A material is said to have become superconductor when
A. Its resistance becomes negative
B. Its resistance becomes very small
C. Its resistance decreases
D. Its resistance becomes zero
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How much (approximate) is the frequency independent power factor of a plastic dielectric capacitor?
A. 0.00002
B. 0.0002
C. 0.002
D. 0.02
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Which of the following materials is not an insulator?
A. Diamond
B. Graphite
C. Bakelite
D. Lucite
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It is possible to destroy the superconductivity of a material by applying
A. a strong magnetic field
B. a temperature much below the transition temperature
C. a strong electric field
D. a pressure below that of the atmosphere
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Which of the following are the properties of ferromagnetic domains?
1. Permanent magnetization
2. Atomic moments in individual domains are all aligned neither parallel to nor perpendicular to one another below Curie point temperature
3. Each domain is magnetically saturated
4. Above Curie temperature, domains disrupt
Select the correct answer using the options given below:
A. 1 and 3
B. 2 and 4
C. 1, 3 and 4
D. 3 and 4
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Metal film resistors are made by depositing a very thin layer of metal on a
A. Metal rod
B. Bakelite sheet
C. Ceramic rod
D. Metal sheet
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Intrinsic semiconductor are those which
A. are available locally
B. are in the purest form
C. have more electrons than holes
D. have zero energy gap
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A perfect conductor has
A. zero conductivity
B. unity conductivity
C. infinite conductivity
D. none of the above
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Which of the following point are important on the viscosity scale in the fabrication and processing of glasses?
1. Softening point
2. Working point
3. Melting point
A. 1 and 2 only
B. 1 and 3 only
C. 2 and 3 only
D. 1, 2 and 3
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Which of these ceramic materials have relative permittivity εr between 3 to 6 and loss angle tan δ between 50 × 10-4 to 100 × 10-4 ?
A. Strontium zirconate (SrZrO3 )
B. Titanium oxide (TiO2 )
C. Calcium titanate (CaTiO3 )
D. Barium titanate (BaTiO3 )
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Intense magnetic field may be produced in a coil by using a
A. Normal metal with a large number of turns and sending a large current
B. Type-I superconductor with a large number of turns and sending a large current
C. Type-II superconductor with a large number of turns and sending a large current
D. Type-II superconductor with a large number of turns but limiting the current density below a critical value
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Which of the following are not the production methods for carbon nanotubes?
1. Electric arc discharge method
2. Laser vaporization method
3. Czochralski method
4. Metallization method
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A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3 only
C. 3 and 4 only
D. 2, 3 and 4
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Superconductors are becoming popular for use in
A. generating very strong magnetic field
B. manufacture of bubble memories
C. generating electrostatic field
D. generating regions free from magnetic field
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Ceramic resonators use which one of the following?
A. Barium titanate
B. Silicon
C. Piezoelectric quartz crystal
D. Zirconium titnate
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Which of the following statements are correct for ceramic materials?
1. They are inorganic substances
2. They are brittle
3. They are good thermal insulators
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A. 1, 2 and 3
B. 1 and 2
C. 2 and 3
D. 1 and 3
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A superconductor may be used for generating
A. Voltage
B. Pressure
C. Temperature
D. Magnetic field
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The difference between the number of atoms in a unit cell of a bcc crystal and an FCC crystal is
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Ferromagnetic materials show hysteresis in B-H characteristics. As the magnetic field is increases slowly from zero value, what is the first process which sets in the material to give net magnetization?
A. Growth of favorably oriented domains at the cost of other domains by reversible boundary displacements
B. Growth of favorably oriented domains at the cost of other domains by irreversible boundary displacements
C. Domain wall orientation
D. A combination of processes A and C above
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In ruby laser, which of the following is true
A. ruby rod acts like resonant cavity
B. It gives continuous laser beam
C. electrical pumping is employed
D. It's wavelength output is 6328 A°
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For a permanent magnetic material
A. the residual induction and the coercive field should be large
B. the residual induction and the coercive field should be small
C. the area of hysteresis loop should be small
D. the initial relative permeability should be large
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