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  • Question
  • The function of nitrogen in air is


  • Options
  • A. to make air a moderate supporter of combustion
  • B. to maintain the density of air constant
  • C. to prevent the hydrogen in air from exploding
  • D. to reduce the poisonous nature of ozone in air

  • Correct Answer
  • to make air a moderate supporter of combustion 

    Explanation

    If air contained all oxygen and no nitrogen, everything would have burnt off


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    • 1. According to Avogadro's Hypothesis, the smallest particle of an element or a compound, that can exist independently, is called ____ .

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    • A. a molecule
    • B. a cation
    • C. an anion
    • D. an atom
    • Discuss
    • 2. The first death anniversary day of Sri Rajiv Gandhi was observed as the

    • Options
    • A. National Integration Day
    • B. Peace and Love Day
    • C. Secularism Day
    • D. Anti-Terrorism Day
    • Discuss
    • 3. The mountains which come into being after the continental drift started, with the break up of the large land mass of pangola are

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    • A. young mountains
    • B. old mountains
    • C. volcanic mountains
    • D. fold mountains
    • Discuss
    • 4. The dark lines in the solar spectrum are due to

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    • A. absorption of corresponding wavelengths by the outer layers of the sun
    • B. destructive interference between waves of certain definite wavelengths
    • C. absorption of corresponding wavelengths by the prism used in the photograph
    • D. absence of corresponding wavelengths from the light emitted by the core of the sun
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which of the following has a least penetrating power?

    • Options
    • A. All have same penetrating power
    • B. Beta Particles
    • C. Alpha particles
    • D. Gamma rays
    • Discuss
    • 6. Gypsum is added to cement clinker to

    • Options
    • A. increase the tensile strength of cement
    • B. decrease the rate of setting of cement
    • C. facilitate the formation of colloidal gel
    • D. bind the particles of calcium silicate
    • Discuss
    • 7. The major events of Pre-Cambrian era include

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    • A. formation of crust, continents and oceans
    • B. formation of crust, birth of oldest known rock, origin of life
    • C. formation of present day atmosphere
    • D. All of the above.
    • Discuss
    • 8. The low latitude zone of globe extends between

    • Options
    • A. Tropic of Capricorn and Cancer
    • B. North pole to South pole
    • C. Tropic of Capricorn and equator
    • D. Equator and Tropic of Cancer
    • Discuss
    • 9. The most obvious effect of pressure on rocks is

    • Options
    • A. foliation
    • B. lineation
    • C. lithification
    • D. the reorientation of mineral crystals
    • Discuss
    • 10. When measuring the characteristics of a small-signal amplifier, say for a radio receiver, one might be concerned with its "Noise..."?

    • Options
    • A. Fundamental
    • B. Fall
    • C. Force
    • D. Figure
    • Discuss


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