Physics miscellaneous
- If an ordinary glass tube and a glass capillary tube are both dipped in a beaker of water, water rises in
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The rise or fall of liquid due to capillarity in a beaker of water depends upon the radius of the bore of the tube (s) which is/are dipped into it. The narrower the bore of the tube, the greater is the rise or fall of the liquid in the tube. So in this case, water will rise in both the glass tube and the glass capillary tube.
Correct Option: A
The rise or fall of liquid due to capillarity in a beaker of water depends upon the radius of the bore of the tube (s) which is/are dipped into it. The narrower the bore of the tube, the greater is the rise or fall of the liquid in the tube. So in this case, water will rise in both the glass tube and the glass capillary tube.
- A gap is left between two rails of a railway track to accommodate...... of the metal.
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The volume of materials changes depending on current temperature. Usually heat makes them expand, and cold leads them to contract. To a first approximation, the change in length measurements of an object (“linear dimension” as opposed to, e.g., volumetric dimension) due to thermal expansion is related to temperature change by a “linear expansion coefficient”. It is the fractional change in length per degree of temperature change.
Correct Option: C
The volume of materials changes depending on current temperature. Usually heat makes them expand, and cold leads them to contract. To a first approximation, the change in length measurements of an object (“linear dimension” as opposed to, e.g., volumetric dimension) due to thermal expansion is related to temperature change by a “linear expansion coefficient”. It is the fractional change in length per degree of temperature change.
- These waves cannot be transmitted through vacuum
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Sound is a mechanical wave that is created by vibrating objects and propagated through a medium from one location to another. Because mechanical waves rely on particle interaction in order to transport their energy, they cannot travel through regions of space that are void of particles. That is, mechanical waves cannot travel through a vacuum.
Correct Option: B
Sound is a mechanical wave that is created by vibrating objects and propagated through a medium from one location to another. Because mechanical waves rely on particle interaction in order to transport their energy, they cannot travel through regions of space that are void of particles. That is, mechanical waves cannot travel through a vacuum.
- A boy sitting in an open car moving with the constant speed throws a ball straight up into the air. The ball falls
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The moment ball is thrown, it is moving with the velocity of the car. According to the inertia of motion it will continue to move in the same direction with the same velocity. As the ball is moving up and the down it will maintain its forward motion but practically it is not possible to neglect the resistance caused by air friction. So, the ball will fall behind him. Inertia is the resistance of any physical object to a change in its state of motion or rest, or the tendency of an object to resist any change in its motion.
Correct Option: A
The moment ball is thrown, it is moving with the velocity of the car. According to the inertia of motion it will continue to move in the same direction with the same velocity. As the ball is moving up and the down it will maintain its forward motion but practically it is not possible to neglect the resistance caused by air friction. So, the ball will fall behind him. Inertia is the resistance of any physical object to a change in its state of motion or rest, or the tendency of an object to resist any change in its motion.
- Spectacles used for viewing 3D films have
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A polarized 3D system uses polarization glasses to create the illusion of three-dimensional images by restricting the light that reaches each eye, an example of stereoscopy. To present stereoscopic images and films, two images are projected superimposed onto the same screen or display through different polarizing filters. The viewer wears low-cost eyeglasses which contain a pair of different polarizing filters. As each filter passes only that light which is similarly polarized and blocks the light polarized in the opposite direction, each eye sees a different image. This is used to produce a three-dimensional effect by projecting the same scene into both eyes, but depicted from slightly different perspectives.
Correct Option: D
A polarized 3D system uses polarization glasses to create the illusion of three-dimensional images by restricting the light that reaches each eye, an example of stereoscopy. To present stereoscopic images and films, two images are projected superimposed onto the same screen or display through different polarizing filters. The viewer wears low-cost eyeglasses which contain a pair of different polarizing filters. As each filter passes only that light which is similarly polarized and blocks the light polarized in the opposite direction, each eye sees a different image. This is used to produce a three-dimensional effect by projecting the same scene into both eyes, but depicted from slightly different perspectives.