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				This section includes 439 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Network Theory knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. | How is the voltage determined when the current and resistance are given? | 
| A. | Divide the current by the resistance | 
| B. | Subtract the current from the resistance | 
| C. | Multiply the current and resistance | 
| D. | Add the current and the resistance | 
| Answer» D. Add the current and the resistance | |
| 2. | Calculate the current I in the following circuit: | 
| A. | 5 A | 
| B. | 12 A | 
| C. | 15 A | 
| D. | 3 A | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. | A passive network has | 
| A. | no current source | 
| B. | no emf source | 
| C. | only emf source | 
| D. | neither current source nor emf source | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. | For a transmission line, three delta connected capacities each having 10 μF capacitance, if converted to equivalent star connection, how much would each capacitance be? | 
| A. | 15 μF | 
| B. | 30 μF | 
| C. | 3.3 μF | 
| D. | 45 μF | 
| Answer» C. 3.3 μF | |
| 5. | A 1 Ω resistor is connected across a source having load line v + i = 100. Determine the current through the resistor. | 
| A. | 80 A | 
| B. | 50 A | 
| C. | 20 A | 
| D. | 100 A | 
| Answer» C. 20 A | |
| 6. | For the circuit shown what is the voltage V if the source voltage is reduced by 50% and the voltage across the current source remain constant? | 
| A. | IR + E | 
| B. | E – IR | 
| C. | 2IR – (E/2) | 
| D. | - ((E/2) + IR ) | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. | Based on the voltmeter and ammeter readings in the measuring network, determine the value of the resistor R. | 
| A. | 1 ohm | 
| B. | 10 ohm | 
| C. | 5 ohm | 
| D. | 2 ohm | 
| Answer» C. 5 ohm | |
| 8. | A conducting wire of length l and resistance R is cut into four equal parts. The four parts are then connected in parallel. The resistance of the combination is | 
| A. | R/4 | 
| B. | R/8 | 
| C. | R/16 | 
| D. | 4 R | 
| Answer» D. 4 R | |
| 9. | Power Loss in a resistor is given by: | 
| A. | P = V2R | 
| B. | \(P = \frac{V}{I}\) | 
| C. | \(P = \frac{{{I^2}}}{R}\) | 
| D. | \(P = \frac{{{V^2}}}{R}\) | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. | Let Δq be the net charge passing through an element in a period of Δt. What is the current passing through that element? | 
| A. | Δq × Δt | 
| B. | \(\frac{{{\rm{\Delta }}q}}{{{\rm{\Delta }}t}}\) | 
| C. | Δt/Δq | 
| D. | q | 
| Answer» C. Δt/Δq | |
| 11. | A single phase one pulse controlled circuit has a resistance and counter emf load 200sin (512t)as the source voltage for a load counter emf of 100 V. the range of firing angle control will be: | 
| A. | 120° to 150° | 
| B. | 30° to 110° | 
| C. | 0° to 30° | 
| D. | 30° to 150° | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. | Consider the following given circuit and find the value of total current drawn from the cell and the potential difference across the 3 Ω resistor respectively. | 
| A. | 0.4 A, 0.8 V | 
| B. | 0.84 A, 0.6 V | 
| C. | 0.56 A, 0.8 V | 
| D. | 0.9 A, 0.8 V | 
| Answer» B. 0.84 A, 0.6 V | |
| 13. | As the temperature of pure metal increases, the product of its resistivity and its conductivity: | 
| A. | increases linearly | 
| B. | increases exponentially | 
| C. | decreases | 
| D. | remains constant | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. | A resistor is connected to a voltage source. What will happen to the power dissipated in the resistor if the voltage is doubled? | 
| A. | Becomes two times | 
| B. | Becomes four times | 
| C. | Becomes one half | 
| D. | Becomes one fourth | 
| Answer» C. Becomes one half | |
| 15. | ______ are those which offer very high resistance to the flow of electric current through them when subjected to electric. | 
| A. | Conducting materials | 
| B. | Insulating materials | 
| C. | Ferromagnetic materials | 
| D. | Semiconducting materials | 
| Answer» C. Ferromagnetic materials | |
| 16. | A 60 W bulb in series with a room heater is connected across the mains. What will happen if the 60 W bulb is replaced by a 100 W bulb? | 
| A. | The heater output will increase | 
| B. | The heater output will slightly decrease | 
| C. | The heater output will be the same | 
| D. | The heater output will decrease | 
| Answer» B. The heater output will slightly decrease | |
| 17. | If the charge on each of the capacitors in the given figure is 4500 μC, what is the total capacitance in μF? | 
| A. | 325 | 
| B. | 11.1 | 
| C. | 22.2 | 
| D. | 33.3 | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. | A 4.0 ohm resistor has current I = 2.5 sin ωt A. Find the power dissipated in the resistor. | 
| A. | 25 sin2 ω2t (W) | 
| B. | 2.5 sin2ωt (W) | 
| C. | 25 sin2ωt (W) | 
| D. | 2.5 sin ωt (W) | 
| Answer» D. 2.5 sin ωt (W) | |
| 19. | In fuel cell, ______ energy is converted into electrical energy. | 
| A. | Mechanical | 
| B. | Heat | 
| C. | Sound | 
| D. | Chemical | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. | A capacitor is basically constructed of | 
| A. | Conductor and Semiconductor | 
| B. | Conductor and Dielectric | 
| C. | Two conductors separated by a dielectric | 
| D. | Two dielectric separated by a conductor | 
| Answer» D. Two dielectric separated by a conductor | |
| 21. | Heat generated across a resistance is | 
| A. | Directly proportional to current flowing through it | 
| B. | Inversely proportional to the value of resistance | 
| C. | Directly proportional to the square of current flowing through it | 
| D. | Directly proportional to square of resistance | 
| Answer» D. Directly proportional to square of resistance | |
| 22. | By inserting a plate of dielectric between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor, the energy stored is increased 5 times. The dielectric constant is | 
| A. | 0.04 | 
| B. | 0.2 | 
| C. | 5 | 
| D. | 25 | 
| Answer» D. 25 | |
| 23. | Coulomb's law for the force between electric charges closely resembles with __________. | 
| A. | Newton's law of motion | 
| B. | Law of conservation of energy | 
| C. | Gauss's theory | 
| D. | Newton's law of gravitation | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. | If a current of 10 A flows for 4 minutes, find the quantity of electricity transferred | 
| A. | 2.5 C | 
| B. | 40 C | 
| C. | 0.4 C | 
| D. | 2400 C | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. | One coulomb of electrical charge is contributed by how many electrons? | 
| A. | 0.625 × 1019 | 
| B. | 1.6 × 10-19 | 
| C. | 1019 | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» B. 1.6 × 10-19 | |
| 26. | A factory runs in 4 shifts of 6 hours each, in which it consumes 36 kW, 86 KW, 50 kW and 20 kW in each shift respectively. Calculate the energy (in kWh) consumed by the factory per day. | 
| A. | 216 | 
| B. | 557 | 
| C. | 1152 | 
| D. | 1920 | 
| Answer» D. 1920 | |
| 27. | Insertion loss for SC type fiber connector in dB is of the range: | 
| A. | 1.5-2.0 | 
| B. | 1.0-1.5 | 
| C. | 0.3-1.0 | 
| D. | 0.2-0.45 | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. | Flow of electrons in circuit constitutes | 
| A. | Magnetic charge | 
| B. | An e.m.f | 
| C. | An electric current | 
| D. | An electric charge | 
| Answer» D. An electric charge | |
| 29. | For the replacement of internal resistors, the ideal voltage source is replaced by: | 
| A. | capacitor | 
| B. | short circuit | 
| C. | current source | 
| D. | open circuit | 
| Answer» C. current source | |
| 30. | If m identical cells of e.m.f. V and internal resistance 'r' are connected in series, they produce a current through an external resistance R equal to | 
| A. | \(\frac{{{\rm{mV}}}}{{{\rm{r}} + {\rm{R}}}}\) | 
| B. | \(\frac{{{\rm{mV}}}}{{\rm{R}}}\) | 
| C. | \(\frac{{\rm{V}}}{{{\rm{r}} + {\rm{R}}}}\) | 
| D. | \(\frac{{{\rm{mV}}}}{{{\rm{mr}} + {\rm{R}}}}\) | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. | N resistors each of resistance R when connected in series offer an equivalent resistance of 50 Ω and when reconnected in parallel the effective resistance is 2 Ω. The value of R is | 
| A. | 2.5 Ω | 
| B. | 5 Ω | 
| C. | 7.5 Ω | 
| D. | 10 Ω | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 32. | An electrical circuit with 10 branches and 7 junctions will have | 
| A. | 10 loop equations | 
| B. | 4 loop equations | 
| C. | 3 loop equations | 
| D. | 7 loop equations | 
| Answer» C. 3 loop equations | |
| 33. | Determine the value of equivalent inductance, if 4 inductors having inductance L are connected in parallel | 
| A. | 4L | 
| B. | L/4 | 
| C. | 4/L | 
| D. | 8L | 
| Answer» C. 4/L | |
| 34. | Determine the power (in W) of lamp A and lamp B respectively for the given circuit diagram. | 
| A. | 75.56, 33.64 | 
| B. | 76.65, 38.86 | 
| C. | 71.11, 35.37 | 
| D. | 68.62, 38.86 | 
| Answer» D. 68.62, 38.86 | |
| 35. | If two 0.25 micro farad capacitors are connected in series, what will be the total effective capacitance? | 
| A. | 0.125 micro farad | 
| B. | 0.0624 micro farad | 
| C. | 2.5 micro farad | 
| D. | 0.50 micro farad | 
| Answer» B. 0.0624 micro farad | |
| 36. | If the temperature increases, the resistance of pure metal: | 
| A. | first increases then decreases | 
| B. | remains constant | 
| C. | increases | 
| D. | decreases | 
| Answer» D. decreases | |
| 37. | Find the voltage across 30 Ω resistor in the given circuit. | 
| A. | 105 V | 
| B. | 45 V | 
| C. | 75 V | 
| D. | 30 V | 
| Answer» C. 75 V | |
| 38. | If the Δ impedances are Za, Zb and Zc and the Y impedances are Z1, Z2 and Z3, then which one of the following relations is correct? | 
| A. | Z1 = ZaZbZc | 
| B. | \({Z_1} = \frac{1}{{{Z_a} + {Z_b} + {Z_c}}}\) | 
| C. | Z1 = Za + Zb + Zc | 
| D. | \({Z_1} = \frac{{{Z_b}{Z_c}}}{{{Z_a} + {Z_b}+{Z_c}}}\) | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. | If the area, length, and the number of turns of an AC circuit are doubled, then the new inductance will be: | 
| A. | Twice the former | 
| B. | Four times the former | 
| C. | Same | 
| D. | Half the former | 
| Answer» C. Same | |
| 40. | If the three resistors in a delta network are all equal in values i.e. RDELTA, then the value of the resultant resistors in each branch of the equivalent star network i.e. RSTAR will be equal to: | 
| A. | \(\frac{R_{DELTA}}{3}\) | 
| B. | \(\frac{R_{DELTA}}{2}\) | 
| C. | 2 RDELTA | 
| D. | RDELTA | 
| Answer» B. \(\frac{R_{DELTA}}{2}\) | |
| 41. | In the circuit shown below power delivered by the source is: | 
| A. | 12 W | 
| B. | 6 W | 
| C. | 3 W | 
| D. | 9 W | 
| Answer» D. 9 W | |
| 42. | In a four branch parallel circuit, 50 mA current flows in each branch. If one of the branches opens, the current in other branches | 
| A. | Increase, but not double | 
| B. | Decrease | 
| C. | Unaffected | 
| D. | Double | 
| Answer» D. Double | |
| 43. | Capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor is not affected by | 
| A. | area of plates | 
| B. | thickness of plates | 
| C. | separation between plates | 
| D. | nature of dielectric | 
| Answer» C. separation between plates | |
| 44. | Conductance is defined as reciprocal of: | 
| A. | Resistance | 
| B. | Capacitance | 
| C. | Susceptance | 
| D. | Inductance | 
| Answer» B. Capacitance | |
| 45. | Parallel combination of a 10Ω resistor and a 5Ω resistor are connected to a DC voltage source. The total current drawn from the voltage source is 15A. What is the current through the 5Ω resistor? | 
| A. | 10 A | 
| B. | 5 A | 
| C. | 1 A | 
| D. | None of the above | 
| Answer» B. 5 A | |
| 46. | Determine the total resistance of the circuit given below. | 
| A. | 24.12 | 
| B. | 23.36 | 
| C. | 26.66 | 
| D. | 28.86 | 
| Answer» D. 28.86 | |
| 47. | Find the power delivered by the sources in the following circuit. | 
| A. | Pa = -200 W, Pb = 500 W | 
| B. | Pa = -200 W, Pb = -500 W | 
| C. | Pa = -100 W, Pb= 300 W | 
| D. | Pa = 500 W, Pb= 200 W | 
| Answer» B. Pa = -200 W, Pb = -500 W | |
| 48. | In the circuit shown below, if I1 = 1.5 A, then I2 will be | 
| A. | 0.5 A | 
| B. | 0 A | 
| C. | 1.5 A | 
| D. | 3.0 A | 
| Answer» D. 3.0 A | |
| 49. | A current of 2.2 A flows through a coil when connected 220 V DC. When 220 V 50 Hz AC is applied to the same coil, current is 1 A. What is inductance of coil? | 
| A. | 6.24 H | 
| B. | 62.4 mH | 
| C. | 0.624 H | 
| D. | 0.624 mH | 
| Answer» D. 0.624 mH | |
| 50. | Analyze the following diagram and find the electric current in the 5 Ω resistor. | 
| A. | 1.438 A | 
| B. | 0.711 A | 
| C. | 1.325 A | 
| D. | 0.824 A | 
| Answer» C. 1.325 A | |