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  1. Supercooling is cooling of liquid ________

  2. A.

     Below melting point

    B.

     Below freezing point

    C.

     At melting point

    D.

     Above melting point


  3. Liquids and gases never show

  4. A.

     Diamagnetic property

    B.

     Paramagnetic property

    C.

     Ferromagnetic property

    D.

     Electromagnetic property


  5. A circular plate, a cube and a sphere, all made up of same material and having the same
    mass, are heated to 300°C and left in a room. Which of them will have the slowest rate of cooling?

  6. A.

     Circular plate

    B.

     Cube

    C.

     Sphere

    D.

     All will cool at the same rate


  7. The humidity of the air depends upon

  8. A.

     Weather

    B.

     Temperature

    C.

     Location

    D.

     All of the above


  9. In a freezer ice cubes will be formed more quickly in trays made of

  10. A.

     Rubber

    B.

     Plastic

    C.

     Aluminium

    D.

     Wood


  11. The ''four stroke petrol engine' is based on

  12. A.

     Carnot-cycle

    B.

     Otto-cycle

    C.

     Diesel-cycle

    D.

     Boyle's-cycle


  13. The spring balance works on the principle of ________ .

  14. A.

     Boyle's Law

    B.

     Hooke's Law

    C.

     Bernoulli's principle

    D.

     Pascal's Law


  15. A metal plate with a circular hole at the centre is heated. What will happen to the area of the hole ?

  16. A.

     Increase

    B.

     Dacrease

    C.

     Remain constant

    D.

     Will increase first and then dcrease


  17. Air is said to be saturated when

  18. A.

     Its pressure is minimum

    B.

     It contains the maximum content of water vapour

    C.

     Its thickness is maximum

    D.

     It blows over the barren land


  19. At constant pressure, the volume of a fixed mass of a gas is directly proportional to its absolute temperature. It is the statement of

  20. A.

     Boyle's Law

    B.

     Charle's Law

    C.

     Gay-Lussac's Law

    D.

     Avogadro's Law