CAA - Assistant Director E&M

Test taken by NTS on 12-05-2019

There were 40 Electrical Mcqs , 40 Mechanical Mcqs and 20 English

I have remember only Electrical Section MCQ’s.

1). An Ammeter is convertible to a voltmeter by?

A) Changing the scale

B) Putting a large resistance in parallel with the actual measuring part of the instrument
C) Putting a large resistance in series with the actual measuring part of the instrument ✓
D) Simply installing the instrument in parallel with the circuit

2). The residual magnetism of a dc shunt generators can be regained by

A) Connecting the shunt field to a battery ✓
B) Running a generator on no load for sometime
C) Earthing the shunt field
D) Reversing the direction of the generator

3). For Parallel Operation, the generators normally preferred are?

A) Series generators
B) Shunt generators ✓
C) Compound generators
D) Series and shunt generators

4). In Lap winding the number of brushes is equal to

A) 2
B) 4
C) Number of Poles ✓
D) 2 × Number of Poles

5).Which of the following is not the requirement of Protection System?

A) Speed
B) Predictability ✓
C) Reliability
D) Security
6)._________are used to sense the fault and initiate the trip?
A) Circuit breakers
B) Alternators
C) Protective Relays ✓
D) Cutouts

7).There are two types of overload protection instantaneous over current and _________?
A) Variable over current
B) Time Over Current ✓
C) Constant Over Current
D) Delay feedback Current

8).The advantage of moving coil permanent magnet type instrument is

A) Low power consumption
B) No hysteresis loss
C) Efficiency eddy current damping
D) All of the above ✓

9).The deflecting torque in an instrument may be produced

A) Magnetically
B) Electrostatically
C) Thermally
D) any of the (A) (B) and (C) Above ✓

10) D.C. Potentiometer is an instrument to measure

A) Unknown EMF ✓
B) Large voltage
C) Large power
D) Direct resistance

11). A pointer of an instrument once deflected return to zero position ,when the current is
removed due to
A) action of gravity
B) Mass of pointer
C) Controlling torque ✓
D) Damping torques

12).The starting torque of a capacitor start motor is

A) Zero
B) Low ✓
C) Same as rated torque
D) More than rated torque
13). A capacitor start , capacitor run single phase induction motor is basically a
A) Ac series motor
B) Dc series motor
C) 2 phase induction motor ✓
D) 3 phase induction motor

14).Copper loss in rotor of a induction motor

A) is lost in friction
B) is lost in windage
C) Appears as heat ✓
D) Appears as noise

15).The difference between the synchronous speed and the actual speed of an induction motor is
known as
A) Regulation
B) Back Lash
C) Slip ✓
D) Lag

16).The back emf set up in the stator of a synchronous motor will depend on
A) Rotor speed only
B) Rotor excitation only ✓
C) Rotor excitation and rotor speed
D) Coupling angle, rotor speed and excitation

17).The damping winding in a synchronous motor is generally used

A) To provide starting torque only
B) To reduce noise level
C) To reduce eddy currents
D) To prevent hunting and provide the starting torque ✓

18).In case the field of a synchronous motor is under excited the power factor will be
A) Leading
B) Lagging ✓
C) zero
D) Unity
19). For a transformer the condition for maximum efficiency is
A) Hysteresis loss=eddy current loss
B) Core loss = Hysteresis loss
C) Copper loss = iron loss ✓
D) Total loss = (2/3) × copper loss

20).What test on a transformer provides information about regulations ,efficiency and heading
under load conditions?
A) Open circuit test
B) Back to back test ✓
C) Hopkinson test
D) Short circuit test

21).Copper loss in a transformer occurs in

A) Core
B) Winding ✓
C) Main body
D) Busings

22). Open circuit test of a transformer gives

A) Hysteresis loss
B) Eddy current loss
C) Sum of hysteresis and eddy current loss ✓
D) Copper loss

23).The function of breather in a transformer

A) To provide oxygen to the cooling oil
B) To provide cooling air
C) To arrest flow of moisture when outside air enters the transformer ✓
D) To filter the transformer oil

24).The speed of a series wound dc motor

A) Can be controlled by diverters
B) Cannot be controlled by diverters
C) Increases as flux decreases ✓
D) Increases as armature circuit resistance increases

25).The ratio of starting torque to fully load torque is least in case of

A) Shunt motors ✓
B) Series motors
C) Compound motors
D) None
26).The Speed of a dc motor is
A) Always constant
B) Inversely proportional to back E.m.f
C) Inversely proportional to flux ✓
D) Inversely proportional to the product of back emf and flux

27).Each commutator segment is connected to the armature conductor by means of

A) Insulator
B) dielectric
C) Copper Lug ✓
D) resistance wire

28).The rotor of Dc machines is usually supported in

A) Bush bearings
B) Ball or Roller bearings ✓
C) Plummer Blocks
D) Magnetic bearings

29). Worn insulation allowing bare wires to touch grounded metal objects such as water pipes
cause

A) Circuit breakage ✓
B) Power loss
C) circuit compensation
D) short circuit

30). Minimum insulation required to withstand surge voltages is called,

a) Basic insulation level ✓

b) Minimum insulation level
c) Fuse Insulation Level
d)

31). 3- phase, 4-wire distribution voltages may be :

A) 477/240
B) 280/220
C) 240/480
D) 208/120 ✓

32). In an electric power system, what is composed of electrical disconnect switches, fuses or
circuit breakers used to control, protect and isolate electrical equipment.

A. CB
B. Switchgear ✓
C. Control box
D. Gear box
33).To bring down the voltage level to safe level for equipment;

A) voltage regulators ✓
B) current regulators
C) load regulators
D) power regulators

34). In which transformer connections may also be used for voltage transformation. ... This
voltage is further increased by the factor of 1.73

A) Delta- Delta
B) Star - Delta
C) Delta - Star
D) Star -Star ✓

Prepared by :- Ume Habiba

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