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- Question
A car parked in the sun with its windows closed gets terribly hot inside. This is due to
Options- A. the heat emitted by the engine
- B. the greenhouse effect
- C. the good conducting power of the metal body
- D. the double layered wind shield
- Correct Answer
- the greenhouse effect
ExplanationThe green house effect. The waves of smaller wavelength from the sun enter inside the car through the glass windows and are absorbed. The waves of larger wavelength emitted from inside cannot get out through the glass, but remain inside and make it terribly hot.
- 1. During World War I Germany was defeated in the Battle of Verdun on the western front and Romania declared war on the eastern front in the year
Options- A. 1914 AD
- B. 1915 AD
- C. 1916 AD
- D. 1917 AD Discuss
- 2. Which type of fire extinguisher is used for petroleum fire?
Options- A. Powder type
- B. Liquid type
- C. Soda acid type
- D. Foam type Discuss
- 3. The mass number of a nucleus is
Options- A. always less than its atomic number
- B. the sum of the number of protons and neutrons present in the nucleus
- C. always more than the atomic weight
- D. a fraction Discuss
- 4. The mass of P4O10 that will be obtained from the reaction of 1.33 gram of P4 and 5.07 of oxygen is
Options- A. 2.05 gram
- B. 3.05 gram
- C. 4.05 gram
- D. 5.05 gram Discuss
- 5. When it is noon IST at Allahabad in India, the time at Greenwich, London, will be
Options- A. midnight ,GMT
- B. 1730 hours
- C. 0630 hours
- D. None of the above Discuss
- 6. Which of the following factors are responsible for the rapid growth of sugar production in south India as compared to north India?
- Higher per acre field of sugarcane
- Higher sucrose content of sugarcane
- Lower labour cost
- Longer crushing period
Options- A. I and II
- B. I, II and III
- C. I, III and IV
- D. I, II and IV Discuss
- 7. What is common between Kutty, Shankar, Laxman and Sudhir Dar?
Options- A. Film Direction
- B. Drawing Cartoons
- C. Instrumental Music
- D. Classical Dance Discuss
- 8. During eleventh Antarctic Expedition in Nov. 1991/March 1992 ____ was installed.
Options- A. SODAR (SOnic Detection And Ranging)
- B. Second Permanent Station 'Maitree'
- C. First permanent station 'Dakshin Gangotri'
- D. None of the above Discuss
- 9. Which of the following types of soil are mostly confined to river basins and coastal plains of India?
Options- A. Alluvial soils
- B. Black soils
- C. Laterite soils
- D. Red soils Discuss
- 10. Which of the following groups of rivers originate from the Himachal mountains?
Options- A. Beas, Ravi and Chenab
- B. Ravi, Chenab and Jhelum
- C. Sutlej, Beas and Ravi
- D. Sutlej, Ravi and Jhelum Discuss
More questions
Correct Answer: 1916 AD
Correct Answer: Powder type
Correct Answer: the sum of the number of protons and neutrons present in the nucleus
Correct Answer: 3.05 gram
Correct Answer: 0630 hours
Correct Answer: I, II and IV
Correct Answer: Drawing Cartoons
Correct Answer: SODAR (SOnic Detection And Ranging)
Explanation:
SODAR (SOnic Detection And Ranging), also written as sodar, is a meteorological instrument also known as a wind profiler which measures the scattering of sound waves by atmospheric turbulence.
Correct Answer: Alluvial soils
Correct Answer: Beas, Ravi and Chenab
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