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  • Reading of a barometer going down is an indication of


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  • A. Storm
  • B. Rainfall
  • C. Snow
  • D. Intense heat

  • Correct Answer
  • Rainfall 

    Explanation

    Barometer is instrument which is used to measure to pressure. A slow downfall of reading suggests a low pressure area is passing in a nearby region, it may rains. If the reading is going down very fast then its an indication of storm (within 5-6 hours).

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    • 1. Fog is an example of a

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    • A. liquid dispersed in gas
    • B. solid dispersed in liquid
    • C. liquid dispersed in solid
    • D. gas dispersed in liquid
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    • 2. The Capacity of a Communication Channel is Measured in

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    • A. Band rate
    • B. Band width
    • C. Data flow
    • D. Bit capacity
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    • 3. A convex mirror is used to form an image of a real object. The image

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    • A. is diminished in size
    • B. is erect
    • C. always lies between the pole and the focus
    • D. all of the above
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    • 4. Two metallic plate of equal thickness and coefficient thermal conductivity K1 and K2 put together face to face. A common plate is constructed. What is equivalent K?

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    • A. K1k2/k1+k2
    • B. 2k1k2/k1+k2
    • C. K1+k2/k1k2
    • D. None
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    • 5. Which of the following is not a transverse wave?

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    • A. Light waves
    • B. Radio waves
    • C. Sound waves
    • D. All the above
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    • 6. Brightness of bulb depends on voltage or current?

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    • A. Current
    • B. Voltage
    • C. Both A & B
    • D. None
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    • 7. As the object covers equal distances in equal intervals of time, it is said to be in ____________ motion.

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    • A. uniform
    • B. linear
    • C. translational
    • D. equilibrium
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    • 8. Water kept in an earthen pot is less cool on rainy days than in summer because during the rainy days

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    • A. the pores in the pot are closed
    • B. rain water stops oozing out from the pores
    • C. the water that oozes out does not evaporate quickely because of the large percent age of moisture in the air
    • D. surface of the pot becomes damp
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    • 9. Hydrogen atom is excited from ground state to another state with principal quantum number equal to 4. Then the number of spectral lines in the emission spectra will be

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    • A. 2
    • B. 6
    • C. 5
    • D. 3
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    • 10. When an electric bulb breaks , there is an explosive sound. That is due to

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    • A. the chemical reaction between the gases inside the bulb
    • B. the compressed gases inside rushing out suddenly
    • C. the air outside rushing in to fill the vacuum inside the bulb
    • D. None of these
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