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  • 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

  • Correct Answer
  • there is very little friction between the ice and feet pressing it 

    Explanation

    It is the friction between the feet and the ground that helps us to walk. Without this friction we would slip and fall


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    • 1. 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
    • Discuss
    • 2. Rain drops acquire spherical shape due to

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    • A. viscosity
    • B. surface tension
    • C. friction
    • D. elasticity
    • Discuss
    • 3. 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
    • 4. 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
    • 5. Two electric bulbs marked 25W ? 220V and 100W ? 220V are connected in series to a 440Vsupply. Which of the bulbs will fuse?

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    • A. 25 W
    • B. Both
    • C. 100 W
    • D. Neither
    • Discuss
    • 6. 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
    • 7. What is the SI unit of pressure

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

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    • 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
    • 9. The core of an electromagnet is made of soft iron because soft iron has

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    • 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
    • 10. Formation of shadows can be explained by

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    • A. rectilinear propagation of light
    • B. reflection
    • C. refraction
    • D. total internal reflection
    • Discuss


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