Explore topic-wise MCQs in Network Theory.

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