ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING QUESTIONS

1.A piece of paper lies on a table 2 m away from a point directly below a bulb of 100 cd and is 4 m.
above the table. Calculate the illumination on the center of the paper lux.
5.2
6.7
*4.5
3.4

2.An unshaded lamp is 6 m above the table. It is lowered down by 2 m. By how much is the illumination
on the table increased/
2.0 times
*2.25 times
2.50 times
None of these

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3.A medium unshaded lamp hangs 8 m directly above the table. To what distance should it be lowered
to increase the illumination to 4.45 times its former value?

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4.02 m
3.86 m

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4.An unshaded lamp is placed 95 cm from the screen of a photometer. If a glass is placed between the
screen and the lamp, the lamp must be moved 5 cm closer to the screen to produce the same
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illumination as before. The glass blocks what percent of the light produced by the lamp?
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11.5%
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*10.2%
12.4%
9.08%
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5.A floodlight emitting 25,000 candelas in the center of its beam is aimed at to a point on the
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ground 20 meters away. The illumination of the point lux is

54.12
62.5
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6.An unknown lamp placed 6 m from a photometer screen provides the same illumination as a 90-cd
lamp placed 4 m from the screen. What is the candlepower of the unknown lamp?
*202.5 cd
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215.2 cd
211.6 cd
208.4 cd

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 7.Two lamps A and B having intensities of 300 cp and 500 cp respectively are situated 12 ft. apart. A
screen is placed between them in order that the illuminations on any sides are equal. How much is this
illumination?
11.45 fc
*10.92 fc
12.45 fc
13.15 fc

8.A light is to be placed on a wall in order to obtain maximum brightness of illumination. To achieve this
brightness, how high on the wall should this light bulb be placed to appoint on the floor that is 36 m
from the wall?
*2.54 m
2.25 m
2.08 m
2.86 m

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9.Two lamps x and y are hanged at a distance of 20 ft between their centers and 10 feet above the

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working surface. Lamp x gives 140 cp while lamp y gives 230 cp. At what distance from a point directly

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below lamp A on the line joining their centers will the two lamps give equal amount of illumination?

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8.22 ft.

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*8.34 ft.
8.05 ft.
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8.72 ft.

10.A 100-cd lamp, which emits light uniformly in all direction, is suspended 2.5 m above the center of
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the working table, which is 3 m square. Calculate the illumination at each corner of the table.
29.56 lux
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26.63 lux
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24.94 lux
*28.38 lux
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11.A lamp of 500-cd is placed at the center of a room, 20 m x 10 m 5 m. Calculate the illumination in
each corner of the floor.
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*0.83 lux
0.81 lux
0.78 lux
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0.98 lux
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12.Four lamps are suspended 6 m above the ground at the corners of a lawn 4 m on each side. If each
lamp emits 250 cd, calculate the illumination at the center of the lawn.
*20.56 lux
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22.34 lux
21.62 lux
19.85 lux

13.A lamp 500 cd power is placed at the center of a room, 20 m x 10 m x 5 m. Calculate the illumination
in a point in the middle of a 10 m wall at a height of 2 m from the floor.
4.75 lux

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 *4.98 lux
4.69 lux
4.88 lux

14.Luminaires of 2000 lumens output will be installed in a room. The desired illumination is 200 foot-
candle. The coefficient of utilization is 0.45 and maintenance factor is 90%. Determine the number of
luminaires needed if the size of the room is 120 m 2.

*30
28
32
36

15.A hall 35 m x 20 m is to be provided with a general illumination of 130 lux. If the depreciation factor
is 1.4 and the coefficient of utilization is 0.50, determine the number of fluorescent lamp required.
Assume luminous efficiency of the fluorescent tube as 50 lumens per watt for 80-watt lamp.

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65 lamps

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*64 lamps

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16.A hall 3 m long and 12 m wide is to be illuminated and the illumination required is 50 meter-candles.
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Calculate the number of lamps required taking a depreciation factor of 1.3 and utilization coefficient of
0.5 given that the output of the lamp to be used is rated 100 W, 1615 lumens.
30
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*29
28
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27
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17.A room 20 m x 10 m is to be illuminated by eight lamps and the average illumination is to be 50

lumens per square meter. If the utilization factor os 0.48 and depreciation factor 1.2, calculate the mean
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spherical power per lamp.

*249 cp
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255 cp
235 cp
224 cp
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18.It is required to provide an illumination of 150 meter-candle in a factory hall 45 m x 15 m. Assume

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that the depreciation factor is 0.80, coefficient of utilization is 0.40 and efficiency of the lamp is 20
lumens per watt. Calculate the number of 250 W lamps.
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62
*63
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19.The illumination of a room is being designed. The data as follows:

Room length = 30 ft Room width = 20 ft

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 Coefficient of utilization = 0.6 Maintenance factor = 70%
Required foor-candle = 50 Lumens per lamp = 3300
Watt per lamp = 53 Voltage = 220
Power factor = 75%

What is the total current of the lamp required to satisfy the requirement?
21 A
15 A
*7 A
25 A

20.The floor area of a room is 10 meters by 10 meters. The desired illumination level is 150 lux. Assume
the coefficient of utilization is 0.51, the maintenance factor is 0.95 and in the market a fluorescent
luminaires provide 1200 lumens output of light. Determine the number of luminaires needed for the
room.
24 lamps

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25 lamps

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1.A deep well pumps water into an open reservoir at the rate of 100 gpm. The water table is 200 ft
below the output pipe. The system has an overall efficiency of 70%. What shall be the minimum hp of
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the pump?
5.3 hp
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8.7 hp
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12.4 hp
*7.2 hp
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2.A pump requires 100 hp to move water with a specific gravity of 1.0 at a certain flow rate to a given
elevation. What horsepower does the pump require if the flow rate and elevation condition are the
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same but the fluid pumped has a specific gravity of 0.8?

*80 hp
100 hp
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60 hp
120 hp
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3.An electric motor is used to pumped water from a well 40 ft deep. The amount of water pumped per
hour to the ground level is 237,000 gallons. What is the Hp of the motor assuming there is no power
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loss?
43 hp
42 hp
41 hp
*40 hp

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 4.A pump, driven by 440 V, 3-phase induction motor lifts 1,100 cubic feet of water per minute against a
total head of 100 ft of water. The efficiency of the pump and that of its motor are 0.75 and 0.92
respectively. The power factor of the motor is 0.9. Calculate the cost of operating the pump for 24 hours
a day duty when power cocts P0.30 per kW-hr.
P 1,723
P 2,035
*P 1,619
P 1,905

5.A natural waterfalls, 50 meters high, consistently discharge 1.3 m 3 per second. A mini hydroelectric
plant is to be constructed at the bottom of the waterfalls. Calculate the electric generator kW rating,
assuming 90% mechanical to electrical conversion efficiency and water turbine design efficiency of 70%.
*401.72
410.55
420.42
425.10

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6.A water plant gets water from a dam from a height of 122.45 m at the rate of 1000 cubic meters per

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minute, if the output of the plant is 15,000 kW, what is the plant efficiency

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80%

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70%
*75%
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65%

7.Calculate the current taken by the motor at 440 V having an efficiency of 90%. Moreover the motor is
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used to drive a pump, which lifts 240,000 kg of water per hour to a height of 30 meter. The pump is
given to be 80% efficient.
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58 A
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75 A
83 A
*62 A
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8.A three-phase motor driven pump at 1,800rpm is discharging 500 gpm of water at a head of 25
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meters. The pump efficiency is 75%. Determine the hp of the motor.

15 hp
12 hp
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*14 hp
10 hp
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9.A hydroelectric station has a turbine efficiency of 80% and a generator efficiency of 85%. Determine
the volume of water required when delivering a load of 40 MW for 6 hours if its effective head is 120 m.
Water weighs is 1200 kg/m3.
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*899,424 m3
945,352 m3
845,041 m3
905,412 m3

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 10.A hydroelectric power plant is to be constructed. The place has an annual rainfall of 190 cm.The
available catchment area is 250 sq.km with an available head of 30 meters. On the average, only 85% of
the rainfall can be collected in and 70% of the impounded water is available for power. Assuming
turbine and generator efficiencies of 80% and 92% respectively, what will be the average power
generated.
2,637.5 kW
1,732.7 kW
*1,941.2 kW
2,063.8 kW

11.A 100 MW hydroelectric station is supplying full load for 10 hrs. in a day. Calculate the volume of
water, which has been used. Assume effect effective head of the water as 200 m and the overall
efficiency of the station as 80%. Assume 1 m3 of water = 1000 kg.
2,232,435 m3
*2,293,560 m3
2,345,456 m3

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12.A farmer has a small stream on his property, which he thinks might supply enough power to light his

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farm load. The stream was found to be flowing at 0.05 m 3/sec. The available fall is 5 m. A small hydraulic

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turbine and generator will have a combined efficiency of 75%. Assuming a transmission line efficiency of

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82%, how many 50-W lamps can be served by the generator simultaneously?
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28 lamps
32 lamps
36 lamps
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*30 lamps
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13.A waterfall is 60 meters high. It discharges at a constant rate of 1.0 cubic meter per second. A mini-
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hydro-electric plant is to be constructed below the waterfalls. The turbine efficiency is 80% and the
generator efficiency is 95%. Calculate the kW output of the generator.
*447.34 kW
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464.22 kW
457.27 kW
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471.30 kW

14.Maria Cristina falls is located at south has a height of 10 meters, it discharges at constant rate 2.5
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m3/sec. National Power Corporation has construct a hydroelectric plant below the water falls. If the
turbine efficiency is 70% and generator efficiency is 90%, calculate the annual energy in kW-hr, if the
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discharge rate is constant throughout the year. Assume specific gravity constant.
*13,534,857
13,467,546
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13,655,654
13,504,231

15.A natural waterfall, 50 meter high, consistently discharges 1.3 m 3 per second. A mini hydroelectric
plant is to be constructed at the bottom of the waterfalls. Calculate the annual energy in kW-hr that can
be generated by the power plant. Assume the turbine and generator efficiencies equal to 70% and 90%,
respectively.

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 *3,519,067
3,462,356
3,612,212
3,345,815

16.A water turbine operating at 85% efficiency is under a head of 100 m. If the constant discharge is
1000 gal/sec, evaluate the operating speed of the turbine.
640 rpm
*654 rpm
636 rpm
608 rpm
17.A mini-hydroelectric power plant is under a head of 275 feet. The turbine efficiency is 0.85 and the
generator efficiency is 0.80 If the turbine speed is limited to 450 rpm, calculate the generator kW
output.
3402
*3948

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18.A power plant gets water from a dam from a height of 100 meter at the rate of 1000 cubic meter per

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minute. If the overall efficiency of the plant is 75%, what is the kW output of the plant?
7,550 kW
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15,250 kW
*12,262.5 kW
5,250 kW
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19.A power plant consumes 100,000 pounds of coal per hour. The heating value of the coal is 12,000
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BTU per sound. The overall plant efficiency is 30%. What is the kW output of the plant?
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*105,487 kW
205,000 kW
142,500 kW
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175,000 kW
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20.A power plant has a fuel consumption of 1 pound per kW-hr generated. Determine the heating value
of the fuel used in BTU per pound. The overall efficiency of the plant is 36%
10,000
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*9,480.5
9,800
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10,050
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