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BSNL TTA (JE) ISTRUMENTS AND MEASUREMENTS 200

EXPECTED QUESTIONS (WWW.ALLEXAMREVIEW.COM)


ANSWER KEY-Correct answer is indicated by symbol (V) in options.
HINTS-In some questions options E-HINTS is indicating the hints of answer
1) Which of the quantity consists of SI unit as Candela?
A [ ]) Velocity
B [ ]) Impulse
C [v]) Luminous intensity
D [ ]) Force

2) Which of the quantity consists of unit as Pascal ?


A [ ]) Temperature
B [v]) Pressure
C [ ]) Force
D [ ]) Impulse

3) Which of the quantity consists of unit as newton-second?


A [v]) Impulse
B [ ]) Acceleration
C [ ]) Speed
D [ ]) velocity

4) Which of the quantity consists of unit as kg m/sec ?


A [ ]) Speed
B [v]) Momentum
C [ ]) Acceleration
D [ ]) Impulse

5) The Metric System is also called as:


A [ ]) CGS
B [v]) MKS system
C [ ]) SI
D [ ]) None of the above

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6) Which devices used to measure the temperature of an object ?
A [ ]) Poteintiometer
B [ ]) Odometer
C [v]) Thermometers
D [ ]) Galvanometer

7) What is the SI units of mass, length and time respectively ?


A [ ]) g, m and s
B [ ]) kg, cm and s
C [ ]) g, cm and s
D [v]) kg, m and s

8) Which of the two have same dimensions ?


A [ ]) Force and strain
B [v]) Angular velocity and angular frequency
C [ ]) Force and stress
D [ ]) None of the above

9) What is the formulas for acceleration?


A [ ]) Mass x velocity
B [v]) Change in velocity / time
C [ ]) Mass x acceleration
D [ ]) Force x displacement

10) How many fundamental units are there ?


A [ ]) 4
B [ ]) 6
C [ ]) 8
D [v]) 7
E [ ]) HINTS-There are seven fundamental units: kilogram (mass), meter(length), candela
(luminous intensity), second (time), ampere (current), kelvin (temperature), and mole (amount of
substance).

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11) What is the formulas for momentum ?
A [ ]) force displacement
B [v]) mass velocity
C [ ]) mass acceleration
D [ ]) change of velocity / time

12) Resistance of a VARISTOR varies with


A [ ]) Current
B [v]) Voltage
C [v]) Both Voltage and Temperature
D [ ]) Temperature

13) Relative permittivity can be measured by _______ bridge


A [ ]) Wheatstones.
B [ ]) Hays.
C [ ]) Desautys.
D [v]) Schering.

14) _______ is used to measure the flow of air around aeroplane.


A [v]) Anemometer.
B [ ]) Venturimeter.
C [ ]) Orifice.
D [ ]) nucleus.

15) Null type recorders are


A [ ]) bridge recorders.
B [ ]) LVDT recorders.
C [v]) potentiometric recorder.
D [ ]) any one of the above.

16) Unit of deflection sensitivity of a CRO is

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A [ ]) V / mm
B [v]) meter / volt.
C [ ]) mm per mV
D [ ]) mm / V.
E [ ]) HINTS-The deflection sensitivity is actually the voltage required to transfer the electronic
beam through a unit of length. So, the unit of deflection sensitivity if meter/volt.

17) Swamping resistance is used to compensate


A [v]) error due to temperature true variations.
B [ ]) compensate error due to strong magnetic field.
C [ ]) both A and B.
D [ ]) none of these.

18) The chemical effect of current is used in


A [v]) D.C ampere hour meter.
B [ ]) D.C ammeter.
C [ ]) D.C energy meter.
D [ ]) none of the above.

19) A galvanometer with a full scale current of 10 mA has a resistance of 1000 . The
multiplying power (the ratio of measured current to galvanometer current) of 100 shunt
with this galvanometer is
A [ ]) 110.
B [ ]) 100.
C [v]) 11.
D [ ]) 10.
E [ ]) HINTS-Rsh=R/m-1,100=1000/m-1,m=11

20) The high torque to weight ratio in an analog indicating instrument indicates
A [v]) low friction loss.
B [ ]) high friction loss.
C [ ]) nothing related to friction loss
D [ ]) none of these.

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21) Which of following is a vector quantity?
A [v]) Magnetic field intensity.
B [ ]) Flux density.
C [ ]) Magnetic potential.
D [ ]) Relative permeability.

22) When checked with an ohm meter an open resistor reads


A [ ]) high but within tolerance.
B [ ]) low but not zero.
C [ ]) zero.
D [v]) infinite.

23) Which of the following is a variable displacement transducer?


A [ ]) tachometer
B [v]) potentiometer
C [ ]) synchros
D [ ]) none of the above

24) Piezoelectric effect is carried out in


A [ ]) composite filter.
B [v]) crystal filter.
C [ ]) m derived.
D [ ]) constant k prototype.

25) The terminals across the source are ______________________________ if a current


source is to be neglected.
A [ ]) short circuited.
B [v]) open circuited.
C [ ]) replaced by a source resistance.
D [ ]) replaced by a capacitor.

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26) In two wattmeter method of power measurement if the total power is measured by one
wattmeter only then power factor of the system is
A [ ]) 0.
B [v]) 0.5.
C [ ]) 1.
D [ ]) none of above.

27) Deflection method direct measurements are most widely used as. These are
A [v]) most simple and least time consuming.
B [ ]) least time consuming.
C [ ]) most simple.
D [ ]) most accurate.

28) A null type instrument as compared to a deflected type instrument has


A [ ]) a lower sensitivity.
B [ ]) a higher accuracy.
C [v]) a faster response.
D [ ]) all of the above.

29) The use of __________________ instruments is merely confined within laboratories as


standardizing instrument.
A [ ]) indicating.
B [v]) absolute.
C [ ]) recording.
D [ ]) integrating.

30) Comparison methods are used


A [v]) when a high accuracy of measurement is required.
B [ ]) because they are most simple.
C [ ]) because they take least time in measurement.
D [ ]) because they are expensive.

31) Systematic errors are

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A [ ]) environmental errors.
B [ ]) observational errors.
C [ ]) instrument errors.
D [v]) all of the above.

32) The smallest change in measured variable to which instrument will respond is
A [v]) resolution.
B [ ]) accuracy.
C [ ]) precision.
D [ ]) sensitivity.
E [ ]) HINTS-The resolution of any instrument is the smallest change in the input signal (quantity
under measured) which can be detected by the instrument. It may be expressed as an actual
value or as a fraction or percentage of the full scale value.

33) Which following are integrating instruments?


A [ ]) Ammeters.
B [ ]) Wattmeters.
C [ ]) Voltmeters.
D [v]) Ampere hour and watt hour meters.

34) The errors mainly caused by human mistakes are


A [v]) gross error.
B [ ]) instrumental error
C [ ]) observational error.
D [ ]) systematic error.

35) Resolution of an instruments is


A [ ]) the maximum non linearity.
B [ ]) the maximum quantity it can measure.
C [v]) the minimum quantity it can measure.
D [ ]) ability to distinguish polarity.

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36) The measured value of a resistance is 10.25 ohm, whereas its value of 10.22 ohm. What
is absolute error of the measurement?
A [ ]) 0.01 ohm.
B [v]) 0.03 ohm.
C [ ]) 15.36 ohm.
D [ ]) 10.26 ohm.
E [ ]) HINTS-Absolute error = measured value - true value.

37) In measurement system, the function of the signal manipulating elements is to


A [ ]) to perform linear operation like addition and multiplication.
B [ ]) to perform non liner operation like clipping filtering, chopping and clamping.
C [v]) change the magnitude of the input signal while retaining its identity.
D [ ]) change the quantity under measurement to an analogues signal.

38) A pressure measurement instrument is calibrated between 10 bar and 260 bar. The
scale span of the instrument is
A [ ]) 10 bar.
B [v]) 250 bar.
C [ ]) 260 bar.
D [ ]) 270 bar.

39) If two meters X and Y require 40 mA and 50 mA respectively, to give full scale
deflection, then
A [ ]) Y is more sensitive.
B [v]) X is more sensitive.
C [ ]) Both X and Y are equally sensitive.
D [ ]) It would not be possible to asses then sensitivity on the basis of the given data.

40) Purely mechanical instrument cannot be used for dynamic measurements because they
have
A [ ]) high inertia.
B [ ]) higher response time.
C [ ]) large time constant.
D [v]) all of the above.

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41) An analog ammeter is
A [ ]) a recording instrument.
B [ ]) a controlling instrument.
C [ ]) an absolute instrument.
D [v]) an indicating instrument.

42) In AC circuits, the connection of measuring instruments cause loading effect errors
which may effect
A [ ]) only the magnitude of the quantity being measured.
B [ ]) only phase of the quantity being measured.
C [ ]) both of above.
D [v]) magnitude, phase and waveform of the quantity being measured.

43) Relative error is same as


A [ ]) absolute error.
B [ ]) ratio of error and true value.
C [v]) true error.
D [ ]) none of the above.
E [ ]) HINTS=Relative error is the ratio of absolute error to the true value of the unknown quantity
to be measured.

44) A 0 - 100 V voltmeter has a guaranteed accuracy of 2 % of full scale reading. The
voltage measured by the voltmeter is 75 V. The limiting error is in percentage
A [ ]) 3.33 %.
B [v]) 2.66 %.
C [ ]) 2 %.
D [ ]) 1 %.
E [ ]) HINTS-The magnitude of the limiting error of the instrument = relative error X scale division
= 0.02 X 100 = 2 V.
limiting error is in percentage=(2/75)100=2.66%

45) The moving coil-meters, damping is provided by


A [v]) The aliminium frame of the coil.

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B [ ]) The coil spring attached to the moving.
C [ ]) Eddy current disk.
D [ ]) Damping vane in the airtight chamber.

46) The scale of hot wire ammeter is


A [ ]) Linear.
B [v]) Non Linear.
C [ ]) Cramped.
D [ ]) Absloute linear.

47) The resistance in the circuit of the moving coil of a dynamometer wattmeter should be
A [ ]) Low.
B [ ]) Very low.
C [v]) High.
D [ ]) Almost zero.

48) The dynometer principle can be for


A [ ]) Ammeter only.
B [ ]) Wattmeter only.
C [ ]) Voltmeter only.
D [v]) ammeter, voltmeter and wattmeter.

49) A sinusoidal signal waveform, when observed on an oscilloscope, has a peak to peak
amplitude of 6 cm. If the vertical sensitivity setting is 5 v/cm, then rms value of the voltage
will be
A [ ]) 15 V.
B [ ]) 12.6 V
C [ ]) 11.1 V.
D [v]) 10.6 V.
E [ ]) HINTS-Amplitude of the signal = 6 X 5/2 = 15 V. rms value = 15/2 = 10.6 V.

50) If an inductance L is connected in one arm of bridge and resistance R1, R2, R3 in other
three arms

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A [ ]) The bridge can be balanced.
B [v]) The bridge can not be balanced.
C [ ]) The bridge is balanced for some specified value of frequency.
D [ ]) he bridge is balanced for some specified value of R1, R2, R3.

51) The effect of load resistance is important in measurement of


A [ ]) Resistance of shunt.
B [ ]) Resistance of ammeter.
C [ ]) Resistance of shunt winding.
D [v]) Both A and B.

52) Which of following are needed both for protection and metering?
A [ ]) Energy meter.
B [ ]) Wattmeters.
C [v]) Instrument transformer.
D [ ]) Power factor meters.
E [ ]) HINTS-Instrument transformers are used to measure high current and voltage. They also
the relay for protection.

53) A voltmeter using thermocouple measures


A [ ]) Peak value.
B [v]) rms value.
C [ ]) Average value
D [ ]) Peak to peak value.

54) Which of following statement are correct in case of power factor meter?
A [ ]) The restoring torque is provided by a controlling torque.
B [ ]) It consist of two coils mounted at right angles to each other.
C [ ]) The deflection is proportional to pahse angle between field coil and crossed.
D [v]) Both B and C.

55) Potentiometer methode of DC voltage measurement is more accurate than direct


measurement using a voltmeter because

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A [ ]) It loads the circuit moderately.
B [ ]) It loads the circuit to maximum extent.
C [ ]) It uses centre zero galvanometer instead of voltmeter.
D [v]) It does not load the circuit at all.

56) A Manganin swap resistance is connected in series with a moving coil ammeter
consisting of a milli ammeter and a suitable shunt in order to
A [v]) Minimize the effect of temperature variation.
B [ ]) Obtaine large deflecting torque.
C [ ]) Reduce the size of the meter.
D [ ]) Minimize the effect of stray magnetic fields.
E [ ]) HINTS-In PMMC instruements, as temperature increases the coil resistance increases.
Swap resistance are connected in series with the moving coil to provide temperature
compensation.Swamping resistors is made of magnin which has a zero temperature coefficient.

57) In DC potentiometer measurments, a second reading is often taken after reversing the
polarities of the DC supply and the unknown voltage and the average of the two reading is
taken. This is with a view of eliminate the effects of
A [ ]) Stray magnetic fields.
B [ ]) Ripples of the DC supply.
C [ ]) Errorneous standardisation.
D [v]) Stray thermal emfs.

58) The measurment of very low and very high frequencies is invariably done using a
frequency counter in which one of the following?
A [v]) Period and frequency measurement modes respectively.
B [ ]) Frequency and period measurment modes, respectively.
C [ ]) Frequency measurment modes only.
D [ ]) Period measurment modes only.

59) Piezoelectronic accelerometer


A [ ]) Have a low natural frequency.
B [v]) Should be used low frequency.
C [ ]) Should not be used for high frequencies above 100 Hz.
D [ ]) Shoud use a monitoring source low input impedance.

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60) Which amplifier in used in an electronic multimeter?
A [ ]) Wideband amplifier.
B [v]) Differential amplifier.
C [ ]) Power amplifier.
D [ ]) Butter amplifer.

61) A wheatstone bridge cannot be used for precision measurements because errors are
introduced into on account of
A [ ]) Contact resistance.
B [ ]) Resistance of connecting leads.
C [ ]) Thermoelectric emfs.
D [v]) All of above.

62) When a potentiometer is used for measurement of voltage of an unknown source, the
power consume in the circuit of the unknown source under null condition is
A [ ]) High.
B [ ]) Small.
C [v]) Ideally zero.
D [ ]) Very high.

63) he calibration of a voltmeter can be carried out by using


A [ ]) A frequency meter.
B [v]) A potentiometer.
C [ ]) An ammeter.
D [ ]) A function generator.

64) For measuring an AC voltage by an AC potentiometer it is desirable that the supply for
the potenmeter is taken from
A [ ]) A battery.
B [v]) The same source as the unknown voltage.
C [ ]) A source other than the source of unknown voltage.
D [ ]) Any of above.

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65) The trasfer instrument which is used for standartion of a polar type AC potentiometer is
A [ ]) An electrostatic instruments.
B [ ]) A moving coil instruments.
C [ ]) A dynameter instruments.
D [v]) A thermal istruments.

66) Standardisation of potentiometer is done in order taht, they become


A [ ]) Accurate.
B [ ]) Precise.
C [ ]) Accurate and precise.
D [v]) Accurate and direct reading.

67) A DC potentiometer is the best means available for the measurement of DC voltage
because
A [v]) It is based on null balance technique.
B [ ]) It is possible to standardize before a measurement is undertaken.
C [ ]) The precision in measurment is independent of the type of the defector used.
D [ ]) None of above.

68) A thermo couple ammeter gives full scale deflection of 10 A, when it reads one fifth of
the scale, the current will be
A [ ]) 2 A.
B [v]) 4.47 A.
C [ ]) 4 A.
D [ ]) 5.78 A.
E [ ]) HINTS-Q1/Q2=I1/I2=5/1=10/I2

69) Magnetic deflection is inversely proportional to


A [ ]) Voltage.
B [v]) (Voltage)-0.5.
C [ ]) (Voltage)1.5.
D [ ]) (Voltage)2.

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70) How many times base circuits does a dual frace CRO can have?
A [ ]) 1
B [ ]) 2
C [v]) 3
D [ ]) 4

71) In which of the transformer is the secondary nearly short circuited under normal
operating condition?
A [ ]) PT.
B [v]) CT.
C [ ]) Power transformer.
D [ ]) Distribution transformer.

72) To increase Q factor of a coil, the wire should be


A [v]) Thick.
B [ ]) Long.
C [ ]) Thin.
D [ ]) Long and thin.
E [ ]) HINTS-Q is high if resistance is low. Therefore, wire should be thick.

73) The use of thermocouple meters for AC measurement leads to scale which is
A [ ]) Linear.
B [v]) Square law.
C [ ]) Expontial.
D [ ]) Logarithmic.

74) Which of following is not correct?


A [ ]) Voltmeter should have very high resistance.
B [v]) An electronic voltmeter draw appreciable current from the source.
C [ ]) An ammeter should have a very low resitance.
D [ ]) A shunt should have a very low resistance.

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75) In a CRO which of following is not a part of electron gun?
A [ ]) Grid.
B [ ]) Cathode.
C [v]) X-Y plates.
D [ ]) Accelerating anode.

76) Which of following voltmeters would you use for measuring voltage across 20K
resistance
A [v]) Voltmeter having sensitivity of 10 KW/V.
B [ ]) Voltmeter having a resistance of 5 K.
C [ ]) Voltmeter having sensitivity of 1 KW/V.
D [ ]) None of above.
E [ ]) HINTS-The resistance of voltmeter should be very high as compared to 20 K. As it results
the sensitivity of voltmeter will be high.

77) A PMMC voltmeter is connected across a series combination of a DC voltage source V1


= 2 V and an AC voltage source V2 = 3sin4t, the voltmeters reads
A [v]) 2 V.
B [ ]) 5 V.
C [ ]) 0 V.
D [ ]) 22
E [ ]) HINTS-The permanent magnet moving coil measures the DC value only. The torque will be
reversed if the connected to AC, the deflection responds to the mean torque which is zero.

78) An average reading digital multimeter reads 10 V when fed a triangular wave,
symmetric about the axis. For the same input, an rms reading meter will read
A [ ]) 203.
B [v]) 103.
C [ ]) 10.
D [ ]) 20.
E [ ]) HINTS-For triangular wave, average value = Vm/3 Hence Vm = average value X 3 = 10 X 3
= 30 V
RMS value=Vm/3=103.

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79) The effect of stay megnetic fields on the actuating torque of a portable instrument is
maximum when the operating field of the instrument and stay fields are
A [ ]) Inclined at 30.
B [ ]) Inclined at 60.
C [v]) Parallel.
D [ ]) Perpendicular.

80) Kelvines double bridge is used to measure low resistance because


A [ ]) There is no thermo electric emf.
B [ ]) It has high sensitivity.
C [v]) Effect of contact and lead resistance is eliminated.
D [ ]) Resistance variation due to temperature.

81) To the y input of a CRO a signal defined by 10sin100t is applied. To the x input the
signal 10cos100t is fed. The gain for both x-channel and y-channel is the same. The screen
shows
A [v]) A circle.
B [ ]) Sinisoidal.
C [ ]) An ellipse.
D [ ]) A straight line.
E [ ]) HINTS-Here x + y = 10 | sin100t + cos100t = 100, which is a constant. This the equation
of a circle. So the screen show a circle.

82) An electrodynamic meter can be used to measure


A [ ]) AC volatge.
B [ ]) DC voltage.
C [v]) both AC and DC voltage.
D [ ]) DC current.

83) The measurement of a quantity


A [ ]) is a comparison of an unknown quantity with known quantity.
B [ ]) is a comparison of an unknown quantity with another quantity.
C [v]) is a comparison of an unknown quantity with standard.
D [ ]) none of these.

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84) The internal resistance of Weston standard cell is of order of
A [v]) 1 ohm.
B [ ]) 10 ohm.
C [ ]) 100 ohm.
D [ ]) 1000 ohm.

85) Which of the following meter is most suitable for measuring radio frequency currents?
A [ ]) Moving - coil meter.
B [ ]) Moving - iron meter.
C [v]) Thermocouple meter.
D [ ]) VTVM.

86) Schering bridge is used to measure which of the following?


A [ ]) Frequency.
B [ ]) Inductance
C [v]) Capacitance.
D [ ]) Resistance.

87) A moving coil of a meter has 100 turns, and a length and depth of 10 mm and 20 mm
respectively. It is positioned in a uniform radial flux density of 200 mT. The coil carries a
current of 50 mA. The torque on the coil is
A [ ]) 1 Nm.
B [v]) 200 Nm.
C [ ]) 100 Nm.
D [ ]) 2 Nm.
E [ ]) HINTS-Torque on the coil T = NBAI Where N = 100, B = 200 mT, A = Area of the coil =
length X breadth = 200 X 10sq. mt., I = current through the coil = 50 mA . T = 200 Nm.

88) Attraction and repulsion type instruments are the two different types of which
instrument ?
A [v]) Moving iron type.
B [ ]) Multipliers.
C [ ]) Dynamo-meter type.

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D [ ]) Induction type.

89) A voltmeter has 100 scale divisions and can measure up to 100 V. Each division can be
read to division. The resolution of the voltmeter is
A [ ]) 1 V
B [v]) 0.5 V
C [ ]) 1.5 V
D [ ]) 2 V
E [ ]) HINTS-Resolution is nothing but smallest change in the input that can be measured by the
instrument. In the given instrument smallest change in the input that can be measured is
division. 100division = 100volt 1division = 1volt 1/2division = 0.5volt

90) The difference between the measured value and the true value is called
A [ ]) probable error
B [v]) absolute error
C [ ]) gross error
D [ ]) relative error

91) The errors introduced by an instrument fall in which category ?


A [v]) Systematic errors
B [ ]) Random errors
C [ ]) Gross errors
D [ ]) Environmental errors

92) A 150 V moving iron voltmeter of accuracy class 1-0 reads 75 V when used in a circuit
under standard condition. The maximum possible percentage error in the reading is
A [ ]) 1%
B [ ]) 1.5%
C [v]) 2%
D [ ]) 2.5%
E [ ]) HINTS-Class 1-0 means guaranteed accuracy of 1% of full scale. 1 % of 150 volt is 1.5v
Now, 75 (L.E./100) = 1.5 (Limiting Error) L.E. = 2 %

93) The maximum percentage error in the sum of two voltage measurements when V1 =
100V 1% and V2 = 80V 5% is

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A [ ]) 4%
B [v]) 2.8%
C [ ]) 6%
D [ ]) 3%
E [ ]) HINTS-Given, V1 = 100V 1%............. (i) 1% of 100 V is 1 V So, we can rewrite (i) as V1 =
100 V 1 VPPPP(iii) Given, V2 = 80 V 5 %............(ii) 5% of 80 V is 4 V So we can rewrite (ii)
as V2 = 80 V 4 VPPPP.(iv) Now adding (iii) and (iv) V1 + V2 = 180 V 5 VPPP.(v) As, 5 V
is 2.8% of 180 V, (v) can be rewritten as V1 + V2 = 180 V 2.8%

94) In a wheatstone bridge, a change of 6 ? in the unknown arm of bridge is required to


produce a change in deflection of 2.4 mm of the galvanometer. The sensitivity is
A [ ]) 2.5 mm/?
B [ ]) 0.8 mm/?
C [v]) 0.4 mm/?
D [ ]) 5.0 mm/?

95) A first order instrument is characterized by


A [ ]) Static sensitivity and damping coefficient
B [v]) Time constant only
C [ ]) Static sensitivity and time constant
D [ ]) Static sensitivity, damping coefficient and natural frequency of oscillations

96) The ratio of change in output to the change in the input is called
A [ ]) precision
B [ ]) resolution
C [v]) sensitivity
D [ ]) repeatability

97) Which one the following statements is correct ? The application of the instrument in
wrong manner in the procedure of measurement results in a/an
A [v]) instrument error
B [ ]) random error
C [ ]) systematic error
D [ ]) gross error

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98) Two capacitance, C1 = 150 2.4F and C2 = 120 1.5 F are connected in parallel.
What is the limiting error of the resultant capacitance C (in F) ?
A [v]) 3.9F
B [ ]) 2.4F
C [ ]) 1.5F
D [ ]) 0.9F
E [ ]) HINTS-Equivalent capacitance of the given parallel combination is C = C1 + C2. So, limiting
error of C is (2.4 + 1.5) = 3.9 F

99) Dynamic errors are caused by


A [v]) instrument not responding fast
B [ ]) human error
C [ ]) environmental error
D [ ]) observational error

100) Which one of the following meters has maximum loading effect on the circuit under
measurement ?
A [ ]) 1000 /volt
B [ ]) 10 M/volt
C [v]) 100 /volt
D [ ]) 1 M/volt
E [ ]) HINTS-Maximum loading effect takes place due to low sensitivity of the instrument.

101) If an ammeter is to be used in place of a voltmeter, we must connect with the ammeter
a
A [ ]) High resistance in parallel
B [v]) High resistance in series
C [ ]) Low resistance in parallel
D [ ]) Low resistance in series

102) In eddy current damping system, the disc employed should be of


A [ ]) Conducting and magnetic material
B [v]) Conducting but non-magnetic material

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C [ ]) Magnetic but non-conducting material
D [ ]) Non-conducting and non-magnetic material

103) Which of the following can act as in inverse transducer?


A [ ]) LVDT
B [ ]) Strain
C [v]) Piezo electric crystal
D [ ]) Bimetal strip

104) Measurement of pressure can be done by using wire, foil or semiconductor type Strain
Gauges. The disadvantage of the semiconductor type of strain gauge compared to other
two is in terms of
A [ ]) Gauge factor
B [ ]) Hysteresis characteristics
C [v]) Temperature sensitivity
D [ ]) Frequency response

105) The effects of power factor and frequency variations in wattmeter can be reduced if
A [ ]) pressure coil induction is zero.
B [v]) a capacitance is connected in parallel to the pressure coil.
C [ ]) damping is not provided.
D [ ]) voltage coil resistance is zero.

106) In which of the transformer is the secondary nearly short circuited under normal
operating conditions?
A [v]) CT
B [ ]) PT
C [ ]) Distribution transformer
D [ ]) Power transformer

107) A piezoelectric force transducer has a charge sensitivity of 20 pC/N. It is connected to


a charge amplifier and overall gain of transducer and amplifier is 50 mV/N. The gain of
amplifier is
A [ ]) 1 mV/pC

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B [ ]) 1.5 mV/pC
C [v]) 2.5 mV/pC
D [ ]) 4 mV/pC
E [ ]) HINTS-50/20=2.5

108) In a strain measuring device using a strain gauge, the output quantity is
A [v]) voltage
B [ ]) resistance
C [ ]) impedance
D [ ]) either (A) or (B)

109) The household energy meter is


A [ ]) indicating instrument
B [ ]) recording instrument
C [v]) integrating instrument
D [ ]) none of the above

110) A digital frequency counter can be converted to DVM by addition of a suitable


A [ ]) voltage controlled oscillator
B [v]) D/A converter
C [ ]) power amplifier
D [ ]) operational amplifier

111) A dynamometer wattmeter is connected in ac circuit. The reading will be


A [ ]) V-A product
B [v]) average power
C [ ]) peak power
D [ ]) instantaneous power

112) The speed transducer using a drag cup rotor has the main advantage of
A [ ]) very high accuracy
B [v]) low energy requirement

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C [ ]) cheap construction
D [ ]) all of the above

113) A voltmeter using thermocouples measures


A [v]) rms value
B [ ]) peak value
C [ ]) average value
D [ ]) peak to peak value

114) Which of the following measurements using a dc potentiometer do not require


standardisation of potentiometer?
A [ ]) Measurement of unknown voltage
B [v]) Measurement of resistance
C [ ]) Measurement of unknown current
D [ ]) Calibration of voltmeter

115) In a thermocouple temperature transducer, the output voltage is usually measured by


A [ ]) high resistance ammeter
B [ ]) high resistance voltmeter
C [v]) high resistance milli-voltmeter
D [ ]) none of the above

116) A moving iron instrument gives correct reading when used at


A [ ]) low frequencies
B [ ]) high frequencies
C [v]) only one frequency
D [ ]) all frequencies upto a certain value

117) Induction wattmeter can be used in


A [v]) ac circuit only
B [ ]) dc circuit only
C [ ]) both ac and dc circuit
D [ ]) ac 3 phase only

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118) In two wattmeter method of 3 phase power measurement, when does one wattmeter
read negative
A [ ]) when power factor is less than 0.8 lagging
B [ ]) when power factor is greater than 0.5 lagging
C [v]) when power factor is less than 0.5
D [ ]) when power factor is unity

119) The D'Arsonval- movement can be converted into audio frequency ac ammeter by
adding a
A [ ]) thermocouple
B [ ]) transducer
C [ ]) chopper
D [v]) rectifier

120) LVDT is a
A [ ]) pressure transducer
B [v]) displacement transducer
C [ ]) velocity transducer
D [ ]) acceleration transducer

121) Which of the following instruments has non-linear scale?

1.Moving coil instrument


2.Moving iron instrument
3.Electrostatic instrument
4.Rectifier instrument
A [ ]) 2 only
B [v]) 2 and 3 only
C [ ]) 2, 3 and 1
D [ ]) 1, 2, 3 and 4

122) Which of these has a magnetic brake?


A [ ]) Thermocouple ammeter
B [v]) Energy meter

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C [ ]) Dynamometer wattmeter
D [ ]) Frequency meter

123) Which of these has poor overload capacity?


A [ ]) PMMC instrument
B [v]) Hot wire instrument
C [ ]) Dynamometer instrument
D [ ]) Both (A) and (B)

124) Which instrument is based on induction principle?


A [ ]) Dynamometer wattmeter
B [ ]) Induction wattmeter
C [ ]) Energy meter
D [v])
Both (B) and (C)

125) The volt ratio box is basically a


A [v]) potential divider
B [ ]) current transformer
C [ ]) a high resistance voltmeter
D [ ]) either (A) or (B)

126) Measuring of unknown voltage with a dc potentiometer loses its advantage of open
circuit measurement when
A [ ]) primary circuit battery is changed
B [v]) range reduction by factor of 10 is employed
C [ ]) standardisation is done to compensate for drift
D [ ]) voltage is larger than range of potentiometer

127) When a capacitor is connected to the terminals of an ohmmeter, the pointer indicated
a low resistance initially and finally come to infinity position. This shows that capacitor is
A [ ]) short circuited
B [v]) all right

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C [ ]) faulty
D [ ]) open circuited

128) It is required that a strain gauge has gauge factor of 100. The proper strain gauge is
A [ ]) constantan strain gauge
B [ ]) nichrome strain gauge
C [v]) semiconductor strain gauge
D [ ]) alloy strain gauge

129) The loss of charge method can be used to measure


A [ ]) resistance of shunt
B [v]) insulation resistance of cable
C [ ]) resistance of shunt winding
D [ ]) both (b) and (c)

130) A capacitance transducer can be used to measure


A [ ]) thickness of sheet
B [ ]) displacement
C [ ]) level of fluids
D [v]) all of the above

131) The input impedance of CRO is about


A [ ]) zero
B [ ]) 10
C [ ]) 100
D [v]) one mega ohm

132) Which of the following is not correct in respect of electrostatic instrument?


A [ ]) It is essentially a voltmeter
B [ ]) It is suitable for only high voltages
C [v]) It has a uniform scale
D [ ]) It can be used for both ac and dc

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133) The wave applied to X plates, for ohtaining trace of voltage wave, is
A [v]) sawtooth wave
B [ ]) sinusoidal wave
C [ ]) rectangular wave
D [ ]) NONE

134) It is required to study transients during switching process. Which CRO should be
preferred?
A [ ]) Ordinary CRO
B [ ]) Dual beam CRO
C [ ]) Dual trace CRO
D [v]) Storage oscilloscope

135) A radiation thermometer is suitable for temperatures


A [ ]) below 500C
B [ ]) below 100C
C [ ]) above 500C
D [v]) above 1400C

136) The most commonly used moving iron instruments are


A [v]) repulsion type
B [ ]) attraction type
C [ ]) a combination of attraction and repulsion type
D [ ]) none of the above

137) A moving iron instrument can be used for


A [ ]) dc only
B [ ]) ac only
C [v]) both dc and ac
D [ ]) dc and high frequency ac

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138) Consider the following instruments

1.Tangent galvanometer
2.Rayleigh current balance
3.Household energy meter
4.Hot wire ammeter
Out of above absolute instruments are
A [ ]) 1, 2 and 3
B [ ]) 1, 2 and 4
C [v]) 1 and 2
D [ ]) 2, 3 and 4

139) In a CRO, the frequency of output of time base generator


A [ ]) is only one constant value
B [v]) is adjustable
C [ ]) varies automatically
D [ ]) either (A) or (B)

140) Which of the following does not use the principle of change in inductance?
A [ ]) LVDT
B [ ]) Inductance displacement transducer
C [v]) Strain gauge
D [ ]) Reluctance pick up

141) It is necessary to measure the amplitudes of two signals and also the phase difference
between them. This can be done by using a
A [ ]) phase meter
B [v]) waveform meter
C [ ]) vector voltmeter
D [ ]) digital voltmeter

142) To avoid creep in an energy meter


A [ ]) two shading bands are put on shunt magnet
B [ ]) two shading bands are put on series magnet
C [v]) two holes are cut in the disc on opposite sides of spindle

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D [ ]) the potential coil is made of very thin wire

143) Four voltmeters have following specifications. If accuracy is main consideration which
is the best?
A [ ]) 100 V, 2 mA
B [ ]) 100 V, 100 mA
C [ ]) 100 V, 1 mA
D [v]) 100 V, 0.1 mA

144) A polyphase wattmeter basically consists of two wattmeters. The moving system of
two wattmeters
A [v]) are common
B [ ]) are separate
C [ ]) are generally common
D [ ]) are generally separate

145) In measuring a resistance by voltmeter-ammeter method, the voltmeter can be


connected either across supply or across the resistance. If the resistance is low, the
voltmeters should be connected
A [ ]) across the supply
B [v]) across the resistance
C [ ]) either in two positions
D [ ]) preferably across the supply

146) For measurement of surface temperature of solids the elements of RTD is usually in
the shape of
A [ ]) bar
B [ ]) coil
C [v]) flat grid
D [ ]) either (A) or (B)

147) As per BIS, the number of accuracy classes of instrument is


A [ ]) 7
B [v]) 8

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C [ ]) 6
D [ ]) 5

148) In electronic voltmeters the measuring device is a


A [v]) moving coil instrument
B [ ]) moving iron instrument
C [ ]) dynamometer instrument
D [ ]) none of the above

149) Two sinusoidal signals of equal amplitude and frequency are applied to X and Y plate
of CRO respectively. The observed Lissajous pattern is a straight line. The phase shift
between signals is
A [ ]) zero
B [ ]) 90
C [v]) either zero or 180
D [ ]) either 90 or 270

150) Three phase four wire induction energy meter is used to measure
A [ ]) energy in 3 phase balanced star load
B [ ]) energy in 3 phase balanced delta load
C [v]) energy in 3 phase unbalanced load
D [ ]) either (A) or (B)

151) For measuring temperatures below 800C with high accuracy, the best instrument is
A [ ]) optical pyrometer
B [ ]) thermistor based thermometer
C [ ]) GaAs junction diode thermometer
D [v]) platinum resistance thermometer

152) The torque in induction wattmeters due to


A [ ]) capacitive current
B [ ]) electrostatic effect
C [ ]) hall effect

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D [v]) eddy currents

153) An instrument of accuracy class 1 can have an error equal to


A [ ]) + 1% of reading
B [ ]) 1% of reading
C [v]) 1% of full scale deflection
D [ ]) + 1% of full scale deflection

154) Use of high permeability core in moving iron instrument helps in


A [ ]) reducing size of meter
B [v]) increasing sensitivity
C [ ]) reducing temperature error
D [ ]) all of the above

155) Shaft encoder is used to measure


A [v]) angular position
B [ ]) linear position
C [ ]) linear velocity
D [ ]) linear acceleration

156) The device having highest photo sensitivity is


A [v]) photoconductive cell
B [ ]) photodiode
C [ ]) photovoltaic cell
D [ ]) phototransistor

157) The two pressure coils in a single phase power factor meter of turns
A [v]) the same dimension and the same numbers of turns
B [ ]) the same dimension but different number of turns
C [ ]) different dimension and different numbers of turns
D [ ]) different dimension but the same numbers of turns

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158) In dc tacho generators used for measurement of speed of shaft, frequent calibration is
necessary because
A [ ]) contacts wear off
B [v]) strength of permanent magnet decreases with age
C [ ]) armature current produces heating effect
D [ ]) there is back emf

159) A Weston synchronoscope is a


A [ ]) moving coils instrument
B [ ]) moving iron instrument
C [v]) dynamometer instrument
D [ ]) induction instrument

160) In a dynamometer 3 phase power factor meter, the planes of the two moving coils are
at
A [ ]) 60
B [ ]) 0
C [v]) 120
D [ ]) 90

161) In a Ballistic galvanometer


A [ ]) inertia is small and damping is also small
B [ ]) inertia is large and damping is critical
C [v]) inertia is large and damping is small
D [ ]) both inertia and damping are large

162) When deflecting torque and braking torque in an energy meter are zero,
A [v]) the disc rotates at steady speed
B [ ]) the disc is stationary
C [ ]) the disc accelerates
D [ ]) the disc retards

163) A dual trace CRO has

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A [ ]) one electron gun
B [ ]) two electron guns
C [v]) one electron gun with one two pole switch
D [ ]) two electron guns with one two pole switch

164) The Y plates of a CRO are excited by a voltage 2 sin 100 t and the X plates are not
connected. The display would be
A [v]) a vertical line
B [ ]) a horizontal line
C [ ]) sine wave
D [ ]) slant line

165) Heating effect of current is used in


A [ ]) ammeters
B [ ]) voltmeters
C [v]) both ammeters and voltmeters
D [ ]) wattmeters

166) Magnetic effect of current is used in


A [ ]) ammeters
B [ ]) voltmeters
C [ ]) wattmeters
D [v]) ammeters, voltmeters, wattmeters and energy meters

167) The instrument used to check insulation of household wiring is


A [ ]) ohmmeter
B [v]) megger
C [ ]) multimeter
D [ ]) high resistance voltmeter

168) A vibration galvanometer is a


A [v]) moving coil instrument
B [ ]) moving iron instrument

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C [ ]) dynamometer instrument
D [ ]) induction instrument

169) A power factor meter has


A [ ]) one current and one pressure circuit
B [v]) one current circuit and two pressure circuits
C [ ]) two current circuits and two pressure circuits
D [ ]) two current circuits and one pressure circuit

170) In a semiconductor strain gauge, the ohmic electrical contacts are generally made of
A [ ]) copper wire
B [v]) gold wire
C [ ]) aluminium wire
D [ ]) nickel wire

171) To measure dielectric loss you would use


A [ ]) Anderson bridge
B [ ]) Kelvin bridge
C [v]) Schering bridge
D [ ]) Maxwell's bridge

172) In a hot wire instrument, the deflection is proportional to


A [v]) peak value of ac current
B [ ]) average value of ac current
C [ ]) rms value of ac current
D [ ]) none

173) Without a spectrum analyser, it is not possible to determine


A [v]) carrier frequency
B [ ]) antenna pattern
C [ ]) pulse width
D [ ]) spurious signal strength and its location

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174) A phase shifting transformer is used in conjunction with
A [ ]) DC slide wire potentiometer
B [ ]) Crompton potentiometer
C [ ]) AC coordinate potentiometer
D [v]) Drysdale potentiometer

175) In a megger the controlling torque is provided by


A [ ]) spring
B [ ]) gravity
C [v]) coil
D [ ]) eddy current

176) For measurement of high voltage capacitors the suitable bridge is


A [ ]) Wien bridge
B [ ]) modified De Sauty bridge
C [v]) Schering bridge
D [ ]) either (A) or (B)

177) To avoid the effect of stray magnetic fields in ac bridge we can use
A [v]) magnetic screening
B [ ]) Wagner earthing device
C [ ]) wave filter
D [ ]) transformer

178) A resistance strain gauge is usually


A [ ]) wire grid type
B [ ]) foil type
C [v]) any of these
D [ ]) none of these

179) In ac bridge measurements, 'Wagner ground' means

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A [ ]) a special RC connection to eliminate stray magnetic effects
B [v]) a special RC connection to eliminate stray capacitance effects
C [ ]) an unwanted and unintended ground connection
D [ ]) a large metal plate buried in ground connected to one corner of bridge

180) For a current transformer, the standard secondary rating is


A [v]) 1 A or 5 A
B [ ]) 2.5 A
C [ ]) 10 A
D [ ]) 5 A or 10 A

181) In portable instruments, damping is provided by


A [v]) spring
B [ ]) gravity
C [ ]) eddy current
D [ ]) either (A) or (B)

182) The sensitivity of electromagnetic digital flow meter can be increased by increasing
A [ ]) circumferential width of rotor teeth
B [ ]) radial depth of rotor teeth
C [ ]) thickness of rotor teeth
D [v]) number of teeth

183) The increase in intensity of trace in a CRO causes a change in


A [v]) beam current
B [ ]) frequency of time base
C [ ]) gain of Y amplifier
D [ ]) accelerating voltage

184) The most serious problems in ac bridge measurement is


A [ ]) eddy currents
B [ ]) leakage current

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C [ ]) residual magnetism
D [v]) stray fields

185) The time base generator in a CRO gives an output which is


A [ ]) low frequency sinusoidal
B [ ]) high frequency sinusoidal
C [ ]) low frequency rectangular
D [v]) high frequency sawtooth

186) In low power factor wattmeter, the compensating coil is connected


A [ ]) in series with current coil
B [ ]) in parallel with current coil
C [v]) in series with pressure coil
D [ ]) in parallel with pressure coil

187) In measurements using strain gauge, the dummy strain gauge is used to
A [ ]) compensate for resistance of strain gauge
B [v]) compensate for change in temperature
C [ ]) compensate for error due to change in voltage of battery
D [ ]) compensate for error in voltmete

188) In an ac single phase energy meter, the potential coil is put on


A [ ]) both side limbs, of upper magnet
B [v]) central limb of upper magnet
C [ ]) one side limb of upper magnet
D [ ]) either (A) or (B)

189) In order to achieve accuracy, the slide wire of a potentiometer should be


A [v]) as long as possible
B [ ]) as short as possible
C [ ]) neither too long nor too short
D [ ]) neither too long nor too short

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190) The coil of a DArsonval galvanometer has N turns. If flux density is B, current is I and
area of coil is A, the deflecting torque is
A [ ]) NBI/A
B [v]) NBIA
C [ ]) NIA/B
D [ ]) N2IAB

191) Which of these instrument does not have a control spring?


A [ ]) Moving iron ammeter
B [ ]) PMMC ammeter
C [ ]) Electrostatic voltmeters
D [v]) Power factor meter

192) In Weston frequency meter, the magnetic axes of the two fixed coils are
A [ ]) parallel
B [v]) perpendicular
C [ ]) inclined at 60
D [ ]) inclined at 15

193) Pirani gauge is used to measure


A [v]) very low pressure
B [ ]) high pressure
C [ ]) pressure in the range of 1 atmosphere
D [ ]) fluid flow

194) The switch board instruments


A [v]) should be mounted in vertical position
B [ ]) should be mounted in horizontal position
C [ ]) should be mounted at about 45
D [ ]) should be mounted at about 80

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195) In a vibrating reed frequency meter the natural frequency of two adjacent reeds have a
difference of
A [ ]) 0.25 Hz
B [v]) 0.5 Hz
C [ ]) 1.25 Hz
D [ ]) 1 Hz

196) LVDT is used to measure


A [v]) displacement
B [ ]) pressure
C [ ]) temperature
D [ ]) any of the above

197) Burden of an instrument transformer is expressed in


A [ ]) A
B [v]) V-A
C [ ])
D [ ]) watt

198) A Q meter uses the principle of


A [ ]) variation of self inductance
B [ ]) variation of mutual inductance
C [v]) series resonance
D [ ]) none of the above

199) Bridge circuits using RTD in temperature measurement usually employ 3 lead system
so as to obtain
A [ ]) higher sensitivity
B [ ]) better impedance matching
C [v]) compensation for signal wire resistance
D [ ]) reduction in power consumption

200) anel type instruments are used in

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A [ ]) power stations
B [ ]) automobiles
C [ ]) automobiles
D [v]) all of the above

201) The multiplier resistance and meter coil in a voltmeter are in


A [v]) series
B [ ]) parallel
C [ ]) series-parallel
D [ ]) either (A) or (B)

202) The adjustment of position of shading bands, in an energy meter, is done to provide
A [v]) friction compensation
B [ ]) creep compensation
C [ ]) braking torque
D [ ]) none of the above

203) The numbers of accelerating anodes in a CRO is


A [ ]) 1
B [v]) 2
C [ ]) 3
D [ ]) 4

204) The pressure coil of a wattmeter should be connected to the supply side of the current
coil when
A [v]) load impedance in high
B [ ]) load impedance is low
C [ ]) voltage is high
D [ ]) voltage is low

205) A universal RLC bridge uses


A [ ]) Maxwell bridge for measurement of inductance and De Sauty's bridge for measurement of
capacitance

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B [ ]) Maxwell's bridge for measurement of inductance and modified De Sauty bridge for
measurement of capacitance
C [v]) Maxwell Wien bridge for measurement of inductance and modified De Sauty bridge for
measurement of capacitance
D [ ]) Maxwell Wien bridge for measurement of inductance and Wien bridge for measurement of
capacitance

206) Loading effect is primarily caused by instruments having


A [ ]) high resistance
B [ ]) high sensitivity
C [v]) low sensitivity
D [ ]) high range

207) Magnetic deflection sensitivity is defined as


A [v]) deflection/flux density
B [ ]) (deflection/flux density)0.5
C [ ]) (Deflection)0.5/flux density
D [ ]) none of the above

208) Gauge factor of a strain gauge is


A [v]) unit change in resistance per unit change in length
B [ ]) change in resistance per unit change in length
C [ ]) unit change in length per unit change in resistance
D [ ]) none of the above

209) To measure moisture in wood, the most suitable method is


A [v]) electric conduction
B [ ]) electrical-capacitive
C [ ]) absorption of radiation
D [ ]) equilibrium-moisture Vs humidity

210) An E transformer is a
A [v]) displacement transducer

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B [ ]) velocity transducer
C [ ]) acceleration transducer
D [ ]) pressure transducer

211) It is required to measure pressure using LVDT. The additional device needed is
A [ ]) strain gauge
B [ ]) pitot tube
C [v]) bourden tube
D [ ]) rotameter

212) Load cell uses


A [ ]) piezoelectric crystal
B [ ]) capacitor
C [ ]) mutual inductance
D [v]) strain gauge

213) The accuracy of an instrument is determined by


A [v]) closeness of indicated value to the actual value
B [ ]) repeatability of measured value
C [ ]) speed with which the reading approaches final value
D [ ]) least value which can be measured

214) The temperature coefficient of resistance for a thermistor is


A [ ]) low and negative
B [ ]) low and positive
C [v]) high and negative
D [ ]) high and positive

215) A linear displacement digital transducer generally uses


A [ ]) straight binary code
B [ ]) BCD
C [v]) gray code

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D [ ]) hexadecimal code

216) The 10 MHz in the specification of CRO means that


A [v]) the sweep frequency is 10 MHz
B [ ]) the frequency of input signal should not be more than 10 MHz
C [ ]) the vertical amplifier has been designed for 10 MHz
D [ ]) none

217) Which of the following is used as detector in audio frequency ac bridges?


A [ ]) AC voltmeter
B [ ]) CRO
C [v]) Head phones
D [ ]) Vibration galvanometer

218) It is required to measure the true open circuit emf of a battery. The best device is
A [ ]) dc voltmeter
B [ ]) ammeter and known resistance
C [v]) dc potentiometer
D [ ]) either (A) or (C)

219) Which of the following, is not a piezoelectric material?


A [ ]) Rochelle salt
B [ ]) Quartz
C [ ]) Lithium sulphate
D [v]) Sodium bicarbonate

220) Harmonic distortion analyser


A [ ]) measures amplitude of each harmonic
B [ ]) measures rms value of fundamental frequency component
C [v]) measures rms value of all harmonics except fundamental frequency
D [ ]) displays rms value of each harmonic on screen of CRO

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221) The dynamic characteristics of capacitive transducer are similar to those of
A [ ]) LP filter
B [v]) HP filter
C [ ]) notch filter
D [ ]) band stop filter

222) The electrical power to a megger is provided by


A [ ]) battery
B [ ]) inverter
C [v]) permanent magnet dc generator
D [ ]) ac generator

223) The precision of an instrument indicates its ability to reproduce a certain reading with
a given
A [ ]) drift
B [ ]) resolutions
C [ ]) shift
D [v]) consistency

224) The flow rate of electrically conducting liquid without any suspended particle can not
be measured by
A [ ]) turbine flow meter
B [ ]) electromagnetic flow meter
C [ ]) ultrasonic flow meter
D [v]) thermistor based heat flow meter

225) The term 'Poisson's ratio' is connected with


A [v]) strain gauge
B [ ]) LVDT
C [ ]) Bourden tube
D [ ]) capacitance transducer

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