The ratio of voltage and electric current in a closed circuit

remains constant
varies
increases
falls

2. The curve representing ohms law is

sine function
Linear
A parabola
a hyperbola

3. The resistance of a conductor having length l area of cross section a and resistivity is given
as:

a/l
l/a
la
l/a

4. The resistance of wire varies inversely as

area of cross section

length
resistivity
temperature

5. Which of the following quantities are same in all parts of a series circuit?

voltage
power
current
resistance

6.Which of the following statements is false in case of a series circuit?

the voltage drop across each resister is same

the current flowing through each resistor is the same
applied voltage is equal to the sum of voltage drops across individual resistors
resistors are additive

7. A resistance of 30 is connected across 240v supply. If a resistance R is connected in

parallel with 30 resistor across the same supply, the current drawn becomes triple of original
one. The unknown resistor R is

15
10
5
30

8. Three resistors, each of R ohms, are connected to form a triangle. The resistance between any
two terminals will be:

2/3 R
3/2R
R
3R

9. Which of the following is not correct?

P=V/R^2
P=VI
I=(P/R)
V=PR

10. A 100W bulb is connected in series with a room heater. If now 100W bulb is replaced by a
40w bulb, the heater output will :

increase
decrease
Remain the same

The voltage applied across an electric iron is halved. The power consumption of the iron will be:

one-half
three-fourth
one-fourth
1/2times

2. Resistance of 200w,250v lamp will be

625
1250
312.5
31.25

3. Two heaters rated at 1000w, 250v each are connected in series across a 250v, 50Hz ac supply.
The total power drawn from the supply will be:

1000w
500w

250w
2000w

4. A 200w, 100v lamp is to be operated on 250v supply. The additional resistance required to be
connected in series will be:

125
50
75
25

5. Kirchoffs laws are valid for

linear circuits only

passive time invariant circuits
non-linear circuits only
both linear and non-linear circuits

6. KCL is applicable only to

electric circuits
electronic circuits
junctions in a network
closed loop in a network

7. KVL is concerned with

IR drop
battery emf
junction node
both a and b

8. A wye arrangement of resistances has each resistance of 3, the equivalent delta arrangement
will have each resistance of values.

9
6
3
1

9. If Q.8 resistor are connected in delta arrangement then the equivalent wye will be 1.
10. A battery is connected to a resistance causing a current of 0.5A in the circuit. The current
drops to 0.4 when an additional resistance of 5 is connected in series . The current will drop to
0.2A when the resistance is further increased by

10
15
25
40

MCQ Basic Electrical Set III

1. Cells are connected in series in order to increase the

current capacity
life of the cells
voltage rating
terminal voltage

2. Cells are connected in parallel in order to increase

life of the cells

efficiency
current capacity
voltage rating

3. When two cells are connected in parallel , it should ensure that have

identical internal resistances

equal emfs
same ampere hour capacity

4.The capacity of a battery is expressed in

amperes
amperes-hour
watts
watt-hour

5. A series resonant circuit implies

zero pf and maximum current

unity pf and maximum current
unity pf and minimum current
zero pf and minimum current

6. which one is classified as integrating instrument?

Darsonval galvanometer
Ampere-hour meter

ohm-meter
ammeter

7. Which of the following types of instrument is an integrating instrument?

power factor meter

energy meter
watt meter
frequency meter

8. Voltmeter should be of very high resistance so that

its range is high

its accuracy is high
it may draw current minimum possible
its sensitivity is high

9. If a voltmeter is connected like a ammeter in series with a load

the measurement reading will be too high

almost no current will flow in the circuit
the meter will burn out
an inadmissably high current will flow

10. A multirange instrument (ammeter or voltmeter) has

multiple shunt or series resistances inside the meter

variable coil turns
multi -coil arrangement
any of the above

MCQ Basic Electrical Set IV

1. Measuring range of voltmeter can be extended by using

high shunt resistance

high series resistance
low shunt resistance
low series resistance

2. The function of a shunt in an ammeter is to

increase the instrument resistance

bypass the current
reduce the voltage drop across the instrument coil

increase the current flowing through the instrument coil

3. A moving instrument has a resistance of 0.6 and a full-scale deflection current of 0.1A. To
convert it into an ammeter 0-15A range, the resistance of shunt should be

0.6
0.06
0.1
0.004

4. High ac voltage are usually measured with

magnetic voltmeter
inductive voltmeter
potential transformer with voltmeter
current transformers and voltmeter

5. Which instrument has lowest resistance?

ammeter
voltmeter
frequency meter
meggar

6. All meters used for measuring current, voltage, and resistance are basically

voltmeter
ammeter
multimeter
none of the above

7. Which of the following is used to measure the resistance of an electrical installation?

multimeter
ammeter and voltmeter
maxwells bridge
meggar

8. Meggar is an instrument used for measuring

high resistance and insulation resistance

medium resistance
low resistance
leakage current

9. Which of the following statement associated with purely resistive circuits is correct?

PF is unity
power consumed is zero
heat produced is zero
PF is zero

10. A leading power factor implies

current leads the voltage

current lags behind the voltage
voltage leads the current
none of the above

MCQ Basic Electrical Set V

1. A series resonant circuit implies

zero PF and maximum current

unity PF and maximum current
unity PF and minimum current
zero PF and maximum current

2. DC generator works on the principle f

flemings lefthand rule

Flemings righthand rule
lenzs law
none of the above

3. EMF induced in each conductor of a dc machine is

an alternating emf
a direct emf
pulsating emf
emf of random waveform

4. In large dc generators, the magnetic field is produced by

permanent magnet
electromagnet
either a or b
none of the above

5. The emf generated y a dc generator may be increased by increasing

speed of rotation

excitation
armature length
either a or b

6. If we increase field current of a dc generator, its emf output

increases indefinitely
increases till the winding burns
increases till the magnetic saturation takes place
first increases and then reducing

7. The terminal voltage of a dc shunt generator on loading

increases slightly
decreases slightly
decrease sharply
remains constant

8. The transformer action requires a

constant magnetic flux

increasing magnetic flux
alternating magnetic flux
alternating electric flux

9. The induced emf in a transformer depends on

frequency
number of turns
maximum value of flux
all of the above

10. The flux in transformer core

increases with load

decreases with load
remains constant irrespective of load
none of the above

MCQ Basic Electrical Set VI

1. Open circuit test in a transformer is performed with

rated transformer voltage

rated transformer current

direct current
high frequency supply

2. In performing the short circuit test on a transformer

high voltage side is usually short circuited

low voltage side is usually short circuited
any side is usually short circuited
none of the above

3. In a transformer

both open and short circuit tests are performed on LV side

Open circuit test is conducted in HV side and short circuit test on LV side
Open circuit test is performed on LV side and short circuit test on HV side
both Open and short circuit tests are performed on HV side

4. Power factor of a ac circuit is defined as

PF=cos
PF=R/|z|
PF=P(real)/P(app)
all of the above

5. Power factor PF is

PF 1/I
PF I
PF I^2
PF 1/I^2

6. A transmission as well as distribution system of electric power is known as good if

High value of voltage regulation and efficiency

low value of voltage regulation and high value of efficiency
Good power factor and lower voltage regulation
none of the above

7. Charcoal, common salt are used in earthing due to following reasons:

They increases the conductivity of the soil

They increases the contact area of the earth
They maintains moisture and increase earth resistance
none of the above

8. Voltage source has

smaller resistance than load R

Higher internal resistance than load R
Internal resistance is not present i.e zero in all cases
very small internal resistance

9. Material subjected to rapid reversal of magnetism should have

high permeability and low hysteresis loss

Large B-H loop area
large coercivity and high retentivity
low permeability and large coercivity

10. Area of hysteresis loop represents

copper loss
eddy current loss
hysteresis loop

11. Silicon content in steel reduces

hysteresis loop
eddy current loss
copper loss

MCQ Electronic Devices and circuit set I

1. The acceptor type of impurity is

Phosphor
boron
Freon
None of these

2. The potential barrier acts as an barrier against the flow of

electrons only
holes only
electrons and holes
None of these

3. The maximum efficiency of a half -wave rectifier is

33.33%
40.6%
50%

68%

4. The pick inverse voltage in case of a bridge rectifier circuit for each diode is

Em
2Em
3Em
4Em

5. The arrow in a transistor symbol indicates the direction of current in

base
collector
emitter
None of these

6. The input resistence of a common base transistor circuit is of the order of

0 ohm
50-100 ohm
100-150 ohm
150-200 ohm

7. The common emitter transistor circuit has

high gain
low gain
negligible gain
zero gain

8. The biasing that provides good stability of the operation point but fails to provide good
amplification is said to be

fixed bias
collector to base bias
self bias
collector to emitter bias

9.Transformer coupling is used to cascade two such stages of which the first has

high collector impedance and succeeding has low input impedance

low collector impedance and succeeding has high input impedance
low collector impedance and succeeding has high input impedance
high collector impedance and succeeding has high input impedance

10. A push-pull amplifier has a maximum efficiency of

25%
33.33%
8%
100%