SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS AND DEVICES (MCQs)

Television signals are converted into light by:

  • (A) Decoder
  • (B) Transistor
  • (C) Photo diode
  • (D) Optical fiber
Check Answer
  • (C) Photo diode

What apparatus is used to locate a submerged object?

  • (A) Radar
  • (B) Sonar
  • (C) Quasar
  • (D) Pulsar
Check Answer
  • (B) Sonar

A device which records dictation on wax cylinder is:

  • (A) Hectometer
  • (B) Hypsometer
  • (C) Heliscope
  • (D) Dictaphone
Check Answer
  • (D) Dictaphone

For being able to see three-dimensional pictures, we have to use:

  • (A) Binocular
  • (B) Camera
  • (C) Epidiascope
  • (D) Stereoscope
Check Answer
  • (C) Epidiascope

Mention the instrument that is used to split light into its spectrum?

  • (A) Split meter
  • (B) Spectroscope
  • (C) Spectrograph
  • (D) Spectrometer
Check Answer
  • (B) Spectroscope

Which device is used to step up or step down the voltage of alternating current?

  • (A) Rectifier
  • (B) Galvanometer
  • (C) Transformer
  • (D) Transistor
Check Answer
  • (C) Transformer

For which purpose instrument ‘Centrifuge’ is used?

  • (A) To separate liquids
  • (B) To separate solids
  • (C) To separate mixtures of chemicals
  • (D) To separate acidity from water
Check Answer
  • (C) To separate mixtures of chemicals

Which instrument is used to measure the pressure of air?

  • (A) Galvanometer
  • (B) Barometer
  • (C) Electrometer
  • (D) Speedometer
Check Answer
  • (B) Barometer

Why ‘Thermometer’ is used?

  • (A) To measure acidity of water
  • (B) To measure temperature
  • (C) To measure electric current
  • (D) To measure coldness
Check Answer
  • (B) To measure temperature

‘Richter Scale’ is used for measuring:

  • (A) Rainfall
  • (B) Wind velocity
  • (C) Magnitude of earthquakes
  • (D) Water level in the dam
Check Answer
  • (C) Magnitude of earthquakes

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