G.K. Practice Test: Question Set - 03
1. The cells are connected in series to
- (A) Increase
the current output
- (B) Increase the
voltage output
- (C) Decrease
the internal resistance
- (D) Decrease
the amount of charging voltage required
2. A floating battery is one
- (A) Which
is getting charge
- (B) Which
is feeding load
- (C) In
which battery, voltage is equal to charger voltage
- (D) Which gets
charged and discharged simultaneously
3. The sparking at the brushes in the D.C generator is attributed to
- (A) Quick
reversal of current in the coil under commutation
- (B) Armature
reaction
- (C) Reactance
voltage
- (D) High
resistance of the brushes
4. The transformers is not used in the D.C line because
- (A) There is no
need to step up the D.C voltage
- (B) Losses in
the D.C circuit are high
- (C) Faraday’s
low is not valid as the rate of change of flux is zero
- (D) D.C
transformers are costly
5. The purpose of laminating a transformer core is
- (A) Difficulty
of fabricating solid core
- (B) Laminated
core provides high flux density
- (C) Avoid eddy
current and hysteresis losses
- (D) Increase the
main flux
6. The mechanical power developed by the D.C motor is maximum when back e.m.f is equal to
- (A) Applied
voltage
- (B) Zero
- (C) Half the
applied voltage
- (D) Twice the
applied voltage
7. A series motor at no load develops
- (A) Zero speed
- (B) Average
speed
- (C) Rated speed
- (D) Infinite
speed
8. In the case of D.C shunt motor, the torque with increase in speed will
- (A) Increase
linearly
- (B) Decrease
linearly
- (C) Increase
parabolically
- (D) Remain
unchanged
9. If the supply terminals of D.C shunt motor are interchanged, then
- (A) Motor will
stop
- (B) Motor will
run at its normal speed in the same direction as it was running
- (C) The
direction of rotation will reverse
- (D) Motor speed
will increase
10. In the case of D.C shunt generator, as the load current increases, the terminal voltage
- (A) Decreases
gradually slightly from a maximum value
- (B) Increases
linearly from zero
- (C) Decreases
linearly from maximum to zero
- (D) Remain
constant
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