When a dielectric is subjected to an alternating electric field of angular frequency 'ω', its power loss is proportional to
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Which one of the following is the correct statement?
Superconducting metal in superconducting state has relative permeability of
A. more than one
B. one
C. zero
D. negative
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Which of the following is not a piezo-electric material?
A. Rochell salt
B. Quartz
C. Lithium sulphate
D. Sodium-bicarbonate
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Which of the following materials is preferred for transmitting electrical energy over long distance?
A. Copper
B. Aluminium
C. Steel reinforced copper
D. Steel reinforced aluminium
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The electronic properties of the nanotube could be changed between metallic and semiconducting simply of varying
A. the tube length
B. the tube diameter
C. the tube perimeter
D. the tube width
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Which of the following has the highest skin depths?
A. Aluminum
B. Gold
C. Silver
D. Copper
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The type of by-pass capacitor that work best at high frequencies is
A. electrolytic
B. mica
C. ceramic
D. plexiglass
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The tolerance of ceramic capacitor is
A. ±5%
B. ±10%
C. ±20%
D. None of these
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The geometrical configuration of one molecule of C60 buckminsterfullerene contains.
A. 12 hexagons and 20 pentagons of carbon atoms
B. 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons of carbon atoms
C. 20 hexagons and 20 pentagons of carbon atoms
D. 12 hexagons and 12 pentagons of carbon atoms
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The ratio σ T k (where k is the thermal conductivity, σ is the electrical conductivity and T is the temperature) for metals
A. is strongly dependent on the number density of the charge carriers
B. is independent of the temperature T
C. varies widely from one metal to another
D. is approximately independent of the particular metal
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Consider the following methods in nanoparticle synthesis:
1. Bottom-up
2. Top-down
3. Side-by-side
Which of these methods is/are slow and does/do not conduce to large-scale production?
A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. 3 only
D. 1, 2 and 3
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The transition temperature of superconducting material is changed by which one of the following?
A. Electric Field
B. Magnetic Field
C. Mechanical Stress
D. None of these
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In a solid or liquid dielectric with externally applied electric field, as the interatomic distance increases the internal field Ei ,
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remains unaltered
D. Increases or decreases bases on the temperature
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A semiconductor has generally . . . . . . . . valence electrons.
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Which of the following statements is not true regarding Rochelle salt?
A. It possesses anisotropic properties
B. It is a salt of tartaric acid
C. Its crystal possesses a centre of symmetry
D. Its crystallizes in the orthorhombic system
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Which one of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Rochelle salt exhibits ferroelectric property
B. Spontaneous polarization is a characteristic property of ferroelectric material
C. Spontaneous polarization of ferroelectric materials usually vanishes below ferroelectric Curie temperature
D. Ferroelectric materials exhibit hysteresis effect
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In a material characterized by a complex permittivity, the imaginary part is a measure of
A. Dielectric strength of the material
B. Energy stored in the electric field
C. Losses in the material
D. Energy stored in the magnetic field
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Heating a permanent magnet results in the loss of magnetic behavior because
A. The atoms start vibrating
B. The magnetic dipoles start vibrating
C. The magnetic dipoles start realigning
D. The atoms start conducting
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The evidence for the importance of electron phonon interaction in super-conductors comes from
A. Meissner effect
B. Josephon effect
C. Isotope effect
D. Flux quantization experiments
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Laser emission from Ruby crystal is because of transition
A. from conduction band to valence band Al2 O3
B. from conduction band to one of the levels due to Cr ions
C. between energy levels introduced by Cr ions
D. between one of the levels due to Cr ion and valence band Al2 O3
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