SUBJECT CODE: 231BS1T01

SUBJECT NAME: ENGINEERING PHYSICS

Objective Question Bank MID: II
Sl. Key
No. Question
Answer
1 What are the two types of dielectrics? (B)
a) Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric
b) Polar and Non-polar
c) Active and Non-active
d) Stable and Non-stable

2 CO is a polar dielectric. (A)

a) True
b) False
3 What is the relation between εr and χ? (B)
a) εr = χ
b) εr = 1 + χ
c) εr = 1 – χ
d) εr = χ – 1
4 The four types of polarization are Electronic Polarization, Ionic (A)
Polarization, Space-charge polarization and ______
a) Magnetic Polarization
b) Electric Polarization
c) Orientational Polarization
d) Potential Polarization
NaCl falls under which category of polarization? (A)
a) Ionic Polarization
5 b) Space-charge polarization
c) Dipolar Polarization
d) Electronic Polarization

6 Electronic polarizability is dependent of temperature. B

a) True
b) False
7 What is the process of producing electric dipoles inside the dielectric by A
an external electric field?
a) Polarisation
b) Dipole moment
c) Susceptibility
d) Magnetisation

8 The forbidden energy gap of dielectrics is __________ D

a) Less than 1.2 eV
b) Greater than or equal to 1.2 eV
c) Less than 3 eV
d) Greater than or equal to 3 eV
9 Dipoles are created when dielectric is placed in __________ B
a) Magnetic Field
b) Electric field
c) Vacuum
d) Inert Environment

10 Polarization is defined as the dipole moment __________ C

a) per unit length
b) per unit area
c) per unit volume
d) per unit time

11 In the formula, P = χeE, what is χe called? C

a) Electric constant
b) Polarizing constant
c) Electric susceptibility
d) Polarizing susceptibility

12 Which sort of molecule has opposite charges that coincide? B

a) Polar molecule
b) Non polar molecule
c) Unipolar molecule
d) Bipolar molecule

13 What will happen with magnetic materials is kept in an external magnetic C

field?
a) They will move
b) They will develop magnetic lines of force
c) They will create a permanent magnetic moment
d) They will be unaffected
14 Magnetism originates due to rotational motion of charged particles. A
a) True
b) False
15 In which of the following magnetic moment is zero? A
a) Dia-magnetic material
b) Parra-magnetic material
c) Ferromagnetic material
d) Ferrimagnetic material

16 Which of the following is a weak magnet? D

a) Ferromagnetic material
b) Antiferromagnetic
c) Paramagnetic
d) Diamagnetic

17 When does a paramagnetic material become diamagnetic material? C

a) At critical temperature
b) Above critical temperature
c) Below critical temperature
d) Never
18 If a material is ferromagnetic, what shall be the value of χ? C
a) Negative
b) Small and positive
c) Large and Positive
d) Insufficient information

19 Materials in which magnetization persists even after the field has been D
removed are called ___________
a) Diamagnetic
b) Paramagnetic
c) Soft Ferro magnets
d) Hard Ferro magnets

20 At high temperature a Ferro magnet becomes __________ B

a) Diamagnetic
b) Paramagnetic
c) Hard Ferro magnet
d) Soft Ferro Magnet

21 The value of B at H=0 in a Hysteresis curve is called ___________ A

a) Retentivity
b) Coercivity
c) Magnetization
d) Porosity

22 In which of the following the magnetic moments align themselves parallel B

to each other?
a) Paramagnetic material
b) Ferromagnetic material
c) Ferrimagnetic material
d) Diamagnetic material

23 Which of the following is a strong magnet? D

a) Diamagnetic material
b) Paramagnetic material
c) Antiferromagnetic material
d) Ferromagnetic material

24 Which of the following exhibits spontaneous magnetisation? D

a) Paramagnetic material
b) Ferrimagnetic material
c) Diamagnetic material
d) Ferromagnetic material

a) B ∝ M
25 How is the magnetic field, B, related to Magnetization, M? A

b) B ∝ 1/M
c) B ∝ M2
d) B ∝ 1/M2
26 The walls of a particle in a box are supposed to be ____________ D
 a) Small but infinitely hard
b) Infinitely large but soft
c) Soft and Small
d) Infinitely hard and infinitely large
27 The wave function of the particle lies in which region? C
a) x > 0
b) x < 0
c) 0 < X < L
d) x > L
28 The particle loses energy when it collides with the wall. B
a) True
b) False
29 The Energy of the particle is proportional to __________ C
a) n
b) n-1
c) n2
d) n-2
30 For a particle inside a box, the potential is maximum at x = ___________ A
a) L
b) 2L
c) L/2
d) 3L
31 The value of "A" of a particle in a box is ___________ D
a) L/2
b) 2/L
c) √L/2
d) √2/L
32 Particle in a box can never be at rest. A
a) True
b) False
33 What is the minimum Energy possessed by the particle in a box? B
a) Zero
b) E
c) 4E
d) 9E
34 Calculate the Zero-point energy for a particle in an infinite potential well C
for an electron confined to a 1 nm atom.
a) 3.9 X 10-29 J
b) 4.9 X 10-29 J
c) 5.9 X 10-29 J
d) 6.9 X 10-29 J
35 The uncertainty relation of position and momentum is greater than or equal B
to_____________

b) ℏ
a) 2ℏ

c) ℏ /2
d) ℏ /2π
36 Schrodinger Wave equation can be derived from Principles of Quantum B
Mechanics.
 a) True
b) False
37 Which of the following can be a wave function? B
a) tan x
b) sin x
c) cot x
d) sec x
38 Which of the following is not a characteristic of wave function? D
a) Continuous
b) Single valued
c) Differentiable
d) Physically Significant
39 dΨ/dx must be zero. B
a) True
b) False
40 If the momentum of the particle is increased to four times, then the de- D
Broglie wavelength will become
a) two times
b) four times
c) half times
d) one fourth times
41 If K and σ are thermal and electrical conductivity of a metal, then D
Wiedemann- Franz law is
a) KT/ σ = constant
b) σK/T = constant
c) σ/KT = constant
d) K/σT = constant
42 At any temperature other than 0K, the value of Fermi-Dirac distribution B
function at E = EF is
a) 0
b) 0.5
c) 1
d) 0.55
43 The Fermi temperature of a metal is 24600K. Calculate the Fermi C
velocity.
a) 0.5m/s
b) 1.38m/s
c) 0.8633×106m/s
d) 9.11×10-3m/s
44 Calculate the drift velocity of the free electrons with mobility of 3.5×10 - D
3
m2/Vs in copper for an electric field strength of 0.5 V/m.
a) 3.5 m/s
b) 1.75×103 m/s
c) 11.5 m/s
d) 1.75×10-3 m/s
45 A uniform silver wire has a resistivity of 1.54×10 -18 ohm/m at room C
temperature. For an electric field along the wire of 1 volt/cm. Compute
the mobility, assuming that there are 5.8×1028 conduction electrons/m3.
a) 1.54 m2/Vs
b) 6.9973m2/Vs
 c) 6.9973×10-3 m2/Vs
d) 0.69973m/s
46 What is the level that acts as a reference which separated the vacant and D
filled states at 0K?
a) Excited level
b) Ground level
c) Valance orbit
d) Fermi energy level
47 Which of the following theories cannot be explained by classical theory? C
a) Electron theory
b) Lorentz theory
c) Photo-electric effect
d) Classical free electron theory
48 What happens to the free electrons when an electric field is applied? D
a) They move randomly and collide with each other
b) They move in the direction of the field
c) They remain stable
d) They move in the direction opposite to that of the field
49 Which of the following theories can be adopted to rectify the drawbacks B
of classical theory?
a) Compton theory
b) Quantum theory
c) Band theory
d) Electron theory
50 The free electrons collide with the lattice elastically. A
a) True
b) False
51 What are the current carriers in semiconductors? D
a) Electrons and Protons
b) Electrons and Nucleons
c) Electrons and Photons
d) Electrons and Holes
52 In N-Type semiconductors, which extra energy level is added? B
a) Conduction level
b) Donor Energy Level
c) Acceptor energy level
d) Valence level
53 Which of the following can be used to create a P-Type Semiconductor? C
a) P
b) Sb
c) Ga
d) N
54 Which one of the following is not an intrinsic semiconductor?
a) Carbon
b) Silicon
c) Germanium
d) Lead
55 P-Type semiconductor has a lower electrical conductivity than N-Type A
semiconductor.
a) True
 b) False
56 Holes are the majority carries in Intrinsic Semiconductors. B
a) True
b) False
57 Which method can be used to distinguish between the two types of A
carriers?
a) Hall effect
b) Rayleigh method
c) Doppler effect
d) Fermi effect
58 What is the Fermi energy of a n-type semiconductor? C
a) E
b) E(F) = (Ec + Ev)/2
c) EF = (Ec + Ed)/2
d) EF = (Ev + Ea)/2
59 EF = (Ec+ Ev)/2, this represents the Fermi energy level of which of the D
following?
a) Extrinsic semiconductor
b) N-type semiconductor
c) P-type semiconductor
d) Intrinsic semiconductor
60 For semiconductors, the resistivity is inversely proportional to the A
temperature for semiconducting materials.
a) True
b) False
61 How does a semiconductor behave at absolute zero? B
a) Conductor
b) Insulator
c) Semiconductor
d) Protection device
62 Semiconductor acts as an insulator in the presence of impurities. B
a) True
b) False
63 How is the resistance of semiconductor classified? C
a) High resistance
b) Positive temperature co-efficient
c) Negative temperature co-efficient
d) Low resistance
64 Which of the following is known as indirect band gap semiconductors? A
a) Germanium
b) Nickel
c) Platinum
d) Carbon
65 Which column elements are combined to make compound D
semiconductors?
a) First and fourth
b) Fifth and sixth
c) Second and fourth
d) Third and fifth
66 How are charge carriers produced in intrinsic semiconductors? C
 a) By pure atoms
b) By electrons
c) By impure atoms
d) By holes
67 What type of material is obtained when an intrinsic semiconductor is A
doped with pentavalent impurity?
a) N-type semiconductor
b) Extrinsic semiconductor
c) P-type semiconductor
d) Insulator
68 What type of material is obtained when an intrinsic semiconductor is D
doped with trivalent impurity?
a) Extrinsic semiconductor
b) Insulator
c) N-type semiconductor
d) P-type semiconductor
69 What does the conductivity of metals depend upon? B
a) The nature of the material
b) Number of free electrons
c) Resistance of the metal
d) Number of electrons
70 In the Hall Effect, the directions of electric field and magnetic field are B
parallel to each other.
The above statement is
a) True
b) False
71 Which of the following parameters can’t be found with Hall Effect? D
a) Polarity
b) Conductivity
c) Carrier concentration
d) Area of the device
72 In the Hall Effect, the electric field is in x direction and the velocity is in y C
direction. What is the direction of the magnetic field?
a) X
b) Y
c) Z
d) XY plane
73 Which of the following formulae doesn’t account for correct expression D
for J?
a) ρv
b) I/wd
c) σE
d) µH
74 In Hall Effect, the electric field applied is perpendicular to both current A
and magnetic field?
a) True
b) False
75 Calculate the Hall Effect coefficient when number of electrons in a B
semiconductor is 1020.
a) 0.625
b) 0.0625
c) 6.25
d) 62.5