electrical engineering MCQs – Page 246

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
4901. The change of cross-sectional area of conductor in magnetic field will affect______________?
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A. reluctance of conductor

B. resistance of conductor

C. A. and B. both in the same way

D. none of the above

4902. The attraction capacity of electromagnet will increase if the_______________?
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A. flux density decreases

B. flux density increases

C. core length increases i

D. core area increases

4903. A permeable substance is one_____________?
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A. which is a good conductor

B. through which the magnetic lines of force can pass very easily

C. which is a strong magnet

D. which is a bad conductor

4904. When an iron piece is placed in a magnetic field_____________?
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A. the magnetic field will not be affected

B. the magnetic lines of force will bend away from their usual paths in order to go away from the piece

C. the magnetic lines of force will bend away from their usual paths in order to pass through the piece

D. the iron piece will break

4905. Magnetism of a magnet can be destroyed by_____________?
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A. hammering

B. by inductive action of another magnet

C. heating

D. by all above methods
4906. The magneto-motive force is______________?
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A. the voltage across the two ends of exciting coil

B. the passage of magnetic field through an exciting coil

C. the sum of all currents embraced by one line of magnetic field

D. the flow of an electric current

4907. Susceptibility is positive for______________?
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A. diamagnetic substances

B. none of the above

C. non-magnetic substances

D. ferromagnetic substances
4908. Materials subjected to rapid reversal of magnetism should have______________?
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A. high co-ercivity and high retentivity

B. high co-ercivity and low density

C. large area oiB-H loop

D. high permeability and low hysteresis loss
4909. Unit for quantity of electricity is_____________?
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A. joule

B. watt

C. ampere-hour

D. coulomb
4910. The relative permeability of materials is not constant
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A. diamagnetic

B. insulating

C. ferromagnetic

D. paramagnetic

4911. The working of a meter is based on the use of a permanent magnet. In order to protect the meter functioning from stray magnetic fields______________?
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A. a plastic shielding is provided

B. meter is surrounded by strong magnetic fields

C. a soft iron shielding is used

D. a shielding of anon-magnetic material is used

4912. Magnetic moment is a_____________?
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A. vector quantity

B. scalar quantity

C. universal constant

D. pole strength

4913. The direction of magnetic lines of force is________________?
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A. from one end of the magnet to another

B. none of the above

C. from south pole to north pole

D. from north pole to south pole
4914. A material which is slightly repelled by a magnetic field is known as_____________?
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A. paramagnetic material

B. diamagnetic material

C. conducting material

D. ferromagnetic material

4916. How does the magnetic compass needle behave in a magnetic field ?
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A. None of the above

B. It assures a position which follows a line of magnetic flux

C. It assures a position right angle to magnetic field

D. It starts rotating

4917. The ratio of intensity of magnetisation to the magnetisation force is known as_____________?
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A. none of the above

B. susceptibility

C. relative permeability

D. flux density

4918. The stray line of magnetic flux is defined as_____________?
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A. a line of magnetic flux in a non-uniform field

B. a line of magnetic flux which does not follow the designed path

C. a line vertical to the flux lines

D. the mean length of a ring shaped coil

4919. The relative permeability is less than unity is case of_____________?
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A. ferrites

B. non-ferrous materials

C. ferromagnetic materials

D. diamagnetic materials
4920. In the left hand rule, forefinger always represents______________?
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A. direction of force on the conductor

B. voltage

C. current

D. magnetic field