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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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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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The energy of a photon, whose momentum is 10 MeV/c, where c is the speed of light, is given by

A) 10 MeV B) 100 MeV
C) 1 MeV D) 0.1 MeV
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 10 MeV

Explanation:

A photon’s relativistic momentum is given by the equation,E = pc where p is the momentum.

P = 10 MeV/c

So, E = 10 MeV

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Frictional force acts in 

A) the same direction as the motion B) the opposite direction of the motion
C) all the directions D) upward direction
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) the opposite direction of the motion

Explanation:

It is to overcome this opposite frictional force , that  we have to apply the needed force to make the body move

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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:

The Hydraulic Break works on the principle of _____ ?

A) Pascal's Law B) Boyle's law
C) Coulomb's law D) Bernouli's law
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Pascal's Law

Explanation:
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Which phase change is an example of an exothermic process?

A) Liquid to Solid B) Gas to Solid
C) Gas to Liquid D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All the above

Explanation:

Processes that require or give off heat will be limited to changes of state, known as phase changes, and changes in chemical constitution, or chemical reactions. Changes of state involve a solid melting, a liquid freezing, a liquid boiling or a gas condensing.

 

An exothermic process is one that gives off heat, which is transferred to the surroundings. An endothermic process is a reaction which heat has to be supplied to the system from the surroundings.

 

Here in all the given options, heat is taken away from them to change there phase. 

Liquid to Solid --- Freezing

Gas to Liquid --- Condensation

Gas to Solid --- Deposition 

are all examples of exothermic processes.

 

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The velocity required to place a vehicle in orbit round the moon is _______ that required to place it in orbit round the earth 

A) less than B) Greater than
C) equal to D) greater than or equal to
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) less than

Explanation:

This orbital velocity at the moon is less because orbital velocity = rg

 

where 'r ' is the orbital radius. i.e the distance of the body from the center of the earth and 'g' is the acceleration due to gravity on the body in question. In the case of the moon, both r and g are less than in the case of the earth.

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