electrical engineering MCQs – Page 250

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
4981. The path of a magnetic flux in a transformer should have______________?
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A. high reluctance

B. low resistance

C. high resistance

D. low reluctance
4983. Iron loss of a transformer can be measured by____________?
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A. any type of wattmeter

B. frequency meter

C. low power factor wattmeter

D. unity power factor wattmeter

4984. Which winding of the transformer has less cross-sectional area?
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A. Low voltage winding

B. Primary winding

C. Secondary winding

D. High voltage winding
4985. Which of the following property is not necessarily desirable in the material for transformer core ?
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A. Low hysteresis loss

B. Mechanical strength

C. High permeability

D. High thermal conductivity
4986. The magnetising current of a transformer is usually small because it has___________?
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A. laminated silicon steel core

B. small air gap

C. large leakage flux

D. fewer rotating parts

4988. Harmonics in transformer result in___________?
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A. increased I2R losses

B. increased core losses

C. all of the above

D. magnetic interference with communication circuits

4989. Which of the following parts of a transformer is visible from outside ?
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A. Primary winding

B. Bushings

C. Core

D. Secondary winding

4991. Losses which occur in rotating electric machines and do not occur in transformers are___________?
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A. hysteresis and eddy current losses

B. friction and windage losses

C. copper losses

D. magnetic losses

4992. The power transformer is a constant______________?
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A. voltage device

B. power device

C. main flux device

D. current device

4994. A good voltage regulation of a transformer means________________?
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A. output voltage fluctuation from no load to full load is least

B. ood voltage regulation of a transformer means

C. difference between primary and secondary voltage is maximum

D. output voltage fluctuation with power factor is least

E. difference between primary and secondary voltage is least

4995. The function of conservator in a transformer is___________________?
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A. to cool the transformer oil

B. to take care of the expansion and contraction of transformer oil due to variation of temperature of sur-roundings

C. to project againstinternal fault

D. to reduce copper as well as core losses

4997. In a given transformer for given applied voltage, losses which remain constant irrespective of load changes are______________?
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A. none of the above

B. copper losses

C. hysteresis and eddy current losses

D. friction and windage losses

4998. In a power or distribution transformer about 10 per cent end turns are heavily insulated__________?
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A. to withstand the high voltage drop due to line surge produced by the shunting capacitance of the end turns

B. none of the above

C. to reflect the line surge and save the winding of a transformer from damage

D. to absorb the line surge voltage and save the winding of transformer from damage

4999. During open circuit test of a transformer:
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A. primary is supplied rated kVA

B. primary is supplied rated voltage

C. primary is supplied current at reduced voltage

D. primary is supplied full-load current

5000. The path of the magnetic flux in transformer should have____________?
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A. high reluctance

B. high resistance

C. low reactance

D. low resistance