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  • 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 

    Explanation

    The 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.


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    • 1. The author of controversial book 'Lajja' is a citizen of

    • Options
    • A. Pakistan
    • B. Indonesia
    • C. Bangladesh
    • D. India
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which of the following important rivers of India does not originate from the Western Ghats?

    • Options
    • A. Cauvery
    • B. Godavari
    • C. Krishna
    • D. Mahanadi
    • Discuss
    • 3. The last major glacial period began about 2,000,000 years before present and is commonly known as


    • Options
    • A. Pleistocene or ice age
    • B. Paleocene or ice age
    • C. Pliocene or ice age
    • D. Holocene or ice age
    • Discuss
    • 4. Amjad Ali Khan is associated with which of the following musical instruments?

    • Options
    • A. Sarod
    • B. Veena
    • C. Violin
    • D. Sitar
    • Discuss
    • 5. The Himalayan mountain system belongs to which of the following?


    • Options
    • A. Volcanic mountains
    • B. Residual mountains
    • C. Block mountains
    • D. Fold mountains
    • Discuss
    • 6. The year 788 AD was a good one for Hinduism. Why?


    • Options
    • A. Shankracharya was born that year.
    • B. Harsha Vardhana, the last Buddhist king, died.
    • C. Samudragupta converted to Hinduism.
    • D. All Muslim invaders were defeated.
    • Discuss
    • 7. What Karl Benz invented?

    • Options
    • A. Gasoline powered automobile
    • B. Streetcar
    • C. Glider
    • D. Steam turbine
    • Discuss
    • 8. Most common disease of poultry in India is

    • Options
    • A. fowl pox
    • B. tick fever
    • C. ranikhet
    • D. coryza
    • Discuss
    • 9. The northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere are separated by

    • Options
    • A. the International Date line
    • B. the plane of the equator
    • C. the plane of Tropic of Cancer
    • D. the plane of Tropic of Capricorn
    • Discuss
    • 10. The largest country of the world by geographical area is


    • Options
    • A. Russia
    • B. Vatican City
    • C. Australia
    • D. USA
    • Discuss


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