electrical engineering MCQs – Page 215

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
4281. In direct arc furnace, which of the following has high value ?
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A. Power factor

B. All of the above

C. Voltage

D. Current
4282. In an electric room heat convector the method of heating used is______________?
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A. induction heating

B. dielectric heating

C. resistance heating

D. arc heating

4285. The temperature inside a furnace is usually measured by which of the following ?
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A. Optical pyrometer

B. Any of the above

C. Mercury thermometer

D. Alcohol thermometer

4286. Direct arc furnaces have which of the following power factors ?
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A. Unity

B. Low, leading

C. Low, lagging

D. Any of the above

4287. In an electric press mica is used_____________?
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A. as an insulator

B. as a device for power factor improvement

C. for induction heating

D. for dielectric heating

4288. Properly of low temperature co-eflficient of heating element is desired due to which of the following reasons ?
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A. To avoid initial rush of current

B. To avoid change in kW rating with temperature

C. Both (A) and (B)

D. Either (A) or (B)

4289. Which of the following methods is used to control temperature in resistance furnaces ?
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A. Periodical switching on and off of the supply

B. Variation of voltage

C. All of the above methods

D. Variation of resistance

4290. Induction furnaces are employed for which of the following ?
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A. Melting aluminium

B. Heat treatment of castings

C. Heating of insulators

D. None of the above

4292. For heating element high resistivity material is chosen to______________?
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A. increase the life of the heating element

B. reduce the effect of oxidation

C. reduce the length of heating element

D. produce large amount of heat

4294. By which of the following methods the temperature inside arc nace can be varied ?
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A. By any of the above method

B. By varying the current through heating elements

C. By disconnecting some of the heating elements

D. By varying the operating voltage

4296. In a domestic cake baking oven the temperature is controlled by________________?
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A. voltage variation

B. auto-transformer

C. series-parallel operation

D. thermostat

4297. In a resistance furnace the atmosphere is_____________?
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A. deoxidising

B. reducing

C. neutral

D. oxidizing
4298. Heat is transferred simultaneously by condition, convection and radiation_____________?
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A. inside boiler furnaces

B. from refrigerator coils to freezer of a refrigerator

C. through the surface of the insulted pipe carrying steam

D. during melting of ice

4300. is used for heating non-conducting materials?
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A. Induction heating

B. Arc heating

C. Dielectric heating

D. Eddy current heating