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For Electrical Engineering (A.E-2008)

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Q. The ratio of voltage and electric current in a closed circuit
a) remains constant
b) varies
c) increases
d) falls

Ans: remains constant

Q. The resistance of a wire varies inversely as
a) area of cross section
b) length
c) resistivity
d) temperature

Ans: area of cross section

Q. The electrical conductivity of metals is typically of the order of ( in ohm-1 m-1)
a) 10 to the power of 7
b) 10 to the power of 5
c) 10 to the power of -4
d) 10 to the power of -6

Ans: 10 to the power of 5*

Q. Four resistors, each of resistance R ohms are available. The minimum resistance of the combination will be
a) 4R
b) R
c) R/4
d) R/8

Ans: R/4

Q. The elements which are not capable of delivering energy by its own are known as
a) unilateral elements
b) non-linear elements
c) passive elements
d) active elements

Ans: passive elements

Q. The magnetic susceptibility of paramagnetic material is
a) less than zero
b) less than one but positive
c) greater than one
d) equal to zero

Ans:

Q. The Direction of current in an ac circuit
a) is from positive to negative
b) is always in one direction
c) varies from instant to instant
d) Cannot be determined

Ans: varies from instant to instan

Q. which of the following statements associated with purely resistive circuits is correct?
a) PF is unity
b) Power consumed is zero
c) Heat produced is zero
d) PF is zero

Ans: PF is unity

Q. The magnetic field energy in an inductor changes from maximum value to minimum value in in 5m sec when connected to an ac source. The frequency of the source is
a) 20 Hz
b) 50 Hz
c) 200 Hz
d) 500 Hz

Ans: 50 Hz

Q. Electronic control systems have the serious draw-backs of
a) low reliability
b) operational difficulty
c) temperature sensitiveness
d) all of above

Ans: temperature sensitiveness*

Q. The system whose characteristic equation has the following roots is marginally stable
a) -j, j, -1,1
b) -3,-2,0
c) -2+3j, -2-3j, -2
d) -3,-2,-1

Ans:

Q. A phase log compensation will
a) improve relative stability
b) increase the speed of response
c) increase band-width
d) increase overshoot

Ans: improve relative stability*

Q. For Nyquist plot we use

a) open loop function
b) closed loop function
c) characteristic equation
d) any of the above

Ans: any of the above

Q. A system with gain margin close to unity or a phase margin close to zero is

a) highly stable
b) oscillatory
c) relatively stable
d) none of these

Ans: oscillatory

Q. Root locus diagram exhibits the

a) frequency response of a system
b) poles of the transfer function for a set of parameter values
c) bandwidth of system
d) all of the above

Ans: poles of the transfer function for a set of parameter values

Q. Increase in the gain K makes the system

a) more stable
b) unstable
c) marginally stable
d) none of above

Ans: unstable

Q. The transfer function of a system is used to determine

a) the output for a given input
b) the type of system
c) the input for a given output
d) the steady state gain

Ans:

Q. In a servo system the voltage induced in the control transformer rotor is the

a) error voltage
b) driving voltage
c) opposing voltage
d) none of these

Ans: error voltage

Q. With the feedback system, the transient response

a) decays slowly
b) decays rapidly
c) rises slowly
d) rises quickly

Ans: decays rapidly


Q. Which of the following types of instrument is an integrating instrument?

a) power factor meter
b) energy meter
c) watt meter
d) frequent meter

Ans: energy meter

Q. Which material is used for make the ’swamping’ resistance that is connected in series with the working coil of a voltmeter?

a) Constanta
b) Manganin
c) Eureka
d) Nichrome

Ans: Manganin


Q. What are used to increase the range of ammeters.

a) Multipliers
b) Shunts
c) Control Springs
d) Potential transformers

Ans: Shunts

Q. Which voltmeter do you select for measuring 50KV DC?

a) Moving Coil Voltmeter
b) Hot wire voltmeter
c) Electro Dynamo meter
d) Electrostatic Voltmeter

Ans: Hot wire voltmeter*

Q. Which of the following you will prefer to extend the range of an ac voltmeter?

a) Low series resistance
b) high resistance in parallel
c) CT
d) PT

Ans: PT

Q. High AC voltages are usually measured with

a) magnetic voltmeter
b) inductive voltmeter
c) potential transformers with voltmeters
d) current transformers and voltmeters

Ans: potential transformers with voltmeters

Q. Creeping is the phenomena occurs in

a) voltmeter
b) watt meter
c) energy meter
d) ammeter

Ans: energy meter

Q. If the Supply voltage is increased by n times, the cross section of feeder will decrease by ________ times ?
a) n
b) 1/n
c) n sqr
d) 1/n sqr

Ans: n

Q. The Frequency is measured by _________ bridge ?
a) Wheatstone bridge
b) hays bridge
c) Owens bridge
d) weins bridge

Ans: wiens bridge

Q. The Source internal Resistance Rs , When equal to Load resistance RL, the maximum transferred is of _____ % of input power?
a) 100
b) 75
c) 50
d) 40

Ans: 50