electrical engineering MCQs – Page 253

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electrical engineering Mcqs
5041. No-load on a transformer is carried out to determine______________?
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A. efficiency of the transformer

B. magnetising current and loss

C. magnetising current

D. copper loss

5044. When secondary of a current transformer is open-circuited its iron core will be__________?
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A. none of above will happen

B. hot because of heavy iron losses taking place in it due to high flux density

C. hot because primary will carry heavy current

D. cool as there is no secondary current

5045. Which of the following does not change in an ordinary transformer ?
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A. Voltage

B. Frequency

C. Current

D. Any of the above

5046. Silicon steel used in laminations mainly reduces___________?
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A. all of the above

B. copper losses

C. hysteresis loss

D. eddy current losses

5047. A Buchholz relay can be installed on______________?
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A. air-cooled transformers

B. oil cooled transformers

C. uchholz relay can be installed on

D. auto-transformers

E. welding transformers

5048. Which of the following is the most likely source of harmonics in a transformer ?
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A. Overload

B. loose connections

C. poor insulation

D. Core saturation
5049. The leakage flux in a transformer depends upon______________?
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A. load current, voltage, frequency and power factor

B. load current

C. load current and voltage

D. load current, voltage and frequency

5050. For a transformer, operating at constant load current, maximum efficiency will occur at______________?
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A. 0.8 lagging power factor

B. 0.8 leading power factor

C. unity power factor

D. zero power factor

5051. Helical coils can be used on___________________?
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A. low voltage side of high kVA transformers

B. high voltage side of high kVA rating transformers

C. high frequency transformers

D. high voltage side of small capacity transformers

5052. In the transformer following winding has got more cross-sectional area______________?
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A. High voltage winding

B. Primary winding

C. Secondary winding

D. Low voltage winding
5053. If the percentage impedances of the two transformers working in parallel are different, then______________________?
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A. transformers will be overheated

B. power factors of both the transformers will be same

C. parallel operation will be not possible

D. parallel operation will still be possible, but the power factors at which the two transformers operate will be different from the power factor of the common load
5054. A transformer transforms__________________?
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A. power

B. current

C. voltage

D. frequency

5055. An ideal transformer will have maximum efficiency at a load such that?
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A. copper loss iron loss

B. copper loss = iron loss

C. none of the above

5058. An open-circuit test on a transformer is conducted primarily to measure______________?
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A. total loss

B. none of the above

C. core loss

D. copper loss

E. efficiency

F. insulation resistance

5059. Efficiency of a power transformer is of the order of________________?
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A. 100 per cent

B. 25 per cent

C. 98 per cent

D. 50 per cent