131UPSC1997General ScienceEnglish
A girl is swinging on a swing in sitting position. When the girl stands up, the period of the swing will
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Correct option: A — Be shorter
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- 132Arunachal PSC2018General ScienceEnglish
A pendulum clock can run faster in
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Correct option: B — Winter
- 133TNPSC2019General ScienceEnglish
Earth’s escape velocity is
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Correct option: D — 11.2 km/s
- 134PPSC2019General ScienceEnglish
What will happen if an object is thrown into space with the speed of 8 km/s?
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Correct option: B — It will return to Earth
- 135UPPSC2012General ScienceEnglish
There is no atmosphere on the Moon because
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Correct option: D — The escape velocity of gas molecules on it is less than the root mean square velocity here
- 136UPSC1997General ScienceEnglish
A smooth plane inclined at an angle θ with the horizontal as shown in the given figure. A body starts from rest and slides down on the inclined surface. The time taken by the body to reach the bottom is
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Correct option: C — sin1 θ 2gh
- 137KPSC2019General ScienceEnglish
Assertion (A): The weight of human being on the Moon is1/6 in comparison to Earth. Reason (R): The Moon does not have gravity like Earth. Select the answer from following codes.
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Correct option: C — (A) is true, but (R) is false
- 138Kerala PSC2012General ScienceEnglish
Which of the following pairs is correctly matched? List-I (a) Radium (b) Penicillin (c) X-ray (d) Smallpox List-II 1. Alexander Fleming 2. Madam Curie 3. Edward Jenner 4. W.K. Roentgen
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Correct option: A — a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
- 139UPSC2001General ScienceEnglish
Consider the following statements. A Simple Pendulum is set into oscillation. Then, 1. the acceleration is zero when the bob passes through the mean position. 2. in each cycle the bob attains a given velocity twice. 3. both acceleration and velocity of the bob are zero when it reaches its extreme position during the oscillation. 4. the amplitude of oscillation of the simple pendulum decreases with time. Which of these statements are correct?
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Correct option: C — 1, 2 and 4
- 140UPSC1997General ScienceEnglish
The tendency of a liquid drop to contract and occupy minimum area is due to
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Correct option: A — Surface tension
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