electrical engineering MCQs – Page 103

Practise multiple-choice questions from electrical engineering for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

electrical engineering Mcqs
2041. Ionization in circuit breaker is facilitated by___________?
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A. increasing field strength

B. increase of mean free path

C. high temperature

D. all of the above
2043. A fuse is never inserted in____________?
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A. negative of D.C. circuit

B. phase dine

C. positive of D.C. circuit

D. neutral wire
2044. The material used for fuse must have_____________?
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A. low melting point and -low specific resistance

B. high melting point and low specific resistance

C. low melting point and any specific resistance

D. low melting point and high specific resistance
2045. The time of closing the cycle, in modern circuit breakers is_____________?
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A. 0.10 sec

B. none of the above

C. 0.001 sec

D. 0.01 sec

E. 0.003 sec
2046. A rotary converter is a single machine with______________?
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A. one armature and one field

B. none of the above

C. one armature and two fields

D. two armatures and one field

2047. Circuit breakers are essentially____________?
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A. current carrying contacts called electrodes

B. circuits to break the system

C. transformers to isolate the two systems

D. any of the above

E. arc extinguishers

2048. The two conductors of a transmission line carry equal current I in opposite directions. The force on each conductor is________________?
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A. proportional to distance between the conductors

B. inversely proportional to I

C. proportional to 7

D. proportional to X
2049. A material which is slightly repelled by a magnetic field is known as_____________?
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A. diamagnetic material

B. paramagnetic material

C. conducting material

D. ferromagnetic material

2050. Core of an electromagnet should have____________?
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A. low coercivity

B. high susceptibility

C. both of the above

D. none of the above

2051. relay is preferred for phase fault on short transmission line?
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A. Induction type

B. None of the above

C. Impedance

D. Reactance
2052. In the left hand rule, forefinger always represents______________?
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A. magnetic field

B. current

C. voltage

D. direction of force on the conductor

2053. For which of the following materials the saturation value is the highest ?
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A. Ferromagnetic materials

B. Paramagnetic materials

C. Diamagnetic materials

D. Ferrites
2054. A short-circuit is identified by_____________?
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A. heavy current flow

B. no current flow

C. voltage drop

D. voltage rise

2055. The cathdde voltage drop, in a mercury arc rectifier, is due to_____________?
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A. expenditure of energy in overcoming the electrostatic field

B. expenditure of energy in liberating electrons from the mercury

C. expenditure of energy in ionization

D. surface resistance

2056. D.C. shunt relays are made of_____________?
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A. few turns of thin wire

B. many turns of thin wire

C. few turns of thick wire

D. many turns of thick wire

2058. When two ends of a circular uniform wire are joined to the terminals of a battery, the field at the center of the circle?
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A. will depend on the radius of the circle

B. will be zero

C. will depend on the amount of e.m.f. applied

D. will be infinite

2059. A thermal protection switch can protect against_____________?
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A. temperature

B. short-circuit

C. overload

D. over voltage