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Which of the following substances has highest specific heat?

A

mercury

B

water

C

iron

D

diamond

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  2. "cal.g"^(-1).^(@)C^(-1) is unit of

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  3. Which of the following substances has highest specific heat?

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  4. Due to higher specific heat of water compared to other solids and liqu...

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  5. To cool down the engine of a car, water is used in the radiator becaus...

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  6. During boiling of water at 100^(@)C, what will be its specific heat?

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  7. If the temperature of 1 g of water is raised by 1^(@)C for what initia...

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  8. An alternative name of 'mean calorie' is

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  9. The temperature erange and pressure, at which the heat required by 1 g...

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  10. 10 g of water is supplied with 420 J of energy. The rise in temperatur...

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  11. If specific heat of a substance is infinite, it means

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  12. Calorimeters are made of which of the followings?

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  13. Mass m of a substance requires an amount H of heat for a rise t in tem...

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  14. Thermal capacity of a body of mass 10 g is "8 cal ".^(@)C^(-1). The sp...

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  15. If the specific heat of copper is "0.1 cal. G"^(-1).^(@)C^(-1), then w...

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  16. The ratio of the radii of two spheres made of the same material 1:4. T...

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  17. The ratio of the densities of two materials is 5:6 and of their specif...

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  18. When two bodies at different temperatures are brought in contct, the b...

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  19. If no change of state occurs, which of the following quantities is not...

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  20. The ratio of specific heats of two liquids is 1:2. If the two liquids ...

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