CHAPTER: 2

D. C. GENERATOR
1) The basic requirement of a D.C. armature winding is that it must be…

a) Closed one b) a lap winding c) a wave winding d) either (b) or (c).

2) The sole purpose of a commutator in D.C. Generator is to…

a) Increase output voltage b) reduce sparking at brushes

c) Provide smoother output d) convert induce a.c. into d.c.

3) Lap winding is suitable for _________current, _______voltage D.C. generator.

a) High, low b) Low, high c) Low, low d) High, high

4) The series field of a short shunt D.C. generator is excited by __________currents.

a) Shunt b) armature c) load d) external

5) In a D.C. generator, the generated emf is directly proportional to the….

a) Field current b) pole flux c) no. of armature parallel path d) no. of dummy coils

6) The commercial efficiency of a shunt generator is maximum when its variable loss is equal to __
loss.

a) Constant b) stray c) iron d) friction and windage

7) In small d.c. machines, armature slots are skewed. Though skewing makes winding a little more
difficult, yet it results in….

a) Quieter operation b) slight decrease in losses c) saving in copper d) both a & b

8) The critical resistance of the D.C. generator is the resistance of

a) Armature b) field c) load d) brushes.

9) If residual magnetism of shunt generator is destroyed accidentally, it may be restores by

connecting its shunt field to…..

a) Earth b) an ac source c) in reverse d) a D.C. source

10) Three factors which cause decrease in the terminal voltage of a shunt generator are…

a) Armature reactance b) armature resistance c) armature leakages d) armature reaction

11) An ideal generator is one that has ____________voltage regulation.

a) Low b) Zero c) positive d) Negative

12) The ___________generator has poorest voltage regulation.

a) Series b) shunt c) compound d) high.

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 CHAPTER: 3
D. C. MOTOR.
1) In D.C. motor unidirectional torque is produced with the help of …

a) Brushes b) commutator c) end plates d) both a) and b)

2) A dc motor can be looked upon as dc generator with the power flow…

a) Reduced b) reversed c) increased d) modified

3) Under constant load conditions, the speed of a dc motor is affected by…

a) Field flux b) armature current c) back emf d) both (b) and (c)

4) The current drawn by a 120V D.C. motor of armature resistance of 0.5 ohm and back emf 110V
is ____________ ampere.

a) 20 b) 240 c) 220 d) 5

5) The shaft torque of dc motor is less than its armature torque because of ___________losses

a) Copper b) mechanical c) iron d) rotational

6) If the load on D.C. shunt motor is increased, its speed is decreased due primarily to …

a) increased in its flux b) decreased in back emf c) increase in armature current

d) increase in brush drop.

7) If D.C. shunt motor is found suitable to drive fans because they require …

a) Small torque at start up b) practically constant voltage c) large torque at high speeds d)
both (a) and (b)

8) As load is increased, the speed of a D.C. shunt motor………

a) increase proportionately b) remains constant c) increase slightly d) reduce slightly

9) When load is removed, ___________motor will run at the highest speed.

a) Shunt b) cumulative compound c) differential compound d) series

10) A D.C. shunt motor works on a.c. mains….

a) Unsatisfactorily b) satisfactorily c) not at all d) none of the above.

11) The speed of a D.C. motor can be controlled by varying

a) Its flux per pole b) resistance of armature ckt. C) Applied voltage d) all of above

12) One of the main advantages of Swinburne’s test is that it…

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 a) Applicable to both shunt and compound motor. b) Needs one running test
c) is very economical and convenient d) ignores any change in iron losses

13) The most economical method of finding no load losses of a large d.c. shunt motor
is_________test.

a) Hopkinson’s Test b) Swinburne’s Test c) Retardation Test d) Field’s Test

CHAPTER: 4 & 5
SINGLE PHASE TRANSFORMER
1) Transformer transforms…

a) Frequency b) Voltage c) Current d) voltage and current

2) Which of the following is not a basic element of a transformer?

a) Core b) Primary winding c) secondary winding d) mutual flux

3) In an ideal transformer,

a) Windings have no resistance b) core has no loss c) core has infinite permeability

d) All of above.

4) The main purpose of using core in a transformer is to ……….

a) Decrease iron losses b) prevent eddy current loss c) eliminate magnetic hysteresis
d) decrease reluctance of common magnetic circuit.

5) A step up transformer decreases…..

a) Voltage b) current c) power d) frequency

6) In two winding transformer the emf per turn in secondary winding is always ____ the induced
emf power turn in primary.

a) Equals to K times b) equals to 1/K times c) equal to d) greater than.

7) No load test on transformer is carried out to determine

a) Copper loss b) magnetizing current c) magnetizing current & no load loss d) efficiency

8) The main purpose of performing short circuit test on a transformer is to measure its

a) Cu loss b) core loss c) total loss d) insulation resistance

9) The ordinary efficiency of a given transformer is maximum when

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 a) it runs at half load b) it runs at full load c) its cu loss equal to iron loss d) it runs
slightly over load.

10) The maximum efficiency of a 100 KVA transformer having iron loss of 900KW and F.L. cu loss of
1600W occurs at ____________KVA.

a) 56.3 b) 133.3 c) 75 d) 177.7

11) The all day efficiency of a transformer depends primarily on

a) Its copper loss b) the amount of load c) the duration of load d) both (b) and (c)

12) The essential condition for parallel operation of two 1Φ transformers is that they should have
the same

a) Polarity b) KVA rating c) voltage ratio d) percentage impedance.

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