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The washing machine works on the principle of ____________

A) Dialysis B) Diffusion
C) Reverse osmosis D) Centrifugation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Centrifugation

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Find arc elasticity of demand, if quantity demanded falls from 1000 to 950 when price of the item is increased from Rs. 240 to Rs. 280?

A) 0.33 B) 0.3
C) -0.3 D) -0.33
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) -0.33

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When light passes from one medium to another, this phenomenon of change in its direction is called _____.

A) Refraction B) Diffraction
C) Propagation D) No option is correct
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Refraction

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Heat flows as a result of difference of _____.

A) Temperature B) Density
C) mass D) Volume
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Temperature

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The value of acceleration due to gravity (g) at a distance of 2R from the surface of earth, where R is the radius of earth is ______.

A) g/3 B) g/4
C) g/9 D) g/2
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) g/9

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A ball rolling along the ground gradually slows down and finally comes to rest is due to ________.

A) Friction B) Magnetic force
C) Electrostatic force D) Muscular force
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Friction

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Choose the most appropriate answer:Sir CV Raman was awarded Noble Prize for his work connected with which of the following phenomenon of radiation?

A) Scattering B) Diffraction
C) Interference D) Polarization
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Scattering

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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1930 was awarded to Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman "for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him".

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Which one of the following statements with regard   to   Jet   stream,   an   upper   level tropospheric wave, is not correct?

A) It is narrow band of high-velocity wind. B) It   follows   the   wave   path   near   the tropopause at elevations of 8 km to 15 km.
C) Jet  streams  are typically  continuous over long distances. D) In summer, the polar front jet achieves its maximum force.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) It   follows   the   wave   path   near   the tropopause at elevations of 8 km to 15 km.

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All  are  correct  except  D,  as  Jet streams  are  phenomena  of  winter. It   is   believed   that   jet   stream exercises  an  important  influence on the winter weather in India.

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