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Conductors require __________ heat energy to get heated.

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  1. More

  2. Same

  3. Less

  4. neutral

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Conductors have very low specific heat capacity (c) , therefore heat required (Q) to raise their temperature to a certain range is also less by the following relation: $Q\propto c$

Graphite is a conductor of electricity because

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  1. it has free valence electrons.

  2. it is a non-metal form of Carbon.

  3. it is an allotrope of Carbon.

  4. Both A and B.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Graphite is a conductor of electricity because it has free valence electrons.
Graphite displays the property of both metal and non-metal. Like a metal, graphite is good conductor of electricity due to mobility of electrons in outer valence shells.

Examples of non-conductors include

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  1. sulphur.

  2. phosphorus.

  3. wood.

  4. all of these.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Sulphur, Phosphorus, Wood are non-conductors of electricity due to no presence of free electrons in outermost shell.

Easy to shape materials like ceramics are used as

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  1. conductors.

  2. insulators.

  3. electrodes.

  4. catalysts.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Glass, tiles, pottery, porcelain, brick, cement etc. are ceramics.
They are obviously insulators of heat.

Overhead cables are insulated from pylons through

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  1. plastic.

  2. ceramics and glass.

  3. rubber.

  4. PVC.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Examples of ceramics are clay, bricks, tiles, glass, and cement.
Overhead cable is insulated from pylons through ceramics and glass.
The overhead power lines that are supported by pylons are not covered in insulating materials. However, ceramics or glass insulators are fitted between pylons and wires. This stops electricity flowing down the metal pylons to the ground, where it could hurt or even kill people or animals.

In conductors outer electrons :

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  1. are not tightly bound to the nucleus

  2. are tightly bound to the nucleus

  3. never becomes free electrons

  4. are always free to move

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Conductors can easily conduct electricity because they are loosely bound to the nucleus and they are not engaged in chemical bonding. Conductors have free electrons.

In conductors, electrons can flow because their

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    1. ions are free

    2. protons are free

    3. electrons are free and mobile

    4. negative ions are free

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    Correct Option: C
    Explanation:

    In conductors, electrons can flow because their electrons are free and mobile metals have free electrons present in outermost orbit i.e. they are mobile in nature. This is the fact due to which they could produce electricity.

    An insulator is a non-metallic substance which :

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    1.  allows heat to pass through it

    2. has extremely low resistance to the flow of charge through them

    3. has extremely high resistance to the flow of charge through them

    4. increases current in the circuit

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    Correct Option: C
    Explanation:

    An electrical insulator is a material whose internal electric charges do not flow freely because of extremely high resistance. Very little electric current will flow through it under the influence of an electric field.

    Metals are good conductors of electricity than non-metals because:

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    1. Metals have free electrons which can move from atom to atom easily

    2. Non-metals have free electrons which can move from atom to atom easily

    3. Metals have bound electrons which cannot move easily

    4. Non-metals have bound electrons which cannot move easily

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    Correct Option: A,D
    Explanation:

    Metals have free electrons which can move from atom to atom easily, whereas non-metals do not, their electrons are 'bound' meaning they cannot move easily. That's why metal are usually good conductors than non-metals.

    Poor conductors of electricity consist of

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    1. silver

    2. aluminum

    3. distilled water

    4. copper

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    Correct Option: C
    Explanation:

    Pure water or distilled water doesnot conduct electricity but tap water, rain water or sea water conduct electricity. For electricity to travel through a liquid movement of charge must take place through the liquid. In tap water, rain water or sea water, there are impurities such as salt of $Na,Mg \; and \; Ca$. They behave as the charge carriers for conduction of electricity. But in distilled water there are no impurities i.e. no ions. There are only neutral water molecules. So, distilled water doesnot conduct electricity.