
General Knowledge : General Science QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part24 : 86 to 90
Following General Knowledge Multiple choice objective type questions and answers will help you in TRB, SSC and UPSC 2014 examinations :
86.As a man moves directly away from a steady source of sound at constant speed, the sounds he hears will : |
| remain constant in both pitch and loudness |
| stay constant in pitch but decreases in loudness |
| increases in frequency and intensity |
| decrease in frequency and intensity |
87.If a body starts its motion from a point and comes back to its initial position after a certain time then since : |
| its displacement is zero, average velocity is zero |
| its displacement is zero average speed is zero |
| total distance travelled is not zero, average speed is zero |
| total distance travelled is zero, average velocity is not zero |
88.It takes much longer to cook things in the hills than in the plains, because : |
| atmospheric pressure is high in the hills and water boils at a higher temperature |
| atmospheric pressure is lower and water boils at a lower temperature |
| due to low atomspheric pressure in the hills the boiling point of water is raised and therefore water takes longer to boil |
| the humid atmosphere in the hills absorbes a lot of heat, leaving very little for the cooking. |
89.Usually light travels faster than sound. However, when we switch a television set on the picture comes later than the sound. The reason is that : |
| in TV transmission sound is transmitted first and picture is transmitted later |
| there is always a delay in the picture tube getting switched on |
| Emission of electrons from the picture tube takes time |
| The wiring for picture tube is much longer compared to that for the speaker |
90.Air-pockets that cause aircrafts to lose altitude sudenly are caused by : |
| dense cloud cover |
| poor visibility |
| temperature inversions |
| intense low pressure in valley that suck in air |
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