POORNIMA INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Electrical Machine-I Sub. Code-3EE4 (On line question)
UNIT-II(DC GENERATOR)
Q.1 the basic requirement of a d.c. armature winding is that it must be
a) a close one b) a lap winding c) a wave winding d) either (b) or(c)
Q.2 the armature of a dc generator has a 2-layer lap winding housed in 72 slots with 6
conductor/slot. What is the minimum number of commutator bars required for the armature
a) 72 b) 432 c) 216 d) 36
Q.3 the slot purpose of a commutator in a dc generator is to
a) increase out put voltage b) reduce sparking at brushes
c) provide smoother out put d) convert ac into dc
Q.4 for a 4-pole 2-layer dc lap winding with 20 slots and one conductor per layer the number of
commutator bars are
a) 80 b) 20 c) 40 d) 160
Q.5 lap winding is suitable for .current,...voltage dc generator
a) high,low b) low,high c) low,low d) high,high
Q.6 the series field of a short shunt dc generator is excited by..currents
a) shunt b) armature c) load d)externals
Q7 in a dc generator the generated emf is directly proportional to the
a)field current b) pole flux c)number of armature parallel path d)number of dummy coils
Q8 The commercial efficiency of a shunt generator is maximum when its variable loss equals
.loss
a)constant b)stray c)iron d)Friction and windage
Q9 The critical resistance of the dc generator is the resistance of
a)armature b)field c)load d)brushes
Q10 The external characteristics of a shunt generator can be obtained directoly from its .
Characteristics.
a)internal b)open circuit c)load saturation d)performance
Q11 Load saturation characteristics of a dc generator gives relation betweena)V and Ia b)E and Ia c)Eo and If d)V and If
Q12 The slight curvature at the lower and of the occ of a self-excited de generator is due to
a)residual pole flux b)high armature speed c)Magnetic Inertia d)high field circuit resistance
Q13 The voltage built-up process of a dc generator is
a)difficult b)delayed c)comulative d)infinite
Q14 Which of the followind dc generator can not build up on open circuit ?
a)shunt b)series c)short shunt d)long shunt
Q15 If residual magnetison of a shunt-generator is destroyed accidentally.It may be restarted by
connecting its shunt field
a)to earth b)to an ac source c) in reverse d)to a dc source
Q16 the three factors which cause decrease in the terminal voltage of shunt generator are
a)armature reactance b) armature resistance c) armature leakage d) armature reaction
e)reduction in field current

Q17 an ideal dc generator is one that has.voltage regulation

a)low b)zero c)positive d)negative
Q18 the ..generator has poorest voltage regulation
a)series b)shunt c)compund d)over compound
Q19the voltage regulation of an over compound dc generator is always.
a) positive b)negative c)zero d)high
Q20 if a self excited dc generator after being installed,fails to build up on its first triel run,the
first thing to do is to.
a)increase the field resistance b) check armature insulation
c)reverse field connections d) increase the speed of prime mover
Ans.1-a),2-c),3-d),4-b),5-a),6-c),7-b),8-a),9-b),10-b),11d),12-c),13-c),14-b),15d),16-b,d,e)17b),18-a),19-b),20-c)
SURENDER SHARMA
(Faculty-EE,PIET)