Description : Energy in reflected light : (1) does not depends on the angle of incidence (2) increases with the increase in angle (3) decreases with the increase in angle of incidence (4) becomes maximum for angle of incidence equal to 45°
Last Answer : (2) increases with the increase in angle Explanation: Reflected waves are simply those waves that are neither transmitted nor absorbed, but are reflected from the surface of the medium they encounter. The ... depends on the nature of the surface and the angle at which the wave strikes the surface.
Description : When light is reflected from a surface, the angle of incidence is: w) 30 degrees x) equal to the angle of reflection y) 90 degrees z) 180 degrees
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- EQUAL TO THE ANGLE OF REFLECTION
Description : Assume a ray of light is incident on a smooth reflecting surface at an angle of incidence of 15 degrees to the normal. What is the angle between the incident ray and the reflected ray?
Last Answer : ANSWER: 30 DEGREES
Description : On a rainy day, small oil films on water show brilliant colors'. This is due to A. dispersion B. interference C. diffraction D. Polarization 49.The critical angle for a beam of light ... A. absorbed B. totally reflected C. Partially reflected and partially transmitted D. Totally transmitted
Last Answer : C. Partially reflected and partially transmitted
Description : The Snell’s law can be derived from which type of incidence? a) Incidence angle b) Reflected angle c) Refracted angle d) Oblique incidence
Last Answer : d) Oblique incidence
Description : Select the incorrect statement. Effective angle of shearing resistance (A) Increases as the size of particles increases (B) Increases as the soil gradation improves (C) Is limited to a maximum value of 45° (D) Is rarely more than 30° for fine grained soil
Last Answer : (C) Is limited to a maximum value of 45°
Description : With the increase of pressure, the boiling point of any substance - (1) Increases (2) Decreases (3) Remains Same (4) Becomes zero
Last Answer : (1) Increases Explanation: The temperature stays the same until all the liquid has vaporized. As the temperature of a liquid rises, the pressure of escaping vapor also rises, and at the boiling point ... vapor is equal to that exerted on the liquid by the surrounding air, causing bubbles to form.
Description : With the increase of pressure, the boiling point of any substance – (1) Increases (2) Decreases (3) Remains Same (4) Becomes zero
Description : In an oil-lubricated journal bearing, coefficient of friction between the journal and the bearing. [IES-1995] (a) Remains constant at all speeds. (b) is minimum at zero speed and increases ... speed. (d) becomes minimum at an optimum speed and then increases with further increase in speed.
Last Answer : (d) becomes minimum at an optimum speed and then increases with further increase in speed.
Description : The angle in which a cricket ball should be hit to travel maximum horizontal distance is : (1) 60° with horizontal (2) 45° with horizontal (3) 30° with horizontal (4) 15° with horizontal
Last Answer : (2) 45° with horizontal Explanation: This has to do with the equation of a parabola or trajectory which is z = (tane)x 2 cos 9) 2. We can see that if the ball is fired at a 45 degree angle from the ground, the horizontal distance will be a maximum.
Description : Projectile will attain its maximum range, if it is fired at an angle of A. 30° B. 47° C. 90° D. 45°
Last Answer : 45°
Last Answer : 45° with horizontal
Description : Pick out the correct statement. (A) Higher is the temperature of the radiating body, higher is the wavelength of radiation (B) Logarithmic mean area is used for calculating the heat flow rate ... ) Solid angle subtended by the finite surface at the radiating element is called the angle of incidence
Last Answer : (B) Logarithmic mean area is used for calculating the heat flow rate through a thick walled cylinder
Description : The maximum shear stress occurs on the filament which makes an angle with the horizontal plane equal to (A) 30° (B) 45° (C) 60° (D) 90
Last Answer : (B) 45°
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
Last Answer : (B) Decreases
Description : A light ray travelling from denser to rarer medium at an angle of incidence more than critical angle of concerned media pair suffers. (1) reflection (2) refraction (3) diffraction (4) total internal reflection
Last Answer : (4) total internal reflection Explanation: If the angle of incidence of light ray in the denser medium is greater than the critical angle of the concerned media pair, the light is not at all reflected in to the rarer medium but is totally reflected. This is known as 'total internal reflection'.
Description : Assume that a ray of light passes from glass into air at an angle of incidence greater than zero degrees. Will the ray of light be bent toward or away from the normal as it passes into the air?
Last Answer : ANSWER: AWAY FROM
Last Answer : total internal reflection
Description : The maximum angle in which external light rays may strike the air/glass interface and still propagate down the fiber. ∙ A. Acceptance cone half-angle ∙ B. Acceptance cone ∙ C. Critical angle ∙ D. Angle of incidence
Last Answer : A. Acceptance cone half-angle
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
Last Answer : (A) Decreases
Description : With increase in temperature, the internal energy of a substance (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remains unchanged (D) May increase or decrease; depends on the substance
Last Answer : (A) Increases
Description : Light enters air from water. The angle of refraction will be A. Greater than the angle of incidence. B. Equal to the angle of incidence. C. Less than the angle of incidence. D. None of these
Last Answer : C. Less than the angle of incidence.
Description : Optical fiber uses reflection to guide light through a channel, in which angle of incidence is ................. the critical angle. (A) equal to (B) less than (C) greater than (D) less than or equal to
Last Answer : (C) greater than
Description : A beam of light is incident on a perfectly smooth body of water. The angle that the REFLECTED ray makes with the normal is: w) greater than x) smaller than y) the same as the angle the incident ray makes with the normal.
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- THE SAME AS
Description : A light ray traveling from glass into air strikes the glass-air surface at an angle 50 degrees to the normal. If the critical angle for the glass-air combination is 42 degrees, the percentage of light reflected from the surface is w) 6 x) 25 y) 38 z) 100
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- 100
Description : In Fraunhofer diffraction pattern for single slit, a central maximum is obtained when angle of diffraction q is equal to zero. What it actually indicates? A. All the diffracted rays are parallel and focused ... are diffracted by the slit in all the directions D. The rays are reflected by the slit
Last Answer : A. All the diffracted rays are parallel and focused by slit at a single point on screen
Description : When water freezes its density – (1) Decreases (2) Becomes Zero (3) Remains constant (4) Increases
Last Answer : (1) Decreases Explanation: Water at ordinary temperatures contracts and in-creases in density as it is cooled, like most substances. But at about 4°C it reaches a maximum density and then decreases in density as it approaches the freezing point. This is referred to as anomalous property of water.
Description : When a detergent is added to pure water, its surface tension – (1) increases (2) decreases (3) remains constant (4) becomes infinite
Last Answer : (2) decreases Explanation: When Soaps and detergents are added to water, they weaken the strength of the skin on the water's surface due to surface tension by interfering with hydrogen bonding ... of the soap or detergent is also attracted to the water, thereby decreasing the surface tension.
Description : When a person sitting on a swing stands up on the swing, the frequency of oscillation – (1) decreases (2) increases (3) becomes infinite (4) does not change
Last Answer : (2) increases Explanation: In Simple Harmonic Motion, the frequency of the oscillation (1) is the number of oscillations per second which is expressed as f = 1/T where T is the time period (the time for the oscillator to complete one cycle).
Description : The surface tension of water on adding detergent to it – (1) increases (2) decreases (3) no change (4) becomes zero
Last Answer : (2) decreases Explanation: In the solid and liquid phase, water molecules are bonded to each other by virtue of an interaction between hydrogen atoms on one molecule and the oxygen atom of another - the process ... to as "hydrogen bonding." The result is a kind of "skin" on liquid water's surface.
Description : By increasing the current, the drift velocity A. decreases B. increases C. remains constant D. becomes zero
Last Answer : remains constant
Description : As the ball falls towards the ground, its velocity A. increases B. decreases C. remains constant D. becomes zero
Last Answer : increases
Description : When water freezes its density (1) Decreases (2) Becomes Zero (3) Remains constant (4) Increases
Last Answer : Decreases
Description : When a detergent is added to pure water, its surface tension (1) increases (2) decreases (3) remains constant (4) becomes infinite
Last Answer : decreases
Description : The surface tension of water on adding detergent to it (1) increases (2) decreases (3) no change (4) becomes zero
Description : When a person sitting on a swing stands up on the swing, the frequency of oscillation (1) decreases (2) increases (3) becomes infinite (4) does not change
Description : With increase in temperature, the thermal conductivity of most liquids (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remain same (D) First increases upto a certain temperature and then becomes constant
Last Answer : (C) Remain same
Description : If the resultant vector forms an angle of 45°, then the two components are A. parallel to each other B. perpendicular to each other C. anti parallel to each other D. anti perpendicular to each other
Last Answer : perpendicular to each other
Description : When a mass is rotating in a plane about a fixed point, its angular momentum is directed along: (1) the tangent to the orbit (2) a line perpendicular to the plane of rotation (3) the line making an angle of 45° to the plane of rotation (4) the radius
Last Answer : (2) a line perpendicular to the plane of rotation
Description : A projectile is fired at an angle to the vertical. Its horizontal range will be maximum when is (A) 0° (B) 30° (C) 45° (D) 60°
Last Answer : (C) 45°
Description : Maximum number of vehicles can be parked with (A) Parallel parking (B) 30° angle parking (C) 45° angle parking (D) 90° angle parking
Last Answer : Answer: Option D
Description : A member is balanced at its end by two inclined members carrying equal forces. For equilibrium the angle between the inclined bars must be (A) 3° (B) 45° (C) 90° (D) 120°
Last Answer : (D) 120°
Description : The angle between the directions of the failure and the major principal plane, is equal to (A) 90° + effective angle of shearing resistance (B) 90° + half of the angle of shearing resistance (C) 45° - half of the angle of shearing resistance (D) 45° + half of the angle of shearing resistance
Description : If there is a circular hole in a metal plate, what happens to the radius of the hole when the plate is heated? (1) Increases (2) Decreases (3) Unchanged (4) Depends upon the metal
Last Answer : (1) Increases Explanation: When a metal plate with a circular hole at its centre is heated, definitely along with the areal expansion of the plate the diameter of the circular hole also increases. Using ... of expansions, we find that the hole radius increases at the same linear rate as the metal.
Description : When pressure is increased the melting point of ice – (1) increases (2) does not change (3) decreases (4) depends on the impurities in the ice
Last Answer : (3) decreases Explanation: In this case. if we increase the pressure on the ice the ice-water system wants to try to lower it again. It can do that by making itself fit into a ... the melting point of ice decreases because of the inversal relationship between the pressure and melting point of ice.
Last Answer : Increases
Description : When pressure is increased the melting point of ice (1) increases (2) does not change (3) decreases (4) depends on the impurities in the ice
Description : Which of the following statement(s) is/are true concerning the results of a National Institute of Health Consensus Conference on venous thrombosis and low-dose heparin prophylaxis? a. The odds of ... treated with low-dose heparin d. There was no difference in the incidence of bleeding complications
Last Answer : Answer: a, b, c In a metaanalysis of 70 randomized trials in 16,000 patients comparing low-dose heparin prophylaxis with standard therapy, the odds of developing deep venous thrombosis ... Similarly, the effectiveness of prophylaxis was not influenced by either two or three times daily dosage