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HARMATTAN SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS

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GET201: Applied Electricity I Units: 3

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 HARMATTAN SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
GET201: Applied Electricity I Units: 3

1 6 A series circuit of resistance 60 and inductance

Which of this statement is correct
75mH is connected to a 110V, 60Hz supply.
(a) In a capacitor the current leads the voltage Calculate the power dissipated.
(b) In an inductor the current leads the voltage (a) 200W
(c) In a capacitor the voltage leads the voltage (b) 165W
(d) In a resistor the voltage leads the voltage (c) 152W
2 A pure inductance of 150mH is connected in parallel
(d) 200mW
with a 40µF capacitor across a 50V, variable
7 The most useful ac bridge for comparing
frequency supply. Determine the resonant frequency
capacitances of two air capacitors is .........
of the circuit and
bridge
(a) 60 Hz
(a) De Sauty
(b) 25.3 Hz
(b) Wien parallel
(c) 50 Hz
(c) Schering
(d) 64.97 Hz
(d) Wien series
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8 Identify the plot in the diagram

Find the current flowing through Resistor, R3

(a) 7.5A
(b) 4.5A
(c) 18.75A
(a) IE/VEB plot of a transistor
(d) 2.75A
4 Fleming’s left-hand rule is used to find (b) I/V plot of Ohms Law
(c) I/V plot of PN Junction Diode
(a) direction of force on a current carrying conductor
in a magnetic field (d) Hysteresis loop of magnetic circuit
(b) direction of magnetic field due to current 9
Thevenin resistance is found by ___
carrying conductor
(a) Opening all current sources
(c) direction of flux in a solenoid
(b) Shorting all voltage sources
(d) polarity of a magnetic pole (c) Shorting all voltage sources and opening all
5 Find the equivalent resistance between terminals A current sources
and B (d) Opening all voltage sources and shorting all
current sources
10 Find the values of resistance R in the circuit.

(a) 3
(a) 261 Ω
(b) 3.33
(b) 50 Ω
(c) 3.03
(c) 92 Ω
(d) 3.63
(d) 131 Ω

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GET201: Applied Electricity I Units: 3

11 Find L1 if balance is obtained. 16 Maxwell-Wien bridge is used for measuring

(a) phase angle
(b) Capacitance
(c) dielectric loss
(d) Inductance
17 A magnetic pole face has a rectangular section having
dimensions 200mm by 100mm. If the total flux
immerging from the pole is 150µWb, calculate the flux
density.

(a) 24 H
(b) 2.4 H
(c) 4.2 H
(d) 2.4 mH
12 When the magnetic flux linking a circuit is varied, an
(a) 0.0075T
e.m.f. is induced in the circuit. This is known as ____?
(a) Fleming’s law (b) 0.016T
(b) Kirchhoff’s laws (c) 0.5T
(c) Faraday’s Law (d) 0.0006T
(d) Lenz’s Law 18 Determine iN from the circuit.
13 Find the current, I2 through the 4Ω resistor

(a) 3 A
(b) 1.5 A
(c) 6 A
(d) 10 A
(a) 1.25A 19 An inductor of 159.2𝑚𝐻 and resistor 20Ω are
(b) 0.405A connected in series with a 60 resistor to a 240V, 50Hz
(c) 2.55A supply. Determine the current in the circuit.
(a) 2.544 A
(d) 0.74A
(b) 2.675 A
14 Q-factor in a series single phase AC circuit can be
(c) 8.34 A
expressed as:
(d) 26.75 mA
𝑤𝑟
(a) 20 If balance is obtained under these conditions, find the
𝐶𝑅
1 𝐿 value of the inductance of the branch CD
(b) √( )
𝑅 𝐶
1 𝑅
(c) √(𝐶 )
𝐿

(d) (𝑓2 − 𝑓1 )𝑓𝑟

15 A coil of inductance 159.2 mH and resistance 40Ω is
connected in parallel with a 30µF capacitor across a
240V, 50Hz supply. Calculate the supply current and
its phase angle.
(a) 7.421A
(b) 5.64A
(a) 0.12 mH
(c) 2.434A
(b) 0.12 H
(d) 4.314A (c) 2.40 H
(d) 1.12 H

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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
GET201: Applied Electricity I Units: 3

21 A 200 turn coil having an axial length of 30 mm 26 The magnetic flux density (D) between two plates
and a radius of 10 mm is pivoted in a magnetic field separated by mica of relative permittivity (εr) of 5 is
having a flux density of 0.8 T. If the coil carries a 2µC/m2. Voltage gradient (E) between the plates.
current of 0.5 A, the torque acting on the coil will (a) 60.5KV/m
be…….
(b) 45.2KV/m
[Hint. Torque = 2BIlNr N-m]
(c) 62.5KV/m
(a) 8 N-m (d) 67.5KV/m
(b) 0.048 N-m 27 Find the current flowing between terminals A and B.
(c) 0.48 N-m

(d) 0.0048 N-m

22 Find I3

(a) 3
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 4
(a) 160A 28
Apparent power in an RLC circuit can be expressed as
(b) 20A (a) S=VI cosφ
(c) 120A
(b) S =VI
(d) 90A
23 A coil has an inductance of 40mH (c) S=VI cosφ
and negligible resistance. Calculate its inductive (d) S = I2R
reactance and the resulting current if connected 29 Identify the bridge below:
to a 240V, 50Hz supply.
(a) 3015.9 mA

(b) 6000 A
(c) 12.56 A
(d) 19.09 A
24 A coil of inductance 0.12H and resistance 3 kΩ is
connected in parallel with a 0.02µF capacitor and is
supplied at 40V at a frequency of 5 kHz.
Determine the power consumed.

(a) 160.7 mW
(a) Wien Series Bridge
(b) 206.7 mW
(b) Hay’s a.c. bridge
(c) 206 W
(c) Wien Bridge
(d) 160.7 W
(d) Wien Parallel Bridge
25 Heaviside-Campbell Equal Ratio bridge is
30 Given constant K = 9 × 109 and distance between two
used for measuring
equal point charges to be 16mm. What is the force
(a) Dielectric loss of an imperfect capacitor between the two charges if q = 1.6µC?

(b) Capacitance in terms of inductance

(c) Self-inductance in terms of mutual (a) 160 N
inductance (b) 90 N
(d) Phase angle of a coil (c) 175 N
(d) 100 N

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GET201: Applied Electricity I Units: 3

31 36
The Thevenin voltage is the_____ Find the charge on a 50pF capacitor when the
(a) Open circuit voltage voltage applied to it is 2 kV.

(b) Short circuit voltage (a) 12.5 µC

(c) Both open circuit and short circuit voltage (b) 0.1 µC
(d) Neither open circuit nor short circuit voltage (c) 1.05 µC
32 An emf of 200V at 2kHz is applied to a coil of pure
inductance 50mH. Determine the current flowing in (d) 10 µC
the coil. 37
The current at resonance in a series
(a) 31.8 A L–C–R circuit is 100µA. If the applied voltage is
(b) 0.318 A 2mV at a frequency of 200 kHz, and the circuit
inductance is 50µH, find the circuit capacitance
(c) 318 mA
(a) 5.321pF
(d) 0.318 mA
33 Given the AC bridge below, the condition for (b) 4.3µF
balance is given by:
(c) 12.7nF

(d) 0.27µF
38 The four arms of a Hay’s a.c. bridge are arranged
as follows: AB is a coil of unknown impedance; BC is
a non-reactive resistor of 1000 Ω; CD is a non-
reactive resistor of 833 Ω in series with a
standard capacitor of 0.38 μF; DA is a non-reactive
resistor of 16,800 Ω. If the supply frequency is
(a)
𝑍1
=
𝑍4 50 Hz, determine the resistance at the balance
𝑍2 𝑍3
condition.
(b) 𝑍1 𝑍2 = 𝑍3 𝑍4
𝑍1 𝑍4 (a) 210 Ω
(c) =
𝑍3 𝑍2
(b) 833 Ω
(d) 𝑍1 𝑍2 𝑍3 𝑍4 = 0
34 Find the potential difference across resistor, R4 (c) 120 Ω

(d) 1000 Ω
39 If a 5V e.m.f. source supplies a current of 3A for
10 minutes. Calculate the energy provided in this
time.

(a) 9 KJ
(a) 106V
(b) 150 KJ
(b) 100V
(c) 18 KJ
(c) 26V
(d) 90 KJ
(d) 60V
40 Kirchhoff’s current law is based on law of
35 The ratio of intensity of magnetisation to the
conservation of_______
magnetisation force is known as
(a) none of the above (a) momentum

(b) flux density (b) charge

(c) relative permeability (c) energy

(d) susceptibility (d) mass

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GET201: Applied Electricity I Units: 3

41 One of the following is wrong for a R-L series a.c 46 A coil of inductance 159.2mH and resistance 40Ω is
circuit connected in parallel with a 30µF capacitor across a
(a) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜙 =
𝑅 240V, 50Hz supply. Calculate the power consumed.
𝑍
𝑋𝐿
(b) 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝜙 = (a) 265W
𝑅
𝑋𝐿
(c) 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜙 = (b) 652W
𝑍
𝑅
(d) 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜙 =
𝑍 (c) 562W
42 Find the resistance and inductance of the coil when
the bridge is balance. (d) 526W
47 Hay’s bridge is particularly useful for
measuring

(a) Self inductance

(b) Mutual inductance

(c) Inductive impedance with large phase angle

(d) Capacitance and dielectric loss

48 The magnetic flux density (D) between two plates
separated by mica of relative permittivity (εr) of 5
(a) 45.86 𝑚𝐻 is 2µC/m2. Given permittivity of free space (εo) =
8.85 x 10-12 F/m;
(b) 47.80 𝑚𝐻 Find permittivity of plates (ε)
(c) 74.08 𝑚𝐻
(a) 0.00036F/m
(d) 46.08 𝑚𝐻
43 A 300 mm long conductor is carrying a current of 10 (b) 3.5 x 10-12 F/m
A and is situated at right angles to a magnetic field (c) 8.45 x 10-11 F/m
having a flux density of 0.8 T; the force on the
conductor will be (d) 4.425 x 10-11 F/m
49 Find RN (in ohm).
(a) 24 N
(b) 240 N
(c) 2.4 N
(d) 0.24 N
44 The electromagnet has 50 turns and a current of
1A flows through the coil. If the length of the
magnet circuit is 200 mm, what is the magnetic field
strength? (a) 10/3
(a) 2500 AT/m
(b) 250 AT/m (b) 4/3
(c) 25 AT/m (c) 10
(d) 2.5 AT/m
(d) 4
45 The waveform below represents that of:
50 A coil of resistance 5 and inductance 120mH in
series with a 100µF capacitor, is connected to a
300V, 50Hz supply. Calculate the phase difference
between the supply voltage and current

(a) 49.580
(a) An RL AC Circuit
(b) A purely inductive AC Circuit (b) 52.610
(c) A purely capacitive AC circuit (c) 41.800
(d) A RLC AC Series circuit
(d) 63.550

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51 Find R1 if balance is obtained. 56 At what value of Magnetic field strength H on the

plot does flux density (B) reach saturation point?

(a) Oy

(a) 4000 Ω (b) Og

(b) 2000 Ω (c) Of

(c) 1000 Ω (d) Od

57 Vth is found across the ___terminals of the
(d) 500 Ω network.
52 Find the conductance of a conductor of resistance
100 mΩ. (a) Either input or output
(b) Input
(a) 10 Ω (c) Neither input nor output
(b) 10 S (d) Output
(c) 0.01 S 58 Find the values of inductance L in the circuit.

(d) 0.01 Ω
53 Find I4

(a) 1.263mH
(b) 0.545mH
(c) 1.263H
(a) 150A
(d) 0.545H
(b) 24A
59 The four arms of a Hay’s a.c. bridge are arranged
(c) 70A as follows: AB is a coil of unknown impedance; BC is
(d) 100A a non-reactive resistor of 1000 Ω; CD is a non-
54 A 30µF capacitor is connected in parallel with an 80Ω reactive resistor of 833 Ω in series with a
resistor across a 240V, 50Hz supply. Calculate the standard capacitor of 0.38 μF; DA is a non-reactive
circuit phase angle resistor of 16,800 Ω. If the supply frequency is 50
Hz, determine the inductance at the balance
(a) 32.720 leading
condition.
(b) 25.190 leading
(a) 3.68 H
(c) 73.200 leading
(b) 4.37 H
(d) 37.020 leading
(c) 6.38 H
55 ........ bridge is used for measuring an
unknown inductance in terms of a known (d) 6.83 H
capacitance and resistance 60 A mass of 5000g is accelerated at 2𝑚𝑠 −2 by a
force. Determine the force needed.
(a) Hay’s
(a) 2,500 N
(b) Anderson
(c) Maxwell’s L/C (b) 10,000N

(d) Owen (c) 2.5 N

(d) 10 N

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GET201: Applied Electricity I Units: 3

61 Find the voltage across the 6Ω resistor. 66 The circuit which satisfies Reciprocity Theorem is
called?

(a) Linear circuit

(b) Short circuit

(c) Open circuit

(d) Non-linear circuit

(a) 2.96 V
67 A coil of negligible resistance and inductance
(b) 2.52 V 100mH is connected in series with a capacitance
(c) 4.62 V of 2µF and a resistance of 10 across a 50V,
variable frequency supply. Determine the voltages
(d) 3.54 V across the coil and the capacitor at resonance,
62 Two similar capacitors are connected in parallel to a circuit
200V, 1 kHz supply. Find the value of each capacitor
if the circuit current is 0.628A (a) 1100V

(a) 0.36µF (b) 415V

(b) 47µF (c) 1118V

(c) 0.25µF (d) 240V
(d) 6.52µF 68 Identify the circuit below:
63 The phase angle balance of the bridge requires that:

(a) 𝜙1 + 𝜙4 = 𝜙2 + 𝜙3
(a) Owen Bridge
(b) 𝜙1 + 𝜙3 = 𝜙2 + 𝜙4
(b) Hay’s a.c. bridge
(c) 𝜙1 − 𝜙3 = 𝜙2 − 𝜙4
(d) 𝜙1 − 𝜙4 = 𝜙2 − 𝜙3 (c) Anderson Bridge
64 Two long parallel conductors carry 100 A. If the (d) Wien Bridge
conductors are separated by 20 mm, the force per 69 An electric heater consumes 3.6 MJ when
meter of length of each conductor will be connected to a 250 V supply for 40 minutes. Find
the current taken from the supply.

(a) 10 A

(b) 4 A

(a) 10 N (c) 5 A

(b) 100 N (d) 6 A

70 While considering a source in Superposition
(c) 0.1 N
theorem, all other current sources are?
(d) 1 N
(a) short circuited
65
In the left-hand rule, forefinger always represents
(b) open circuited
(a) Current
(c) changed
(b) Voltage
(d) removed from the circuit
(c) Magnetic field
(d) Direction of force on the conductor

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