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1.Asinewavehasafrequencyof50Hz.Itsangularfrequencyis_______radian/second.
(a)100n
(b)50jt
(c)25JT
(d)5n
Ans:a
2.Thereactanceofferedbyacapacitortoalternatingcurrentoffrequency50Hzis20Q.Iffrequencyisincreasedto100
Hz,reactancebecomes_____ohms.
(a)2.5
(b)5
(c)10
(d)15
Ans:c
3.Theperiodofawaveis
(a)thesameasfrequency
(6)timerequiredtocompleteonecycle
(c)expressedinamperes
(d)noneoftheabove
Ans:b
4.Theformfactoristheratioof
(a)peakvaluetor.m.s.value
(6)r.m.s.valuetoaveragevalue
(c)averagevaluetor.m.s.value
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(d)squarewave
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(b)0.707
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(b)averagevalue/peakvalue
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(a)90
(b)60
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23.Capacitivereactanceismorewhen
(a)capacitanceislessandfrequencyofsupplyisless
(b)capacitanceislessandfrequencyofsupplyismore
(c)capacitanceismoreandfrequencyofsupplyisless
(d)capacitanceismoreandfrequencyofsupplyismore
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(d)noneoftheabove
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(e)allabove
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(b)acrosstheterminalsoftheinductiveload
(c)farawayfromtheinductiveload
(d)anywhere
Ans:b
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(a)reducesloadhandlingcapabilityofelectricalsystem
(b)resultsinmorepowerlossesintheelectricalsystem
(c)overloadsalternators,transformersanddistributionlines
(d)resultsinmorevoltagedropintheline
(e)resultsinallabove
Ans:e
28.Capacitorsforpowerfactorcorrectionareratedin
(a)kW
(b)kVA
(c)kV
(d)kVAR
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(a)willchangethemaximumvalueofcurrentatresonance
(6)willchangetheresonancefrequency
(c)willchangetheimpedanceatresonancefrequency
(d)willincreasetheselectivityofthecircuit
Ans:d
30.Pureinductivecircuit
(a)consumessomepoweronaverage
(b)doesnottakepoweratallfromaline
(c)takespowerfromthelineduringsomepartofthecycleandthenreturnsbacktoitduringotherpartofthecycle

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(c)directlyasthepermeabilityofthecore
(d)inverselyasthelengthoftheironpath
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(a)capacitanceonly
(b)inductanceonly
(c)resistanceonly
(d)allabove
Ans:c
34.Timeconstantofaninductivecircuit
(a)increaseswithincreaseofinductanceanddecreaseofresistance
(b)increaseswiththeincreaseofinductanceandtheincreaseofresistance
(c)increaseswithdecreaseofinductanceanddecreaseofresistance
(d)increaseswithdecreaseofinductanceandincreaseofresistance
Ans:a
35.Powerfactorofaninductivecircuitisusuallyimprovedbyconnectingcapacitortoitin
(a)parallel
(b)series
(c)either(a)or(b)
(d)noneoftheabove
Ans:a
36.Inahighlycapacitivecircuitthe
(a)apparentpowerisequaltotheactualpower
(b)reactivepowerismorethantheapparentpower
(c)reactivepowerismorethantheactualpower
(d)actualpowerismorethanitsreactivepower
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(a)resistance
(b)inductance
(c)capacitance
(d)both(b)and(c)
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(b)capacitance
(c)resistance
(d)both(a)and(b)
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40.Thetimeconstantofthecapacitancecircuitisdefinedasthetimeduringwhichvoltage
(a)fallsto36.8%ofitsfinalsteadyvalue
(b)risesto38.6%ofitsfinalsteadyvalue
(c)risesto63.2%ofitsfinalsteadyvalue
(d)noneoftheabove
Ans:c
41.InalossfreeRLCcircuitthetransientcurrentis
(a)oscillating
(b)squarewave
(c)sinusoidal
(d)nonoscillating
Ans:c
42.Ther.m.s.valueofalternatingcurrentisgivenbysteady(D.C.)currentwhichwhenflowingthroughagivencircuitfora
giventimeproduces
(a)themoreheatthanproducedbyA.C.whenflowingthroughthesamecircuit
(b)thesameheatasproducedbyA.C.whenflowingthroughthesamecircuit
(c)thelessheatthanproducedbyA.C.flowingthroughthesamecircuit
(d)noneoftheabove

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Ans:b
43.Thesquarewaveformofcurrenthasfollowingrelationbetweenr.m.s.valueandaveragevalue.
(a)r.m.s.valueisequaltoaveragevalue
(b)r.m.s.valueofcurrentisgreaterthanaveragevalue
(c)r.m.s.valueofcurrentislessthanaveragevalue
(d)noneoftheabove
Ans:a
44.Thedoubleenergytransientoccurinthe
(a)purelyinductivecircuit
(b)RLcircuit
(c)RCcircuit
(d)RLCcircuit
Ans:d
45.Thetransientcurrentsareassociatedwiththe
(a)changesinthestoredenergyintheinductorsandcapacitors
(b)impedanceofthecircuit
(c)appliedvoltagetothecircuit
(d)resistanceofthecircuit
Ans:a
46.ThepowerfactoratresonanceinRLCparallelcircuitis
(a)zero
(b)0.08lagging
(c)0.8leading
(d)unity
Ans:d
47.Inthecaseofanunsymmetricalalternatingcurrenttheaveragevaluemustalwaysbetakenover
(a)unsymmetricalpartofthewaveform
(b)thequartercycle
(c)thehalfcycle
(d)thewholecycle
Ans:d
48.Inapureresistivecircuit
(a)currentlagsbehindthevoltageby90
(b)currentleadsthevoltageby90
(c)currentcanleadorlagthevoltageby90
(d)currentisinphasewiththevoltage
Ans:d
49.Inapureinductivecircuit
(a)thecurrentisinphasewiththevoltage
(b)thecurrentlagsbehindthevoltageby90
(c)thecurrentleadsthevoltageby90
(d)thecurrentcanleadorlagby90
Ans:b
50.InacircuitcontainingR,LandC,powerlosscantakeplacein
(a)Conly
(b)Lonly
(c)Ronly
(d)allabove
Ans:c
51.Inductanceofcoil
(a)isunaffectedbythesupplyfrequency
(b)decreaseswiththeincreaseinsupplyfrequency
(c)increaseswiththeincreaseinsupplyfrequency
(d)becomeszerowiththeincreaseinsupplyfrequency
Ans:c
52.InanyA.C.circuitalways
(a)apparentpowerismorethanactualpower
(b)reactivepowerismorethanapparentpower
(c)actualpowerismorethanreactivepower
(d)reactivepowerismorethanactualpower
Ans:a
53.Whichofthefollowingcircuitcomponentopposesthechangeinthecircuitvoltage?
(a)Inductance
(b)Capacitance
(c)Conductance
(d)Resistance
Ans:
54.Inapurelyinductivecircuit
(a)actualpoweriszero
(b)reactivepoweriszero
(c)apparentpoweriszero
(d)noneofaboveiszero
Ans:a
55.Powerfactorofelectricbulbis

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(a)zero
(b)lagging
(c)leading
(d)unity
Ans:d
56.PureinductivecircuittakespowerfromtheA.C.linewhen
(a)appliedvoltagedecreasesbutcurrentincreases
(b)appliedvoltageincreasesbutcurrentdecreases
(c)bothappliedvoltageandcurrentincrease
(d)bothappliedvoltageandcurrentdecrease
Ans:a
57.Timeconstantofacircuitisthetimeinsecondstakenaftertheapplicationofvoltagetoeach
(a)25%ofmaximumvalue
(b)50%ofmaximumvalue
(c)63%ofmaximumvalue
(d)90%ofthemaximumvalue
Ans:c
58.Timeconstantofaninductivecircuit
(a)increaseswithincreaseofinductanceanddecreaseofresistance
(b)increaseswiththeincreaseofinductanceandtheincreaseofresistance
(c)increaseswiththedecreaseofinductanceanddecreaseofresistance
(d)increaseswithdecreaseofinductanceandincreaseofresistance
Ans:a
59.Timeconstantofacapacitivecircuit
(a)increaseswiththedecreaseofcapacitanceanddecreaseofresistance
(b)increaseswiththedecreaseofcapacitanceandincreaseofresistance
(c)increaseswiththeincreaseofcapacitanceanddecreaseofresistance
(d)increasewithincreaseofcapacitanceandincreaseofresistance
Ans:d
60.MagnitudeofcurrentatresonanceinRLCcircuit
(a)dependsuponthemagnitudeofR
(b)dependsuponthemagnitudeofL
(c)dependsuponthemagnitudeofC
(d)dependsuponthemagnitudeofR,LandC
Ans:a
61.InaRLCcircuit
(a)powerisconsumedinresistanceandisequaltoIR
(b)exchangeofpowertakesplacebetweeninductorandsupplyline
(c)exchangeofpowertakesplacebetweencapacitorandsupplyline
(d)exchangeofpowerdoesnottakeplacebetweenresistanceandthesupplyline
(e)allabovearecorrect
Ans:e
62.InRLCseriesresonantcircuitmagnitudeofresonancefrequencycanbechangedbychangingthevalueof
(a)Ronly
(b)Lonly
(c)Conly
(d)LorC
(e)R,LorC
Ans:d
63.InaseriesLCcircuitattheresonantfrequencythe
(a)currentismaximum
(b)currentisminimum
(c)impedanceismaximum
(d)voltageacrossCisminimum
Ans:a
64.ThetimeconstantofaseriesRCcircuitisgivenby
(a)R/C
(b)RC2
(c)RC
(d)R2C
Ans:c
65.Ifresistanceis20Q.andinductanceis27inaRLseriescircuit,thentimeconstantofthiscircuitwillbe
(a)0.001s
(b)0.1s
(c)10s
(d)100s
Ans:b
66.Whichofthefollowingcoilwillhavelargeresonantfrequency?
(a)Acoilwithlargeresistance
(b)Acoilwithlowresistance
(c)Acoilwithlargedistributedcapacitance
(d)Acoilwithlowdistributedcapacitance
Ans:c
67.Ifasinusoidalwavehasfrequencyof50Hzwith30Ar.m.s.currentwhichofthefollowingequationrepresentsthis
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(a)42.42sin3141
(b)60sin25t
(c)30sin50t
(d)84.84sin25t
Ans:a
68.Thesafestvalueofcurrentthehumanbodycancarryformorethan3secondis
(a)4mA
(b)9mA
(c)15mA
(d)25mA
Ans:b
69.Apureinductanceconnectedacross250V,50Hzsupplyconsumes100W.
Thisconsumptioncanbeattributedto
(a)thebigsizeoftheinductor
(b)thereactanceoftheinductor
(c)thecurrentflowingintheinductor
(d)thestatementgivenisfalse
Ans:d
70.TheinputofanA.C.circuithavingpowerfactorof0.8laggingis40kVA
Thepowerdrawnbythecircuitis
(a)12kW
(b)22kW
(c)32kW
(d)64kW
Ans:c
71.Theeffectiveresistanceofanironcoredchokeworkingonordinarysupplyfrequencyismorethanitstrueresistance
becauseof
(a)ironlossincore
(b)skineffect
(c)increaseintemperature
(d)capacitiveeffectbetweenadjacentcoilturns
Ans:a
72.InanAC.circuit,alowvalueofkVARcomparedwithkWindicates
(a)lowefficiency
(b)highpowerfactor
(c)unitypowerfactor
(d)maximumloadcurrent
Ans:b
73.InAC.circuits,laminatedironisinvariablyusedinorderto
(a)reduceeddycurrentloss
(b)increaseheatradiation
(c)makeassemblycheapandeasier
(d)reducecircuitpermeability
Ans:a
74.Theratioofactivepowertoapparentpowerisknownasfactor.
(a)demand
(b)load
(c)power
(d)form
Ans:c
75.AlldefinitionsofpowerfactorofaseriesRLCcircuitarecorrectexcept
(a)ratioofnetreactanceandimpedance
(b)ratioofkWandkVA
(c)ratioofJandZ
(d)ratioofWandVA
Ans:a
76.TheapparentpowerdrawnbyanA.C.circuitis10kVAandactivepoweris8kW.Thereactivepowerinthecircuitis
(a)4kVAR
(b)6kVAR
(c)8kVAR
(d)16kVAR
Ans:b
77.Whatwillbethephaseanglebetweentwoalternatingwavesofequalfrequency,whenonewaveattainsmaximumvalue
theotherisatzerovalue?
(a)0
(b)45
(c)90
(d)180
Ans:c
78.Thepurposeofaparallelcircuitresonanceistomagnify
(a)current
(b)voltage
(c)power
(d)frequency
Ans:b

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79.InanA.C.circuitpowerisdissipatedin
(a)resistanceonly
(b)inductanceonly
(c)capacitanceonly
(d)noneoftheabove
Ans:a
80.InaparallelRCcircuit,thecurrentalways______theappliedvoltage
(a)lags
(b)leads
(c)remainsinphasewith
(d)noneoftheabove
Ans:b
81.AtverylowfrequenciesaseriesRCcircuitbehavesasalmostpurely
(a)resistive
(b)inductive
(c)capacitive
(d)noneoftheabove
Ans:c
82.Skineffectoccurswhenaconductorcarriescurrentat_____frequencies.
(a)verylow
(b)low
(c)medium
(d)high
Ans:d
83.At______frequenciestheparallelRLcircuitbehavesaspurelyresistive.
(a)low
(b)verylow
(c)high
(d)veryhigh
Ans:d
84.Inasinewavetheslopeisconstant
(a)between0and90
(b)between90and180
(c)between180and270
(d)nowhere
Ans:d
85.Thepowerismeasuredintermsofdeciblesincaseof
(a)electronicequipment
(b)transformers
(c)currenttransformers
(d)autotransformers
Ans:a
86.Capacitivesusceptanceisameasureof
(a)reactivepowerinacircuit
(b)theextentofneutralisationofreactivepowerinacircuit
(c)apurelycapacitivecircuit'sabilitytopasscurrent
(d)apurelycapacitivecircuit'sabilitytoresisttheflowofcurrent
Ans:c
87.Whichofthefollowingstatementspertainstoresistorsonly?
(a)candissipateconsiderableamountofpower
(6)canactasenergystoragedevices
(c)connectingtheminparallelincreasesthetotalvalue
(d)opposesuddenchangesinvoltage
Ans:a
88.Whichofthefollowingreferstoaparallelcircuit?
(a)Thecurrentthrougheachelementissame
(b)Thevoltageacrosselementisinproportiontoit'sresistancevalue
(c)Theequivalentresistanceisgreaterthananyoneoftheresistors
(d)Thecurrentthroughanyoneelementislessthanthesourcecurrent
Ans:d
89.Aphasoris
(a)alinewhichrepresentsthemagnitudeandphaseofanalternatingquantity
(b)alinerepresentingthemagnitudeanddirectionofanalternatingquantity
(c)acolouredtagorbandfordistinctionbetweendifferentphasesofa3phasesupply
(d)aninstrumentusedformeasuringphasesofanunbalanced3phaseload
Ans:a
89.AparallelAC.circuitinresonancewill
(a)haveahighvoltagedevelopedacrosseachinductiveandcapacitivesection
(b)haveahighimpedance
(c)actlikearesistoroflowvalue
(d)havecurrentineachsectionequaltothelinecurrent
Ans:b
90.Wirewoundresistorsareunsuitableforuseathighfrequenciesbecausethey
(a)createmoreelectricalnoise
(b)arelikelytomeltunderexcessiveeddycurrentheat

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(c)consumemorepower
(d)exhibitunwantedinductiveandcapacitiveeffects
Ans:d
91.Theinductanceofacoilcanbeincreasedby
(a)increasingcorelength
(b)decreasingthenumberofturns
(c)decreasingthediameteroftheformer
(d)choosingcorematerialhavinghighrelativepermeability
Ans:d
92.Inathreephasesupplyfloatingneutralisundesirablebecauseitwaygiveriseto
(a)highvoltageacrosstheload
(b)lowvoltageacrosstheload
(c)unequallinevoltagesacrosstheload
Ans:c
93.Whichofthefollowingwaveshasthehighestvalueofpeakfactor?
(a)Squarewave
(b)Sinewave
(c)Halfwaverectifiedsinewave
(d)Triangularwave
Ans:c
94.ThefrequencyofdomesticpowersupplyinIndiais
(a)200Hz
(b)100Hz
(c)60Hz
(d)50Hz
Ans:d
95.Ther.m.s.valueofhalfwaverectifiedsinewaveis200V.Ther.m.s.valueoffullwaverectifiedAC.willbe
(a)282.8V
(b)141.4V
(c)111V
(d)100V
Ans:a
96.Ther.m.s.valueofpurecosinefunctionis
(a)0.5ofpeakvalue
(b)0.707ofpeakvalue
(c)sameaspeakvalue
(d)zero
Ans:b
97.Ohmisunitofallofthefollowingexcept
(a)inductivereactance
(b)capacitivereactance
(c)resistance
(d)capacitance
Ans:d
98.TheseriesandparallelresonanceonLCcircuit'differsinthat
(a)seriesresistanceneedsalowresistancesourceforsharpriseincurrent
(b)seriesresonanceneedsahighresistancesourceforsharpincreaseincurrent
(c)parallelresonanceneedsalowresistancesourceforasharpincreaseinimpedance
(d)parallelresonanceneedsalowresistancesourceforasharpriseinlinecurrent
Ans:a
99.Thephosphorsforwhichofthefollowingpairare180outofphaseforVL,VCandVR?
(a)VcandVR
(b)VLandVR
(c)VcandVL
(d)noneoftheabove
Ans:c
100.Thefrequencyofanalternatingcurrentis
(a)thespeedwithwhichthealternatorruns
(b)thenumberofcyclesgeneratedinoneminute
(c)thenumberofwavespassingthroughapointinonesecond
(d)thenumberofelectronspassingthroughapointinonesecond
Ans:c
101.ApurecapacitorconnectedacrossanA.C.voltageconsumed50W.Thisisdueto
(a)thecapacitivereactanceinohms
(b)thecurrentflowingincapacitor
(c)thesizeofthecapacitorbeingquitebig
(d)thestatementisincorrect
Ans:d
102.ThepowerfactorofaD.C.circuitisalways
(a)lessthanunity
(b)unity
(c)greaterthanunity
(d)zero
Ans:b

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103.Theproductofapparentpowerandcosineofthephaseanglebetweencircuitvoltageandcurrentis
(a)truepower
(b)reactivepower
(c)voltamperes
(d)instantaneouspower
Ans:a
104.Theequationof50Hzcurrentsinewavehavingr.m.s.valueof60Ais
(a)60sin25t
(b)60sin50t
(c)84.84sin3141
(d)42.42sin314t
Ans:c
105.AnA.C.voltageisimpressedacrossapureresistanceof3.5ohmsinparallelwithapureinductanceofimpedanceof
3.5ohms,
(a)thecurrentthroughtheresistanceismore
(b)thecurrentthroughtheresistanceisless
(c)bothresistanceandinductancecarryequalcurrents
(d)noneoftheabove
Ans:c
106.Inapureinductivecircuitifthesupplyfrequencyisreducedto1/2,thecurrentwill
(a)bereducedbyhalf
(b)bedoubled
(c)befourtimesashigh
(d)bereducedtoonefourth
Ans:b
107.Inapurecapacitivecircuitifthesupplyfrequencyisreducedto1/2,thecurrentwill
(a)bereducedbyhalf
(b)bedoubled
(c)befourtimesathigh
(d)bereducedtoonefourth
Ans:a
108.Whenanalternatingcurrentpassesthroughanohmicresistancetheelectricalpowerconvertedintoheatis
(a)apparentpower
(b)truepower
(c)reactivepower
(d)noneoftheabove
Ans:b
109.Ineachofthethreecoilsofathreephasegenerator,analternatingvoltagehavinganr.m.s.valueof220Visinduced.
Whichofthefollowingvaluesisindicatedbythevoltmeters?
(a)220V
(b)220V3V
(c)220/V3V
(d)noneoftheabove
Ans:a
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