Basic Electrical and Electronics and

Measurement Engineering
Lecture Notes, Study Materials and Important questions answers

Subject : Basic Electrical and Electronics and

Measurement Engineering
UNIT I ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS ANALYSIS
1. DC Circuits and Ohm’s Law - Answer (click here)
2. AC Circuits and Kirchhoff’s law - Answer (click here)
3. Steady State Solution of DC Circuits and Problems based on ohm’s law -
Answer (click here)
4. Introduction to AC Circuits - Answer (click here)
5. Star Delta transformation - Answer (click here)
6. Electrical Instruments and Classification of instruments - Answer (click
here)
7. Damping Torque and Classification of Damping Damping Torque -
Answer (click here)
8. Permanent Magnet Moving Coil Instruments(PMMC) - Answer (click here)
9. Operating Principles of Moving Iron Instruments Ammeters and
Voltmeters - Answer (click here)
10. Dynamo meter type watt meter - Answer (click here)
11. Single phase Energy meter - Answer (click here)
12. Important Short Questions and Answers: Electric Circuits and
Measurements - Answer (click here)

REFER
1. Electrical Circuits - Answer (click here)
2. Basic Electrical Measurments - Answer (click here)

UNIT II ELECTRICAL MACHINES

1. Construction of DC Machines - Answer (click here)
2. Principle of Operation of D.C. Machines - Answer (click here)
 3. DC Generator E.M.F Equation - Answer (click here)
4. Types of DC Generator - Answer (click here)
5. DC Generator Characteristics - Answer (click here)
6. Application of DC Generator - Answer (click here)
7. How DC motors work? - Answer (click here)
8. Principles of DC motor Operation - Answer (click here)
9. Classification and Types of DC Motor - Answer (click here)
10. Basic Equations and Applications of DC Motor - Answer (click here)
11. Construction, Principle of Operation of Single Phase Transformer -
Answer (click here)
12. Basic Equations and Applications of Single Phase Transformer - Answer
(click here)
13. EMF Equation of Transformer - Answer (click here)
14. Transformer on No Load and Load - Answer (click here)
15. Equivalent Circuit of Transformer - Answer (click here)
16. Voltage Regulation of Transformer - Answer (click here)
17. Construction, Principle of Operation and Starting methods of Single
phase induction Motor - Answer (click here)
18. Types of Single phase induction Motor - Answer (click here)
19. Important Short Questions and Answers: Basic Electrical Mechanics -
Answer (click here)

REFER
1. DC Generator - Answer (click here)
2. DC Motor - Answer (click here)
3. Transformer - Answer (click here)
4. Induction motors - Answer (click here)

UNIT III UTILIZATION OF ELECTRICAL POWER

1. Merits and Advantages of electric traction - Answer (click here)
2. Requirements of an ideal traction system - Answer (click here)
3. AC and DC Supply Systems in Electric Traction or System of Track -
Answer (click here)
4. Mechanics of train movement - Answer (click here)
5. Traction motors and control - Answer (click here)
6. Electric braking - Answer (click here)
7. Recent trends in electric traction - Answer (click here)
8. Track Equipment and Current Collecting System - Answer (click here)
9. Important Short Questions and Answers: Electric Drives and Traction -
Answer (click here)
10. Illumination: Introduction - Answer (click here)
11. Importance of lighting - Answer (click here)
12. Properties of good lighting scheme - Answer (click here)
13. Laws of illumination - Answer (click here)
14. Classification of light sources or lamps - Answer (click here)
15. High Pressure Mercury Vapour Lamp - Answer (click here)
16. Incandescent lamp - Answer (click here)
17. Gaseous discharge lamps - Answer (click here)
18. Sodium Vapour Lamp - Answer (click here)
19. Fluorescent Lamp - Answer (click here)
20. Lighting Calculations - Answer (click here)
21. Design of lighting system - Answer (click here)
22. Types of Lighting - Answer (click here)
23. Industrial Luminaries - Answer (click here)
24. Road Lighting - Answer (click here)
25. Flood Lights - Answer (click here)
26. Glare Evaluation - Answer (click here)
27. Interior Lighting - Answer (click here)
28. Sports Lighting - Answer (click here)
29. Energy Efficient Lighting : LED and CFL - Answer (click here)
30. Important Short Questions and Answers: Illumination - Answer (click here)
31. Electric Heating Introduction - Answer (click here)
32. Role electric heating for industrial applications - Answer (click here)
33. Requirement of Heating Material - Answer (click here)
34. Advantage of Electric Heating - Answer (click here)
35. Mode of Heat Transfer - Answer (click here)
36. Classification of Methods of Electric Heating - Answer (click here)
37. Resistance Heating: Types, Advantages, Application - Answer (click here)
38. Induction heating: Types, Advantages, Application - Answer (click here)
39. Dielectric heating: Advantages, Application - Answer (click here)
40. Electric arc furnaces: Advantages, Application - Answer (click here)
41. Introduction to electric welding - Answer (click here)
42. Types of electric welding - Answer (click here)
43. Resistance welding - Answer (click here)
44. Arc welding - Answer (click here)
45. Welding Generator - A.C Supply - Answer (click here)
46. Welding Transformer - Answer (click here)
47. Laser Beam Welding - Answer (click here)
48. Important Short Questions and Answers: Industrial Heating and Welding
- Answer (click here)
49. Solar Radiation and Solar Energy Collectors - Answer (click here)
50. Solar Spectrum - Answer (click here)
51. Solar Constant - Answer (click here)
52. Solar Radiation at the Earth’s Surface - Answer (click here)
53. Solar Radiaion Geometry - Answer (click here)
54. Solar Radiation Data - Answer (click here)
55. Physical Principles of the Conversion of Solar Radiation Into Heat -
Answer (click here)
56. Flat Plate Collectors: Principle, Components, Types - Answer (click here)
57. Transmissivity of the Cover System on Flat Plate Collectors - Answer
(click here)
58. Overall Loss Coefficient and Heat Transfer Correlations - Answer (click
here)
59. Flat Plate Collector Efficiency Factor - Answer (click here)
60. Concentrating Collectors - Answer (click here)
61. Concentrating Collectors: Definitions - Answer (click here)
62. Types of Concentrating Collectors - Answer (click here)
63. Thermal Analysis of Concentrating Collectors - Answer (click here)
64. Advantages and Disadvantages of Concentrating Collectors - Answer
(click here)
65. Cylindrical Parabolic Concentrating Collector - Answer (click here)
66. Performance Analysis of Cylindrical Parabolic Concentrating Collector -
Answer (click here)
67. A Grid Tie Inverter for Solar PV System - Answer (click here)
68. Important Short Questions and Answers: Solar Radiation and Solar
Energy Collectors - Answer (click here)
69. Wind Energy - Answer (click here)
70. Basic Principles of Wind Energy Conversion - Answer (click here)
71. Wind Energy Conversion - Answer (click here)
72. Site Selection Consideration For WECS(Wind Energy Conversion) -
Answer (click here)
73. Types of Wind Turbines - Answer (click here)
74. Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines (HAWT): Schematic Structure,
Advantage, Disadvantages - Answer (click here)
75. Vertical Axis Wind Turbines(VAWT): Schematic Structure, Advantage,
Disadvantages - Answer (click here)
76. Darrieus Wind Turbine: Detail, Advantage, Disadvantages - Answer (click
here)
77. Savonius wind turbine: Schematic Structure, Advantage, Disadvantages
- Answer (click here)
78. Classification Of WECS (Wind Energy Conversion) - Answer (click here)
79. Structure and components of wind mill - Answer (click here)
80. Analysis of Aerodynamic Forces Acting on the Blade - Answer (click here)
81. Performance of Wind Machines - Answer (click here)
82. Important Short Question and Answers: Wind Energy - Answer (click here)

UNIT IV ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS

1. Binary Number System - Answer (click here)
2. The Binary Number System - Answer (click here)
3. Converting Between Binary Numbers and Decimal Numbers - Answer
(click here)
4. Hexadecimal Numbers - Answer (click here)
5. Binary Coded Decimal Numbers - Answer (click here)
6. Logic Gates - Answer (click here)
7. Boolean Algebra - Answer (click here)
8. Adder - Answer (click here)
9. Flip Flop - Answer (click here)
10. Counters: Synchronous Counter and Asynchronous Up Down Counter -
Answer (click here)
11. Analog to Digital Conversion(ADC) - Answer (click here)
12. Digital to Analog Converter(DAC) - Answer (click here)
13. Important Short Question and Answers: Digital Electronics - Answer (click
here)
14. Types of signal: Analog signal and digital signal - Answer (click here)
15. Principles of Amplitude modulation - Answer (click here)
16. Principle of frequency modulation - Answer (click here)
17. Block diagram of radio - Answer (click here)
18. Block diagram of television transmitter - Answer (click here)
19. Microwave communication - Answer (click here)
20. Satellite communication - Answer (click here)
21. Optical fiber communication - Answer (click here)
22. Important Short Question and Answers: Foundamentals of
Communication Enginnering - Answer (click here)
23. Technical terms in Basic Electrical and electronics - Answer (click here)

REFER
1. Combinational Logic Circuits - Answer (click here)
2. Multiplexer and De-multiplexer - Answer (click here)
3. The Digital Encoder - Answer (click here)
4. Binary Adder and Subtractor - Answer (click here)
5. The Digital Comparator - Answer (click here)
6. Parity Generator and Checker - Answer (click here)
 7. Comparison with other logic families - Answer (click here)
8. Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) - Answer (click here)
9. Sequential Logic Circuit - Answer (click here)
10. SR, JK and Master-Slave JK Flip-Flop - Answer (click here)
11. Data Latch - Answer (click here)
12. synchronous and counter - Answer (click here)
13. Shift Registers - Answer (click here)
14. Fundamentals of Communication Engineering - Answer (click here)

UNIT V ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT

1. D.C and A.C Bridges - Answer (click here)
2. Wheatstone bridge(Null-type, D.C. bridge) - Answer (click here)
3. Deflection-type D.C. bridge - Answer (click here)
4. Null-type impedance A.C bridge - Answer (click here)
5. Maxwell bridge: Definition, Circuit Diagram, Explanation, Advantages
and Disadvantages - Answer (click here)
6. Schering Bridge: Definition, Circuit Diagram, Explanation, Advantages -
Answer (click here)
7. Hay Bridge: Definition, Circuit Diagram, Explanation, Advantages and
Disadvantages - Answer (click here)
8. Wien bridge: Definition, Circuit Diagram, Explanation, Advantages -
Answer (click here)
9. Transformer Ratio Bridges & Self-Balancing Bridges - Answer (click here)
10. Transducers - Answer (click here)
11. Classification of Electrical Transducers - Answer (click here)
12. Advantages and Disadvantages of Electrical Transducers - Answer (click
here)
13. Characteristics of Transducer - Answer (click here)
14. Transducer Selection Factors - Answer (click here)
15. Resistance Transducers - Answer (click here)
16. Resistance Thermometers: Construction, Advantages, Limitations -
Answer (click here)
17. Thermistors: Construction, Advantages, Limitations - Answer (click here)
18. Capacitive Transducers and its Application - Answer (click here)
19. Inductive Transducers - Answer (click here)
20. Digital Transducers - Answer (click here)
21. Static and Dynamic Characteristics of Measurement - Answer (click here)
22. Errors in Measurement - Answer (click here)
23. Strain gauge: Principle of Working, Materials Used, Applications -
Answer (click here)
24. Capacitive Transducers - Answer (click here)
25. Piezo electric transducer - Answer (click here)
26. Variable Inductive Transducers: LVDT and RVDT - Answer (click here)
27. Important Short Questions and Answers: Basics of Measurement and
Instrumentation - Answer (click here)
28. Digital Voltmeter (DVM) - Answer (click here)
29. Digital Multi Meter (DMM) - Answer (click here)
30. Storage oscilloscope - Answer (click here)
31. Wheat stone bridge and Kelvin’s double bridge - Answer (click here)
32. Q-Meter - Answer (click here)
33. Important Short Questions and Answers: Analog and Digital Instruments
- Answer (click here)

REFER
1. D.C and A.C Bridges - Answer (click here)
2. Wheatstone bridge(Null-type, D.C. bridge) - Answer (click here)
3. Deflection-type D.C. bridge - Answer (click here)
4. Null-type impedance A.C bridge - Answer (click here)
5. Maxwell bridge: Definition, Circuit Diagram, Explanation, Advantages
and Disadvantages - Answer (click here)
6. Schering Bridge: Definition, Circuit Diagram, Explanation, Advantages -
Answer (click here)
7. Hay Bridge: Definition, Circuit Diagram, Explanation, Advantages and
Disadvantages - Answer (click here)
8. Wien bridge: Definition, Circuit Diagram, Explanation, Advantages -
Answer (click here)
9. Transformer Ratio Bridges & Self-Balancing Bridges - Answer (click here)
10. Digital Voltmeter (DVM) - Answer (click here)
11. Digital Multi Meter (DMM) - Answer (click here)
12. Storage oscilloscope - Answer (click here)
13. Wheat stone bridge and Kelvin’s double bridge - Answer (click here)
14. Q-Meter - Answer (click here)
15. Important Short Questions and Answers: Analog and Digital Instruments
- Answer (click here)