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Vizag Steel Plant Trade Apprentice Exam (Electrical) - English
Duration: 120 · Questions: 150 · Max Marks: 150 · Language: 1
General Knowledge
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Yojna a weekly journal
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Kurukshetra a journal on rural development is published by
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Devaluation of a currency means
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In India rural incomes are generally lower than the urban incomes, which of the following reasons account for this
1. a large number of farmers are illiterate and know little about scientific agriculture
2. prices of primary products are lower than those of manufactured products
3. Investments in agriculture has been low when compared to investment in industry
1. a large number of farmers are illiterate and know little about scientific agriculture
2. prices of primary products are lower than those of manufactured products
3. Investments in agriculture has been low when compared to investment in industry
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Which of the following programmes aims at the promotion of savings among rural women
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What is Net National Product
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National income is the
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Chelliah Committee of 1992 deals with the overhauling of our
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During which Five Year Plan was the annual growth rate of National Income the lowest
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Which of the following taxes is a progressive tax
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Temperature can be expressed as derived quantity in terms of
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Electron volt is a unit of
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Dimensions of impulse are
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Potential is measured in
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One Nanometer is equal to
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Maxwell is the unit of
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Which of the following is derived physical quantity ?
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What are the units of magnetic permeability ?
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The dimensions of pressure gradient are
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The dimensions of Rydberg's constant are
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Which of the following is not a synthetic fibre:
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Which one of the following is not contained in Portland cement ?
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What is the reson for white cement to be white ?
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Which fertilizer is assimilated directly by the plant ?
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Which of the following chemicals is used in foam fire extinguishers ?
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What is a mixture of potassium nitrate, powdered charcoal and sulphur called ?
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Which one of the following chemicals is used in beauty parlours for hair – setting ?
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Which one of the following is used as a mordant in dyeing and tanning industry ?
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Which one of the following substances is used in the manufacture of safety matches ?
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Which one of the following polymeric materials is used for making bullet proof jacket ?
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Which of the following contain enzymes for cellular respiration ?
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Which one among the following nutrients is a strctural
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Which one among the following nutrients is a structural component of the cell wall of plants ?
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Which of the following groups is present in animal cells ?
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For which among the following is not a true fruit ?
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Who has sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Maharashtra, after the resignation of Uddhav Thakarey ?
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PSLV Orbital Experimental Module (POEM) is associated with which organization ?
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Which is the only institution in India to issue ‘Electoral Bonds’?
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The Union Cabinet approved the categorization of which institution as an ‘International Organization’, in July 2022 ?
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Which Indian organization carried out the maiden flight test of Autonomous flying wing technology demonstrator ?
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CAPSTONE, which was seen in the news recently, is a satellite launched by which space agency ?
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In the PSLV-C53 mission, ISRO launched three satellites of which country ?
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What is the budgetary outlay of 'Computerisation of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS)' ?
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Which is the venue of the 11th World Urban Forum held in 2022 ?
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2022 Resilient Democracies Statement is associated with which global association ?
English
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Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
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Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
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Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
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Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
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Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
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Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
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Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
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Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
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Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
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Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
General Aptitude
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The cash difference between the selling prices of an article at a profit of 4% and 6% is Rs. 3. The ratio of the two selling prices is:__________ ?
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Which of the following numbers is irrational ?
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356 x 936 – 356 x 836 = ?
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Arrange in descending order: 5/8, 7/10, 3/4
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What is (3^{4} times 9^{2}) ?
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If 34X-2 = 729, then find the value of X.
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Convert 0.6 into fraction ?
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The no. plate of a bus had peculiarity. The bus number was a perfect square. It was also a perfect square when the plate numbers were reversed. The bus company had only five hundred buses numbered from 1 to 500. What was the number ?
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If a and b are positive integers, such that ab = 125, then (a-b)a+b-4 = ?
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If x*y = x2 + y2 – xy, then value of 9*11 is
Reasoning
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How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘CLEANLINESS’ each of the which has as many letters between them in the word as they have in the English alphabet, in the same sequence?
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Team A has scored more goals than Team B
Team C has scored fewer goals than Team B
Team A has scored fewer goals than Team C .
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is
Team C has scored fewer goals than Team B
Team A has scored fewer goals than Team C .
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is
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If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the second, the third, the sixth and the eight letters of the word FRAGMENT using each only once, which of the following will be the third letter of that word ? If no such word can be formed, give ‘X’ as the answer and if more than one such word can be formed, give ‘Y’ as the answer.
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How many such letters are there in the word ORIENTAL each of which is as far away from the beginning of the word as when they are arranged alphabetically?
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How many such pairs of letters in the word CREDIT each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?
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How many meaningful words can be made from the letters ‘LMEA’ using each letter only once in each word?
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If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the first, the second, the seventh and the eighth letters of the word TEMPORAL, which of the following will be the first letter of that word? If more than one such word can be made, give ‘Y’ as the answer and if no such word can be made, give ‘X’ as the answer.
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If the letters of the word HANDOVER are arranged alphabetically from left to right how many letters will remain at the same position?
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How many such pairs of letters are there in the word EXCURSION, each of which has as many letters between them in the word as they have in the English alphabet?
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If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the first, the second, the third, the sixth and the eighth letters of the word DEVIATION first letter of that word is your answer? If more than one such word can be made formed your answer is ‘A’ and if no such word can be formed your answer is ‘B’.
Electrical
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Assuming both the voltage sources are in phase, the value of R for which maximum power is transferred from circuit A to circuit B is
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For the intrinsic gallium-arsenide, the conductivity at room temperature 25°C is 10-6 (ohm-m)-1, the electron and hole nobilities are 0.85 m2/V-s and 0.04 m2/V-s respectively. What is the intrinsic carrier concentration at the room temperature?
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The resistivity of intrinsic germanium at 30°C is 0.46 –m. What is the intrinsic carrier density at 30°C if the electron mobility is 0.38 m2/V-s and the hole mobility is 0.18 m2/V-s?
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Heat conduction in a semiconductor takes place
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Brewster angle is the angle when a wave is incident on the surface of a perfect dielectric at which there is no reflected wave and the incident wave is
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An electrical breakdown of a p-n junction occurs if
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The chief deterrent to the widespread application of superconducting materials is
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Which one of the following properties is not observed in the carbon nanotubes ?
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The evidence for the importance of electron-phonon interaction in super-conductors comes from
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Which one of the following materials is used for cable insulation ?
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For high speed reading and storing of information in a computer, the material used is
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The temperature above which an anti-ferromagnetic material becomes paramagnetic is called
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Which effect is the converse of Peltier effect ?
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Magnetic materials which may be readily magnetized in either direction are
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Consider the following statements regarding a ferromagnetic material:
1.Below the ferromagnetic Curie temperature, the ferromagnetic materials exhibit hysteresis effect.
2.The coercive force is the filed required to reduce the flux density to zero.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
1.Below the ferromagnetic Curie temperature, the ferromagnetic materials exhibit hysteresis effect.
2.The coercive force is the filed required to reduce the flux density to zero.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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The impact ionization phenomenon in semiconductor may be viewed as the reverse process of
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Refractive index of a slice glass can be reduced by doping it with tiny amount of
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If a diameter of a copper wire is increased by two times keeping its terminal voltage same, then the drift velocity will
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In an induction type energy meter, the steady speed attained by the rotating disc is
1.Proportional to the deflecting torque.
2.Proportional to the resistance of the path of eddy currents.
3.Inversely proportional to the effective readings of disc from its axis.
4.Inversely proportional to the square of brake magnetic flux.
Which of the above are correct?
1.Proportional to the deflecting torque.
2.Proportional to the resistance of the path of eddy currents.
3.Inversely proportional to the effective readings of disc from its axis.
4.Inversely proportional to the square of brake magnetic flux.
Which of the above are correct?
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If ‘KCLFTSB’ stands for ‘best of luck’ and ‘SHSWDG’ stands for ‘good wishes’, which of the following indicates ‘ace the exam’?
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Consider the following statements associated with the basic electrostatic properties of ideal conductors:
1.The resultant field inside is zero.
2.The net charge density in the interior is zero.
3.Any net charges reside on the surface.
4.The surface is always equipotential.
5.The field just outside is zero.
Which of the above statements are correct?
1.The resultant field inside is zero.
2.The net charge density in the interior is zero.
3.Any net charges reside on the surface.
4.The surface is always equipotential.
5.The field just outside is zero.
Which of the above statements are correct?
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A semiconductor device made out of a material having very high temperature coefficient of resistance is
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The electrical conductivity of a semiconductor increases with increase in temperature because
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Which of the following are associated with soft superconductors?
1.Silsbee’s rule
2.Meissner effect
3.Faraday rotation
4.Curie-Weiss law
1.Silsbee’s rule
2.Meissner effect
3.Faraday rotation
4.Curie-Weiss law
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In a two-channel oscilloscope operating in x-y mode, two in-phase 50 Hz sinusoidal waveforms of equal amplitude are fed to the two channels. What will be the resultant pattern on the screen?
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Materials, whose resistivity at very low temperature plunges from a finite value to zero and remains there upon further cooling, are known as
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In a superconductor, is the temperature is decreased below its critical temperature, the value of critical magnetic field will
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The imaginary part of dielectric constant determines
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Direction: Each of the items consists of two statements, one labeled as the ‘Statement (I)’ and the other as ‘Statement (II)’. Examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the codes given below
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In 8085A microprocessor, the operation performed by the instruction LHLD 2100 H is
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If the magnetic susceptibility of a specimen is small and positive, the specimen is
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Manganese ferrite is a 1 : 1 mixture of
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When a ferromagnetic substance is magnetized, small changes in dimensions occur. Such a phenomenon is known as
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In ferromagnetic , anti-ferromagnetic and ferromagnetic materials, the atomic thermal motions counteract the coupling forces between the adjacent atomic dipole moments, thereby causing
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The Hall effect voltage in intrinsic silicon
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Most outstanding property of indium antimonide is
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Which of the following semiconducting compounds is used in photoconductive devices?
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Consider the following transducers:
1.LVDT
2.Piezoelectric
3.Thermocouple
4.Photovoltaic cell
Which of the above are active transducers?
1.LVDT
2.Piezoelectric
3.Thermocouple
4.Photovoltaic cell
Which of the above are active transducers?
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Consider the following statements regarding magnetic materials:
1.A diamagnetic material has no permanent dipole
2.Paramagnetic material has anti-parallel orientation of equal moments with neighboring dipoles
3.Ferrimagnetic material has anti parallel orientation of unequal moments between neighboring dipoles
4.Anti-ferromagnetic material has negligible interaction between neighboring dipoles
Which of these statements are correct?
1.A diamagnetic material has no permanent dipole
2.Paramagnetic material has anti-parallel orientation of equal moments with neighboring dipoles
3.Ferrimagnetic material has anti parallel orientation of unequal moments between neighboring dipoles
4.Anti-ferromagnetic material has negligible interaction between neighboring dipoles
Which of these statements are correct?
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Consider the following statements regarding hysteresis loops of hard and soft magnetic materials:
1.Hysteresis loss of hard magnetic material will be less than that of soft material
2.Coercivity of hard materials will be greater than that of soft material
3.Retentivity of the two materials will always be equal
Which of these statements are correct?
1.Hysteresis loss of hard magnetic material will be less than that of soft material
2.Coercivity of hard materials will be greater than that of soft material
3.Retentivity of the two materials will always be equal
Which of these statements are correct?
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Loss-tangent in plane waves in lossy dielectrics will be
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Orientational polarization is
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Behavior of conductors, semiconductors and insulators is explained on the basis of
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In general, for a superconductor, which of the following statements is true?
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Ferro-electric materials have a
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In the magnetic core the electromotive forces (emf) induced in accordance with Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction give rise to
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Consider the following characterizing parameters of a material:
1.Magnetic permeability
2.Electron relaxation time
3.Electron effective mass
4.Energy band gap
In case of metals, increase in one of the above parameter decreases its conductivity, while increase in another increases the conductivity. There are respectively
1.Magnetic permeability
2.Electron relaxation time
3.Electron effective mass
4.Energy band gap
In case of metals, increase in one of the above parameter decreases its conductivity, while increase in another increases the conductivity. There are respectively
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Some magnetic materials may be classified on the basis of
1.Susceptibility
2.Saturation
3.Spin arrangement
4.Nature of hysteresis loop
5.Domain structure
6.Critical temperature above which it behaves as a paramagnetic material
Which of these can be used to distinguish between ferri and ferromagnetic materials?
1.Susceptibility
2.Saturation
3.Spin arrangement
4.Nature of hysteresis loop
5.Domain structure
6.Critical temperature above which it behaves as a paramagnetic material
Which of these can be used to distinguish between ferri and ferromagnetic materials?
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Magnetism is mainly due to only electron spin around their axis in case of
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For Paramagnetic materials, the relative permeability is
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Permalloy and Mumetal are examples of
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When a ferromagnetic substance is magnetized, the phenomenon of ‘magnetostriction’ causes
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The resistivity of ‘Ferrites’ is very much higher than that of ferromagnetic metals, because
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When the temperature exceeds the transition temperature, a ferromagnetic material becomes similar to
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Einstein relation is referred between
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In a piezoelectric crystal oscillator, the oscillation or tuning frequency is linearly proportional to the
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Which of the following are piezoelectric substances?
1.Barium Titanate
2.Lead Titanate
3.Lead Zirconate
4.Cadmium Suplhate
1.Barium Titanate
2.Lead Titanate
3.Lead Zirconate
4.Cadmium Suplhate
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Consider the following statements:
1.Fermi level in a p-type semiconductor lies close to the top of the valence bond.
2.The forbidden energy in Germanium at 0°K is exactly 0.75 eV.
3.When a p-n junction is reverse biased, then electrons and holes move away from the junction.
Which of these statements are correct?
1.Fermi level in a p-type semiconductor lies close to the top of the valence bond.
2.The forbidden energy in Germanium at 0°K is exactly 0.75 eV.
3.When a p-n junction is reverse biased, then electrons and holes move away from the junction.
Which of these statements are correct?
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For a fully transposed transmission line
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The unit of magnetic flux density is
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Skin depth is the distance from the conductor surface where the field strength has fallen to
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The electric field in the vicinity of two oppositely charged parallel conductors is
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Two charges are placed at a distance apart. Now, if a glass slab is inserted between them, then the force between the charges will
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The transfer function of a second order real system with a perfectly flat magnitude response of unity has a pole at (2 – j3). List all the poles and zeros.
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The presence of one of the following materials, in iron or steel for use as a magnetic material, tends to reduce the hysteresis loss
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The depth of penetration of a wave in a lossy dielectric increases with increasing
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Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List-I List-II
A.Carbon (Diamond) 1. Conducting
B.Silicon 2. Semiconducting
C.Tin (Grey) 3. Insulating
D.Lead
List-I List-II
A.Carbon (Diamond) 1. Conducting
B.Silicon 2. Semiconducting
C.Tin (Grey) 3. Insulating
D.Lead
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It is possible to destroy the superconductivity of a material by applying
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Consider the following properties regarding insulation for cables:
1. A low specific resistance
2. High temperature withstand
3. High dielectric strength
Which of the above properties of insulation are correct while using cables?
1. A low specific resistance
2. High temperature withstand
3. High dielectric strength
Which of the above properties of insulation are correct while using cables?
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The open loop poles of a third order unity feedback system are at 0, -1, -2, let the frequency corresponding to the point, where the root locus of the system transits to unstable region be K. now suppose we introduce a zero in the open loop transfer function at -3, while keeping all the earlier open loop poles intact. Which one of the following is correct about the point, where the root locus of the modified system transits to unstable region?
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Which of the following moving particles cannot be deflected by magnetic fields?
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The Fermi level in an n-type semiconductor at zero degree kelvin lies
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According to free electron theory, electrons in a metal are subjected to
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Controlled addition of group III element to an elemental semiconductor results in the formation of
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Phonons (Quanta of lattice vibration) obey