Pressure cooker cooks food in lesser time because
A. The temperature of boiling water decreases due to high pressure
B. Air has no effect as it is closed from all sides
C. Temperature of boiling water increases due to high pressure
D. Evaporation of the water used is very small
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. . . . . . . . is not related to gases.
A. Boyle's law
B. Joule's law
C. Avogadro's law
D. Charles's law
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Under which condition real gas can work as an ideal gas?
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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According to Newton's Law of Cooling the rate of cooling of a body is proportional to the
A. temperature of the body
B. temperature of the surrounding
C. fourth power of the temperature of the body
D. difference of the temperature of the body and the surrounding
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When a glass rod is placed in steam, its length increases but its width
A. Remains unchanged
B. Decreases
C. Increases
D. Becomes irregular
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The normal temperature of a human body is . . . . . . . .
A. 98.6°C
B. 98.6°F
C. 37°F
D. 40°C
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Assertion (A): A piece of ice added to the drink, cools it.
Reason (R): Ice takes latent heat from the drink for melting resulting in the cooling of the drink.
Select the correct answer:
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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Below is a statement (A) and a reason (R)-
(A): Left a small gap between tracks
(R): Iron spread in summer.
A. (A) is true but (R) is false
B. (A) is false but (R) is true
C. Both (A) and (R) is true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
D. Both (A) and (R) is true and (R) is the not correct explanation of (A)
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The amount of radiation emitted by a perfectly black body proportional to
A. temperature on ideal gas scale
B. fourth root of temperature
C. fourth power of temperature
D. square root of temperature on ideal gas scale
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Fruit stored in a cold chamber exhibit longer storage life because
A. Exposure to Sunlight is prevented
B. Concentration of carbon dioxide in enviroment is increases
C. Rate of respiration is decreased
D. There is increase in humidity
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When heated from 0°C to 10°C volume of given mass of water will
A. increase gradually
B. decrease gradually
C. increase and then will decrease
D. decrease and then will increase
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Opening the door of refrigerator kept in the room
A. You can cool the room to some degree
B. You can cool the room to the temperature of refrigerator
C. You are warm the room a little
D. You can neither cool nor warm the room
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During hot weather, the fan produces a feeling of comfort. This is because
A. fan supplies cool air
B. fan cools the air
C. our perspiration evaporates rapidly
D. conductivity of air increases
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The principle of evaporation of liquid to absorb heat, is used in-
A. Microwave oven
B. Refrigerator
C. Geyser
D. Electric kettle
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If the temperature of air increases, how would it affect its ability to assume water vapour?
A. Decrease
B. Increase
C. Firstly decrease, then again increase
D. Remains constant
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To change a temperature from the Kelvin scale to the Celsius scale, you have to
A. add 273 to the given temperature
B. multiply the given temperature by 273
C. subtract 273 from the given temperature
D. divide the given temperature by 273
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Which one of the following processes is not a part of long-wave radiation?
A. Conduction
B. Scattering
C. Convection
D. Radiation
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What changes will the volume of water show if the temperature is lowered from 9°C to 3°C?
A. The volume will not change
B. The volume will first increase and then decrease
C. The volume will first decrease and then increase
D. Water will freeze
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Relation between the colour and the temperature of a star is given by
A. Wien's Displacement Law
B. Planck's Law
C. Hubble's Law
D. Fraunhofer's Diffraction Law
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In which of the following phenomena do heat waves travel along a straight line with the speed of light?
A. Thermal conduction
B. Thermal convention
C. Thermal radiation
D. Both A and C
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