Everyday Science The Most Important MCQs Repeated in PPSC || FPSC || KPSC || BPSC || SPSC Job Tests Set # 9

1 - ________ is used for making vinegar.





Acetic acid

2 - 0.01 mole of NaOH is added to 10 liters of water. The pH of water changes by





4

3 - 0°K is equivalent to





– 273°C

4 - 1 Micron is equal to





10–6 m

5 - A boat will submerge when it displaces water equal to its own:





Weight

6 - A bottle of sodalime is grasped by the neck and swung briskly in a vertical circle, Near which portion of the bottle do the bubbles collect?





Near the neck

7 - 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?





Sphere

8 - A concave lens always forms an image which is





Virtual and erect

9 - A copper disc has a hole. If the disc is heated, the size of the hole





Increases

10 - A copper wire of radius r and length l has a resistance of R. A second copper wire with radius 2r and length l is taken and the two wires are joined in a parallel combination. The resultant resistance of the parallel combination of the two wires will be





R/5

11 - A current carrying conductor is associated with





An electro-magnetic field

12 - A cyclist leans inwards when he is negotiating a curve so that





Necessary centripetal force may be available from the horizontal component of the normal reaction due to the track to maintain the curved motion.

13 - A decibel is





A measure of sound level

14 - A disk and a sphere of same radius but different masses roll on two inclined planes of the same altitude and length. Which one of the two objects gets to the bottom of the plane first ?





Sphere

15 - A doppler effect occurs when a source of sound moves





Both A & B

16 - A good conductor while carrying current is





Negatively charged

17 - A hydrogen balloon floats up because of





Weight of the balloon is less than the weight of air displaced by it.

18 - A metal is exposed to the atmosphere for sometime. It becomes coated with green carbonate. The metal must be





Copper

19 - A passenger standing in a bus is thrown outward when the bus takes a sudden turn. This happens due to





Inertia of motion

20 - A pilot has to release the bomb to hit a target





Before the target

21 - A small drop of oil spreads over water because :





Water has a higher surface tension

22 - A soap bubble shows colours when illuminated with white light. This is due to





Interference

23 - A solid ball of metal has a spherical cavity inside it. When the ball is heated the volume of the cavity will





Increase

24 - A solution is





A homogeneous mixture of two or more substances

25 - A sphere rolls down on two inclined planes of different angles but same height, it does so





With the same speed

26 - A spring is an example of which of these





Hooke's law

27 - A white and smooth surface is





Bad absorber and good reflector of heat

28 - After long periods of use, a grey spot develops on the inside of a bulb. This is because





Dust inside the bulb condenses on the top

29 - Aluminium can be purified by





Electrolysis

30 - An electric iron has a heating element made of :





Nichrome

31 - An object at rest may have





Potential energy

32 - An object which absorbs all colours and reflects none appears:





Black

33 - An oxidising agent is a





An electron acceptor

34 - Analog synthesis refers to a technology based on





Representing data in terms of measurable physical quantities.

35 - Aspirin is chemically known as





Acetylsalicylic acid

36 - At hill stations, the boiling point of water will be





Less than that at sea level

37 - At room temperature, the metal that remains liquid is:





Mercury

38 - At what temperature do the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales give the same reading?





-40 degreees

39 - Atoms having the same number of protons but different number of neutrons are called :





Isotopes

40 - Atoms of same element having different mass numbers are called________





Isotopes

41 - Bandwidth is the





Both a & b

42 - Baryllium Sulphate is less soluble in water due to





High inflammable energy

43 - Bhopal gas tragedy is associated with leakage of





Methyl isocyanate

44 - Bleaching action of moist sulphur dioxide is because of its





Oxidising property

45 - Bleaching powder is prepared by passing :





Chlorine over slaked lime

46 - Boyle's law is a relationship between





Pressure and volume

47 - Brass is a solution of molten copper in





Molten zinc

48 - Charcoal is used in water treatment as a/an





Adsorbent

49 - Chemical properties of isotopes





Must be same

50 - Chile saltpeter is the common name of:





Sodium nitrate

51 - Cinnabar is an ore/mineral of





Mercury

52 - Colour imparted to the Bunsen flame by strontium salt is





Crimson red

53 - Commonly used antiseptic 'Dettol' is a mixture of





Chloroxylenol + terepineol

54 - Compressions and Rarefactions are characteristic of





Longitudinal waves

55 - Conduction band electrons have more mobility than holes because they





Experience collision less frequently

56 - Conversion of heat into electrical energy is achieved by using :





Thermocouple

57 - Damp clothes are dried in spin dryers by the action of





Centrifugal forces

58 - DDT and BHC may act as





Carcinogens

59 - Depth of ocean is measured by





Fathometer

60 - Domestic cooking gas consists mostly of





Liquified butane and isobutane

61 - During fermentation of sugar, the compound which is always formed is :





Ethyl Alcohol

62 - Eclipses occur due to which optical phenomena?





Rectilinear propagation

63 - Electric bulbs are filled with :





Argon

64 - Electric current is measured by which instrument?





Ammeter

65 - Electricity is transmitted over long distances





There is less wastage of energy

66 - Electrolysis of an aqueous solution of copper sulphate using copper electrodes gives





Copper at cathode and oxygen at anode

67 - Electromagnet is constructed with which of the following ?





Soft Iron

68 - Entropy of Universe is always





Increasing

69 - Every hot object emits ________





Infrared rays

70 - Except mercury which is the other metal that is liquid at standard conditions for temperature and pressure?





Bromine

71 - Exposure to mixtures of chemicals are greater than expected on the basis of effects of exposure to each chemical individually. This is known as





Synergism

72 - Ferrous sulphate is used in water treatment as a/an





Coagulant aid

73 - Find the odd one:





Slaked lime

74 - Find the resistance (in mega) of a wire of length 20m, cross sectional area 1 cm2 and made of a material of resistivity 200m.





40

75 - 'Fire-fighting clothes' are made from





Asbestos

76 - Fleming's right hand rule is used to find the direction of the





Induced current

77 - Food cans are coated with tin and not with zinc because





Zinc is more reactive than tin

78 - For generation of biogas, the materials commonly used are





Animal wastes

79 - Formic acid is produced by





Red ants

80 - Galvanised iron is made by coating iron with





Zinc

81 - Gear finishing operation is called





Burnishing

82 - German silver, an alloy, does not contain the metal





Silver

83 - Glycol is used to manufacture which of the following ?





Terylene

84 - Golden view of sea shell is due to





Polarization

85 - Gunpowder consists of a mixture of





Nitre, sulphur and charcoal

86 - Gypsum is used for improvement of:





Saline soils

87 - Helium gas is filled in balloons because





It is lighter than air

88 - Hertz is a unit for measuring





Frequency of waves

89 - High concentration hydrocarbon pollutants in atmospheric air causes





Cancer

90 - Highest percentage of carbon is found in which form of coal?





Anthracite

91 - Hot springs are heated geothermally by underlying





Magma

92 - Hot water is poured simultaneously in four metallic tumblers painted outside with different paints. After some time the water will be found to have cooled most in the tumbler painted.





Rough black

93 - How many neutrons does iron have?





30

94 - Identify the vector quantity from the following





Angular momentum

95 - If a band is played on the moon the sound will





Not be heard at any distance at all from it

96 - If a barometric reading is falling, this usually indicates what





Decreasing pressure

97 - If a body moves with a constant speed in a circle





Its velocity remains constant

98 - If a buffer solution is diluted its pH





Remains same

99 - If ice floating on water in a vessel melts, the water level in the vessel ________ .





Does not change

100 - If the spinning speed of the earth is increased then the weight of body at the equator





Decreases

101 - If we burn graphite,





No residue will be left

102 - Impure camphor is purified by





Sublimation

103 - In a Carbonyl group a carbon atom makes double bond with





Oxygen

104 - In a freezer ice cubes will be formed more quickly in trays made of





Aluminium

105 - In a Laser (say neon laser) all the atoms emit the light waves of





All of the above

106 - In a period from Li to F, ionisation potential





Cannot be predicted

107 - In a reaction of the type A+B -> C+D one could ensure it to be a first order reaction by :





Increasing the concentration of a reactant

108 - In order to make an electromagnet you need a





All of the above

109 - In quantum mechanics a particle is represented by a





Wave packet

110 - In the periodic table of elements, on moving from left to right across a period, the atomic radius





Decreases

111 - In upper layer of atmosphere ozone is formed by





The action of ultraviolet rays on oxygen

112 - In very cold countries alcohol is used as a thermometric liquid because





Its freezing point is very low

113 - In which of the following industries is mica as a raw material?





Electrical

114 - In which of the following states maximum iron ore is found ?





Fe2O3

115 - Indane gas is mixture of





Butane and propane

116 - Infrasonic sound has a frequency lower than





20 Hz

117 - Instrument used to measure the force and velocity of the wind is





Anemometer

118 - Iodine can be separated from a mixture of Iodine and Potassium Chloride by





Sublimation

119 - Ionisation energy of nitrogen is greater than that of oxygen because nitrogen has





Stable half filled 2p sub level

120 - Iron filings can be separated from a heterogeneous mixture using the technique of :





Magnetization

121 - Iron is extracted from





Haematite

122 - Iron is prevented from rusting by coating with zinc. This process is called as





Galvanisation

123 - It is easier for a man to swim in sea water, than in river water because





The density of sea water is more than the density of river water

124 - Kinetics is the study of:





All of these are correct

125 - KMnO4 can be used as a/an





Disinfectant

126 - Knot is a measure of





The speed of ship

127 - Large astronomical telescopes always use as objective





combinations of lenses

128 - Lead pencil contains





Graphite

129 - Light Emitting Diodes (LED) is used in fancy electronic devices such as toys emit





visible light

130 - Light from Sun reaches Earth in approximately





8 minutes

131 - Light travels at the fastest speed in:





vacuum

132 - Liquids and gases never show





Ferromagnetic property

133 - Many people died in London in 1952 as result of air pollution producing





Smog

134 - Mercury is commonly used as a thermometric fluid rather than water because





mercury has greater visibility than water

135 - Microphone is a device which transforms the





Sound signal into current signal

136 - Milk is a





Mixture

137 - Milk tastes sour when kept in the open for sometime due to the formation of





Lactic acid

138 - Mixture can be





Both A and B

139 - Molality of pure water is





55.5

140 - Mud houses are cooler in summers and warmer in winters as compared to brick houses because





Mud is a bad conductor

141 - Negative feedback in amplifiers





Increases bandwidth and decreases noise

142 - Neoprene is a polymer of





Chloroprene

143 - Neoprene is prepared by polymerisation of which of the following





2-chloro-1, 3-butadiene

144 - No current will flow between two charged bodies if they have the same





Potential

145 - Nucleons are regarded as composites sub-particles known as





Quarks

146 - Nucleus of an atom consists of.





Proton and Neutron

147 - Nylon is a type of





Polyamide

148 - Nylon is made up of :





Polyamide

149 - Nylon threads are made of





Polyamide polymer

150 - Oil raise up the wick in a lamp. The principle involves





capillary action phenomenon

151 - On a clean glass plate a drop of water spreads to form a thin layer whereas a drop of mercury remains almost spherical because





Cohesion of mercury is greater than its adhesion with glass

152 - One of the constituents of tear gas is





Chloropicrin

153 - One should not connect a number of electrical appliances to the same power socket because





this can damage the domestic wiring due to overloading

154 - Optical fibre works on the





total internal reflection

155 - Out of the following pairs, which one does not have identical dimension?





Moment of inertia and moment of a force

156 - Ozone depletion in the atmosphere is mainly caused by





Chlorofluorocarbon

157 - Ozone depletion in the stratosphere is mainly caused by





Chlorofluorocarbons

158 - 'Parsec' is the unit measurement of





Astronomical distance

159 - Photo-oxidation process is initiated by





Light

160 - Plastic is a type of





Polymer

161 - Polythene is polymer of





Ethylene

162 - Preparation of ‘Dalda or Vanaspati' ghee from vegetable oil utilizes the following process :





Hydrogenation

163 - Q = mcdT refers to





Specific Heat formula

164 - Quality of a musical note depends on





Harmonics present

165 - Radio waves sent out by a radio stations are reflected by





Ionosphere

166 - Radiocarbon dating technique is used to estimate the age of





fossils

167 - Railway tracks are banked on curves





necessary centripetal force may be obtained from the horizontal component of the weight of the train

168 - Rain drops acquire spherical shape due to





Surface tension

169 - Rocket works on the principle of





Newton's Third Law

170 - Sending a frame to a group of stations is known as





Multicasting

171 - Setting of plaster of paris involves





Hydration to form other hydrates

172 - Silicone is a polymer of





Dialkyl dichloro silane

173 - Silk fibre chemically is :





Protein

174 - Silver gets corroded due to ________ in air.





Hydrogen Sulphide

175 - Slag is a name given for





Molten alumina

176 - Slip rings are usually made of





Phosphor Bronze

177 - Sodium is produced by the electrolysis of





Molten sodium chloride

178 - Solder is an alloy of





Tin, lead

179 - Solder is an alloy of





Tin and lead

180 - Solder metal is an alloy of





Lead and tin

181 - Solids have definite shapes.This is because





The forces of cohesion are very large

182 - Sound travels at the fastest speed in





steel

183 - Sound waves do not show the phenomenon of





Polarisation

184 - Speed of sound is maximum in which among the following?





Solids

185 - Speed of sound is the greatest in :





Glass

186 - Stainless steel is an alloy of





Chromium, carbon and iron

187 - Stains of rust on clothes can be removed by :





Oxalic acid

188 - Stars are held together by





Gravitational forces

189 - Stationary wave is formed by





Two waves of same frequency travelling in the opposite direction

190 - Steam at 100°C causes more severe burns than water at 100°C because





Steam has latent heat of vaporisation

191 - Sullage water is –





Waste water released from kitchen

192 - Sulphur dioxide bleaches colouring matter by :





Reduction

193 - Sun appears red in colour at sunrise and sunset due to





That all other colours scatter away except red

194 - Superconductors are substances which





offer no resistance to the flow of electricity

195 - Supercooling is cooling of liquid ________





Below freezing point

196 - Synthetic detergents are made from





Sodium salt of benzene sulphonic acid

197 - Tap water is placed in an open pad and allowed to evaporate. After some time the temperature of water





Decreases slightly

198 - Terylene is a condensation polymer of ethylene glycol and which acid?





Terephthalic acid

199 - The absorption of ink by blotting paper involves





Capillary action phenomenon

200 - The alkaloid naturally found in coffee, cocoa and cola nut is





Caffeine

201 - The amount of matter in a ball of steel is its :





Mass

202 - The anode in a dry cell consists of





Zinc

203 - The antiparticle of an electron is





Positron

204 - The apparatus used to test acidity of aqueous solution is





PH meter

205 - The aqueous solution of potassium chloride is





A strong electrolyte

206 - The atmosphere is heated mainly by





Radiation

207 - The charcoal used to decolourise brown sugar solution is





Animal charcoal

208 - The chemical name of ‘Common salt' is





Sodium chloride

209 - The chemical name of 'laughing gas' is





Nitrous oxide

210 - The chemical name of 'Plaster of Paris' commonly used for setting broken bones is





Calcium sulphate

211 - The chemical that is used to ripen mangoes is





Calcium carbide

212 - The chemical used for cloud seeding for artificial rains is





Silver Iodide

213 - The chemical used in embalming biological materials is





Formaldehyde in water

214 - The chemical(s) most commonly used for cloud seeding or ‘artificial rainmaking' is/are





Silver Iodide

215 - The chief constituent of vinegar is





Acetic acid

216 - The coil wire in the electric room heater or electric cooking heater is called ________





Element

217 - The colour of sky appears blue due to





Scattering of shorter wave lengths

218 - The colours of stars depend on their





Temperature

219 - The common refrigerant in domestic refrigerator is





Freon

220 - The composition of electrician solder is





Lead-37%, tin-63%

221 - The device used to change the speed of an electric fan is





Regulator

222 - The direction of heat flow between two objects depends on





Their temperatures

223 - The drug ‘Marijuana' is a





Sedative

224 - The earth is a





Good absorber and good radiator of heat

225 - The electrical domestic tube light gives white fluorescent light because of





Falling of ultra violet rays on the white inner coating of the tube

226 - The electronic configuration of an atom having atomic number ‘20' is





2, 8, 8, 2

227 - The element used for making solar cells is





Silicon

228 - The element with highest first ionisation energy is





Helium

229 - The elements with atomic numbers 9, 17, 35, 53, 85 are all





Halogens

230 - The fact that the planets move around the Sun, not in circles but in ellipses, was first demonstrated by





Johannes Kepler

231 - The fact that two large ships travelling on close parallel courses in the same direction tend to move towards each other can be explained by





Bernoulli's principle

232 - The force that binds the neutrons and protons in a nucleus is called as:





Strong Nuclear Force

233 - The function of ball bearings in a wheel is :





To increase friction

234 - The function of sedimentation tank in sewage treatment is to:





Remove suspended solids

235 - The gas liberated in the Bhopal gas tragedy was:





Methyl isocynate

236 - The gas used in the artificial ripening of fruits is





Acetylene

237 - The humidity of the air depends upon





All of the above

238 - The inert gas which is substituted for nitrogen in the air used by deep sea divers for breathing is





Helium

239 - The inert gas which is substituted for nitrogen in the air used by deep sea divers for breathing is:





Helium

240 - The inert gases are ____ in water.





sparingly soluble

241 - The intensity ratio of waves is 25 : 9. What is the ratio of their amplitudes?





0.21041666667

242 - The Laser is a beam of radiations which are





Coherent and monochromatic

243 - The law which states that the amount of gas dissolved in a liquid is proportional to its partial pressure is





Henry's law

244 - The light of distant stars is affected by





Both A & B

245 - The lightest gas which is non-inflammable is





Helium

246 - The main constituent of natural gas is





Methane

247 - The main source of carbon monoxide is





Transportation

248 - The major component in the LPG is





Butane

249 - The mass number of a nucleus is





Sometimes more and somtimes equal to its atomic number

250 - The material known in commerce as Terylene is a





Synthetic fibre

251 - The material used in electric heater is





Nichrome

252 - The metal used to galvanise iron to protect it from rusting is





Zinc

253 - The metal chiefly used for galvanising iron is :





Zinc

254 - The metal that is usually extracted from sea water is





Mg

255 - The metallurgical process in which a metal is obtained in a fused state is called





smelting

256 - The method of concentrating the ore which makes use of the difference in density between ore and impurities is called





levigation

257 - The molecular formula of phosphorous is





P4

258 - The molecules of which gas have highest speed?





H2 at -73oC

259 - The monomers of dacron are





Ethylene glycol and terephthalic acid

260 - The most electronegative element among the following is





Fluorine

261 - The motion of a body around a circular path is an example of





Uniform velocity, variable acceleration

262 - The names of the scientists, Newlands, Mendeleev, and Meyer are associated with the development of





periodic table of contents

263 - The National Chemical Laboratory (India) is located in





Pune

264 - The nucleus of an atom consists of





Protons and Neutrons

265 - The number of d-electrons in Fe2+ (Z = 26) is not equal to that of





p-electrons in CI(Z = 17)

266 - The number of waves per second in a sound is called ________ of that sound.





Frequency

267 - The oldest rocks in the earth's crust were once molten, and came from deep inside the earth. The molten rock, called magma, spewed out in volcanic eruptions during the earth's early life and solidified into hard rock's called





igneous rocks

268 - The oldest type of energy known to man is





Geothermal energy

269 - The p wave of a normal Electrocardiogram indicates





Atrial depolarization

270 - The percentage of carbon in cast iron is :





3 to 5

271 - The pitch of sound depends on its





Frequency

272 - The polymer obtained by the condensation of hexamethylene diamine and adipic acid is :





Nylon 66

273 - The pressure exerted by a 760 mm column of mercury at 0°C is known as





1 pascal

274 - The purest form of Iron is :





Wrought iron

275 - The purpose of choke in tube light is





Induce high voltage

276 - The Refrigerant 'FREON' is





Difluoro Dichloro Methane

277 - The ringing of an electric bell in an enclosed evacuated glass bell jar is not heard outside because





There is no air or any other gas in the bell jar

278 - The rotational effect of a force on a body about an axis of rotation is described in terms of





Moment of force

279 - The safest hammers are those with heads that are





Alloy and drop-forged steel

280 - The shape of our milky way galaxy is





Spiral

281 - The Solar energy produced by





Fusion reaction

282 - The source of the Sun's energy is the process of





Nuclear fusion

283 - The speed of light in air is





3 × 108 m/s

284 - The speed of sound travel fastest through





Solid

285 - The substance which conducts current in the solid state is





Graphite

286 - The surface tension of water on adding detergent to it





Decreases

287 - The temperature of a liquid is 32° F. What is its temperature in Celsius scale?





0° C

288 - The unit for measuring electric power is the





Watts

289 - The unit of noise pollution (level) is :





Decibel

290 - The velocity of falling rain drops attains a terminal value because of





Viscous force exerted by air

291 - The velocity of sound in air





Decreases with decrease of temperature

292 - The wall of a dam is made thicker at the bottom than at the top because the pressure exerted by the water on the wall





Increases with depth of the wall

293 - The washing machine works on the principle of





Centrifugation

294 - The wave like properties of electrons are useful in





Magnifying objects

295 - The weight of a body acts through the centre of





Gravity

296 - The word ''insolation' means





Incoming solar radiation

297 - Threshold limit value of copper in the atmospheric air is





1.0 mg/m3

298 - Through which light cannot pass?





Book

299 - To convert temperature from Celcius to Kelvin scale, you must ________ the given temperature.





Add 273

300 - Total number of colours exists in sunlight





7

301 - Total number of halogen elements found in the periodic table is





5

302 - Trinitrotoluene is





Used as an explosive

303 - Two metallic plate of equal thickness and coefficient thermal conductivity K1 and K2 put together face to face. A common plate is constructed. What is equivalent K?





2k1k2/k1+k2

304 - Two metallic wires made from copper have same length but the radius of wire 1 is half of that of wire 2. The resistance of wire 1 is R. If both the wires are joined together in series, the total resistance becomes





5R/4

305 - Two rods, one of copper and other of steel, experience the same upthrust when placed in water.Thus, both have





Equal volume

306 - Ultrasound devices operate with minimum frequency from





20kHz

307 - Ultraviolet radiation striking the earth is due to the depletion of





Ozone

308 - Vegetables are cooked in lesser time by adding a pinch of salt while cooking because





Boiling point of water increases

309 - 'Vinegar' is a commercial name of





Acetic acid

310 - Vinegar made by fermentation from cane sugar contains





Acetic acid

311 - Water from soil enters into the root hairs owing to :





Capillary pressure

312 - Water is not suitable as a calorimetric substance because it :





Has high specific heat

313 - Water is used in car radiator because of its





High specific heat capacity

314 - Water pipes in hilly areas often burst on a cold frosty night, because





Water in the pipes freezes and on freezing water expands, so pipes break

315 - We always see the same face of the moon, because





It takes equal time for revolution around the earth and rotation on its own axis

316 - What apparatus is used to locate a submerged object?





Sonar

317 - What factors contribute to global winds?





All of the above

318 - What is the direction of torque?





Perpendicular to the direction of applied force

319 - What is the full form of "RADAR" ?





Radio Detecting and Ranging

320 - What is the full form of ''AM' regarding radio broadcasting?





Amplitude Modulation

321 - What is the other name of Galileo's law of falling bodies?





Newton's first law

322 - What is the phenomenon which established the transverse nature of light ?





Polarisation

323 - What is the principle of a ''Life Jacket"?





It increases the volume of the person to keep him afloat

324 - What is the process of conversion of solid state directly to gaseous state called?





Sublimation

325 - What is the size of Electron as comapared to Proton and Neutron?





1/1836

326 - What is the wavelength of visible spectrum ?





3900 A° – 7600 A°

327 - What should a person on a freely rotating turn table do to decrease his (angular) speed ?





Spread his hands outwards

328 - What type of force acts on a car moving around a curve?





Centripetal force

329 - When a barometer is rising air pressure is





Increasing

330 - When a barometer reading suddenly recedes, it indicates that climate–





Will be extremely stormy

331 - When a bottle of scent is kept open in a corner of a room its odour is felt in all parts of the room. This is due to the phenomenon of :





Diffusion

332 - When a lead storage battery is discharged,





Sulphuric acid is consumed

333 - When a light wave is reflected from a mirror, there is a change in its





Amplitude

334 - When a number of resistors are connected in series in a circuit, the value of current:





Remains the same

335 - When a piece of stone is immersed in water, it displaces water of equal





Mass

336 - When a ring of metal is heated what happens to its hole ?





Expands

337 - When a running car stops suddenly, the passengers tends to lean forward because of:





Inertia of motion

338 - When a stone is thrown in the calm water of a pond the waves produced on the surface of water in the pond are





Transverse

339 - When a vibrating tuning fork is placed on a table, a loud sound is heard. This is due to :





Forced vibrations

340 - When an atom loses an electron it becomes





Positive ion

341 - When an unbalanced force acts on an object





All of the above

342 - When hot liquid is poured into a thick glass tumbler, it cracks because glass :





Is a bad conductor of heat so only inner surface expands

343 - When number of turns in a coil is trippled, without any change in the length of coil, its self inductance becomes?





Nine times

344 - When pressure is increased the melting point of ice





Decreases

345 - When temperature difference between liquid and its surroundings is doubled, the rate of loss of heat will:





Double

346 - When there are two electrons in the same orbital, they have:





Opposite spin

347 - When white light passes through a glass prism we get a spectrum on the other side of the prism. In the emergent beam the ray which is deviated least is





The red ray

348 - Where are mesons found ?





Cosmic rays

349 - Which among the following elements is found in maximum percentage in the human body ?





Oxygen

350 - Which among the following is not a characteristic of transition metals?





Tendency to gain electrons

351 - Which among the following is pure matter ?





Carbon dioxide

352 - Which among the following is used to dilute oxygen in the gas cylinders used by divers ?





Helium

353 - Which among the following metals provides amphoteric oxide ?





Aluminium

354 - Which Color has the Longest Wavelength?





Red

355 - Which conservation principle is applicable in the case of the motion of a rocket?





Conservation of momentum

356 - Which is best used as a sound absorbing material in partition walls ?





Glass - wool

357 - Which is the purest form of iron?





Wrought iron

358 - Which law relates to the ideal gas law?





P1V1 = P2V2

359 - Which layer of the earth's atmosphere reflect back the radio waves to the earth's surface ?





Ionosphere

360 - Which liquid is the most viscous?





Oil

361 - Which measurement describes the pressure of a gas?





450 mm Hg

362 - Which metal is the best conductor of heat?





Copper

363 - Which of the following causes the rusting of iron? a. Oxidation b. Reduction c. Chemical reaction with oxygend. Chemical reaction with CO2





A and C

364 - Which of the following does the nucleus of an atom consists of?





Protons and neutrons

365 - Which of the following gases is present under pressure in soft drinks?





Carbon dioxide

366 - Which of the following has the lowest frequency?





Visible light

367 - Which of the following is a commercial source of energy?





Natural gas

368 - Which of the following is a good conductor of heat but a bad conductor of electricity ?





Mica

369 - Which of the following is a natural polymer?





Starch

370 - Which of the following is a secondary pollutant ?





CO

371 - Which of the following is an example of simple harmonic motion?





Simple pendulum motion

372 - Which of the following is arranged in order of decreasing conductivity?





Silver, Copper, Aluminium, Steel

373 - Which of the following is biodegradable ?





Paper

374 - Which of the following is not a commercial source of energy?





Firewood

375 - Which of the following is not a derivative of barbituric acid?





Equanil

376 - Which of the following is not a gaseous air pollutant?





Hydrocarbon

377 - Which of the following is not a natural source of hydrocarbon?





Mica

378 - Which of the following is not a noble gas ?





Hydrogen

379 - Which of the following is not a nucleon?





Positron

380 - Which of the following is not a part of a CRT ?





Gas plasma

381 - Which of the following is not an aerosol?





Mud

382 - Which of the following is ozone depleting pesticide ?





Methyl bromide

383 - Which of the following is secondary air pollutant ?





SO2

384 - Which of the following is the cleanest source of energy?





Wind energy

385 - Which of the following is used as anesthetic ?





NO

386 - Which of the following is used to remove ink and rust stains on cloth?





Oxalic acid

387 - Which of the following laser types is used in a laser printer?





Semiconductor laser

388 - Which of the following liquids has the least density ?





Petrol

389 - Which of the following methods is used in determining the number average molar mass of a macromolecule?





Osmotic pressure

390 - Which of the following pairs of materials serves as electrodes in rechargeable batteries commonly used in devices such as torch lights, electric shavers, etc. ?





Nickel and cadmium

391 - Which of the following phenomenon helps to conclude that light is a transverse wave?





Polarisation

392 - Which of the following represents a relation for ''heat lost = heat gained'?





Principle of calorimetry

393 - Which of the following substance's smell is similar to Ethanoic acid?





Vinegar

394 - Which of the following waves cannot be polarised?





Ultrasonic

395 - Which of the metals has the maximum thermal conductivity?





Silver

396 - Which of these liquids has the highest viscosity?





Syrup

397 - Which one element from below list is liquid at room temperature?





Bromine

398 - Which one is not a primary greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere?





Nitrogen

399 - Which one is the most dense liquid from the below?





Choloform

400 - Which one is the simplest form of alkane?





Methane

401 - Which one is the unit of surface tension of a liquid





Electron volt /cm2

402 - Which one of the following contains maximum percentage of carbon ?





Cast iron

403 - Which one of the following elements is an example of noble gas ?





Helium

404 - Which one of the following has greatest mass ?





Neutron

405 - Which one of the following has the highest value of specific heat?





Water

406 - Which one of the following instruments is used to study dispersion of light ?





Spectrometer

407 - Which one of the following is commonly used for pulp bleaching in the paper industry?





Hydrogen peroxide

408 - Which one of the following is found in Vinegar ?





Acetic acid

409 - Which one of the following is known as the 'brown coal'?





Lignite

410 - Which one of the following is most acidic?





Al2O3

411 - Which one of the following is responsible for the working of Newton's colour disc experiment ?





Persistence of vision

412 - Which one of the following is used to restore the colour of old oil paintings ?





Hydrogen peroxide

413 - Which one of the following organic compound is used to remove stains of iron compounds?





Oxalic acid

414 - Which one out of the following helps in burning ?





Oxygen

415 - Who discovered X-ray?





Wilhelm Roentgen

416 - Who indirectly determined the mass of the electron by measuring the charge of the electron?





Millikan

417 - Who is known as the 'father of modern chemistry'?





Antoine Lavoisier

418 - Why do birds not have respiratory trouble at the time of flying at high altitude ?





They have extra air sacs

419 - Williamson's synthesis is widely used in the laboratory preparation of





Ethers

420 - Woollen cloth protects the body from cold because





It is a poor conductor of heat

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