General Ability NDA/NA Solved Paper 2020-I (101-150)

Total Questions: 50

21. In an incandescent electric bulb, the filament ofthe bulb is made up ofwhich metal?

Correct Answer: (c) Tungsten
Solution:

The filament is the part ofthe light bulb that produces light. Filaments in incandescent light bulbs are made of tungsten. Whenever an electric current goes through the filament, the filament glows.

The reason tungsten is used is because it has the highest melting temperature of any element at 3600K. For a typical incandescent light bulb,
the Tungsten filament operates at approximately 2500 Celsius. Hence, the filaments are made of tungsten.

22. Two equal resistors R are connected in parallel, and a battery of 12 V is connected across this combination. A dc current of 100 mA flows through the circuit as shown below:

The value of R is

Correct Answer: (b) 240 Ω
Solution:

Let R' be the equivalent resistance of two resistors. As they are connected in parallel

23. Which one of the following is NOT the unit of energy?

Correct Answer: (d) kg-metre/sec²
Solution:

A watt-hour (Wh) is a unit of energy; it's a way to measure the amount of work performed or generated. Household appliances and other electrical devices perform "work" and that requires energy in the form of electricity.

The joule (symbol J) is the SI unit of energy-a measure of the capacity to do work or generate heat. Newton-Meter (N-m) is a unit of energy. One joule equals the work done (or energy expended) by a force of one newton (N) acting over a distance of one meter (m). SI unit for force is Newton (N).
IN=1 kg.m/s²
Thus, kg.m/s² is the unit of Force not energy.

24. Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?

Correct Answer: (d) Heating capacity of biogas is very low
Solution:

25. In prokaryotic organisms, nuclear region is not surrounded by a membrane. This undefined nuclear region is known as

Correct Answer: (b) Nucleoid
Solution:

The unidentified nuclear region of the cell is called nucleoid. The prokaryotic cell lacks chromosomes and nucleolus or nuclear membrane and nucleoplasm remains undifferentiated from the cytoplasm. The prokaryotic cells lack true nucleus and a circular DNA lies naked in the cytoplasm.

26. Which one of the following plant tissues has dead cells?

Correct Answer: (d) Sclerenchyma
Solution:

Vascular plants have up to three types of supporting tissue: The collenchyma, a tissue of living cells, the sclerenchyma, a tissue of nearly always dead cells, and. the vascular tissue consisting of both living and dead cells.

27. Cartilage is NOT found in

Correct Answer: (d) urinary bladder
Solution:

As cartilage is a structural component of our body act as connective tissue which is not required in the urinary bladder. But nose, ear, and larynx have many bones which
need these connecting tissues because they are composed of many bones.

28. Two planets orbit the Sun in circular orbits, with their radius of orbit as R₁ = R and R₂ = 4R. Ratio of their periods (T₁/T₂) around the Sun will be

Correct Answer: (b) 1/8
Solution:

According to Kepler's law of planetary motion,
T² α R³
Therefore, the ratio of the time period is given by,

29. A metallic wire having resistance of 20Ω is cut into two equal parts in length. These parts are then connected in parallel. The resistance ofthis parallel combination is equal to

Correct Answer: (c) 5Ω
Solution:

30. Light ofuniform intensity impinges perpendicularly on a totally reflecting surface. Ifthe area ofthe surface is halved, the radiation force on it will become

Correct Answer: (b) half
Solution: