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Q:

A boy is swinging a ball attached to a string in a horizotal circle. If the string snaps 

A) the ball will travel towards the center of the circle and fall down B) it will continue to travel along a tangent to the circle at the point the ball was at the time of snapping and finally fall down
C) it will fall down at the same place where the string breaks D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) it will continue to travel along a tangent to the circle at the point the ball was at the time of snapping and finally fall down

Explanation:

The centripetal force having been removed the body cannot  execute the curved path

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Q:

Geostationary orbit is at a height of

A) 6 km B) 1000 km
C) 3600 km D) 36,000km
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 36,000km

Explanation:
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Q:

A lion eating a zebra is an example of

A) predation B) a keystone species
C) herbivory D) habitat destruction
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) predation

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Q:

The gas usually filled in the electric bulb is

A) Hydrogen B) Oxygen
C) Nitrogen D) Carbon dioxide
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Nitrogen

Explanation:

The gas usually filled in the electric bulb is Nitrogen.

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Q:

Molar mass of HNO3?

A) 63 g/mol B) 53 g/mol
C) 48 g/mol D) 52 g/mol
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 63 g/mol

Explanation:

Calculation of molar mass of HNO3:

Atomic masses of H, N, O are 1, 14, 16 respectively

Now the molar mass of HNO3 is

HNO3 = 1X1 + 1X14 + 3X16

= 1 + 14 + 48

= 63 g/mol or amu.

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Q:

What occurs when an atom loses an electron?

A) The atom's radius decreases and the atom becomes a positive ion. B) The atom's radius increases and the atom becomes a negative ion.
C) The atom's radius decreases and the atom becomes a negative ion. D) The atom's radius increases and the atom becomes a positive ion.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The atom's radius decreases and the atom becomes a positive ion.

Explanation:

When an atom loses an electron it becomes a positive ion by acquiring negatively charged. When it loses electron, the atom's radius also decreased.

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Q:

Indians who have been featured on Forbe's list of the 100 Greatest Living Business Minds ?

A) Ratan Tata B) Lakshmi Mittal
C) Vinod Khosla D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

Three Indians – Ratan Tata, Lakshmi Mittal and Vinod Khosla have been featured on Forbe's list of the 100 Greatest Living Business Minds.

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Q:

Search engines that search other search engines are called

A) Megasearch engine B) Metasearch engine
C) Betasearch engine D) Gigasearch engine
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Megasearch engine

Explanation:

A search engine is a information retrieval program that constantly collects information on the Web, following links in Web sites and reading Web pages. The search results are presented in a list format and are called as hits.

A metasearch engine is a search tool that uses another search engine's data to produce its own results from the Internet. These engines take input from a user and simultaneously send out queries to third party search engines for results. It searches other search engines rather than individual Web sites.

 

Examples of Metasearch engine includes - Dogpile, Zoo, Yabado, Metager, etc...

 

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