Description : The colours of stars depend on their – (1) temperature (2) distance (3) radius (4) atmospheric pressure
Last Answer : (1) temperature Explanation: The colour of a star tells about its temperature, and the temperature depends on some combination of the star's mass and evolutionary phase.
Description : The different colours of different stars are due to the variation of – (1) temperature (2) pressure (3) density (4) radiation from them
Last Answer : (1) temperature Explanation: Shortly after blackbody radiation was understood, it was noticed that the spectra of stars look extremely similar to blackbody radiation curves of various temperatures, ... and that the colour variation of stars is a direct consequence of their surface temperatures.
Description : The different colours of different stars are due to the variation of (1) temperature (2) pressure (3) density (4) radiation from them
Last Answer : temperature
Description : A supercharger is used in the engines of earthmoving machines at higher altitudes because (a) The ambient atmospheric pressure is less at higher altitudes (b) Four-cycle engines depend on the suction ... rugged enough for higher altitude (d) The ambient temperature is less as the altitude is higher
Last Answer : (a) The ambient atmospheric pressure is less at higher altitudes
Description : Which of the following is not caused by atmospheric refraction of light? (1) Sun appearing red at sunset (2) Twinkling of stars at night (3) Sun appearing higher in the sky than it actually is (4) Sun becoming visible two or three minutes before actual sunrise
Last Answer : (3) Sun appearing higher in the sky than it actually is Explanation: The twinkling of stars and variation in size of the Sun are due to atmospheric refraction of light. Besides, refraction is also ... higher or lower in the sky due to the changing position of the Earth relative to the Sun.
Description : What is the reason for twinkling of stars? (1) Dispersion of light (2) Total internal reflection (3) Atmospheric reflection (4) Atmospheric refraction
Last Answer : (4) Atmospheric refraction Explanation: Seismometers are instrument that measures motion of the ground, including those of seismic waves generated by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other seismic ... of these different sources. Seismograph is another Greek term meaning to draw siesmo waves.
Description : Which of the following is not caused by atmospheric refraction of light ? (1) Sun appearing red at sunset (2) Twinkling of stars at night (3) Sun appearing higher in the sky than it actually is (4) Sun becoming visible two or three minutes before actual sunrise
Last Answer : Sun appearing higher in the sky than it actually is
Description : What is the reason for twinkling of stars ? (1) Dispersion of light (2) Total internal reflection (3) Atmospheric reflection (4) Atmospheric refraction
Last Answer : Atmospheric refraction
Description : What does atmospheric pressure depend on ?
Last Answer : Atmospheric pressure depends on the height of the atmosphere and the density of the air.
Description : If a substance is kept at atmospheric pressure what is its phase of matter completely depend on?
Last Answer : Need answer
Description : Compressed air coming out from a punctured football (a) becomes hotter (b) becomes cooler1 (c) remains at the same temperature (d) may become hotter or cooler depend-ing upon the humidity of the surround¬ing air (e) attains atmospheric temperature.
Last Answer : (b) becomes cooler1
Description : which of the following statements is not true for scattering of light? (a) Colour of the scattered tight depends on the size of particles of the atmosphere. (b) Red light is least scattered in the ... air scatter the blue, light more strongly than red. So the scattered blue light enters our eyes.
Last Answer : (c) Scattering of light Lakes place as various colours of white light travel with different speed in fir.
Description : Velocity of sound in air does not depend on – (1) Density of air (2) Temperature of air (3) Pressure of air (4) Humidity of air
Last Answer : (3) Pressure of air Explanation: Assuming air to be an ideal gas, the speed of sound depends on temperature only. As air temperature increases, so does the speed of sound and vice versa. ... air pressure because the air pressure and air density are proportional to each other at the same temperature.
Description : Velocity of sound in air does not depend on (1) Density of air (2) Temperature of air (3) Pressure of air (4) Humidity of air
Last Answer : Pressure of air
Description : Pick out the wrong statement (A) The concentric atmosphere layer just above troposphere is called stratosphere, which is rich in ozone (B) Mesosphere is characterised by very low atmospheric ... radio waves used in the long distance radio communication are reflected back to earth by stratosphere
Last Answer : (D) The radio waves used in the long distance radio communication are reflected back to earth by stratosphere
Description : 'Parsec' is the unit measurement of - (1) Density of stars (2) Astronomical distance (3) Brightness of heavenly bodies (4) Orbital velocity of giant stars
Last Answer : (2) Astronomical distance Explanation: The parsec (symbol: pc) is a unit of length used to measure large distances to astronomical objects outside the Solar System.
Description : 'Parsec' is the unit measurement of – (1) Density of stars (2) Astronomical distance (3) Brightness of heavenly bodies (4) Orbital velocity of giant stars
Last Answer : (2) Astronomical distance Explanation: Parsec is a unit of distance used in astronomy to measure large distances to objects outside our Solar System. It is equal to about 3.26 light years (3.086 x 1013 kilometres).
Description : ‘Parsec’ is the unit measurement of (1) Density of stars (2) Astronomical distance (3) Brightness of heavenly bodies (4) Orbital velocity of giant stars
Last Answer : Astronomical distance
Description : At boiling point of liquids, its : (1) Temperature increases (2) Atmospheric pressure increases (3) Timperature remains increases (4) Vapour pressure decreases
Last Answer : (3) Timperature remains increases
Description : The boiling point of water decreases at higher altitudes is due to – (1) low temperature (2) low atmospheric pressure (3) high temperature (4) high atmospheric pressure
Last Answer : (2) low atmospheric pressure Explanation: At higher altitudes, the air pressure is decreased, which forces water's boiling point to lower. The air pressure decreases with altitude because of the ... of air. The lowered boiling point of water requires an increase in cooking times or temperature.
Description : At boiling point of liquids, its – (1) Temperature increases (2) Atmospheric pressure increases (3) Temperature remains constant (4) Vapour pressure decreases
Last Answer : (3) Temperature remains constant Explanation: An interesting property of matter is that its temperature remains constant during a phase change, assuming its surrounding pressure is constant. A liquid changes into gaseous state at a constant temperature called its boiling point.
Description : A gas at 0 degrees C and at normal atmospheric pressure has a volume of 273 cubic centimeters. If it is held at constant pressure until its volume is doubled, its temperature will be which one of the ... it be w) 2 degrees Celsius x) 200 degrees Celsius y) 273 degrees Celsius z) 546 degrees Celsius
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- 273 DEGREES CELSIUS
Description : At boiling point of liquids, its (1) Temperature increases (2) Atmospheric pressure increases (3) Temperature remains constant (4) Vapour pressure decreases
Last Answer : Temperature remains constant
Description : The boiling point of water decreases at higher altitudes is due to (1) low temperature (2) low atmospheric pressure (3) high temprature (4) high atmospheric pressure
Last Answer : low atmospheric pressure
Description : Radiation heat transfer rates does not depend upon the (A) Type of absorbing surface (B) Distance between the heat source and the object receiving the heat (C) Surface area and temperature of the heat source (D) None of these
Last Answer : (D) None of these
Description : The twinkling of stars can be partly attributed to (a) intermittent shining (b) convection currents in the atmosphere (c) atmospheric refraction (d) the unstable motion of the earth
Last Answer : Ans:(c)
Description : Twinkling of stars and non-twinkling of planets is accounted for by (a) scattering of light (b) dispersion of light (c) atmospheric refraction (d) none of these
Last Answer : (c) atmospheric refraction
Description : ECE Board Exam March 1996 The characteristics impedance of a transmission line does not depend upon its ________. A. conductor spacing B. conductor diameter C. length D. conductor radius
Last Answer : C. length
Description : Theoretical head developed by a centrifugal pump does not depend upon the __________ the impeller. (A) Radius of (B) Speed of (C) Fluid velocity leaving (D) None of these
Description : Specific resistance of a wire a. will depend on its length b. will depend on its radius c. will depend on the type of material of the wire d. will depend on none of the above
Last Answer : c. will depend on the type of material of the wire
Description : In a typical H-R diagram, stars are graphed by these two characteristics: A. Temperature and luminosity (Answer) B. Luminosity and distance C. Distance and temperature D. Size and distance
Last Answer : A. Temperature and luminosity (Answer)
Description : Why does the volume of gaseous matter depend on pressure ?
Last Answer : We know that in the case of solids and liquids the intermolecular distance is very small and in this case the expansion and contraction of the volume in the reduction and increase of pressure is ... applying extra pressure. Therefore the volume of gaseous matter depends on the pressure of the gas.
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 : The amount of heat required to change a boiling liquid to a gas at the same temperature depends on one of the following properties of the liquid. Does it depend on the liquid's: w) heat of fusion x) heat of vaporization y) temperature z) density
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- HEAT OF VAPORIZATION
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 : decreases with decrease of temperature
Description : If an object moves a circular distance ‘s’ of radius ‘r’, then it's angular displacement is A. s⁄r B. r⁄s C. rs D. r2s
Last Answer : s⁄
Description : A car and lorry are both moving with equal kinetic energy. If equal breaking force is applied on both, then before coming to rest the (a) Car will cover a greater distance (b) Lorry ... will cover the same distance (d) The distance covered by them will depend only on their respective velocities
Description : Pulsars are : (1) stars moving towards the Earth (2) stars moving away from Earth (3) rapidly spinning stars (4) high temperature stars
Last Answer : (3) rapidly spinning stars Explanation: Pulsars are celestial objects, thought to be rapidly spinning stars, that emits regular pulses of radio waves and other electromagnetic radiation at the rate of upto one thousand pulses per second.
Description : Assertion (A): Pressure, volume, and temperature are all extensive properties. Reason (R ) : Extensive properties depend upon the amount and nature of
Last Answer : Assertion (A): Pressure, volume, and temperature are all extensive properties. Reason (R ) : Extensive ... . D. If both Assertion & Reason are false.
Description : The binary diffusivity in gases does not depend upon the (A) Pressure (B) Temperature (C) Nature of the components (D) None of these
Description : The dew point of an unsaturated gas-vapor mixture does not depend upon the __________ of the mixture. (A) Composition (B) Temperature (C) Total pressure (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Last Answer : (B) Temperature
Description : The frictional resistance in laminar flow does not depend on the (A) Area of surface in contact (B) Flow velocity (C) Fluid temperature (D) Pressure of flow
Last Answer : (A) Area of surface in contact
Description : The units of frequency factor in Arrhenius equation (A) Are the same as those of the rate constant (B) Depend on the order of the reaction (C) Depend on temperature, pressure etc. of the reaction (D) Are cycles per unit time
Last Answer : (A) Are the same as those of the rate constant
Description : Extensive properties of a thermodynamic system depend upon the __________ of the system. (A) Specific volume (B) Temperature (C) Mass (D) Pressure
Last Answer : (C) Mass
Description : Cvfor an ideal gas (A) Does not depend upon temperature (B) Is independent of pressure only (C) Is independent of volume only (D) Is independent of both pressure and volume
Last Answer : (D) Is independent of both pressure and volume
Description : The heat capacities for the ideal gas state depend upon the (A) Pressure (B) Temperature (C) Both (A) & (B) (D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Description : For the gaseous phase chemical reaction, C2H4(g) + H2O(g) ↔ C2H5OH(g), the equilibrium conversion does not depend on the (A) Steam to ethylene ratio (B) Temperature (C) Pressure (D) None of these
Description : Extensive property of a system is one whose value (a) depends on the mass of the system like volume (b) does not depend on the mass of the system, like temperature, pressure, etc. (c) is not ... the state (d) is dependent on the path followed and not on the state (e) is always constant.
Last Answer : Answer : a
Description : Intensive property of a system is one whose value (a) depends on the mass of the system, like volume (b) does not depend on the mass of the system, like temperature, pressure, etc. (c) is not ... on the state (d) is dependent on the path followed and not on the state (e) remains constant.
Last Answer : Answer : b
Description : On which of the following does the capacity of a kilogram of air for holding water depend? w) the air pressure x) the air temperature y) the dust content of the air z) the ions in the air
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- THE AIR TEMPERATURE