PHYSICS TUTORIAL

TRANSFORMER
D. make magnetic reversal in the core much easier.
1. The principle of electromagnetic induction is applied in a
A. transformer
B. resistor 9. A step down transformer has primary windings of 400 turns
C. capacitor and is connected to a 240Vrms mains. Determine the voltage
D. lead acid accumulator output, if the transformer has a secondary winding of 200 turns.
A. 120 V
2. A transformer has 300 turns of wire in the primary coil and 30 B. 140 V
turns in the secondary coil. If the input voltage is 100 V, what C. 160 V
is the output voltage? D. 180V
A. 10V
B. 1000V 10. A transformer has 2500 turns on the primary side to which is
C. 50V connected an a.c. voltage of 250Vrms. Calculate the number
D. 600V of turns on the secondary side if the output voltage is 60V rms.
A. 300
3. A transformer has a primary coil with 500 turns and a B. 600
secondary coil with 2500 turns. What is the output voltage, if C. 1250
the voltage input to the primary coil is 120V? D. 5000
A. 1200V
B. 600V
C. 300V 11. If the efficiency of a transformer is 100%, which of the
D. 500V following equations would be correct?
A. N P E P  N S E S
4. The primary coil of a transformer has N turns and is B. N S I P  N P I S
connected to a 120 V a.c power line. If the secondary coil has
1000 turns and a terminal voltage 1200 volts, what is the C. N S I S  N P I P
value of N? D. I P E S  I S E P
A. 1000
B. 120 12. Which of the following statements is the correct reason for
C. 100 using soft iron in making the amarture of an electric bell.
D. 1200 A. It is a diamagnetic material
B. It loses magnetism readily
5. A transformer is rated 240 V. If the primary coil is 4000 turns C. It is not easily magnetized
and the secondary voltage 12V, determine the number of D. It retains its magnetism for a long time
turns in the secondary coil.
A. 100 13. Energy losses in a transformer due to leakage of magnetic flux
B. 150 can be reduced by
C. 200 A. efficient core design
D. 250 B. using lamination for the core
C. using low resistance coils
6. A step-down down transformer has a power output of 50W D. using soft iron core
and efficiency of 80%. If the mains supply voltage is 200 V,
calculate the primary current of the transformer. 14. Which of the following conditions must be satisfied in the
A. 0.31A construction of a step down transformer? Use of
B. 3.20 A A. high resistance wire
C. 3.40 A B. lamination of the core
D. 5.00 A C. more turns in the secondary coil
D. steel for the core
7. A transformer has a primary coil of 500 turns and a secondary
coil of 2,000 turns. If its 100% efficient, calculate the 15. A transformer is used to light 100W, 110V lamp from 220V
secondary voltage when the primary coil is connected to a mains. If the current of the mains is 0.5A, the efficiency of the
source of 240V transformer is
A. 480V A. 96%
B. 960V B. 91%
C. 240V C. 99%
D. 60V D. 95%

8. The core of a transformer is usually laminated in order to 16. Transformer is used to

A. reduce magnetic flux linkage A. Convert ac to dc voltage
B. reduce eddy current B. convert dc to ac voltage
C. prevent vibration of the transformer
 C. obtain dc power C. less than one
D. obtain desired ac voltage and current D. negative

17. A step up transformer operates on a 230V line and supplies a 26. In a transformer, the number of turns in the primary and
current of 2A. The ratio of primary and secondary winding is 1: secondary are 500 and 2000. If the current in the primary is
25.The primary current is 48A, then the current in the secondary is
A. 15.5 A A. 12 A
B. 50 A B. 24 A
C. 8.8 A C. 48 A
D. 25 A D. 144 A

18. A transformer has 50 turns on the secondary and 1000 turns on 27. The core used in a transformer and other electromagnetic
primary winding. If the transformer is connected to 220V, 1A devices is laminated so that
a.c source, the output current is A. ratio of voltage in the primary and secondary may be
A. 0.05 A increased
B. 20 A B. energy loss due to eddy currents may be reduced
C. 100 A C. weight of the transformer may be reduced
D. 2 A D. residual magnetism in the core may be reduced

19. A transformer having efficiency of 90% is working on 200V

and 3KW power supply. If the current in the secondary coil is ANSWERS
6A, then the voltage across the secondary coil and the current 1.A 2.A 3.B 4.C 5.C 6.A 7.B 8.B 9.A 10.B
in the primary coil respectively are 11.C 12.B 13.A 14.B 15.B 16.D 17.B 18.B
A. 300V, 15A 19.A 20.B 21.B 22.C 23.D 24.C 25.B 26.A 27.B
B. 450V, 15A
C. 450V, 13.5A
D. 600V, 15A

20. The turns ratio of a transformer is 3: 1 and its efficiency is

75%. The current flowing in the primary coil is 2A and the
voltage applied to it is 100V. The voltage and the current in the
secondary coil are
A. 150V, 1.5A
B. 300V, 0.5A
C. 300V, 1.5A
D. 150V, 0.5A

21. What is increased in a step down transformer?

A. Voltage
B. Current
C. Power
D. Resistance

22. A transformer works on the principle of

A. self induction
B. electrical inertia
C. mutual induction
D. magnetic effect of electric current

23. The quantity that remains unchanged in a transformer is

A. voltage
B. current
C. power\
D. frequency

24. The ratio of secondary to primary turns in a transformer is 3: 2.

If the power output is P, then the input power neglecting all
losses must be equal to
A. 5P
B. 1.5P
C. P
D. 0.4P

25. The turns ratio in the step up transformer is

A. one
B. greater than one