Multiple choice questions

1. A synchronous motor is operating at constant load while its excitation is adjusted to give unity
power factor. If the excitation is now increased, the power factor will;
(a) Lead (b) remain at unity

(c) Lag (d) becomes zero

2. In a synchronous machine, the voltage induced by armature reaction flux acts like:

(a) the voltage drop in inductive reactance

(b) the voltage drop in resistance

(c ) the voltage drop in capacitive reactance

(d) the voltage drop in inductive impedance.

3. A synchronous motor is floating on infinite mains at no load. Its excitation is now increased:

(a) it will draw unity power factor current

(b) it will draw zero power factor lagging current

(c ) it will draw zero power factor leading current

(d) it will not draw any current

4. In a motoring synchronous machine

(a) E leads V by an angle

(b) E and V are in phase

(c) E lags V by angle

(d) E and V are in phase opposition

5. The pole shoes of a salient pole synchronous machine are so shaped that air-gap is least in the
middle and increases somewhat towards the edges. This type of construction:

(a) Increases flux/pole for given excitation (b) Facilitates machining of pole shoes

(c) eliminates a particular harmonics.

(d) reduces the harmonics content of the induced voltage wave.

6. if the excitation of a salient pole motor is reduced to zero:

(a) it will lose synchronism (b) it will remain synchronized

 (c ) it will remain synchronized provided the load is less than a certain value

(d) it will remain synchronized provided it is operated at no-load.

7. During constant load, variable excitation operation of a synchronous machine = power angle

= power factor angle)

(a) Ef sin = constant Ia cos = constant

(b) Ef cos = constant Ia cos = constant

(c) Ef cos = constant Ia sin = constant

(d) Ef sin = constant Ia sin = constant

8. Two synchronous generators G1 and G2 are operating in parallel and are equal sharing the KVAR
(lagging) component of load. To shift part of the KVAR load from G 2 to G1 while keeping the
terminal voltage fixed, the following action must be taken:

(a) Lower the field current of G1 or raise that of G2

(b) Raise the field current of G1 or lower that of G2

(c) Raise the field current of G1 or lower that of G2

(d) Lower the field current of G1 or raise that of G2

9. As resistance is added in the rotor circuit of a slip ring motor:

(a) its maximum torque increases but occurs at the same slip

(b) its maximum torque decreases but occurs at the same slip

(c ) its maximum torque remains the same and also occurs at lower slip

(d) its maximum torque remains the same but occurs at higher slip

10. The blocked rotor test of squirrel cage induction motor determines:

(a) its equivalent series resistance and reactance as seen from the stator

(b) its equivalent shunt resistance and reactance as seen from the stator

(c) its equivalent series resistance and reactance as seen from the rotor

(d) its equivalent shunt resistance and reactance as seen from the rotor
 11. The torque line in an induction motor circle diagram is the line joining the tip of:

(a) The short circuit current phasor to the point corresponding to slip =1

(b)the short circuit current phasor to the point corresponding to slip = infinity

(c ) the no- load current phasor to the point corresponding to slip = infinity

(d) the no- load current phasor to the point corresponding to slip = 1

12. The starting current of an induction motor is five times the full load current while the full load slip is
4%.The ratio of starting torque to full load torque is

(a) 0.6 (b) 0.8 (c) 1.0 (d) 1.2

13. In stator impedance starting cage of a squirrel cage induction motor, the stator current is reduced by a
factor x compared to direct on line starting. The starting torque is reduced by the factor(compared to
direct- on-line starting):

(a) x (b) x2 (c) 1/x (d) 1/x2

14. For controlling the speed of an induction motor the frequency of supply is increased by 10%. For
magnetizing current to remain the same, the supply voltage must:

(a) be reduced by 10%

(b) remain constant

(c) be increased by 10%

(d) be reduced or increased by 20%

15. Mark the correct answer below as the load on an induction motor is increased upto full load:

(a) power factor increases, slip increases, efficiency increases

(b) power factor decreases, slip increases, efficiency increases

(c ) power factor decreases, slip decreases, efficiency decreases

(d) power factor increases, slip decreases, efficiency decreases

16. The power input to an induction motor is 40 kW when it is running at 5% slip. The stator resistance
and core loss are assumed negligible. The torque developed in synchronous watts is:

(a) 42 kW (b) 40 kW (c ) 38 kW (d) 2 kW

17. A single phase self starting induction motor has two stator windings

(a) placed at 180o elect and fed with out-of-phase voltages.

 (b)placed at 900 elect and fed with inphase voltages

(c)placed at 450 elect and fed with out -of-phase voltages

(d) placed at 900 elect and fed with out- of- phase voltages

18. A shaded pole motor runs in:

(a) the direction from the shaded to unshaded part of the poles

(b) the direction from the unshaded to shaded part of the poles

(c ) any direction depending on the polarity of the applied voltage

(d) none of the above.

19. A single phase hysteresis motor:

(a) can run at synchronous speed only

(b) can run at subsynchronous speed only

(c ) can run at synchronous and super-synchronous speed .

(d) ) can run at synchronous and sub-synchronous speed

20. In hand tool applications the single phase motor used is:

(a) shaded pole induction motor

(b) capacitor start motor

(c)capacitor run motor

(d) AC series motor