2 Marks MCQ

1. A linear magnetic circuit has flux linkages of 1.2 Wb-turns when a current of 10 A flows
through its coil. The energy stored in the magnetic field of this coil, in Joules, is
(a) 12 *(b) 6 (c) 1.2 (d) 24

2. Electromagnetic torque developed in any physical system, acts in such a direction as to tend to
(a) increase both the field energy and co-energy at constant current
(b) increase the field energy and decrease the co-energy at constant current
(c) decrease both the field energy and co-energy at constant current
*(d)decrease the field energy and increase the co-energy at constant current.

3. A magnetic relay has linear magnetization curve at its open and closed positions. If the
armature moves slowly from open to closed position, then electrical energy input to the
relay
(a) gets stored in the magnetic field
(b) gets converted into mechanical work
(c) gets divided equally between the magnetic and electric fields
*(d)gets divided equally between magnetic field and mechanical work

4. The objective of using compensating winding in dc machines is to neutralize the

a) armature reaction in the interpole zone b) armature reaction in the compensating zone
*c) armature reaction under the pole faces d) cross magnetizing armature reaction.

5.Which of the following represents the torque developed by a dc shunt motor?

*a) torque α Ia b) torque α flux c) torque α Ia and flux d) none of these.

6.The armature resistance of a 6 pole lap wound dc machine is 0.05 ohm. If the armature is
rewound using a wave winding, then the armature resistance will be
*a) 0.45 ohm b) 0.30 ohm c) 0.15 ohm d) 0.10 ohm
7.For which of the following reasons is a dc series motor never started with no load
a) with a decrease in load, the motor is likely to develop a high speed
b) when the armature current is of low value, the flux is very small
c) at a high speed, the motor develops large centrifugal forces
*d)all of these.

8.Which of the following is applicable to the field control of the speed of a shunt motor?
d) speed can be increased above the normal speed b) low copper loss
c) continuous control of speed *d) all of these.

9.A lap wound dc machine has 400 conductors and 8 poles. The voltage induced per conductor
is 2V.The machine generates a voltage of
*a) 100V b) 200 V c) 400V d) 800V

10.A cumulatively compound dc generator is supplying 20A at 200 V. Now if the series field
winding is short circuited, the terminal voltage
a)will remain unaltered b)will rise to 220V
c)will shoot up to very high value *d)will become less than 200V

11. The efficiency of a transformer is maximum when

a) iron losses are zero b) copper losses are 50 % of the iron loss
c) copper losses are zero *d) copper losses are equal to iron losses

12.Total losses occurring in a transformer, when it is operating at its maximum efficiency are 2000 W.
The total copper losses at this load are,
(a) 2000 W *(b) 1000 W (c) 1500 W (d) 800 W
13.The flux in transformer core
a) Increases with load b) Decreases with load
*c) Remains constant irrespective of the load d) None of these

14.If two transformers not having the same percentage impedances are connected in parallel
for load sharing, then
a)one of the transformers will be fully loaded
b)one of the transformers is likely to get burnt
*c)load sharing will not be proportional to their kVA rating
d)p.f. of both the transformer will be lagging.

15.A 3-phase transformer has its primary connected in delta and secondary in star. Secondary
to primary turns ratio per phase is 5. For a primary voltage of 400V, the secondary voltage
would be
a) 2000V b) 80V *c) 3464 d) 80√3

16.A transformer, designed for a supply frequency of 50Hz, is supplied with 60 Hz system of
the same voltage. Therefore
a. The eddy current and hysteresis losses will increase
b. Eddy current loss will decrease and hysteresis loss will increase
*c.Eddy current loss will not change but hysteresis loss will decrease
c. Eddy current loss will be same but hysteresis loss will increase

17.A three phase transformer with h.v. in delta and l.v in star can have the following symbols
a)Yd 11 or Yd 1 *b) Dy 1 or Dy 11 c) Dy 0 or Dy 6 d) Dy 1 only

18.A delta-zigzag three-phase transformer ca be designated as

*a)DzO b) DzI c) DzII d) None of these
19.A Delta /Star transformer has a phase to phase voltage transformation ratio of K. The line-
to-line voltage ratio of star/Delta connection is given by
a) K/ √3 * b) √3K c) K/3 d) √3 /K.

20.A single phase transformer has specifications as 250 kVA , 11000 V/ 1415 V , 50 Hz . What are the
approximate values of primary and secondary currents ?
*(a)primary = 22.7 A , secondary = 602 A (b)Primary = 602 A , secondary = 22.7 A
(c)primary = 301 A , secondary = 22.7 A (d)primary = 14.4 A , secondary = 301 A

21.R1 is the resistance of the primary winding of the transformer. The turn ratio in terms of primary to
secondary is K. Then the equivalent resistance of the primary referred to secondary is
(a) R1 / K *(b) R1 /K2 (c) R1 K2 (d) R1K

22.A 5 kVA transformer has a turn – ratio of (N1/N2) = 10 . The impedance of the primary winding is
(3 + j5) Ω while that of secondary winding is (0.5 + j0.8) Ω. The impedance of the transformer when
referred to the primary will be
(a)(3.5 + j5.8) Ω (b)(8.0 + j13.0) Ω * (c)(53.0 + j85) Ω (d)(3.05 + j5.08) Ω

23. The voltage regulation of a transformer at full load and 0.8 pf lagging is 2.5%. The voltage regulation
at full load , 0.8 pf leading will be
(a)-2.5% (b)0 *(c)1.0% (d)2.5%

24.In a transformer , the hysteresis and eddy current losses depend upon
I.Load current
II.maximum flux density in the core
III.Type of lamination
IV.Supply frequency
The correct statements are
(a)I & III (b)II & III (c)I & IV *(d)II & IV
25.One 1kVA , 230V,50Hz , single phase transformer has an eddy current loss of 30W. The eddy current
loss when the transformer is excited by a dc source of same voltage will be
(a)30W (b)more than 30W (c)less than 30W * (d)0W

26.Copper losses at half full load in a transformer is 300W. Then the copper losses at ¾ full load will be
(a)450W *(b)675W (c)225W (d)533.3W

27.The full – load copper loss and iron loss of a transformer are 6400W and 5000W respectively. The
copper loss and iron loss at half load will be respectively
(a)3200W and 2500W (b)3200W and 5200W (c)1600W and 1250W *(d)1600W and 5000W

28.Two three – limb , three – phase, Delta – Star connected transformers are supplied from the same
source. One of the transformers is Dy1 and the other is Dy11 connection. The phase difference between the
corresponding phase voltage of the secondaries would be
(a)00 (b)300 *(c)600 (d)1200

29.A three – phase transformer has its primary connected in delta and secondary in star. The secondary to
primary turn – ratio per phase is 5. For a primary voltage of 400V, the secondary voltage would be
(a)2000V (b)80V *(c)3464V (d)80√3 V

30.A delta / star transformer has a phase to phase voltage transformation ratio of K ( K = delta phase
voltage / star phase voltage). The line to line voltage ratio of star / delta connections is given by
(a)K/√3 (b)K (c) √3K *(d) √3 /K

31.An 11 kV / 400V , 1000 kVA , Y /Y transformer is reconnected as delta/star with the high voltage side
connected in delta. The rating for new connection will be
*(a)11/√3 kV / 400V, 1000kVA (b)11 kV / 400V, 1732kVA
(c)11√3 kV / 400V, 1000kVA (d)11 kV / 400V, 1200kVA

32.Possible three to three phase transformer connection for parallel operation is

(a)delta – star to delta – star (b)delta – delta to delta – star
(c)star – star to delta – star * (d)delta – star to star – delta

33.If all other requirements for parallel operation of transformers are fulfilled , which one of the
following pairs of three phase transformers with the given vector groups , can be operated in
parallel ?
(a)Yd1 and YY0 *(b)Yd1 and Dy11 (c)Dd6 and Dy1 (d)Dd0 and Dy11

34.The speed of a dc generator is 1500 rpm. The frequency of currents in the armature
winding , with 4 pole on the stator would be
(a)25 Hz *(b)50 Hz (c)0 Hz (d)100 Hz

35.An 8 pole , dc generator has a simplex wave wound armature containing 32 coils of 6 turns
each. Its flux per pole is 0.06 Wb. The machine is running at 250 rpm. The induced armature
voltage is
(a)96V (b)192V *(c)384V (d)768V

36.A 4 pole dynamo with wave wound armature has 51 slots containing 20 conductors in each slot.
The induced emf is 357V and the speed is 8500rpm. The flux per pole will be
(a)3.5mWb *(b)1.2 mWb (c)14 mWb (d) 21 mWb

37.The field coils of a dynamo have an inductance of 8H and have a resistance of 60 Ω and are
connected to 120V dc source. The steady state current in the field coil is
(a)15A * (b)2A (c)0A (d)21 A

38.At a certain speed and flux, the voltage generated by a dc generator is 230V. If the speed is
increased by 20% and the flux is simultaneously reduced by 10% , the voltage will be
(a)increased by 10% (b)reduced by 20% *(c)increased by 8% (d)decreased by 8%
39.The current drawn by a 220V dc motor of armature resistance 0.5 Ω and back emf 200V is
*(a)40A (b)44A (c)400A (d)440A

40.A 220V dc machine has an armature resistance of 1 Ω. If the full load current is 20A , the
difference in the induced voltages when the machine is running as a motor, and as a generator is
(a)20V (b)0V *(c)40V (d)50V

41.If the load current and the flux of a dc motor are held constant and voltage applied across its
armature is increased by 5%, the speed of the motor will
*(a)increase by 5% (b)reduce by 5% (c)remain unaltered (d)depends on other factors

42.A dc shunt motor is running at 1200 rpm , when excited with 220V dc. Neglecting the losses
and saturation , the speed of the motor when connected to a 175 V dc supply is
(a)750rpm (b)900 rpm (c)1050 rpm *(d)1200rpm

43.A dc shunt motor having unsaturated magnetic circuit runs at 1000 rpm with rated voltage. If
the applied voltage is half of the rated voltage , the motor will run at
(a)2000 rpm * (b) 1000 rpm (c)750 rpm (d)500 rpm

44.A series motor is working drawing a load current of 1A from the lines. If now the load is
reduced such that the current drawn is halved , the speed of the machine (neglecting the saturation
and armature resistance) would be
(a)unchanged (b)reduced by 50% (c)reduced by 100% *(d)increased by 100%

45.What is the increase in torque expressed as percentage of initial torque , if the current drawn by
a dc series motor is increased from 10A to 12A (neglect saturation) ?
(a)21% (b)25% (c)41% * (d)44%

46.A dc series motor develops a torque of 20N –m at 3A of load current. If the current is increased
to 6A , the torque developed will be
(a)10N – m (b) 20 N –m *(c) 80 N – m (d)40 N – m

47.A 220V shunt motor develops a torque of 54 N – m at an armature current of 10A. The torque
developed when the armature current is 20A, is
(a)54 N – m (b)81 N – m *(c)108 N – m (d)50 N – m

48.A 200V , 2000 rpm , 10A , separately excited dc motor has an armature resistance of 2Ω. Rated
dc voltage is applied to both the armature and field windings of the motor. If the armature draws
5A from the source , the torque developed by the motor is
*(a)4.3 N – m (b)4.77 N – m (c)0.45 N – m (d)0.50 N – m

49.A 240V dc series motor takes 40A when giving its rated output at 1500 rpm. Its resistance is
0.3 Ω. The value of resistance which must be added to obtain rated torque at 1000 rpm is
(a)6 Ω (b)5.7 Ω (c)2.2 Ω *(d)1.9 Ω

50.Consider the following statements :

The speed of a dc motor can be controlled by the variation of
I.Armature voltage
II.Field current
III.Armature circuit resistance
IV.Angle of brush shift.
Which of the statements given above are correct ?
*(a)I,II,III (b)II,III,IV (c)I,III,IV (d)I,II,IV