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EE Review in Circuits

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Question 1
Three similar coils, connected in star, take a total power of 3 kW at a p.f. of 0.8 lagging from a 3-phase, 400 V, 50
Hz supply. Calculate the reactance of each coil.

Response: 27.19

Question 2
A coil has a resistance of 75 W and an inductance of 1.4 H. When the applied voltage is 240 V a.c., at what
frequency is the current 0.3 A ?

Response: 90.55

Question 3
The resistance between two terminals of a balanced star-connected load is measured as 12 W. What is the
resistance of each phase?

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Response: 3
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Question 4
Three identical impedances of 30 ∠ 30° W are connected in delta to a 3-phase, 3-wire, 208 V abc system by
conductors which have impedances of (0.8 + j 0.63) W. Find the magnitude of the line voltage at the load end.

Response: 109

Question 5
An insulating material has an insulation resistance of 100% at 0°C. For each rise in temperature of 5°C its
resistance is reduced by 10%. At what temperature is the insulation resistance halved ?

Response: 33 deg

Question 6
A 50-ohm resistor is in parallel with a 100-ohm resistor. The current in 50 Ω resistor is 7.2 A. What is the value of
third resistance to be added in parallel to make the line current 12.1 A ?

Response: 277

Question 7
Calculate the power absorbed by three similar choking coils each of resistance 150 W and inductance 1.275 H
when star-connected to a 440 V, 3-phase, 25 Hz supply.

Response: 463W

Question 8
A coil of resistance 20 W is in series with an inductance of 0·04 H. A supply of 230 V, 50 Hz is applied to the
combination. Determine the capacitance which when connected in series with the coil causes no change in the
magnitude and power taken from the supply.

Response: 67.5 uF

Question 9
What should be the kVA rating of a capacitor which would raise the power factor of load of 100 kW from 0.5
lagging to 0.9 lagging ?

Response: 125kVA

Question 10
A battery can deliver 10 joules of energy to move 5 coulombs of charge. What is the potential difference between
the terminals of the battery?

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Response: 2V
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Question 11
A 440 V, 3-phase induction motor has an output of 20.7 kW at a p.f. of 0.82 and efficiency 85%. Calculate the
readings on each of the two wattmeters connected to measure input.

Response: 30

Question 12
If the resistance of a circuit having 12 V source is increased by 4 Ω, the current drops by 0.5 A. What is the
original resistance of the circuit ?

Response: 8

Question 13
An air core toroidal coil has 120 turns; the length is 12cm and 12 sq. cm in area. What is the current required to set
up a flux of 1.2 x10-6 weber. What is the current?

Response: 0.796

Question 14
Two wires A and B are connected in series at 0°C and resistance of B is 3.5 times that of A. The resistance
temperature coefficient of A is 0.4% and that of the combination is 0.1%. Find the resistance temperature
coefficient of B.

Response: 0.0143%

Question 15
A capacitor C is in series with a 75 W resistor and a 12 H coil across a 220 V, 60 Hz supply. Determine the value of
C that resonates the circuit.

Response: 0.587

Question 16
When a resistor is placed across a 230 volt supply, the current is 12 A. What is the value of resistor that must be
placed in parallel to increase the load to16 A?

Response: 57.5

Question 17
An alternating current, when passed through a resistor immersed in water for 5 minutes, just raised the temperature
of water to boiling point. When a direct current of 4 A was passed through the same resistor under identical
conditions, it took 8 minutes to boil the water. Find the r.m.s. value of the alternating current.
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Response: 5.06A
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Question 18
A generating station supplies power to the following :
(i) a lighting load of 100 kW ;
(ii) an induction motor 800 h.p. (596·8 kW) p.f. 0·8 lagging, efficiency 92% ;
(iii) a rotary converter giving 150 A at 400 V at an efficiency of 0.95.
What must be the power factor of the rotary converter in order that power factor of the supply station may become
unity ?

Response: 0.128 leading

Question 19
A circuit consists of a resistance of 12 W, capacitance of 320 μF and an inductance of 0.08 H, all in series. A
supply of 240 V, 50 Hz is applied to the ends of the circuit. Calculate the frequency at which the circuit power
factor would be unity.

Response: 60

Question 20
A 3-phase delta connected motor connected to 400 V, 50 Hz supply has an output of 29.84 kW, the efficiency and
power factor being 95% and 0.9 respectively. Calculate the phase current in each winding.

Response: 26A

Question 21
A coil has resistance of 10 W and draws a current of 5A when connected across 100V, 50 Hz source.Determine the
reactive power of the circuit.

Response: 255 VAR

Question 22
Three identical resistances connected in star consume 4000 W. If the resistances are connected in delta across the
same supply, the power
consumed will be

Response: 12000

Question 23
The equivalent capacitance of capacitors C1 and C2 connected in series is 7.3 microfarads. If the capacitance of
C1= 9.6 microfarads, what is the capacitance of C2?

Response: 30.5

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When a certain inductive coil is supplied at 240 V, 50 Hz, the current is 6.45 A. When the frequency is changed to
40 Hz at 240 V, the current taken is 7.48 A. Calculate the resistance of the coil.

Response: 0.2

Question 25
In a series LCR circuit, the voltages read at resonance across R, L and C are 40 V, 60 V and 60 V respectively.
Then the applied voltage is

Response: 40

Question 26
Two current sources deliver current to a common load. The first source delivers a current whose equation is 25 sin
100πt amperes while the second delivers a current whose equation is 15 cos 100πt amperes. What is the rms value
of the current in the load?

Response: 20.6

Question 27
In a particular R-L series circuit a voltage of 10V at 50 Hz produces a current of 700mA while the same voltage at
75 Hz produces 500 mA. What is the inductance?

Response: 40mH

Question 28
Under the conditions of maximum power transfer, the efficiency is

Response: 50%

Question 29
A series RLC circuit with R = 250 W and L = 0.6 H results in a leading phase angle of 60° at a frequency of 40 Hz.
At what frequency will the circuit resonate?

Response: 81.2

Question 30
Three capacitors, each 50 μF, are connected in delta to a 400 V, 3-phase 50 Hz supply. What will be the capacitance
of the three capacitors such that when connected in star across the same supply, the line current remains the same ?

Response: 40

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