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This section includes 101 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Electrical Engineering Questions knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1. |
CFL means |
A. | Combustible fluoride lamp |
B. | Compact fluoride lamp |
C. | Compact fluorescent lamp |
D. | Combustible fluorescent lamp |
Answer» D. Combustible fluorescent lamp | |
2. |
For welding aluminium alloys, the electrodes used are |
A. | Hard drawn copper |
B. | Cadmium copper |
C. | Chromium copper |
D. | Tungsten copper |
Answer» B. Cadmium copper | |
3. |
Which among the following is mechanical braking? |
A. | Pneumatic braking |
B. | Plugging |
C. | Dynamic braking |
D. | Regenerative braking |
Answer» B. Plugging | |
4. |
The metal which can be extracted from its ore by the method of electrolysis is /are |
A. | Zinc |
B. | Aluminium |
C. | Copper |
D. | All of these |
Answer» E. | |
5. |
When sulfate molecules reacts with the water then |
A. | Hydrogen is liberated |
B. | Oxygen is liberated |
C. | Sulphurdioxide is formed |
D. | All of these |
Answer» C. Sulphurdioxide is formed | |
6. |
According to the Faraday’s first laws of electrolysis, the mass of substance liberated during electrolysis is |
A. | Directly proportional to the current flowing through the electrolyte |
B. | Directly proportional to time for which current flows |
C. | Directly proportional to the charge |
D. | Only (a) and (b) |
Answer» E. | |
7. |
The efficiency of heating is more for |
A. | Solid fuels |
B. | Oil heating |
C. | Gas heating |
D. | Electric heating |
Answer» E. | |
8. |
The core type induction furnace and the coreless type induction furnace are |
A. | Low frequency, high frequency |
B. | Low frequency, low frequency |
C. | High frequency, high frequency |
D. | High frequency, low frequency |
Answer» B. Low frequency, low frequency | |
9. |
The heat can be transferred from high temperature body to low temperature body by |
A. | Conduction method |
B. | Convection method |
C. | Radiation method |
D. | All of these |
Answer» E. | |
10. |
Direct resistance heating method is used in |
A. | Salt bath furnaces |
B. | Resistance welding |
C. | Electrode boiler for heating water |
D. | All of these |
Answer» E. | |
11. |
Heat in water and air is transferred by |
A. | Conduction |
B. | Convection |
C. | Radiation |
D. | Either conduction or convection |
Answer» C. Radiation | |
12. |
For improving the power factor of coreless type induction furnace, |
A. | Capacitor is used |
B. | Inductor is used |
C. | Resistor is used |
D. | Transistor is used |
Answer» B. Inductor is used | |
13. |
In induction heating, the heat produced is |
A. | Directly proportional to the induced voltage and inversely proportional to the resistance |
B. | Inversely proportional to the induced voltage and directly proportional to the resistance |
C. | Directly proportional to the square of induced voltage and inversely proportional to the resistance |
D. | Inversely proportional to the square of induced voltage and directly proportional to the resistance |
Answer» D. Inversely proportional to the square of induced voltage and directly proportional to the resistance | |
14. |
In direct core type induction furnaces, the leakage reactance of the magnetic circuit is |
A. | High and power factor is also high |
B. | Low and power factor is high |
C. | High and power factor is low |
D. | Low and power factor is also low |
Answer» D. Low and power factor is also low | |
15. |
The electrodes used in carbon arc welding are made up of |
A. | Carbon |
B. | Graphite |
C. | Either carbon or graphite |
D. | Zinc |
Answer» D. Zinc | |
16. |
The current efficiency is defined as the ratio of |
A. | Actual quantity of the substance deposited to the theoretical quantity of the substance deposited |
B. | Actual quantity of the substance deposited to the theoretical quantity of the substance liberated |
C. | Theoretical quantity of the substance deposited to the actual quantity of the substance deposited |
D. | Theoretical quantity of the substance deposited to the actual quantity of the substance liberated |
Answer» C. Theoretical quantity of the substance deposited to the actual quantity of the substance deposited | |
17. |
In radiation mode of heat transfer, the heat is transferred from one body to other |
A. | From molecule to molecule due to the temperature gradient between two parts |
B. | By actual movement of the heated molecules |
C. | Without actually heating the medium in between |
D. | All of these |
Answer» D. All of these | |
18. |
AC series motors are most suitable for |
A. | Urban services |
B. | Sub-urban services |
C. | Main line services |
D. | All of these |
Answer» D. All of these | |
19. |
The sun’s rays reach the earth without heating the atmosphere, this is due to |
A. | Convection |
B. | Radiation |
C. | Conduction |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Conduction | |
20. |
In indirect core type of furnace, the element is heated by induction, which transfer the heat to the charge by |
A. | Conduction |
B. | Radiation |
C. | Convection |
D. | All of these |
Answer» C. Convection | |
21. |
High frequency eddy current heating is used for |
A. | Melting of non-ferrous metals |
B. | High grade alloy steel production |
C. | Hardening the surfaces of materials being heated |
D. | Vacuum heating |
Answer» D. Vacuum heating | |
22. |
The inside wall of fluorescent tube is coated with |
A. | Sulphur powder |
B. | Phosphor powder |
C. | Sodium |
D. | Krypton |
Answer» C. Sodium | |
23. |
The rate of heat produced by dielectric heating is increased by |
A. | Increasing frequency and voltage supply |
B. | Increasing frequency and decreasing voltage supply |
C. | Decreasing frequency and voltage supply |
D. | Decreasing frequency and increasing voltage supply |
Answer» B. Increasing frequency and decreasing voltage supply | |
24. |
Arc welding is also known as |
A. | Pressure welding |
B. | Plastic welding |
C. | Non - pressure welding |
D. | None of these |
Answer» D. None of these | |
25. |
Throwing power is the ability of the electrolyte to produce |
A. | Uniform deposit on an article of regular shape |
B. | Uniform deposit on an article of irregular shape |
C. | Non - uniform deposit on an article of regular shape |
D. | Non - uniform deposit on an article of irregular shape |
Answer» C. Non - uniform deposit on an article of regular shape | |
26. |
Reduction factor of a source of light is the ratio of its |
A. | Mean horizontal candle power to the mean spherical candle power |
B. | Mean spherical candle power to the mean horizontal candle power |
C. | Maximum horizontal candle power to the mean spherical candle power |
D. | Mean spherical horizontal candle power to the maximum spherical candle power |
Answer» C. Maximum horizontal candle power to the mean spherical candle power | |
27. |
The range of visible radiation lies between |
A. | 2000 angstrom to 2500 angstrom |
B. | 4000 angstrom to 4500 angstrom |
C. | 5000 angstrom to 6000 angstrom |
D. | 4000 angstrom to 7500 angstrom |
Answer» E. | |
28. |
According to second law of illumination, the illumination at any point on an inclined surface is |
A. | Directly proportional to the cosine of the angle between the normal to the surface at that point |
B. | Directly proportional to the sin of the angle between the normal to the surface at that point |
C. | Directly proportional to the tan of the angle between the normal to the surface at that point |
D. | Directly proportional to the cot of the angle between the normal to the surface at that point |
Answer» B. Directly proportional to the sin of the angle between the normal to the surface at that point | |
29. |
According to the first law of illumination, the illumination of a surface due to a source of light is |
A. | Inversely proportional to the distance between the surface and the source of light |
B. | Inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the surface and the source of light |
C. | Directly proportional to the distance between the surface and the source of light |
D. | Directly proportional to the square of the distance between the surface and the source of light |
Answer» C. Directly proportional to the distance between the surface and the source of light | |
30. |
The artificial source of light is |
A. | Arc lamp |
B. | Incandescent lamp |
C. | Discharge lamp |
D. | All of these |
Answer» E. | |
31. |
The polar curves are used to find out the |
A. | MHCP |
B. | MSCP |
C. | Both (a) and (b) |
D. | None of these |
Answer» D. None of these | |
32. |
Nitrogen is added with the argon in an incandescent lamp to |
A. | Reduce the temperature |
B. | Reduce the possibility of arcing |
C. | Increase the brightness |
D. | Increase the efficiency |
Answer» C. Increase the brightness | |
33. |
In diesel electric drive, |
A. | A diesel engine drives an ac generator |
B. | Haulage capacity is less |
C. | Regenerative braking cannot be used |
D. | All of these |
Answer» D. All of these | |
34. |
The energy required for refining of gold in kWh / tone is about |
A. | 100 to 150 |
B. | 250 to 350 |
C. | 300 to 350 |
D. | 350 to 400 |
Answer» D. 350 to 400 | |
35. |
In speed time curve for trains, the notching period is |
A. | Constant acceleration period |
B. | Free running period of the train |
C. | Braking period of the train |
D. | Coasting period of the train |
Answer» B. Free running period of the train | |
36. |
In internal combustion engine drive, a gear box is |
A. | Required for controlling the torque |
B. | Required for controlling the speed |
C. | Required for controlling both speed and torque |
D. | Not required |
Answer» D. Not required | |
37. |
In urban or city train service, the |
A. | Acceleration period is absent |
B. | Free running period is absent |
C. | Coasting period is absent |
D. | Braking period is absent |
Answer» C. Coasting period is absent | |
38. |
The example of plastic welding is |
A. | Resistance welding |
B. | Gas welding |
C. | Arc welding |
D. | Thermit welding without pressure |
Answer» B. Gas welding | |
39. |
The motor which is most suitable for the traction work is / are |
A. | DC series motor |
B. | DC shunt motor |
C. | Single phase ac series motor |
D. | Three phase induction motor |
Answer» B. DC shunt motor | |
40. |
After welding, the welded parts retain which properties of the metal? |
A. | Melting point |
B. | Density |
C. | Thermal conductivity |
D. | All of these |
Answer» E. | |
41. |
Three phase induction motor is not suitable for traction purpose because |
A. | Low starting torque |
B. | High starting current |
C. | Constant speed operation |
D. | All of these |
Answer» E. | |
42. |
The fusion welding is also known as |
A. | Plastic welding |
B. | Pressure welding |
C. | Non - pressure welding |
D. | None of these |
Answer» D. None of these | |
43. |
The illumination due to good daylight is approximately equal to |
A. | 100 lux |
B. | 200 lux |
C. | 300 lux |
D. | 400 lux |
Answer» C. 300 lux | |
44. |
Lux is the unit of |
A. | Luminous flux |
B. | Luminous intensity |
C. | Illumination |
D. | Luminance |
Answer» D. Luminance | |
45. |
The suitable lamps for street lighting are |
A. | Mercury vapour lamps |
B. | Sodium discharge lamps |
C. | Both (a) and (b) |
D. | None of these |
Answer» D. None of these | |
46. |
The glare can be reduced by |
A. | Decreasing the height of bright light sources |
B. | Using glossy surfaces for bench tops |
C. | Using reflectors to the bright sources |
D. | All of these |
Answer» D. All of these | |
47. |
The propulsion of heavy vehicle is called |
A. | Illumination |
B. | Electric movement |
C. | Electric traction |
D. | Hybrid vehicle |
Answer» D. Hybrid vehicle | |
48. |
Flood lighting is used for |
A. | For enhancing the beauty of building at nights |
B. | For illuminating sports stadium |
C. | For illuminating show cases |
D. | All of these |
Answer» E. | |
49. |
Pantograph collector is used in railways where the train runs at 100 to 130 kmph. Which among the following is true about pantograph collector? |
A. | It is unidirectional |
B. | The erection of the overhead network is complicated |
C. | Its height cannot be varied |
D. | None of these |
Answer» E. | |
50. |
The steam engine drive and electric traction drive |
A. | Both uses electricity for its operation |
B. | Former do not use electricity at any stage of its operation and later uses electricity for its operation |
C. | Former uses electricity for its operation and the later one do not use electricity for its operation |
D. | Both do not use electricity at any stage for its operation |
Answer» E. | |