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B.TECH
(SEM-II) MODEL PAPER 2022-23
Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering
(Model Paper 2)

Time: 3 Hours Total Marks: 70

Note: 1. Attempt all Sections and assume any missing data.
2. Appropriate marks are allotted to each question, answer accordingly.

Section A

1 Answer all parts with brief Explanation. (2*7) =14

a) State the limitation of Ohm’s Law.
b) A 4 pole dc generator is running at 1500 rpm. The frequency of current in the armature is..
c) A Circuit R = 10 Ω L= .05 H C= 10µf .calculate Q- factor of the Circuit.
d) On what factor do the resistance of a conductor depends?
e) What is role of commutator in DC machine?
f) Write short note Form Factor & Peak Factor
g) Define Active and Passive elements.

Section B

2 Answer any three part of this Section. (3*7) =21

(a) Find the current in 5 ohms resistance using mesh analysis.

(b) A 20 kW, 200 V shunt generator has an armature resistance of 0.05 and shunt field resistance
of 200. Calculate the power developed in armature when it delivers rated output .
(c) Find the RMS value, average value and form factor of the given waveforms.

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(d) A two element series circuit is connected to an a.c. voltage source of V= 200 sin 377 t V. The
current drawn by the circuit is 8 sin (377t-30˚) A. Determine
a).Total impedance
b).Power factor
c).Circuit parameters
d). P,Q,S.
 Section C
3. Attempt any one part of the following: 7 X 1= 7
(a) Derive the expression of EMF in DC generator. What are the different types of DC
machines? Give the applications of DC generators.
(b) Why a single phase induction motor is not self starting? Explain method to start it.

4. Attempt any one part of the following: 7 X 1= 7

(a) Explain the working principle of three phase induction motors. Define slip. Draw torque
slip characteristics of three phase induction machine .
(b) A 4 pole shunt generator with lap connected armature has field and armature resistance of
80 Ω and 0.1 Ω respectively. It supplies power to fifty 100V, 60W lamps. Calculate the
armature current and generated e.m.f . Allow a contact drop of 1V per brush.

5. Attempt any one part of the following: 7 X 1= 7

(a) The armature resistance of a 200 V dc shunt motor is 0.12 ohm. It runs at 600 r.p.m. at
constant load torque and draws a current of 21 ampere. Calculate its new speed if the field
current of the motor is reduced by 10%.
(b) A series R‐ L‐ C circuit has R=10 ohm, L=0.1 H, and C= 8 microfarad Determine (i)
resonant frequency (ii) Q‐ factor of the circuit at resonance (iii) power factor.

6. Attempt any one part of the following: 7 X 1= 7

(a) Shown that in 3-φ star connected system the line voltage is time of phase voltage.
(b) Three similar coils each of resistance 30 ohm and inductance 0.07 H are connected in delta
to a 3 phase 400 V 50 cycle supply. Calculate (a) phase current (b) Line current (c) power
factor of the circuit (d) power absorbed.

7. Attempt any one part of the following: 7 X 1= 7

(a) What is the importance of earthing. Explain any one type of earthing?
(b) The maximum efficiency of a 100 kVA, 1100/440 volt,50 Hz transformer is 96%. This
occurs at 75% of full load at 0·8 pf lagging. Find the efficiency of transformer at:-
a. (a).3/4 F.L at 0·6 p.f. leading
b. (b).full load at unity power factor
c. (c). 50% of full load 0.6 p.f. lagging