D.C.

MACHINES (EE)
1. The DC Generator works on the principle of
(A) Fleming’s left hand rule (B) Fleming’s right hand rule
(C) Ampere’s circuital law (D) None of these
2. Armature windings of D.C.M/c are placed on the rotor to facilitate
(A) Energy Conversion (B) Commutation (C) Voltage generation (D)Torque development
3. Commutator in a D.C. M/c can convert (A) ac to dc (B) dc to ac (C) both A&B
4. DC Machine armature mmf is …………. w. r. to field poles and ………w. r. to armature
(A) rotating, static (B) static, rotating (C) static, static (D) rotating, rotating
5. The emf generated by a dc generator is limited to 650 Volt due to the limitation imposed
by (A) Armature (B) Field winding (C) Insulation (D) Commutator
6. Thickness of laminations of armature core of a dc machine is of the order of
(A) 0.005 mm (B) 0.05 mm (C) 0.5 mm (D) 5 mm
7. A generator gives rated voltage at no load as well as at full load. It is a ……….generator
(A) Shunt (B) Series (C) Cumulative Compound (D) Differential Compound
8. A belt driven cumulatively compound DC generator is delivering power to DC mains. If
the belt breaks, the machine will run as…………compound motor in the ………..direction
(A) cumulative, same (B)differential, same
(C)cumulative, opposite (D) differential, opposite
9. A DC shunt generator generates 12 volts when driven at rated speed with field circuit
open. When the field winding was connected the voltage dropped to zero. The reason is
(A) Field resistance > Critical value (B) Absence of residual flux
(C) Wrong connection of field winding (D) Break in armature circuit
10. The direction of rotation of D.C. shunt motor can be reversed by reversing
(A) Supply voltage (B) Field winding (C) Armature winding (D) B or C
11. The terminal voltage of a DC series generator running at rated speed and no load will be
(A) rated voltage (B) half of rated voltage (C) zero (D) very little
12. The efficiency of a DC generator delivering 18 A to a 250 V bus is 90%. If the same
machine is run as a motor drawing 18A from a 250 V bus, the efficiency will be
(A) 90% (B) 91.12% (C) 88.89% (D) 87.12%
13. A 220 V dc machine has an armature resistance of 0.5 Ω and full load armature current of
30A. The difference in induced voltage for motor and generator operation is
(A) 15 V (B) 30 V (C) 45 V (D) 7.5 V
14. A long shunt cumulatively compounded DC generator builds up 220V at no load and at
rated speed. If it is operated as a differentially compounded generator, with other
conditions remaining unchanged, then it will build up……………220V
(A) Exactly (B) A little less than (C) A little more than (D) much less than
15. A dc shunt motor is started at no load and its speed was found to be 1000 rpm. The speed
of the motor after running for a long time on no load will be ……………..1000 rpm
(A) Exactly (B) A little less than (C) A little more than (D) much less than
16. The power factor of an ideal transformer on no load will be
(A) unity (B) 0.9 (C) 0.1 (D) 0
17. The primary ampere-turns of a transformer is ……………secondary after turns.
(A) exactly equal to (B) slightly less than (C) slightly greater than (D) less than
18. The copper loss of a transformer at half load is 250W. Its full load copper loss will be
(A) 500 W. (B) 250 W (C) 1000 W (D) 1500 W
19. A transformer has a core loss of 500 W and full load copper loss of 1000 W. Maximum
efficiency will occur at ……….% full load. (A) 50 (B) 70.7 (C) 86.6 (D) 90
20. Which of the following Primary - Secondary configurations will give the highest
secondary voltage for the same primary voltage? (A)Y-Y (B)Y- (C)-Y (D)-
21. Tapings are usually provided on the hv winding of the transformer because
(A) current on hv side is low. (B) It has more no. of turns which allows convenient taping
(C) it is easily accessible (D) all the above
22. Eddy current losses in a transformer depends on
(A) Voltage alone (B) Frequency alone (C) V/f ratio (D) V2/f
23. The regulation of a transformer at full load 0.8 pf lag is 4%. Its regulation at full load 0.8
lead (A) will be positive (B) will be negative (C) will be zero (D) may be negative
24. A 200/100V, 25Hz transformer has an eddy current loss of 100 W, which is half the no
load losses. When operated as 400/200V, 50Hz transformer, the total no load losses will be
(A) 300 W (B) 600 W (C) 400 W (D) 1000 W.
25. Find the correct relations connecting voltage, current and turns of a 1-ph transformer
(A) V1N1 = V2N2& I1N1 = I2N2 (B) V1N2 = V2N1& I2N1 = I1N2
(C) V1N1 = V2N2& I2N1 = I1N2 (D) V1N2 = V2N1& I1N1 = I2N2
26 In a 1000/900V, 9kVA auto transformer, the full load current in the portion of the winding
common to both hv and lv will be, (A) 9A (B) 10A (C) 1A (D) 8A
27. The nomenclature for the 3-ph connection shown in figure 27 is ….. (Assume ABC phase
sequence) (A) YD1 (B) YD11 (C) YD5 (D) YD7
28. Find the input line current I in the Scott connected system shown in figure 28. (neglect
losses) (A) 4.33A (B) 10A (C) 5 A (D) 8.66A
29. The hv windings of a 1000kVA 11kV/400V Y-Y transformer was reconnected in delta.
The voltage rating of the new transformer is
(A) 11000/400V (B) 6351/400V (C) 11000/693V (D) 6351/693V
30. AB and CD shown in figure 30 are two windings of a transformer. Points B and D are short
circuited and 100V is applied across AB. If the voltage across AC is 200V, the turns ratio
from CD to AB is (A) 3 (B) 1 (C) 3 or 1 (D) 2 or 1

A   a P 17.32A
B   b
I
400V 100V
  c 3-ph
C
Figure 27 Supply Q S R

A C
Figure 28 100V 17.32A
Figure 30

B D
Answer Key 1.D 2.B 3.C 4.50Hz 5.C 6.C 7.D 8.C 9.B 10.D
11.D 12.A 13.D 14.B 15.C 16.C 17.A 18.C 19.B 20.C
21.C 22.B 23.C 24.A 25.C 26.B 27.B 28.D 29.D 30.C
31.D 32.A 33.B 34.A