Materials and Components - Section 8 PDF

1.
The number of protons in a silicon atom are

A. 4
B. 8
C. 12
D. 14
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
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2. The fact that domains exhibits spontaneous magnetisation is

A. first hypothesis is of Curie
B. second hypothesis is of Weiss
C. Curie-Weiss law
D. Boltzmann's statistics
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
3. Assertion (A): Hall effect is used to determine whether the semiconductor is p or n type.
Reason (R): Under the influence of field, holes and electrons move in opposite direction.
A. Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true

Answer: Option A
Explanation:
4. The most important set of specifications of transformer oil include

A. dielectric strength and viscosity
B. dielectric strength and flash point
C. viscosity and flash point

D. flash point and viscosity
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
5. Nickel is a non-magnetic material.

A. True
B. False
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Nickel is ferromagnetic material.
6. With increase in temperature, the electrical conductivity would
A. increase in metals as well as in intrinsic semiconductor
B. increase in metals but decrease in intrinsic semiconductor
C. decrease in metals but increase in intrinsic semiconductor
D. decrease in metals as well as in intrinsic semiconductor

Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Increase in temperature causes resistivity of metals to increase and resistivity of intrinsic
semiconductors to decrease.
Conductivity is reciprocal of resistivity.
7. An electron for which l = 0 has zero orbital magnetic dipole moment.

A. True
B. False
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
8. The resistance of a metallic wire would

A. increase as f increase
B. decrease as f increase
C. remains the same at all frequencies
D. increase with f up to a certain frequency and then decrease

Answer: Option A
Explanation:
As increases the resistance increases due to skin effect.
9. If a small amount of Cu is added to Ni conductor, then

A. resistivity of Ni will decrease at all temperatures because Cu is a better conductor than Ni
residual resistivity of Ni at low temperature will increase as Cu atoms act as defect

B.
centres
resistivity of Ni will increase at all temperatures as Cu destroys the periodicity of Ni and

C.
acts as defects
D. resistivity of Ni remains the same

Answer: Option C
Explanation:
10. When a dielectric material is subjected to alternating field, the absorption of energy by the
material from the field is given by the imaginary part of polarizability.
A. True
B. False
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
11. Assertion (A): If an atom of polarizability a is placed in homogeneous field E, the energy stored
is 0.5 E2.
Reason (R): Capacitance of an isolated conducting sphere R in vacuum is 4 ∈0 R farads.

Answer: Option A
Explanation:
12. Which of the following are true for relative dielectric constant?
1. It is dimensionless.
2. It is equal to 1 for vacuum.
3. It is equal to 1 for all substances.
A. 1 and 2 only
B. 2 and 3 only
C. 1 and 3 only
D. 1, 2 and 3
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
∈r has no units and equal to 1 for vacuum. For other substances it has different value.
13. Schrodinger wave equation is partial differential equation.

A. True
B. False
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
14. Hall effect is observed in a specimen (metal or semiconductor) when it is carrying current and
is placed in a magnetic field. The resultant electric field inside the specimen is
A. normal to both current and magnetic field
B. in the same direction as current
C. in a direction anti parallel to magnetic field
D. none of the above

Answer: Option A
Explanation:
15. The capacitance of a capacitor is not affected by

A. area of plates
B. thickness of plates
C. ∈r
D. distance between plates

Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Capacitance depends on area, distance and ∈r but not on thickness of plates.
16. Carbon steel has a residual flux density of 1 Wb/m2.
A. True
B. False
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
17. When an atom of polarizability  is placed in an electric field E, the energy stored in atom is
0.5  E2.
A. True
B. False
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
18. The charge per proton is

A. 1.6 x 10-19 C
B. 2.6 x 10-19 C
C. 0.6 x 10-19 C
D. 1.6 x 10-13 C
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Because charge on proton is positive but numerically equal to that on electron.
19. In terms of Planck's constant h, the orbital angular momentum of an electron is

A. h
B.
C. 2h
D.
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
20. The merger of hole and free electron is called

A. covalent bonding
B. recombination
C. thermal energy
D. free electrons
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
21. The magnetic quantum number determines the component of angular momentum along a
prescribed direction.
A. True
B. False
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
22. An electron is moving around a proton, in a circle of radius R. If flux density in the region is
increased from zero to B, the force on the electron is
A.
B. eR (dB / dt)
C. eRB
D.
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
23. Wood is a diamagnetic material.
A. True
B. False
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
24.
Curie Weiss law is .
A. True
B. False
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
25. Consider the following materials

1. Nickel
2. Silver
3. Oxygen
4. Aluminium
The correct sequence in the order of decreasing permeability is
A. 1, 4, 3, 2
B. 1, 4, 2, 3
C. 4, 1, 3, 2
D. 4, 1, 2, 3
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
26. The unit for mmf is
A. A
B. Wb
C. T
D. V
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
27. A magnetic field exists around

A. moving charges
B. static charges
C. iron
D. copper
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
28. A conductor carries 10 A current in + x direction and is lying in a field having a flux density 0.2 T
directed along + z direction. The magnitude of force per metre length and direction are
A. 2 N, + y direction
B. 2 N, - y direction
C. 0.02 N, + y direction
D. 0.02 N, - y direction
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
29. The residual resistivity of a binary alloy at 0 K is

A. sum of residual resistivities of component metals
B. difference of residual resistivities of component metals
C. product of residual resistivities of component metals
D. dependent on the concentration of minor component in the alloy

Answer: Option D
Explanation:
30. The resistance of a photoconductor

A. increases with increase in light intensity
B. decreases with increase in light intensity
C. may increase or decrease with increase in light intensity
D. remains constant
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
31. If the number of atoms per unit volume of a monoatomic gas changes, the dielectric constant still
remains constant.
A. True
B. False
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
The dielectric constant changes as it is proportional to the number of atoms per unit volume.
32. The number of protons in a copper atom are

A. 2
B. 9
C. 11
D. 29
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
33. When a material is in superconducting state and a magnetic field is applied

A. the superconducting property is not affected
the superconducting property may be affected and resistivity may increase from zero to a
B.
low value
C. the superconducting property may be destroyed
D. the material may become an insulator

Answer: Option C
Explanation:
34. For a diamagnetic material, μr = 1.
A. True
B. False
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
35. We can know the arrangement of atom in a material by studying electron diffraction pattern.
A. True
B. False
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
36. The elements which become superconducting at extremely low temperatures are
A. good conductors at room temperature
B. ferromagnetic at room temperature
C. relatively poor conductors at room temperature
D. insulators at room temperature

Answer: Option C
Explanation:
37. Electrical contact materials used in switches, brushes, relay must possess
A. high thermal conductivity and high melting point
B. low thermal conductivity and low melting point
C. high thermal conductivity and low melting point
D. low thermal conductivity and high melting point

Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Heat generated at contact should be dissipated quickly and contact should not melt.
38. If μp is permanent dipole moment and T is absolute temperature, the orientation polarization of
polyatomic gases is
A. proportional to μp2T
B.
proportional to
C. proportional to μp T
D.
proportional to
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Orientation polarization = Nμp2E/3 kT.
39. The phenomenon of dielectric hysteresis occurs with

A. dc
B. ac
C. both ac and dc

Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Hysteresis phenomenon occurs when direction of electric field is changed. This can happen only
with ac.
40. The induced magnetic dipole moment is independent of the permanent magnetic dipole moment.
A. True
B. False
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
41. The core of a solenoid is made of material of relative permeability μr. A small cavity area dA and
length dl is cut in the core. If it is desired that flux density in the cavity should be equal to B0
A. the fields inside and outside the cavity must be equal
B. the field inside the cavity must be made stronger than field outside the cavity
C. the field inside the cavity must be made weaker than the field outside the cavity

Answer: Option B
Explanation:
42. A copper specimen has resistivity equal to 1.8 x 10-8 ohm-m at room temperature. At a
temperature of 700 K, the resistivity is likely to be
A. 1.6 x 10-8 Ω-m
B. 2 x 10-8 Ω-m
C. 3 x 10-8 Ω-m
D. 6 x 10-8 Ω-m
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
43. Assertion (A): Dielectric constant is independent of temperature unless the temperature is
extremely high.
Reason (R): For normal temperatures the number of atoms per unit volume is constant.

Answer: Option A
Explanation:
For normal temperatures the dielectric constant depends on the number of atoms per unit
volume.
44. As the atoms of rare gases become larger, electronic polarizability

A. increases
B. decreases
C. remains the same
D. may increase or decrease

Answer: Option C
Explanation:
45. Ferrimagnetic materials have anti-parallel orientation of equal moments of permanent dipoles.
A. True
B. False
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
46. Yettrium-iron garnet (Y2Fe5O12) is a soft magnetic material suitable for applications involving
A. dc
B. 50 Hz ac
C. ac of a few K Hz
D. ac of a few hundred MHz

Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Yettrium iron garnet has very low eddy current loss. Hence it is used at frequencies in MHz
range.
47. The mass of proton and electron are

A. 1.672 x 10-26 kg and 9.107 x 10-31 kg respectively
B. 9.107 x 10-26 kg and 9.107 x 10-31 kg respectively
C. 9.107 x 10-29 kg and 9.107 x 10-31 kg respectively
D. 9.107 x 10-30 kg and 9.107 x 10-31 kg respectively

Answer: Option A
Explanation:
48. A rare gas having N atoms/m3 is subjected to an electric field E. The electric dipole moment per
unit volume is proportional to N and E.
A. True
B. False
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
49. In an intrinsic semiconductor, at a given temperature T

the number of electrons-hole pairs generated per second due to thermal motion are equal
A.
to the number of electron-hole pairs lost per second due to recombination
the number of electron-hole pairs generated per second due to thermal motion is always
B.
less than the number of electron-hole pairs lost per second due to recombination
the number of electron hole pairs generated per second due to thermal motion is always
C.
more than the number of electron-hole pairs lost per second due to recombination
D. any of the above

Answer: Option A
Explanation:

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1.

The number of protons in a silicon atom are

2. The fact that domains exhibits spontaneous magnetisation is

B. second hypothesis is of Weiss

B. Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A

C. A is true but R is false

D. A is false but R is true

4. The most important set of specifications of transformer oil include

B. dielectric strength and flash point

C. viscosity and flash point

5. Nickel is a non-magnetic material.

B. increase in metals but decrease in intrinsic semiconductor

C. decrease in metals but increase in intrinsic semiconductor

D. decrease in metals as well as in intrinsic semiconductor

7. An electron for which l = 0 has zero orbital magnetic dipole moment.

8. The resistance of a metallic wire would

D. increase with f up to a certain frequency and then decrease

9. If a small amount of Cu is added to Ni conductor, then

residual resistivity of Ni at low temperature will increase as Cu atoms act as defect

resistivity of Ni will increase at all temperatures as Cu destroys the periodicity of Ni and

D. resistivity of Ni remains the same

B. Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A

C. A is true but R is false

D. A is false but R is true

13. Schrodinger wave equation is partial differential equation.

B. in the same direction as current

C. in a direction anti parallel to magnetic field

D. none of the above

15. The capacitance of a capacitor is not affected by

D. distance between plates

18. The charge per proton is

19. In terms of Planck's constant h, the orbital angular momentum of an electron is

20. The merger of hole and free electron is called

25. Consider the following materials

27. A magnetic field exists around

29. The residual resistivity of a binary alloy at 0 K is

B. difference of residual resistivities of component metals

C. product of residual resistivities of component metals

D. dependent on the concentration of minor component in the alloy

30. The resistance of a photoconductor

B. decreases with increase in light intensity

C. may increase or decrease with increase in light intensity

32. The number of protons in a copper atom are

33. When a material is in superconducting state and a magnetic field is applied

C. the superconducting property may be destroyed

D. the material may become an insulator

B. ferromagnetic at room temperature

C. relatively poor conductors at room temperature

D. insulators at room temperature

B. low thermal conductivity and low melting point

C. high thermal conductivity and low melting point

D. low thermal conductivity and high melting point

39. The phenomenon of dielectric hysteresis occurs with

D. none of the above

D. none of the above

B. Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A

C. A is true but R is false

D. A is false but R is true

44. As the atoms of rare gases become larger, electronic polarizability

C. remains the same

D. may increase or decrease

D. ac of a few hundred MHz

47. The mass of proton and electron are