In a moving coil instrument, the deflecting torque is proportional to
A. Current
B. Square of the current
C. Squareroot of the current
D. Sine of the measurand
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In a moving iron meter, the deflecting torque is proportional to
A. Current through the coil
B. Square of the current through the coil
C. Sine of the measurand
D. Squareroot of the measurand
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Which wave has the least form factor?
A. Square wave
B. Rectangular wave
C. Sine wave
D. Triangular wave
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The current coil of a wattmeter is connected to the CT of R-phase. The potential coil is connected across Y and B phases. The wattmeter measures
A. Active power in R phase
B. Active power of Y phase
C. Reactive power of R phase
D. Power proportional to 3 phase power if the load is balanced
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Two voltmeters have the same range 0-400V. The internal impedance are 30,000 Ohms and 20,000 Ohms. If they are connected in series and 600V be applied across them, the readings are
A. 360V and 240V
B. 300V each
C. 400V and 200V
D. One of the meters out of the range and other 100V
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The two pressure coils of a single phase power factor meter have
A. The same dimensions and the same number of turns
B. The same dimension but different number of turns
C. The same number of turns but different dimensions
D. None of the above
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To measure the flux, devices used are based on
A. Voltaic effect
B. Piezo-electric effect
C. Hall effect
D. Photo-voltaic effect
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No eddy current and hysteresis losses occur in
A. Electrostatic instruments
B. PMMC instruments
C. Moving iron instruments
D. Electrodynamo meter instruments
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The absolute measurement of resistance is done by
A. Ohm’s law method
B. Bridge Method
C. Rayleigh method
D. Lorenz method
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For power measurement of three phase circuit by two wattmeter method, when the value of power factor is less than 0.5 lagging
A. One of the wattmeters will read zero
B. Both give the same readings
C. One of the wattmeter connections will have to be reversed
D. Pressure coil of the wattmeter will become ineffective.
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A permanent magnet moving coil ammeter has a coil resistance of 99ohm and Full Scale DeflectionFSD. current of 0.1mA. Shunt resistance is 1 ohm. Current through the meter at 0.5 F.S.D is
A. 0.007mA
B. 0.05mA
C. 0.023mA
D. 0.1mA
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The chemical effect of current is used in
A. D.C. ammeter hour meter
B. D.C. ammeter
C. D.C. energy meter
D. None of the above
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Some wire- wound resistors have bifilar winding. This type of winding is used to
A. Increase the thermal stability
B. Reduce the tolerance
C. Reduce the inductance of winding
D. Double the power rating of the resistor
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The pressure coil of a wattmeter should be connected on the supply side of the current coil when
A. Load impedance is high
B. Load impedance is low
C. Supply voltage is low
D. None of the above
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A resistor of 10 kΩ with 5% tolerance is connected in parallel with a 5 kΩ resistor of 10% tolerance. What is the tolerance limit for the parallel network?
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It is found that 10A current passes through a resistor of 10°hms. The resistor has 5% tolerance . The error in measurement of current can be as high as 5%. What is max error in measurement of power, calculated from measured value of I and the nominal value of resistor?
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The EMF of Weston standard cell is measured using
A. Moving- iron meter
B. Moving-coil meter
C. Digital Volt meter
D. Potentiometer
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A mulliammeter can be used as
A. Voltmeter and ammeter
B. Wattmeter
C. Ohmmeter
D. Frequency meter
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Wagner earthing device is used to eliminate errors due to
A. Electrostatic coupling
B. Electromagnetic coupling
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above
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The multiplier and the meter coil in a voltmeter are in
A. Series
B. Parallel
C. Series-parallel
D. None of the above
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