VIDYA PRATISHTHANS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BARAMATI

Department of Electrical Engineering

Electrical Measurement and Istrumentation

MCQ Class test
Note : Write your answer in given table at the end
1. If torque/weight ratio of an instrument is low, then it can be concluded that
a. The meter will have uniform scale
b. The meter will have non uniform scale
c. The sensitivity of the meter will be high
d. The sensitivity of the meter will be low
2. Which of the following instrument can be used for DC only
a. Moving iron instrument type
b. Moving iron repulsion type
c. Permanent Magnet type
d. Hot wire type
3. A 50 V range voltmeter has a sensitivity of 20 K ohm/V. The total resistance of the voltmeter
is a. 2.5 K ohm b. 0.4 K ohm c. 10 K ohm d. 1 Mega ohm
4. In spring control the controlling torque is varies as
a. Sin
b.
c. 2
d. 1/
5. In a 3-phase power measurement by two wattmeter method thereading
of one of the wattmeter was zero. The power factor of the load must be
a

unity

b . 0.5

c 0.3

d. zero

6. The multiplying power of the shunt of a milliammeter is 8. If the circuit current 200 mA, then
current through the meter is
a. 200 mA b. 25 mA
c. 1600 mA d. none of the above
7. A moving coil instrument having meter resistance of 5 ohm is to be used as a voltmeter of
range 0 -100 v. If the full scale deflection current is 10 mA, then required series resistance is
a. 20 ohm
b. 1000 ohm c. 9995 ohm d. none of the above
8. A moving coil voltmeter gives full scale deflection of 100 v for meter current of 1 mA. For 45
V reading meter current will be
a. 0.45 mA b. 1.45 mA
c. 2.22 mA d. none of the above
9. If a wattmeter connected in circuit gives down scale reading , then we normally change
connection of
a. Current coil b. Potential coil c. Both PC and CC d. None of the above.
10. The range of moving iron ac ammeter is extended by
a. Shunt
b. Multiplier
c. changing number of turns of operating coil. d. None
11. A pointer of an instrument once deflected returns to zero position, when current is removed
due to
a. Action of gravity b. Mass of pointer c. Controlling torque d. Damping torque
12. Which of the torque does not effect act on the moving system when an indicating instrument
shows a steady non zero reading
a. The deflecting torque
c. The controlling torque
b. The restraining torque
d. The damping torque
13. The multiplier and the meter coil in voltmeter are in
a. Series
b. Parallel
c. Series parallel
d. none of the above

14. Power being measured by two wattmeter method in balanced three phase system , the
wattmeter reading are W1 = 250 KW , W2 = 50 KW. If the later reading is obtained after
reversing the connection to the current coil of W2, the power factor of the load
a. Unity
b. 0.655
c. 0.5
d. 0.359
15. The power in a three phase four wire balanced circuit can be measured by using
a. Two wattmeter method
c. One watt meter method
b. Three wattmeter method
d. Any method can be used
16. The scale of dynamometer type watt meter is `
a. Uniform b. non uniform c. depends on range d. none of the above
17. A dyanamometer wattmeter can be used for
a. Both Ac and DC b. DC only c. AC Only d. any of the above
18. Swamping resistance is connected
a. In series with the shunt to reduce temperature error.
b. In series with the ammeter to reduce shunted ammeter error on account of friction.
c. In series with the ammeter and have a high resistance temperature co-efficient in order to
reduce temperature error in ammeter.
d. In series with the ammeter and have a negligible resistance co efficient in order to reduce
temperature error in shunted ammeter.
19. Which meter has the highest accuracy in the prescribed limit of frequency range
a. PMMC
b. Moving iron
c. Electrodynamometer d. Rectifier
20. If an instrument is prcised then
a. It may be accurate b. may not be accurate c. both a and b d. none
21. is the measure of consistency or repeatability of measurement
a. Accuracy
b. Resolution
c. Measurement
d. Precision
22. The smallest measureable input is called. Of an instrument.
a. Threshold
b. linearity
c. resolution
d. sensitivity
23. The ability of a instrument to retain its performance through out its specified operating life is
called
a. Reproducibility b. linearity
c. resolution d. stability.
24. is not the dynamic characteristic of instrument .
a. Fidelity
b. Bias
c. speed of response. D. lag
25. Backlash in gears is good example of ..
a. Zero drift
b. tolerance
c. dead zone
d. linearity
b.

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1. (d) low sensitivity

2. C. Permanent magnet type
3. D 1 mega ohm
4. D 1/teta
5. 60 degree or 0.5 pf
6. I/Im = 8, 200/8 = Im 25mA
7. 100/10 mA Rm =10000-5 = 9995 ohm
8. (1/100) x 45 = .45 m A
9. PC only
10.By changing num of turns
11.Controlling
12.Damping
13.13 series
14.0.359
15.One wattmeter
16.Non uniform
17.Both ac and Dc
18.D
19.Electrodynamometer
20. C
21.D
22.A
23.D
24.B
25.