A person living in Shimla observed that cooking food without using pressure cooker takes more time. The reason for this observation is that at high altitude :

Options

A. pressure increases
B. temperature decreases
C. temperature increases
D. pressure decreases

Answer

C

Explanation

Pressure at the peak of a mountain is low. This suggests that boiling takes place at lower temperature and due to this, things thake more time to boil. However, in a pressure cooker, as pressure increased boiling point also increases. Hence, things boils in a pressure cooker in a less time.