1.

  At a very low temperature, a 5.  Assertion (A): Helium, Argon

D. coercivity
semiconductor and Neon are gaseous at room
temperature.
A. becomes a conductor
Reason (R): The atoms in
Helium, Argon and Neon are 10.  The colour code on a carbon
B. becomes an insulator resistor is green-blue-yellow.
chemically extremely inactive.
The tolerance is
may become a conductor Both A and R are true
C. A. ± 5%
or an insulator A. and R is correct
explanation of A
will remain a B. ± 10%
semiconductor becomes Both A and R are true
D. C. ± 20%
a conductor or an B. but R is not correct
insulator explanation of A
D. ± 30%
C. A is true but R is false
2.  The colour code on a carbon 11.  The resistivity of intrinsic
resistor is red-red-black-silver. D. A is false but R is true semiconductors, at room
The value of resistor is temperature, is of the order of
A. 22000 Ω 6.  Resistivity of rubber is about A. 1 Ω-m
2
A. 10  Ω-m
B. 2200 Ω B. 1000 Ω-m
B. -2
10  Ω-m
C. 22 ± 5% Ω C. 106 Ω-m
C. 5 x 108 Ω m
D. 22 ± 10% Ω D. 10-3 Ω-m
D. 5 x 1012 Ω-m

3.  Some typical examples of 12.  Assertion (A): Ferromagnetic

macroscopic quantities are 7. An iron specimen has µr = 1000 materials possess
when B = 0.3 T. If B = 0.35 T, µr ferromagnetic properties only
A. conductivity
when temperature is less than
A. will be 1000 paramagnetic curie
B. µr
temperature.
B. will be less than 1000 Reason (R): For a
C. dielectric constant
ferromagnetic
C. will be more than 1000
D. all of the above
may be more or less than material   for T > θf.
D.
1000 Both A and R are true
4.  The temperature coefficient of a A. and R is correct
thermistor explanation of A
A. is positive 8.  Which solid dielectric has
highest temperature limit? Both A and R are true
B. is negative B. but R is not correct
A. E
explanation of A
C. zero B. H
C. A is true but R is false
may be positive or C. C
D. negative depending on D. A is false but R is true
its composition D. F

9.  Permeability is analogous to

A. resistivity

B. retentivity

C. conductivity
 D. 10-20 secs

17.  Assertion (A): For elemental

13.  In terms of classical dielectrics, P = NeEi where N is
representation of electrons number of atoms/m3, P is 21.  The dielectric constant of
polarization, e is electronic ferroelectric materials can be
an atom is essentially
A. polarization and Ei is internal
empty expressed by the equation
electric field.
an atom is essentially Reason (R): In elemental
B. A.
full dielectrics there are no
permanent dipoles or ions.
an atom may be Both A and R are true B.
essentially empty or full A. and R is correct
C.
depending on the explanation of A
material
Both A and R are true C.
an atom may be B. but R is not correct
essentially empty or full explanation of A
D.
depending on
D.
temperature C. A is true but R is false

D. A is false but R is true

14.  To produce magnetic flux, mmf 22.  A liquid has N permanent
is necessary. dipoles μp per unit volume and
18.  The circumference of an has been subjected to dc field
A. True
electron orbit is equal to integer for a long time such that
B. False times the wavelength of orientation polarization is P0.
electron. At t = 0, the field is suddenly
A. True removed, then polarization
1 For a polyatomic gas, the will remain constant
5.  equation relating dielectric B. False A.
at P0
constant ∈r with molecular
properties is B. will become zero at t = 0
19.  In a specimen of silicon steel, a
A field strength of 200 A/m will delay to zero with a
. C.
causes a flux density of 0.5 T. In time constant
a specimen of cast iron, the
same H would cause B to be D. either b or c
B
A. 0.5 T
.
B. less than 0.5 T 23.  Assertion (A): Orbital
magnetic moment of an
C C. more than 0.5 T electron in an atom is of the
. order of 1 Bohr magneton.
D. 0.5 T or more or less Reason (R): 1 Bohr magneton =
9.27 x 10-24 A/m2.
D
. Both A and R are true
20.  In a rare gas, the molecules of A. and R is correct
some atoms have an excess explanation of A
positive or negative charge. The
16.  The relaxation time of electrons
in a metal is of the order of electric field tends to shift Both A and R are true
positive ions relative to B. but R is not correct
A. 10-6 secs negative ions. This is known as explanation of A
ionic polarization.
B. 10-10 secs C. A is true but R is false
A. True
C. -14
10  secs D. A is false but R is true
B. False
 only ∈0 can be
C. interpreted in terms of
to 
atomic properties

∈r has no physical
D.
24.  As per Bohr's postulate, only significance
those circular orbits are stable
28.  If m, v, r are the mass, velocity
for which the angular
and radius of orbit of electron
momentum is equal to an 31.  Thermistor is used in
and h is Planck's constant,
quantum condition for temperature
integer times  . A.
electron's orbit is measurement
A. True
A. B. temperature control
B. False
high temperature alarm
C.
circuits of devices
B.
25.  Inductors used at V.H.F. are D. all of the above
made using
A. air core C.
32.  Nichrome is used for
B. cast iron cored
D. A. overhead line wires
C. sheet steel cored
B. heater coils
D. thin film technique
29.  Assertion (A): For a magnetic C. lamp filaments
material M = (μr - 1) H, where M
26.  If a capacitor C having is magnetic dipole moment/m3, D. all of the above
selectivity factor Q is scaled H is field intensity A/m and μr is
down in all its dimensions by a relative permeability.
factor K without any altering Reason (R): μr can have any 33.  The electric dipole moment of a
the dielectric material, the new value from 0 to hundreds of neutral system of point charges
capacitor will have capacitance thousands.
and selectivity as
Both A and R are true
A. and R is correct Q1, Q2.... is  Qiri . The charges
A.
C,  explanation of A Qi
A. must be all positive
Both A and R are true
B.
,Q B. but R is not correct B. must be all negative
explanation of A
C. C. A is true but R is false
, 
C.
D. A is false but R is true must be such that 
D. C, K
Qi = 0

D. either (a) or (b)

27.  The hysteresis loss is 30.  As regards ∈0 and ∈r (absolute
and relative permittivity)
proportional to
A. both ∈0 and ∈r can be
frequency 34.  The class of insulation of
interpreted in terms of impregnated paper is
A.
independent of atomic properties of
B. A. A
frequency medium

only ∈r can be B. B
proportional to
C.
(frequency)2 interpreted in terms of
B. C. C
atomic properties of
D. proportional medium D. F
 that three zeros are to
D. A. be added to indicate the
4 resistance value

B. multiplier is 0.01

C. multiplier is 0.1

D. tolerance is ± 5%
35.  Assertion (A): The resistance 38.  The transition of electron from
of a copper specimen changes
energy level W1 to W2 is
by about 22% when associated with emission or 42.  In a metal, the drift velocity of
temperature is increased from
absorption of electro magnetic electrons in the presence of a
room temperature to 700°C. radiation of frequency f such electric field E is
Reason (R): The physical
that
properties of a material are A. proportional to E
determined mostly by the A. hf = |W1 - W2|
extent of impurities. B. proportional to E
B. |W1 - W2|f = h
Both A and R are true inversely proportional
A. and R is correct C. hf = 0.5|W1 - W2| C.
to E
explanation of A
D. (hf)2 = |W1 - W2| D. proportional to E2
Both A and R are true
B. but R is not correct
explanation of A
39.  A material has N spins per m3. If 43.  At a temperature of about 1 K,
Np are the dipoles per aluminium is a
C. A is true but R is false
m3 parallel to field and Na are
the dipoles per m3 anti-parallel A. conductor
D. A is false but R is true
to field, the magnetisation is
B. insulator
36.  Assertion (A): For most metals, A. C. photoconductor
Fermi energy EF is less than 10
eV. D. superconductor
Reason (R): Fermi level of a
metal is given by EF = 3.64 x 10- B.
19
 (n)2/3 where n is number of
free electrons/m3 of metal. 44. An electron is moving in a
C. circular orbit of radius R at
Both A and R are true angular velocity ω0 in a field free
A. and R is correct space. If a magnetic field B is
explanation of A created, the velocity of electron
D. ω will be given by the equation
Both A and R are true
B. but R is not correct
A.
explanation of A
40.  Even at room temperature, an
C. A is true but R is false intrinsic semiconductor has
some holes. These holes are due B.
D. A is false but R is true to
A. electron
C.
37.  The capacitance of an insulated B. doping
conducting sphere of radius R
in vacuum is C. thermal energy D
.
A. 2∈0R
D. free electrons
B. 4∈0R
41.  In carbon resistor colour code, 45.  If v is the velocity of
C. 4∈0R2 if the third band is of silver, it electron, c is the average time
indicates between collisions, the mean
free path λ = vc.
 A. True B. (n - 1) A

B. False C. (n + 1) A

D.

46.  Assertion (A): An electron

having charge - e and
mass m and lying in an electric 50.  The orientation polarization is
field E is subjected to an directly proportional to
acceleration - (e/m) E. temperature
Reason (R): If there
are n electrons/m3 moving with inversely proportional to
velocity vx and each electron temperature
has a charge - e, the current
density J = - n evx. inversely proportional to
square of permanent dipole
Both A and R are true moment
A. and R is correct
explanation of A directly proportional to square
of permanent dipole moment.
Both A and R are true Which of the above are correct?
B. but R is not correct A. 1 and 3 only
explanation of A
B. 2 and 3 only
C. A is true but R is false
C. 1 and 4 only
D. A is false but R is true
D. 2 and 4 only

47.  When a pentavalent impurity is

added, the semiconductor
becomes
A. p type

B. n type

C. intrinsic

D. neutral

48.  In body centred cubic structure,

comers and centre of the cube
are occupied by identical atoms.
A. True

B. False

49.  For a multiplate capacitor

having n plates, A as area of
each plate, the capacitance is
proportional to
A. n A