CURRENT ELECTRICITY

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A compilation of objective type questions in Electrical Engineering
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Questão 1

Questão
What are the minimum requirements to cause the flow of current?
Responda
  • A voltage source, an ammeter, a conductor and an insulator
  • A voltage source, a switch and a resistor
  • A voltage source and a conductor
  • A voltage source, a conductor and an insulator

Questão 2

Questão
Out of the following, select the best conductor of electricity.
Responda
  • Graphite
  • China Clay
  • Porcelain
  • None of these

Questão 3

Questão
Which of the following statements is correct?
Responda
  • The resistance does not play an important role in electrical engineering.
  • The resistance of a wire does not depend upon its material.
  • The resistance of most of the materials is independent of the temperature.
  • The resistance of conductor is the hindrance by which the conductor opposes the flow of the current.

Questão 4

Questão
Resistance of a conductor increases when
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  • its length increases
  • its area increases
  • both length and area increases
  • specific resistance is kept constant

Questão 5

Questão
The specific resistance ρ depends upon
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  • The area of cross-section and the length of the conductor
  • The material of the conductor, its area of cress-section and length
  • The nature of the material of the conductor only
  • The area of cross-section of the conductor

Questão 6

Questão
The specific resistance ρ is defined as
Responda
  • resistance of a conductor which has a length of 1 m and cross-section of 1 m2 at 20C
  • resistance of any conductor at 25C
  • resistance of any conductor at 20C
  • resistance of a conductor which has a length of 1 m and cross-section of 1 cm2 at 20C

Questão 7

Questão
The resistance of a conductor, when its temperature is increased
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  • remains constant
  • increases
  • varies
  • decreases

Questão 8

Questão
It was experimentally found by James Prescott Joule that the heat produced in a current carrying conductor is proportional to
Responda
  • the square of the current
  • square of resistance
  • the current
  • inversely proportional to time

Questão 9

Questão
The value of Joule's mechanical equivalent of heat, J, is equal to
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  • 4.2 calories per Joule
  • 2.4 Joules per calorie
  • 4.2 Joules per calorie
  • 4.2 Joules

Questão 10

Questão
Temperature coefficient of a conductor is defined as the
Responda
  • increase in resistance per ohm per degree centigrade
  • increase in resistance per degree centigrade
  • increase in resistance per degree absolute
  • decrease in resistance per ohm per degree centigrade

Questão 11

Questão
When current flows in a conductor, heat is produced because
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  • heat α I²
  • of electronic collision
  • of interatomic collision
  • of Joule's law

Questão 12

Questão
Heating effect of current has undesirable side effect in
Responda
  • electric oven
  • electric iron
  • immersion heater
  • vacuum cleaner

Questão 13

Questão
The resistance of carbon (filament in carbon-filament lamps) when its temperature is decreased
Responda
  • increases
  • decreases
  • remains the same
  • increases enormously

Questão 14

Questão
The curve representing Ohm's law is
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  • a parabola
  • linear
  • sine function
  • a hyperbola

Questão 15

Questão
The condition in Ohm's law is that
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  • ratio V/I should be constant
  • current should be proportional to voltage
  • the temperature should remain constant
  • the temperature should vary

Questão 16

Questão
Ohm's law does not apply to
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  • conductors
  • conductors when there is change in temperature
  • semiconductor
  • a.c. circuit

Questão 17

Questão
Ohm's law is applicable to
Responda
  • electric arc
  • rectifying devices
  • gas discharge lamps
  • none of these

Questão 18

Questão
Ohm's law can be applied with certain reservations to
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  • rectifying devices
  • semiconductors
  • electrolytes
  • thermionic valves

Questão 19

Questão
The presence of an electric current is made known by
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  • flashing
  • effects produced
  • cracking
  • electric shock

Questão 20

Questão
An electric current can neither be ____ nor ____.
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  • felt, seen
  • seen, touched
  • seen, produced by any effect
  • produced, felt

Questão 21

Questão
The presence of the current is only made known by the effect it produces. Three important effects are
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  • heating, electric shock and generation
  • generation, chemical and electric shock
  • heating, magnetic and electric shock
  • heating, magnetic and chemical

Questão 22

Questão
Voltage applied across a circuit, acts as
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  • mass of electrons
  • negative ions
  • a component of current
  • a force

Questão 23

Questão
In a series circuit the current is
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  • constant
  • always zero
  • proportional to the resistance
  • different from resistors

Questão 24

Questão
In a parallel circuit the potential difference across the resistance
Responda
  • varies
  • is different from the applied voltage
  • is sometimes constant
  • is always constant

Questão 25

Questão
The resistance R1 and R2 are connected in parallel. The ratio of values of resistance R1 : R2 is 4 : 1. The currents in R1 : R2 will be equal to
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  • 1 : 4
  • 1 : 1
  • 4 : 1
  • 4 : 4

Questão 26

Questão
A resistance of 4 ohms is connected across 100 V supply. When another resistor 'R' ohms is connected in parallel with 4 ohms, the total current taken from supply was found to be 50 A. The value of resistance 'R' is
Responda
  • 2 ohms
  • 3 ohms
  • 5 ohms
  • 4 ohms

Questão 27

Questão
The voltage applied across an electric press was reduced by 50%. The power consumed by the press will be reduced by
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  • 25%
  • 75%
  • 60%
  • 50%

Questão 28

Questão
Two electric presses are connected in parallel. The resistance of the first press is 100 ohms and that of the second is 300 ohms. The total current taken by both the presses is 4 A. The ratio of current taken by first : second will be equal to
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  • 2 : 3
  • 1 : 3
  • 3 : 1
  • 1.2 : 3

Questão 29

Questão
Three elements having conductance G1. G2 and G3 are connected in parallel. Their combined conductance will be
Responda
  • G1 + G2 + G3
  • 1/(G1 + G2 + G3)
  • (G1G2 + G2G3 + G3G1)/(G1 + G2 + G3)
  • 1/(1/G1 + 1/G2 + 1/G3)

Questão 30

Questão
Four resistance R1, R2, R3 and R4 are connected in series against 220 V supply. The resistances are such that R1 > R2 > R3 > R4. The least power consumption will be in
Responda
  • resistor R1
  • resistor R4
  • resistor R3
  • resistor R2

Questão 31

Questão
When current flows through heater coil it glows but supply wiring does not glow because
Responda
  • supply wiring is covered with insulation layer
  • current through supply line flows at slower speed
  • supply wires are made of superior material
  • resistance of heater coil is more than that of supply wires

Questão 32

Questão
Resistors commonly used in power circuits are
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  • carbon resistors
  • etched circuit resistors
  • wire wound resistors
  • deposited metal resistors

Questão 33

Questão
International ohm is defined in terms of resistance of
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  • a column of mercury
  • a cube of carbon
  • unit length of metal wire
  • a cube of copper

Questão 34

Questão
Which of the following has negative coefficient of resistance?
Responda
  • wire wound resistor
  • non-metals
  • thermistor
  • metals

Questão 35

Questão
The current carrying capability of the fuse material depends on
Responda
  • length
  • material
  • cross-sectional area
  • all of these

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