State PCS PYQPrelims 2024

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · வினா 15

Heat transfer that does not require a medium is called:

  1. Radiation
  2. Reflection
  3. Conduction
  4. Convection
விடையைக் காட்டு & விளக்கம்

விடை: (A) Radiation

விளக்கம்

Radiation needs no medium, which is how the Sun's heat reaches Earth.

  • (A) சரி

    Correct: radiation travels as electromagnetic waves, even through vacuum.

  • (B) தவறு

    Wrong: not a mode of heat transfer.

  • (C) தவறு

    Wrong: needs a material medium (mostly solids).

  • (D) தவறு

    Wrong: needs a fluid medium.