Sheet (2)

1. Which DC motor is generally preferred for cranes and hoists?

a) Series motor
b) Shunt motor
c) Cumulatively compounded motor
d) Differentially compounded motor

2- Which of the following type of dc generator gives constant output voltage at all loads ?

a) Shunt generator
b) Series generator
c) Shot shunt compound generator
d) Level compound generator

3. The terminal voltage of dc shunt generator drops on load because of

a) Armature reaction
b) Armature resistance
c) Weakening of the field due to armature reaction
d) All of these

4-The brush contact losses in a d.c. Machine is

a. Inversely proportional to the square of current

b. Directly proportional to the square of current
c. Inversely proportional to the current
d. Directly proportional to the current

5- For low reluctance path for the flux in armature, the permeability of the
material should be

a. High
b. Low
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. None of these

6- When the motor runs on no load, then

a. Back emf is almost equal to applied voltage

b. Back emf will be greater than applied voltage
c. Back emf will be less than applied voltage
d. None of these

7- A 120 V shunt generator running at 850 rpm has its armature and shunt field
resistance of 0.15 ohm and 50 ohm respectively. It supplies 200 lamps each rated
at 60 W, 100 V. The friction and windage and core loss of the machine is 400 W.
its armature copper loss on full load and shunt field loss is
a. 2156.7 W, 200 W
b. 2232.6 W, 200 W
c. 2156.7 W, 240 W
d. 2232.6 W, 240 W

8- Electrical power output in a d.c. generator is equal to

a. Electrical power developed in armature – copper losses

b. Mechanical power input – iron and friction losses
c. Electrical power developed in armature – iron and copper losses
d. Mechanical power input – iron and friction losses – copper losses

9- Can a d.c. series motor be used for applications in belt drives?

a. Yes
b. No

10- If a resistance is added in series with the field winding of d.c. shunt motor,
then its

a. Both speed and torque decreases

b. Both speed and torque increases
c. Speed decreases, torque increases
d. Speed increases, torque decreases

11- In a differential compound d.c. motor, with increase in load, speed

a. Increases
b. Decreases
c. Remains same
d. None of these

12- A 4 pole 240 V, d.c. series motor has a wave wound armature with 180
conductors. The armature resistance and the field winding resistance are 0.10
ohm and 0.2 ohm respectively. If the motor is drawing 40 A current at 0.015
Wb flux per pole, then the speed under this condition is

a. 2533.3 rpm
b. 2644.4 rpm
c. 2756.9 rpm
d. 2987.6 rpm

13-A 4 pole, 220 V, 10 H.P, d.c. shunt motor is rotating at a speed of 320 rpm.
Then the developed useful torque is

a. 210.647 N-m
b. 215.547 N-m
c. 219.484 N-m
d. None of these

14- D.C. shunt motor is also called as

a. Constant flux motor

b. Constant voltage motor
c. Variable voltage motor
d. Constant current motor

15- 4 pole, lap wound d.c. motor drawing an armature current of 20 A has 360
conductors. If the flux per pole is 0.015 Wb then the gross torque developed by
the armature of motor is

a. 10.23 N-m
b. 15.56 N-m
c. 17.17 N-m
d. 19.08 N-m

16- A 220 V, d.c. motor draws an armature current of 20 A. Its armature

resistance is 0.6 ohm. Then the induced emf in the motor will be

a. 195 V
b. 202 V
c. 208 V
d. 215 V

17- In a d.c. machine, the eddy current losses mainly occurs in

a. Armature
b. Windings
c. Yoke
d. At brush contact

18- For the construction of the armature of a d.c. machine, the best suited
material is

a. Cast iron
b. Silicon steel
c. Carbon
d. All of these

19- A 4 pole, lap wound d.c. generators has 40 coils with 8 turns per coils. It is
driven at 1200 rpm. If the flux per pole is 0.022 Wb, then the generated emf is

a. 265.8 V
b. 276.3 V
c. 281.6 V
d. 287.9 V

20- A 4 pole, d.c. generator has a wave wound armature with 812 conductors.
The flux per pole is 0.014 Wb. The speed at which it should be run to generate
240 V on no load is

a. 623.23 rpm
b. 633.35 rpm
c. 643.36 rpm
d. 645.53 rpm

21-Brushes in d.c. machines are made up of

a. Cast iron
b. Mild steel
c. Copper
d. Carbon

22- To have d.c. voltage, a device is used in a d.c. generator to convert alternating
emf to unidirectional emf. This device is called

a. Armature
b. Commutator
c. Brushes
d. All of these

23-To perform field test on d.c. machines two motors are required. The motors
used are

a. Series motors
b. One will be series motor and other will be shunt motors
c. Shunt motors
d. None of these

24- The armature of DC generator is laminated to

1. Reduce Hysteresis loss

2. Insulate the Core
3. Reduce eddy current loss
4. Provide air cooling passage
25- In Lap winding, the number of brushes is always

1. Double the number of poles

2. Same as number of poles
3. Half the number of poles
4. Multiple of number of poles

26-For Generating large current on D.C generators which winding

is generally preferred

1. Progressive wave winding

2. Lap Winding
3. Retrogressive Lap winding
4. Current depends on design

27-Which DC motor has least percentage increase in Input current

for the same percentage increase in torque?

1. Separately excited motor

2. Series motor
3. Shunt motor
4. Compound motor

28-Why is the speed of DC shunt motor dependent on Back EMF?

1. Because flux is proportional to the armature current

2. Because armature drop is negligible
3. Because Back EMF is equal to armature current
4. Because flux is constant in DC shunt motor

29. For a D.C. generator when the number of poles and the number of
armature conductors is fixed, then which winding will give the higher e.m.f. ?
(a) Lap winding
(b) Wave winding
(c) Either of (a) and (b) above
(d) Depends on other features of design

30- A separately excited generator as compared to a self-excited generator

(a) is amenable to better voltage control
(b) is more stable
(c) has exciting current independent of load current
(d) has all above features
 31-Iron losses in a DC. machine are independent of variations in
(a) speed
(b) load
(c) voltage
(d) speed and voltage

32- The material for commutator brushes is generally

(a) mica
(b) copper
(c) cast iron
(d) carbon

33- In a D.C. machine stray loss is the sum of

A) Total copper loss and mechanical loss

B) Armature copper loss and iron loss

(C) Shunt field copper loss and mechanical loss

(D) Iron loss and mechanical loss

34- A D.C. generator works on the principle of

A) Lenz's law

(B) Ohm's law

C) Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction

D) None of the above

35-For both lap and wave windings, there are as many commutator
bars as the number of
A) Slots

B) Armature conductors

C) Winding elements

(D) Poles

36-A 240 V, 17 kW d.c. shunt motor draws an armature current of 80 A at full

load. The armature and shunt field resistances are 0.2 ohm and 195 ohm
respectively. The rotational losses and efficiency of motor at full load is

a. 87.20 %
b. 89.32 %
c. 89.67 %
d. 90.03 %
37-A 120 V d.c. shunt motor runs at speed of 1200 rpm. When the motor is operated
unloaded but an additional resistance of 4 ohm is connected in series with the shunt field,
then the speed increases and reaches to 1370 rpm with the same terminal voltage. The
value of series resistance is

a. 28.23 ohm
b. 32.48 ohm
c. 35.72 ohm
d. 36.82 ohm

38- A 4 pole d.c. shunt generator having a wave winding supplies 45 lamps, each
of 50 W at 100 V. The armature and field resistance are 0.15 ohm and 50 ohm
respectively. The current in armature conductor is

a. 11.25 A
b. 11.50 A
c. 12.25 A
d. 13.50 A

39-d.c. shunt generator delivers 190 A at a terminal voltage of 220 V. The copper losses
and stray losses are 2000 W and 1000 W respectively. The efficiency of the generator is

a. 91.35 %
b. 92.60 %
c. 93.30 %
d. 94.23 %

40- Out of electrical, mechanical and magnetic losses, the losses which is
minimum is

a. All are equal

b. Electrical losses
c. Magnetic losses
d. Mechanical losses

41-Stray losses are the losses which vary with the load but their relationship with
load current cannot be identified. Stay losses is maximum in

a. Synchronous machines
b. D.C. machines
c. Induction machines
d. Equal in all types of machines

42-Copper losses in a rotating machine are

a. Variable losses
b. Constant losses
c. Both (a) or (b)
d. None of these

43-The terminal voltage in the separately excited generators is given by

a. V = Eg – Ia Ra
b. V = Eg + Ia Ra
c. V = Eg - Ia Ra - If Ra
d. V = Eg + Ia Ra - If Ra

44- A 4-pole 25kw 200 V wave wound dc shunt generator the current in each parallel path
will be
A) 62.5 A
B) 125 A
C) 31.25 A
D) 250 A

45-The shaft torque of a dc motor is less than its armature torque because of

a)Copper losses
b) Mechanical losses
c) Back emf
d) Rotational losses

46. A dc motor can be easily identified by

a) Yoke
b) Size of conductor
c) Commutator
d) Winding

47-The speed of a dc motor is

a) Always constant
b) Directly proportional to back emf
c) Directly proportional to flux
d) Inversely proportional to the product of back emf and flux.

48. The back emf of a dc motor depends on

a) Field flux
b) Shape of conductors
c) Type of slip rings
d) Brush material
49. The back emf of dc motor depends on

a) Armature speed N
b) Field flux ɸ
c) Number of armature conductors
d) All of these

50-Maximum number of brushes which can be used in a machine is

a) 2
b) 4
c) 6
d) Number of poles in the machine or 2

51-DC motors are considered most suitable for the applications in

a) Fans
b) Water pumps
c) Traction
d) flour mills

52-In a dc series motor, the shaft torque is less than the armature torque due to

a) Eddy current losses

b) Stray losses
c) Hysteresis losses
d) Copper losses

53. In a separately excited dc generator the field is connected to:

a) In series with an armature
b) Across the armature
c) To the external supply source
d) None of the above

53. A d.c. motor develops a torque of 200 N-m at 25 rps. At 20 rps it will develop a
torque of
.......... N-m.
(a) 200
(b) 160
(c) 250
(d) 128

54. The current drawn by a 120 - V d.c. motor of armature resistance 0.5 Ω and back
e.m.f. 110 V is .......... ampere.
(a) 20
(b) 240
(c) 220
(d) 5
55. A 220 V shunt motor develops a torque of 54 N-m at armature current of 10 A.
The torque produced when the armature current is 20 A, is
(a) 54 N-m
(b) 81 N-m
(c) 108 N-m
(d) None of the above