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  • Question
  • The force that keeps a body in a circular motion called


  • Options
  • A. the centripetal force
  • B. the centrifugual force
  • C. the frictional force
  • D. all the above

  • Correct Answer
  • the centripetal force 

    Explanation

    without this centripetal force, circular motion is not possible. It acts radially towards the centre and if this force is removed there will be no circular motion but the revolving body will fly off at a tangent.


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    • 1. The smallest state, population wise, in the world is

    • Options
    • A. Vatican City
    • B. Monaco
    • C. Nauru
    • D. Liechtenstein
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which of the following countries is not a member of Group 15 developing countries?

    • Options
    • A. Mexico
    • B. Malaysia
    • C. Brazil
    • D. Bolivia
    • Discuss
    • 3. Within the transporting medium, transport can occur by


    • Options
    • A. suspension
    • B. solution and traction
    • C. solution
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. Solar eclipse will take place when

    • Options
    • A. the sun is between the moon and the earth
    • B. the earth is between the moon and the sun
    • C. the moon is between the sun and the earth
    • D. the moon does not lie on the line joining the sun and the earth
    • Discuss
    • 5. This statesman, politican, scholar, inventor, and one of early presidents of USA invented the swivel chair, the spherical sundial, the moldboard plow, and the cipher wheel.

    • Options
    • A. George Washington
    • B. Alexander Hamilton
    • C. John Adams
    • D. Thomas Jefferson
    • Discuss
    • 6. With the disintegration of USSR in end 1991, comprised of ____ Union Republics.


    • Options
    • A. 15
    • B. 10
    • C. 5
    • D. 25
    • Discuss
    • 7. Two of the great Mughals wrote their own memories. There were


    • Options
    • A. Babar and Humayun
    • B. Humayun and Jahangir
    • C. Babar and Jahangir
    • D. Jahangir and Shahjahan
    • Discuss
    • 8. The apex body for formulating plans and coordinating research work in agriculture and allied fields is


    • Options
    • A. State Trading Corporation
    • B. Regional Rural Banks
    • C. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
    • D. Indian Council of Agricultural Research
    • Discuss
    • 9. The phosphate are a group of minerals of one or more metallic elements chemically associated with the phosphate compound ____

    • Options
    • A. oxides
    • B. silicates
    • C. carbonates
    • D. phosphates
    • Discuss
    • 10. Guru Gobind Singh was

    • Options
    • A. the 10th Guru of the Sikhs
    • B. founder of Khalsa, the inner council of the Sikhs in 1699
    • C. author of Dasam Granth
    • D. All the above
    • Discuss


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