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What is the range of mercury thermometer ?

0 degree Celsius to 350 degree Celsius
-10 degree Celsius to 350 degree Celsius
-20 degree Celsius to 350 degree Celsius
-30 degree Celsius to 350 degree Celsius

Answer: Option D

1. Which instrument is used to measure sound under water ?

Hygrometer
Hygroscope
Hypsometer
Hydrophone

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Hygrometer - is used to measure level of humidity,

Hygroscope - shows the changes in atmospheric humidity,

Hypsometer - is used to determine the boiling points of liquids.

2. When a body is immersed partly or wholly in a liquid, there is an apparent loss in weight of the body which is equal to the weight of liquid displaced by the body.

True
False

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

TRUE, it is Archimedes Principle.

3. What is refractive index ?

it is defined as the ratio of speed of light in the medium to the speed of light in vacuum.
it is defined as the ratio of speed of light in vacuum to the speed of light in the medium .
it is defined as the product of speed of light in medium and in vacuum.
None of above

Answer: Option B

4. Alfred Nobel invented

X ray
Diesel Engine
Dynamite
Dynamo

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Alfred Nobel if Sweden invented Dynamite in 1867,

X ray was invented by Wilhelm Roentgen of Germany in 1895,

Diesel Engine was invented by Rudolf Diesel of Germany 1892,

Dynamo was invented by Michael Faraday of England in 1831.

5. Which is true

In a static liquid at same horizontal level, pressure is more at centre
In a static liquid at same horizontal level, pressure is less at centre.
In a static liquid at same horizontal level, pressure is same at all points
In a static liquid at same horizontal level, pressure is different at all points

Answer: Option C