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UNIT-1
1. The most suitable rotor for a turbo-alternator designied to opeate at high
speed
(A) Salient pole type rotor
(B) Smooth cylindrical type rotor
(C) Squirrel cage rotor
(D)Either of the above
2. Cylindeical rotor alternators use ducts for efficient cooling
(A) Only radial
(B) Only axial
(C) Both
(D)None of the above
3. In cylindrical rotorportion of rotor is wound
(a) One third
(b) Two third
(c) One half
(d) Whole
4. The frequency of emf generated per revolution in an alternator is equal to
(a)number of poles
(b)number of pairs of poles
(c)twice the numbers of poles
(d)number of armature conductors per poles
5.Two mechanically coupled alternators can be driven to generate 50 Hz and
60 Hz respectively.The
highest speed of the alternators is
(a)3600 rpm
(b)3000 rpm
(c)600 rpm
(d)500 rpm
6. Armature winding is one in which
(a)emf is induced by leakage flux
(b) emf is induced by the main or working flux
(c) working or main flux is created by the field current
(d) working or main flux is created by the armature current

7.The stator of modern alternators are wound for________phase groups.

(a)180

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(b)120
(c)60
(d)240
8.For a two layer winding the number of stator slots is equal to the number of
(a)poles
(b)conductors
(c)coil sides
(d)coils
(e)pole pairs
9.Chording and distribution of armature windings for ac machine results in
(a)reduction in air gap mmf harmonics
(b)reduction in fundamental component or induced emf.
(c)Increase in fundamental component of induced emf
(d)reduction in noise and machine size
(e)both (a) and (b)
10.Harmonics in the emf generated in an alternators can be reduced by
(a)skewing the slots
(b)chamfering the salient pole tips
(c)using distributed winding
(d)all of the above
UNIT-2
11.The emf generated due to the nth harmonic components of the flux in an
alternator will be _____the fundamental emf in magnitude
(a)less than
(b)more than
(c)equal to

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12.In an alternator,the use of short pitch coils having pitch of 160 will
eliminate_________harmonic component for the emf generated
(a)3rd
(b)fifth
(c)7th
(d)ninth
13.A coil of 150 pitch has third harmonic pitch factor as
(a)sin 45
(b)cos 45
(c)sin 225
(d)cos 225
14.The pitch factor is defined as the ratio of induced in a
(a)chorded coil to that in a full pitch coil
(b)full pitch winding to that in a concentrated winding
(c)Full pitch coil to that in a chorded coil
(d)distributed winding to that in a full pitch winding
15.For a uniformly distributed winding with a phase spread of degrees,the
distribution factor at fundamental frequency is
(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

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16.The ratio of phasor sum of induced emfs per coil to the arithmetic sum of
induced emfs per coils is known as
(a)distribution factor
(b)winding factor
(c)coil span or pitch factor
(d)breadth factor
17.Three phase alternators are invariably connected in star so as to
(a)reduce the size of stator conductors used
(b)increase the terminal voltage
(c)reduce magnetic loses
(d)all of the above
18.The emf generated in an alternator depends upon
(a)frequency
(b)flux per pole
(c)number of turns in the coil
(d)type of windings and the coils used
(e)all of the above
19.In an ac rotating machines,the generated emf
(a)is in phase with the working flux
(b)lags behind by 90
(c)leads by 90
(d) lags by 180
20.The angle between induced emf and terminal voltage on no load for a single
phase alternator is
(a)180
(b)90
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(d)none of these
UNIT-3
21.Transmission lines connect
(a)generating station to a switching station transformer station
(b) Step-down transformer station to service transformer to consumer primises
(c) Distribution transformer to consumer premises
(d) Service point to consumer premises
22. A 3-phase,4-wire system is commonly used for
(a) primary distribution
(b) sec. distribution
(c) primary transmission
(d) sec, transmission
23.the hightest transmission voltage in India is
(a) 750 kv
(b) 400 kv
(c) 220 kv
(d) 132 kv
24. feeder is designed mainly from the point of view of
(a) its current carrying capacity
(b) voltage drop in it
(c) operating volt
(d) operating frequency
25. the conductor connecting consumer terminals to the distributer is called the
(a) feeder
(b) distributor
(c) serice main

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(d) none of the above
26. in India high volatage transmission is mostly by
(a) overhead system
(b) underground system
(c) both
(d) none of the above
27. In a transmission system ,the weight of copper used is proportional to
(a) E ke power 2
(b) E
(c) 1/E ke power 2
(d) 1/E
28. By increasing the transmission voltage to double of its original value of the
same power can be dispatched keeping the line loss
(a)equal to original value
(b)half of the original value
(c) double of the original value
(d) one-fourth of the original value
29.Which of the following distribution systems is the most economical?
(a)DC system
(b)single phase AC system
(c)Three Phase three wire AC system
(d)Three phase four wire AC system
30.With the same Maximum voltage to earth which of the following AC system With
0.8pf will need more copper in comparison to DC 2-wire system?
(a)single phase 2 wire system
(b)single phase 3 wire system
(c)3 phase 3 wire system

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(d)3 phase 4 wire system
Answers:-1(b) 2(c) 3(b) 4(b) 5(c) 6(b) 7(c) 8(d) 9(c) 10(d) 11(a) 12(d)
13(b)
14(a) 15(d) 16(c) 17(b) 18(e) 19(b) 20(c) 21(a) 22(b) 23(b)
24(b) 25(a) 26(a) 27(d) 28(c) 29(a) 30(d)