Magnetism, Sensor, Transducer and Electrical Machine

1. Function of transducer is to convert

(a)Electrical signal into non electrical quantity
(b)Non electrical quantity into electrical signal
(c)Electrical signal into mechanical quantity
(d)All of these

Answer: (b)

2. Potentiometer transducers are used for the measurement of

(a)Pressure
(b)Displacement
(c)Humidity
(d)Both (a) and (b)

Answer: (d)

3. Thermistor is a transducer. Its temperature coefficient is

(a)Negative
(b)Positive
(c)Zero
(d)None of these

Answer: (a)

4. Strain gauge is a
(a)Active device and converts mechanical displacement into a change of resistance
(b)Passive device and converts electrical displacement into a change of resistance
(c)Passive device and converts mechanical displacement into a change of resistance
(d)Active device and converts electrical displacement into a change of resistance

Answer: (c)

5. The transducer used for the measurements is/are

(a)Resistance temperature detectors
(b)Thermistors
(c)Ultrasonic
(d)All of these

Answer: (d)

6. If at one end, the two wires made of different metals are joined together then a voltage will get
produced between the two wires due to difference of temp between the two ends of wires. This effect is
observed in
(a)Thermocouples
(b)Thermistors
(c)RTD
(d)Ultrasonic
Answer: (a)

7. CRO gives the visual representation of time varying signals. The display of the signal is
(a)One dimensional
(b)Two dimensional
(c)Three dimensional
(d)Four dimensional

Answer: (b)

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8. Principally CRO is a
(a)Ammeter
(b)Voltmeter
(c)Wattmeter
(d)Watt-hour meter

Answer: (b)

9. A piezo-electrical crystal generates voltage when subjected to ____ force.

(a)Electrical
(b)Mechanical
(c)Gravity
(d)All of the above

Answer: (b)

10. When the current flowing through a wire reverses direction, the magnetic field around the wire
(a)Does not change
(b)Increases
(c)Disappears
(d)Reverses direction

Answer: (d)

11 What should be the core of an electromagnet?

(a)soft iron
(b)hard iron
(c)rusted iron
(d)none of above

Answer: (a)

12. No force acts on a current carrying conductor when it is placed-

(a)perpendicular to the magnetic field
(b)parallel to the magnetic field
(c)far away from the magnetic field
(d)inside a magnetic field

Answer: (b)

13. When a coil rotated in magnetic field the induced current in it -

(a)remains same
(b)becomes zero
(c)becomes maximum
(d)continuously changes

Answer: (d)

14. Metal detectors installed at airports and other places for security purpose are based on the principle
of -
(a)electromagnetic induction
(b)electromagnetic difference
(c)potential difference
(d)potential energy

Answer: (a)

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15. AC generator works on the principle of electromagnetic Induction.
(a)True
(b)False

Answer: (a)

16. What is electromagnetic induction?

(a)The process of charging a body
(b)The process of rotating a coil of an electric motor.
(c)Producing induced current in a coil due to relative motion between a magnet and the coil
(d)The process of generating magnetic field due to a current passing through a coil.

Answer: (b)

17. The area of hysteresis loss is a measure of:

(a)Magnetic Flux
(b)Permeance
(c)MMF per cycle
(d)Energy loss per cycle

Answer: (d)

18. Eddy current losses in electrical machines is not part of iron losses
(a) True
(b) False
Answer: (a)

19. Eddy currents can be reduced by laminating the magnetic core in electrical machines.
(a) False
(b) True

Answer: (b)

20. Eddy Current loss depends on the following:

(a)only flux density
(b)only frequency
(c)both frequency and flux density
(d)neither frequency and flux density

Answer: (c)

21. The most likely cause(s) of sparking at the brushes in a d.c. machine is /are
(a) open coil in the armature
(b) defective interpoles
(c) incorrect brush spring pressure
(d) all of the above

Answer: (d)

22. If motor is disconnected from supply, final temperature reached will be the ambient temperature
(a) true
(b) false

Answer: (a)

23. Size of motor is decided by

(a) load
(b) current

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(c) heat produced in motor
(d) torque

Answer: (c)

24. A transformer transforms

(a) frequency
(b) voltage
(c) current
(d) voltage and current

Answer: (d)

25. Which of the following is not a basic element of a transformer?

(a) core
(b) primary winding
(c) secondary winding
(d) mutual flux.

Answer: (d)

26. The main purpose of using core in a transformer is to

(a) decrease iron losses
(b) prevent eddy current loss
(c) eliminate magnetic hysteresis
(d) decrease reluctance of the common magnetic circuit.

Answer: (d)

27. Transformer cores are laminated in order to

(a) simplify its construction
(b) minimise eddy current loss
(c) reduce cost
(d) reduce hysteresis loss.

Answer: (b)

28. A transformer having 1000 primary turns is connected to a 250V AC. supply. For a secondary voltage
of 400V the number of secondary turns should be
(a) 1600
(b) 250
(c) 400
(d) 1250

Answer: (a)

29. A step-up transformer increases

(a) voltage
(b) current
(c) power
(d) frequency

Answer: (a)

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30. The sole purpose of a commutator in a d.c. Generator is to
(a) increase output voltage
(b) reduce sparking at brushes
(c) provide smoother output
(d) convert the induced a.c. into d.c.

Answer: (d )

31. In a d.c. generator, the generated e.m.f. is directly proportional to the

(a) field current
(b) pole flux
(c) number of armature parallel paths
(d) number of dummy coils

Answer: (b)

32. In a d.c. motor, undirectional torque is produced with the help of

(a) brushes
(b) commutator
(c) end-plates
(d) both (a) and (b)

Answer: (d)

33. The counter e.m.f. of a d.c. motor

(a) often exceeds the supply voltage
(b) aids the applied voltage
(c) helps in energy conversion
(d) regulates its armature voltage

Answer: (c)

34. The mechanical power developed by the armature of a d.c. motor is equal to
(a) armature current multiplied by back e.m.f.
(b) power input minus losses
(c) power output multiplied by efficiency
(d) power output plus iron losses

Answer: (a)

35. A d.c. motor can be looked upon as d.c. generator with the power flow
(a) reduced
(b) reversed
(c) increased
(d) modified

Answer: (b)

36. The speed of a d.c. motor can be controlled by varying

(a) its flux per pole
(b) resistance of armature circuit
(c) applied voltage
(d) all of the above

Answer: (d)

37. While plugging d.c. motors, .................connections are reversed

(a) supply
(b) armature

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(c) field
(d) both armature and field

Answer: (b)

38. During rheostatic braking of a d.c., motor,

(a) its field is disconnected from the supply
(b) its armature is reverse-connected
(c) it works as a d.c. generator
(d) direction of its field current is reversed.

Answer: (c)

39. During regenerative braking of electric motors, they are

(a) disconnected from the supply
(b) reverse-connected to the supply
(c) made to run as generators
(d) made to stop

Answer: (c)

40. How can eddy current loss be minimized ?

(a)By using copper core
(b) By using solid core
(c) By laminating the core
(d) None of above
Answer: (c)

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