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  • When a bottle of perfume is opened in one corner of a room the smell spreads soon throughout the room. This is an example of


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  • A. surface tension
  • B. capillarity
  • C. viscosity
  • D. diffusion

  • Correct Answer
  • diffusion 

    Explanation

    Diffusion is the spreading  - mixing of gases through molecular motion.


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    • 1. Rain drops acquire spherical shape due to

    • Options
    • A. viscosity
    • B. surface tension
    • C. friction
    • D. elasticity
    • Discuss
    • 2. If a sound travels from air to water, the quantity that remain unchanged is

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    • A. velocity
    • B. frequency
    • C. wavelength
    • D. amplitude
    • Discuss
    • 3. An air bubble in water will act like a

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    • A. convex lens
    • B. convex mirror
    • C. concave lens
    • D. concave mirror
    • Discuss
    • 4. Two electric bulbs marked 25W ? 220V and 100W ? 220V are connected in series to a 440Vsupply. Which of the bulbs will fuse?

    • Options
    • A. 25 W
    • B. Both
    • C. 100 W
    • D. Neither
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which of the following is not the unit of time

    • Options
    • A. Parallactic second
    • B. Micro Second
    • C. Leap year
    • D. Solar day
    • Discuss
    • 6. It is more difficult to walk on ice than on a concrete road because

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    • A. there is very little friction between the ice and feet pressing it
    • B. ice is soft when compared to concrete
    • C. there is more friction between the ice and feer
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. A solid ball of metal has a spherical cavity inside it. When the ball is heated the volume of the cavity will

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    • A. increase
    • B. decrease
    • C. remain unaffected
    • D. have its shape changed
    • Discuss
    • 8. What is the SI unit of pressure

    • Options
    • A. Pascal
    • B. Dyne
    • C. Newton
    • D. Jule
    • Discuss
    • 9. Ultrasonic waves are used for stirring liquid solutions because they

    • Options
    • A. do not produce noise during the operation
    • B. are easy to produce
    • C. can produce perfectly homogeneous solutions
    • D. do not produce chemical reactions in the solution
    • Discuss
    • 10. The core of an electromagnet is made of soft iron because soft iron has

    • Options
    • A. small susceptibility and small retentivity
    • B. large susceptibility and small retentivity
    • C. large density and large retentivity
    • D. small density and large retentivity
    • Discuss


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