electrical engineering MCQs – Page 298

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
5941. A pony motor is basically a_________?
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A. D.C. shunt motor

B. small induction motor

C. D.C. series motor

D. double winding A.C./D.C. motor

5942. When the stator windings are connected in such a fashion that the number of poles are made half, the speed of the rotor of a synchronous motor___________?
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A. tends to becomes zero

B. remains same as the original value

C. decreases to half the original value

D. increases to two times the original value
5943. The minimum armature current of the synchronous motor corresponds to operation at______________?
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A. 0.707 power factor leading

B. unity power factor

C. zero power factor leading

D. 0.707 power factor lagging

5944. Slip rings are usually made of__________?
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A. copper or aluminium

B. silver or gold

C. carbon or graphite

D. brass or steel
5945. Synchronous motors are generally not self-starting because:
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A. starting winding is not provided on the machines

B. the direction of rotation is not fixed

C. startes cannot be used on these machines

D. the direction of instantaneous torque reverses after half cycle
5946. The power factor of a synchronous motor is better than that of induction motor because
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A. synchronous motor runs at synchronous speed

B. stator supply is relieved of responsibility of producing magnetic field

C. synchronous motor has large air gap

D. mechanical load on the motor can be adjusted

5948. Riunting in a synchronous motor takes place___________?
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A. motor is under loaded

B. when load varies

C. when power factor is unity

D. when supply voltage fluctuates

5949. In a synchronous motor, the magnitude of stator back e.m.f. & depends on_______________?
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A. d.c. excitation only

B. speed of the motor

C. load on the motor

D. both the speed and rotor flux

5950. Change of D.C. excitation of a synchronous motor changes:
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A. applied voltage of the motor

B. all of the these

C. none of the these

D. motor speed

E. power factor of power drawn by the motor
5951. A synchronous motor can operate at____________?
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A. unity power factor only

B. leading power factor only

C. lagging, leading and unity power factors

D. lagging power factor only

5952. In a synchronous motor it the back e.m.f. generated in the armature at noload is approximately equal to the applied voltage, then
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A. the motor is said to be fully loaded

B. the excitation is said to be hundred per cent

C. the excitation is said to be zero per cent

D. the torque generated is maximum

5953. Armature of a synchronous machine is____________?
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A. armature is associated with large power as compared to the field circuits

B. of difficulty of providing high voltage insulation on rotor

C. of reducing number of slip rings on the rotor

D. all of the above reasons
5958. In a synchronous motor, V-curves represent relation between____________?
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A. armature current and field current

B. field current and speed

C. field current and power factor

D. power factor and speed

5959. A synchronous machine with large air gap has______________?
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A. a higher synchronizing power which makes the machine less sensitive to load variations

B. a small value of inherent regulation

C. a higher value of stability limit

D. all of the above
5960. A rotory converter can also be run as a___________?
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A. induction motor

B. d.c. compound motor

C. d.c. series motor

D. d.c. shunt motor

E. synchronous motor