1.

Unlike DC generator kW rating, alternators are rated in

kVA

2.The diameter of high speed turbo alternators are compared to hydroelectric

ones are
smaller because speed is high

3.If the driving power from the prime mover driving an alternator is lost but the
alternator remains connected to the supply network and field supply is on, then
the alternator will
behave as a synchronous motor and will rotate in the same direction

4.An exciter for a generator is a

shunt generator

5.In an alternator short circuit current is limited by

the unsaturated synchronous impedance

6.An alternator is said to be over excited when it is operating at

leading power factor

7.Two alternators are running in parallel. if the field of one of the alternators is
adjusted it will
change its power factor

8.Distribution the armature winding of alternator is more than one number of

slots per pole per phase results in
economy of materials used in winding

9.A stationary alternator should not be connected to a live bus-bar because it

will get short circuited
10.When the speed of alternator increases the frequency
increases

11.For a 3-phase winding with 5 slots per pole and with coil span of 12 slot pitch,
the value of pitch factor is
0.951

12.Voltage regulation of an alternator is usually

much higher than that of a power transformer

13.Which of the following prime mover is least efficient

steam engine

14.Which fractional pitch will eliminate the seventh harmonic from the voltage
waveform of an alternator
6/7

15.When two alternators are running in parallel, their kVAR load share and kW
load share are changed by changing their
excitation, driving torque respectively

16.The frequency of voltage generated in large alternators is

50Hz

17.Alternators, now a days, are designed to have poor regulation because

it limit the value of short circuit current

18.In an alternator, the armature reaction will be completely magnetizing in case

the load power factor is
zero leading

19.Regulation of an alternator supplying leading load

sometimes positive and sometimes negative depending upon load and power factor
20.Due to which of the following - reasons concentrated winding are not used in
alternators?
concentrated windings require deep slots for accommodation which leads to increased armature
leakage and reactance

21.The speed of a salient pole machine is nearly

500rpm

22.Alternator of a central power station will have

revolving field winding

23.Which of the following relays come into operation in the event of the failure of
prime-mover connected to the generator?
reverse power relay

24.Modern 3-phase alternator of a central power station will be generated

voltage of
11kV

25.In order to reduce the harmonics in the emf generated in an alternator

all of the above

26.For the alternators operating in parallel, if the load shared by one of them is to
be increased, its field excitation is
to be kept constant but input torque should be increased

27.When two alternators are running in exact synchronism, the synchronizing

power will be
zero

28.In an alternator, for a coil having a span of 2/3 pole pitch, the coil span factor
will be
0.866

29.In which coil the harmonic component of the generated emf will be more?
full pitch coil
30.An alternator running in parallel with other alternators all having automatic
voltage regulators is to be taken off the bus. The usual procedure before opening
the switch is to
reduce the power fed to the prime mover

31.Fleming's left hand rule may be applied to an electric generator to find out
direction of
induced emf

32.The number of poles in turbo-alternator is usually

2

33.Excessive windage loss and noise occur with

salient pole rotors

34.High speed alternators have rotor construction

of non-salient pole

35.Due to which of the following reasons, for aircraft alternators high frequency is
used?
to reduce the bulk

36.A commercial alternator has

stationary armature and rotary field

37.If the space flux distribution is non-sinusoidal, emf induced in the distributed
winding
will be more sinusoidal than flux distribution

38.The regulation of an alternator is

increase in terminal voltage when load is thrown off

39.Turbo rotor is made up of

solid steel forging having milled slots for field winding
40.For a coil having a span of 2/3 or pole pitch, the coil span factor is
0.866

41.In synchronous machine, if the field flux axis is ahead of the armature field axis
in the direction of rotation, the machine is working as
synchronous generator

42.Alternators are usually designed to generate

definite currents

43.In air-crafts, alternators have operating frequency of

50Hz

44.Steam-turbo-alternator are much smaller in size that water-turbine-alternator

for a given output. This is because
steam-turbo-alternators are build with smaller capacities

45.The regulation of an alternator is likely to be negative in case of

leading power factor of the load

46.In an alternator field the effect of cross magnetization is to make the output
non-sinusoidal

47.Where the terminal voltage of an alternator falls on throwing of the load, it

indicates that the load is purely
inductive

48.In turbo-alternators, smooth cylindrical type rotors used have long axial length
because
number of armature conductors being less, they have to be necessarily long for generating the
required voltage

49.In an alternator, the stator frame serves

as a return path for the flux
50.The Poter's triangle separates the
armature leakage reactance and armature reaction mmf

51.In alternators the standard practice, now a days is to have

rotating field

52.The standard practice, now a days in alternators is to have

rotating field

53.If the input to the prime mover of an alternator is kept constant but the
excitation is increased, then
kVA will be lagging

54.Alternator are usually designed to

definite frequencies

55.Salient pole rotors are used where

low and medium speed prime movers are available

56.Zero power factor method for an alternator is generally used to determine

voltage regulation of the alternator

57.Which of the following methods is best for finding the voltage regulation?
Potier triangle method

58.The fictitious part of synchronous reactance takes cares of

armature reactance

59.In case of turbo-alternator the rotor is usually made of

forged steel

60.Voltage regulation obtained by synchronous impedance method is

more than that given by actual tests
61.An infinite bus bar has
constant frequency and constant voltage

62.In huge alternators the moving part is

poles

63.In an alternator, when the load power factor is unity

none of the above

64.The maximum current that can be supplied by an alternator depends on

speed of the exciter

65.Damper winding on alternator results in all the following except

increase instability of machine

66.What kind of rotor is most suitable for turbo-alternators which are designed to
run at high speed?
non-salient poly type

67.Generated emf for same field current and double speed will be
double

68.Hydrogen is used in large alternators mainly to

cool the machine

69.A lower voltage alternator, for the same power rating, will be
larger is size

70.An alternator coupled to which prime mover will usually have the highest
rotating speed?
steam turbine

71.In a cylindrical rotor how much portion of the rotor is wound?

two third
72.Alternators mostly work on rotating field type principles which is different
from dc machine where the field is stationary therefore the alternators
work on Faraday's Law

73.For a given output steam turbo-alternator are much smaller is size than water
turbine alternator because
steam turbo-alternators run at high speed

74.In an alternator, the flux created by the armature mmf substract directly from
the main flux for the following conditions of the load
load power factors is zero lagging

75.In an alternator the armature reaction is mainly influence by

the power factor of the load

76.In a large generator, dampers

increase stability

77.Dirt accumulation in generators can cause

all of the above

78.The speed of an alternator is changed from 3000rpm to 1500rpm. The

generated emf/phase will become
half

79.In an alternator short pitch coils are used

to reduce the harmonic in generated emf

80.An exciter is a nothing but a

60 degrees

81.In power generating stations (Thermal stations) usual number of poles

employed in the armature ae
none of the these
82.An alternator is capable of delivering power at a particular efficiency. The
frequency can be increased by
increasing the armature speed

83.Salient pole type rotors as compared to cylindrical pole type are

large in diameter and smaller in axial length

84.Overheating of generator's winding

reduce life of the machine

85.Which of the following is a prime mover?

steam turbine

86.The slip rings employed in a three-phase alternators in hydro-station are

insulated for
low voltage

87.The advantage of salient poles in an alternator is

adaptability of low and medium speed operation

88.The dark and bright lamp method is used for

synchronizing

89.The permissible duration for which a generator of rated frequency 50Hz run at
46Hz is
one second

90.In an alternator, pitch factor is the ratio of the emf of

short pitch coil to full pitch coil

91.When a three-phase alternator supplies capacitive load, armature reaction flux

will be
helping the main magnetic field
92.In an alternator zero power factor method is used to find the
voltage regulation

93.In case of alternator, the stator frame serves

as a turn path of the flux

94.Which of the following prime mover is the least efficient?

steam engine

95.In an alternator the voltage of field system is usually

less than 200V

96.The voltage applied to the field of a rotating cylindrical rotor type of

alternators
low dc voltage

97.Synchronous impedance method of finding voltage regulation of an alternator

is called pessimistic method because
it gives regulation value higher than is actually found by direct loading

98.The rotor preferred for alternators applied to hydraulic turbines are

salient pole type

99.If the steam supply of an alternator running in parallel with another identical
alternator is increased keeping its excitation constant, then
it will supply greater portion of the load

100.If the voltage of one of the two machines running in synchronism is suddenly
increased
synchronizing torque will be produce to restore further synchronism