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  • The pressure exerted by a 760 mm column of mercury at 0° C is known as


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  • A. 1 pascal
  • B. 1 atmosphere
  • C. 1 bar
  • D. 1 poise

  • Correct Answer
  • 1 atmosphere 

    Explanation

    1 atm: It was originally defined as the pressure exerted by 760 mm of mercury at 0 °C and standard gravity (g = 9.80665 m/s2).

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    • 1. In a bipolar junction transistor

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    • A. all the three regions (the emitter, the base and the collector) have equal concentrations of impurity
    • B. the emitter has the least concentration of impurity
    • C. the collector has the least concentration of impurity
    • D. the base has the least concentration of impurity
    • Discuss
    • 2. The frequency of direct current is _____________

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    • A. Zero
    • B. 50 HZ
    • C. 60 HZ
    • D. 100 HZ
    • Discuss
    • 3. In the gamma decay of a nucleus

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    • A. the mass number of the nucleus changes whereas its atomic number does not change
    • B. the mass number of the nucleus does not change whereas its atomic number changes
    • C. both the mass number and the atomic number of the nucleus change
    • D. neither the mass number nor the atomic number of the nucleus changes
    • Discuss
    • 4. A galvanometer can be converted to a voltmeter by connecting

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    • A. a high resistance in parallel
    • B. a high resistance in series
    • C. a low resistance in series
    • D. a low resistance in parallel
    • Discuss
    • 5. The transport phenomenon occurs only in _____ state of a gas and is ______

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    • A. Non-equilibrium, irreversible
    • B. Non-equilibrium, reversible
    • C. equilibrium, irreversible
    • D. equilibrium, reversible
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which one of the following physical quantities has the same dimensions as that of Planck?s constant h?

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    • A. Linear momentum
    • B. Angular momentum
    • C. Force
    • D. Potential energy
    • Discuss
    • 7. Which one of the following statements is not correct?

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    • A. The response of the ear to sound of increasing intensity is approximately logarithmic.
    • B. The sensitivity of the human ear does not vary with the frequency of the sound.
    • C. When two or more waves traverse the same medium, the displacement of any element of the medium is the algebraic sum of the displacements due to each wave.
    • D. Longitudinal waves can travel in all media-solids, liquids and gases.
    • Discuss
    • 8. In total internal reflection, the light travel from

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    • A. rarer to denser medium and it occurs with no loss of intensity
    • B. denser to rarer medium and it occurs with no loss of intensity
    • C. rarer to denser medium and it occurs with loss of intensity
    • D. denser to rarer medium and it occurs with loss of intensity
    • Discuss
    • 9. The energy of a photon, whose momentum is 10 MeV/c, where c is the speed of light, is given by

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    • A. 10 MeV
    • B. 100 MeV
    • C. 1 MeV
    • D. 0.1 MeV
    • Discuss
    • 10. Liquids and gases never show

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    • A. diamagnetic property
    • B. paramagnetic property
    • C. ferromagnetic property
    • D. electromagnetic property
    • Discuss


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