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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 | |