The length of air gap to be provided in ______ is primarily determined by power factor consideration.
A. D.C. series motor
B. D.C. shunt motor
C. Induction motor
D. Synchronous motor
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Most common form of A.C. meters met with in every day domestic and industrial installations are
A. mercury motor meters
B. commutator motor meters
C. induction type single phase energy meters
D. all of the above
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Hot rolled sheets have ______ value of permeability
A. zero
B. low
C. high
D. none of the above
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An ammeter is a
A. secondary instrument
B. absolute instrument
C. recording instrument
D. integrating instrument
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An ohmmeter is a
A. moving iron instrument
B. moving coil instrument
C. dynamometer instrument
D. none of the above
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In a Weston synchronoscope, the fixed coils are connected across
A. bus-bars
B. incoming alternator
C. a lamp
D. none of the above
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The time taken by the machine to attain 0.632 of its final steady temperature rise is called
A. heating time constant
B. cooling time constant
C. either (A) or (B)
D. none of the above
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With direct water cooling it is possible to have ratings of about
A. 200 MW
B. 300 MW
C. 400 MW
D. 600 MW
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In induction motors, the length of air gap in kept as small as mechanically possible is order to have
A. low power factor
B. high power factor
C. high over load capacity
D. any of the above
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Which of the following methods does not take into account the maximum temperature rise under variable loadconditions ?
A. Equivalent power method
B. Equivalent current method
C. Method of average losses
D. Equivalent torque method
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The switch board instruments
A. should be mounted in vertical position
B. should be mounted in horizontal position
C. either (A) or (B)
D. neither (A) nor (B)
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The heat dissipating capability of transformers of ratings higher than 30 kVA in increased by providing which of the following?
A. Corrugations
B. Fins
C. Tubes
D. All of the above
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The distance between the starts of two consecutive coils measured in terms of coil sides is called
A. front pitch
B. winding pitch
C. commutator pitch
D. back pitch
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In a 3-phase power measurement by two wattmeter method, both the watt meters had identical readings. The power factor of the load was
A. unity
B. 0.8 lagging
C. 0.8 leading
D. zero
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E.m.f. of a Weston cell is accurately measured by
A. electrostatic voltmeter
B. hot wire voltmeter
C. isothermal voltmeter
D. electrodynamic voltmeter
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D.C. windings are
A. sometimes 2-layer type
B. never 2-layer type
C. always 2-layer type
D. none of the above
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The design of electromagnets is based upon which of the following fundamental equations ?
A. Force equation
B. Magnetic circuit equation
C. Heating equation
D. Voltage equation
E. All of the above
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The disc of an instrument using eddy current damping should be of
A. conducting and magnetic material
B. non-conducting and magnetic material
C. conducting and non-magnetic material
D. none of the above
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For 275 kV transformers, using cold rolled grain oriented steel, which of the following values of flux density may be used?
A. 1.0 Wb/m2
B. 1.1 Wb/m2
C. 1.3 Wb/m2
D. 1.6 Wb/m2
E. None of the above
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________ cooling is the process of dissipating the armature and field winding losses to a cooling medium circulating within the winding insulation wall
A. Direct
B. Indirect
C. Conventional
D. Any of the above
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