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  • A cup of hot coffee is placed on a metal table in a room. By which of the following methods does it lose heat?


  • Options
  • A. conduction and convection only
  • B. conduction and radiation only
  • C. convection and radiation only
  • D. conduction, convection and radiation

  • Correct Answer
  • conduction, convection and radiation 

    Explanation

    Part of the heat is conducted away by the metal table. Convection currents in air near the surface of the coffee are set up which accounts for some heat loss. Heat is also lost by radiation from the hot coffee to the surroundings. Most of the heat is lost by the last method.


  • Physics problems


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    • 1. A balloon filled with hydrogen will

    • Options
    • A. continue going upwards uninterrupted
    • B. reach a particular height and remain floating
    • C. burst after reaching some height
    • D. reach a particular height and start coming down
    • Discuss
    • 2. 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
    • Discuss
    • 3. A boy is swinging a ball attached to a string in a horizotal circle. If the string snaps

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    • A. the ball will travel towards the center of the circle and fall down
    • B. it will continue to travel along a tangent to the circle at the point the ball was at the time of snapping and finally fall down
    • C. it will fall down at the same place where the string breaks
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 4. A hunter on the ground wishes to shoot a bird on a tree at a distance with his rifle. He has to point the rifle

    • Options
    • A. at the lower alevation than the bird
    • B. at a higher alevation than the bird
    • C. In the same direction as the bird
    • D. vertically upwards
    • Discuss
    • 5. What is refractive index ?

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    • A. it is defined as the ratio of speed of light in the medium to the speed of light in vacuum.
    • B. it is defined as the product of speed of light in medium and in vacuum.
    • C. it is defined as the ratio of speed of light in vacuum to the speed of light in the medium .
    • D. None of above
    • Discuss
    • 6. A stone floor feels cold to the bare feet but a carpet on the same floor feels warm. This is because

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    • A. the floor and carpet are at different temperatures
    • B. the stone conveys the heat away from the feet more rapidly than the carpet
    • C. the carpet is a better conductor of heat than the stone
    • D. the human body maintains a constant temperature
    • Discuss
    • 7. When two similar sources vibrate with slightly different frequencies , a regular rise and fall occurs in the loudness of tone. This phenomenon is known as

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    • A. doppler effect
    • B. beats
    • C. resonance
    • D. echo
    • Discuss
    • 8. When a ray of light is refracted by a prism such that the angle of deviation is minimum then

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    • A. the angle of emergence is equal to the angle of incidence
    • B. the angle of emergence is greater than the angle of incidence
    • C. the angle of emergence is smaller than the angle of incidence
    • D. the sum of the angle of incidence and the angle of emergence is equal to 90 degrees
    • Discuss
    • 9. The capacity of a water heater is measured in

    • Options
    • A. Gallons
    • B. Liters
    • C. Meters
    • D. Both A & B
    • Discuss
    • 10. What is a Contact Force and explain with an example?
    • Discuss


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