THE OXFORD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

HOSUR ROAD, BOMMANAHALLI, BANGALORE - 68

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Subject: Basic electrical engineering Subject code : 10ELE15 Branch : P3 Max. Marks Time Date : 50 : 1 Hour : 10-10-12

PART A Resistivity of a wire depends on (A) length (B) material (C) cross section area(D) none of the above. 2. The resistance of a 100 W, 200 V lamp is (A) 100 ohm(B) 200 ohm(C) 400 ohm(D) 1600 ohm. Ohm's law is not applicable to(A) DC circuits(B) high currents(C) small resistors(D) semi-conductors 3. Resistance between X1 and X2 is (a)10 ohm(B) greater than 10 ohm(C) 0(D) less than 10 ohm. 4. Three 10 k resistors are connected in series. A 20 k resistor is connected in parallel across one of the 10 k resistors. The voltage source is 24 V. The total current in the circuit is (A) 900A (B) 9mA (C) 90mA(D)800A 5. Conductance is expressed in terms of(A) ohm / m(B) m / ohm(C) mho / m(D) mho. 6. Two resistances R1 and R2 give combined resistance of 4.5 ohms when in series and 1 ohm when in parallel. The resistances are(A)3 ohms and 6 ohms(B)3 ohms and 9 ohms(C)1.5 ohms and 3 ohms(D)1.5 Ohms and 0.5 ohms 7. The resistance of a 100 W, 200 V lamp is(A) 100 ohm(B) 200 ohm(C) 400 ohm(D) 1600 ohm. 8. The emf induced in the coil of n turns is (A)N (B) N (C) -N (D) L 0 9. An alternating voltage is given by V=100sin(314t-30 )volts. The frequency is ---(A) 25Hz (B)50Hz (C)60Hz (D)100Hz 10. The reactive power in a single phase circuit is given by ---(A)VIcos (B) VIsin (C)VI(D) NONE
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PART B (Answer any four questions)

all questions carry equal marks 1. a).State and explain Kirchoffs laws with examples? b)Find the unknown currents in the given circuit? 2. Determine the current flowing through Rl using mesh current analysis?

3. Find the voltage drop and power dissipated in all resistors?

4. (a)State and explain Faradays laws of electromagnetic induction?(b)A coil of 150 turns is
linked with a flux of 0.01 weber when carrying a current of 10A. Calculate the inductance of the coil. If this current is uniformly reversed in 0.01 seconds, calculate the induced electromotive force? 5. An Emf of 400sin (628t) is applied to a series circuit and the resultant current is 2.5sin (628t1.370). Find (i) frequency (ii) phase angle between the voltage and current (iii) parameters of the circuit? 6. An R-L circuit has R=2, L=0.05H. If a P.D of 100v at 50 Hz frequency is applied, calculate current, power and power factor? 7. A voltage of 200v is applied to a series circuit consisting of a resistor, an inductor and a capacitor. The respective voltages across these components are 170,150 and 100v and the current is 4A. find the power factor of the circuit?

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