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  • Railway tracks are banked on curves


  • Options
  • A. necessary centrifugal force may be obtained from the horizontal component weight of the train
  • B. to avoid frictional force between the tracks and wheels
  • C. necessary centripetal force may be obtained from the horizontal component of the weight of the train
  • D. the train may not fly off in the opposite direction

  • Correct Answer
  • necessary centripetal force may be obtained from the horizontal component of the weight of the train 


  • Physics problems


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    • 1. Pick out the scalar quantity

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    • A. force
    • B. pressure
    • C. velocity
    • D. acceleration
    • Discuss
    • 2. Lux is the SI unit of

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    • A. intensity of illumination
    • B. luminous efficiency
    • C. luminous flux
    • D. luminous intensity
    • Discuss
    • 3. Optical fibre works on the

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    • A. principle of refraction
    • B. total internal reflection
    • C. scattering
    • D. interference
    • Discuss
    • 4. Mica is used in electrical appliances such as electric iron because mica is

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    • A. a good conductor of heat but a bad conductor of electricity
    • B. a bad conductor of heat but a good conductor of electricity
    • C. a good conductor of heat as well as electricity
    • D. a bad conductor of heat as well as electricity
    • Discuss
    • 5. Supersonic plane fly with the speed

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    • A. less than the speed of sound
    • B. of sound
    • C. greater than the speed of sound
    • D. of light
    • Discuss
    • 6. Let a thin capillary tube be replaced with another tube of insufficient length then, we find water

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    • A. will overflow
    • B. will not rise
    • C. depressed
    • D. change its meniscus
    • Discuss
    • 7. Of the following natural phenomena, tell which one known in Sanskrit as 'deer's thirst'?

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    • A. Rainbow
    • B. Earthshine
    • C. Halo
    • D. Mirage
    • Discuss
    • 8. Find the maximum velocity for the overturn of a car moving on a circular track of radius 100 m. The co-efficient of friction between the road and tyre is 0.2

    • Options
    • A. 0.14 m/s
    • B. 140 m/s
    • C. 1.4 km/s
    • D. 14 m/s
    • Discuss
    • 9. One nanometer is equal to

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    • A. 10-6m
    • B. 10-8m
    • C. 10-9m
    • D. 10-5m
    • Discuss
    • 10. Radio telescopes are better than optical telescopes because

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    • A. they can detect faint galaxies which no optical telescope can
    • B. they can work even in cloudy conditions
    • C. they can work during the day and night
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss


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