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1051.

Give the magnitude and direction of the net force acting on a stone of mass 0.1 kg, a) just after it is dropped from the window of a stationary train, b) just after it is dropped from the window of a train running at a constant velocity of 36 km/h, c) just after it is dropped from the window of a train accelerating with 1 m s–2 , d) lying on the floor of a train which is accelerating with 1 m s–2 , the stone being at rest relative to the train. Neglect air resistance throughout.

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(a) 1 N; vertically downward

Mass of the stone, m = 0.1 kg

Acceleration of the stone, a = g = 10 m/s2 

As per Newton’s second law of motion, the net force acting on the stone, 

F = ma = mg 

= 0.1 × 10 = 1 N

Acceleration due to gravity always acts in the downward direction.

(b) 1 N; vertically downward 

The train is moving with a constant velocity. Hence, its acceleration is zero in the direction of its motion, i.e., in the horizontal direction. Hence, no force is acting on the stone in the horizontal direction.

(c)1 N; vertically downward 

It is given that the train is accelerating at the rate of 1 m/s2 

Therefore, the net force acting on the stone, F' = ma = 0.1 × 1 = 0.1 N

This force is acting in the horizontal direction. Now, when the stone is dropped, the horizontal force F,' stops acting on the stone. This is because of the fact that the force acting on a body at an instant depends on the situation at that instant and not on earlier situations.

Therefore, the net force acting on the stone is given only by acceleration due to gravity. 

F = mg = 1 N

This force acts vertically downward.

(d) 0.1 N; in the direction of motion of the train

The weight of the stone is balanced by the normal reaction of the floor. The only acceleration is provided by the horizontal motion of the train.

Acceleration of the train, a = 0.1 m/s2 

The net force acting on the stone will be in the direction of motion of the train. Its magnitude is given by: 

F = ma

= 0.1 × 1 = 0.1 N

1052.

A stone is just released from the window of a train moving along a horizontal straight track. The stone will hit the ground following(a) Straight path (b) Circular path(c) Parabolic path (d) Hyperbolic path

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Correct Option  (c) Parabolic path 

Explanation:

Due to constant velocity along horizontal and vertical downward force of gravity stone will hit the ground following parabolic path

1053.

When the train in which you are sitting starts moving by the side of another train without jerks, you find that the other train is moving but when you look at the platform you find that your train is moving. Name the phenomenon responsible for such a motion.

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Relative velocity is the phenomenon responsible for such a motion.

1054.

The displacement of a particle is proportional to the cube of time elapsed. How does the acceleration of the body depend on the time elapsed?

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x ∝ t3 or x = kt3.

or, v = dx/dt = 3kt2.

For acceleration,a = dv/dt = 3k(2t) = 6kt

⇒ a = 6kt ⇒ a ∝ t.

The acceleration is directly proportional to the time.

1055.

The distance x travelled by a body In a straight line is directly proportional to t2. Decide on the type of motion associated. If x ∝ t3 what change will you observe?

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x ∝ t2 = kt2 where k is a constant

a = ((d/dt)(dx/dt)) = (d/dt) (2 k t )

= 2 k

∴ Acceleration is constant/uniform.

If x ∝ t3 where k is a constant

a = ((d/dt)(dx/dt)) = (d/dt)(3 k t2) = 6 k t

∴ Acceleration is non-uniform

1056.

How many dimensions of motion does the following have?(a)Train moving fast on it track.(b) A lizard moving on a wall in a room.(c) Kite flying in the sky.(d) Bee flying in a closed room.

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(a) One dimensional motion

(b) Two-dimensional motion

(c) Three-dimensional motion

(d) Three-dimensional motion.

1057.

The displacement of a body is proportional to the square of time along a straight line. Is the body moving with constant velocity or constant acceleration?

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It is moving with constant acceleration.

1058.

A train is moving on a straight track with acceleration a. A passenger drops a stone. What is the acceleration of stone with respect to passenger?

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Acceleration of stone w.r.t. passenger = \(\sqrt{a^2+g^2}\)

1059.

What is the work done by the force of gravity on a satellite moving round the earth? Justify your answer.

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Work is done whenever the given two conditions are satisfied:

(i) A force acts on the body.

(ii) There is a displacement of the body by the application of force in or opposite to the direction of force.

If the direction of force is perpendicular to displacement, then the work done is zero.

When a satellite moves around the Earth, then the direction of force of gravity on the satellite is perpendicular to its displacement. Hence, the work done on the satellite by the Earth is zero.

1060.

Give Scientific reasons:Work done on an artificial satellite by gravity is zero while moving around the earth.

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  • When the artificial satellite moves around the earth in a circular orbit, gravitation force acts on it.
  • The gravitational force acting on the satellite and its displacement are perpendicular to each other. i.e. 0 = 90°
  • For 0 = 90°, work done is zero. [ v cos 90 = 0)
  • Hence, work done on an artificial satellite by gravity is zero while moving around the earth.
1061.

Give Scientific reasons:Wind can move the blades of a windmill.

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  • Wind has certain energy. 
  • When it hits the windmill energy is transferred to the windmill because of which it moves. 
  • Hence, wind can move the blades of a wind mill.
1062.

Give Scientific reasons:An exploding firecracker lights up as well as makes a sound.

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  • The exploding firecracker converts the chemical energy stored in it into light and sound respectively. 
  • Here, energy is converted from one type to another. 
  • Hence, an exploding firecracker lights as well as makes a sound.
1063.

Choose the wrong pair from given below. A) Coffee – Karnataka B) Tea-Assom C) Wheat-Andhra Pradesh D) Rubber – Kerala

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C) Wheat-Andhra Pradesh

1064.

Choose the correct one 1) Wheat is a ‘RABI’ crop 2) Watermelon is ‘ZAID’ crop A) 1 is true B) 2 is true C) 1 & 2 are true D) 1 & 2 are false

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C) 1 & 2 are true

1065.

The dimensions of a room are 12.5 m by 9 m by 7 m. There are 2 doors and 4 windows in the room; each door measures 2.5 m by 1.2 m and each window 1.5 m by 1 m. Find the cost of painting the walls at Rs. 3.50 per square metre.

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Given,

Dimension of room = 12.5m × 9m × 7m

Dimension of door = 2.5m × 1.2m

Dimension of window = 1.5m × 1m

So, area of room = 2(l + b)h = 2(12.5 + 9)×7 = 301 m2

Area of 2 doors = 2(2.5 × 1.2) = 6m2

Area of 4 windows = 4(1.5 × 1) = 6 m2

So, area to be painted = (301 - 12) = 289 m2

∴ cost of painting walls at rate Rs.3.50 per m2 = 3.50 × 289 = Rs.1011.50

1066.

…… are help in decomposition of plant and animal substances and turns them as organic matter. A) Bacteria B) Fungi C) Both A and BD) None of the above

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C) Both A and B

1067.

A classroom is 11 m long, 8 m wide and 5 m high. Find the sum of the areas of its floor and the four walls (including doors, windows etc.)

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Given details are,

Dimensions of class room = 11m × 8m × 5m

Where, Length = 11m, Breadth = 8m, Height = 5m

We know,

Area of floor = length × breadth

= 11 × 8

= 88 m2

Area of four walls (including doors & windows) = 2 (lh + bh) cm2

= 2 (11×5 + 8×5)

= 2 (55 + 40)

= 2 (95)

= 190m2

∴ Sum of areas of floor and four walls = area of floor + area of four walls

= 88 + 190

= 278 m2

1068.

What is Organic Material?

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Organic Material: The material obtained from degrading all the biological waste in the compost pit can be termed as organic material.

1069.

Explain secondary memory. Give some examples of secondary memory.

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It is also known as Secondary Storage or Auxiliary Memory. It is slower and cheaper form of memory, which is a permanent storage device. CPU does not access the secondary memory directly. The contents in it must be first copied into the RAM to get processed. 

It is non-volatile in nature, i.e. the information does not get erased even power gets switched OFF and data will not be destructed until and unless, the user erases it. 

Secondary memory devices include 

(a)  Magnetic disks 

1. Floppy Disk  

2. Hard Disk Drive 

3. Magnetic Tape 

(b)  Optical discs 

1. CD 

2. DVD 

3. Blu-ray Disc 

(c) Solid State 

1.  Pen/Flash Drive

2.  Memory Card

1070.

……….. is an example of secondary memory.

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Magnetic tape is an example of secondary memory.

1071.

Which of the following is/are not a client-side script:1. VB Script2. JavaScript3. ASP4. PHP?

Answer»

3. ASP and 

4. PHP are not client side scripts.

1072.

Name one server-side scripting language and one client-side scripting language.

Answer»

Client Side :

1. JAVASCRIPT

2. VBSCRIPT Server Side

3. ASP

4. JSP

1073.

ASP stands for (a) All server pages (b) All script pages (c) Active server pages (d) Active script pages

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(c) Active server pages

1074.

Give one difference between primary and secondary memory.

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The primary memory is volatile and has limited storage capacity, whereas secondary memory is non-volatile and can store huge amount of data.

1075.

Name the memory (Primary/Secondary)with the following features: If current is interrupted, data is lost. Before a program is ready to run, the program is loaded into this memory, which allows the CPU directly access the program.

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RAM because it has above given features.

1076.

The secondary or magnetic memory is a volatile memory.

Answer»

False 

The secondary or magnetic memory is a non-volatile memory.

1077.

In Random Access Memory if current will be interrupted, data will not lost.

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False 

Random Access Memory (RAM) is a volatile memory, if current is interrupted, data will lost.

1078.

Out of the following, identify client-side script (s) and server-side script (s).1. ASP2. Javascript3. VBScript4. JSP

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Server side scripting

1. ASP

2. JSP Client side scripting

3. Javascript

4. VBscript Vi

1079.

Computer memory is divided into ……… and ……. memory.

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Computer memory is divided into primary  and secondary memory.

1080.

Control Unit is called the ………….. of a computer system. (a) heart (b) nerve centre (c) primary memory (d) All of these

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(b) Nerve centre because it controls the overall processing of a computer system.

1081.

Compare open source software and proprietary software.

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One need an authorized license paid in order to use this proprietary software while open source software can be used by anybody and are usually free. One can use this software for their personal use. After giving any notation or code in this type one cannot change the code or modify it.

1082.

Ravi has to transfer a photo on his mobile phone to his friend’s phone in the same room. Which of the following technologies would let him to do this quickly?1. Bluetooth 2. Infrared 3.  Either of the two

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Ravi could either of the two technologies Bluetooth or Infrared which is supported by both the devices involved. Infrared though slightly faster than Bluetooth has a limitation that it needs a clear line-of-sight between the devices for it to work.

1083.

When the computer network uses telephone lines as communication channel then MODEM is used as a data communication device. Now, explain the working of MODEM.

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MODEM performs the task of Modulation at sender’s site and DEModulation at the receiver’s end. Basically, our computer generates data in the form of digital signals which needs to be forwarded to the receiver through telephone lines. Since, telephone lines can carry only analog signals. So digital signals need to be converted to analog signals at sender’s site this is called modulation. At receiver’s end again analog signals should be converted back to the original digital signals, then this is called demodulation.

1084.

Name two proprietary software along with their application.

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1. MS-Office – All office applications MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint.

2. Visual Studio – Visual Basic, Visual C+ + software for application development.

1085.

......... is a standard way to send and receive message with multimedia content using mobile phone.

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Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)

1086.

The following paragraph describes the term computer network. A computer network is a group of (i) ………. that are (ii) ……… to each other for the purpose of (iii) ……. A computer (iv) …….. allows computers to communicate with many other computers and to (v) ………. resources and information. Fill in the blanks with words from the list below: Connected, Computers, Sending, Communication, Network, Share.

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(i) computers 

(ii) connected

(iii) communication 

(iv) network 

(v) share

1087.

Two people, one knowing only English and other knowing only Chinese are talking to each other. Can we call it a communication?

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No, because only a meaningful exchange of information between two living beings is called communication.

1088.

Write down the name of communication channel used for telephone line and TV

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Communication channel for telephone line is twisted pair cable and for TV is co-axial cable.

1089.

Differentiate LAN, MAN and WAN on the basis of following characteristic: 1. Geographical Area 2. Example 3. Distance 4. Cost 5. Ownership

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Differences between LAN, MAN and WAN

BasisLANMANWAN
GeographicalAreaGenerally within a buildingWithin a cityAcross the continents
DistanceUpto 5 kmUpto 160 kmUnlimited
OwnershipPrivatePrivate Private or PublicShared across the world
CostLessexpensiveLessexpensive More than LAN but less than WANMore than MAN
ExampleNetwork within your schoolCable TV network within a cityInternet

1090.

Write down any two points of differences between LAN, MAN and WAN.

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Two major points of differences among LAN, MAN and WAN are as follows: 

1. Distance Covered LAN can cover an area upto 5 km. More than 5 km and upto 100 km comes under MAN. Beyond 100 km, the area can be covered by WAN only. 

2. Cost LAN has lower cost as compared to MAN and WAN.

1091.

Write short notes on LAN and WAN.

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LAN 

A Local Area Network (LAN) is a computer network covering a small geographical area like a home, office or small group of buildings such as buildings in a school. Computers connected to a LAN can share information and share peripheral equipments. 

WAN

A Wide Area Network (WAN) is used to connect LANs and other types of network together, so that users and computers in one location can communicate with users and computers in other locations.

1092.

The computer memory relates to many devices and components. (i) What do you mean by memory? (ii) How many types of memory the computer has?

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(i) Computer memory enables a person to retain the information that is stored on the computer. 

(ii) Computer has basically two types of memory as follows: 

Internal memory Main memory units (RAM and ROM) and cache memory. External memory Secondary memory.

1093.

Which of the following statement is not true about LAN? (a) LAN is designed for a small geographical area (b) LANs operate at higher speed than WANs (c) LANs are privately owned networks (d) LANs can share data across the world

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(d) LANs are not public network and hence data can be shared among the computers of the organisation owning that LAN cannot share data across the world.

1094.

Ram and Sita, two persons talking to one another. 1. What are the components of the network? 2. What is the communication channel?

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1. Components of network are as follows: 

(a) Sender 

(b) Communication channel 

(c) Receiver 

2. Communication channel is the channel in which two computers can communicate with each other by sending data or sharing information between them.

1095.

Mr. Singh and Mr. Tyagi want to send a song from each other. Both having a mobile phone. Both want to send a song through mobile phones. What networking technology is needed to share a song through mobile phone? Describe it.

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Bluetooth technology is used for sharing the data like audio, video etc. Using this technology, users of cellular phones, initiate the sending or receiving data. In general, having all mobiles and fixed computer devices can be totally coordinated. Thus, Mr. Singh and Mr. Tyagi can send a song to each other by using a bluetooth technology easily within short time.

1096.

Write names of any two popular open source software, which are used as operating systems.

Answer»

1. Kernels

2. Unix

3. Linux

1097.

Network formed between computers which is spread across the continents is called (a) LAN (b) WAN (c) MAN (d) WLAN

Answer»

(b) Across the continents, computers can be connected using WAN only.

1098.

Computer connected with LAN (a) work fast (b) go online (c) can E-mail (d) can share information or peripheral devices

Answer»

(d) Computer connected with LAN can share information or peripheral devices.

1099.

Mr. X has recently installed a new operating system on his computer 1. Describe the main functions of an operating system. 2. Name any two utility programs used by an operating system.

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1. Monitors the performance of the system, enables software to communicate with hardware and application softwares to be loaded; gives prompts and error reports to the users. 

 2. Antivirus and compression tool.

1100.

Manoj has to set-up a network between his devices at home which included a smartphone, a laptop and a personal computer. What type of network he would be setting up for the same? 1. PAN 2.  MAN 3. WAN

Answer»

Manoj would be setting up a PAN (Personal Area Network) which is best suited for setups involving a computer, a cell phone and/or a handheld computing device such as a PDA.