GATEWAY ENGINEERS ACADEMY

DRDO ELECTRICAL
PRACTICE QUESTION

1. Non-conductor or insulators with increase in temperature

(a) Usually increase in Resistance
(b) Usually decrease in Resistance
(c) NO effect on the temperature
(d) Some time increase and sometime decrease
2. Conductance depends the reciprocal of
(a) Only on Lenth
(b) Only of resistivity
(c) Only on the area of cross section
(d) On all the above three
3. Dielectric Strength of a medium is usually expressed in
(a) kV/mm
(b) Coulomb/sq.m
(c) Netons/mm
(d) Joules/sq.m
4. One Volt is same as
(a) One Coulomb
(b) One Joule
(c) One Jould/ Coulomb
(d) One Coulomb/jould
5. Hysteresis loss least depends on
(a) Magnetic Field intensity
(b) Frequency
(c) Ambient temperature
(d) Volume of material
6. The magnitude of induced e.m.f is directly propotional to the
(a) Rate of change of current
(b) Rate of change of flux linkage
(c) Constant value of current
(d) Resistance
7. In DC generators, current to external circuit from armature is given through
(a) Slip rings
(b) Commutator
(c) Solid Connections
(d) Armature winding
8. Which DC motor will be preferred for machine tools
(a) Series motor
(b) Shunt motor
(c) Differentially Compounded motor
(d) Cumulatively compounded motor
9. Which motor has poorest speed control
(a) Series motor
(b) Shunt motor
(c) Differentially Compounded motor
(d) Cumulatively compounded motor
10. A 4 pole DC generator rotates at 1500 rpm. How many times in a second, will the emf
induced in each armature conductor changes its direction
(a) 50
(b) 100
(c) 200
(d) 400
11. Repulsion motor is provided with
(a) Commutator
(b) Centrifugal switch
 (c) Capacitor
(d) Squirrel cage rotor
12. Whenever a poly phase motor is loaded the
(a) induced emf in the rotor increases and its frequency falls
(b) induced emf in the rotor increases and its frequency rises
(c) induced in the rotor remains constant
(d) induced emf in the rotor decreases and its frequency increases
13. For three resistance are connected in three phase, the power consumed will be more in
________connection
(a) star delta
(b) star
(c) delta
(d) delta-star
14. Synchronous motors run on leading power factor when connected in
(a) under excitation
(b) rated excitation
(c) fully loaded
(d) over excitation
15. The output voltage of a solar cell is approximately
(a) 1.2 V
(b) 0.5 V
(c) 2.1 V
(d) 3.0 V
16. Slip rings are generally made of
(a) phosphor bronze
(b) aluminium
(c) copper
(d) carbon
17. The hydrometer reading of fully charged lead acid battery
(a) 1.2
(b) 1.5
(c) 1.11
(d) 1.26
18. In induction motor percentage slip is maximum at
(a) low speed
(b) medium speed
(c) stand still condition
(d) synchronous speed
19. Economiser is a part of
(a) hydel PS
(b) nuclear PS
(c) thermal PS
(d) diesel PS
20. The crawling in an induction motor is caused by
(a) improper design of the machine
(b) low voltage supply
(c) high load
(d) harmonics developed in the motor
21. The commutator segments are placed in
(a) rotor
(b) stator
(c) armature
(d) field
22. Reduction in the capacitance of capacitor start motor results in reduced
(a) noise
(b) starting torque
(c) speed
(d) armature reaction
23. In an ac circuit the ratio of kW/kVA represents
(a) power factor
(b) load factor
(c) starting torque
(d) diversity factor
24. The unit of inductance is
(a) OHM
(b) MHO
(c) HENRY
(d) FARAD
25. Ear to ear resistance of human body
(a) 400
(b) 1 kilo ohms
(c) 650 ohms
(d) 100 ohms
26. Centrifugal switches is provided for disconnecting the auxiliary winding in a
(a) capacitor run motor
(b) capacitor start motor
(c) reluctance motor
(d) hysteresis motor
27. Transformer core is laminated to
(a) reduce the copper loss
(b) reduces the eddy current loss
(c) reduces the core loss
(d) hysteresis loss
28. Which type of loss is NOT common to transformer and rotating machines ?
(a) eddy current loss
(b) copper loss
(c) hysteresis loss
(d) windage loss
29. The difference between the synchronous speed and the actual speed of an induction
motor is known as
(a) Slip
(b) regulation
(c) back lash
(d) lag
30. Three resistances of 30, 15, 5 ohms are connected in parallel, their combined resistance
will be
(a) greater than 30 ohm
(b) between 30 to 15 ohm
(c) less than 5 ohm
(d) between 15 to 5 ohm
31. Coulomb force and gravitational force follow the same _______
(a) Ohm’s law
(b) Ampere’s law
(c) Invrse- square law
(d) Kirchoffs law
32. A network having one or more than one source of emf is known as
(a) Passive network
(b) Active network
(c) Linear network
(d) Non-linear network
33. Two resistances R1 and R2 give combined resistance of 4.5 Ohms when connected in
series and 1.0 Ohm when connected in parallel. The resistances are
(a) 3 Ohms and 4 Ohms
(b) 3 Ohms and 9 Ohms
(c) 1.5 Ohms and 3 Ohms
(d) 1.5 Ohms and 0.5 Ohms
34. The resistance of a 100 W, 200 V lamp is
(a) 100 Ohms
(b) 200 Ohms
(c) 400 Ohms
(d) 1600 Ohms
35. The storage battery of a car has an emf of 12 V. If the internal resistance of the battery is
0.4 Ohm, what is maximum current that can be drawn fromt the batter?
(a) 50 A
(b) 28 A
 (c) 32 A
(d) 30 A
36. Three 3 ohms resistors are connected to form a Triangle. What is the resisance between
any two corners of the triangle?
(a) 0.75 Ohm
(b) 3 Ohm
(c) 2 Ohm
(d) 4/3 Ohm
37. Which of the following lamps will have least resistance at room temperature?
(a) 200 W, 220 V
(b) 100 W, 220 V
(c) 60 W, 220 V
(d) 25 W, 220 V
38. Thre resistors 2 ohms, 4 ohms and 5 ohms are combined in parallel. What is the total
resistance of the combination?
(a) (18/20) Ohms
(b) (20/18) Ohms
(c) (19/20) Ohms
(d) (20/19) Ohms
39. What is the unit of specific resistance of a substance?
(a) Ohm
(b) mho
(c) ohm-cm
(d) ohm/cm
40. The resistance of a uniform metallic conductor is directly proportional to its
(a) Mass
(b) Length
(c) width
(d) Height
41. 100 resistors of 100 Ohms each are connected in parallel. their equivalent reistance will be
(a) 10,000 Ohms
(b) 100 Ohms
(c) 1 Ohm
(d) (1/10000) ohms
42. The capacity of a capacitor used in power factor correction is expressed in terms of
(a) KVA
(b) KW
(c) KWH
(d) KVAR
43. The resistance of a wire will double, if we double its
(a) Area
(b) Temperature
(c) Length
(d) Weight
44. Time constant for an R-L series circuit is given by
(a) R/L
(b) L/R
(c) 1/RL
(d) RL
45. Power factor of a purely resistive circuit is
(a) zero
(b) unity
(c) lagging
(d) leading
46. A heater is rated as 230 V, 1000 W A.C, the value of 230 V refers to
(a) peak voltage
(b) RMS voltage
(c) average voltage
(d) instantaneous voltage
47. As the frequency increases, the capacitive reactance of the circuit
(a) decreases
(b) increases
 (c) remains same
(d) first increases then decreases
48. The current in an RLC series circuit at resonance is
(a) maximum
(b) minimum
(c) infinity
(d) zero
49. Which of the following DC motors is suitable for high starting torque?
(a) shunt motor
(b) commutative compound motor
(c) series motor
(d) compound motor
50. The no load voltage of a generator is 230 V and the rated load voltage is 200V, then the
voltage regulation is
(a) 5%
(b) 10%
(c) 15%
(d) 20%
51. The transformer oil used in transformer provides
(a) insulation & cooling
(b) cooling & lubrication
(c) insulation & lubrication
(d) insulation, cooling & lubrication
52. PIV of a diode indicates
(a) Peak instantaneous voltage
(b) Peak inverse voltage
(c) Peak inverse value
(d) PIV do not apply to diodes
53. Which is the configuration of opto-coupler and its typical use?
(a) LED and a phto diode, used for isolation
(b) LED and a signal diode, used for signal clamping
(c) Transistor and LED, used for voltage amplification
(d) Photo diode and Transistor, used for attenuation
54. hfe of a transistor increases if
(a) Base width is increased
(b) Doping of base is reduced
(c) Power rating of the transistor is increased
(d) Metal can packaging is used
55. XOR gate
(a) Can be used to know whether two digital inputs are indentical
(b) Is a NOT followed by OR
(c) Two OR gates followed by AND
(d) Cannot be used for matching of two inputs
56. The following Hexadecimal operation yields : 0xF0-0xAA+0x10_______
(a) 0xA5
(b) 0x56
(c) 0x74
(d) 0x66
57. A binary counter to count upto 100 (decimal) needs at least
(a) 7 flipflops
(b) 6 flipflops and one OR gate
(c) 5 flipflops and two AND gates
(d) 50 flipflops
58. What is the resistance during heating of the thermostat in a water heater?
(a) Around 1 kilo Ohms
(b) Close to zero Ohms
(c) Very high value upto 100 Ohms
(d) Open
59. The capacitor in an electric fan is connected as
(a) Series to start winding
(b) Series to main winding
(c) Parallel to main winding
(d) Parallel to start winding
60. Which pump does not need priming?
(a) Reciprocating Pump
(b) Jet pump
(c) Submersible Pump
(d) Centrifugal Pump
61. AC voltage of the order of 110 kV is typically used for long distance transmission mainly
because
(a) Thinner conductors are only required
(b) Chance of Corona is less
(c) Generators produce 110 KV AC
(d) Some customers may need 110 KV AC supply
62. If capacitance of three capacitors are in the ratio 1:2:3 and the voltage across them are in
the ratio 3:2:1, what is the ratio of energy stored in the capacitors?
(a) 3 : 4 : 3
(b) 9 : 8 : 3
(c) 1 : 4 : 9
(d) 3 : 8 : 9
63. Inter poles in DC machines are used to
(a) Reduce the effect of armature reaction
(b) Reduce the effect of cogging
(c) Reduce the effect of crawling
(d) None of these
64. Which motor is used for power factor improvement?
(a) Induction motor
(b) Under exited synchronous motor
(c) DC series motor
(d) Over exited synchronous motor
65. For factor is the ratio of
(a) Average value to peakvalue
(b) Peak value to average value
(c) Average value to RMS value
(d) RMS value to average value
66. The condition for maximum efficiency in transformer is
(a) Copper loss is equal to zero
(b) Core loss is equal to zero
(c) Copper loss is equal to core loss
(d) Both (a) and (b)
67. In DC generator armature reaction is produced by
(a) Armature current
(b) Field current
(c) Both field and armature current
(d) Either field or armature current
68. SWG is used to measure
(a) Diameter
(b) Resistance
(c) Insulation
(d) All the above
69. ELCB is used to protect the circuit from
(a) Over current
(b) Over voltage
(c) Leakage current
(d) All the above
70. The line voltage in three phase delta connection
(a) Same as the phase voltage
(b) Two times phase voltage
(c) Three times the phase voltage
(d) None of these
71. Typical voltage range of a solar cell is
(a) 0.3 V
(b) 0.5 V
(c) 0.7 V
(d) 1.0 V
 1. Instrument used to measure current is

(a) ammeter (b) wattmeter

(c) voltmeter (d) none of these

2. Instrument used to measure voltage is

(a) wattmeter (b) voltmeter

(c) ammeter (d) all of these

3. Instrument used to measure power is

(a) voltmeter (b) ammeter

(c) wattmeter (d) none of these

4. The relation between voltage (V) & current (I) is

(a) V=IR (b) I=R/V

(c) R=VI (d) none of these

5. The relation between watt (W), current (I) & resistance (R) is

(a) R=W2I (b) W=I2R

(c) I2=WR (d) W=IR

6. The unit of capacitance is

(a) Farad (b) Henry

(c) Mho (d) Ohm

7. The unit of Inductance is

(a) Farad (b) Henry

(c) Mho (d) Ohm

8. The unit of conductance is

(a) Farad (b) Henry

(c) Mho (d) Ohm

9. The relation between watt (W), voltage (V) & resistance(R) is

(a) W=V2/R (b) W=V2.R

(c) V2=W2/R (d) none of these

10. Battery efficiency depends upon the following factors

(a) temperature (b) rate of discharge

(c) none of these (d) both a & b
Ans- 1(a) 2(b) 3(c) 4(a) 5(b) 6(a) 7(b) 8(c) 9 (a) 10 (d)