Electrical Engineering Department

Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg

Question Bank- Basic Electrical & Electronics Engineering
4 / 2 Marks Questions
15 Ohm
1. What is leakage flux? Show that the value of
leakage co-efficient is always greater than or
20 Ohm 10 Ohm 25 Ohm
equal to unity.
2. Write three differences between Magnetic 10 Amp
100 Volt 5 Ohm
circuit and Electric circuit.
3. What is fringing in magnetic circuit? Show
that the magnetic flux density in the air gap is
less than that of iron part due to fringing. 2. An alternating current of frequency 60 Hz has a
4. What do you mean by core loss in a magnetic maximum value of 120 Amp. Write down the
core? equation for its instantaneous value. Reckoning
5. State and explain Superposition Theorem. time from the instant the current is zero and
Write its limitations. becomes positive. Find:
6. Explain hysteresis loss and eddy current loss.  The instantaneous value after 1/360 sec.
7. Explain ideal and practical voltage source and  The time taken to reach 96 Amp for the first
current source. time.
8. Why inductance and capacitance are not
considered in steady state dc circuit?
9. Show that in nodal analysis the number of 3. Determine the current through 4 ohm resister by
simultaneous equations required is (N-1), using Superposition theorem.
where N denotes the number of nodes.
10. State and explain Kirchhoff’s laws.
10 Ohm
11. Write the similarities between Magnetic circuit
and Electric circuit.
2 Ohm 1Ohm
12. Explain average value and effective value of
2Ohm 2A
an alternating current and give their 30V 20V 4 Ohm
expressions.
13. Determine the RMS value of complex voltage
given by 4. Determine the voltage V so that the power
𝑣(𝑡) = 50 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜔𝑡 consumed by 4 Ohm resistor is zero.
+ 20 cos(𝜔𝑡 − 300 )
+ 30sin(𝜔𝑡 + 600 ) 10Volt

8Volt

4 Ohm 3 Ohm
8 Marks Questions
1. Determine the current through 5 Ohm resister by
2 Ohm 1 Ohm
Mesh analysis and verify it by Nodal analysis.

V 5 Ohm

1
5. Determine the form factor of the voltage shown
below.

10. Determine the form factor of waveform as

shown in figure

6. Define with suitable diagram: Alternating

quantity, Waveform, Amplitude, Instantaneous
value, Time period, Phase, Phase difference,
Angular Velocity. 11. Compute the current through 9 ohm resistor by
7. A rectangular iron core shown in figure has a applying superposition theorem and then
mean length of magnetic circuit 100cm, calculate the power consumed by it.
cross-section of 2cmХ2cm & relative
permeability of 1450. A cut of size 5mm has
been made in the core. The 3 coils A, B & C
on the core have number of turns 335, 600&
600 respectively. The respective currents
flowing are 1.5A, 4A & 3A. The direction of
currents are as shown belo. Find the air gap 12. Determine the average and effective values of
flux, neglecting fringing of flux. the voltage shown.

8. Determine the form factor of half-rectified sine

wave as shown in figure

13. Determine the voltage across terminals A and B

in the shown network using Superposition
theorem.
A
40 Ohm 4 Ohm
9. Find the current flowing through 10 ohm resistor
by using Nodal analysis method:-
10 Ohm 2.5 Amp
15 Volt

12 Volt
B
2
14. A ring has a diameter of 21 cm and a cross 18. Using super position theorem , Calculate
sectional area of 10 cm2 . The ring is made up of current I in the circuit given figure below
semicircular sections of cast iron and cast steel
with each joint having reluctance equal to an air
gap of 0.2mm. Find the MMF required to
produce a flux of 8× 10−4 wb. The relative
permeabilities of cast steel and cast iron are 800
and 166 respectively. Neglect fringing and
leakage effects.
15. Determine the current through 15 Ω resistance in 19. A ring shaped core shown in figure below is
the circuit shown using nodal voltage method. made of a material having relative
permeability of 1000. The flux density in the
15 Ohm
smallest area of cross-section is 2T. If current
flowing through the coil is not to exceed
30 Volt 10 Volt
1.5A, compute the number of turns of coil.
20 Volt
5 Ohm

10 Ohm

20 Ohm

16. Calculate power loss across 4 Ω resistor

using Mesh analysis in figure below 20. Calculate current supplied by each battery
using mesh analysis in figure below

21. Calculate current through each branch using

17. Calculate Current in each branch using Node nodal analysis figure below
Voltage in figure below