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Measurements
Objective Practice Questions
Error Analysis
01. A 200 V PMMC voltmeter is specified to be
accurate within ±2% of full scale. The limiting
error, when the instrument is used to measure
a voltage of 100 V, is
(a) ±8% (b) ±4%
(c) ±2% (d) ±1%
02. A variable ‘w’ is related to three other
variables x, y, z as xy/z . The variables are
measured with meters of accuracy ± 0.5%
reading, ± 1% of full scale value and ± 1.5
% reading. The actual readings of the three
meters are 80, 20 and 50 with 100 being the
full scale value for all three. The maximum
uncertainty in the measurement of ‘w’ will be
(a) ± 0.5% rdg (b) ± 5.5% rdg
(c) ± 6.7% rdg (d) ± 7.0 rdg
03. The power in a 3φ, 3 wire load is measured
using two 100W full scale wattmeters W1
and W2. W1 is of accuracy Class ±1% and
reads 100W. W2 is of accuracy class ± 0.5%
and reads −50W. Find the uncertainty in the
computation of total power.
(a) ± 1.5% (b)± 0.5%
(c) ± 4% (d)± 3%
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04. Two 100 µA full scale PMMC meters are
employed to construct a 10 V and a 100 V
full scale voltmeter. These meters will have
figures of merit (sensitivities) as
(a) 10 kΩ/V and 10kΩ/V
(b) 100 kΩ/V and 10 kΩ/V
(c) 10 kΩ/V and 100 kΩ/V
(d) 10 kΩ/V and 1 kΩ/V
05. Two 100V voltmeters with sensitivities of
10KΩ/V and 20 KΩ/V are connected in series.
Then find the maximum voltage that we can
measure with this combination.
06. Three voltmeters are connected in series
across 120V DC supply as
(i) 100V and 5mA
(ii) 100V and 250Ω/V
(iii)100mA and 5KΩ
Then estimate the reading of each
voltmeter.
07. A wheat stone bridge is balanced with all
the four resistances equal to 1 kΩ each. The
bridge supply voltage is 100V. The value of
one of the resistance changes to 1010Ω. The
output voltage is measured with a voltage
measuring device of infinite resistance. Find
the bridge sensitivity.
(a) 10 V/Ω (b) 25 mV/Ω
(c) 2.5 mV/Ω (d) None
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08. A moving coil voltmeter has uniform scale
with 100 divisions; the full scale reading is
200V and 1/10 th of a scale division can be
estimated with a fair degree of accuracy.
Resolution of the instrument is
(a) 2V (b) 0.2 V
(c) 20 V (d) 200V
KEY for Practice Questions
01. (b) 02. (d) 03. (d) 04. (a)
06. (i)48 V, (ii)60 V, (iii)12 V 07. (b)
Basics of Electrical Instruments
01. The PMMC ammeter A in the adjoining figure
has a range of 0 to 3mA. When switch S1 is
opened, the pointer of the ammeter swings
to the 1mA mark, returns and settles at 0.9mA.
The meter is
S1
A decrease by 0.04% and 0.02% respectively
+ –
+ 1.8V 1.8k Ω
–
(a) Critically damped and has a coil
resistance of 100Ω
(b) Critically damped and has a coil
resistance of 200Ω
(c) Under damped and has a coil resistance
of 100Ω
(d) Under damped and has a coil resistance
of 200Ω
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02. Deflection torque of an ammeter varies as
square of the currant passing through it. If a
current of 5A produces a deflection of 90°,
what is the deflection for a current of 3A,
when the instrument is
i) spring controlled ii) gravity controlled.
KEY for Practice Questions
01. (d) 02. (i) 32.4º, (ii) 21.1º
05. 150V
08. (b)
Electromechanical Indicating Instruments
01. A d.c. voltmeter has a sensitivity of 1000 Ω/
volt. When it measures half full scale in 100
V range, the current through the voltmeter
is
(a) 100 mA (b) 1 mA
(c) 0.5 mA (d) 50 mA
02. In a PMMC instrument, the central spring
stiffness and the strength of the magnet
due to a rise in temperature by 1°C. With a
rise in temperature of 10°C, the instrument
reading will
(a) increase by 0.2%
(b) decrease by 0.2%
(c) increase by 0.6%
(d) decrease by 0.6%
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03. A periodic voltage waveform observed on 07. A 250 V MI voltmeter has a coil resistance
an oscilloscope across a load is shown. A of 500 Ω while inductance of 1H and series
permanent magnet moving coil (PMMC) resistance of 2 kΩ. What will be the value of
meter connected across the same load reads capacitance to be used the shunting the
v(t) series resistance to make the meter to read
correctly at 50 Hz.
10V
08. The resistances of two coils of a wattmeter
5V are 0.01 Ω and 1000 Ω respectively and both
are non-inductive. The load current is 20A
and the voltage across the load is 30V. In one
0 10 12 20
−5V time(ms) of the two way of connecting the voltage
coil, the error in the reading would be
(a) 0.1%, high (b) 0.2%, high
(a) 4 V (b) 5 V
(c) 0.15%, high (d) zero
(c) 8 V (d) 10 V

09. Two types of connections of wattmeter

04. What is the value of series resistance to be
pressure coil are shown in the figures. The
used to extend (0-200) V range voltmeter
value of the Wattmeter current coil resistance
having 2000Ω/V sensitivity to (0-2000) V range.
r, which makes the connection errors the
same in the two cases is
05. The inductance of a certain moving-iron
20A 20A
ammeter is expressed as
L  ;10  3   E H
2
10kΩ V V V=200V
4 10kΩ
where θ is the deflection in radians from the Load Load
zero position. The control spring constant is
Type 1 Type 2
25 × 10−6 Nm/radian. The deflection of the
pointer in radian when the meter carries (a) 0.05Ω (b) 0.1Ω
a current of 5A, is (c) 0.01Ω (d) 0.125Ω
(a) 2.4 (b) 2.0
(c) 1.2 (d) 1.0 10. A wattmeter is measuring the power
supplied to a circuit whose power factor is
06. A moving iron voltmeter has an inductance of
0.7. The frequency of the supply is 50 c/s.
0.6 H and a resistance of 2500 Ω for full scale
The wattmeter has a potential coil circuit of
deflection corresponding to 250 V. It is meant
resistance 1000 Ω and inductance 0.5 H. The
to operate on 50 Hz. What series resistance is
error in the meter reading is
required to increase the range to 500V?
(a) 4% (b) 8%
(c) 12% (d) 16%

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KEY for Practice Questions (a)

1
E I cos 1
2 11

01.(c) 02.(a) 03. (a) 04. 3.6MΩ 17
(b)   A
2 E1 I1 cos 1 E1 I3 cos 3 E1 I5
05. (c) 06. 2511Ω 07.0.1025 µF 08. (c)
17  A
(c)
09. (c) 10. (d) 2 E1 I1 cos 1 E3 I3 cos 3

17  A
(d)
2 E1 I1 cos 1 E3 I1 cos 1

Measurement of Power 03. The figure shows a three phase delta

connected load supplied from a 400V, 50Hz,
01. In the circuit shown in the given figure, the 3-φ balanced source. The pressure coil and
wattmeter reading will be current coil of a wattmeter are connected
Ph to the load as shown. With the coil polarities
suitably selected to ensure a positive
200 V (4+j3)Ω
1-φ supply deflection. The wattmeter reading will be.

N R a
CT 50/5A
3φ Z1 = 100Ω Z2 = 100Ω
supply
CC 400V c.c
50Hz Y
c
PC b
B p.c

(a)480 W (b)640 W (a) 0 (b) 1600 Watt

(c)800 W (d)1000W (c) 800 Watt (d) 400 Watt

04. A single phase load is connected between R

02. For the circuit shown in the figure, the voltage &Y terminals of 415 V, symmetrical, 3-φ, 4-wire
and current expressions are system with phase sequence RYB. Wattmeter
V (t)  E1 sin ]tg  E3 sin ]3tg and is connected in the system as shown in
figure. The p.f of the load is 0.8 lagging. The
i (t)  I1 sin _t  1 i  I3 sin _3t  2 i  I5 sin (5t)
wattmeter reading will be
The average power measured by the
W
wattmeter is R
i(t)

Z
0.8 PF LAG
+ L
Wattmeter O Y
V(t)
A
− D B
N

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05. The two-wattmeter method is
measure power in a 3-phase, 3-wire balanced
inductive circuit. The line voltage and line
current are 400V and 10A respectively. If the
load power factor is 0.866 lag, then reading
of the two wattmeters are
(a) 6000W and 0 W
(b) 5000W and 1000 W
(c) 4500W and 1500 W
(d) 4000W and 2000W
06. The ratio of the readings of two wattmeters
connected to measure power in a balanced
3-phase load is 5:3 and the load is inductive.
The power factor of load is
(a) 0.917 lead (b) 0.917 lag (a) 13.04%, slow (b) 13.04%. fast
(c) 0.6 lead (d) 0.6lag
07. A wattmeter reads 400W when its c.c is
connected in the R-phase and its pressure
coil is connected between this phase and the
neutral of a symmetrical 3-φ system supplying
a balanced star connected 0.8 pf inductive
load. The phase sequence is RYB. What will
be the reading of this wattmeter if its pressure
coil alone is reconnected between the B and
Y phases, all the other connections remaining
as before?
KEY for Practice Questions
01.(b) 02.(c) 03. (c) 04. −596.46W
05.(d) 06.(b) 07. 519.6VAR
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used to
Measurement of Energy
01. The meter constant of a single-phase 240V
induction watt-hour meter is 400 revolutions
per kWh. The speed of the meter disc for a
current of 10 ampere at 0.8 p.f. lagging will
be
(a) 12.8 rpm (b) 16.02 rpm
(c) 18.2 rpm (d) 21.1 rpm
02. A 230V, 10A, single-phase energy meter
makes 90 revolution in 3 minutes at half load,
rated voltage and unity PF. If the meter
constant is 1800 revolutions/KWh, then its error
at half load will be
(c) 15%, slow (d) 15%, fast
03. The voltage-flux adjustment of a certain
1-phase 220 V induction watt-hour meter is
altered so that the phase angle between
the applied voltage and the flux due to it 85°
(instead of this 90o). The errors introduced in
the reading of this meter when the current is
5 A at power factors of unity and 0.5 lagging
are respectively.
(a) 3.8 mW, 77.4 mW (b) −3.8 mW, −77.4 mW
(c) −4.2 W, −85.1 W (d) 4.2 W, 85.1 W
04. A d.c A-h meter is rated for 15A, 250V. The
meter constant is 14.4 A-sec/rev. The meter
constant at rated voltage may be expressed
as
(a) 3750 rev/kWhr (b) 3600 rev/kWhr
(c) 1000 rev/kWhr (d) 960 rev/kWhr
KEY for Practice Questions
01.(a) 02.(a) 03. (c) 04. (c)
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Bridge Measurement of R, L & C
(a) RV RV
E (b) E − V

01. In a measurement of resistance by substitution (c) ER−22VV (d) E RV

method, a standard 0.5MΩ resistor is used.
The galvanometer has a resistance of 10 kΩ
and gives deflections as follows:
(i) with standard resistor, 41 divisions
(ii) with unknown resistance, 51 divisions
Find the unknown resistance
(a) 0.4 MΩ (b) 0.5 MΩ
(c) 0.6 MΩ (d) 0.7 MΩ
02. In the bridge given in figure, the reading of
the high impedance voltmeter is
20Ω 10Ω
+ 2V
04. A length of cable is tested for insulation
resistance by the loss of charge method. An
electrostatic voltmeter of infinite resistance is
connected between the cable conductor
and earth, forming a joint capacitance of
600 pF. It is observed that after charging, the
voltage falls from 250V to 92 V in 1 minute.
Calculate the insulation resistance of the
cable.
(a) 1100 x 109 Ω (b) 200 x 109 Ω
(c) 100 x 109 Ω (d) 400 x 109 Ω

V 05. A Schering bridge is used for measuring the

power loss in dielectrics. The specimens are
10Ω 20Ω I1 in the form of discs 0.3 cm thick and have a
dielectric constant of 2.3. The area of each
+ − electrode is 314 cm2 and the loss angle is
known to be 9 for a frequency of 50 Hz. The
10V
fixed resistor of the network has a value of
(a) zero (b) 6.66V 1000 Ω and the fixed capacitance is 50 pF.
(c) 4.20V (d) 3.33V Determine the values of the variable resistor
and capacitor required.
03. The resistance values of the bridge circuit
shown in fig are R1=R2 = R3 = R and R4 = R+∆R. 06. In the Maxwell bridge as shown in given figure,
The bridge is balanced by introducing a small the values of resistance Rx and inductance Lx
voltage V. The value of ∆R is of a coil are to be calculated after balancing
R1 R2 the bridge. The component values are shown
in the figure at balance. The values of Rx and
G Lx will respectively be
V
R4 R3

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wire has 1mm scale divisions and it is possible

LX to read upto 1/5 of a division. The instrument
2000Ω
RX is standardized with 1.018V standard cell with
D sliding contact at the 101.8cm mark on scale.
∼ Calculate working current and resistance of
0.05µF
750Ω series rheostat.
4000Ω (a) 5mA, 200Ω (b) 6mA, 100Ω
(c) 4mA, 250Ω (d) 6.8 mA, 103Ω

(a) 375Ω, 75mH (b) 75Ω, 150mH 04. A simple slide wire is used for measurement of
(c) 37.5Ω, 75mH (d) 75Ω, 75mH current in a circuit. The voltage drop across
a standard resistor of 0.1Ω is balanced at
75cm. Find the magnitude of the current if
the standard cell emf of 1.45V is balanced at
KEY for Practice Questions
50cm.
01.(a) 02.(d) 03. (c) 04.(c) (a) 20A (b) 21.75A
05.R4=4.26kΩ; (c) 21A (d) 22.75A
06.(a)
C4=0.118 µF

05. In the potentiometer circuit shown in Fig.

Potentiometers & Instrument Transformer balance is obtained. The unknown Ex is
then 200Ω 3.2V
01. When a potentiometer is used for
measurement of voltage of an unknown
200Ω 2800
source, the power consumed in the circuit of
Ω
the unknown source under null conditions is
(a) very high (b) high
G
(c) small (d) ideally zero ↑
Ex 200Ω
Rg = 100 Ω
02. A potentiometer may be used for…
(a) 200 mV (b) 2.8 mV
(a) measurement of resistance
(c) 3.0 V (d) 400 mV
(b) measurement of current
(c) calibration of ammeter
06. A wire potentiometer of length 11 m and
(d) All of the above
resistance 1 Ω/m balances a standard cell
voltage of 1.018 V at a length of 10 m 18
03. A basic slide wire potentiometer has a
cm. If the voltage of the battery supplying
working battery voltage of 3 V with negligible
the current through the potentiometer is
internal resistance. The resistance of the slide
2.0 V, then the value of the series resistance
wire is 400Ω and its length is 200cm. A 200cm
connected to the potentiometer is
scale is placed along the slide wire. The slide

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(a) 9 Ω (b) 90 Ω
(c) 900 Ω (d) 990 Ω

KEY for Practice Questions

01.(d) 02.(d) 03. (a) 04. (b)
05.(a) 06.(a)

(a) 5V, 1ms (b) 5V, 2ms

Cathode Ray Oscilloscope
(c) 7.5V, 2ms (d) 10V, 1ms

01. An oscilloscope is operated with line setting 03. A C.R.O is operated with X and Y settings of
of 0.5ms/div and vertical setting of 100mv/ 0.5 ms/cm and 100mV/cm. The screen of the
div. Two cycles of sine wave is observed on C.R.O is 10cm x 8 cm (X and Y). A sine wave
the screen which occupies 8.8 horizontal of frequency 200 Hz and r.m.s amplitude of
divisions and 4.6 vertical divisions. Then, the 300 mV is applied to the Y-input. The screen
rms voltage and frequency of sine wave will show
respectively are __________ (a) one cycle of the undistorted sine wave
(a) 162.6 mV, 227 Hz (b) Two cycles of the undistorted sine wave
(b) 162.6 mV, 455 Hz (c) one cycle of the sine wave with clipped
(c) 325.3 mV, 227 Hz amplitude
(d) 325.3 mV, 455 Hz (d) two cycles of the sine wave with clipped
amplitude
02. The time/div and voltage/div axes of an
oscilloscope have been erased. A student 04. A symmetrical square wave of frequency 25
connects a 1 kHz, 5V p-p square wave kHz and peak-to-peak amplitude of 10V is fed
calibration pulse to channel-1of the scope to Y-input of a single channel Oscilloscope.
and observes the screen to be as shown in The screen appears as shown in figure. Then
the upper trace of the fig. An unknown signal the x and y sensitivities and the trigger settings
is connected to channel-2 (lower trace) respectively are:
volt
of the scope. If the time/div and on
div
both channels are the same, the amplitude
(p-p) and period of the unknown signal are
respectively

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(a) 5 µs/cm, 2V/cm and +Ve slope order to display correctly, a delay line of
(b) 5 µs/cm, 2V/cm and –Ve slope (GATE-17-S1)
(c) 10 µs/cm, 1V/cm and +Ve slope (a) 150 ns has to be inserted into the
(d) 20 µs/cm, 2V/cm and –Ve slope y-channel
(b) 150 ns has to be inserted into the
05. A sinusoidal signal of frequency 2 kHz is x-channel
applied to the x – deflection plates and saw (c) 150 ns has to be inserted into both x and
– tooth of frequency 1 kHz is applied to the y y channels
– deflection plates of a C.R.O. The waveform (d) 100 ns has to be inserted into both x and
display on the screen will be. y channels

09. List – I represents the phase differences, List–

(a) (b)
II represents the figures obtained on a CRO
screen when the voltage signals Vx = Vxm sin
ωt and Vy = Vym sin (ωt + Φ) are given to its X
and Y plates respectively and Φ is changed.
(c) (d) Choose the correct value of Φ from List – I to
match with the corresponding figure of List –
II.
List – I List – II
06. A dc voltage of 1 V is applied to the X – plates (a). Φ = 0 1.
to a CRO and an ac voltage 2sin100 t is
applied to the Y–plates. The resulting display
on the CRO screen will be a
(a) Vertical straight line
(b) Horizontal straight line (b). Φ = π /2 2.
(c) Sine wave
(d) Slant line

07. A voltage signal V(t) = A + B sin ωt is fed to (c). π < Φ < 3π /2 3.
an Oscilloscope with the coupling mode set
to DC, other settings being appropriate. The
displayed wave can be expressed as
(a) A + B sin ωt (b) B sin ωt
(c) A (d) |A+B sin ωt| (d). Φ = 3π /2 4.

08. The slope and level detector circuit in a CRO

has a delay of 100 ns. The start-stop sweep
generator has a response time of 50 ns. In

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5. and other settings are exactly the same for

both the channels, what would be observed
if the oscilloscope is operated in x-y mode?
(a) A circle of unit radius
6. (b) An ellipse
(c) A parabola
(d) A straight line inclined at 45° with respect
to the x-axis.
Codes:
A B C D KEY for Practice Questions
(a) 1 3 6 5
01. (b) 02. (c) 03. (c) 04. (b) 05. (a)
(b) 2 6 4 5
(c) 2 3 5 4 06. (a) 07. (a) 08. (a) 09. (d) 10. (b)
(d) 1 5 6 4 11. (d)

10. A screen pattern oscillogram, shown in the

given figure is obtained when a sine-wave Digital Voltmeter
signal of unknown frequency is connected
01. The type of A/D converter normally used in a
to the vertical input terminals, and at the
1
3 digit multi meter is
same time, a 600 Hz sine-wave voltage is 2
connected to the horizontal input terminals (a) Dual – Slope integrating type
of an oscilloscope. What is the value of (b) Voltage to frequency converter type
unknown frequency? (c) Flash (or parallel) type
(d) Successive approximation type

Vertical 1
02. A 3 digit, 2V full scale, dual slope DVM is
axis 2
used to measure a time varying voltage
V(t) = (1+1sin100πt)V. Then, the DVM indicates
(a) 1.999V (b) 1.414V
Horizontal axis (c) 2.000V (d) 1.000V

(a) 300 Hz (b) 400 Hz 03. A 4 12 digit DMM has the error specification as
(c) 600 Hz (d) 900Hz 0.2% of reading +10 counts. If a dc voltage
of 100 V is read on its 200V full scale. The
11. Two in-phase 50Hz sinusoidal waveforms of maximum error that can be expressed in the
equal amplitudes are fed into channel-1 reading is
and channel-2 respectively of oscilloscope, (a)± 0.1% (b) ± 0.2%
Assuming that the voltage scale, time scale (c) ± 0.3% (d) ± 0.4%

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10. In a digital voltmeter, ‘over-ranging’ implies

1
04. A digital voltmeter has 4 digit display. The that
2
1V range can read up to (a) the next four digits are switched on
(b) 1/2 digit is switched off
(a) 1.0000V (b) 1.1111V (c) 1/2 digit is switched on
(c) 0.9999V (d) 1.9999V (d) an over– range indicator starts glowing

05. A digital voltmeter has a read- out range from

KEY for Practice Questions
0 to 9999 counts. When full scale reading is
01. (a) 02. (d) 03. (c) 04. (d) 05. (d)
9.999 V, the resolution of the full scale reading
is 06. (b) 07. (c) 08. (a) 09. (b) 10. (c)
(a) 0.001 (b) 1000
(c) 3 digit (d) 1 mV
Q-Meter
06. A 4-digit DVM (digital voltmeter) with a
100mV lowest full-scale range would have a 01. A reading of 120 is obtained when a standard
sensitivity of how much value while resolution inductor was connected in the circuit of
of this DVM is 0.0001? a Q-meter and the variable capacitor is
(a)0.1mV (b) 0.01mV adjusted to a value of 300 pF. A lossless
(c) 1.0mV (d) 10 mV capacitor of unknown value Cx is then
connected in parallel with variable capacitor
1 and the same reading was obtained when
07. A 3 digit digital voltmeter has an internal
2
reference of 200mV. It’s full scale count and the variable capacitor is readjusted to a
resolution are value of 200 pF. The value of Cx in pF is
(a) 2000 and 1mV (a) 100 (b) 200
(b) 4000 and 0.1mV (c) 300 (d) 500
(c) 2000 and 0.1mV
(d) 4000 and 1mV 02. A coil with a resistance of 10 Ω is connected
in direct measurement mode of Q-meter.
1 Resonance occurs when the oscillator
08. The resolution of 4 digit DVM in 10V range
2
is frequency is 1MHz and resonating
(a) 1mV (b) 10mV capacitance is set at 65 pF. Then, the
(c) 4mV (d) 0.001mV magnitude of percentage error introduced in
measurement of Q by insertion resistance of
1 0.02Ω is
09. Assertion (A): The resolution of 3 digit
2
voltmeter is 0.001. (a) 0.5% (b) 0.2%
1 (c) 0.02% (d) 0.1%
Reason (R): Addition of digit to a digital
2
voltmeter increases the range of the meter

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03. The Q-meter works on the principle of 07. A Q-meter is supplied with an oscillator having
(a) a mutual inductance a 500 mV output voltage. While testing an
(b) self inductance unknown inductor, the voltage across the
(c) series resonance variable capacitor of the Q-meter, measured
(d) parallel resonance by a digital voltmeter, is obtained as 10 V. The
Q-factor of the inductor is
04. A very low – loss coil is tested with a Q – meter (a) 5 (b) 10
and the distributed (self) capacitance of (c) 20 (d) 0.05
the coil is found to be 820 pF. Resonance
occurred at an angular frequency of 106 08. A coil is tuned to resonance at 500 kHz with a
rad/sec, with a capacitance of 9.18 nF. The resonating capacitance of 360pF. When the
inductance of the coil is frequency raised to 1MHz, the resonance is
(a) 100pH (b) 100µH obtained at 72pF
(c) 100nH (d) 10mH (i) The distributed capacitance of the coil is
(a) 288pF (b) 36pF
05. Figure shows a circuit which has a coil (c) 24pF (d) 216pF
of resistance ‘R’ and inductance ‘L’. At (ii) The self inductance of the coil is
resonance, the Q-factor of the coil is given (a) 264µH (b) 24µH
by (c) 280mH (d) 36mH
R L

V0
09. In a Q-meter, a small resistance R is added
to the series resonance circuit to inject the
oscillatory voltage to the circuit. If Rs is the
V C
apparent series resistance of the circuit at
resonance, then the value of the actual Q will
be equal to
1
(a) observed Q R
V − V0 V0 1+R
(a) V (b) V s

(b) observed Q b1 + R l
V0 − V V R
(c) (d)
V V0 s

1
(c) observed Q. R
06. A coil is tuned to resonance of 500 kHz with +
1 Rs
a resonating capacitor of 36 pF. At 250 kHz,
(d) observed Q b1 + Rs l
R
the resonance is obtained with resonating
capacitors of 160 pF. What is the self –
capacitance of the coil?
(a) 2.66 pF (b) 5.33 pF
(c) 8 pF (d) 10.6 pF

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 13 Objective Practice Questions

10. The true value of Q of a coil is 245 and the

measured value is 244.5. Then, the ratio of
resonating capacitance in Q-meter circuit to
distributed capacitance of coil is
(a) 0.002 (b) 2.045
(c) 489 (d) 4.80

KEY for Practice Questions

01. (a) 02. (b) 03. (c) 04. (b) 05. (b)
06. (b) 07. (c) 08. (i) (c) (ii) (a)
09. (b) 10. (c)

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