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Which process in the hydrological cycle is responsible for the movement of water from the surface to the atmosphere?

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Important Questions on Mechanical Properties of Fluids

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During which phase(s) of cell cycle, amount of DNA in a cell remains at 4 C level if the initial amount is denoted as 2C?
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A heat source at T=103 K is connected to another heat reservoir at T=102 K by a copper slab which is 1 m thick. Given that the thermal conductivity of copper is 0.1 W K-1 m-1, the energy flux through it in the steady-state is:
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Which phase occupies the maximum part of cell cycle?
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One end of a copper rod of uniform cross section and length 1.5 m is kept in contact with ice and the other end with water at 100 °C. At what point along its length should a temperature of 200 °C be maintained so that in the steady state, the mass of ice melting be equal to that of the steam produced in same interval of time? Assume that the whole system is insulated from surroundings. (Lice=80 cal g-1 and Lsteam=540 cal g-1)
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The amount of heat conducted out per second through a window, when inside temperature is 10  and outside temperature is -10   is 1000 J. Same heat will be conducted in through the window, when outside temperature -23  and inside temperature is
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Consider a compound slab consisting of two different materials having equal thicknesses and thermal conductivities K and 2K, respectively.  The equivalent thermal conductivity of the slab is

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Two plates of same thickness, of coefficients of thermal conductivity K1 and K2 and areas of cross section A1 and A2 are connected as shown in figure. The common coefficient of thermal conductivity K will be

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Transfer of heat in solids takes place through the process of _____.
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Two rods of equal lengths and areas of cross-section are kept parallel and hanged between temperatures 20 and 80. The ratio of the effective thermal conductivity to that of the first rod is (the ratio=K1K2 =34 )
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A brass boiler has a base area 0.15 m2 and thickness 1.0 cm. It boils water at the rate of 6.0 kg/min when placed on a gas stove. Estimate the temperature of the part of the flame in contact with the boiler. Thermal conductivity of brass = 109 J/s - m - K.
(Heat of vaporisation of water = 2256 x 103 J/kg)
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The end A of rod AB of length 1 m is maintained at 80oC and the end B at 0oC. The temperature at a distance of 60 cm from the end A is
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The temperature of a room heated by a heater is 20oC when outside temperature is - 20oC and it is 10oC when the outside temperature is - 40oC. The temperature of the heater is
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A long metallic bar is carrying heat from one of its ends to the other end under steady-state. The variation of temperature θ along the length x of the bar from its hot end is best described by which of the following figure?
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Two rods of the same length and diameter having thermal conductivities K1 and K2 are joined in parallel. The equivalent thermal conductivity of the combination is
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A slab of stone area 3600 cm2 and thickness 10 cm is exposed on the lower surface to steam at 100oC . A block of ice at 0oC rests on upper surface of the slab. In one hour 4.8 kg of ice is melted. The thermal conductivity of the in js-1m-1 k-1 is (Latent heat of ice =3.36×105J/Kg )
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Two cylindrical conductors A and B of same metallic material have their diameters in the ratio 1:2 and lengths in the ratio 2:1. If the temperature difference between their ends is same, the ratio of heat conducted respectively by A and B per second is