Introduction to Engineering

UNIT –IV (ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING)

Objective Questions

1. The S.I unit of power

a. Henry
b. coulomb
c. watt
d. watt-hour

2. Electric pressure is also called

a. resistance
b. power
c. voltage
d. energy

3. In a circuit a 33Ω resistor carries a current of 2A. The voltage across the resistor is
a. 33 V
b. 66 V
c. 80 V
d. 132 V

4. A light bulb draws 300mA when the voltage across it is 240 V. The resistance of the
light bulb is
a. 400 Ω
b. 600 Ω
c. 800 Ω
d. 1000 Ω

5. For which of the following ‘ampere second’ could be the unit?

a. voltage
b. charge
c. power
d. energy

6. A 3 Ω resistor having 2 A current will dissipate the power of

a. 2 watts
b. 4 watts
c. 6 watts
d. 8 watts
7. electric current passing through the circuit produces
a. magnetic effect
b. luminous effect
c. thermal effect
d. chemical effect

8. A step-up transformer increases .......

a. voltage
b. current
c. power
d. frequency

9. The energy per unit charge is

a. voltage
b. power
c. current
d. work

10. The current passing through a circuit is 7.2A and the power at the terminal is 27 watts.
Resistance is ....... ohms.
a. 0.5402
b. 0.5208
c. 0.5972
d. 0.5792

11. If 1 A current flows in a circuit, the number of electrons flowing through this circuit is
a. 0.625x1019
b. 1.6x1019
c. 1.6x10-19
d. 0.625x10-19
12. Which quantity consists of a unit 1kWh?
a. Energy
b. Time
c. Power
d. charge

13. Which of the following relation is incorrect

a. P=VI
b. P=I2R
c. P=V/R2
d. P=V2/R
14. Principle of statically induced emf is used in
a. transformer
b. motor
c. generator
d. battery

15. The time period of an alternating quantity is 0.02 second. Its frequency will be
a. 25 Hz
b. 50 Hz
c. 100 Hz
d. 0.02 Hz
16. One volt is the same as
a. one joule/coulomb
b. one coulomb/joule
c. one coulomb
d. one joule

17. The r.m.s. value of alternating current is given by steady (D.C.) current which when
flowing through a given circuit for a given time produces
a. The more heat than produced by A.C. when flowing through the same circuit
b. The same heat as produced by A.C. when flowing through the same circuit
c. The less heat than produced by A.C. flowing through the same circuit
d. None of the above

18. In a star connected system, the relation between the line voltage VL and phase voltage
Vph is …..
a. VL=Vph
b. VL=Vph/√3
c. VL=√3Vph
d. VL=Vph/3

19. AC effective voltage is named as

a. average
b. peak
c. peak-to-peak
d. root mean square

20. One Horse Power is

a. 735 watts
b. 746 watts
c. 740 watts
d. 750 watts
21. The product of electric power and time is
a. electrical power
b. potential difference
c. electrical energy
d. electrical current

22. The rate at which work is done in an electric circuit is

a. electrical energy
b. electrical power
c. voltage
d. current
23. Frequency of DC power supply is
a. 50 Hz
b. 60 Hz
c. 230Hz
d. 0 Hz
24. Three phase 4 wire system is known as
a. delta connection
b. star connection
c. neutral connection
d. polygonal connection
25. One complete set of positive and negative values for an alternating quantities is
a. frequency
b. phase
c. voltage
d. cycle
26. ................ flow exists between generation, transmission system and customer of utility
structure
a. information flow
b. money flow
c. energy flow
d. current flow
27. ................ flow exists between customer and electrical company of utility structure
a. information flow
b. money flow
c. energy flow
d. current flow
28. One advantage of HVDC transmission is
a. more amount of insulation
b. large size of towers and cross arms
c. improves the stability of the system
d. power generated at higher voltage
29. .......... connection is used for shorter distance
a. delta connection
b. star connection
c. neutral connection
d. polygonal connection

30. Average value of alternating quantity is

a. 0.707 Vm
b. 0.637 Vm
c. 0.414 Vm
d. 0.212 Vm

31. Irms value of alternating quantity is

a. 0.707 Im
b. 0.637 Im
c. 0.414 Im
d. 0.212 Im

32. Energy efficiency%=

a. useful input/total input from source x100
b. useful input/ total output from source x100
c. useful output/ total input from source x100
d. useful output/ total output from source x100

33. .......... phase supply carries the voltage upto 415V.

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

34. Maximum voltage applied to the system is 400V, Calculate the Vrms value
a. 382.5 V
b. 282.8 V
c. 190.3 V
d. 270.4 V

35. The conversion of direct current into alternating current is performed using
a. Inverter
b. Rectifier
c. Transformer
d. Regulator