Section B

total Marks for section B 50

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2. All questions to be answered.
3. There shall be no negative marks
4. All questions Carry equal marks
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1 Three distinct coins are tossed together . Find the probability of getting at most D
two heads
a. b) 1/6 c) d) 7/8

2 The number of terms in the expansion of [ (a +3b)2(a -3b)2 ] 2

when simplified are C
a. 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) 7

3 Successive discounts of 10% and 20 % are equivalent to a single discount of A

a) 28 % b) 15 % c) 72 % d) 30%

4 The arithmetic mean of 12 numbers is 45. One number is excluded the mean is 46. B
Find the excluded number
a. 90 b) 34 c) 46 d) 56

The Length of a Certain Conductor of Resistance 100 Ohms is Doubled and its Cross D
5 Section area is Halved. Its New Resistance is
a) 100 Ohms
b) 200 Ohms
c) 500 Ohms
d) 400 Ohms
6 A piece of Graphite has a Cross Sectional Area of 10 mm 2 .Its resistance is 0.1 Ohm and D
its Resistivity is 10X108 m.Its Length is
a) 10 Kms
b) 10 cms
c) 10 mm
d) 10 m
7 A Nickel coil has a Resistance of 13 Ohms at 50 0 C. If the Temperature Coefficient I of B
Resistance at 0 0 C is 0.006/ 0 C.The Resistance at 00C is
a) 16.9 Ohms
b) 10 Ohms
c) 43.3 Ohms
d) 0.1 Ohms
DC Machines
8 At a certain speed and Flux the voltage generated by a DC Generator is 230 Volts.If the C
speed is increased by 20% and the flux is decreased by 10 % ,the voltage will be
 a) Increased by 10 %
b) Reduced by 20 %
c) Increased by 8 %
d) Decreased by 8 %
Speed control of DC
9 The Armature resistance of a DC motor is 0.5,the supply voltage is 200 V and the back B
e.m.f is 196 V at full speed. The armature current is
a) 4 A
b) 8 A
c) 400 A
d) 392 A
10 A DC motor having full load Speed of 750 rpm and Speed regulation of 10% will have a A
228 No Load speed of
a) 825 rpm
b) 675 rpm
c) 800 rpm
d) 700 rpm
11 A 400 V DC Shunt Motor takes 5 A at no load. R a=0.5 Ohms, Rf=200 Ohms. What is the A
233 ratio from no load to full load when the DC Shunt Motor takes 50 A at full load.
188 a) 0.94
b) 0,8
c) 0.6
d) 0.4
12 A 220 V DC shunt Motor is operating at a speed of 1440 rpm. The armature resistance A
338 is 1 Ohm and the Armature current is 10 A. If the Excitation of the machine is reduced
P193 by 10 %,the extra resistance to be put in the armature circuit to maintain the same
speed and Torque will be
a) 1.79 ohms
b) 2.1 ohms
c) 3.1 ohms
d) 18.9 ohms
13 A 240 V,DC shunt Motor draws 15 Awhile supplying the rated load at a speed of 80 D
335 Radians/sec.The Armature resistance is 0.5 Ohms.The field winding Resistance is 80
P193 ohms.The net voltage across the armature resistance at the time of Plugging will be
a) 6 V
b) 234 V
c) 240 V
d) 474 V
Losses in DC Machines
14 The Armature Resistance of a Permanent Magnet DC Motor is 0.8 Ohms.At No load A
P198 the motor draws 1.5 A from a supply voltage of 25 V and runs at 1500 rpm.The
efficiency of the motor while it is operating on load at 1500 rpm drawing a current of
3.5 A from the same source will be
a) 48 %
b) 57.1 %
c) 59.2 %
d) 88.8 %
15 Two DC shunt machines 200 kW are tested by Hopkinsons test. The Power input would C
465 be of the order of
P a) 200 kW
199 b) 100 kW
c) 35 kW
d) 10kW
AC Machines
16 A single phase transformer has a maximum efficiency of 90 % at full load and unity p.f. D
113 Efficiency at Half Load at the same power factor will be.
247 a) 86.7% b)88.26% c)88.9% d) 87.8%
17 A 500 kVA Transformer has constant loss of 500 w and copper losses at full load are A
108 2000 Watts.Then at what load is the efficiency maximum?
P247 a) 250 kVA b)500 kVA c)1000 kVA d) 125 kVA
21 The full Load copper Loss of a Transformer is 1600 W. At half Load the copper loss will D
be
a) 6400 W
b) 1600 W
c) 800 W
d) 400 W
18 The presence of a dominant seventh harmonic in the winding distribution of a 3 phase D
284 ,6 pole,50 Hz induction motor may cause the motor to crawl at a speed of about
a) 750 rpm b) 500 rpm c)242 rpm d) 143 rpm
19 A copper wound distribution transformer is tested for temperature rise and readings A
noted are as below
Cold resistance measured at 30 degree ambient is 2.7 ohms
Hot resistance measured at 30 degree ambient is 3.00 ohms .The Temperature Rise
Is
a) 29.44 b) 129 c) 35 d) 55
20 An aluminium wound distribution transformer is tested for temperature rise and C
readings noted are as below
Cold resistance measured at 25 degree ambient is 5.0 ohms
Hot resistance measured at 30 degree ambient and temperature rise is found as 40
degree, the hot resistance is
a) 10 Ohms b) 7.5 Ohms c) 5.9 Ohms d) 6.5 Ohms
21 What is the rotor loss of a 3-phase 550v,50Hz,6 poles induction motor developing 4.1 C
752 kW at the shaft with mechanical loss of 750 W at 970 rpm
282 a)175 W b)150 w c) 100 W d) 250 W
22 The Starting Torque of 80 Nm is developed in an Induction Motor by an auto A
878 Transformer Starter with a Tapping of 30 %.If the tapping of the Auto Transformer is
288 A60 % ,then what is the starting Torque?
a) 40 Nm b)160 Nm c)240 Nm d) 320 Nm
Circuit Theory
24 C
199
P The Thevenin equivalent network is
127 Shown in Figure.For maximum Power
Transfer to the Variable and Purely
Resistive Load Ri.The Resistance Should
be
a) 60 Ohms
b) 80 Ohms
c) 100 Ohms
d) Infinity

25 In the given Circuit,the value of R that A

360 will give Critical Damping is
P137 a) 1 Ohm
b) 2 Ohms
c) 4 Ohms
d) 10 Ohms

26 In the Given Circuit,the magnitude o C

365 f the O/P voltage
P710 |V0|=3V1+2V2+7V3,Then the Values of
R1,R2,R3 and R4
a) 3 k,2 k,7 k and1 k
b) 0.25 k,6 k and 12 k
c) 4k,6 k and12/7 k & 12 k
d) 1/3 k,6.5 k,1/7 k &12 k