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    This document contains two quizzes with 10 multiple choice questions each about electrical generators. The quizzes are for an Electrical Engineering course on Electrical Technology and assess knowledge of direct current (DC) generators, including their components, operations, characteristics and performance parameters. Some sample questions ask about generator types that cannot self-excite, how to increase generator voltage, the commutation process, and load characteristics.

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    This document contains two quizzes with 10 multiple choice questions each about electrical generators. The quizzes are for an Electrical Engineering course on Electrical Technology and assess knowledge of direct current (DC) generators, including their components, operations, characteristics and performance parameters. Some sample questions ask about generator types that cannot self-excite, how to increase generator voltage, the commutation process, and load characteristics.

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    SET - A

    Name :
    Reg. No:

    School of Electrical Engineering


    QUIZ 1
    B.Tech : ( ECE & EIE)
    Course : EEE 111 - Electrical Technology

    SLOT : D1
    Marks : 10

    1. Which of the following D.C Generator cannot build up on open-circuit?


    (a) series
    (b) shunt
    (c) short shunt
    (d) long shunt
    2. The voltage of DC generator may conveniently be increased by
    (a) decreasing air gap flux density
    (b) increasing the speed of rotation
    (c) decreasing the speed of rotation
    (d) both (a) and (b)
    3. The commutation process in a D.C Generator basically involves
    (a) passage of current from moving armature to a stationary load
    (b) reversal of current in an armature coil as it crosses MNA
    (c) conversion of a.c. to d.c
    (d) suppression of reactance voltage
    4. In a D.C Generator, the effect of armature reaction on the main pole flux is to
    (a) reduce it
    (b) distort it
    (c) reverse it (d ) both (a) and (b)
    5. If external resistance is added to the field of DC shunt generator, it results in
    (a) decrease in voltage of the generator (b) increase in the power delivered
    (c) increase in voltage of the generator (d) increase in speed of the generator
    6. Lap winding is suitable for ............ current............. voltage D.C Generators.
    (a) low, high (b) high, low (c) low, low
    (d) high, high
    7. For a 4-pole, 2-layer, D.C lap-winding with 20 slots and one conductor per layer, the number of
    commutator bars is
    (a) 20
    (b) 80
    (c) 40
    (d) 160
    8. The series field of a short-shunt D.C Generator is excited by ............ currents.
    a) shunt
    (b) armature
    (c) load
    (d) external
    9. The critical resistance of a DC generator can be increased by
    (a) increasing its armature resistance
    (b) increasing its speed
    (c) increasing its field current
    (d) all of these
    10. Load saturation characteristic of a D.C Generator gives relation between

    ANSWERS
    1

    2
    (a) V and Ia

    3
    (b) E and Ia

    5
    (c) E0 and If

    6
    (d) V and If

    10

    SET - B
    Name :
    Reg. No:

    School of Electrical Engineering


    QUIZ 1
    B.Tech : ( ECE & EIE)
    Course : EEE 111 - Electrical Technology

    SLOT : D1
    Marks : 10

    1. The primary reason for providing compensating windings in a D.C Generator is to


    (a) compensate for decrease in main flux
    (b) neutralize armature mmf
    (c) neutralize cross-magnetising flux
    (d ) maintain uniform flux distribution.
    2. A 4 pole DC generator is running at 1500rpm. The frequency of current in armature winding is
    (a) 25Hz
    (b) 35 Hz
    (c) 50 Hz
    (d) 60Hz
    3. Hysterisis and eddy current losses in electric machines depends on
    (a) flux density
    (b) speed
    (c) flux density and speed

    (d) voltage only

    4. The effect of armature reaction on the main pole flux in a D.C Generator is to
    (a) reduce it
    (b) distort it
    (c) reverse it (d ) both (a) and (b)
    5. If residual magnetism of a shunt Generator is destroyed accidentally, it may be restored by
    connecting its shunt field
    (a) to earth
    (b) to an a.c. source
    (b) in reverse (d) to a d.c source.
    6. The main reason for voltage not building up in a DC series generator is
    (a) reversed terminal of field winding (b) short circuited terminal
    (c) disconnected load
    (d) reversed terminal of field winding
    7. The terminal voltage of a DC series generator running at rated speed and at no load is equal to
    (a) rated voltage
    (b) half of its rated voltage
    (c) zero
    (d) very little voltage
    8. Maximum mechanical power is developed when back emf equals to
    (a) applied voltage
    (b) Armature current
    (c) half of applied voltage

    (d) Total losses

    9. The sole purpose of a commutator in a D.C Generator is to


    (a) increase output voltage
    (b) reduce sparking at brushes
    (c) provide smoother output
    (d) convert the induced a.c. into d.c
    10. No Load saturation characteristic of a D.C Generator gives relation between

    ANSWERS
    1

    10

    (a) V and Ia

    (b) E and Ia

    (c) E0 and If

    (d) V and If

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