Valliammai Engineering College

SRM Nagar, Kattankulathur

QUEST’11

1. The potential difference required to pass a current 0.2 A in a wire of resistance

20W is ____.
1.100 V 2.4 V 3.0.01 V 4.40 V
2. Kilowatt - hour is the unit of ______________.
1.potential difference 2.electric power 3.electrical energy 4.charge
3. When there is an electric current passing through a wire, the particles moving
are _____________.
1.electrons 2.protons 3.atoms 4.ions
4. In a D.C.motor if the inductance of the field or armature winding is high, then
the time constant is
1. High 2. Low 3. Not affected 4. High when the current increases
and low when the current decreases.
5. Fleming’s left hand rule is applicable for:

a) dc generator b) dc motor c) alternator d) Transformer

6. The emf produced in the dc generator is ____ induced emf

a) Statically b) Dynamically c) magnetically d) Electrostatically

7. In which instrument the deflection depends on the average value

1. Moving iron meter 2.Rectifier instrument 3.Hot wire instrument 4.Moving coil
instrument
8. In two wattmeter method if Power factor is 0.5, one of the wattmeter will read
1. Zero 2.W/3 3.W/√2 4.W/√3

9.If a current of 1 amp passes through a lamp for 100 seconds, the number of
coulombs of charge passing through the lamp in that time must be
1.10 coulombs 2.15 coulombs 3.100 coulombs 4. 0.01 coulombs
10. If emf in a circuit is given by e= 100 Sin628t, then the maximum value of
voltage and value of frequency are
1.100V,50Hz 2.100V,100Hz 3.50√2,50Hz 4.50√2,100Hz
11.Which of the following transformer will be smallest in size
1.10KVa 50Hz 2. 10KVa 60Hz 3. 10KVa 100Hz 4. 10KVa 200Hz
12.Which of the following are true for a 3 phase delta connected circuit
1.Line voltage=Phase voltage 2.Line current = Phase current
3.Line current = √3 phase current 4. Line voltage = 1/√3 phase voltage
13.A set of independent current measurements taken by four observers was
recorded as 117.02mA, 117.11mA,117.08mA and 117.03mA. What is the range of
error?
1.± 0.045 2. ± 0.054 3. ± 0.065 4. ± 0.056
14.Fleming’s right hand rule is applicable to
1.Generator 2.Motor 3.Transformer 4.None of these
15.The first power station operated by Edison is
1.AC 2.DC 3.Both AC & DC 4.None of these
16.The type of transmission used for sound in TV transmission is
1.AM 2.FM 3.PCM 4.PWM
17.What is NSEC?
1.National Safety Electrical Code. 2.National Society for Electrical & Computer.
3.National Society for Environmental Concern. 4.National Society of Engineering
Course.
18.What is maximum AC transmission voltage in india.
1.700KV 2.650KV 3.690KV 4.1200KV
19.The largest power plant in the world is located in
1. Congo 2.India 3.U.K. 4.China
20.The output of a logic gate is ‘1’ when all its input are at logic ‘0’. The gate is
either,
1. a NAND (or) an Ex-OR Gate 2. a NOR (or) an Ex-OR Gate
3. a NAND (or) an Ex-NOR Gate 4. a NOR (or) an Ex-Nor Gate
21.How many 1’s are present in the binary representation of 3x512+7x64+5x8+3?
1.8 2.9 3.10 4.11
22.As the temperature is increased, the voltage across a diode carrying a constant
Current
1. Increases 2. Decreases 3. Remains constant 4. May increase (or) decreases
depending upon the doping levels in the junction
23.Which one of the following oscillators is used for generation of light
frequencies.
1.R.C.Phase Shift 2.Wien bridge 3.L.C.oscillator 4.Blocking oscillator
24.A semiconductor that is electrically neutral
1. has no majority carriers 2. has no minority carriers
3. has no free charge carriers 4. has equal amount of +ve & -ve charges.
ANS:4
25.A multivibrator produces
1.Pure sine wave
2.Square waves
3.Distorted sine waves
4.Sawtooth voltages
ANS:3
26.The resistivity of semi-conductor
1. Increases as Temperature increases
2. Decreases as Temperature increases
3. remains constant even when temperature varies
4. None of the above
ANS:2
27. Which device automatically interrupts the supply in the event of surges
1.Earthing Switch
2.Series reactor
3.Isolator
4. Circuit breaker
ANS : 4
28.Vande Graaff generators are useful for
1. Very high voltage & low current applications
2. Very high voltage & high current applications
3. Constant high voltage & current applications
4. High voltage pulses only
ANS:1
29. A driver maintains the speed of a car at 50Kmph. Here the feedback element is
1.Steering wheel
2.Needle of the speedometer
3.Eyes
4.All of these
ANS:2
30.An automatic washing machine is
1. A single feedback control system
2. A multi feedback control system
3. An open loop control system
4. None of the above.
ANS: 3
31.Most suitable numerical method to solve electrostatic field problem is
1. Laplace equation method
2. Charge simulation method
3. Finite difference method
4. Resistance analog method.
ANS: 2
32. Tap changing transformers are used for
1. Stepping up the voltage
2. Stepping down the voltage
3. Both stepping up & stepping down the voltage
4. Supplying low voltage current for instruments
ANS: 3
33. Which of the following is not the distribution system normally used
1. 3-phase 4 wire
2. 3-phase 3 wire
3. Single phase 3 wire
4. Single phase 4 wire
ANS: 4
34. Skin effect depends on
1. Size of the conductor
2. Frequency of the current
3. Resistivity of the conductor material
4. All of the above
ANS: 4
35. Material generally used for bus bar is
1. Copper 2. Steel 3. Aluminium 4. Tungsten
ANS: 3
36. Example for piezo-electric material
(a) Rochelle salt (b) Lead zirconate (c) Potassium niobate (d) Barium Titanium
oxide
ANS: 2
37. Units for electric field strength
(a) A/cm2 (b) mho/meter (c) cm2/V.s (d) V/cm
ANS;3
38. The motor used in electric toys is
1.Split phase motor
2. Permanent capacitor motor
3.Shaded pole motor
4.Capacitor start motor
ANS:3
39. Moving coil in dynamometer wattmeter connected
a) In series with fixed coil
b) Across supply
c) In series with load
d) Across load

Ans: Across supply

40. In an induction machine, if the air gap increased
a) Speed will be reduced
b) Efficiency will be improved
c) Power factor will be lowered
d) Breakdown torque will be reduced
Ans: Power factor will be lowered
41. Thermocouple is used to measure
a) AC
b) DC
c) Both
d) None

Ans: Both
42. Voltage feed back amplifier is a

a) Shunt-Shunt
b) Shunt-Series
c) Series-Shunt
d) Series- Series

Ans: Shunt-Shunt
43. The motor used in household refrigerators is

(A) dc series motor

(B) dc shunt motor

(C) universal motor

(D) single phase induction motor.

ANS:D

44. Noise in an electric motor may be due to

(A) cooling air

(B) magnetic effects

(C) bearings

(D) all of the above.

ANS:D

45. In a hysteresis motor, the position of shaded pole with respect to main pole
determines

(A) speed of motor

(B) direction of rotation

(C) hysteresis loss

(D) no load rpm.

ANS:2

46. Which motor is generally used in tape recorders ?

(A) Universal motor

(B) Reluctance motor

(C) Split phase motor

(D) Hysteresis motor.

ANS:4

47. Synchronous motor can operate at

(A) Lagging power factor only
(B) Leading power factor only
(C) Unity power factor only
(D) Lagging, leading and unity power factor only.

ANS:D

48. Any physical system which does not automatically correct for variation in
its output, is called ?
a) open loop system
b) closed loop system
c) unstable system
d) none of the above

ANS:(a)

49. open loop control system is one in which the control action ?

a) depends on the input signal

b) is independent of the desired output

c) depends on system variables

d) depends on system size

ANS:(b)

50. Which of the following is used as a passive component in an electronic

circuit ?

a) vaccum diode b) Zener diode

c) inductor d) SCR

ANS: C