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Questions : Wireless communication is reflected back to the Earth’s surface by the

(a) Ionosphere

(b) Stratosphere

(c) Troposphere

(d) Exosphere

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (a)

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Question : 1

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists

List I List II
A. Isothermal process 1. Volume of the system remains constant
B. Adiabatic process 2. Pressure of the system remains constant
C. Isobaric process 3. Temperature of the system remains constant
D. Isochoric process 4. No heat transfer takes place between the system and the surrounding
Choose the correct option from the codes given below :

a) A – 3, B – 4, C – 2, D – 1

b) A – 2, B – 3, C – 4, D – 1

c) A – 2, B – 1, C – 4, D – 3

d) A – 4, B – 3, C – 1, D – 2

Answer: (a)

Question : 2

On a specific day and time, the temperature was 48ºC in Churu and 24ºC in Shimla. Two metallic cups identical in all respects contained water at 95ºC in Churu and 71ºC in Shimla. Which one of these two cups reached room temperature first?

a) Cup in Shimla

b) Both cups reached room temperature at the same time

c) Cup in Churu

d) Data are not enough to find out result

Answer: (b)

Question : 3

Consider the following statements :

  1. 1 gram of water at 100°C and 1 gram of steam at 100°C contain same amount of heat.
  2. 1 m3 of dry air is heavier than 1 m3 of humid air.
  3. Density of a substance in C.G.S. system is numerically equal to its specific gravity.
Which of the statements given above is /are correct ?

a) 1 and 3

b) 3 only

c) 1 only

d) 2 and 3

Answer: (b)

(1) 1 gram of steam at 100°C contains greater amount of heat in comparison to 1 gram of water at 100°C. Thus, statement (1) is incorrect.

(2) 1 m3 of humid air is heavier than 1m3 of dry air. Thus, statement (2) is incorrect.

(3) Density of a substance in C.G.S. system is numerically equal to its specific gravity. Thus, statement (3) is correct.

Question : 4

The regions of compressions and rarefractions of sound wave are·establisbed because

a) the reflected sound wave at fixed end interferes with the incident wave

b) the sound wave undergoes diffraction behind obstacles

c) the longitudinal movement of air molecules produce pressure fluctuations

d) the speed of the sound wave changes as it travels through a medium

Answer: (c)

Question : 5

The frequency of a wave travelling at a speed of 500 ms–1 is 25Hz. Its time period is

a) 25 s

b) 20 s

c) 0.05 s

d) 0.04 s

Answer: (d)

Question : 6

Consider the following statements:

  1. Steam at 100°C and boiling water at 100°C contain same amount of heat.
  2. Latent heat of fusion of ice is equal to the latent heat of vaporization of water.
  3. In an air-conditioner, heat is extracted from the room air at the evaporator coils and is rejected out at the condenser coils.
Which of these statements is/are correct?

a) 2 and 3

b) 1 and 2

c) Only 2

d) Only 3

Answer: (d)

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