Surface water of a lake is about to freeze. What will be the temperature (in °C) of water at the bottom of the lake?
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Which of the following statement(s) about specific heat of a body is/are correct?
1. It depends upon mass and shape of the body.
2. It is independent of mass and shape of the body.
3. It depends only upon the temperature of the body.
A. Only 1
B. 2 and 3
C. 1 and 3
D. Only 2
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Why are dewdrops not formed on a cloudy night?
A. Clouds absorb the radiation released from the Earth's surface
B. Clouds reflect back the Earth's radiation
C. The Earth's surface would have low temperature on cloudy nights
D. Clouds deflect the blowing wind to ground level
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Assertion (A): The handle of pressure cooker is made up of Abonite.
Reason (R): Abonite is a hard material.
A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
C. (A) is true, but (R) is false
D. (A) is false, but (R) is true
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The woollen clothes keep us warm in winter because they
A. supply heat
B. do not radiate heat
C. prevent air from contacting the body
D. prevent the heat of the body from escaping
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What is the use of thermostat?
A. To measure the temperature
B. To increase the temperature
C. To maintain the temperature
D. To convert heat into electricity
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Thermal conductivity of a solid metal with increasing temperature-
A. Will grow
B. Will decrease
C. Will remain
D. Its decreases or increase will depend on temperature
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Clear nights are colder than cloudy nights because of . . . . . . . .
A. conduction
B. condensation
C. radiation
D. insulation
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Heat transfer horizontally within the atmosphere is called
A. conduction
B. convection
C. absorption
D. advection
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When soggy biscuits are kept inside the fridge for sometime they become crisp because
A. Cooling releases extra moisture
B. Humidity inside the fridge is low and extra moisture is absorbed
C. Humidity inside the fridge is high and extra moisture is absorbed
D. Pressue inside the fridge is high and help in releasing extra moisture
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It is difficult to cook rice
A. at the sea level
B. at the top of a mountain
C. under a mine
D. same anywhere
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Which of the following principles does the refrigerator work on?
A. Osmosis
B. Centrifugation
C. Spread
D. Evaporation
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On which we gets the absolute zero pressure?
A. Due to the zero of the molecular momentum of the system
B. At sea level
C. At a temperature of -273 Celsius
D. In the center of the earth
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Blowing air with open pipe is an example of
A. isothermal process
B. isochoric process
C. isobaic process
D. adiabatic process
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Statement I While putting clothes for drying up, we spread them out.
Statement II The rate of evaporation increases with an increase in surface area.
A. Both the statements are individually true and statement II is the correct expalanation of statement I
B. Both the statements are individually true, but statement II is not the correct explanation of statement I
C. Statement I is true, but statement II is false
D. Statement I is false, but statement II is true
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During the melting of solid, its temperature
A. decreases
B. increases
C. may increase or decrease depending on the nature of solid
D. does not change
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The amount of heat required to change a liquid to gaseous state without any change in temperature is known as
A. specific heat capacity
B. mechanical equivalent of heat
C. latent heat of vaporisation
D. quenching
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To convert the temperature taken on the Kelvin scale to the Celsius scale-
A. Must subtract 273
B. Must add 273
C. Must divide by 273
D. Must be multiplied by 273
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Why boiling point of water decreases at high altitudes?
A. Because of high temperature
B. Because of low atmospheric pressure
C. Because of low temperature
D. Because of high atmospheric pressure
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The lowest temperature is recorded by
A. alcohol thermometer
B. maximum reading thermometer
C. mercurial thermometer
D. minimum reading thermometer
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