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  • During thunderstorm you are travelling in a car. To protect yourself from the lightning you will have to


  • Options
  • A. remain in the car
  • B. get out of the car and lie flat in the ground
  • C. abandon the car and take shelter under a nearby tree
  • D. touch the nearest electric pole

  • Correct Answer
  • remain in the car 

    Explanation

    The Whole car  - the body and inside - can be considered to be a hallow conductor. During the thunderstorm the body - i.e, the outside- gets a charge but there will be no charge inside. so the inside is safe.


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    • 1. 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
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which is the liquid that shows Capillary fall?
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which is the strongest force in the universe?
    • Discuss
    • 4. Learned indian classical vocalists do not like the accompaniment of a harmonium because

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    • A. tempered scale is used in the harmonium
    • B. diatonic scale is used in the harmonium
    • C. notes of the harmonium are too shrill
    • D. intensity of the notes of the harmonium is too large
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which one of the following groups have quantities that do not have the same dimensions

    • Options
    • A. pressure, stress
    • B. velocity, speed
    • C. force, impulse
    • D. work, energy
    • Discuss
    • 6. An atom bomb based upon the principal of ________

    • Options
    • A. Nuclear fission
    • B. Nuclear fussion
    • C. Controlled chain reaction
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. Lightning heats the surrounding air to

    • Options
    • A. 300 deg Cent
    • B. 3000 deg Cent
    • C. 30000 deg Cent
    • D. 300000 deg Cent
    • Discuss
    • 8. The absorption of ink by blotting paper involves

    • Options
    • A. viscosity of ink
    • B. diffusion of ink through the blotting
    • C. capillary action phenomenon
    • D. siphon action
    • Discuss
    • 9. A ball is thrown vertically upward from the ground. It crosses a point at the height of 25 m twice at an interval of 4 seconds. The ball was thrown with the velocity of

    • Options
    • A. 18 m/s
    • B. 25 m/s
    • C. 30 m/s
    • D. 36 m/s
    • Discuss
    • 10. A woman?s voice is shriller than a man?s voice due to

    • Options
    • A. weak vocal chords
    • B. lower frequency
    • C. higher frequency
    • D. higher amplitude
    • Discuss


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