Previous year MCQs

General science UPPSC 2007 GS-I
Question

Food gets cooked quickly in a pressure cooker because of:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: At high pressure water gets boiled at high temperature

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “At high pressure water gets boiled at high temperature”.
In a pressure cooker, the pressure inside the cooker increases, which raises the boiling point of water above the normal 100°C. This higher boiling point allows the food to cook at a higher temperature, which speeds up the cooking process.

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