OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS (MCQ)- 4MARKS MODULE-I (7 minutes)

1. If an ideal voltage source and an ideal current source is connected in

series, what are the properties of the combination?
(a) The same as a voltage source
(b) The same as a current source
(c) Different from either a voltage source or a current source
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2. When ideal arbitrary current sources are connected in series, which of
the following is true?
(a) The currents add, irrespective of whether the individual sources are
constant valued or are functions of time
(b) This is not permitted, connection violates KCL
(c) Neither is true
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3. The graph associated with an electrical network having 7 branches and 5
nodes, the number of KCL Equations and the number of KVL equations
are:
(a) 2 and 5
(b) 5 and 2
(c) 4 and 3
(d) 3 and 4
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4. In a network graph having e edges and v vertices, edge currents are
expressed as linear combination of ------------------ chord currents.
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5. The branch currents can be expressed as linear combination of the chord

currents, Ib=-Q11IC. The converse is true provided ------------- exists.
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6. The incidence matrix of a given network is given as
1 2 3 4 5 6

1 0 0 1 -1 0

0 1 0 -1 1 -1
 0 0 1 0 0 1

The parallel branches in the graph are

(a) 3 and 5
(b) 4 and 5
(c) 3 and 6
(d) none of them
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7. For a given network, the incidence matrix is given as
1 2 3 4 5 6

1 0 0 1 -1 0

0 1 0 -1 1 -1

0 0 1 0 0 1

The series branches in the graph are

(a) 3 and 4
(b) 3 and 5
(c) 3 and 6
(d) none of them
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8. The number of chords in the graph of the given circuit is

(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6

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