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  • If an empty cylinder is half filled with a liquid, its center of gravity is


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  • A. shifted upwards
  • B. shifted downwards
  • C. shifed neither upward nor downward
  • D. shifted upward or downward depending on the density of the liquid

  • Correct Answer
  • shifted downwards 

    Explanation

    Effect of adding liquid is to make the cylinder more bottom heavy which is a more stable position


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    • 1. If a band is played on the moon the sound will

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    • A. reverberate
    • B. be heard by us faintly
    • C. be heard upto 10km from it
    • D. not be heard at any distance at all from it
    • Discuss
    • 2. A potentiometer wire is 100 cm long and a constant potential difference is maintained across it. Two cells are connected in series first to support one another and then in opposite direction. The balance points are obtained at 50 cm and 10 cm from the positive end of the wire in the two cases. The ratio of the emf's is :

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    • A. 3:4
    • B. 5:4
    • C. 5:1
    • D. 3:2
    • Discuss
    • 3. The direction of heat flow between two objects depends on

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    • A. Their masses
    • B. Their heat contents
    • C. Their temperatures
    • D. Whether they are in solid, liquid or gaseous state
    • Discuss
    • 4. A man jumping out of a moving train is thrown

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    • A. forward
    • B. backward
    • C. sidewaqys
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. If lift is going up with acceleration, the apparent weight of a body is

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    • A. may be more or less than true weight
    • B. more than the true weight
    • C. less than the true weight
    • D. equal to the true weight
    • Discuss
    • 6. The capacity of a pure capacitor is 1 farad. In D.C circuit, its effective resistance will be

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    • A. Zero
    • B. Infinite
    • C. 1 Ohm
    • D. 1/2 Ohm
    • Discuss
    • 7. One astronomical unit is the average distance between

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    • A. Earth and the Sun
    • B. Earth and the Moon
    • C. Jupiter and the Sun
    • D. Pluto and the Sun
    • Discuss
    • 8. The quality of sound produced by an instrument depends on the

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    • A. Frequency
    • B. Intensity
    • C. Number of overtones
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. 1 Joule is Equal to

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    • A. 10^3 ergs
    • B. 10^6 ergs
    • C. 10^7 ergs
    • D. 10^5 ergs
    • Discuss
    • 10. Erg cross Sec is the unit of

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    • A. Angular momentum
    • B. Linear Momentum
    • C. Planck's constant
    • D. Energy
    • Discuss


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