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Question 1. The plastic material commonly used for making gear wheels is
  1.    Polyesters
  2.    Nylons
  3.    Bakelit
  4.    Polystyrene
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Nylons
The plastic material commonly used for making gear wheels is nylons.
Question 2. The reason for a swimming pool to appear less deep than the actual depth is
  1.    Refraction
  2.    Light scattering
  3.    Reflection
  4.    Interference
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Answer: Option A. -> Refraction
The apparent depth will look less that its real depth due to the refraction of light. Refraction is the bending of a wave when it enters a medium where it’s speed is different. The refraction of light when it passes from a fast medium to a slow medium bends the light ray toward the normal to the boundary between the two media. The amount of bending depends on the indices of refraction of the two media and is described quantitatively by Snell’s Law.
Question 3. Which of these is true of all simple machines?
  1.    These make work easier
  2.    Work input > work output
  3.    Both A & B
  4.    None of the above
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Answer: Option C. -> Both A & B
Simple machine make work easier and work input > work output.
Question 4. Which of these is not a simple machine?
  1.    A pair of scissors
  2.    A lever
  3.    A ramp
  4.    The pulley
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> A pair of scissors
Any of the basic mechanical devices for applying a force are called simple machines.
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 related to each other. But, each has a specific purpose in the world of doing work. A pair of scissors is not a simple machine.
Question 5. When light passes from one medium to another, this phenomenon of change in its direction is called ________
  1.    Refraction
  2.    Diffraction
  3.    Propagation
  4.    No option is correct
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Refraction
When light passes from one medium to another, this phenomenon of change in its direction is called refraction.
Question 6. In uniform circular motion, the linear velocity is perpendicular to
  1.    Radius
  2.    Force
  3.    Radius vector
  4.    Momentum
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Answer: Option C. -> Radius vector
In uniform circular motion, the linear velocity is perpendicular to radius vector.
Question 7. Should cars have bumpers that collapse under impact?
  1.    Yes, since the offending car should get damaged and pay for the mistake
  2.    No, since it would be very expensive to get the car repaired
  3.    No, since the colliding car would then ram into the occupants and kill them
  4.    Yes, since they help to absorb the impact of a collision and keep the occupants safe
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Answer: Option D. -> Yes, since they help to absorb the impact of a collision and keep the occupants safe
In automobiles, a bumper is the front-most or rearmost part, ostensibly designed to allow the car to sustain an impact without damage to the vehicle’s safety systems. They are not capable of reducing injury to vehicle occupants in high-speed impacts, but are increasingly being designed to mitigate injury to pedestrians struck by cars.
Question 8. When the speed of car is doubled, then what will be the braking force of the car to stop it in the same distance ?
  1.    Four times
  2.    Two times
  3.    Half
  4.    One-fourth
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Four times
Brake force, also known as Brake Power, is a measure of braking power of a vehicle. Suppose a car whose mass is ‘x’ and is braked from a speed of y km/hr to come to halt at a uniform retardation in z min. If the speed of the car is doubled in the same distance, then the braking force required to stop the car is four times the original speed i.e. ‘4v’. Note that all the parameters remain to be same.
Question 9. Flywheel is an important part of a steam engine because it :
  1.    Accelerates the speed of the engine
  2.    Helps the engine in keeping the speed uniform
  3.    Decreases the moment of inertia
  4.    Gives strength to the engine
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Answer: Option B. -> Helps the engine in keeping the speed uniform
A flywheel is a rotating mechanical device that is used to store rotational energy. Flywheels have a significant moment of inertia and thus resist changes in rotational speed, enabling the engine to run at a constant, uniform motion. In the Industrial Revolution, James Watt contributed to the development of the flywheel in the steam engine.
Question 10. The following particles move with same kinetic energy. Which of them has maximum momentum ?
  1.    Electron
  2.    Proton
  3.    Deutron
  4.    Alpha Particle
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Alpha Particle
Since alpha particle has higher mass than electron, proton and deuteron, its momentum will be maximum.

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