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NAC/TLP-07a.13
No.
Subject Code :EE8353 Subject Name :Electrical Drives & Control Rev. No. 02
Unit No :2 Unit Name :Drive Motor Characteristics Date 30.09.2020

OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION BANK

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Objective Questions (MCQ /True or False / Fill up with Choices )
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Where is field winding mounted in a DC machine? L1
A) Stator
1 B) Rotor
C) Absent
D) Anywhere on stator or rotor
In a DC shunt motor, speed is related to armature current as _____________ L1
A) Inversely proportional to the armature current
2 B) Directly proportional to the armature current
C) Proportional to the square of the current
D) Inversely Proportional to the square of the current
For machine tools, which DC motor can be used? L3
A) DC Shunt motor
3 B) DC series motor
C) DC cumulative compound motor
D) DC differential compound motor
Why are the DC motors preferred for traction applications? L3
A) The speed is inversely proportional to the torque and the torque is
proportional to square of armature current
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B) Torque and speed are inversely proportional to armature current
C) Torque is proportional to armature current
D) Torque is proportional to square root of armature current
DC series motors are used _______________ L3
A) Where load is constant
5 B) Applications where high starting speed is required
C) Where load changes frequently
D) Where constant operating speed is needed
No-load speed of which of the following DC motor will be highest L2
A) DC Series motor
B) DC Shunt motor
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C) DC cumulative compound motor
D) DC differentialcompound motor
Which of the following DC motor can be used at conveyors? L3
A)Series motor
7 B) Shunt motor
C) Cumulative compound motor
D) Differentially compound motor
Differentially compound DC motors are used in applications requiring _______ L3
A) High starting torque
8 B) Variable speed
C) Frequent on-off cycles
D )Low starting torque

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 NADAR SARASWATHI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, THENI.
Course/Branch : BE/MECH Year / Semester :II/III Format
NAC/TLP-07a.13
No.
Subject Code :EE8353 Subject Name :Electrical Drives & Control Rev. No. 02
Unit No :2 Unit Name :Drive Motor Characteristics Date 30.09.2020

OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION BANK

Reverse braking mode acts in L2
A)First Quadrant
9 B)Second Quadrant
C)Third Quadrant
D)Fourth Quadrant
Which DC motor is more preferred for elevators ? L3
A) Differential compound motor
10 B) Shunt motor
C) Cumulative compound motor
D) Differentially compound motor
When an induction motor is loaded from no load to full load, its speed and slip will L2
A) Decreases, increases
11 B) Increases, Decreases
C) Both increases
D) Both decreases
An induction motor when loaded from no load to full load, its slip also varies from L2
s=1 to s=0. Then the torques in the low slip region and in high slip region
A) Both are directly proportional to the slip
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B) Both are inversely proportional to the slip
C) Independent of slip, proportional to the slip
D) Directly proportional to the slip, inversely proportional to the slip
If an induction motor is operating at a point in the high slip region, then the motor L2
will be
A) Either stable or unstable depending on the torque
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B) Unstable
C) Stable
D) None of these
The value of slip for motoring, generating and braking region respectively are L2
A0 = s = 1, s > 1, s < 1
14 B) s< 0, 0 = s = 1, s > 1
C) 0 = s = 1, s < 0, s > 1
D ) s > 1, 0 = s = 1, s < 0
Which of the following is the best braking method? L2
A)Friction
15 B) Electric braking
C) Electromechanical action
D) Eddy currents
Which of the following is the plugging method of braking? L2
A) Reversal of field connections
16 B) Reversal of armature connections
C) Addition of equal and opposite field
D) Removal of field circuit from current machine circuit
Electrical braking of any variety becomes less effective as ________________ L2
17
A) Speed increases
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 NADAR SARASWATHI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, THENI.
Course/Branch : BE/MECH Year / Semester :II/III Format
NAC/TLP-07a.13
No.
Subject Code :EE8353 Subject Name :Electrical Drives & Control Rev. No. 02
Unit No :2 Unit Name :Drive Motor Characteristics Date 30.09.2020

OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION BANK

B) Speed decreases
C) Independent of speed
D) Depends on supply voltage
Plugging is applied in a motor, if we don’t make the switch OFF what will happen? L3
A) Motor will come to rest as a result of plugging
18 B) Motor will come to rest and will start rotating in another direction
C) Motor will burn
D) Nothing will happen
Plugging is used in ____________ L2
A) Small motors only
19 B) Small and medium powered
C) Only in large heavy machines
D) Everywhere
Which of the following is dynamic braking? L2
A) Reversal of field connections
20 B) Reversal of armature connections
C) Addition of equal and opposite field
D) Removal of armature circuit from current machine circuit
In dynamic braking, when braking is applied system acts as ___________ L2
A) Freely running machine
21 B) Motor with slow speed
C) Generator
D) Motor with same speed in opposite direction
In which of the following electrical braking method, energy is supplied back to the L2
supply?
A) Plugging
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B) Dynamic braking
C) Regenerative braking
D) In all electrical braking
As the load is increased the speed of DC shunt motor will ___________ L2
A) Reduce slightly
23 B) Increase slightly
C) Increase proportionately
D) Reduce rapidly
Speed of DC shunt motor is directly proportional to___________ L2
A) Flux
24 B) Back emf
C) Terminal voltage
D) Armature resistance drop
Reverse motoring mode acts in L2
A)First Quadrant
25 B)Second Quadrant
C)Third Quadrant
D)Fourth Quadrant
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 NADAR SARASWATHI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, THENI.
Course/Branch : BE/MECH Year / Semester :II/III Format
NAC/TLP-07a.13
No.
Subject Code :EE8353 Subject Name :Electrical Drives & Control Rev. No. 02
Unit No :2 Unit Name :Drive Motor Characteristics Date 30.09.2020

OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION BANK

Under which of the following condition the squirrel cage induction motor is L3
preferred over the wound rotor induction motor.?
A)When an external voltage is to be necessarily into the rotor
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B)When the wide range of speed control is required
C)When the cost is the major consideration
D)When higher starting torque is required
Which motor is usually preferred for the elevator nowadays? L3
A)Induction Motor
27 B)Synchronous Motor
C)Capacitor Start Single Phase Motor
D)None of the above
Which of the following motors is preferred when quick speed reversal is the main L3
consideration? A) Squirrel cage induction motor
28 B) Wound rotor induction motor
C). Synchronous motor
D) DC motor
Which off the following motors is preferred when a smooth and resize speed control L3
over a wide range is desired?
A) DC motor
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B). Squirrel cage induction motor
C)Wound rotor induction motor
D) Synchronous motor
Regenerative is the best electrical braking among all braking techniques. L2
30 A) True
B) False

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