In van der walls crystals, there exists a high degree of stability of the outer electron shell.
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On the basis of the type of chemical bonds, solids may be classified into
A. Ionic crystals
B. Ionic and valence crystals
C. Ionic crystal, valence crystals and metals
D. Ionic crystals, valence crystals, metal and vander wall crystals
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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
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In an intrinsic semiconductor, at a given temperature T
A. The number of electrons-hole pairs generated per second due to thermal motion are equal to the number of electron-hole pairs lost per second due to recombination
B. The number of electron-hole pairs generated per second due to thermal motion is always less than the number of electron-hole pairs lost per second due to recombination
C. The number of electron hole pairs generated per second due to thermal motion is always more than the number of electron-hole pairs lost per second due to recombination
D. Any of the above
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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
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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 pointL
C. High thermal conductivity and low melting point
D. Low thermal conductivity and high melting point
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The merger of hole and free electron is called
A. Covalent bonding
B. Recombination
C. Thermal energy
D. Free electrons
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Ferrimagnetic materials have anti parallel orientation of equal moments of permanent dipoles.
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In a metal, the valence electrons
A. Are not shared
B. Are shared only between neighbouring atoms
C. Are shared by all atoms
D. Either B or C
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Wood is a diamagnetic material.
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The number of protons in a copper atom are
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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
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If the number of atoms per unit volume of a monoatomic gas changes, the dielectric constant still remains constant.
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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
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The number of protons in a silicon atom are
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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
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Nickel is a non-magnetic material.
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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
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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
B. Residual resistivity of Ni at low temperature will increase as Cu atoms act as defect centres
C. Resistivity of Ni will increase at all temperatures as Cu destroys the periodicity of Ni and acts as defects
D. Resistivity of Ni remains the same
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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
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