Preliminary Test

1. The three laws of planetary motion is given by --------------a)Copernicus b)kepler c)Aristotle d)Galileo

2. H=E in which E represents what? a) Eigen function c) Energy Eigen value b) Wave function d) Hamiltonian operator

3. A rectifier is a device which converts a) low voltage to high voltage c) Alternating to d.c voltage b) Thermal to electrical energy d) Hydrostatic to electrical energy

4. Which one of the following waves cannot be polarized? a) Radio waves b) X-rays c) Sound waves d) light waves

5. The shortest wavelength of x-rays emits from an x-ray tube depends on a) The current in the tube. b) The voltage applied to the tube. c) The nature of gas in the tube. d)The atomic number of the target material. 6. Which scientist said the concept of space, time and position are absolute? a) Schrodinger b) Lagrange c) Galileo d) Newton

7) Who invented Transmission electron microscope (TEM)? a) Max Knoll b) Oppenheimer c) Synder d) Max Knoll and Ernst Ruska

8. Nichrome is commonly used for a) Battery lamps b) Filament c) Heat coils d) Transformer windings

9. Who started the Indetermination principle?

a) Pauli

b) Heisenberg

c) Fermi

d) Max Planck

10. A capacitor of capacitance 4F is charged to 500 volt .What is the energy stored? a) 0.3J b) 0.75J c)0.5J d) 0.25J

11. Multiply 10110 by 110 a) 10000110 b) 10000100 c) 11001001 d) 10011001

12. The dimensional formula for gravitational constant is a) MLT b) MLT c) MLT d) MLT

13. A mirror has one focus and a lens has a) no focus b) one focus c) two focii d) more than two foci

14. In the following which is Hookes law ? a) stress/strain = constant c) strain * stress = constant b) strain/stress = constant d) none of these

15. The nuclear model of atom was proposed by a) J.J Thomson b) E.RutherFord c) Neils Bohr d) Sommerfeld 16. Radioactivity is due to a) Unstable electronic configuration c) Unstable nuclei 17. Who invented Radar ? a) Dr. A.H.Taylor and L.C.Young c) Bushnell b) Bradshaw d) Froelich b) Stable electronic configuration d) Stable nuclei

18. For a transistor the value of = 0.9 the value of is a) 1 b) 0.09 c) 0.9 d) 9

19. Silicon is a semiconductor. On adding a small quantity of arsenic in it, its conductivity.

a) increases

b) decreases

c) remains the same

d) becomes zero

20. The current gain of a transistor is 0.95. The change in emitter current is 10mA. The change in base current is a) 9.5mA b) 0.5mA c) 10.5mA d)7.5mA

21. An ideal OP-AMP should have a) zero input and output impedance b) infinite input and output impedance c) infinite input impedance and zero output impedance d) zero input impedance and infinite output impedance 22. 35. Q=AT4 is the equation of ------- law a) Wiens displacement law c) Stefan-Boltzmann law b) Plancks law d) Rayleigh-Jeans law

23. The colour of a star is an indication of its a) weight b) distance c) temperature d)size 24. The first known superconductor is a) Niobium b) Mercury c) Lead d)Gold 25. Calculate the current which will produce a deflection of 30 in a tangent galvanometer if its reduction factor is a)3 amp b) 3amp c) 1.3amp d) 3.3amp

26. What is the second nearest star to the earth after the sun? a) Vega b) Sirius c) Proxima centauri d) alpha centauri

27. A plane mirror produces a magnification of a) -1 b) +1 c) 0 d)between 0 and

28. Which device converts sound waves into electrical current? a) Headphone b)Microphone c) Telemeter d) Tape recorder

29. The oil in the wick of an oil lamp rises up due to a) Pressure difference c) Low viscosity of oil b) Capillary action d) Gravitational force

30. The messenger satellite launched by NASA is to study a) Mercury b) Venus c) Saturn d) Jupiter

31. Heat transfer horizontally within the atmosphere is called a) Conduction b) Convection c)Absorption d) Advection

32. Which one works during the trigger pulse is given by a) Astable Multivibrator c) Multivibrator b) Monostable Multivibrator d) UJT

33. The threshold frequency of potassium is 31014 Hz. The work function is a) 1.810-19 J b) 1.9810-19 J c) 310-19 J d) 2.510-19 J

34. A P-N junction has a thickness of the order of a)1cm 35. b)1mm c)10-6m d)1