30TOPMOSTMAGNETICCIRCUIT

30TOPMOSTMAGNETICCIRCUITElectricalEngineeringMultiple
ChoiceQuestionsandAnswers
MAGNETICCIRCUITMultipleChoiceQuestionsandAnswerspdf:
1.Anairgapisusuallyinsertedinmagneticcircuitsto
(a)increasem.m.f.
(b)increasetheflux
(c)preventsaturation
(d)noneoftheabove
Ans:c
2.Therelativepermeabilityofaferromagneticmaterialis
(a)lessthanone
(b)morethanone
(c)morethan10
(d)morethan100or1000
Ans:d
3.Theunitofmagneticfluxis
(a)henry
(b)weber
(c)ampereturn/weber
(d)ampere/metre
Ans:b
4.Permeabilityinamagneticcircuitcorrespondsto______inanelectriccircuit.
(a)resistance
(b)resistivity
(c)conductivity
(d)conductance
Ans:c
5.Pointoutthewrongstatement.
Magneticleakageisundesirableinelectricmachinesbecauseit
(a)lowerstheirpowerefficiency
(b)increasestheircostofmanufacture
(c)leadstotheirincreasedweight
(d)producesfringing
Ans:a
6.Relativepermeabilityofvacuumis
(a)1
(b)1H/m

(c)1/4JI
(d)4nx10H/m
Ans:a
7.Permanentmagnetsarenormallymadeof
(a)alnicoalloys
(b)aluminium
(c)castiron
(d)wroughtiron
Ans:a
8.Energystoredbyacoilisdoubledwhenitscurrentisincreasedbypercent.
(a)25
(b)50
(c)41.4
(d)100
Ans:c
9.Thosemagneticmaterialsarebestsuitedformakingarmatureandtransformercoreswhich
have____permeabilityand_______hystersisloss.
(a)high,high
(b)low,high
(c)high,low
(d)low,low
Ans:c
10.Therateofriseofcurrentthroughaninductivecoilismaximum
(a)at63.2%ofitsmaximumsteadyvalue
(b)atthestartofthecurrentflow
(c)afteronetimeconstant
(d)nearthefinalmaximumvalueofcurrent
Ans:b
11.Whenboththeinductanceandresistanceofacoilaredoubledthevalueof
(a)timeconstantremainsunchanged
(b)initialrateofriseofcurrentisdoubled
(c)finalsteadycurrentisdoubled
(d)timeconstantishalved
Ans:a
12.Theinitialrateofriseofcurrentthroughacoilofinductance10HwhensuddenlyconnectedtoaD.C.
supplyof200Vis_______Vs
(a)50
(b)20
(c)0.05
(d)500
Ans:b

13.Amaterialforgoodmagneticmemoryshouldhave
(a)lowhysteresisloss
(b)highpermeability
(c)lowretentivity
(d)highretentivity
Ans:d
14.Conductivityisanalogousto
(a)retentivity
(b)resistivity
(c)permeability
(d)inductance
Ans:c
15.Inamagneticmaterialhysteresislosstakesplaceprimarilydueto
(a)rapidreversalsofitsmagnetisation
(b)fluxdensitylaggingbehindmagnetisingforce
(c)molecularfriction
(d)ithighretentivity
Ans:d
16.Thosematerialsarewellsuitedformakingpermanentmagnetswhichhave_____retentivityand
_______coercivity.
(a)low,high
(b)high,high
(c)high,low
(d)low,low
Ans:b
17.Iftheareaofhysteresisloopofamaterialislarge,thehysteresislossinthismaterialwillbe
(a)zero
(b)small
(c)large
(d)noneoftheabove
Ans:c
18.Hardsteelissuitableformakingpermanentmagnetsbecause
(a)ithasgoodresidualmagnetism
(b)itshysteresisloophaslargearea
(c)itsmechanicalstrengthishigh
(d)itsmechanicalstrengthislow
Ans:a
19.Siliconsteelisusedinelectricalmachinesbecauseithas
(a)lowcoercivity
(b)lowretentivity
(c)lowhysteresisloss

(d)highcoercivity
Ans:c
20.Conductanceisanalogousto
(a)permeance
(b)reluctance
(c)flux
(d)inductance
Ans:a
21.Thepropertyofamaterialwhichopposesthecreationofmagneticfluxinitisknownas
(a)reluctivity
(b)magnetomotiveforce
(c)permeance
(d)reluctance
Ans:d
22.Theunitofretentivityis
(a)weber
(b)weber/sq.m
(c)ampereturn/meter
(d)ampereturn
Ans:b
23.Reciprocalofreluctanceis
(a)reluctivity
(b)permeance
(c)permeability
(d)susceptibility
Ans:b
24.Whilecomparingmagneticandelectriccircuits,thefluxofmagneticcircuitiscomparedwithwhich
parameterofelectricalcircuit?
(a)E.m.f.
(b)Current
(c)Currentdensity
(d)Conductivity
Ans:b
25.Theunitofreluctanceis
(a)metre/henry
(b)henry/metre
(c)henry
(d)1/henry
Ans:d

26.Aferritecorehaslesseddycurrentlossthananironcorebecause
(a)ferriteshavehighresistance
(b)ferritesaremagnetic
(c)ferriteshavelowpermeability
(d)ferriteshavehighhysteresis
Ans:a
27.Hysteresislossleastdependson
(a)volumeofmaterial
(b)frequency
(c)steinmetzcoefficientofmaterial
(d)ambienttemperature
Ans:d
28.Laminatedcores,inelectricalmachines,areusedtoreduce
(a)copperloss
(b)eddycurrentloss
(c)hysteresisloss
(d)alloftheabove
Ans:b