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  3. Water is not used to control fires involving electrical equipment.Why?

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  4. Give reasons. Paper by itself catches fire easily whereas a piece of p...

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  6. What are the three essential requirements for producing fire?

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  7. Why "CNG" being used as a fuel for vehicles?

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  8. Whether rusting is combustion reaction or not ? Why

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  9. List the ways adopted by fire fighters to combat fires.

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  10. Draw the diagram of candle flame and label all the zones.

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  12. Explain giving reasons: In which of the following situations water wil...

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  13. In a few years the fuels on earth will be exhausted. Think, what would...

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  14. Spirit burns quickly like petrol but sodium metal and white phosphorou...

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  15. Why a wick is not used in gas burners?

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  17. Use of more fuels in our daily life causes air pollution and it is har...

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  18. Collect information about the history of spherical mirrors in human ci...

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  19. How do you organize your daily works with fuels to conserve bio-divers...

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