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| 301. | 
                                    In a full bridge inverter, the waveshape of load current depends on | 
                            
| A. | relative values of load parameters R, L and C | 
| B. | relative values of load parameters R and L | 
| C. | relative values of load parameters L and C | 
| D. | gating frequency | 
| Answer» B. relative values of load parameters R and L | |
| 302. | 
                                    A NAND gate has 3 inputs and one output. The number of thyristors required for this gate are | 
                            
| A. | 1 | 
| B. | 2 | 
| C. | 3 | 
| D. | 3 or 4 | 
| Answer» D. 3 or 4 | |
| 303. | 
                                    In the basic series inverter circuit, the source supplies load | 
                            
| A. | only in positive half cycle | 
| B. | both in positive and negative half cycles | 
| C. | only in part of positive half cycle | 
| D. | in positive half cycle and part of negative half cycle | 
| Answer» B. both in positive and negative half cycles | |
| 304. | 
                                    In a full wave converter (M - 2 connection) feeding an RLE load, the peak thyristor current is 15 A. For fully controlled bridge circuit and same load current, the peak thyristor current will be | 
                            
| A. | 30 A | 
| B. | 152 A | 
| C. | 15 A | 
| Answer» D. | |
| 305. | 
                                    The snubber circuit consists of | 
                            
| A. | a capacitor connected in series with thyristor | 
| B. | a capacitor connected in parallel with thyristor | 
| C. | a resistor and capacitor in series connected across thyristor | 
| D. | none of the above | 
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 306. | 
                                    A cycloconverter uses | 
                            
| A. | natural commutation | 
| B. | forced commutation | 
| C. | either natural or forced commutation | 
| D. | both natural and forced commutation together | 
| Answer» D. both natural and forced commutation together | |
| 307. | 
                                    When an SCR is reverse biased | 
                            
| A. | two junctions are reverse biased and one junction is forward biased. | 
| B. | all the three junctions are reverse biased. | 
| C. | one junction is reverse biased and two junctions are forward biased. | 
| D. | any of the above depending on the magnitude of reverse bias. | 
| Answer» B. all the three junctions are reverse biased. | |
| 308. | 
                                    In a multiphase chopper, the different choppers operate in | 
                            
| A. | series and all simultaneously | 
| B. | parallel and one at a time | 
| C. | parallel and simultaneously | 
| D. | either (b) or (c) | 
| Answer» C. parallel and simultaneously | |
| 309. | 
                                    A dc chopper feeds an RLE load and has a duty cycle of 1. The load current will be such that | 
                            
| A. | |
| B. | Imax > Imin | 
| C. | Imin > 0 | 
| Answer» B. Imax > Imin | |
| 310. | 
                                    Assertion (A): A cycloconverter may be line commutated or forced commutatedReason (R): A step up cycloconverter requires forced commutation. | 
                            
| A. | Both A and R are correct and R is correct explanation of A | 
| B. | Both A and R correct but R is not correct explanation of A | 
| C. | A is correct but R is wrong | 
| D. | A is wrong but R is correct | 
| Answer» B. Both A and R correct but R is not correct explanation of A | |
| 311. | 
                                    The factor η for a UJT is about | 
                            
| A. | 0.1 | 
| B. | 0.2 | 
| C. | 0.6 | 
| D. | 0.9 | 
| Answer» D. 0.9 | |
| 312. | 
                                    If we connect two silicon unilateral switches in anti- parallel we get | 
                            
| A. | SCR | 
| B. | SBS | 
| C. | SCS | 
| D. | UJT | 
| Answer» C. SCS | |
| 313. | 
                                    A separately excited dc motor is run from a dc source through a chopper. At 600 rpm and rated torque, the duty cycle of chopper is 0.8. At 600 rpm and half the rated torque, the duty cycle is likely to be | 
                            
| A. | 0.9 | 
| B. | 0.8 | 
| C. | 0.75 | 
| D. | 0.6 | 
| Answer» D. 0.6 | |
| 314. | 
                                    A load commutated chopper circuit has | 
                            
| A. | one thyristor | 
| B. | two thyristors | 
| C. | four thyristors | 
| D. | six thyristors | 
| Answer» D. six thyristors | |
| 315. | 
                                    In a 3 phase semiconverter, the freewheeling diode comes into operation only if firing angle | 
                            
| A. | is zero | 
| B. | is 60° | 
| C. | is more than 60° | 
| D. | is more than 90° | 
| Answer» D. is more than 90¬∞ | |
| 316. | 
                                    A full bridge inverter is fed by a battery of 30 V. The rms value of output voltage is | 
                            
| A. | 15 V | 
| B. | 152 V | 
| C. | 30 V | 
| D. | 302 V | 
| Answer» D. 302 V | |
| 317. | 
                                    In a modified series inverter with two inductors and two capacitors, the load current | 
                            
| A. | has 2 parallel paths | 
| B. | has only one parallel path | 
| C. | can have three parallel paths | 
| D. | has four parallel paths | 
| Answer» B. has only one parallel path | |
| 318. | 
                                    A single phase series converter is used for | 
                            
| A. | high voltage output | 
| B. | high current output | 
| C. | high voltage and high current output | 
| D. | improving the circuit efficiency | 
| Answer» B. high current output | |
| 319. | 
                                    In dielectric heating, the thyristor circuits consist of | 
                            
| A. | rectifier-chopper combination | 
| B. | controlled rectifier | 
| C. | ac regulator | 
| D. | rectifier-inverter combination | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 320. | 
                                    In rectifier circuits, ripple factor RF and form factor FF are related as | 
                            
| A. | RF = (FF2 - 1)0.5 | 
| B. | RF = FF | 
| C. | RF = FF - 1 | 
| D. | RF = (FF - 1)0.5 | 
| Answer» B. RF = FF | |
| 321. | 
                                    In a fully controlled bridge converter feeding a resistive load the waveshapes of output voltage and output current | 
                            
| A. | are always similar | 
| B. | can never be similar | 
| C. | may be similar or dissimilar | 
| D. | are similar only if a = 0 | 
| Answer» B. can never be similar | |
| 322. | 
                                    A single phase cycloconverter with centre tapped input transformer requires | 
                            
| A. | 2 thyristors | 
| B. | 4 thyristors | 
| C. | 8 thyristors | 
| D. | either 2 or 4 thyristors | 
| Answer» C. 8 thyristors | |
| 323. | 
                                    A single phase full converter can operate in | 
                            
| A. | 4 quadrants | 
| B. | 3 quadrants | 
| C. | 2 quadrants | 
| D. | 1 quadrant | 
| Answer» D. 1 quadrant | |
| 324. | 
                                    In an SCR, the anode current is controlled by | 
                            
| A. | gate current only | 
| B. | external circuit only | 
| C. | both gate current and external circuit | 
| D. | none of the above | 
| Answer» C. both gate current and external circuit | |
| 325. | 
                                    A reactor is used in a dual converter operating in non-circulating current mode. | 
                            
| A. | 1 | 
| B. | |
| Answer» C. | |
| 326. | 
                                    In integral cycle control of ac regulators, the period of integral cycle control, i.e., (m + n) T should be | 
                            
| A. | less than mechanical or thermal time constant of the system | 
| B. | more than the mechanical or thermal time constant of the system | 
| C. | more or less than the mechanical or thermal time constant | 
| D. | very high | 
| Answer» B. more than the mechanical or thermal time constant of the system | |
| 327. | 
                                    Assertion (A): An inverter does not require forced commutation Reason (R): A series inverter is a forced commutation inverter. | 
                            
| A. | Both A and R are correct and R is correct explanation of A | 
| B. | Both A and R correct but R is not correct explanation of A | 
| C. | A is correct but R is wrong | 
| D. | A is wrong but R is correct | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 328. | 
                                    To turn off an SCR, it is necessary to reduce its current to less than : | 
                            
| A. | trigger current | 
| B. | holding current | 
| C. | breakover current | 
| D. | none of the above | 
| Answer» C. breakover current | |
| 329. | 
                                    An ideal rectifier should have | 
                            
| A. | 100% efficiency, zero ripple factor, zero harmonic factor and unity displacement factor | 
| B. | 100% efficiency, zero tipple factor, zero harmonic factor and zero displacement factor | 
| C. | 100% efficiency, zero ripple factor, unity harmonic factor and unity displacement factor | 
| D. | 100% efficiency, unity ripple factor, zero harmonic factor and unity displacement factor | 
| Answer» B. 100% efficiency, zero tipple factor, zero harmonic factor and zero displacement factor | |
| 330. | 
                                    A class B chopper operates in third quadrant. | 
                            
| A. | 1 | 
| B. | |
| Answer» C. | |
| 331. | 
                                    Class A and class B chopper | 
                            
| A. | operate in first quadrant | 
| B. | operate in second quadrant | 
| C. | class A chopper operates in first quadrant while class B operates in second quadrant | 
| D. | may operate in either first or second quadrant | 
| Answer» D. may operate in either first or second quadrant | |
| 332. | 
                                    A TRIAC can be turned on : | 
                            
| A. | by applying a positive signal to gate | 
| B. | by applying a negative signal to gate | 
| C. | by applying either positive or negative signal to gate | 
| D. | none of the above | 
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 333. | 
                                    In a half bridge inverter each thyristor is gated at a frequency f. The output frequency is | 
                            
| A. | 2 f | 
| B. | f | 
| C. | 0.5 f | 
| D. | 0.25 f | 
| Answer» C. 0.5 f | |
| 334. | 
                                    A single phase bridge type cycloconverter uses eight thyristors. | 
                            
| A. | 1 | 
| B. | |
| Answer» B. | |
| 335. | 
                                    As compared to BJT, MOSFET has | 
                            
| A. | lower switching losses and higher conduction losses | 
| B. | higher switching losses and higher conduction losses | 
| C. | higher switching losses and lower conduction losses | 
| D. | lower switching losses and lower conduction losses | 
| Answer» B. higher switching losses and higher conduction losses | |
| 336. | 
                                    Assertion (A): Light triggering is very suitable for HVDC transmission.Reason (R): Light triggering has the advantage of complete electrical isolation of gate circuit. | 
                            
| A. | Both A and R are correct and R is correct explanation of A | 
| B. | Both A and R correct but R is not correct explanation of A | 
| C. | A is correct but R is wrong | 
| D. | A is wrong but R is correct | 
| Answer» B. Both A and R correct but R is not correct explanation of A | |
| 337. | 
                                    In a single phase full converter fed by a source having inductance, the number of thyristors conducting during overlap is | 
                            
| A. | 1 | 
| B. | 2 | 
| C. | 3 | 
| D. | 4 | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 338. | 
                                    A fully controlled bridge converter feeds a highly inductive load such that the load current can be assumed to be constant. The wave shape of input current is | 
                            
| A. | dc | 
| B. | sinusoidal | 
| C. | rectangular | 
| D. | none of the above | 
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 339. | 
                                    In disc mounting of SCR | 
                            
| A. | SCR is clamped on one side of disc shaped heat sink | 
| B. | SCR is clamped between two disc shaped heat sinks | 
| C. | The SCR has low current rating | 
| D. | None of the above | 
| Answer» C. The SCR has low current rating | |
| 340. | 
                                    A single phase half wave regulator uses | 
                            
| A. | 2 diodes and 2 thyristors | 
| B. | 2 thyristors | 
| C. | 1 diode and 1 thyristor | 
| D. | 2 diodes | 
| Answer» D. 2 diodes | |
| 341. | 
                                    A cycloconverter for single phase operation has | 
                            
| A. | one positive group and one negative group converters | 
| B. | two positive group and two negative group converters | 
| C. | three positive group and three negative group converters | 
| D. | any of the above | 
| Answer» B. two positive group and two negative group converters | |
| 342. | 
                                    If ton and toff are the turn on and turn off times of a thyristor, then | 
                            
| A. | ton and toff are almost equal | 
| B. | ton >> toff | 
| C. | toff >> ton | 
| D. | ton is about twice toff | 
| Answer» D. ton is about twice toff | |
| 343. | 
                                    HVDC systems are preferable for only long distances. | 
                            
| A. | 1 | 
| B. | |
| Answer» B. | |
| 344. | 
                                    A voltage VBB is applied across the terminals of a UJT. The emitter voltage at peak point is | 
                            
| A. | hVBB | 
| B. | (h + 1) VBB | 
| C. | hVBB + VD | 
| D. | VD | 
| Answer» D. VD | |
| 345. | 
                                    In a bridge inverter with single pulse width modulation | 
                            
| A. | the output frequency is equal to frequency of reference signal | 
| B. | the output frequency is equal to frequency of control signal | 
| C. | either (a) or (b) | 
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) | 
| Answer» B. the output frequency is equal to frequency of control signal | |
| 346. | 
                                    Assertion (A): Chopper always requires forced commutationReason (R): Morgan chopper uses a saturable reactor. | 
                            
| A. | Both A and R are correct and R is correct explanation of A | 
| B. | Both A and R correct but R is not correct explanation of A | 
| C. | A is correct but R is wrong | 
| D. | A is wrong but R is correct | 
| Answer» C. A is correct but R is wrong | |
| 347. | 
                                    In a thyristor, the forward breakover voltage | 
                            
| A. | is constant | 
| B. | may be constant or may depend on gate current | 
| C. | decreases as gate current is increased | 
| D. | increases as gate current is increased | 
| Answer» D. increases as gate current is increased | |
| 348. | 
                                    In 180° mode of operation of a 3 phase bridge inverter, two thyristors conduct at one time. | 
                            
| A. | 1 | 
| B. | |
| Answer» C. | |
| 349. | 
                                    In auxiliary commutated chopper, the peak value of thyristor current is | 
                            
| A. | equal to peak value of load current | 
| B. | equal to peak value of capacitor current | 
| C. | sum of peak value of load current and capacitor current | 
| D. | none of the above | 
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 350. | 
                                    Assertion (A): A transistor has lower voltage drop during conduction as compared to thyristorReason (R): Transistors are manufactured in very high voltage and current ratings. | 
                            
| A. | Both A and R are correct and R is correct explanation of A | 
| B. | Both A and R correct but R is not correct explanation of A | 
| C. | A is correct but R is wrong | 
| D. | A is wrong but R is correct | 
| Answer» D. A is wrong but R is correct | |