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42. One advantage of distributing the winding in alternator is to
{ reduce harmonics C. reduce the amount of copper
(B-7 improve voltage wave form D. decrease the value of the voltage

43. A dc shunt motor running at 1,200 rpm has armature resistance of 0.15 O. The current taken by the
armature is 60 A when the applied voltage is 220 v. lf the load is increased by 30%, find the variation in
the speed.
A. 1,040 rpm B. 1,162 rpm C. 1,110 rpm (Dt,ta+ rpm
44. The capacitance between any two conductors of a three-phase, three-conductor cable is 2 UF. The
cable operates at 11 kV line voltage and 50 HZ. What is the charging cuffent through the cable
capgg;itance?
(4)7.e8 A B. 3.99 A c.6.91 A D. 13.82 A

45. The per unit reactances of a synchronous generator are )fu = 1, )Q' = 0.35, and ft" = 0.25. The
generator supplies a 1.0 per unit load at 0.8 power factor lagging. Calculate the voltage behind the
subtransient reactance.
A. 1.79 pu B. 1.24 pu @ t.rz pu D. 1.59 pu

46. A serles RLC oircuit has a Q of 5 at its resonance frequency of 100 kHZ. Assuming the power
dissipation of the circuit is 100 w when drawing a current of 0.8 A, determine the capacitance C of the
circglt.
@) z.u nr B. 2.32 nF C. 3.02 nF D. 2.54 nF

47. An iron ring of circular cross-section of 5 x 10{ m2 has a mean circumference of 2 m. lt has a saw.cut
of 2 x 10* m length and is wound with 800 turns of wire. Determine the exciting cunent when the flux in
the air gap is 0.5 x 10- Wb. Given ;.rr of iron = 600 and leakage factor is 1.2. Assume areas of air gap
and iron are same.
A. 2.95 A B. 3.95 A c. 4.95 A @s.ss n
48. A 50 hp, 440 v, 60 HZ, 3-phase motor operates at full-load with an efficiency of 89% and power factor
of 0.85 lagging. Determine the capacitance in pf per phase of a wye-connected capacitor bank to be
connected across the motor terminals to improve the powtsr factor to 0.gS lagging.
A. 148 167 c. 188 D.210
49. lmpurities ln an electrolyte can cause an internalsllgrt circuit condition called
A. depolarization B. electrolysis @locataction D. polarization

50. A dc constant voltage source feeds a resistance of 2,000 k() in serles with a 5 pF capacitor. Find the
time taken for the capacitor when the charge retained will be decayed to 50% of the initial value, the
voltqge source being short circuited.
@)6.931 sec B. 9.316 sec C. 3.961 sec D. 1.396 sec

51. A resistance of 40 ohms and inductance of 79.6 mH are connected in parallel across a24A v, 60 HZ ac
supply. Find the total curent in amperes.
A. 11 B. 12 @to D. 14

52. A 230 v, 3-phase source supplies a balanced delta connected load with impedance of 8 - i6 ohms per
phase. Calculate the line cggent in amperes.
A. 33.1 €,)39.8 C,26.5 D. 29.3

53. Three unbalanced 3-phase currents are given as follows:

la= 10 Z-90" A, 16 = 0 and lr= 10l-1s0' A. Find lcr,
Q)l.u Zlso" a B. g.u l-180" A c. 9.34 lzto, A D. g.u Z-19s" A

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34. Two straight parallel wires 2 m long and 3 mm apart canies a current of A in opposite direction.
Calculate the force between these conductors.
A. 8.25 x 104 N B. 8.7s x 10{ N c. B.3g x 1o-3 N
@ a.so x 1o-3 N