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[QUESTION BANK]
GROUP A
Multiple choice type questions [ 1 mark each]
Choose the correct alternatives
1.
d) instantaneous value
d) 1 / RC
11. When 125 V is applied across a 250 V , 100 W filament incandescent bulb , the power
consumption is
a) 100 W
b) 50 W
c) 25 W
d) 12.5 W
12. A 50 Hz three phase induction motor has rated speed of 725 r.p.m . The number of pole is
a) 2
b) 6
c) 4
d) 8
13. In a series R L C resonant circuit , during resonance , which one of the following is maximum
a) impedance
b) voltage
c) current
d) net reactance
14. If the peak value of a sine wave is 100 V , then its r.m.s value will be
a) 70.7 V
b) 63.6 V
c) 100 V
d) 88 V
15. Inductive reactance of a coil of inductance 0.2 H at 50 Hz is
a) 62.8 ohm
b) 628 ohm
c) 0.2 ohm
d) 20 ohm
16. In a three phase system , the emfs are
a) 30 degree apart b) 60 degree apart c) 90 degree apart d) 120 degree apart
17. The number of parallel paths in wave connected armature winding of a d.c machine is
a) number of poles
b) half the number of poles
c) two
d) four
18. The d.c motor needs a starter during starting to control
a) speed
b) current
c) voltage
19. The reluctance of a magnetic circuit depends upon its
a) length
b) cross section and length
c) resistivity
d) flux
d) height
20. What percentage of maximum power is delivered to a load if load resistance is 10 times
than the thevenin resistance of the source to which it is connected
a) 25%
b) 40 %
c) 35.39 %
d) 33.06 %
greater
capacitance
d) 1 / RL
d) 1.33
c) series
37. Direction of rotation of a three phase induction motor can be reversed by changing its
a) stator supply to d.c
b) stator supply terminals 1 time
c) stator supply terminals 2 times
d) supply frequency
38. The circuit whose properties are same in either direction is known as
a) reversible circuit
b) unilateral circuit
c) bilateral circuit
d) passive circuit
c)
40. The slip of 400 V , 3 phase , 50 Hz , 4 pole induction motor when rotating at 1440 r.p.m is
a) 2 %
b) 3 %
c) 4 %
d)5 %
41. A sinusoidal voltage is represented by v = 141.4 sin ( 314 t / 2 ) .
The frequency is
a) 60 Hz
b) 50 Hz
c) 100 Hz
d) 70 Hz
42. The number of parallel paths in an 8 pole d.c generator is
a) 8
b) 4
c) 2
d) 16
43. In a series R L C circuit the power factor at resonance is
a) unity
b) zero
c) 0.5
d) 0.7
44. The direction of rotation in d.c motor can be determined by
a) Lenzs law
b) Flemings right hand rule
c) Flemings left hand rule
d) Faradays law
45. The unit of magnetic flux density is
a) Weber
b) Tesla
c) Coulomb
d) ohm
46. In a transformer , electric power is transformed from the primary to the secondary without
the change in
a) voltage
b) current
c) frequency
d) turns
47. The conductance G of a series circuit having a resistance R and
Inductive reactance , X L is given by
a) G = 1 / R
b) G = R / X L
2
2
c) G = X L / ( R + X L )
d) G = R / ( R 2 + X L 2 )
48. A resistance of 8 ohm and inductive reactance of 6 ohm will offer an impedance of
a) 14 ohm
b) 10 ohm
c) 11 ohm
d) 16 ohm
49. For an inductive circuit current
a) lags the voltage
c) is in phase with the voltage
b) node analysis
d) representing a current source
d) l / 0 A
c) V oc = I sc / R eq d) V oc = R eq / I sc
GROUP B
Short answer type questions [5 marks each]
NB : The questions of GROUP C which carry 5 marks each can also be treated as the
questions of GROUP B
1. Derive an expression for the Hysteresis loss in a magnetic material.
2. State and prove Gausss law in the context of electrostatics.
3. Draw the Speed Torque characteristics of d .c. series motor.
4. An alternating voltage is represented by v = 62.35 sin 323 t . Determine (a) the
maximum value (b) r.m.s value (c) average value (d) frequency of the wave (e) form
factor .
5. Derive an expression for the capacitance of a cylindrical capacitor of internal radius R1 and
external radius R2 . Assume appropriate length .
6. State and prove Amperes circuital law.
7. A 20 KVA transformer has 400 turns on the primary and 40 turns on the secondary
winding . The primary is connected to 400 V , 50 Hz supply . Find the full load primary
and secondary current ,secondary emf and the maximum flux in the core . Neglect leakage
drop and no load current .
8. Calculate the current through 3 resistor as shown in Fig.1 below .
9. Derive an expression of (a) average value (b) r.m.s value of a half wave rectified
wave .
voltage
10. Define self and mutual inductance . What do you mean by co efficient of coupling .
Derive an expression of co efficient of coupling .
11. Explain why power loss in a pure inductance or pure capacitance is equal to zero in an a.c
circuit .
12. A 220 V separately excited d.c machine has an armature resistance of 0.4 . If the load
current is 20 A , find the induced emf when the machine operates (i) as a motor (ii) as a
generator .
13. Draw the schematic representation of a shell type transformer and a core type transformer .
Which one of the two is suitable for use as the distribution transformer and why ?
14. Derive an expression of (a) form factor (b) peak factor
15. Express the inductance in terms of its physical dimension .
16. An air cored toroidal coil has 450 turns and a mean diameter of 300 mm and cross
sectional area of 300 mm 2 . Determine the self inductance of the coil and the average
voltage induced in it when a current of 20 A is reversed in 40 ms .
17. State and explain Thevenins theorem.
18. Derive an expression for the energy stored in a charged capacitor .
19. A capacitor is constructed from two square metal plates each of side 120 mm . The plates
are separated by a dielectric of thickness 2 mm and relative permittivity 5 . Calculate the
capacitance If the electric field strength in the dielectric is 12.5 KV / mm , calculate the
total charge on each plate .
20. Determine the current passing through 20 ( BD ) resistor ( shown in Fig.2) with the help
of Thevenins theorem .
21. Explain with the help of a phasor diagram , the phenomenon of resonance in a circuit
containing an inductance , a capacitor and a resistor in series .
22. Derive an expression for energy stored in a magnetic field .
23. A coil of resistance 10 and inductance 0.02 H is connected in series with another coil of
resistance 6 and inductance 15 mH across a 230 V , 50 Hz supply . Calculate (i)
impedance of the circuit (ii) the voltage drop across each coil (iii) the total power
consumed by the circuit .
24. A 100 KVA , 50 Hz , 440 / 11000 V , 1 phase transformer has an efficiency of 98.5 %
when supplying full load current at 0.8 pf lagging and an efficiency of 99 % when
supplying half full load current at unity power factor . Find the core losses and the copper
losses corresponding to full load current .
25. State Biot Savarts law applicable to electromagnetism.
26. A 120 V d.c shunt motor having an armature circuit resistance of 0.2 and field circuit
resistance of 60 , draws a line current of 40 A at full load.
The brush voltage drop is 3V and rated full load speed is 1800 r.p.m. Calculate (i) speed
at half load (ii) the speed at 125 % of full load.
27. Derive an expression for the Torque Slip characteristics of a three phase induction
motor .
28. Write short note on Active and Reactive power .
29. Write short note on Hysteresis and Eddy current loss .
30. Write short note on speed control of d.c shunt motor .
31. Why the running speed of an induction motor is less than synchronous speed .
32. For the electrical network as shown in Fig.3 , find the value of load resistance R L for
which the source will supply maximum power to the load . Find also the maximum power .
33. What is the difference between statically induced emf and dynamically induced
emf ?
47. A 415 / 200 V transformer takes a no load current of 1 A and operates at a power factor of
0.19 lagging when the secondary supplies a current of 100 A at 0.8 pf lagging , find the
primary current .
48. The galvanometer in Fig.4 has a resistance of 5 . Find the current through the
galvanometer using Thevenins theorem .
49. Derive an expression for capacitance of a cylindrical capacitor assuming outer surface to
be grounded .
50. What is slip in induction motor ? Why induction motor never attains synchronous
speed ?
51. A 4 pole , 3 Ph , 275 KW , 440 V , 50 Hz induction motor has a speed of 1460 r.p.m on
full load . Calculate the slip and the speed of the rotating magnetic field .
52. Write short note on power factor .
53. Three equal charges each of magnitude 3.0 10 6 C are placed at three corners of a
right angled triangle of sides 3 cm and 4 cm . Find the force on the charge at the apex
corner if 4 cm side is the base of the triangle
54. A network of resistance is formed as given in Fig.5 below . Compute the resistance
measured between A & B .
55. A 220 / 110 V transformer is having no load current of 0.9 A at 0.12 pf (lag) and
secondary current of 95 A at 0.27 pf (lag) . Find its primary current .
56. Find the current through 5 resistor using Thevenins theorem as shown below in Fig.6
57. A full wave rectified sinusoidal voltage is clipped at ( 1/2 ) of its maximum value .
Calculate the average and r.m.s value of such a voltage waveform . Also calculate the
form factor and peak factor .
58. A 3 Ph 230 V load has a power factor of 0.7 . Two wattmeters are used to measure power
which shows the input to be 10 KW . Find the reading of each wattmeter .
59. An 8 pole lap connected armature has 40 slots with 12 conductors per slot , generates a
voltage of 500 V . Deternine the speed at which it is running if the flux per pole is 50 m wb .
Also calculate the terminal voltage at full load of 20 A if the armature resistance is 0.5 and
the machine is running as shunt generator having a shunt field resistance of 250
60. Define:
a) Linear circuit
d) Unilateral circuit
b) Non-linear circuit,
e) Network.
c) Bilateral circuit,
61. Show that power in a three phase balanced system can be measured
by two wattmeters.
GROUP C
Long answer type questions [ 15 mark each ]
1. (a) Derive an expression for the lifting power of an electromagnet .
(b) A horseshoe electromagnet is required to lift a load of 200 kg . The iron length of the
horseshoe magnet and the load is 60 cm . and of relative permeability 600 . Find the
current drawn by the electromagnet , if it is wound with 1000 turns . The contact gap of
the load and magnet is 0.001 cm at each pole . The cross section of the pole is 20 sq.
cm. Assume no leakage of flux .
[6+9]
2. (a) State and prove Maximum power transfer theorem for d .c network .
(b) Determine the current , through the 15 resistor ( shown in Fig.7 ) in the network
given by Nortons theorem .
(b)
[ 10 + 5 ]
silicon steel
Draw the phasor diagram of a single phase transformer for lagging power factor
load . Label all the phasors .
(c) The open circuit and short circuit test data of a 5 KVA ,
200 / 400 V, 50 Hz , single phase transformer are :
O.C Test : Primary voltage = 200 V , I = 0.75 A , W = 75 W
S.C Test : Primary voltage = 18 V , S C current on the
secondary side = 12.5 A , W = 60 W
Find the parameters of the equivalent circuit .
[5+5+5]
11. (a) State and explain Superposition theorem and mention its limitation .
(b) Find the current in each branch of the network shown in Fig.9 using KVL
[6+9]
12. (a) Compare magnetic circuit with electric circuit
(b) State and explain Faradays laws of Electromagnetic induction .
(c) Calculate the mmf required to produce a flux of 0.01 wb across an airgap of 2
mm
2
of length having an effective area of 200 cm of a wrought iron ring of mean iron path
of 0.5 m and cross sectional area of 125 cm 2 . Assume leakage coefficient of 1.25 .
The magnetization curve of the wrought iron is given below
B ( wb / m 2 ) :
H ( AT / m ) :
0.6
75
0.8
125
1.0
250
1.2
500
1.4
1000
[4+4+7]
13. (a) Explain the method of measurement of balanced 3 Ph power by Two wattmeter
method . Draw the neat circuit diagram .
(b) Three equal impedances ( 6 + j 8 ) are connected in Y across a 400 V ,
3 Ph , 50 Hz supply . Calculate (i) the line current and phase current
(ii) the power factor (iii) active and reactive powers drawn by the load per phase .
[7+8]
14. A circuit takes a current of 3 A at a power factor of 0.6 lagging when connected to a
115 V , 50 Hz supply . Another one circuit takes a current of 5 A at a power factor of
0.707 leading when connected to the same supply after the first circuit is removed . If the
two circuits are connected in series across a 230 V , 50 Hz supply , calculate (i) the
current drawn from the source (ii) the power consumed (iii) the power factor of the
circuit .
[ 15 ]
iii)
[6+6+3]
17.a) A 3-phase induction motor is self starting, in spite of that why we use various starters to
start the 3-phase induction motor.
b) Explain the supply frequency control method of speed control of 3-phase induction
motor.
c) A 6- pole, 50Hz 3-phase induction motor has no-load of 980 rpm and full load speed of
960 rpm.
Calculate: i) Synchronous speed, ii) No-load speed, iii) Full-load speed,
iv) Frequency of rotor control at full-load.
[3+5+7]
18. a) Deduce the emf equation in a D.C generator.
b) Write short note on back emf
c) A 4-pole, 220V, Dc shunt motor has armature and shunt field resistance of 0.2 and
220 respectively. It takes 20A at 220V from a source while running at a speed of 1000 rpm.
Find: i) Field current, ii) Armature current, iii) Back emf, iv) Torque developed. [3+4+8]