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1. What is the most common type of conductor used for overhead transmission lines
consisting of electrical grade aluminum conductor overlaying strands of high carbon
galvanized steel?
a.) ACAR b.)Compact Strandal c.) ACSR d.) AAC
2. The power factor of a purely resistive circuit is______.
a.) Zero b.)Lagging c.)Leading d.) Unity
3. What is the unit of inductance?
a.) Ohm b.) Mho c.) Henry d.) Farad
4. A step-up transformer increases:
a.) Frequency b.) Current c.) Voltage d.) Power
5. Static Capacitors are used for _______.
a.) Voltage improvement b.) Current improvement c.) Power factor improvement
d.) Power improvement
6. In starting a Direct Current motors, a starter is used because:
a.) It starts the motor b.) It limits the speed of the motor c.) It limits the starting current
to a safe value d.) None of the above
7. Which of the following DC motors has a constant speed:
a.) Series Motor b.) Shunt Motor c.) Cumulative Compound Motor d.) All of the above
8. Transformer core is laminated to:
a.) Reduce the core loss b.) Reduce the copper loss c.) Reduce the Eddy current loss
d.) Reduce Hysteresis loss
9. An electric motor in which rotor and stator fields rotates simultaneously is called ______.
a.) DC motor b.) Induction motor c.) Universal motor d.) Synchronous motor
10. Which part of the DC motor can sustain a maximum temperature rise:
a.) Commutator b.) Slip ring c.) Field winding d.) Armature winding
11. The power factor at resonance in an RLC circuit is:
a.) Unity b.) Zero c.) Lagging d.) Leading
12. In a series circuit, which of the following will remain the same in all parts of the circuit:
a.) Resistance b.) Current c.) Voltage d.) Power
13. What type of loss is not common to transformers and rotating machines:
a.) Copper loss b.) Hysteresis loss c.) Eddy current loss d.) Windage loss
14. In an RLC series circuit, under the condition of resonance a circuit behaves as a _____.
a.) Reactive circuit b.) Capacitive circuit c.) Purely inductive circuit
d.) Purely resistive circuit
15. How many parallel paths in an 8-pole wave connected motor armature?
a.) 1 b.) 2 c.) 4 d.) 8
16. The transformer cores are built up from laminations rather than from solid metal so that,
which one of these:
a.) Turn ratio is higher than voltage ratio b.) Eddy current loss is reduced c.) Oil
penetrates the core more easily d.) Less lamination required for the windings
17. The product of voltage and current in an AC circuit is:
 a.) Power b.) Real power c.) Apparent power d.) Resistive power
18. A network that does not have either voltage or current sources is called _____.
a.) Resistive network b.) Active network c.) Passive network d.) Dummy network
19. The starting torque of a single phase induction motor is ______.
a.) Zero b.) Low c.) High d.) Very high
20. In a DC series motor increase in load current will result in ______.
a.) Increase in speed b.) Better commutation c.) Decrease in speed d.) Increase in
back emf
21. When a low resistance is connected in parallel with a high resistance, their combined
resistance is:
a.) Less than the low resistance b.) More than the high resistance c.) Either lower or
higher than low resistance depending on the value of a high resistance d.) Between the
low resistance and high resistance
22. Centrifugal switch is provided for disconnecting the auxiliary winding in a ______.
a.) Capacitor - run motor b.) Capacitor - start motor c.) Hysteresis motor d.) None of
the above
23. The speed of an induction motor ______.
a.) Increases while the load increases b.) Decreases too much while the load increases
c.) Decrease slightly while the load increases d.) Remain constantly while the load
increases
24. Which of the following is the best conductor of electricity?
a.) Carbon b.) Copper c.) Iron d.) Silver
25. A DC series motor is best suited for driving:
a.) Lathes b.) Machine tools c.) Shear and punches d.) Cranes and hoists
26. The rating of a fuse wire is always expressed in:
a.) Amperes b.) Ampere-hours c.) Ampere-volts d.) Watts
27. The frequency of the secondary voltage of a transformer is ______.
a.) Equal to the primary voltage b.) Less than the frequency of the primary voltage c.)
Greater than the frequency of the primary voltage d.) Very much greater than the
frequency of the primary voltage
28. The temperature coefficient of resistance is expressed in terms of:
a.) Ohms/°C b.) Ohms/Ohm °C c.) Mhos/°C d.) Mhos/Ohm °C
29. The demand factor for the electrical system is the ratio of:
a.) Maximum demand to the average load b.) Relative power to the total power c.)
Maximum demand to the connected load d.) Average power to the maximum power
30. The resistance of a conductor varies inversely as:
a.) The length b.) The area of cross-section c.) The temperature d.) The resistivity
31. Which of the following motors has a high starting torque:
a.) Induction motor b.) Synchronous motor c.) DC series motor d.) AC series motor
32. Conductance is a reciprocal of:
a.) Resistance b.) Inductance c.) Reluctance d.) Capacitance
33. Which of the following is a correct voltage equation of a DC motor:
a.) V=Eb + IaRa b.) V=Eb / IaRa c.) Eb=V + IaRa d.) V=Eb + Ia2Ra
34. The SI unit of power is ______.
 a.) Joule b.) Coulomb c.) Henry d.) Watt
35. In an AC circuit, the ratio of KW/KVA represents _______.
a.) Load factor b.) Diversity factor c.) Power factor d.) Form factor
36. Which of the following is an insulating material:
a.) Paper b.) Copper c.) Gold d.) Silver
37. The starting winding of a single phase motor is placed in ______.
a.) Armature b.) Field c.) Rotor d.) Stator
38. Electrical pressure is also known as _____.
a.) Voltage b.) Current c.) Resistance d.) Power
39. Which of the following materials has a negative temperature coefficient of resistance:
a.) Aluminum b.) Brass c.) Carbon d.) Copper
40. A negative sequence relay is commonly used to protect _______.
a.) A bus bar b.) A transmission line c.) An alternator d.) A transformer
41. Which of the following statement is true about the emf produced in the primary of a
transformer:
a.) Is in phase with the flux b.) Is in phase opposition to the flux c.) Lags behind the flux
by 90 degree d.) Leads the flux by 90 degree
42. The direction of rotation of a 3-phase induction motor is clockwise when it is supplied with 3-
phase sinusoidal voltage having phase sequence A-B-C. What should be the phase sequence
of the power supply for counterclockwise rotation of the motor?
a.) C-A-B b.) B-C-A c.) A-C-B d.) Either A or B
43. The rated voltage of a three-phase power system is given by ______.
a.) peak phase voltage b.) rms phase voltage c.) rms line to line voltage d.) peak line to
line voltage
44. Which of the following circuit breaker is being used in capacitor bank switching:
a.) Oil b.) Sf6 c.) Air blast d.) Vacuum
45. The transmission line distance protection relay having the property of being inherently
directional is:
a.) Ohm relay b.) Mho relay c.) Impedance relay d.) Reactance relay
46. In a biased differential relay the bias is defined as a ratio of:
a.) Fault current and operating coil current b.) Fault current and restraining coil current
c.) Number of turns of restraining and operating coil d.) Operating coil current and
restraining coil current
47. Which of the following materials has the highest value of dielectric constant:
a.) Oil b.) Ceramics c.) Glass d.) Vacuum
48. Which of the following capacitors has a relatively shorter shelf life:
a.) Ceramic Capacitor b.) Mica Capacitor c.) Electrolytic Capacitor d.) Paper Capacitor
49. The insulation strength of EHV transmission lines is mainly controlled by:
a.) Harmonics b.) Load power factor c.) Switching overvoltages d.) Corona
50. Which of the following power generating plants has the minimum running cost:
a.) Diesel power plant b.) Hydro-electric power plant c.) Nuclear power plant
d.) Thermal power plant
1. What are the minimum requirements to cause the flow of current?
A. A voltage source, an ammeter, a conductor and an insulator
B. A voltage source, a switch and a resistor
C. A voltage source and a conductor
D. A voltage source, a onlductor and an insulator

2. Out of the following, select the best conductor of electricity.

A. Graphite B. Olina day C. Porcelain D. None of these

3. Which of the following statements is correct?

A. The resistance does not play an important role in electrical engineering.
B. The resistance of a wire does not depend upon its material.
C. The resistance of most of the materials is independent of the temperature.
D. The resistance of conductor is the hindrance br which the conductor opposes the
flow of the current.

4. Resistance of a conductor increases when

A. its length increases
B. its area increases
C. both length and area increases
D. specific resistance is kept constant

5. The specific resistance p depends upon

A. The area of cross-section and the length of the conductor
B. The material of the conductor, its area of cross-section and length
C. The nature of the material of the conductor only
D. The area of cross-section of the conductor

6. The specific resistance p is defined as

A. resistance of a conductor which has a length of 1 m and cross-section of 1m2 at
20°C
B. resistance of any conductor at 25°C
C. resistance of any conductor at 20°C
D. resistance of a conductor which has a length of 1 m and cross-section of 1 cm2 at
20°C

7. The resistance of a conductor, when its temperature is increased

A. remains constant B. increases C. varies D. decreases

8. It was experimentally found by James Prescott Joule that the heat produced in a current
carrying conductor is proportional to
A. the square of the current
B. square of resistance
 C. the current
D. inversely proportional to time

9. The value of Joule's mechanical equivalent of heat, J, is equal to

A. 4.2 calories per Joule
B. 2.4 Joules per calorie
C. 4.2 Joules per calorie
D. 4.2 Joules

10. Temperature coefficient of a conductor is defined as the

A. increase in resistance per ohm per degree centigrade
B. increase in resistance per degree centigrade
C. increase in resistance per degree absolute
D. decrease in resistance per ohm per degree centigrade

11. When rurrent flows in a conductor, heat is produced because

A. heat a I2
B. of electronic colfision
C. of intenrtomic collision
D. of Joule's law

12. Heating effect of current has undesirable side effect in

A. electric oven B. electric iron C. immersion heater D. vacuum cleaner

13. The resistance of carbon {filament in carbon-filament lamps) when its temperature is
decreased
A. increases B. decreases C. remains the same D. increases enormously

14. The rurve representing Ohm's law is

A. a parabola B. linear C. sine function D. a hyperbola

15. The condition in Ohm's law is that

A. ratio V/I should be constant
B. current should be proportional to voltage
C. the temperature should remain constant
D. the temperature should vary

16. Ohm's law does not apply to

A. conductors
B. conductors when there is change in temperature
C. semiconductor
D. a.c. circuit

17. Ohm's law is applicable to

 A. electric arc
B. rectifying devices
C. gas discharge lamps
D. none of these

18. Ohm's law can be applied with certain reservations to

A. rectifying devices
B. semiconductors
C. electrolytes
D. thermionic valves

19. The presence of an electric current is made known by

A. flashing
B. effects produced
C. cracking
D. electric shock

20. An electric current can neither be ___ nor __ _

A. felt, seen
B. seen, touched
C. seen, produced any effect
D. produced, felt

21. The presence of the rurrent is only made known by the effect it produces. Three
important effectsare
A. heating, electric shock and generation
B. generation, chemical and electric shock
C. heating, magnetic and electric shock
D. heating, magnetic and chemical

22. Voltage applied across a drait, acts as

A. mass of electrons
B. negative ions
C. a component of current
D. a force

23. In a series circuit the current is

A. constant
B. always zero
C. proportional to the resistance
D. different in different resistors

24. In a parallel circuit the potential difference across the resistance

A. varies
 B. is different from the applied voltage
C. is sometimes constant
D. is always constant

25. When current flows through heater coil it glows but supply wiring does not glow because
A. supply wiring is covered with insulation layer
B. current through supply line flows at slower speed
C. supply wires are made of superior material
D. resistance of heater coil is more than that of supply wires

26. Resistors commonly used in power circuits are

A. carbon resistors
B. etched circuit resistors
C. wire wound resistors
D. deposited metal resistors

27. International ohm is defined in terms of resistance of

A. a column of mercury
B. a cube of carbon
C. unit length of metal wire
D. a cube of copper

28. Which of the following has negative coefficient of resistance?

A. wire wound resistor
B. non-metals
C. thermistor
D. metals

29. The current carrying capacity of the fuse material depends on

A. length
B. material
C. cross-sectional area
D. all of these
1. A natural magnet is called
A. steel B. lodestone C. magnetism D. soft iron

2. A magnet is able to attract

A. iron, aluminum and brass
B. iron, cobalt and zinc
C. iron, copper and nickel
D. nickel, cobalt and steel

3. Externally, magnetic line of force travels

A. south to north
B. north to south
C. negative to positive
D. in both directions

4. A material commonly used for shielding or screening magnetism is

A. brass B. aluminum C. copper D. soft iron

5. The magnetism that remains in a magnet after the magnetizing force has been removed
is called
A. permeability B. induction C. residual D. saturation

6. Iron becomes magnetized by induction when it is

A. heated
B. suspended east and west
C. near to one end af a magnet
D. treated with some chemicals

7. Magnetic lines of force are called

A. hysteresis B. current C. flux D. magnetomotive force

8. The force between two magnetic poles varies with distance between them. The variation
is
A. in direct proportion to the distance
B. in inverse proportion to the distance
C. in direct proportion to the square of the distance
D. in inverse proportion to the square of the distance

9. The magnetic potential in a magnetic circuit can be measured in terms of

A. farads B. M.M.F. C. coulombs D. none of these

10. Permeance is analogous to

A. conductance B. resistance C. reluctance D. none of these
11. The permeability of a material means
A. strength of permanent magnet
B. strength of an electromagnet
C. the magnetization left in the iron after exciting field has been removed
D. the conductivity of a material for magnetic lines of force

12. When the magnetic flux (Φ) and the area (A) under its influence are known, the
magnetic flux density (B) can be given as
A. B = ΦA
B. B = Φ/A
C. B = A/Φ
D. B = ΦA2

13. The relative permeability of paramagnetic substance is

A. slightly less than 1
B. equal to 1
C. slightly greater than 1
D. very much greater than 1

14. The value of permeability for the free space is

A. 4 X 10-7 Hm-1
B. 4π X 10-7 Hm-1
C. 4π X 107 Hm-1
D. 1/4π X 10-7 Hm-1

15. The magnetization in any magnetic material appears as a result of

A. electrons orbital motion
B. electron spin
C. spin of the nucleus about its axis
D. all of these

16. The sum of the magnetic moments in unit volume of the solid is called
A. field strength B. magnetization C. permeability D. susceptibility

17. Which of the following materials does not have permanent magnetic dipole
A. paramagnetic B. antiferromagnetic C. diamagnetic D. ferrimagnetic

18. Interaction between the neighboring dipoles is negligible in case of a

A. paramagnetic material
B. diamagnetic material
C. antiferromagnetic material
D. ferrimagnetic material
19. Each ferromagnetic material has characteristic temperature above which its properties
are quite different from those below that temperature. This temperature is called
A. transition temperature
B. Faraday's temperature
C. demagnetization temperature
D. Curie temperature

20. The relative permeability μ for iron is

A. 5000 B. 7000 C. 3000 D. 1000

21. Which of the following material is used for making permanent magnets
A. carbon steel B. platinum cobalt C. Alnico V D. All of these

22. Which of the following has the highest value of relative penneability μr?
A. iron B. supermalloy C. Mu-metal D. 4% Si - Fe

23. Ferrimagnetic materials generally behave as a

A. semiconductor B. conductor C. insulator D. any of A, B, or C

24. Transformer cores operating at microwave frequency ranges are generally made up of
A. ferrites B. silicon steel C. supermalloy D. alnico V

25. The magnetic materials which can be easily magnetized in both directions are known as
A. soft magnetic materials
B. hard magnetic materials
C. low hysteresis loss materials
D. high hysteresis loss materials

26. Eddy current loss can be minimized by

A. decreasing the resistance of magnetic medium
B. increasing the resistance of magnetic medium
C. decreasing the permeability of magnetic medium
D. none of the above