Types of Thermometers Multiple Choice Questions with Answers – PDF Download

MCQ 1: Which one of these thermometers is portable as well as simple to use?

1. Constant-volume gas thermometer
2. resistance thermometer
3. Thermocouple
4. Mercury-in-glass thermometer

MCQ 2: The sensitivity of a thermometer refers to:

1. how quickly the thermometer can register change in temperature
2. the amount of change in thermometric property for a unit change in temperature
3. the min and max temperatures that the thermometer can measure
4. None of the above

MCQ 3: Thermometer that is best suited for measuring rapidly changing temperatures is:

1. Constant-volume gas thermometer
2. resistance thermometer
3. Thermocouple
4. Mercury-in-glass thermometer

MCQ 4: The responsiveness of a thermometer refers to:

1. how quickly the thermometer can register change in temperature
2. the amount of change in thermometric property for a unit change in temperature
3. the minimum and maximum temperatures that the thermometer can measure
4. None of the above

MCQ 5: A thermocouple shows an EMF of 5.00 mV with one of its junctions at 0 °C and the other at 100 °C. If the 100 °C junction is taken out of the boiling water and placed in a glass of water having temperature same as the room temperature (assume room temperature in this case = 25 °C), the EMF registered on thermocouple would be:

1. 1.25 mV
2. 5 mV
3. 10 mV
4. 20 mV