Complete GATE XE 2025 Paper 1 overview, original pages and practice · Timed previous-paper practice

Questions 169–171 of 175. Imported answers require review unless explicitly marked reviewed.

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Question 169

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In the figures given below, L and H indicate low and high pressure centers, respectively; PGF, CoF and CeF indicate Pressure Gradient Force, Coriolis Force and Centrifugal Force, respectively; V is Velocity. [The arrows indicate only the directions but not the magnitudes of the forces and velocity.]
Diagram for Engineering Sciences question 169

Which of the following is/are the correct representation(s) of the directions of various forces and velocity in the gradient wind balance in the northern hemisphere?
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Question 170

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One kg of dry air at 15 °C is isothermally compressed to one-tenth of its initial volume. The work done on the system is ________________ kJ. (Round off to the nearest integer.) [Assume that the gas constant for dry air is 287 × 10⁻⁵ J K⁻¹ kg⁻¹.]

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Question 171

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In hot weather, a human body cools by the evaporation of sweat from its skin. The amount of water that must evaporate to cool the body by 1 °C is __________ % of the body mass. (Round off to two decimal places.) [Assume that latent heat of vaporization of water is 2.25 × 10⁶ J kg⁻¹ and specific heat capacities of both human body and liquid water is 4.2 × 10³ J K⁻¹ kg⁻¹.]

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