1. The counter e.m.f. of a d.c.

motor (d) Infinity

(a) often exceeds the supply voltage 15. A dc motor develops a torque of 200 N-m at 25 rps. At 20 rps, it
(b) aids the applied voltage will develop a torque of ________ N-m.
(c) helps in energy conversion (a) 250
(d) regulates its armature voltage (b) 160
2. The armature torque of a dc motor is a function of its (c) 200
(a) Field flux (d) 128
(b) Armature current 16. It is possible to increase the field flux and, at the same time,
(c) Speed increase the speed of a d.c. motor provided its .......... is held
(d) Both (a) & (b) constant.
(e) Both (b) & (c) (a) applied voltage
(b) torque
3. Under constant load conditions, the speed of a d.c. motor is
(c) Armature circuit resistance
affected by
(d) armature current
(a) field flux
17. If the load current and flux of a d.c. motor are held constant and
(b) armature current
voltage applied across its
(c) back e.m.f.
armature is increased by 10 per cent, its speed will
(d) both (b) and (c)
(a) decrease by about 10 per cent
4. It is possible to increase the field flux and, at the same time,
(b) remain unchanged
increase the speed of a d.c. motor provided its .......... is held
(c) increase by about 10 per cent
constant.
(d) increase by 20 per cent.
(a) applied voltage
18. If the pole flux of a d.c. motor approaches zero, its speed will
(b) torque
(a) approach zero
(c) Armature circuit resistance
(b) approach infinity
(d) armature current
(c) no change due to corresponding change in back e.m.f.
5. Neglecting saturation, if current taken by a series motor is
(d) approach a stable value somewhere between zero and
increased from 10 A to 12 A, the percentage increase in its torque
infinity.
is ........ percent
19. The speed of a dc motor can be controlled by varying
(a) 20
(a) Its flux per pole
(b) 44
(b) Resistance of the armature circuit
(c) 30.5
(c) Applied voltage
(d) 16.6
(d) All if these
6. If load on a d.c. shunt motor is increased, its speed is decreased
20. Unlike a shunt motor, it is difficult for a series motor to stall under
due primarily to
heavy loading because
(a) increase in its flux
(a) it develops high overload torque
(b) decrease in back e.m.f.
(b) its flux remains constant
(c) increase in armature current
(c) it slows down considerably
(d) increase in brush drop
(d) its back e.m.f. is reduced to almost zero.
7. As the load is increased, the speed of a d.c. shunt motor
21. As the load is increased, the speed of a d.c. shunt motor
(a) increases proportionately
(a) Decrease slightly
(b) remains constant
(b) Decrease significantly
(c) increases slightly
(c) Remains absolutely constant
(d) reduces slightly
(d) Any of the above
8. The speed of a dc motor can be controlled by varying
22. The torque developed of a dc motor is proportional to
(a) Its flux per pole
(a) Flux
(b) Resistance of the armature circuit
(b) Armature current
(c) Applied voltage
(c) Flux and armature current
(d) All if these
(d) None of the above
9. When load is removed, .......... motor will run at the highest speed.
23. As the load is increased, the speed of a d.c. shunt motor
(a) shunt
(a) increases proportionately
(b) cumulative-compound
(b) remains constant
(c) series
(c) increases slightly
(d) differential compound
(d) reduces slightly
10. of a speed of a dc shunt motor increased, the back emf
24. The current drawn by a 120 - V d.c. motor of armature resistance
(a) increase
0.5 Ω and back e.m.f. 110 V is .......... ampere.
(b) constant
(a) 20
(c) decrease
(b) 240
(d) decrease and then increase
(c) 220
11. If the current in the armature of a dc series motor is reduced to 50
(d) 5
percent, the torque of the motor will become
25. What will happen when the supply terminals of dc motor are
(a) 50% of the previous value
interchange?
(b) 25% of the previous value
(a) Motor will stop
(c) 150% of the previous value
(b) Motor will run at its normal speed in the same direction
(d) 125% of the previous value
as it was running
12. The direction of rotation of a dc motor is reversed by
(c) The direction of rotation will reverse
(a) Reversing armature connection
(d) Motor will run at a speed lower than the normal speed
(b) Interchanging the armature and field connection
in the same direction
(c) Reversing supply connection
26. . If the field circuit of a loaded shunt motor is suddenly opened
(d) Adding resistance to the field circuit
(a) it would race to almost infinite speed
13. The starter is necessary to start a dc motor because
(b) it would draw abnormally high armature current
(a) It starts the motor
(c) circuit breaker or fuse will open the circuit before
(b) It limits the speed of the motor
too much damage is done to the motor
(c) It limits the back emf to a safe value
(d) Torque developed by the motor would be reduced to
(d) It limits the starting current to a safe value
zero.
14. The speed of a series motor at no load is
27. A dc series motor with the rated voltage of 230V is connected to an
(a) Zero
ac supply of 230V. It will …
(b) 3000 rpm
(a) Run same as before
(c) 3500 rpm
(b) Run with less efficiency
 (c) Not run (c) its copper loss equals iron loss
(d) Run with higher efficiency (d) it runs slightly overload.
28. If the pole flux of a d.c. motor approaches zero, its speed will 40. At relatively light loads, transformer efficiency is low because
(a) approach zero (a) secondary output is low
(b) approach infinity (b) transformer losses are high
(c) no change due to corresponding change in back e.m.f. (c) fixed loss is high in proportion to the output
(d) approach a stable value somewhere between zero and (d) copper loss is small.
infinity. 41. The full load copper load in a transformer is 400W. At half load,
29. In dc shunt motor, if the terminal voltage is reduced to half and the the copper loss will be
torque remains the same time, then (a) 400W
(a) Speed will be half and the armature current remains the (b) 100W
same (c) 200W
(b) Speed will be half but armature current remains the (d) 50W
same 42. In an ideal transformer on no load, the primary applied voltage is
(c) Speed will be half and the armature current balanced by
becomes double (a) The secondary voltage
(d) Speed and armature current will remain the same (b) The drop across resistance and reactance
30. A certain shunt motor has an armature resistance of 0.05. It draws (c) The secondary induced emf
50A at a terminal voltage of 120V. Assume other miscellaneous (d) The primary induced emf
losses of 1%. Determine the output horsepower of the motor. 43. If in a transformer the secondary turns are doubled and at the same
(a) 8.5 hp time the primary voltage is reduced by half, the secondary voltage
(b) 7.1 hp will
(c) 6.8 hp (a) Be halved
(d) 7.8 hp (b) Not change
31. A dc shunt motor develops 15 hp at 120V. The armature resistance (c) Be four times as high
is 0.061 Ω. What is the armature current? (d) Be reduced to a quarter
(a) 95.81 A 44. Calculate the total magnetic flux in 60 Hz transformer in which the
(b) 91.85 A induced emf per turn is equal to 2V.
(c) 96.15 A (a) 7.5 mWb
(d) 98.15 A (b) 7.02 mWb
32. A dc shunt motor develops 15 hp at 120V. The armature efficiency (c) 7.42 mWb
is 95%. What is the counter emf? (d) None of these
(a) 114V 45. The low side of a certain welding transformer has 2 turn and
(b) 122V delivers a 300A. If the high voltage side has 30 turns, how much
(c) 118V current flows through it?
(d) 117V (a) 10A
33. The shaft power of a shunt motor is 7.8 hp. Its armature draws a (b) 12A
50A from 120V. The field winding draws 1.2A. What is the (c) 20A
efficiency of the motor? (d) None of these
(a) 94.7% 46. A transformer having 1000 primary turns is connected to a 250V
(b) 93% ac supply. For a secondary voltage of 400V, the number of turns
(c) 96.5% should be
(d) 98.2% (a) 1600
34. The armature and field circuit pf a 230V shunt motor have the (b) 250
resistance of 0.31 and 115 Ω respectively. It takes 52A when (c) 400
operating at a certain load. What is the armature power developed? (d) 1250
(a) 14.4 hp 47. The induced emf in the transformer secondary will depend upon
(b) 24.6 hp (a) Maximum flux in the core and frequency only
(c) 7.5 hp (b) Frequency, flux, and number or turns in the
(d) 12.4 hp secondary
35. The primary reason why open circuit test is performed on the low (c) Frequency and supply only
voltage winding of the transformer is that it (d) Number of turn in the secondary only
(a) Draws sufficiently large no load current for 48. In a two-winding transformer, the e.m.f. per turn in secondary
convenient reading winding is always.......the induced e.m.f. power turn in primary.
(b) Requires least voltage to perform the test (a) equal to K times
(c) Needs minimum power (b) equal to 1/K times
(d) Involves less core loss (c) equal to
36. During short circuit test, the iron loss of a transformer is negligible (d) greater than.
because 49. In relation to a transformer, the ratio 20 : 1 indicates that
(a) The entire input is just sufficient to meet copper loss (a) there are 20 turns on primary one turn on secondary
only (b) secondary voltage is 1/20th of primary voltage
(b) Flux produced is a small fractions of the normal flux (c) primary current is 20 times greater than the secondary
(c) Iron core becomes fully saturated current.
(d) Supply frequency is held constant (d) for every 20 turns on primary, there is one turn on
37. When a 400 Hz transformer is operated at 50 Hz. Its kVA rating is secondary.
(a) Reduced to 1/8 50. The voltage applied to the primary side of a transformer during
(b) Increased to 8 times short circuit test is 2% of its rated voltage. The core loss will be
(c) Unaffected ______ % of the rated core loss.
(d) Increased 64 times (a) 4
38. If the copper loss of a transformer at 7/8𝑡ℎ full load is 4900W, (b) 0.4
then its full load copper loss would be _____ W. (c) 0.25
(a) 5600 (d) 0.04
(b) 6400
(c) 375
(d) 429
39. The ordinary efficiency of a given transformer is maximum when
(a) it runs at half full-load
(b) it runs at full-load