Lecture No.

13 & 14 : REB Special

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Recruitment Test Question (Preliminary) of Rural Electrification Board (REB)

Post: Assistant Engineer
Compiled by: Rony Parvej (IUT, EEE07)
Time: 45 Minutes
Full Marks: 60
Exam Date: 12.02.2016
Venue: Kurmitola High School

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Question

1.

A capacitor of 1F is charged to a potential of 50 V. It is now connected to an uncharged

capacitor of capacitance 4 F. The common potential is
a) 0 V
b) 20 V
c) 15 V
d) 10 V

2.

The mutual inductance between two coils is zero when fluxes produced by them.. ......
a) Aid each other
b) Oppose each other
c) Are-at right angles to each other
d) None of the above

3.

A 230 V, 50 Hz single-phase energy meter has a load current of 10A a p.f. of 0-8 lagging. The
energy consumed by the load in 2 minutes is .
a) 1.2 kWh
b) 0.06 kWh
c) 2.4kWh
d) 4.2 kWh

4.

The field winding of a dc shunt machines usually carries .. of the rated current of the
machine.
a) 2% to 5%
b) 15% to 20% c) More than 20%
d) A Less than 0.5%

5.

Stray losses consists of

a) Magnetic and mechanical losses
c) Mechanical and copper losses

6.

Ans

b) Magnetic and copper losses

d) None of the above

A motor takes a large current at starting because

a) The armature resistance is high
c) field is producing weak field

b) back e.m.f is low

d) None of the above

7.

A d.c. shunt motor is taking 84 A at 100 V and developing 9 B.H.P. Armature resistance = 0.05
ohm and shunt field resistance = 25 ohm. The copper loss is
a) 615 W
b) 512 W
c) 834 W
d) 720 W

8.

The short-circuit test helps us to find

a) Cu loss at any desired load
c) Cu loss at no load

9.

b) Iron lass no load

d) None of the above

The full load slip of a 3-phase induction motor ranges from

a) 10% to 20%
b) 20% to 30%
c) 2% to 5%

d) None of above

10. A 3-phase, 6-pole, 50 Hz induction motor delivers, 3.73 kW at 950 r.p.m. What is the stator input
if the stator loss 250 W?
a) 4180W
b) 3150 W
c) 5720 W
d) 4825 W
11. The induction motor has lagging power factor during
a) Starting only
b) Operation only
c) Both starting and operation
d) None of the above
12. The losses in an alternator are the same as is
a) a dc machine
b) A transformer

c) A rectifier

d) None of the above

13. The main reason for low power factor of supply system is due to the use of ...
a) Induction motors
b) Resistive loads c) Synchronous motor d) All correct
14. The sag of an overhead line is effected by
a) Conductor Weight per unit length
c) Wind and temperature

b) Span and tension

d) All above

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15. If spacing between the conductor is decreased, the inductance of the line .....
a) Increases
b) Decreases
c) Remains same
d) None of above
16. The skin effect increases the.
a) Resistance of the line
c) Capacitance of the line

b) Inductance of the line

d) All above

17. The voltage regulation of a transmission line is greatest for.

a) Lagging p.f.
b) Leading p.f.
c) Both (a) & (b)
18. A Circuit breaker performs the function of.
a) Detection only
c) Both detection & circuit interruption

d) None of above

b) Circuit interruption only

d) None of above

19. Back-up protection is generally used for protection against...

a) Open circuit faults only
b) Short-circuit faults only
c) both open and Short-circuit faults
d) None of above
20. The rate of rise of restriking voltage depends on
a) The type of circuit breaker
b) The inductance of the system only
c) The capacitance of the system only d)Both inductance and capacitance of the system
21. Buchholz relay in oil immersed transformer provides protection against
a) Insulation failure of windings
b) Core heating
c) Fall of oil level
d) All above
22. Merz-price circulating current principle is
a) More suitable for generators
c) Equally suitable for both

b) More suitable for transformers

d) None of above

23. Internal cause of overvoltage in a power system may be due to ...

a) Opening a loaded line
b) Closing an unloaded line
c) Insulation failure
d) All above
24. The energy gap between valence band and conduction band in insulators is about
a) 15 eV
b) 1 eV
c) 2 eV
d) 3 5 eV
25. A zener diode is always . ..... .... connected.
a) Reverse
b) Forward
c) Either reverse of forward d) None of the above
26. A pn junction that radiates energy as light instead of as heat is called a .......
a) LED
b) Photo-diode
c) Photocell
d) Zener diode
27. The collector -base junction in a transistor amplifier has
a) Forward bias at all limes
b) Reverse bias at all times
c) Low resistance
d) None of the above
28. When a transistor is cut off,. ......
a) Maximum voltage appears across transistor
c) Maximum voltage appears across load

b) Maximum current flows

d) None of the above

29. The basic purpose of applying negative voltage feedback is to

a) Increase voltage gain
b) Reduce distortion
c) Keep the temperature within limits
d) None of the above
30. The oscillator liable to frequency drift is
a) Hartley oscillator
b) Colpitt's oscillator
c) Phase-shift oscillator
d) AII the above oscillator
31. 1 Tesla equal to
(a) 1 Netwon/m2

(b) 1 kg/m2

c) 1 wb/m2

(d) None of Above

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32. If an NPN MOSFET VCC=12 V, what is the value of VCE ?

(a) 4V
(b) 3V
(c)1.V.71
(d) 6V
33. For a shunt generator Armature torque is
a) Directly proportional to voltage
c) Squarely proportional to current

b) Directly proportional to current

(d) None of above

34. When a 400 Hz transformer is operated at 50 Hz, its KVA rating is

a) Increase by 8 times b) Reduce to 1/8 c) Unaffected d) Increase by 64 times
35. A transformer has full load copper loss of 400 watt. The copper loss at half load will be,
(a) 200 W
b) 100 W
(c) 400 W
(d) 50 W
36. Most of the fault in a power system are
a) 3-phase fault
(b) Double Line to ground fault
c) Line to ground fault
(d) Both (a) & (c)
37. The Main purpose of using core in a transformer is to
a) Decrease iron losses
b) Prevent eddy current loss
c) Eliminate magnetic hysteresis
d) Decrease reluctance of the common magnetic circuit
38. The value of Form factor
a) 1.15
b) 1.11

c) 1.13

d) 1.14

39. The input impedance of transistor is

a) high
b) low

c) very high

d) almost zero

40. Most of the synchronous motors are . power factor motors

a) unity
b) .8 lagging c) .8 leading
d) .75 lagging
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