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201.

For Gamma radiation, what stops its penetrating abilities?

Answer» <html><body><p> All of the above</p><br/><br/><p>It is a result of unstable <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/atoms-887421" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ATOMS">ATOMS</a> that are trying to stabilize. The excess <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/energy-15288" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ENERGY">ENERGY</a> is released as gamma particles. <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/however-1032379" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HOWEVER">HOWEVER</a>, lead, steel and concrete reduce the energy of these particles and hence <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/stop-1228105" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about STOP">STOP</a> their penetrating abilities.</p></body></html>
202.

The force which makes a vehicle to stop when break is applied is called

Answer» <html><body><p> Frictional force</p><br/><br/><p>A brake is a mechanical <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/device-11244" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DEVICE">DEVICE</a> that inhibits motion by absorbing energy from a moving system. It is used for slowing or stopping a moving vehicle, wheel, <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/axle-889965" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about AXLE">AXLE</a>, or to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/prevent-1164833" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PREVENT">PREVENT</a> its motion, most often <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/accomplished-361448" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ACCOMPLISHED">ACCOMPLISHED</a> by means of <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/friction-21545" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FRICTION">FRICTION</a>.</p></body></html>
203.

The SI unit of luminous emittance is :

Answer» <html><body><p> Lux</p><br/><br/><p>The lux (symbol: lx) is the SI unit of illuminance and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/luminous-2161520" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LUMINOUS">LUMINOUS</a> emittance. It is used in photometry as a measure of the intensity of light, with wavelengths weighted according to the luminosity function, a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/standardized-1224469" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about STANDARDIZED">STANDARDIZED</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/model-942" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MODEL">MODEL</a> of human brightness <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/perception-14890" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PERCEPTION">PERCEPTION</a>.</p></body></html>
204.

The Laser is a beam of radiations which are

Answer» <html><body><p> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/coherent-421830" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about COHERENT">COHERENT</a> and monochromatic</p><br/><br/><p>Laser, an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation, <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/creates-427342" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CREATES">CREATES</a> a radiation beam that is coherent (in-phase). In a coherent light source, the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/amplitude-859568" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about AMPLITUDE">AMPLITUDE</a> of the radiated waves is added and results in a radiation beam of great <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/intensity-1047474" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INTENSITY">INTENSITY</a>. It normally produces only one or two <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/wavelengths-1450491" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WAVELENGTHS">WAVELENGTHS</a>. The single wavelength is called monochromatic radiation.</p></body></html>
205.

One should not connect a number of electrical appliances to the same power socket because

Answer» <html><body><p> this can <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/damage-943544" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DAMAGE">DAMAGE</a> the domestic wiring due to overloading</p><br/><br/><p>If we <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/connect-11879" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CONNECT">CONNECT</a> many appliances to the same socket, requirement of current for that socket will <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/increase-1040383" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INCREASE">INCREASE</a>, the wire <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/connected-929389" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CONNECTED">CONNECTED</a> to that socket will have to supply more current, that may exceed its current <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/rating-1177635" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about RATING">RATING</a> and can damage it.</p></body></html>
206.

In a freezer ice cubes will be formed more quickly in trays made of

Answer» <html><body><p> Aluminium</p><br/><br/><p>Aluminium being a good <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/conductor-928880" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CONDUCTOR">CONDUCTOR</a> of <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/heat-21102" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HEAT">HEAT</a> conducts away the heat from the substance quite <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/easily-964537" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about EASILY">EASILY</a> and causes <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/quick-1174961" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about QUICK">QUICK</a> freezing.</p></body></html>
207.

In mirrors the back surface is coated with a thin layer of :

Answer» <html><body><p> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/silver-644119" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SILVER">SILVER</a></p><br/><br/><p>In a spherical mirror, one of the two curved surfaces is coated with a thin layer of silver followed by a coating of <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/red-613739" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about RED">RED</a> lead oxide paint. Thus, one side of the spherical mirror is opaque and the other side is a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/highly-2102664" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HIGHLY">HIGHLY</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/polished-602182" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about POLISHED">POLISHED</a> reflecting surface.</p></body></html>
208.

Heat flows as a result of difference of ________

Answer» <html><body><p> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/temperature-11887" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TEMPERATURE">TEMPERATURE</a></p><br/><br/><p>Heat <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/flows-993448" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FLOWS">FLOWS</a> as a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/result-1187343" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about RESULT">RESULT</a> of <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/difference-951394" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DIFFERENCE">DIFFERENCE</a> of temperature.</p></body></html>
209.

The pitch of sound depends on its

Answer» <html><body><p> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/frequency-465761" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FREQUENCY">FREQUENCY</a></p><br/><br/><p>Pitch <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/depends-948548" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DEPENDS">DEPENDS</a> on frequency but <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/also-373387" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ALSO">ALSO</a> on <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/loudness-1079560" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LOUDNESS">LOUDNESS</a> and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/spectrum-1221793" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SPECTRUM">SPECTRUM</a>.</p></body></html>
210.

Two vectors are said to be equal if

Answer» <html><body><p> Both magnitude and direction are same</p><br/><br/><p>Two <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/vectors-14090" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about VECTORS">VECTORS</a> and are <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/said-629244" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SAID">SAID</a> to be <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/equal-446400" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about EQUAL">EQUAL</a>, if they have the same magnitude and direction, Also same <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/positions-1159905" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about POSITIONS">POSITIONS</a> of their initial <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/points-1157347" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about POINTS">POINTS</a>.</p></body></html>
211.

Out of the following pairs, which one does not have identical dimension?

Answer» <html><body><p> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/moment-25786" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MOMENT">MOMENT</a> of <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/inertia-1043176" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INERTIA">INERTIA</a> and moment of a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/force-22342" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FORCE">FORCE</a></p><br/><br/><p>Moment of inertia and moment of a force does not have <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/identical-496701" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about IDENTICAL">IDENTICAL</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/dimension-954106" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DIMENSION">DIMENSION</a>.</p></body></html>
212.

Which of the following is a conductor of electricity ?

Answer» <html><body><p> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/salt-1193804" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SALT">SALT</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/water-1449333" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WATER">WATER</a></p><br/><br/><p>Salt water is a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/conductor-928880" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CONDUCTOR">CONDUCTOR</a> of <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/electricity-968393" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ELECTRICITY">ELECTRICITY</a>.</p></body></html>
213.

Fuse wire is made of an alloy of

Answer» <html><body><p> Tin and Lead</p><br/><br/><p>An electrical fuse is a safety device in the circuit that <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/protects-1170792" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PROTECTS">PROTECTS</a> electrical systems by breaking the connection when a short circuit is occurring. The fuse wire is made up of <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/sn-646415" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SN">SN</a> (tin) and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/pb-597752" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PB">PB</a> (lead) alloy because of its <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/high-479925" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HIGH">HIGH</a> resistance and low <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/melting-1093090" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MELTING">MELTING</a> point.</p></body></html>
214.

When a body is accelerated, then the velocity will be also

Answer» <html><body><p> Increase</p><br/><br/><p>If a body is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/accelerated-366473" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ACCELERATED">ACCELERATED</a>, then the velocity will <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/also-373387" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ALSO">ALSO</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/get-11812" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GET">GET</a> increased.</p></body></html>
215.

Gasoline is useful in cars because it has

Answer» <html><body><p> Chemical potential energy</p><br/><br/><p>Gasoline is a colorless petroleum-derived flammable liquid that is used <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/primarily-2951709" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PRIMARILY">PRIMARILY</a> as a fuel in spark-ignited internal <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/combustion-13975" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about COMBUSTION">COMBUSTION</a> engines. It consists mostly of <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/organic-1138713" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ORGANIC">ORGANIC</a> compounds obtained by the fractional distillation of petroleum, enhanced with a variety of additives. It is also called as Petrol. It has chemical potential energy, in combustion it is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/turned-7272818" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TURNED">TURNED</a> into light, sound, <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/heat-21102" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HEAT">HEAT</a> and kinetic energy.</p></body></html>
216.

A small gap is left at the joints of rails in a railway track to

Answer» <html><body><p> Avoid the tracks being distorted <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/due-433472" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DUE">DUE</a> to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/seasonal-630148" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SEASONAL">SEASONAL</a> temperature variation</p><br/><br/><p>A <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/small-1212368" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SMALL">SMALL</a> gap is left at the joints of rails in a railway track to avoid the tracks being distorted due to seasonal temperature variation.</p></body></html>
217.

A thin oil film on a water surface appears coloured because of

Answer» <html><body><p> Interference</p><br/><br/><p>A thin oil film on a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/water-1449333" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WATER">WATER</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/surface-1235573" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SURFACE">SURFACE</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/appears-881937" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about APPEARS">APPEARS</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/coloured-922406" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about COLOURED">COLOURED</a> because of thin-film interference which involves the interference of light waves reflecting off the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/top-1422115" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TOP">TOP</a> surface of a film with the waves reflecting from the bottom surface. The refractive index of oil is larger than that of water, therefore the reflection on the back side occurs.</p></body></html>
218.

1 amu is equivalent to

Answer» <html><body><p> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/93br1-1935672" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 931">931</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/mev-557539" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MEV">MEV</a></p><br/><br/><p>1 <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/amu-25369" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about AMU">AMU</a> is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/equivalent-446407" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about EQUIVALENT">EQUIVALENT</a> to 931 MeV.</p></body></html>
219.

A bucket of water is hung from a spring balance. A piece of iron is suspended in the water without touching the sides or touching the bottom of the bucket. The reading of the spring balance

Answer» <html><body><p> Will increase</p><br/><br/><p>When the piece of iron is lowered into the water, the water level in the bucket <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/increases-1040626" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INCREASES">INCREASES</a>. And so the pressure at the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/bottom-401202" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BOTTOM">BOTTOM</a> of bucket also increases. Thus the total <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/thrust-709467" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about THRUST">THRUST</a> at the bottom also increases. Therefore the spring <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/balance-891682" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BALANCE">BALANCE</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/reading-19542" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about READING">READING</a> increases.</p></body></html>
220.

1 m/s equals ________ km/hr

Answer» <html><body><p> 18/5</p><br/><br/><p>1 m/s <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/equals-974070" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about EQUALS">EQUALS</a> 18/5 km/hr.</p></body></html>
221.

Absolute Zero is defined as

Answer» <html><body><p> The temperature at which all molecular motion <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/ceases-911108" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CEASES">CEASES</a></p><br/><br/><p>Absolute <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/zero-751093" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ZERO">ZERO</a> is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/defined-947013" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DEFINED">DEFINED</a> as temperature at which all molecular motion ceases.</p></body></html>
222.

Solids which conduct electricity at higher temperature but not at lower temperature are called

Answer» <html><body><p> Semi-conductor</p><br/><br/><p>Semiconductors are insulators at <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/low-537644" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LOW">LOW</a> temperatures and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/reasonably-7383715" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about REASONABLY">REASONABLY</a> good conductors at <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/higher-1022060" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HIGHER">HIGHER</a> temperatures. As <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/temperature-11887" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TEMPERATURE">TEMPERATURE</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/increases-1040626" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INCREASES">INCREASES</a>, the semiconductor material becomes a better and better conductor.</p></body></html>
223.

Universal gates are

Answer» <html><body><p> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/nand-569410" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NAND">NAND</a> and NOR</p><br/><br/><p>A universal gate is a gate which can <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/implement-1037860" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about IMPLEMENT">IMPLEMENT</a> any Boolean <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/function-11303" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FUNCTION">FUNCTION</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/without-3281350" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WITHOUT">WITHOUT</a> need to use any other gate <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/type-715478" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TYPE">TYPE</a>. The NAND and NOR gates are universal gates.</p></body></html>
224.

Which one among the following components can not be developed within an ''integrated circuit"?

Answer» <html><body><p> Transformer</p><br/><br/><p>Some components <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/like-1073845" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LIKE">LIKE</a> transformers and inductors cannot be integrated into an IC <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/except-447107" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about EXCEPT">EXCEPT</a> for very <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/specialized-649990" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SPECIALIZED">SPECIALIZED</a> high frequency applications. They have to be connected externally to the semiconductor pins. In general, transformers are located in circuit boards as <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/separate-1201161" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SEPARATE">SEPARATE</a> components and cannot be integrated into semiconductor based integrated <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/circuits-916689" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CIRCUITS">CIRCUITS</a>.</p></body></html>
225.

The size of gear is usually specified by

Answer» <html><body><p> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/pitch-600838" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PITCH">PITCH</a> circle diameter</p><br/><br/><p>The <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/size-1211196" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SIZE">SIZE</a> of the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/gear-1004157" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GEAR">GEAR</a> is usually specified by the pitch circle diameter. It is also called as pitch diameter.</p></body></html>
226.

The absorption of ink by blotting paper involves:

Answer» <html><body><p> Capillary <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/action-2544" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ACTION">ACTION</a> phenomenon</p><br/><br/><p>The absorption of <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/ink-516157" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INK">INK</a> by <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/blotting-399670" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BLOTTING">BLOTTING</a> paper involves capillary action phenomenon because the blotting paper is a thin and a smooth paper which allows a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/little-1075899" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LITTLE">LITTLE</a> thicker liquids <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/like-1073845" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LIKE">LIKE</a> ink to absorb.</p></body></html>
227.

Matter waves are

Answer» <html><body><p> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/de-945063" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DE">DE</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/broglie-402933" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BROGLIE">BROGLIE</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/waves-13979" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WAVES">WAVES</a></p><br/><br/><p>Matter waves are De Broglie waves.</p></body></html>
228.

On the Kelvin scale, the melting point of ice is

Answer» <html><body><p> 273K</p><br/><br/><p>The <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/melting-1093090" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MELTING">MELTING</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/point-1157106" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about POINT">POINT</a> of <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/ice-1035302" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ICE">ICE</a> on Kelvin scale is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/273-1832932" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 273">273</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/k-527196" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about K">K</a>.</p></body></html>
229.

At what temperature (in Fahrenheit) pure water freezes?

Answer» <html><body><p> 32</p><br/><br/><p>32<sup>o</sup>F is the temperature at which <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/fresh-1000193" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FRESH">FRESH</a> water freezes is called the freezing point. The freezing point is the temperature at which a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/liquid-1075124" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LIQUID">LIQUID</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/turns-1429088" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TURNS">TURNS</a> to a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/solid-1216587" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SOLID">SOLID</a>.</p></body></html>
230.

The temperature which has the same reading on both Fahrenheit and Celsius scales is

Answer» <html><body><p> “40°</p><br/><br/><p>The <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/temperature-11887" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TEMPERATURE">TEMPERATURE</a> which has the same <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/reading-19542" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about READING">READING</a> on both <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/fahrenheit-458998" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FAHRENHEIT">FAHRENHEIT</a> and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/celsius-414611" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CELSIUS">CELSIUS</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/scales-14900" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SCALES">SCALES</a> is –40°.</p></body></html>
231.

At what temperature (in degree Celsius), the numerical values on Celsius and Fahrenheit scales become equal?

Answer» <html><body><p> “<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/40-314386" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 40">40</a></p><br/><br/><p>Celsius and Fahrenheit are the same at – 40 <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/degrees-947393" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DEGREES">DEGREES</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/since-644476" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SINCE">SINCE</a> the scales <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/converge-933247" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CONVERGE">CONVERGE</a>.</p></body></html>
232.

If density of oxygen is 16 times that of hydrogen, what will be their corresponding ratio of velocity of sound?

Answer» <html><body><p> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/1-256655" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 1">1</a> : 4</p><br/><br/><p>The <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/corresponding-935567" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CORRESPONDING">CORRESPONDING</a> ration of <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/velocity-1444512" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about VELOCITY">VELOCITY</a> of sound in <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/oxygen-1144542" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about OXYGEN">OXYGEN</a> and hydrogen is 1:4.</p></body></html>
233.

Which one of the following statements with regard to Jet stream, an upper level tropospheric wave, is not correct?

Answer» <html><body><p> It follows the wave path near the tropopause at <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/elevations-969495" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ELEVATIONS">ELEVATIONS</a> of 8 km to 15 km.</p><br/><br/><p>It follows the wave path near the tropopause at elevations of 8 km to 15 km, this <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/statement-16478" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about STATEMENT">STATEMENT</a> is not <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/correct-409949" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CORRECT">CORRECT</a>.</p></body></html>
234.

Intensity of any wave is proportional to which of the following?

Answer» <html><body><p> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/square-650836" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SQUARE">SQUARE</a> of <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/amplitude-859568" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about AMPLITUDE">AMPLITUDE</a></p><br/><br/><p>Intensity of any <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/wave-22399" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WAVE">WAVE</a> is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/proportional-1170279" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PROPORTIONAL">PROPORTIONAL</a> to square of amplitude.</p></body></html>
235.

According to Rutherford's atomic model, the electrons inside an atom are

Answer» <html><body><p> Not Stationary</p><br/><br/><p>According to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/rutherford-628094" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about RUTHERFORD">RUTHERFORD</a>'s atomic <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/model-942" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MODEL">MODEL</a>, the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/electrons-969138" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ELECTRONS">ELECTRONS</a> inside an atom are not stationary.</p></body></html>
236.

Two waves, each of amplitude 1.5 mm and frequency 10 Hz, are travelling in opposite direction with a speed of 20 mm/s. The distance in mm between adjacent nodes is :

Answer» <html><body><p> 1.0</p></body></html>
237.

Where is a transistor most likely to be found ?

Answer» <html><body><p> Hearing aid</p><br/><br/><p>A transistor is a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/semiconductor-639672" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SEMICONDUCTOR">SEMICONDUCTOR</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/device-11244" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DEVICE">DEVICE</a> used to amplify or switch electronic signals and electrical power.The transistor invented in 1948 was well <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/suited-1234254" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SUITED">SUITED</a> to the hearing aid application due to low power and small size; hearing aids were an early adopter of transistors. Transistors replaced the need for batteries in hearing aids.</p></body></html>
238.

Electrons carry a

Answer» <html><body><p> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/negative-570381" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NEGATIVE">NEGATIVE</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/charge-914384" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CHARGE">CHARGE</a></p><br/><br/><p>Electrons <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/carry-909943" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CARRY">CARRY</a> a negative charge.</p></body></html>
239.

An atom with more neutrons than protons is called

Answer» <html><body><p> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/isotope-520032" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ISOTOPE">ISOTOPE</a></p><br/><br/><p>An <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/atom-887280" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ATOM">ATOM</a> with more <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/neutrons-1114464" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NEUTRONS">NEUTRONS</a> than <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/protons-1171004" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PROTONS">PROTONS</a> is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/called-907796" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CALLED">CALLED</a> isotope.</p></body></html>
240.

Who was the first scientist to discover Electrons?

Answer» <html><body><p> J.J <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/thompson-708783" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about THOMPSON">THOMPSON</a></p><br/><br/><p>J.J. Thompson was the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/first-461760" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FIRST">FIRST</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/scientists-638066" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SCIENTISTS">SCIENTISTS</a> to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/discover-440476" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DISCOVER">DISCOVER</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/electrons-969138" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ELECTRONS">ELECTRONS</a>.</p></body></html>
241.

What part of the atom has a positive charge?

Answer» <html><body><p> Proton</p><br/><br/><p>Proton has a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/positive-1159908" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about POSITIVE">POSITIVE</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/charge-914384" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CHARGE">CHARGE</a>.</p></body></html>
242.

Why does water tank appear shallower when viewed from the top?

Answer» <html><body><p> Due to refraction</p><br/><br/><p>The <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/bending-895097" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BENDING">BENDING</a> of light (i.e. refraction of light) as it moves from water to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/air-852233" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about AIR">AIR</a> makes the water tank <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/appear-2437800" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about APPEAR">APPEAR</a> to be less <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/shallower-1204643" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SHALLOWER">SHALLOWER</a> than its <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/real-1178490" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about REAL">REAL</a> depth.</p></body></html>
243.

One Kilowatt hour is equal to -

Answer» <html><body><p> 3.6 <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/mega-1092964" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MEGA">MEGA</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/joule-526299" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about JOULE">JOULE</a></p><br/><br/><p>One <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/kilowatt-533225" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about KILOWATT">KILOWATT</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/hour-1030047" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HOUR">HOUR</a> is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/equal-446400" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about EQUAL">EQUAL</a> to 3.6 Mega Joule.</p></body></html>
244.

The rice is cooked more quickly in a pressure cooker because

Answer» <html><body><p> Water boils at a higher temperature under pressure.</p><br/><br/><p><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/food-463384" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FOOD">FOOD</a> is cooked more quickly in a pressure cooker because at the higher pressure (1 bar/15 <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/psi-1171337" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PSI">PSI</a>), the boiling point of water rises from 100°C (212°F) to 121°C (250°F). The hotter steam is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/able-361137" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ABLE">ABLE</a> to transmit its thermal energy to the food at around 4 times the rate of <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/conventional-409840" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CONVENTIONAL">CONVENTIONAL</a> boiling.</p></body></html>
245.

The inability of a body to change its state of rest or uniform motion along a straight line is called its

Answer» <html><body><p> Inertia</p><br/><br/><p>The inability of a body to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/change-913808" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CHANGE">CHANGE</a> its state of rest or its <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/uniform-1437485" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about UNIFORM">UNIFORM</a> motion in a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/straight-633156" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about STRAIGHT">STRAIGHT</a> line is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/called-907796" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CALLED">CALLED</a> as Inertia.</p></body></html>
246.

Gravitational force is maximum at which place

Answer» <html><body><p> Poles</p><br/><br/><p>Gravitational force is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/maximum-556915" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MAXIMUM">MAXIMUM</a> at Poles. The gravitational force is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/almost-373246" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ALMOST">ALMOST</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/equal-446400" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about EQUAL">EQUAL</a> in every where in the earth. The resultant force is maximum in pole.</p></body></html>
247.

Which of these is not a simple machine?

Answer» <html><body><p> A pair of scissors</p><br/><br/><p>Any of the basic <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/mechanical-2780" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MECHANICAL">MECHANICAL</a> devices for applying a force are <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/called-907796" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CALLED">CALLED</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/simple-1208262" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SIMPLE">SIMPLE</a> machines.<br/>There are 6 basic simple machines; the lever, the wheel and axle, the inclined plane, the wedge, the pulley, and the screw. Several of these simple machines are <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/relatedbrbr-2983848" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about RELATED">RELATED</a> to each other. But, each has a specific <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/purpose-1173268" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PURPOSE">PURPOSE</a> in the world of doing work. A pair of scissors is not a simple machine.</p></body></html>
248.

A dynamometer wattmeter can be used for

Answer» <html><body><p> Both A &amp; B</p><br/><br/><p>Dynamometer type wattmeter is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/used-2318798" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about USED">USED</a> for the measurement of A.C. as well as D.C. power. It <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/consists-930075" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CONSISTS">CONSISTS</a> of a fixed coil forming the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/current-940804" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CURRENT">CURRENT</a> coil whereas the moving coil forms the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/potential-1161228" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about POTENTIAL">POTENTIAL</a> coil.</p></body></html>
249.

It is easier to roll a stone up a sloping road than to lift it vertical upwards because

Answer» <html><body><p> Work done in <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/rolling-1190754" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ROLLING">ROLLING</a> a stone is less than in lifting it.</p><br/><br/><p>It is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/easier-447966" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about EASIER">EASIER</a> to roll a stone up a sloping road than to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/lift-1073338" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LIFT">LIFT</a> it vertical <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/upwards-2318352" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about UPWARDS">UPWARDS</a> because work done in rolling a stone is less than in lifting it.</p></body></html>
250.

A water tank appears shallower when it is viewed from top due to

Answer» <html><body><p> Refraction</p><br/><br/><p>The bending of <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/light-1073401" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LIGHT">LIGHT</a> (i.e. refraction of light) as it moves from water to air <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/makes-2811811" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MAKES">MAKES</a> the water <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/tank-1239056" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TANK">TANK</a> appear to be less shallower than its real depth.</p></body></html>