Model - 1

Ohm’s law for magnetic circuits is _________ .1

a) F=ϕS
b) F=ϕ/S
c) F=ϕ2S
d) F=ϕ/S2

2. What happens to the MMF when the magnetic flux decreases?

a) Increases
b) Decreases
c) Remains constant
d) Becomes zero

3. Calculate the MMF when the magnetic flux is 5Wb and the reluctance is 3A/Wb.
a) 10At
b) 10N
c) 15N
d) 15At

A ring having a cross-sectional area of 500 mm2, a circumference of 400 mm and ϕ=800microWb
has a coil of 200 turns wound around it. Calculate the flux density of the ring.
a) 1.6T
b) 2.6T
c) 3.6T
d) 4.6T

5. A ring having a cross-sectional area of 500 mm2, a circumference of and ϕ=800microWb 400
mm has a coil of 200 turns wound around it. Calculate the reluctance.
a) 1.68 * 10-4A/Wb
b) 1.68 * 104 A/Wb
c) 1.68 * 106 A/Wb
d) 1.68 * 10-6A/Wb

6. A ring having a cross-sectional area of 500 mm2, a circumference of 400 mm and

ϕ=800microWb has a coil of 200 turns wound around it. Calculate the magnetomotive force.
a) 1442At
b) 1342At
c) 1432At
d) 1344At

7. A ring having a cross-sectional area of 500 mm2, a circumference of 400 mm and

ϕ=800microWb has a coil of 200 turns wound around it. Calculate the magnetising current.
a) 6.7A
b) 7.7A
c) 7.6
d) 6.1A
8. Can we apply Kirchhoff’s was to magnetic circuits?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Depends on the circuit
d) Insufficient information provided

9. What is MMF?
a) Magnetic Machine Force
b) Magnetomotive Force
c) Magnetic Motion Force
d) Magnetomotion Force

10. The equivalent of the current I in magnetic ohm’s law is?

a) Flux
b) Reluctance
c) MMF
d) Resistance

Model - 2

1. The B/H characteristics can be determined using _______

a) Ammeter
b) Fluxmeter
c) Voltmeter
d) Multimeter

2. The B/H curve can be used to determine?

a) Iron loss
b) Hysteresis loss
c) Voltage loss
d) Eddy current loss

3. The B/H ratio is not constant for ________

a) Diamagnetic materials
b) Ferromagnetic materials
c) Paramagnetic materials
d) Non-magnetic materials

4. When using a fluxmeter, if the flux changes from Φ to -Φ, what happens to the current?
a) Becomes zero
b) Becomes infinity
c) Remains the same
d) Reverses

5. Why is the coil of a ballistic galvanometer wound on a non- metallic former?

a) To minimise damping when high resistance is connected in series
b) To maximise damping when high resistance is connected in series
c) To minimise damping when high resistance is connected in parallel
d) To maximise damping when high resistance is connected in parallel

6 . If the current changes from 5A to 3A in 2 seconds and the inductance is 10H, calculate the
emf.
a) 5V
b) 10V
c) 15V
d) 20V

7) For large low voltage transformers, the most commonly used connections are

a. Star - star connection

b. Delta - delta connection
c. V connection
d. All of these

8.
Hysteresis loss is determined from _______
a) B/H curve
b) H/B curve
c) BH curve
d) B2H curve

9. What is the unit for inductive reactance?

a) Henry
b) Ohm
c) Farad
d) Volts

10. B/H curve shows the relationship between?

a) Magnetic field strength and magnetic flux
b) Magnetic field strength and magnetic flux density
c) Current and magnetic flux density
d) Voltage and magnetic flux density

Model - 1

1) If R1 is the primary winding resistance and R2 is the secondary winding

resistance then the equivalent resistance of the transformer as referred to the
primary is

a. R1+ R2/K2
b. R2+ R1/K2
c. R1+ K2R2
d. R2+ K2R1
2) If ∅m is the maximum value of flux in the core then the average rate of change of
flux is

a. f∅m
b. 2 f∅m
c. 4 f∅m
d. 4.44 f∅m

3) A transformer when connected to a 230V, 50Hz supply, under no load draws a

current of 4A at a power factor of 0.2 lagging. The magnetizing current (Im) and
core loss (Pc) is equal to

a. 3.919A, 184W
b. 1.84A, 391.9W
c. 39.19A, 184W
d. 3A, 180W

4) The efficiency of the transformer will be maximum when

a. Iron losses is equal to the twice of the copper losses

b. Copper losses is equal to the twice of the iron losses
c. Iron losses is equal to the copper losses
d. All of these

5) Copper losses is proportional to

a. kVA
b. square of kVA
c. cube of kVA
d. none of these

6) Efficiency of a transformer is maximum at

a. Leading power factor

b. Lagging power factor
c. Unity power factor
d. None of these

7) Copper losses occurs due to ohmic resistance in

a. Primary winding
b. Secondary winding
c. Both primary and secondary winding
d. None of these

8) The most commonly used connections for power systems as a step - up and step -
down transformers are
 a. Star - delta, star - star
b. Delta - star, star - delta
c. Star - star, delta - delta
d. Star - delta, delta – star

9) In a 20 kVA, 2200 / 220 volts transformer iron and copper losses are 300 and 400
watts respectively. Its efficiency at half load and unity power factor is

a. 95.11%
b. 96.15%
c. 97.77%
d. 98%

10) The steel used for laminations should have

a. High permeability and high hysteresis

b. High permeability and low hysteresis
c. Low permeability and hysteresis
d. Low permeability and high hysteresis

Model - 2

Q1. For a transformer, no load primary current ( I0 ) has two components, magnetizing
component and active components. The magnetizing component is given by

a. I0 cos Φ0
b. I0 sin Φ0
c. I0 cot Φ0
d. I0 tan Φ0

Q2. For a certain transformer if E1 is the emf across primary winding, E2 is the emf across
secondary winding and K is the ratio of secondary to primary turns. The value of secondary
emf referred to the primary side is

a. E2 / K
b. E2 / K ∧ 2
c. K * E2
d. K ∧ 2 * E2

30) If K is the transformation ratio, then the secondary phase voltage of delta-delta
connected three phase transformer will be

a. 1 / K times of the primary phase voltage

b. Equal to the primary phase voltage
c. 1 / K ∧ 2 times of the primary phase voltage
d. K times the primary phase voltage
 4) If a two winding transformer is converted into an autotransformer by applying additive
polarity and subtractive polarity which results in the secondary voltages of 1840 and 1810
volts. Then the primary and secondary voltages of transformer are

a. 1800V, 50V
b. 1810V, 40V
c. 1820V, 30V
d. 1825V, 15V

5) A star connected three phase transformer is provided with tertiary delta

connected winding which allows the flow of

a. Second harmonic of exciting current

b. Third harmonic of exciting current
c. Fifth harmonic of exciting current
d. Seventh harmonic of exciting current

6) A 600 kVA transformer has iron losses of 400 kW and copper losses of 500 kW.
Its kVA rating for maximum efficiency is given by

a. 537 kVA
b. 548 kVA
c. 555 kVA
d. 585 kVA

7) If an autotransformer having transformation ratio equal to 0.6 is supplying a

load of 8kw then its power transferred from primary to secondary is given by

a. 3 kW
b. 3.2 kW
c. 3.4 kW
d. 3.5 kW

8) In an autotransformer if the power transferred inductively is equal to the power

conducted through, then transformation ratio is given by

a. 1
b. 0.5
c. 2
d. 0

9) In a step down autotransformer, if the transformation ratio increases then the

saving of copper

a. Increases
b. Decreases
c. Remains same
d. None of these
10) A 500 kVA single phase transformer has 90% efficiency at both half load and
full load at unity power factor. Then iron losses will be

a. 12.55 KW
b. 13.55 kW
c. 16.55 kW
d. 18.55 KW