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  • Question
  • Which of the following is used in automatic control of street lights?


  • Options
  • A. Thermistor
  • B. Photoconductor
  • C. Transistor
  • D. Varistor

  • Correct Answer
  • Photoconductor 


  • Materials and Components problems


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    • 1. Assertion (A): Doping level in extrinsic semiconductors is very small.

      Reason (R): Additional of impurity in the ratio of 1 part in 108 parts increases the number of charge carriers by about 20.


    • Options
    • A. Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
    • B. Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A
    • C. A is true but R is false
    • D. A is false but R is true
    • Discuss
    • 2. When a dielectric is subjected to an electric field E, each volume element of dielectric can be considered to be carrying an electric dipole moment.

    • Options
    • A. True
    • B. False
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which of these has the highest dielectric strength?

    • Options
    • A. Mica
    • B. Air
    • C. Cotton
    • D. Rubber
    • Discuss
    • 4. The temperature coefficient of resistivity of semiconductors is

    • Options
    • A. positive
    • B. negative
    • C. may be positive or negative
    • D. very low
    • Discuss
    • 5. A good dielectric should have

    • Options
    • A. low losses
    • B. good heat conductivity
    • C. high intrinsic strength
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. A leaky dielectric has ?r = ?r' - j?r". If a field E is applied, the current component in phase with E is proportional to ?r".

    • Options
    • A. True
    • B. False
    • Discuss
    • 7. The colour code on a carbon resistor is yellow-violet-orange. The value of resistance is

    • Options
    • A. 17000 ?
    • B. 27000 ?
    • C. 37000 ?
    • D. 47000 ?
    • Discuss
    • 8. An electron in a metal suffers collision and if the probability of it being scattered over an angle d? is 2p P(?) sin ? d? where P(?) is an arbitrary function of scattering angle ?, then

    • Options
    • A. 2pP(?) sin ? d? = 0
    • B. 2pP(?) sin ? d? = 2
    • C. 2pP(?) sin ? d? = -1
    • D. 2pP(?) sin ? d? = 1
    • Discuss
    • 9. The relation between thermal conductivity K (W/m/°C), heat flow density Q (watt/m2) and dT/dx (°C per metre) is

    • Options
    • A. Q = K(dT/dx)
    • B. Q = - K(dT/dx)
    • C. K = Q(dT/dx)
    • D. dT/dx = - QK
    • Discuss
    • 10. Assertion (A): Ionic solids, in general, have no electrical conductivity.

      Reason (R): In ionic solids, electrons are tightly bound to the nucleus.


    • Options
    • A. Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
    • B. Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A
    • C. A is true but R is false
    • D. A is false but R is true
    • Discuss


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