Electrical Machines MCQ
Electrical Machines MCQ
Electrical Machines MCQ
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C) Stator field and rotor field strengths and the torque angle
I. Reactance voltage
A) 1 &2
B) 2&3
C) 1&3
D) 3 alone
3. The current drawn by a 220V DC motor of armature resistance 0.5 ohm and back emf 200V is
A) 40A
B) 44A
C) 400A
D) 440A
4. A DC shunt generator when driven without connecting field winding shows an open circuit terminal
voltage of 12V. when field winding is connected and excited, the terminal voltage drops to zero
because
5. The advantage of the double squirrel-cage induction motor over single cage rotor is that its
A) Efficiency is higher
C) Slip is higher
6. An induction motor when started on load does not accelerate up to full speed but runs at 1/7 th of
the rated speed. The motor is said to be
A) Locking
B) Plugging
C) Crawling
D) Cogging
A. A synchronous motor with capacitor connected across stator terminals to improve power factor
C. An over-excited synchronous motor partially supplying mechanical load, and also improving power
factor of the system to which it is connected
D. An over-excited synchronous motor operating at no-load with leading power factor used in large
power stations for improvement of power factor
8. In cylindrical rotor synchronous machine, the phasor addition of stator and rotor mmfs is possible
because
9. The rotor power output of 3-phase induction motor is 15kW. The rotor copper losses at a slip of 4%
will be
A) 600W
B) 625W
C) 650W
D) 700W
B) Noise and parasitic torque, but increases starting torque and pull out torque
C) Noise and pullout torque, but increases parasitic torque and starting torque
D) Noise, parasitic torque and starting torque, but increases pullout torque
A) Shaded portion to the unshaded portion of the pole while the flux in the former leads that of the
latter
B) Shaded portion to the unshaded portion of the pole while the flux in the former lags that in the latter
C) Unshaded portion to the shaded portion while the flux in the former leads that it in the latter
D) Unshaded portion to the shaded portion while the flux in the former lags that in the latter
B) Decreasing the reluctance of the magnetic circuit along the quadrature axis
C) Increasing the ratio of the quadrature axis reluctance to direct axis reluctance
D) Decreasing the ratio of quadrature axis reluctance to direct axis reluctance
3. The starting current of a three phase induction motor is 5 times the rated current, while the rated
slip is 4%. The ratio of starting torque to full-load torque is
A) 0.6
B) 0.8
C) 1.0
D) 1.2
4. A single-phase transformer when supplied from 220V, 50Hz has eddy current loss of 50W. if the
transformer is connected to a voltage of 330V, 50Hz, the eddy current loss will be
A) 168.75W
B) 112.5W
C) 75W
D) 50W
II. An auto-transformer provides isolation between the primary and secondary windings
III. An auto-transformer has less leakage reactance as compared to the conventional 2-winding
transformer of same capacity
A) 1,2 and 3
B) 1 and 2
C) 1 and 3
D) 2 and 3
7. A DC series motor is accidentally connected to a single phase AC supply. The torque produced will
be
B) Oscillating
8. The synchronous impedance method of finding the voltage regulation by a cylindrical rotor
alternator is generally considered as
C) A fairly accurate method even if power factor is not taken into account while determining
synchronous impedance
D) A fairly accurate method when power factor is taken into account while determining synchronous
impedance
9. Generally the no-load losses of an electrical machine is represented in its equivalent circuit by
A) Improves with increase in excitation and may even become leading at high excitations
1. A single phase transformer when supplied from 220V, 50 Hz has eddy current loss of 50 W. If the
transformer is connected to a voltage of 330V, 50 Hz, the eddy current loss will be
A) 168.75 W
B) 112.5 W
C) 75 W
D) 50 W
2. A coil wound on magnetic core is excited from an AC voltage source. The source voltage and its
frequency are both doubled. The eddy current loss in the core will become
A) Half
B) Remains same
C) Double
D) Four times
3. Building steel core out of stampings reduces eddy current loss because it
B) Increases the effective length of eddy currents paths thereby increasing effective resistance to the
flow of eddy currents
D) Reduces the effective length of eddy current path, thereby reducing effective resistance to the flow
of eddy currents.
4. A 200/100 V, 50 Hz transformer is to be excited at 40 Hz from 100V side. For the exciting current to
remain the same, the applied voltage will be
A) 150 V
B) 125 V
C) 100 V
D) 80V
5. The applied voltage of a certain transformer is increases by 50% while the frequency reduced to
50%. The maximum core flux density will be
A) Becomes three times
C) Becomes half
6. Which of the following tests must be performed on a transformer to determine its leakage reactance
A) SC test only
B) OC test only
A) Copper loss
B) Hysteresis loss
C) Core loss
9. For a fixed primary voltage how does the secondary terminal voltage of a transformer change if the
power factor of inductive load is raised from 0.7 to 0.9 with load current remaining fixed?
A) No change in voltage
B) Voltage decreases
C) Voltage rises
10. For a fixed primary voltage how does the secondary terminal voltage of a transformer change if the
power factor of capacitive load rises from 0.7 to 0.9 with load current remaining fixed?
A. No change in voltage
B. Voltage decreases
C. Voltage rises
1. Transformer excited from a sinusoidal voltage source will draw a no-load current which
B) Comprises the fundamental frequency (same as that of the voltage source) and the peaking third
harmonic
B) Several times the steady-state magnetizing current depending upon the initial state of the residual
flux in the transformer core
C) Several times the steady-state magnetizing current depending upon the initial state of the residual
flux in the transformer core
D) Twice the steady-state magnetizing current provided the core has no residual flux
3. A 2/1 ratio, two winding transformer is connected as an auto transformer. Its KVA rating as an auto
transformer compared to a two-winding transformer is
A) Same
B) 1.5 times
C) 2 times
D) 3 times
4. On the two sides of a star/delta transformer
5. The efficiency of transformer at full-load 0.85 pf lag is 95%. Its efficiency at full-load 0.85 pf lead will
be
C) 95%
D) 100%
6. In a transformer the phase angle between primary and secondary terminal voltage is
7. A 2500/250V, 25kVA transformer is connected as an auto transformer to give 2500/2750 V. Its rating
would be
8. A single phase transformer is to be switched to the supply to have minimum inrush current. The
switch should be closed at
10. Keeping in view the requirement of parallel operation, which of the 3-phase connections given below
are possible?
C) Star-star to delta-delta
D) Delta-star to star-delta
1. Supply to one terminal of delta-star three-phase core type transformer which is on no-load fails.
Assuming magnetic circuit symmetry, voltages on the secondary side will be
A. 230, 230,115
B. 230,115, 115
C. 345, 115, 115
D. 345, 0, 345
2. A 220/440 V, 50Hz, 5kVA single phase transformer operates on 220V, 40 Hz supply with
secondary winding. Then
A. The eddy current loss and hysteresis loss of the transformer decrease
B. The eddy current loss and hysteresis loss of the transformer increase
C. The hysteresis loss of the transformer increases while eddy current loss
remains the same
D. The hysteresis loss remains the same whereas eddy current loss decreases
3. The voltage regulation of a large transformer is mainly influenced by
A. 150 V
B. 125 V
C. 100 V
D. 80 V
7. A 2-phase, 4 pole permanent magnet stepper motor has a step of
A. 90 degrees
B. 45 degrees
C. 30 degrees
D. 22.5 degrees
8. The magnetizing current in a transformer is rich in
A. Third harmonics
B. Fifth harmonics
C. Seventh harmonics
D. Thirteen harmonics
9. An auto-transformer having a transformation ratio of 0.8 supplies a load of 3kW. The power
transferred conductively from primary to secondary is
A. 0.6 kW
B. 2.4 kW
C. 1.5 kW
D. 0.27 kW
10. While performing the open-circuit and short-circuit tests on a transformer to determine its
parameters the status of the low voltage (L.V) and high voltage (H.V) will be such that