Food gets cooked faster in a pressure cooker because
- Awater starts boiling at low temperature due to high pressure
- Bwater starts boiling at high temperature due to high pressure
- Cwater starts boiling at low temperature due to low pressure
- Dwater starts boiling at high temperature due to low pressure
- ENone of the above/More than one of the above
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Correct answer: (b) water starts boiling at high temperature due to high pressure
Explanation
A pressure cooker traps steam, raising the internal pressure above atmospheric.
Higher pressure raises the boiling point of water from about 100°C to nearly 120°C.
Cooking at this higher temperature makes food cook much faster.