science & technology Online Quiz - 8

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Large transformers, when used for some time, become very hot and are cooled by circulating oil. The heating of the transformer is due to

  1. the heating effect of current alone

  2. hysteresis loss alone

  3. both the heating effect of current and hysteresis loss

  4. intense sunlight at noon


Correct Option: C

Light year is a unit of

  1. time

  2. distance

  3. light

  4. intensity of light


Correct Option: B

Mirage is due to

  1. unequal heating of different parts of the atmosphere

  2. magnetic disturbances in the atmosphere

  3. depletion of ozone layer in the atmosphere

  4. equal heating of different parts of the atmosphere


Correct Option: A

Light from the Sun reaches us in nearly

  1. 2 minutes

  2. 4 minutes

  3. 8 minutes

  4. 16 minutes


Correct Option: C

Stars appears to move from east to west because

  1. all stars move from east to west

  2. the earth rotates from west to east

  3. the earth rotates from east to west

  4. the background of the stars moves from west to east


Correct Option: B

Pa(Pascal) is the unit for

  1. thrust

  2. pressure

  3. frequency

  4. conductivity


Correct Option: B
  1. they emit light of a constant intensity

  2. their distance from the earth does not change with time

  3. they are very far away from the earth resulting in decrease in intensity of light

  4. they are nearer to earth and hence we receive a greater amount of light and, therefore minor variations in the intensity are not noticeable


Correct Option: D

Metals are good conductors of electricity because

  1. they contain free electrons

  2. the atoms are lightly packed

  3. they have high melting point

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: A

Let a thin capillary tube be replaced with another tube of insufficient length then, we find water

  1. will overflow

  2. will not rise

  3. depressed

  4. change its meniscus


Correct Option: B

Out of the following pairs, choose the pair in which the physical quantities do not have identical dimension?

  1. Pressure and Young's modules

  2. Planck's constant and Angular momentum

  3. Impulse and moment of force

  4. Force and rate of change of linear momentum


Correct Option: C

If two bodies of different masses, initially at rest, are acted upon by the same force for the same time, then the both bodies acquire the same

  1. velocity

  2. momentum

  3. acceleration

  4. kinetic energy


Correct Option: B

Pick out the scalar quantity

  1. force

  2. pressure

  3. velocity

  4. acceleration


Correct Option: B
  1. Direct current to Alternating current

  2. Alternating current to Direct current

  3. high voltage to low voltage

  4. low voltage to high voltage


Correct Option: B

out of the following, which is not emitted by radioactive substance?

  1. Electrons

  2. Electromagnetic radiations

  3. Alpha particles

  4. Neutrons


Correct Option: D

Sound waves in air are

  1. transverse

  2. longitudinal

  3. electromagnetic

  4. polarised


Correct Option: B

Which of the following pairs of technologies use IS–41?

  1. GSM and TDMA

  2. CDMA and GSM

  3. TDMA and CDMA

  4. ALL of the above


Correct Option: C

The maximum message size is ________________ of the network technology.

  1. independent

  2. dependent

  3. fixed irrespective

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: B

SMS ____________message delivery even if the terminal is turned off when the message is sent.

  1. guarantees

  2. does not guarantee

  3. depends on SMSC

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A

SMS messages are typically _______ characters in length.

  1. 80

  2. 120

  3. 150

  4. 160


Correct Option: D
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