The combined gas law relates which of the following?
A. Volume & Temperature
B. Temperature & Pressure
C. Volume & Pressure
D. Volume, Temperature & Pressure
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The primary agent of contact metamorphism is
A. Temperature
B. Pressure
C. Weathering
D. Flowing water
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For accurate scientific work, temperatures are often measured by
A. Mercury thermometers
B. Alcohol thermometers
C. Platinum resistance thermometers
D. Thermoelectric thermometers
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In heating frozen foods in sealed pouches in a microwaves, why do you first poke holes in the pouch?
A. To prevent the steam pressure from bursting open the pouch
B. To allow the heat to get into the food through the hole
C. To allow the microwaves to get into the food through the holes
D. To allow the aroma of the food to come out through the holes
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When two ice cubes are pressed together, they join to form one cube. Which one of the following helps to hold them together?
A. Hydrogen bond formation
B. Vander waals forces
C. Covalent attraction
D. Dipole interaction
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A real gas can act as an ideal gas in
A. High pressure and low temperature
B. Low pressure and high temperature
C. High pressure and high temperature
D. Low pressure and low temperature
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The instrument that measures and records the relative humidity of air is
A. Hydrometer
B. Hygrometer
C. Lactometer
D. Barometer
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If there is a circular hole in a metal plate, what happens to the radius of the hole when the plate is heated?
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Unchanged
D. Depends upon the metal
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The value of coefficient of restitution in perfectly elastic collision is
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Which of the following device is best suited for measuring the temperature inside metallurgical furnaces?
A. Pyrometer
B. Thermocouple
C. Thermometer
D. Thermistor
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Supercooling is cooling of liquid ________
A. Below melting point
B. Below freezing point
C. At melting point
D. Above melting point
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Liquids and gases never show
A. Diamagnetic property
B. Paramagnetic property
C. Ferromagnetic property
D. Electromagnetic property
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A circular plate, a cube and a sphere, all made up of same material and having the same mass, are heated to 300°C and left in a room. Which of them will have the slowest rate of cooling?
A. Circular plate
B. Cube
C. Sphere
D. All will cool at the same rate
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The humidity of the air depends upon
A. Weather
B. Temperature
C. Location
D. All of the above
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In a freezer ice cubes will be formed more quickly in trays made of
A. Rubber
B. Plastic
C. Aluminium
D. Wood
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The ''four stroke petrol engine' is based on
A. Carnot-cycle
B. Otto-cycle
C. Diesel-cycle
D. Boyle's-cycle
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The spring balance works on the principle of ________ .
A. Boyle's Law
B. Hooke's Law
C. Bernoulli's principle
D. Pascal's Law
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A metal plate with a circular hole at the centre is heated. What will happen to the area of the hole ?
A. Increase
B. Dacrease
C. Remain constant
D. Will increase first and then dcrease
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Air is said to be saturated when
A. Its pressure is minimum
B. It contains the maximum content of water vapour
C. Its thickness is maximum
D. It blows over the barren land
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At constant pressure, the volume of a fixed mass of a gas is directly proportional to its absolute temperature. It is the statement of
A. Boyle's Law
B. Charle's Law
C. Gay-Lussac's Law
D. Avogadro's Law
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