BT Electrical Engg.
3rd Sem Exam
2020
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Paper-5 (PCC EE -305): Electrical and Electronic Measuring Instruments
Full marks: 70 Duration: 03 Hrs
The figures in the margin indicate full marks
Candidates are requested to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable
Answer Q1 and any four from the rest.
Q1. Answer any seven questions. [7x2]
(a) What do you mean by Q factor of a coil?
(b) Why eddy current damping cannot be implemented in a moving iron (MI) instrument?
(CO2)
(c) Define accuracy and precision of an instrument?
(d) Why standardization of a potentiometer is essential?
(e) What is the function of guard resistance in the direct deflection method of measuring
high resistance?
(f) What is creep error in induction type energy meter?
(g) Define the upper and lower trigger points of a Schmitt trigger circuit.
(h) What is deflection factor and deflection sensitivity in a CRO?
(i) Define crest factor of a waveform.
(j) What is meant by 3 digit seven segment LED display?
Q2. (a) Explain with a suitable diagram the working principle of an induction type
instrument.
(b) A 10A electrodynamometer type ammeter is controlled by spring of spring constant
1 × 10 Nm/degree. The full-scale deflection is 110⁰. Determine the inductance to indicate a
current of 10A, given that initial inductance is 2µH and the change is linear.
(c) Explain in brief the principle of a spring control and gravity control in an indicating
instrument.
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Q3. (a) Explain how a Megger is used to determine the insulation resistance.
(b) A voltmeter of resistance 2 kΩ and a milli-ammeter of 1Ω resistance are used to measure
unknown resistance by ammeter –voltmeter method. If the voltmeter reads 50V and the
ammeter reads 100mA in both cases then calculate the percentage error in values of measured
resistance: in the cases (i) if the voltmeter is put across the resistance and the milli-ammeter in
series with the supply; and (ii) if voltmeter is connected across the supply and milli-ammeter
is in series with the resistance.
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Q4. (a) Explain how Maxwell’s bridge is used for measurement of unknown inductance of
a coil. Draw the phasor diagram of the bridge at balanced condition.
(b) The four arms of a bridge are as follows: arm 1(ab): an imperfect capacitance of C1 with
internal resistance R1, arm 2 (bc): non inductive resistance R3, arm 3 (cd): non inductive
resistance R4, and arm 4 (da): an imperfect capacitor C2 with resistance R2. A supply of 450Hz
is given between terminal a-c. At balanced condition R2=4.8Ω, R3=2kΩ, R4=2.85kΩ,
C2=0.5µF, R2=0.4Ω. Calculate the value of C1 and R1 and the dissipation factor of the
capacitor.
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Q5. (a) With a circuit diagram, briefly illustrate the principle of operation of a 1
dynamometer type wattmeter.
(b) Comment on the connection of current coil and pressure coil.
(c) Draw the phasor diagram of a 1 induction type energy meter. What is quadrature lag
adjustment?
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Q6. (a) The ramp ADC in figure below has 1.5 MHz clock frequency and a ramp voltage
which rises linearly from 0 to 2 V in 1.333 ms. Determine the number of clock pulses counted
into the register when the input voltage is 1.2 V.
(b) A frequency-divider circuit is made up of a 2 MHz oscillator, a divide by-16 counter and
two-decade counters. Determine the time period of the outputs from each counter.
(c) With a schematic diagram, explain the working of a true RMS voltmeter.
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Q7. (a) A frequency meter with an accuracy of ± ± (1 × 10 ) is used to measure
frequencies of 30 Hz, 30 MHz, and 300 MHz. Calculate the percentage error for each
measurement.
(b) The voltmeter in the -meter circuit, as shown below, indicates 5 V when a coil is in
resonance. If the coil has = 3.3Ω and = 66 Ω at resonance, calculate the coil -factor and
the supply voltage.
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(c) State the advantages of a dual-slope-integrator digital voltmeter over a ramp type.
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Q8. (a) The Schmitt trigger circuit in the figure shown below has R3 = 2.7 kΩ, R4 = 15 kΩ,
and VCC = 12 V. Calculate the upper and lower trigger points for the circuit. Assume the 1 V
drop at saturated Schmitt trigger circuit.
(b) In the calibration chart as shown below, determine the voltmeter accuracy (i) as a percentage
of the reading; and (ii) as a percentage of full scale for the scale reading of 90, 60 and 30.
Table: Calibration chart.
Scale reading Precise voltage Correction
100 103 +3
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90 93 +3
80 82.5 +2.5
70 72.5 +2.5
60 62 +2
50 51.7 +1.7
40 41.5 +1.5
30 31 +1
20 19.7 -0.3
10 9.5 -0.5
0 0 0
(c) Explain the working principle of a digital storage oscilloscope (DSO) with block diagram.
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