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201.

A particle revolves round a circular path with a constant speed the acceleration of the particle is

A. Along the circumference of the circle
B. Along the tangent
C. Along the radius
D. Zero
Answer» D. Zero
202.

An ideal liquid flows through a horizontal tube of variable diameter. The pressure is lowest where the

A. Velocity is highest
B. Velocity is lowest
C. Diameter is largest
D. None of these
Answer» B. Velocity is lowest
203.

A pendulum clock is set to give correct time at the sea level. This clock is moved to a hill station at an altitude of 2500 m above the sea level. In order to keep correct time on the hill station, the length of the pendulum

A. Has to be reduced
B. Has to be increased
C. Needs no adjustment
D. None of these
Answer» B. Has to be increased
204.

The earth revolves round the sun in one year. If the distance between them becomes double, the period of revolution will be

A. 1 / 2 year
B. 2 2 years
C. 4 years
D. 8 years
Answer» C. 4 years
205.

A spring balance is graduated at sea level. If a body is weighed with this balance at consecutively increasing heights from the earth's surface, the weight indicated by the balance will

A. Go on increasing continuously
B. Go on decreasing continuously
C. Remain the same
D. First increase and then decrease
Answer» C. Remain the same
206.

Weightlessness

A. Absence of inertia
B. Absence of gravity
C. Absence of accelerating force
D. Free fall of the spaceship
Answer» C. Absence of accelerating force
207.

When the external torque on a system is zero, there will be conservation of its

A. Linear momentum
B. Angular momentum
C. Total energy
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
208.

Erg X Sec

A. Angular momentum
B. Linear momentum
C. Planck's constant
D. Energy
Answer» D. Energy
209.

An iron piece and a wooden piece have equal weights in air. If they are removed from air to vacuum

A. The iron piece appears to weight more
B. The wooden piece appears to weigh more
C. There is no change in the weight of either
D. None of the above.
Answer» C. There is no change in the weight of either
210.

Which of the following physical quantity is dimensionless?

A. Angle
B. Strain
C. Specific gravity
D. All of these
Answer» E.
211.

If the radius of the earth's orbit becomes one fourth of the present value, the deviation of one year will become

A. 8 times
B. 4 times
C. 1 / 8 times
D. 1 / 4 times
Answer» D. 1 / 4 times
212.

A body moves with a constant speed along a curved path its acceleration

A. Is zero
B. Is parallel to its velocity
C. Can make any arbitrary angle with its velocity
D. Is perpendicular to its velocity
Answer» E.
213.

A car accelerates from rest with acceleration 1.2 m/s

A. 17 s
B. 8 s
C. 20 s
D. 12 s
Answer» D. 12 s
214.

Five equal forces of 10 N each are applied at one point and all are lying in one plane. If angles between them are equal, the resultant of these forces will be.

A. Zero
B. 10 N
C. 20 N
D. 102 N
Answer» B. 10 N
215.

If temperature rises, the coefficient of viscosity of liquid

A. Devreases
B. Lincreases
C. Remains unchanged
D. None of these
Answer» B. Lincreases
216.

The period of a satellite in a circular orbit of radius R is T. The period of another satellite in circular orbit of radius 4 R is

A. 4 T
B. T / 4
C. T / 8
D. 8 T
Answer» E.
217.

The surface tension phenomenon is the result of the tendency of a system of

A. Conserve energy
B. Keep P.E. minimum
C. Conserve volume
D. Keep surface area minimum
Answer» E.
218.

Surface tension

A. Nature of the liquid
B. Temperature of the liquid
C. Atmospheric pressure
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
219.

When some

A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remains unaffected
D. None of these
Answer» E.
220.

Fat

A. Cohesive force
B. Gravitational force
C. Centripetal force
D. Centrifugal force
Answer» E.
221.

A liquid drop tends to assume a spherical shape because of

A. Surface tension
B. viscous force
C. Gravitational force
D. Elastic force
Answer» B. viscous force
222.

Distance of stars

A. Galactic unit
B. Seller mile
C. Cosmic kilometre
D. Light year
Answer» E.
223.

If the earth were to stop rotating, the value of 'g'

A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remain unchanged
D. Becomes zero
Answer» B. Decreases
224.

Two masses, each equal to m, are attached to one another by a massless string passing over a smooth pulley the tension in the string is

A. mg
B. 2 mg
C. mg / 2
D. zero
Answer» B. 2 mg
225.

The minimum number of non-zero non-collinear vectors required to produce a zero vector is

A. 3
B. 2
C. 4
D. 1
Answer» B. 2
226.

If we move from the equator to a pole, the value of g

A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remain unchanged
D. None of these
Answer» B. Decreases
227.

For a body moving with constant speed in a horizontal circle, which of the following remains constant?

A. Velocity
B. Acceleration
C. Centripetal force
D. KE
Answer» E.
228.

Which of the following physical quantities do not have same dimensions?

A. Force and Preesure
B. Work and Energy
C. Impulse and Monentum
D. Weight and Force
Answer» B. Work and Energy
229.

If the momentum of a body is increased by 50%, its K.E. will increase by

A. 100%
B. 125%
C. 150%
D. 200%
Answer» C. 150%
230.

A bag is dropped from an aeroplane flying horizontally at a constant speed. Neglecting air resistance, where will the aeroplane be when the bag reaches the ground?

A. Firectly above the bag
B. Ahead of the bag
C. Behind the bag
D. Fata is not sufficient
Answer» B. Ahead of the bag
231.

A body is lifted by a man to height of 1 m in 30 seconds. Another man lifts the same mass to the same height in 60 seconds. the work done by them are in the ratio

A. 1 : 2
B. 1 : 1
C. 2 : 1
D. 4 : 1
Answer» C. 2 : 1
232.

If a bomb dropped from an

A. Its KE increases
B. Its total energy decreases
C. Its total energy decreases
D. Its total momentum decreases
Answer» B. Its total energy decreases
233.

'Dynamic lift'

A. Bernoulli's theorem
B. Archimedes' principle
C. Equation of continuity
D. Pascal's law
Answer» B. Archimedes' principle
234.

A gale blows over a house. The force due to the gale on the roof is

A. In the downward direction
B. In the upward direction
C. Zero
D. Horizontal
Answer» C. Zero
235.

A block of ice is floating in a glass containing water. When the ice malts completely, the level of the water in the glass will

A. Rise
B. Fall
C. Not change
D. None of these
Answer» B. Fall
236.

A steel ball is floating in a beaker containing mercury. It some water is poured in the beaker, the steel ball will

A. Move up
B. Move down
C. Continue in its position
D. Execute vertical oscillation
Answer» B. Move down
237.

A simple harmonic oscillator has time period T. The time taken by it to travel from the extreme position to half the amplitude is

A. T / 6
B. T / 4
C. T / 3
D. T / 2
Answer» B. T / 4
238.

The pressure at the bottom of a liquid tank does not depend on

A. Acceleration due to gravity
B. Density of the liquid
C. Height of the liquid
D. Area of the liquid surface
Answer» E.
239.

A man is on a frictionless horizontal plane. It is possible for him to get off the plane by

A. Spitting or sneezing
B. Rolling his body on the surface
C. Running
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Rolling his body on the surface
240.

The total energy of a particle vibrating in

A. Velocity
B. Acceleration
C. Amplitude
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
241.

A simple pendulum is oscillating in a lift, the lift starts moving upwards with a uniform acceleration, the period will

A. Remain unaffected
B. Be shorter
C. Be longer
D. None of these
Answer» C. Be longer
242.

A small and a

A. The large drop moves faster
B. The small drop moves faster
C. Both moves with same speed
D. None of the above
Answer» B. The small drop moves faster
243.

A small drop falls from rest from a large height h in air. The final velocity is

A. Almost independent of h
B. Proportional to h
C. Proportional to h
D. Inversely proportional to h
Answer» B. Proportional to h
244.

When the terminal velocity is reached, the acceleration of a body moving through a viscous medium is

A. Zero
B. Positive
C. Negative
D. None of these
Answer» B. Positive
245.

Water drops

A. Lack of adhesive force
B. Surface tension
C. Cannot mix each other
D. Water is lighter than oil
Answer» B. Surface tension
246.

Newton's first law

A. Law of moments
B. Law of inertia
C. Law of energy
D. Law of momentum
Answer» C. Law of energy
247.

The mass of moon is 1 / 81 of earth's mass and its radius is 1 / 4 of that of earth. If the escape velocity from the earth's surface is 11.2 km/s, is value for the moon is

A. 0.14 km/s
B. 0.5 km/s
C. 2.5 km/s
D. 5.0 km/s
Answer» D. 5.0 km/s
248.

The equation v

A. Newton's first law
B. Newton's second law
C. Newton's third law
D. None of these
Answer» E.
249.

A train of length 150 m is going towards north with speed of 10 m/s. A parrot flies at a speed of 5 m/s towards south parallel to railway track. The time taken by the parrot to cross the train is

A. 12 s
B. 8 s
C. 15 s
D. 10 s
Answer» E.
250.

The tendency of liquid drop to contract and occupy minimum area due to

A. Surface tension
B. viscosity
C. Density
D. Vapour pressure
Answer» B. viscosity