Electrical Recruitement Questions

1. The metal having the lowest temperature coefficient of resistance is...

(a) Gold, (b) Copper, (c) Aluminum, (d) Kaithal.
2. Commonly used conducting materials are...
(a) Copper, (b) Aluminum, (c) Both (a) & (b), (d) copper & silver.
3. Which of the following material is preferred for transmitting electrical energy over the long
distance?
(a) Copper, (b) Aluminum, (c) Steel reinforced copper, (d) Steel reinforced aluminum.
4. The kinetic energy of a bounded electron is…
(a) Less than that of unbounded electron,
(b) Greater than that of unbounded electron,
(c) Equal to that of unbounded electron,
(d) Infinite.
5. The conductivity of a conductor can be increased by…
(a) Decreasing its temperature,
(b) Increasing its temperature,
(c) Decreasing its vibration,
(d) Increasing its vibration.
6. A highly conductive material must be…
(a) Highest conductivity,
(b) Lowest temperature coefficient,
(c) Good mechanical strength,
(d) All of the above.
Ans: D.
7. Superconductivity is observed for…
(a) Infrared frequencies,
(b) DC and low frequency,
(c) AC and high frequency,
(d) Frequencies have no effect.
8. The superconductivity is due to…
(a) The crystal structure having no atomic vibration at 0 K,
(b) All electrons interact in the superconducting state,
(c) The electrons jump into the nucleus at 0 K,
(d) None of the above.
9. The value of critical field below the transition temperature will…
(a) Increase,
(b) Decrease,
(c) Remain unchanged,
(d) Any of the above.
10. In a superconductor, the value of critical density depends upon…
(a) Magnetic fields strength,
(b) Temperature,
(c) Either (a) or (b),
(d) Both (a) and (b).
11. Superconductors are becoming popular for use in…
(a) Generating the very strong magnetic field,
(b) Manufacture of bubble memories,
(c) Generating electrostatic field,
(d) Generating regions free from magnetic field.
12. Highly resistive materials are used in…
(a) Precision instruments,
(b) Heating elements,
(c) Motor starters,
(d) All the above.
13. … Is invariably used for peak load.
(a) Nuclear power plant,
(b) Steam turbine plant,
(c) Pumped storage,
(d) None of the above.
14. Which of the following is not an operating cost?
(a) Maintenance cost,
(b) Fuel cost,
(c) Salaries of high officials,
(d) Salaries of operating stuffs.
15. Which of the following is the essential requirement of peak load plant?
(a) It should run at high speed,
(b) It should high voltage,
(c) It should be small in size,
(d) It should be capable of starting quickly.
16. Large capacity generators are invariable…
(a) Water cooled,
(b) Natural air cooled,
(c) Forced air cooled,
(d) Hydrogen cooled.
17. By use of which of the following power factor can be improved?
(a) Phase advancers,
(b) Synchronous compensators,
(c) Static capacitors,
(d) Any of the above.
18. An inducting motor has relatively high power factor at…
(a) Rated rpm,
(b) No load,
(c) 20% load,
(d) Near full load.
19. Which of the following is the disadvantage due to low power factor?
(a) Poor voltage regulation,
(b) Increased transmission losses,
(c) The high cost of equipment for a given load,
(d) All of the above.
20. In a distribution system, in order to improve factor, the synchronous capacitors are
installed
(a) At the receiving end,
(b) At the sending end,
(c) Either (a) or (b),
(d) None of the above.
21. Static capacitors are related in terms of…
(a) kW,
(b) kWh,
(c) kVAR,
(d) None of the above.
 Control system electricals
1. The temperature, under thermal and electrical system analogy, is considered analogous
to…
(a) Voltage,
(b) Current,
(c) Capacitance,
(d) None of the above.
2. In electrical-pneumatic system analogy current is considered analogous to…
(a) Velocity,
(b) Pressure,
(c) Air flow,
(d) Air flow rate.
3. In liquid level and electrical system analogy, voltage is considered analogous to…
(a) Head,
(b) Liquid flow,
(c) Liquid flow rate,
(d) None of the above.
4. The viscous friction coefficient, in force-voltage analogy, is analogous to…
(a) Charge,
(b) Resistance,
(c) Reciprocal of inductance,
(d) Reciprocal of conductance.
5. In force-voltage analogy, velocity is analogous to…
(a) Current,
(b) Charge,
(c) Inductance,
(d) Capacitance.
6. In thermal-electrical analogy, charge is considered analogous to…
(a) Heat flow,
(b) Reciprocal of heat flow,
(c) Reciprocal of temperature,
(d) Temperature,
(e) None of the above.
7. In force-voltage analogy, mass is analogous to…
(a) Charge,
(b) Current,
(c) Inductance,
(d) Resistance.
8. In a stable control system backlash can cause which of the following?
(a) Under damping.
(b) Over damping,
(c) Poor stability at reduced values of open loop gain,
(d) Low-level oscillations.
9. In an automatic control system which of the following elements is not used?
(a) Error detector,
(b) Final control element,
(c) Sensor,
(d) Oscillator.
10. In a control system the output of the controller is given to…
(a) Final control element,
 (b) Amplifier,
(c) Comparator,
(d) Sensor,
(e) None of the above.
11. A controller essentially is a…
(a) Sensor,
(b) Clipper,
(c) Comparator,
(d) Amplifier.
12. The capacitance, in force-current analogy, is analogous to…
(a) Momentum,
(b) Velocity,
(c) Displacement,
(d) Mass.
13. Which of the folloeing devices are commonly used as error detectors in instruments?
(a) Vernistats,
(b) Microsyns,
(c) Resolvers,
(d) Any of the above.
14. Which of the following should be done to make an unstable system stable?
(a) The gain of the system should be decreased,
(b) The gain of the system should be increased,
(c) The number of poles to the loop transfer function should be increased,
(d) The number of zeros to the loop transfer function should be increased.
15. Increases the steady state accuracy…
(a) Integrator,
(b) Differentiator,
(c) Phase lead compensator,
(d) Phase lag compensator.
16. AC servomotor resembles…
(a) Two phase induction motor,
(b) Three phase induction motor,
(c) Direct current series motor,
(d) Universal motor.
17. As a result of introduction of negative feedback which of the following will not decrease?
(a) Band width,
(b) Overall gain,
(c) Distortion,
(d) Instability.
18. Regenerative feedback implies feedback with…
(a) Oscillations,
(b) Step input,
(c) Negative sign,
(d) Positive sign.
19. The output of a feedback control system must be function of...
(a) Reference and output,
(b) Reference and input,
(c) Input and feedback signal,
(d) Output and feedback signal.
20. Is an open loop sontrol system.
(a) Ward leonard control,
 (b) Field controlled DC motor,
(c) Stroboscope,
(d) Metadyne.
21. A control system with excessive noise is likely to suffer…
(a) Saturation in amplifying stages,
(b) Loss of gain,
(c) Vibrations,
(d) Oscillations.
22. Zero initial condition for a system means…
(a) Input reference signal is zero,
(b) Zero stored energy,
(c) No initial movement of the moving parts,
(d) System is at rest and no energy is stored in any if its components.
23. Transfer function of a system is used to calculate which of the following?
(a) The order of the system,
(b) The time constant,
(c) The output for any given input,
(d) The steady state gain.
24. The bandwidth, in a feedback amplifier…
(a) Remains unaffected,
(b) Decreases by the same amount as the gain increase,
(c) Increases by the same amount as the gain decreased,
(d) Decreases by the same amount as the gain decrease.
25. On which of the following factors does the sensitivity of a closed loop system to gain changes
and load disturbances depend?
(a) Frequency,
(b) Loop gain,
(c) Forward gain,
(d) All of the above.
26. The transient response, with feedback system…
(a) Rises slowly,
(b) Rises quickly,
(c) Decays slowly,
(d) Decays quickly.
27. The second derivative input signals modify which of the following?
(a) The time constant of the system,
(b) Damping of the system,
(c) The gain of the system,
(d) The time constant and suppress the oscillations,
(e) None of the above.
28. Which of the following statements is correct for any closed loop system?
(a) All the coefficients can have zero value,
(b) All the coefficients are always non-zero,
(c) Only one of the static error coefficients has a finite non-zero value,
(d) None of the above.
29. Which of the following statements is correct for a system with gain margin close to unity or
a phase margin close to zero?
(a) The system is relatively stable,
(b) The system is highly stable,
(c) The system is highly oscillatory,
(d) None of the above.
30. Due to which of the following reasons excessive bond width in control systems should be
avoided?
(a) It leads to slow speed of response,
(b) It leads to low relative stability,
(c) Noise is proportional to band width,
(d) None of the above.