One single phase wattmeter operating on 230V and 5A for 5 hours makes 1940 revolutions. Meter constant in revolutions is 400. What is the power factor of the land?
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The spring material used in a spring control device should have the following property.
A. Should be nonmagnetic
B. Most be of low temperature coefficient
C. Should have low specific resistance
D. All of the above
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Why is a MISC meter not recommended for DC measurement?
A. The meter is calibrated for AC and it’s error for DC would be high
B. The meter does not respond to DC signals
C. The error is high due to hysteresis effect
D. The error is high due to eddy current effect
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A moving iron ammeter may be compensated for frequency errors by
A. A shunt resistance
B. A series inductance
C. Shunt capacitance
D. Series resistance
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Which of the following meters has a linear scale?
A. Thermocouple meter
B. Moving iron meter
C. Hot wore meter
D. Moving coil meter
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For handling greater currents induction watt-meters are used in conjunction with
A. Potential transformers
B. Current transformers
C. Power transformers
D. Either of the above
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When using ohmmeter, applied voltage is to be disconnected from the circuit because
A. Voltage source will increase resistance
B. Current will decrease resistance
C. The ohmmeter has its own internal battery
D. None of the above
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A 10MHz CRO has
A. 5MHz sweep
B. 10MHz vertical oscillator
C. 10MHz horizontal oscillator
D. 10MHz supply frequency
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A CRO can display
A. AC signals
B. DC signals
C. Both AC and DC signals
D. Time invariant signals
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A galvanometer has
A. Air friction damping
B. Fluid friction damping
C. Spring coil damping
D. Eddy current damping
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A megger is usually
A. Moving iron type instrument
B. Electro-static type instrument
C. Hot-wire type instrument
D. Moving coil type instrument
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A megger is usually
A. Moving iron type instrument
B. Electro-static type instrument
C. Hot-wire type instrument
D. Moving coil type instrument
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Ampere is one of the
A. Supplementary units
B. Derived units
C. Base units
D. Units used to measure charge
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The internal resistance of an ammeter should be
A. Very small
B. Medium
C. High
D. Infinity
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A rectifier type instrument is connected to 100VDC and is operated in the DC measuring module reads
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An oscilloscope indicates
A. Peak to peak value of voltage
B. DC value of voltage
C. RMS value
D. Average value
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Ryall crest voltmeter is used for measurement of
A. AC voltage of any form
B. Low frequency voltage
C. High DC voltage
D. High AC voltage
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Direct method is used to measure
A. Length
B. Temperature
C. Pressure
D. Voltage
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The resistance can be measured most accurately by
A. Voltmeter-ammeter method
B. Bridge method
C. Multimeter
D. Megger
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In a ballistic galvanometer, the deflecting torque is proportional to
A. The current through coil
B. Square of current through coil
C. Square-root of current through coil
D. Sine of measured
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