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                | 131. | Rochelle salts are used |  
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				| A. | For colour identification | B. | For photography |  
				 				 | C. | For polarisation | D. | As piezoelectric crystals |  
				    | E. | As dectors of gamma rays |  |  |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option D Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 132. | Which of the following is not a piezoelectric material? |  
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				| A. | Quarz | B. | Sodium chloride |  
				 				 | C. | Ammonium dihydrogen phosphate | D. | All of the above |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option B Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 133. | Which of the following statement is wrong for thermocouple measuring instruments? |  
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				| A. | They read average values | B. | They read rms values |  
				 				 | C. | They cannot take overheads | D. | When calibrated on dc they cannot be used for ac signals |  
				    | E. | Their calibration dies not change with time or temperature |  |  |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option D Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 134. | The direction of current in case of antimony bismuth thermocouple will be |  
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				| A. | From antimony to bismuth at the cold junction | B. | From antimony to bismuth at hot junction |  
				 				 | C. | From bismuth to antimony at cold junction | D. | Any of the above |  
				    | E. | None of the above |  |  |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option A Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 135. | Which of the following is generally not used as a thermocouple material? |  
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				| A. | Platinum - Rhodium | B. | Chromel - Alumel |  
				 				 | C. | Gold - Silver | D. | Chromel - Copper |  
				    | E. | None of the above |  |  |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option C Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 136. | Which of the following thermocouple can be used for temperatures above 1000?C |  
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				| A. | Platinum - Rhodium | B. | Chromel - Alumel |  
				 				 | C. | High pressure Chromel - Copper | D. | Any of the above |  
				    | E. | None of the above |  |  |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option A Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 137. | The display of a digital numerical read out instrument is achieved by |  
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				| A. | Light emitting diodes | B. | Light dependent resistors |  
				 				 | C. | Photo tube | D. | Ionization of gases |  
				    | E. | Heated filaments |  |  |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option C Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 138. | Which of the following device can be used to give an indication for temperature changes? |  
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				| A. | Bourden gauge | B. | Thermistor |  
				 				 | C. | Thermocouple | D. | Transistor |  
				    | E. | LED |  |  |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option C Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 139. | Thermocouple used in radio micrometer and thermo-galvanometer is |  
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				| A. | Antimony - bismuth couple | B. | Copper constant couple |  
				 				 | C. | Copper iron couple | D. | Iron - copper couple |  
				    | E. | None of the above |  |  |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option A Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 140. | Thermocouples are generally used for temperature measurements upto |  
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                            Answer: Option D Explanation:    |  
 
 
			
			
 
 
 
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