Description : Which of the following statements is true? (a) Both salinity and density of sea increase with depth (b) Both salinity and density of sea decrease with depth (c) Salinity increase but density of sea deceases with depth (d) Salinity decreases but density of sea increases with depth
Last Answer : Ans:(d)
Description : The density of sea water is highest as (a) Depth increases and salinity increases (b) Depth decreases and salinity increases (c) Depth increases and salinity decreases (d) Depth decreases and salinity decreases
Last Answer : Ans:(a)
Description : With absorption and decomposition of CO2 in ocean water beyond desired level, there will be : (A) decrease in temperature (B) increase in salinity (C) growth of phytoplankton (D) rise in sea level
Last Answer : Answer: C Phytoplankton are photosynthesizing microscopic organisms that inhabit the upper sunlit layer of almost all oceans and bodies of fresh water. They are agents for "primary production," ... powerful biotoxins. These toxic blooms can kill marine life and people who eat contaminated seafood.
Description : In a deposit of normally consolidated clay (A) Effective stress increases with depth but water content of soil and undrained strength decrease with depth (B) Effective stress and water ... decreases with depth (D) Effective stress, water content and undrained strength decrease with depth
Last Answer : C) Effective stress and undrained strength increase with depth but water content decreases with depth
Description : With the increase in the amount of compaction energy (A) Optimum water content increases but maximum dry density decreases (B) Optimum water content decreases but maximum dry density increases ( ... and maximum dry density increase (D) Both optimum water content and maximum dry density decrease
Last Answer : Answer: Option B
Description : If cream is removed from milk, its density – (1) Increases (2) Decreases (3) Remains the same (4) May increase or decrease
Last Answer : (1) Increases Explanation: The density of pure fresh milk being on the average 1.032, while the density of fat globules is about 0.86. It follows that the removal of cream will increase the density, while the addition of water will decrease it.
Description : The density of the liquid when heated (1) decreases (2) increases (3) does not change (4) may increase of decrease depending on pressure
Last Answer : (1) decreases Explanation: The mass density of a material varies with temperature and pressure. Increasing the temperature of a substance (with some exceptions) decreases its density by increasing the volume of ... bottom to top of the fluid due to the decrease of the density of the heated fluid.
Description : Thermal conductivity of a gas at low density, __________ with increase in temperature. (A) Decreases (B) Increases (C) Remains unchanged (D) May increase or decrease; depends on the gas
Last Answer : (B) Increases
Description : When the compaction energy increases the compaction of soils: (a) Both of OMC and maximum dry density decrease (b) Both of OMC and maximum dry density increase (c) OMC decreases but maximum dry density decrease (c) OMC increases but maximum dry density increase
Last Answer : (c) OMC decreases but maximum dry density decrease
Description : If cream is removed from milk, its density (1) Increases (2) Decreases (3) Remains the same (4) May increase or decrease
Last Answer : Increases
Last Answer : decreases
Description : How does La-Nina affect the Pacific Ocean? (1) Decreases salinity of ocean (2) Cools downs the temperature of water (3) Maintains stable temperature of water (4) Increases salinity of ocean
Last Answer : (2) Cools downs the temperature of water Explanation: La-Nina is a climate pattern that describes the cooling of surface waters of the Pacific Ocean along the tropical west coast of South America.
Description : The refractive index of the ocean water: (A) Increases with salinity (B) Increases with temperature (C) Decreases with salinity (D) Decreases with temperature
Last Answer : Answer: Option A
Description : The allowable shear stress in stiffened webs of mild steel beams decreases with (a) Decrease in the spacing of the stiffeners (b) Increase in the spacing of the stiffeners (c) Decrease in the effective depth (d) Increase in the effective depth
Last Answer : (b) Increase in the spacing of the stiffeners
Description : With the increase in depth, the hydrostatic pressure in an un-accelerated incompressible fluid (in a constant gravitational field) (A) Decreases (B) Increases linearly (C) Increases exponentially (D) Remain constant
Last Answer : (B) Increases linearly
Description : The intensity of pressure on an immersed surface __________ with the increase in depth. (A) Does not change (B) Increases (C) Decreases (D) None of these
Description : raft increases with increase in forward speed for most of the implement, mainly due to a) More rapid acceleration of any soil particles that is moved appreciably b) More working width c) Increased working depth d) Draft decreases with increase in speed of implement
Last Answer : a) More rapid acceleration of any soil particles that is moved appreciably
Description : When ice cubes are made, the entropy of water – (1) does not change (2) decreases (3) increases (4) may either increase or decrease depending on the process used
Last Answer : (2) decreases Explanation: When water is frozen into ice, the temperature drops below 0°C. Since the entropy of the solid is less than that of the liquid, the entropy of the water (the system ... decrease is found by dividing the heat of fusion of ice by the temperature for the reversible pathway.
Description : The amount of chemical coagulant added for treatment of polluted water __________ with increase in temperature of the polluted water to be treated. (A) Decreases (B) Increases (C) Remain constant (D) May increase or decrease; depends on the chemical characteristics of polluted water
Last Answer : (A) Decreases
Description : When ice cubes are made, the entropy of water (1) does not change (2) decreases (3) increases (4) may either increase or decrease depending on the process used
Description : The hardenability of steel decreases with (A) Decrease in dislocation density (B) Increase in solutionising temperature (C) Increase in strength (D) Decrease in grain size
Last Answer : D) Decrease in grain size
Description : Feeding of milk cattle with cotton seeds (a) Increases fat content temporarily (b) Decreases fat content temporarily (c) May decrease or increase fat content (d) Causes no change in fat content
Description : If a large number of people are enclosed in a room, then (a) Oxygen decreases and carbon dioxide increases (b) Oxygen increases and carbon dioxide decrease (c) Both oxygen and carbon dioxide decrease (d) Both oxygen and carbon dioxide increase
Description : As we move from the Pole to the Equator along the longitude, what la true of the variety of crops and animals? (a) Both increase (b) Both decrease (c) Variety of crops increases but that of animals decreases (d) Variety of animals increases but that of crops decreases
Last Answer : Ans: (a)
Description : Work input to the air compressor with n as index of compression A. Increases with increase in value of n B. Decrease with increase in value of n C. remains same whatever the value of n D. first increase and then decreases with increase of value of n.
Last Answer : ANSWER : A
Description : Which one of the following statement is not correct for the volumetric efficiency of a reciprocating air compressor? A. It decreases with increase in ambient temperature B. It increases with ... It increases with decrease in clearance ratio D. It decreases with increases in delivery pressure
Description : How the interest-level of a country is affected by FDI? (1) increases (2) decreases (3) remains unaffected (4) there is increase or decrease
Last Answer : (2) decreases Explanation: A higher international interest rate will decrease FDI since it means a higher cost of fund in international market, and vice versa. Interest rate is a measure of the cost of capital ... to a decrease in FDI. Interest rate and FDI can both be the cause and effect of other.
Description : If speed of rotation of the earth increases, the weight of the body – (1) decreases (2) increases (3) remains the same (4) may increase or decrease
Last Answer : (1) decreases Explanation: The weight of a body on the earth is the amount of gravitational pull on it exerted by the earth. Similarly there is another force exerted on a body on earth, that ... under the influence of the centrifugal force and the weight of the body will seem to have decreased.
Description : The velocity of sound in air – (1) decreases with increase of temperature (2) increases with decrease of temperature (3) does not depend on temperature (4) decreases with decrease of temperature
Last Answer : (4) decreases with decrease of temperature Explanation: Assuming air to be an ideal gas, the speed of sound c depends on temperature only, not on the pressure or density. As air ... to the individual air particles having extra kinetic energy at higher temperatures and lesser at lower temperatures.
Description : According to special theory of relativity the mass of a particle – (1) increases with increase in velocity with respect to an observer. (2) decreases with increase in velocity. (3) decreases with decrease in velocity. (4) is independent of its velocity.
Last Answer : (1) increases with increase in velocity with respect to an observer. Explanation: According to the Special Theory of Relativity, the mass of a moving object measures more as its velocity increases until, ... becomes infinite. This is because as an object gains speed, it gains more (kinetic) energy.
Description : In β-decay of radioactive material, the ratio of neutron to proton (A) Increases (B) Remain same (C) Decreases (D) Is unpredictable; may increase or decrease
Last Answer : (C) Decreases
Description : The disintegration rate of a radioactive element (A) Progressively increases (B) Progressively decreases (C) Remains constant throughout (D) May increase or decrease depending on the material
Last Answer : (B) Progressively decreases
Description : Production rate __________ with increased fineness, with a given energy input to the size reduction machine. (A) Decreases (B) Increases (C) Remains unchanged (D) May increase or decrease; depends on the machine
Description : Temperature of the product during ultrafine grinding (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remain constant (D) May increase or decrease; depends on the material being ground
Last Answer : (A) Increases
Description : The filtrate flow rate in constant pressure filtration (A) Continuously increases (B) Continuously decreases (C) Remain constant throughout (D) May increase or decrease; depends on the pressure
Last Answer : (B) Continuously decreases
Description : As the impurities are oxidised, the melting point of iron (A) Decreases (B) Remains unchanged (C) Increases (D) May increase or decrease; unpredictable
Last Answer : (C) Increases
Description : Dew point of a gas-vapour mixture (A) Increases with temperature rise (B) Decreases with temperature rise (C) Decreases with decrease in pressure (D) Increases with increase in pressure
Last Answer : (C) Decreases with decrease in pressure
Description : In batch distillation with constant reflux, overhead product composition __________ with time. (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Does not vary (D) May increase on decrease, depends on the system
Last Answer : (B) Decreases
Description : With increase in the concentration of the adsorbate, the integral heat of adsorption (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remains unchanged (D) May increase or decrease; depends on the type of adsorbate
Description : With lapse of time, the overhead composition of light component in case of batch distillation with constant reflux (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remain same (D) May increase or decrease; depends on system
Description : Molecular diffusivity of a liquid (A) Increases with temperature (B) Decreases with temperature (C) May increase or decrease with temperature (D) Is independent of temperature
Last Answer : (A) Increases with temperature
Description : The boiling points of pure components of a binary system __________ with increase in total pressure of the system. (A) Decreases (B) Increases (C) Remains unchanged (D) May increase or decrease, depends on the system
Description : In case of a multipass shell and tube heat exchanger, providing a baffle on the shell side __________ the heat transfer rate. (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Does not affect (D) May increase or decrease, depends on the type of baffle
Description : With the increase of temperature, the Col-burn jH factor (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remains unchanged (D) May increase or decrease; depending on temperature
Description : Thermal conductivities of most of the liquids __________ with rise in temperature. (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remains unchanged (D) May increase or decrease; depends on the liquid
Description : With increase in porosity, the thermal conductivity of a solid substance (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remains unchanged (D) May increase or decrease; depends on the solid
Description : In case of vertical tube evaporator, with increase in liquor level, the overall heat transfer co-efficient (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Is not affected (D) May increase or decrease; depends on the feed
Description : As distance increases, value of gravitational field strength A. also increases B. decreases C. remains constant D. may increase or decrease
Description : With increase in temperature, the thermal conductivity of fresh lubricating oil (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remains unchanged (D) May increase or decrease; depends on its composition