electrical engineering MCQs – Page 22

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
421. Which of the following does not change in a transformer ?
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A. All of the above

B. Frequency

C. Voltage

D. Current

422. DIAC and TRIAC both are semiconductors devices and conduct in____________________?
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A. DIAC conducts in forward direction and TRIAC conducts in reverse direction

B. Both conducts in forward direction

C. Both conducts in reverse direction

D. Both conducts in either direction
424. While conducting short-circuit test on a transformer the following side is short circuited?
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A. Secondary side

B. Low voltage side

C. Primary side

D. High voltage side

425. International ohm is defined in terms of the resistance of________________?
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A. the unit length of wire

B. a cube of copper

C. a column of mercury

D. a cube of carbon

426. The transformer laminations are insulated from each other by____________?
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A. any of the above

B. thin coat of varnish

C. paper

D. mica strip

428. TRIAC is a semiconductor power electronic device which contains____________?
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A. Two SCRs connected in reverse parallel

B. Two SCRs connected in parallel

C. Two SCRs connected in series

D. Two BJTs connected in series

429. Nichrome wire is an alloy of_____________?
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A. lead and zinc

B. chromium and vanadium

C. copper and silver

D. nickel and chromium
434. The efficiency of a transformer will be maximum when_____________?
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A. eddy current losses = copper losses

B. copper losses = iron losses

C. hysteresis losses = eddy current losses

D. copper losses = hysteresis losses

438. When current flows through heater coil it glows but supply wiring does not glow because______________?
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A. supply wiring is covered with insulation layer

B. supply wires are made of superior material

C. resistance of heater coil is more than the supply wires

D. current through supply line flows at slower speed

440. jCorona usually occurs when the electrostatic stress in air around the conductor exceeds?
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A. 6.6 kV (r.m.s. value)/cm

B. 11 kV (r.m.s. value)/cm

C. 30 kV (maximum value)/cm

D. 22 kV (maximum value)/cm