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Q.1 If a network consists of 'n' number of principle nodes and 'b' number of branches. Then,
mesh analysis becomes simpler than nodal analysis if 'n' is greater than
(a) b - 1 (b) b + 1
b b
(c) - -1 (d) -+ 1
2 2

Ans. (d)

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What is the equivalent resistance between the terminals A and B?
2n 4n

I
(a) 2.5 n (b) 2.83 Q
(c) 3.33 n (d) 2.86 Q

Ans. (d)

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Q.3 Find Reqv · across the terminals A and 8.
1n 1n 1n 1n

==:> 1n 1n 1n 1n ==:>oo
Reqv.
1Q 1Q

1Q 1Q

(a) (1 + h)n

(b) (1 + 2"'2)n

(c) (1 + F3)n

(d) (1+2F3)n

Ans. (c)
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Q.4 Determine the steady state voltage across the capacitor C1 and C2 shown in the circuit
below. Initial voltage across VC2 = 0 V.
a b
,\lll t= 0 ·w-v
",
1Q

ls 1Q

10V ---------
c,I" CI3F
20 10
(a) Vc1 = Vc2 = V (b) Vc1 = Vc2 = -V
3 3
20 10 10 20

3 v and 3 v
(c) Vc1 = Vc2 = (d) Vc1 =-V and Vc =
2 -V
3 3
Ans. (a)

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Q.5 What is the dynamic impedance offered by Ideal tank circuit in a network?
(a) Zero (b) Resistive
(c) Infinity (d) None of the above
Ans. (c)

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Q.6 Find the voltage drop (Vd ) across Silicon diode in the circuit below.
+ vd-

Diode

2A 2Q

(a) 0.7 V (b) 0.3 V

(c) 0.42 V (d) 0.052 V

Ans. (a)

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Q.7 If the terminal voltage of a DC shunt motor is halved , keeping load torque varying as
square of speed . Then, which of the following statements are correct?
(i) Speed is halved (ii) Speed remains unaltered
(iii) Armature current is doubled (iv) Armature current is unaltered
(a) (i) and (iii) (b) (i) and (iv)
(c) (ii) and (iii) (d) (ii) and (iv)
Ans. (c)

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Q.8 A DC shunt motor is excited from voltage source and its brush axis rotated by an angle
'a ' from the geometrical neutral axis . The torque developed will be proportional to:
(a) sin a (b) cos a
(c) tan a (d) cos 2a

Ans. (a)

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Q.9 If the current drawn by a DC series motor is increased from 10 A to 12 A (neglect
saturation), what is the increase in torque expressed as percentage of initial torque?
(a) 21% (b) 25%
(c) 41% (d) 44%

Ans. (d)

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Q.10 Following data are obtained by slip test on a salient pole machine:
Id max = 10 A J d min = 6.5 A

Vd max = 30 V Vd min = 25 V
What is the direct axis reactance ' Xd ' and quadrature axis reactance ' Xq '?
(a) xd = 3 n, x q = 3.86 n (b) xd = 4.61 n, x
q = 2.5 n
(c) xd = 3 n, x q = 2.5 n (d) xd = 4.61 n, qx = 3.86 n

Ans. (b)

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Q.11 Which among the following are suitable for improving the transient stability limits of a
power system?
(i) Increase system voltage by AVR
(ii) Use high speed excitation system
(iii) Use high speed reclosing breakers
(iv) Increase system frequency
(a) (i), (ii) and (iv) (b) (i), (iii) and (iv)
(c) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) (d) (i), (ii) and (iii)

Ans. (d)

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Q.12 The Ybus matrix of a 100 bus interconnected system is 80% sparse . Then, the number
of transmission lines in the system must be
(a) 950 (b) 3000
(c) 1900 (d) 1500

Ans. (a)

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Q.13 What is the size of a Jacobian matrix for a 100 bus power system with 29 nos. of voltage
controlled buses?
(a) 29 X 29 (b) 170 X 170
(C) 169 X 169 (d) 30 X 30

Ans. (b)

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Q.14 The inductance of power transmission line increases with
(a) Decrease in line length
(b) Increase in diameter of conductor
(c) Increase in spacing between phase conductors
(d) Increase in load current carried by the conductor

Ans. (d)

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Q.15 A mod-6 counter is realized using 3 Nos. of flip-flops. The counter will skip
(a) 4 Counts (b) 3 Counts
(c) 2 Counts (d) Zero Counts

Ans. (c)

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Q.16 An amplifier with negative feedback has overall gain of 100. The percentage change
in gain with feedback and without feedback is 3% and 18% respectively. What is the
feedback factor?
(a) 0.05 (b) 0.02
(c) 0.04 (d) 0.10

Ans. (a)

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Q.17 Two voltmeters with ranges of 0 to 100 V has sensitivities as 10 kO.N and 20 kO.N.
What is the maximum voltage that can be measured when these voltmeters are connected
in series?
(a) 200 V (b) 150 V
(c) 100 V (d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

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Q.18 An ammeter with range 0 to 2 mA has internal resistance of 10 0.. What is the value
of shunt resistance in order to increase the range of ammeter to 100 A?
(a) 200 µO. (b) 200 mo.
(c) 2 µQ (d) 2000 mQ

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Ans. (a)

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Q.19 Matrix A has following eigen values A-1 = +3j , A-2 = +5j, ,.._3 = +1}, then the matrix is
(a) Symmetric matrix (b) Skew Hermitian matrix
(c) Orthogonal matrix (d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

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Q.20 In a school , 45% of the students play football, 30% of students play cricket and 15%
of students play both. If a student is selected at random what is the probability that
he plays football or cricket?
1 2
(a) 4 (b) 7

3 4
(c) 5 (d) 5

Ans. (c)

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Q.21 The maximum value of function ( x y )6 on the ellipse x + y2 = 1 occur at a point (x, y)
4
for which y2 is equal to
J2 1
(a) (b) -
3 2
2 5
(c) - (d)
3 11

Ans. (b)

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Q.22 y= t _an Jx ) dy ?
what is
\ 2 ) dx

4x 4
(a) (b)
(4+ x) (4 + x2 )
X 4x
(c) (d)
(4 + x 2
) (4 + x2 )

Ans. (*)

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Q.23 In the system shown below, what is steady state error in unit ramp response?
R(s) C(s)
s2(s + 12) "'

5 (s + 1)
(s + 5)

C!:JJ

5 4
(b) -
(a)
4 5
3 5
(c) (d)
5 5

Ans. (b)

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Q.24 Typical root locus diagram of a system is shown below. Find the point where the system
is critically damped.
Im

A B
XI I I I I I I I le I I I I X I I el "' I Re

(a) At Point ' A' (b) At Point ' B'

(c) At Point 'C' and 'O ' (d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

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Q.25 What is the time constant of the circuit shown below, when t = 0 the Switch Sis closed?

t=,o
s
··.Jv--
2Q I 2Q
2
20µFI Q

(a) 26.67 µSec (b) 80 µSec

(c) 16 µSec (d) 24 µSec

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Ans. (d)

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Q.26 At time t = 0 Switch S is closed in the circuit shown . What is the expression for the
current i(t) through the inductor?

20Q 20Q
t=0
60V-=- s
20Q

(a) 6 - (3 x -e 101) (b) 6 - (3 X e- 101/3)

(c) 6 - (3 x e-51) (d) 6 - (3 X -e S /l 3 )

Ans. (b)

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Q.27 A single phase inverter has a square wave output voltage. What is the percentage of fifth
harmonic component in relation to fundamental component present in the output voltage?
(a) 40% (b) 30%
(c) 20% (d) 10%

Ans. (c)

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Q.28 In the LC circuit shown in the figure initial current through the inductor is zero, initial
voltage across the capacitor is 100 V. Switch Sis closed at t = 0 sec. The current through
the circuit is
,---.
,IV
L=20 mH

C= 1µF= 100V
+

(a) 7.07 sin (7 .07 x 103 t) (b) 0.707 COS (7.07 X 103t)
(c) 0.707 sin (7.07 x 103t) (d) 7.07 COS (7.07 X 103 t)

Ans. (c)

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Q.29 Two DC machines are mechanically coupled. One is operating as a motor and the other
as generator. The iron and frictional losses of the machines will be identical when:
(a) Their speeds are identical
(b) Their speeds and excitation are identical
(c) Their speeds are equal and back emfs are half the supply voltage
(d) Their armature sizes are identical

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Ans. (b)

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Q.30 Impedance of single phase, two winding transformer referred to primary side is
0.1 + J0.6 p .u. The rating of the transformer is 200 V/400 V, 1 kVA. The per unit impedance
is calculated on transformer base , then what is the equivalent impedance of transformer
referred to secondary in ohms?
(a) 80 + }400 Q (b) 5 + j25 Q
(c) 16 + JS0 Q (d) None of the above

Ans. (d)

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Q.31 What is the order of sequence of impedance in salient pole alternator?
(a) Z1 > Z2 > Z0 (b) Z1 < Z2 < Z0
(c) Z0 > Z1 > Z2 (d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

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Q.32 A schematic diagram of an alternator is shown below where Van = Vbn = Ven = V1 .
R
y
a b

If a single phase to ground fault occurs at location 'a', what will be the voltage at ' b '
and 'c'?

(a) Vb n = Ven = ,/3 Vj (b) V bn = V en = V1

(c) V bn = V en = 0 (d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

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Q.33 Insulation resistance of cable of length 20 km is 2 MQ. What will be the insulation
resistance of the same cable but for a length of 200 km?
(a) 2 MQ (b) 20 MQ
(c) 0.2 MQ (d) 200 MQ

Ans. (c)

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Q.34 What is the 2's Complement of binary number 0010 0110 1001 1101 ?
(a) 0010011010011110 (b) 11011001 01100010
(c) 1101 1001 0110 1101 (d) 1101 1001 0110 0011

Ans. (d)

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Q.35 Zero has two representations in
(a) Sign magnitude (b) 1's complement
(c) 2's complement (d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

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Q.36 What is the output of XOR gate with A and B as input?
(a) AB+AB (b) (A+ B)(A + B)
(c) (A+ B)AB (d) (A+ B) + AB

Ans. (c)

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Q.37 How many numbers of half adders are required for m-bit numbers?
(a) 2 x m - 1 (b) 2m - 1
(c) 2 x m+ 1 (d) 2 x m

Ans. (a)

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Q.38 Traffic light at one particular crossing change after every 40 seconds . The traffic light
at the next crossing changes after every 32 seconds. At a certain time they change
together. After what time they will change together?
(a) 2 min 40 sec (b) 1 min 20 sec
(c) 3 min 20 sec (d) 2 min 20 sec

Ans. (a)

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Q.39 A merchant has 120 kg of rice. He sells a part of it at a profit of 10% and the rest at
a profit of 25%. He gains 15% on the whole. the quantity of rice sold at a profit of 25%
is
(a) 50 kg (b) 55 kg
(c) 40 kg (d) 30 kg

Ans. (c)

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Q.40 A software engineer has a capability of thinking 100 lines of code in 5 minutes and can
type 100 lines of code in 10 minutes. He takes a break of 5 minutes after every 10
minutes. How many lines of codes will be completely typing in 8 hours?
(a) 1600 lines (b) 2100 lines
(c) 2133 lines (d) 2400 lines

Ans. (d)

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Q.41 What is the value of K = f l sinx ld x ?
0

(a) 617 (b) 1234

(c) Zero (d) 617 1t

Ans. (b)

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Q.42 For the step response C(s) = O(s - ) find initial and final value of C(s).
s(s2 + 4s + 5)
(a) Initial value = 0, Final value = 0
(b) Initial value = 0, Final value = - 4
(c) Initial value = 0, Final value = cannot determine
(d) Initial value = cannot determine, Final value = 0

Ans. (b)

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Q.43 What is the condition for the below system to be critically damped?
R L

.k t
t
V;n
T out

(a) Rft =1 (b) :ft =1

1
(c) J[c =1 (d) :J¥=1

Ans. (d)

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Q.44 Transfer function of two compensators are:

100(s + 3) s+200
c1 = (s + 200) ; c2= 100(s+ 3)
Which of the following statement is correct?
(a) C1 - lead and C2 - lag (b) C1 - lag and C2 - lead
(c) Both C1 and C2 are lag (d) Both C1 and C2 are lead

Ans. (a)

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Q.45 For the circuit given below, what is the value of Thevenin equivalent resistance (Rh1 ) across
the terminals x and y.
2[.! 20V

1Q
Wh 8
· .f.M X

1Q
i ia ¢s;. -- Rth

y
(a) +1/2 Q (b) - 1/2 Q
(c) 1 Q (d) 2 Q
Ans. (b)

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Q.46 What is the resonant frequency of circuit shown below?
Where R = 10 Q, L1 = L2 = 20 mH, Mutual Inductance M = 5 mH, C = 0.05 µH.

V _, M
s C

(a) 4.18 kHz (b) 2.88 kHz

(c) 5.18 kHz (d) 3.18 kHz

Ans. (d)

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Q.47 If a boost converter operates with a duty ratio O = 1 then output voltage is
(a) Infinity (b) Input voltage
(c) Zero (d) Two times the input voltage

Ans. (c)

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Q.48 In a single phase asymmetrical half controlled rectifier with firing angle 'a ' feeds a
constant current load. What will be conduction angle of diodes?
(a) n + a (b) n - a
(c) 2a (d) 211:

Ans. (a)

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Q.49 In a three phase half controlled rectifier with constant current load and freewheeling diode,
what is the fraction of cycle the diode conducts? Consider firing angle (a) of thyristors
greater than 60°.

(a) (a- ) (b)

a+3-
1t

21t 2n

(c) (a_ )l_

\ 3) 2n
(d) (a +3)xl21t
Ans. (c)

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Q.50 A step down chopper operates from a D.C. voltage source V 5 = 400 V and feeds a
DC motor armature with a back emf Eb = 300 V. From the oscilloscope traces it is found
that the current rises for a time r t = 10 msec and falls to zero over time rt = 5 msec
and remains zero for a time of t0 = 6 msec in every chopping cycle . Then , average
DC voltage across the freewheeling diode will be
(a) 276 V (b) 257 V
(c) 262 V (d) 300 V

Ans. (a)

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Q.51 A 4 kVA 400 V/200 V single phase transformer has resistance of 0.02 p.u. and reactance
of 0.06 p.u. The resistance and reactance referred to HV side are
(a) 0.2 Q and 0.6 Q (b) 0.8 Q and 2.4 Q
(c) 0.08 Q and 0.24 Q (d) 2 Q and 6 Q

Ans. (b)

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Q.52 A 100/5 A bar primary current transformer supplies an overcurrent relay set at 25% pick
up and it has a burden of 5 VA. The secondary voltage is
(a) 1 V (b) 1.25 V
(c) 2.5 V (d) 4 V

Ans. (d)

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Q.53 The distribution system indicated below is to be protected with overcurrent protection.
Identify the locations where essentially directional overcurrent relays will be required
considering power fault discrimination .
Bus-1 Bus-2 Bus-3

Br -1 Br - 2 Br - 3 Br - 4
Grid Grid

Br-6

Br-7
Load
Bus-4

Grid

(a) Br-1, Br-4, Br-8 and Br-7 (b) Br-2, Br-3, Br-5 and Br-6
(c) Br-2, Br-3 and Br-6 (d) Br-1, Br-4, Br-7, Br-5

Ans. (b)

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Q.54 Three networks are connected in cascade as shown as shown below :
Z2

A B C D parameters of the system is :

A BJ [ 2.0L - 10° 5L 30° ]

[ C D- 1.0L - 20° 4.0L 10°
What is the value of Z2?
(a) 5L 30° (b) 2L 10°
(c) 0.2L20° (d) 1L 20°

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Ans. (a)

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Q.55 The surge impedance of 400 km long overhead transmission line is 300 n. For a 200 km
length of the same transmission line surge impedance will be
(a) 150 n (b) 600 n
(c) 300 n (d) 75 n

Ans. (c)

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Q.56 In a power network, 380 kV is recorded at a 400 kV bus. A 60 MVAR, 400 kV shunt
reactor is connected to the bus. What is the reactive power absorbed by the shunt
reactor?
(a) 57 MVAR (b) 54.15 MVAR
(c) 66.48 MVAR (d) 63.16 MVAR

Ans. (a)

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Q.57 The pressure coil of a dynamometer type wattmeter is
(a) Highly inductive (b) Highly resistive
(c) Purely resistive (d) Purely inductive

Ans. (b)

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Q.58 What is the octal equivalent of Hexadecimal number CD.AB?
(a) 320.506 (b) 215.546
(c) 205.516 (d) 315.526

Ans. (d)

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Q.59 The present age of father is twice that of the elder son . 10 years later the age of the
father will be three times that of the younger son. If the difference of ages of the two
sons is 15 years, the age of father is
(a) 50 years (b) 100 years
(c) 70 years (d) 60 years

Ans. (a)

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Q.60 The volume of a cone is equal to that of a cylinder whose height is 9 cm and diameter
60 cm. Find the radius of the base of cone if its height is 108 cm.
(a) 12 cm (b) 18 cm
(c) 10 cm (d) 15 cm

Ans. (d)

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Q.61 For the system to be stable , in a negative feedback systems, with increase of feedback
loops the range of gain (K)
(a) Reduces (b) Increases
(c) Does not change (d) Exponentially increases

Ans. (a)

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Q.62 What is the impulse response for the system indicated below?
R(s) C(s)
;a

T-time constant

t
1--
(a) -e T u(t ) (b) Te-Ttu(t)
T
t
1 -
(c) - eT (d) Te- rt
T

Ans. (a)

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Q.63 The open loop transfer function of a unity feedback control system is

G(s) = K . Determine the range of gain 'K for the unity feedback (s + 2)(s +
1)(s2 + 6s + 25)
control system to be stable.
(a) +200 < K < 666.25 (b) -200 < K <112.17
(c) -200 < K < 666.25 (d) 0 < K < 200

Ans. (d)

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Q.64 Calculate i0 for the circuit diagram given below :

2Q 2Q

30V -- io

3Q 6Q

5
(a) §_A (b) -- A
3 3

(c) 2.2_A (d) _2.2_A

3 3

Ans. (b)

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Q.65 In the circuit given below, calculate the value of Rxy

20 kQ X
Wh •
.;x
t
200Q Rxy ggx;

1 y

(a) 100 Q (b) 200 Q

(c) 198.01 Q (d) 20 kQ

Ans. (a)

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Q.66

r:1:
Calculate xi in the circuit diagram given below :

,...1QIv
2Q

--;x
10V 4Q 2Q

(a) 2 A (b) 10 A
(c) 5 A (d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

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Q.67 In the circuit given below Inductor used is ideal inductor, What is the conduction angle
of diode?

Diode

Ideal Inductor

(a) 00° (b) 180°

(c) 270° (d) 360°

Ans. (d)

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Q.68 A single phase full bridge converter supplies power to constant current load. If the
triggering angle is 45°, what is the input power factor of the converter?
(a) 0.637 (b) 0.837
(c) 0.937 (d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

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Q.69 Input voltage v = 230 sin(100nt) Volts is given to a converter and the current drawn by
the converter is

i = 20 sin( 10ont - ) + 10 sin(300nt + 45°) + 2 sin( 700nt -i) Amp s

What is the active power drawn by the converter?
(a) 2300 W (b) 1150 W
(c) 4324 W (d) 2162 W

Ans. (b)

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Q.70 Two mechanically coupled alternators deliver power at 50 Hz and 60 Hz respectively.
What is the highest speed of the alternators?
(a) 3600 rpm (b) 3000 rpm
(c) 600 rpm (d) 500 rpm

Ans. (b)

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Q. 71 A 3 Phase , 11 kV, 5 MVA alternator has synchronous reactance of 10 Q per phase. Its
excitation is such that the generated emf is 14 kV. If the alternator is connected to infinite
bus the maximum output of the alternator at a given excitation is
(a) 15400 kW (b) 8000 kW
(c) 6200 kW (d) 5135 kW

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Ans. (a)

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Q.72 The resultant flux density in the air gap of synchronous generator is lowest during :
(a) Open circuit (b) Solid Short Circuit
(c) Full Load (d) Half Load

Ans. (b)

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Q. 73 A voltmeter gives 120 oscillations per minute when connected to the rotor of an induction
motor. When the stator frequency is 50 Hz, what is the slip of the motor?
(a) 2% (b) 2.5%
(c) 4% (d) 5%

Ans. (c)

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Q.74 A 6 pole, 3 phase alternator running at 1000 rpm supplies power to an 8 pole, 3 phase,
induction motor which has a rotor current of frequency 2 Hz. What is the speed at which
the motor operates?
(a) 1000 rpm (b) 960 rpm
(c) 750 rpm (d) 720 rpm

Ans. (d)

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Q.75 Two buses in a system are maintained at the voltages V1 = 1.25L 30° and
V2 = 1.35L 25°. Bus-1 and Bus-2 are interconnected by a transmission line of impedance
(1.3 + J7) Q. The power flow direction is
(a) Real power flows from Bus-1 to Bus-2
(b) Real power flows from Bus-2 to Bus-1
(c) No real power flows between the buses
(d) Reactive power flows from Bus-2 to Bus-1

Ans. (a & d)

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Q.76 Inductance of transmission line for a length of 400 kms in unsymmetrical configuration
are : LR = 30 mH, L y = 20 mH, La = 25 mH
What will be the inductance of each transmission line after transposing?
(a) LR = L y = La = 30 mH (b) LR = L y = La = 20 mH
(c) LR = L y = La = 25 mH (d) LR = L y = La = 75 mH

Ans. (c)

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Q.77 A short transmission line is having series impedance Z = 0.07 + j0.12p.u. If the
transmission line is operating under full load at leading p.f., what will be possible voltage
regulation of transmission line?
(a) 17% (b) 5%
(c) 9% (d) 12%

Ans. (*)

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Q.78 In a Dynamometer type wattmeter if current coil and voltage coil connections are
interchanged then
(a) Current coil will damage (b) Voltage coil will damage
(c) No damage (d) none of the above

Ans. (a)

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Q.79 In a linear system , an input of 5 sinmt produces an output of 10 cosmt. The output
corresponding to input 10 cosmt will be equal to :
(a) +5 sinmt (b) -5sinmt
(c) +20 sinmt (d) -20 sinmt

Ans. (d)

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Q.80 In an induction motor r2 is the rotor resistance. What is the resistance representing
mechanical output in the equivalent circuit of an induction motor as referred to stator
side?

(a) r 2(; - 1) (b)

r}
s
r ,'
(c) r ! (;-1) (d) . 1 ..
s
Ans. (a)

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