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  1. 371UKPSC2012General ScienceEnglish

    Assertion (A): The handle of pressure cooker is made up of Abonite. Reason (R): Abonite is a hard material.

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    Correct option: B — Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

  2. 372UPSC2003General ScienceEnglish

    Consider the following statements. 1. Steam at 100ºC and boiling water at 100ºC contain same amount of heat. 2. Latent heat of fusion of ice is equal to the latent heat of vaporization of water. 3. In an air conditioner, heat is extracted from the room air at the evaporator coils and is ejected out at the condensor coils. Which of these statements is/are correct?

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    Correct option: D — Only 3

  3. 373UPPSC2001General ScienceEnglish

    Assertion (A): Woollen clothes keeps us warm. Reason (R): Woollen fibres are made from a special type of protein, which is a bad conductor of heat. Select the correct answer from the codes given below.

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    Correct option: C — (A) is true, but (R) is false

  4. 374UPPSC1998General ScienceEnglish

    Which of the following atmospheric layers is responsible for the deflection of radio waves?

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    Correct option: D — Ionosphere

  5. 375MPPSC2000General ScienceEnglish

    Which waves cannot be transmitted through vacuum?

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    Correct option: C — Sound

  6. 376UPPSC1991General ScienceEnglish

    Long radio waves are reflected by which of the following layer of Earth’s surface?

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    Correct option: B — Ionosphere

  7. 377UPPSC1998General ScienceEnglish

    Wireless communication is reflected back to the Earth’s surface by the

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    Correct option: C — Ionosphere

  8. 378BPSC2015General ScienceEnglish

    Cosmic rays

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    Correct option: A — are charged particles

  9. 379UPPSC2005General ScienceEnglish

    Which one of the following statements is not true about cosmic rays?

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    Correct option: A — They are electromagnetic waves

  10. 380BPSC2002General ScienceEnglish

    What is the distance between two successive crests or successive troughs called?

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    Correct option: B — Wavelength

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