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Electron is a Greek word for

A. amber

B. Fire

C. Stone

D. Heat

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A. amber


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Which element has four valence electrons?

A. Conductor

B. Insulator

C. Semiconductor

D. Semi- insulator

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Theory of ferromagnetic phenomena which assumes each atom is a permanent magnet which can turn freely about its center under the influence of applied field and other magnets.

A. Ewing's theory of ferromagnetism

B. Oersted's ferromagnetism theory

C. Maxwell's magnetic theory

D. Ampere's circuital law

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If two similar charges 1 coulomb each are placed 1 m apart in aira then the force of repulsion is

A. 8 × 10^6 N

B. 9 × 10 ^9 N

C. 10^6 N

D. 5 × 10^6 N

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How many turns are needed to produce a magnetomotive force of 1000 A.t for a coil with 6 amperes?

A. 6000 turns

B. 600 turns

C. 167 turns

D. 67turns

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The resistance of a material is ____________ its area of cross-section.

A. directly proportional

B. independent of

C. inversely proportional to

D. equal to

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The core of a transformer heats up when its primary is fed from an ac source because of

A. permeability

B. ferromagnetism

C. reluctance of core

D. hysteresis loss

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Steel is hard to magnetize because of its

A. Low permeability

B. High permeability

C. High density

D. High retentivity

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A theorem which states that an electric current flowing in a circuit produces a magnetic field at external points equivalent to that due to a magnetic shell whose bounding edge is the conductor and whose strength of the current.

A. Joule's law

B. Faraday's law

C. Volta's theorem

D. Ampere's theorem

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What type of bond is formed when there exists some form of collective interactions between the (negatively charged) electrons and (positively charged) nuclei in a solid?

A. Ionic

B. Covalent

C. Metallic

D. Van der Waals

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Refers to the magnetic lines

A. Flux

B. Hysteresis

C. Current

D. Magnetomotive force

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A good conductor has how many valence electrons?

A.

B.

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All matters (gasa liquid and solid) are composed of

A. Neutrons

B. Particles

C. Electrons

D. Atoms

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Which of the following has the highest permeability?

A. Soft iron

B. Steel

C. Air

D. Permalloy

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Which of the following is a diamagnetic material?

A. Aluminum

B. Silver

C. Air

D. Cobalt

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One of the solid structures in which the position of the atoms or ions are predetermined

A. Crystalline solid

B. Amorphous solid

C. Polycrystalline solid

D. Poly amorphous solid

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Permeability means

A. The conductivity of the material for magnetic lines of force

B. The magnetization test in the material after exciting field has been removed

C. The strength of an electromagnet

D. The strength of the permanent magnet

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Lenz' law states that the direction of the induced emf and hence current

A. Is determined by the rate of current flux

B. Is found by the right hand rule

C. Is found by the left hand rule

D. Always opposes the cause producing it

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The conduction of electricity across the surface of a dielectric is called

A. creepage

B. skin effect

C. surface effect

D. crosstalk

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Flux linkages equals

A. Flux times area of core

B. Flux times number of turns times area of core

C. Flux times number of turns times length of core

D. Flux times number of turns

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Permanent magnets can be found in

A. electric bells

B. earphones

C. relays

D. dy namic loudspeakers

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The emf induced in a coil due to the change of its own flux linked with it is called

A. Mutually induced emf

B. Dynamically induced emf

C. Statically induced emf

D. Self induced emf

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The unit of electrical energy is

A. Joule

B. Watt- second

C. Kilowatt hour

D. All of these

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Which of the following has the least number of valence electrons?

A. Conductor

B. Semiconductor

C. Insulator

D. Semi- insulator

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Paramagnetic substance has a relative permeability of

A. Slightly less than one

B. Equal to one

C. Slightly equal to one

D. Very much greater than one

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The phenomenon by which a subtracts pieces of iron

A. Magnetism

B. Electromagnetism

C. Naturalism

D. Materialism

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The permittivity of a material is given by one of the following formulas.

A. DE

B. E/D

C. D^2/E

D. D/E

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When the relative permeability of a material is much greater than 1a it is called _______ material.

A. diamagnetic

B. ferromagnetic

C. paramagnetic

D. non-magnetic

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Who discovered that a current-carrying conductor would move when placed in a magnetic field?

A. Michael Faraday

B. Andre Ampere

C. Hans Christian Oersted

D. Gustav Robert Kirchhoff

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Why is it that the magnitude of magnetomotive force required for air gap is much greater than that required for iron part of a magnetic circuit?

A. Because air is a gas

B. Because air has the highest relative permeability

C. Because air is a conductor of magnetic flux

D. Because air has the lowest relative permeability

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The core of a magnetic equipment uses a magnetic material with

A. Least permeability

B. Low permeability

C. Moderate permeability

D. High permeability