Gate Practice Questions
Gate Practice Questions
Gate Practice Questions
d) The frequency
1. Two wattmeter method is employed
6. Two watt meters which are
to measure power in a 3 phase
connected to measure the total power
balanced system with the current
on a three phase system supplying a
coils connected in the A and C lines.
balanced load, read 10.5 kW and
The phase sequence is ABC. If the
-2.5kW, respectively. The total
wattmeter with its current coil in A
power and the power factor,
phase line reads zero, then the power
respectively are
factor of the 3 phase load will be
a) 13.0kW , 0.334
a) Zero lagging
b) 13.0kW, 0.684
b) 0.5 lagging
c) 8.0kW,0.52
c) Zero leading
d) 8.0kW, 0.334
d) 0.5 leading
7. While measuring power in a three
2. A dynamometer tyoe wattmeter with
phase load by two wattmeter method,
its voltage coil connected across the
the reading of the two wattmeter
load side of the instrument reads 250
method, the reading of the two
W. The voltage coil has a resistance
wattmeter method will be equal and
of 2000Ω. If the load voltage is 200
opposite, when
V, what is the power being absorbed
a) Load is balanced
by the load (in W)?
b) Power factor is unity
3. The ratio of the readings of two watt
c) The load is purely inductive
meters connected to measure power
d) Phase angle is between 600 and
in a balanced load is 5:3 and the load
900.
is inductive. The power factor of the
8. The pressure coil of a dynamometer
load is
type wattmeter is
a) 0.6 lead
a) Highly inductive
b) 0.6 lag
b) Highly resistive
c) 0.917 lead
c) Purely resistive
d) 0.917 lag
d) Purely inductive
4. The power of a three phase, three
9. Assertion (A): General purpose
wire balanced system was measured
dynamometer type wattmeter cannot
by two wattmeter method. The
indicate the correct value of power at
reading of one of the watt meters
low power factors.
was found to be double that of the
Reason (R) : The presence of self
other. What is the power factor of the
inductance in the pressure coil circuit
system?
introduces an error in the indicated
5. A compensated wattmeter has its
value which increases appreciable
reading corrected for error due to
with the decrease in power factor of
a) Power consumed in current coil
the load
b) Power consumed in potential coil
a) A is false but R is true
b) A is true but R is false 440V. The value of line current is
c) Both A and R are true and R is ----------------- A
the correct explanation of A 14. What is the effect of inductance in
d) Both A and R are true but R is the pressure coil on performance of a
not the correct explanation of A. dynamometer type wattmeter?
10. Two watt meters, which are a) It always reads low
connected to measure the total power b) Its reading is not affected at all
of an over excited synchronous c) It reads low on lagging power
motor, read -3.5kW and +8.0kW, factor and high on leading power
respectively. The power factor and factor
input power to the motor are d) It reads high on lagging power
respectively, factor and low on leading power
a) 0.2655, 4.5W factor.
b) 0.2655,11.5W 15. When two watt meters W1 and W2
c) 0.829,11.5W are used to measure power input to a
d) 0.829,4.5W synchronous motor, each of them
11. In the measurement of power on indicates 60kW. If the power factor
balanced load by two wattmeter is changed to 0.866 leading keeping
method in a 3 phase cicuit, the the total power input the same. The
readings of the watt meters are 3kW reading of W1 and W2 are
and 1kW respectively. The latter is respectively.
being obtained after reversing the a) 90kW, 30kW
connections of the current coil. What b) 30kW, 90kW
is the power factor of the load? c) 40kW,80kW
12. Which one of the following methods d) 50kW,70kW
decrease the error due to connections
in dynamometer type wattmeter watt 16. The current and potential coil of a
meter? dynamometer type watt meter were
a) Using bifilar compensating accidentally interchanged while
winding in place of current coil connecting. After energizing the
b) Using non inductive pressure coil circuit, it was observed that the watt
circuit meter did not show the reading.
c) Using a capacitor across a part of This could be due to the
high resistance of pressure coil a) Damage to current coil
circuit b) Damage to potential coil
d) Using a swamping resistance c) Loose contacts
13. A load test on a 3 phase wound rotor d) Damage to both the coils.
induction motor is performed by two 17. In a low power factor wattmeter,
wattmeter method. The two watt sometimes, the compensating coils
meters read +14.2kW and -6.1kW is connected in order to
respectively and the line voltage is a) Compensate for power loss in
pressure coil b) W1 = 500W and W2 = 500W
b) Reduce the error caused by eddy c) W1 = 0W and W2 = 1000W
current. d) W1 = 250W and W2 = 750W
c) Neutralize the capacitive effect of
pressure coil 20.A single phase load is connected
d) Compensate for inductance of between R and Y terminals of a
pressure coil. 415V symmetrical, 3 phase 4 wire
18. A wattmeter reads 400W when its system with phase sequence of RYB.
current coil is connected in the R phase A wattmeter is connected in the
and its pressure coil is connected system as shown in figure. The
between this phase and the neutral of a power factor of the load is 0.8
symmetrical 3 phase system supplying lagging. The wattmeter will read
a balanced star connected 0.8pf
inductive load. This phase sequence is
RYB. What will be the reading of this
wattmeter if its pressure coil alone is
reconnected between the B and Y
phases, all other connections
remaining as before?
a) 400W
b) 519.6W a) -795W
c) 300W b) -597W
d) 692.8W c) +597W
19. The line to line voltage to 3 phase d) +795W
50Hz, ac circuit shown in figure is
100V rms. Assuming that the phase 21. A single phase load is connected
sequence is RYB, the watt meters between R and Y terminals of a
would read 415V symmetrical, 3 phase 4 wire
system with phase sequence RYB. A
wattmeter is connected in the system
as shown in figure. The power factor
of the load is 0.8 lagging. The
wattmeter will read
a) 2kHz
b) 1kHz
c)500Hz
d)250Hz
63. A 4- digit DVM with a 100mV
lowest full scale range would
have a sensitivity of how
much value while resolution
of this DVM is 0.0001
a) 0.1mV
b) 0.01mV
c) 1.0mV
d) 10mV
64. An analog voltage signal whose
highest significant frequency
is 1kHz is to be coded with a
resolution of 0.01% for a
voltage range of 0-1V. the
minimum sampling frequency
and the minimum number of
bits should respectively be
a) 1kHz and 12
b) 1kHz and 14
c) 2kHz and 12
d) 2kHz and 14.
65. A successive approximation A/D
converter has a resolution of
20mV. What is its digital
output for an analog input of
2.17V?
a) 01101100
b) 01101101
c) 01101011