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501.

The power developed by a synchronous motor will be maximum when the load angle is

A. zero
B. 45°
C. 90°
D. 120°
Answer» D. 120¬¨‚àû
502.

If load (or torque) angle of a 4-pole synchronous motor is 6° electrical, its value in mechanical degrees is#

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 6
Answer» C. 4
503.

A synchronous motor can be made self starting by providing

A. Damper winding on rotor poles
B. Damper winding on stator
C. Damper winding on stator as well as rotor poles
D. None of the above
Answer» E.
504.

The back e.m.f. in the stator of a synchronous motor depends on

A. number of poles
B. flux density
C. rotor speed
D. rotor excitation
Answer» E.
505.

A rotory converter can also be run as a

A. d.c. shunt motor
B. d.c. series motor
C. d.c. compound motor
D. induction motor
E. synchronous motor
Answer» F.
506.

When load on an over-excited or under excited synchronous motor is increased, rate of change of its armature current as compared with that of power factor is

A. more
B. less
C. equal
D. twice
Answer» C. equal
507.

The back e.m.f. of a synchronous motor depends on

A. speed
B. load
C. load angle
D. all of the above
Answer» D. all of the above
508.

In which of the following motors the stator and rotor fields rotate simultaneously ?

A. D.C. motor
B. Reluctance motor
C. Universal motor
D. Synchronous motor
Answer» E.
509.

The ratio of starting torque to running torque in a synchronous motor is

A. zero
B. one
C. two
D. infinity
Answer» B. one
510.

The net armature voltage of a synchronous motor is equal to the

A. vector sum of Eb and V
B. arithmetic sum of Eb and V
C. arithmetic difference of Eb and V
D. vector difference of Eh and V
Answer» E.
511.

The armature current of the synchronous motor has higher values for

A. high excitation only
B. low excitation only
C. both (A) and (B)
D. none of the above
Answer» D. none of the above
512.

The maximum speed variation in a 3-phase synchronous motor is

A. 10 per cent
B. 6 per cent
C. 4 per cent
D. per cent
E. zero
Answer» F.
513.

If one-phase of a 3-phase synchronous motor is short-circuited, motor

A. will refuse to start
B. will overheat in spots
C. will not come upto speed
D. will fail to pull into step
Answer» B. will overheat in spots
514.

For V-curves for a synchronous motor the graph is drawn between

A. field current and armature current
B. terminal voltage and load factor
C. power factor and field current
D. armature current and power factor
Answer» B. terminal voltage and load factor
515.

The percentage slip in case of a synchronous motor is

A. 1%
B. 100%
C. 0.5%
D. zero
Answer» E.
516.

While starting a salient pole synchronous motor by induction motor action and connecting field discharge resistance across field, starting and accelerting torque is produced by

A. induction motor torque in field winding
B. induction motor torque in damper winding
C. eddy current and hysteresis torque in pole faces
D. reHetance motor torque due to saliency of the rotor
E. all of the above methods
Answer» F.
517.

A synchronous motor which works on a leading power factor and does not drive a mechanical load is called as

A. static condenser
B. condenser
C. synchronous condenser
D. none of the above
Answer» D. none of the above