General Knowledge Questions And Answers :: General Science: part25



General Knowledge : General Science QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part25 : 26 to 30

Following General Knowledge Multiple choice objective type questions and answers will help you in TRB, SSC and UPSC 2014 examinations :

26.Though the temperature inside lighted electric bulb is around 2700 degree C, the filament does not burn because :

the metal of which it is made is resistant to burning
the oxygen necessary for combustion is not available as tha bulb is evacuated and filled with pure introgen or inert gases
it does not burn in closed systems
it is made of non-metallic susbstance

27.Soldiers crossing a suspension bridge, always break steps, in case the frequency of vibration of their marching should coincide with that of the bridge and this is because of the phenomenin of :

refraction of sound
reverberation of sound
resonance of sound
echolocation of sound

28.If a pendulum clock be taken from the earth to a revolving artificial satellite, it will :

run slow
run fast
give the same time
stop altogether

29.If the distance between the earth and the sun were twice what it is now, the gravitational force exerted on the earth by the sun would be :

twice as large as it is now
four times as large as it is now
half of what it is now
one-fourth of what it is now

30.The atmosphere exerts enormous pressure on us. But we do not feel it because :

we are used to it
our bones are very strong and can withstand this pressure
the surface area of our head is very small
our blood exerts a pressure slightly more than that of the atmosphere.

More General Science QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS available in next pages

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