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Liquid argon level in a pressurised storage tank (at 3 kg/cm2) is measured by a/an ____________________?
A. Gage glass
B. External float gage
C. Differential pressure gage
D. None of these
Which of the following is an undesirable dynamic characteristic of an instrument ?
A. Reproducibility
B. Dead zone
C. Time lag
D. Static error
Stroboscope is used for the measurement of _________________?
A. Rpm of a flywheel
B. Frequency of light
C. Depression of freezing point
D. Liquid level under pressure
Thermistor, which has high temperature co-efficient of resistivity, is used as the sensing element in resistance thermometer. It is a/an ?
A. Insulator
B. Conductor
C. Solid semi-conductor
D. Liquid semi-conductor
_______________ thermometer cannot measure sub-zero (< 0° C) temperature ?
A. Mercury in glass
B. Bimetallic
C. Vapor pressure
D. Resistance
Normal mercury thermometer can be used to measure a temperature of about 300°C. However, its maximum temperature measurement range can be increased upto about 500°C by__________________?
A. Filling nitrogen under pressure in the stem
B. Increasing the diameter of the tube
C. Using steel tube in place of glass tube
D. Accounting for the tube expansion
Which of the following relates the emf. generated in a single homogeneous wire to the temperature difference ?
A. Peltier effect
B. Thomson effect
C. Seebeck effect
D. None of these
The frequency response of a dynamic element shows a constant magnitude ratio at all frequencies. The element exhibits a negative phase shift at all frequencies. The absolute value of the phase shift increases linearly with frequency. The element has the transfer function ?
A. e-ηS
B. (T1S + 1)/(T2S + 1)
C. (T1S/(T2S + 1)
D. (T1S + 1)/(T2S
Phase lag of the frequency response of a second order system to a sinusoidal forcing function______________?
A. Is 30°
B. Is 90° at the most
C. Approaches 180° asymptotically
D. Is 120°
Configuration of Bourdon spring tube is never made of _____________ shape?
A. Circular
B. Semi-circular
C. Helical
D. Spiral
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