucket. Thus to know whether there is any change in weight, it is enough to consider whether there is any change in weight when the fish in air is transferred into the water. The answer is there is no change as when in water though it loses weight due to upthrust of water on it, the level of water increases and exerts an equal force at the bottom

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Q:

What measures Air pressure?

A) Barkometer B) Bolometer
C) Spectrometer D) Barometer
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Barometer

Explanation:

Air Pressure can be defined as the pressure of air in the earth's atmosphere. It reaches a maximum of about 100,000 Pa near sea level and decreases as altitude increases.

The barometer is an instrument which is used for measuring Air pressure.

 

Physics instruments and their uses:

 

Barkometer  - - - Tanning liquors used in tanning leather

Bolometer  - - - Electromagnetic radiation

Spectrometer - - -  Properties of light.

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Q:

What type of lens is a magnifying glass?

A) Diverging B) Spherical
C) Converging D) Achromatic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Converging

Explanation:

A magnifying glass is a convex lens that is used to produce a magnified image of an object. It is also called a hand lens in laboratory contexts.

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Q:

Heat is associated with

A) K.E of random motion of molecules B) K.E of orderly motion of molecules
C) Total K.E of random and orderly motion of molecules D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) K.E of random motion of molecules

Explanation:
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Q:

Materials that allow electricity to flow are called

A) Insulators B) Conductors
C) Electron flows D) Stimulators
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Conductors

Explanation:

Materials that allow electricity to flow are called electrical conductors and that materials which does not allow electricity to flow are called Insulators.

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