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Chapter 4

Science

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  • 2078

The velocity of sound is maximum in (a) Vacuum (b) air (c) water (d) both a and b

Answer

(c) water

Sound needs a material medium, so it does not travel in vacuum. Its speed is greater in a denser, more elastic medium: about 343 m/s343\ \text{m/s} in air and about 1500 m/s1500\ \text{m/s} in water. Of the options, water is the answer (solids are faster still).

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  • 2078

Ammonia can be dried by (a) Conc. H2SO4\mathrm{H_2SO_4} (b) P2O5\mathrm{P_2O_5} (c) Anhydrous CaCl2\mathrm{CaCl_2} (d) None of these

Answer

(d) None of these

Ammonia is a basic gas. It reacts with conc. H2SO4\mathrm{H_2SO_4} to form ammonium sulphate, and with P2O5\mathrm{P_2O_5} (acidic) to form ammonium phosphate. It also combines with anhydrous CaCl2\mathrm{CaCl_2} to form CaCl2⋅8NH3\mathrm{CaCl_2\cdot 8NH_3}. It is dried with quicklime (CaO\mathrm{CaO}), which is not listed.

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  • 2078

Outermost covering of brain is called: (a) Choroid (b) Arachnoid (c) Duramater (d) All of these

Answer

(c) Duramater

The brain is covered by three meninges. From outside to inside they are the duramater (tough, outermost), the arachnoid and the piamater (innermost). The choroid is not a brain covering.

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  • 2078

The duration taken by the moon around the earth is called (a) rotation (b) revolution (c) day (d) month

Answer

(d) month

The moon takes about 27.3 days to complete one revolution around the earth, and the corresponding period is called a (lunar) month. Revolution is the motion itself, not the duration.

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