Hydrofluoric acid is not kept in glass bottles because it reacts with
When soggy biscuits are kept inside the fridge for sometime they become crisp because
Consider the following statements:
If there were no phenomenon of capillarity
1. It would be difficult to use a kerosene lamp.
2. One would not be able to use a straw to consume a soft drink.
3. the blotting paper would fail to function.
4. the big trees that we see around would not have grown on the earth.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
In cold weather, aquatic animals survive even when water to the top layer of the lake freezes into ice because
Living in the atmosphere of CO is dangerous because it
Biogas mainly consists of
Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A): LPG is a pollution free vehicular fuel.
Reason (R): Plying of CNG fuelled-buses is recommended for metropolitan cities in India.
A sample of chloroform before using as an anaesthetic, is tested by
Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
Helium is preferred to hydrogen in air balloons because it
Consider the following statements: Hard water is not suitable for
1. Drinking
2. Washing clothes with soap
3. Use in boilers
4. Irrigating crops
Which of these statements are correct?
Which of the following substances is/are ozone depleting?
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
1. Chlorofluorocarbons
2. Halons
3. Carbon tetrachloride
The order of appearance of the following with increasing temperature during the refining of crude oil is
Consider the following parts of spectra:
1. Visible 2. Infrared 3. Ultraviolet 4. Microwave
Which of the following is the correct sequence in which the wavelengths increase?
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Acid rains is caused due to emission of which of the following into the atmosphere?
H2O is liquid and H2S is a gas because
Domestic cooking gas consists of mostly
While tinning of brass utensils, the ammonium chloride powder used to clean the hot utensil produces fumes of
What is the role of ultraviolet (UV) radiation in the water purification system?
1. It inactivates / kills the harmful micro- organisms in water.
2. It removes all the undesirable odours from the water.
3. It quickens the sedimentation of solid particles and improves the clarity of water.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Hydrogen bomb is based on the principle of
The blue colour of water in the sea. What is the reason behind the phenomenon?
Which one of the following sets of elements was primarily responsible for the origin of life on the Earth?
Which one of the following is not correct?
The inexhaustible source of energy of the stars is due to