To increase Q factor of a coil, the wire should be long thin thick long and thin

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Question
To increase Q factor of a coil, the wire should be
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A. long
B. thin
C. thick
D. long and thin

Correct Answer

thick

Explanation

Q is high if resistance is low. Therefore, wire should be thick.

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1. A standard cell of 1.0185 V is used with a slide wire potentiometer. The balance was obtained at 60 cm. When an unknown emf was connected, the balance was obtained at 82 cm. The magnitude of unknown emf is
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A. 1.39 V
B. 0.75 V
C. 13.9 V
D. 7.45 V

4. In two wattmeter method of 3 phase power measurement, when does one wattmeter read negative
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A. when power factor is less than 0.5 lagging
B. when power factor is greater than 0.5 lagging
C. when power factor is less than 0.5
D. when power factor is unity

5. An LVDT is used to measure displacement. The LVDT feeds a Voltmeter of 0-5 V range through a 250 gain amplifier. For a displacement 0.5 mm the output of LVDT is 2 mV. The sensitivity of instrument is
Options
A. 0.1 V/mm
B. 0.5 V/mm
C. 1 V/mm
D. 5 V/mm

6. The Lissajous pattern observed on screen of CRO is a straight line inclined at 45� to x axis. If X-plate input is 2 sin ?t, the Y-plate input is
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A. 2 sin ?t
B. 2 sin (?t + 45�)
C. 2 sin (?t - 45�)
D. 22 sin ?t + 45�)

7. The angle ? for a mica capacitor is about
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A. 25�
B. 15�
C. 5�
D. 1�

8. A voltmeter using thermocouples measures
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A. rms value
B. peak value
C. average value
D. peak to peak value

9. Which of the following statement is correct for two wattmeters method of power measurement in 3 phase circuit?
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A. Power can be measured by this method only for star connected loads
B. When two wattmeters have equal readings power factor is 0.5.
C. When power factor is 1, one of the wattmeters readings is zero
D. When the two wattmeter read equal and opposite, p.f. is zero.

10. In a CRO which of the following is not a part of electron gun
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A. cathode
B. grid
C. accelerating anode
D. X - Y plates

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