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Magnetomotive Force & Magnetic


Field Strength Questions and
Answers
by Manish
4-5 minutes

This set of Basic Electrical Engineering Multiple Choice


Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Magnetomotive
Force and Magnetic Field Strength”.

1. What is a permeable substance?


a) Any good conductor
b) Any bad conductor
c) Any strong magnet
d) Any substance through which the magnetic lines of force
can pass easily
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Answer: d
Explanation: A permeable substance is one through which
the magnetic lines of force can pass through easily.

2. Materials having good retentivity are?


a) Strong magnets
b) Weak magnets
c) Temporary magnets

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d) Permanent magnets
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Answer: c
Explanation: Materials having low retentivity are temporary
magnets because they can retain the magnetic strength for
only some time.

3. Magnetic field exists along which of the following?


a) Moving charges
b) Stationary charges
c) Copper
d) Iron
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Answer: a
Explanation: Moving charges have a magnetic field
associated with them because they have magnetic flux lines
associated with it.

4. The direction of magnetic lines of force are?


a) From north pole to south pole
b) From south pole to north pole
c) No specific direction
d) From one end of the magnet to the other
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Answer: a
Explanation: Magnetic lines of force originate at the north
pole and terminate at the south pole hence they are from
the north pole to the south pole.

5. Magnetic force lines ___________ at the north pole.

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a) Emerge
b) Converge
c) Neither emerge nor converge
d) Either emerge or converge
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Answer: a
Explanation: Magnetic force lines emerge at the north pole.
Force lines seem to emerge at the north pole because they
originate at the north pole.

6. When a bar magnet is broken into two pieces, which of


the following are true?
a) The magnet loses its magnetism
b) The magnet has only north pole left
c) The magnet has only south pole left
d) The magnet turns into two new bar magnets
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Answer: d
Explanation: When a bar magnet is broken into two pieces,
it forms two differ bar magnets. This happens because the
broken pieces of the magnet forms a separate north and
south pole for itself as monopoles do not exist.

7. When an electric current flows into the page, what is the


direction of the magnetic field?
a) Clockwise
b) Anti-clockwise
c) Cannot be determined
d) Parallel to the current
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Answer: a
Explanation: when the current flows into the page, the
magnetic field is clockwise because of the right hand thumb
rule, we orient our thumb into the page and our fingers curl
in the clockwise direction.

8. When an electric current flows out of the page, what is


the direction of the magnetic field?
a) Clockwise
b) Anti-clockwise
c) Cannot be determined
d) Parallel to the current
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Answer: b
Explanation: when the current flows out of the page, the
magnetic field is anti-clockwise because of the right hand
thumb rule, we orient our thumb out of the page and our
fingers curl in the anti-clockwise direction.

9. Which of the following is used to determine the direction


of magnetic field in a current carrying conductor?
a) Left hand thumb rule
b) Right hand thumb rule
c) Right hand palm rule
d) Left hand palm rule
View Answer

Answer: b
Explanation: The right hand thumb rule determines the
direction of magnetic field in a current carrying conductor.
The rule states that when we align our right thumb in the

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direction of the current and curl our fingers around it, the
direction of our fingers is the direction of the magnetic field.

10. The relation between the direction of current and the


direction of magnetic field is?
a) Same direction
b) Opposite direction
c) Perpendicular
d) Unrelated
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Answer: c
Explanation: When a conductor carries a certain value of
current, the force developed in the conductor, the current in
the conductor and the magnetic field in the conductor are
mutually perpendicular to each other.

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by Manish
4-5 minutes

This set of Basic Electrical Engineering Quiz focuses on


“Permeability of Free Space or Magnetic Constant”.

1. Permeability of free space is also known as _________


a) Magnetic constant
b) Electric constant
c) Electrostatic constant
d) Magnetostatic constant
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Answer: a
Explanation: The permeability of free space is also known
as magnetic constant. The permittivity of free space is the
electrostatic constant.

2. A substance whose permeability is less than the


permeability of free space is?
a) Diamagnetic
b) Paramagnetic
c) Ferromagnetic
d) Not a magnetic substance

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Answer: a
Explanation: A diamagnetic material creates a magnetic
field opposing that of the external magnetic field and it
repels the external magnetic field. Hence its permeability is
less than that of free space.

3. Which, among the following, have negative


susceptibility?
a) Diamagnetic
b) Paramagnetic
c) Ferromagnetic
d) Not a magnetic substance
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Answer: a
Explanation: Magnetic susceptibility is the degree of
magnetisation of a material in response to the external
magnetic field. Diamagnetic substances repel the magnetic
field and hence have negative susceptibility.

4. Which, among the following, have positive susceptibility?


a) Diamagnetic
b) Paramagnetic
c) Ferromagnetic
d) Not a magnetic substance
View Answer

Answer: b
Explanation: Magnetic susceptibility is the degree of
magnetisation of a material in response to the external
magnetic field. Paramagnetic substances weakly attract to

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the magnetic field and hence have positive susceptibility.

5. A substance whose permeability is more than the


permeability of free space is?
a) Diamagnetic
b) Paramagnetic
c) Ferromagnetic
d) Not a magnetic substance
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Answer: b
Explanation: A paramagnetic material creates a magnetic
field which is weakly attracted to that of the external
magnetic field. Hence its permeability is more than that of
free space.

6. The unit for permeability of free space is?


a) Henry
b) Henry-m
c) Henry/m
d) Henry/m2
View Answer

Answer: c
Explanation: Magnetic permeability is the constant of
proportionality between the magnetic flux density and
magnetic field strength of a given medium. Hence it has
units henry/m.

7. Which, among the following, is a correct expression for


∫0.
a) ∫0=BH
b) ∫0=B/H

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c) ∫0=H/B
d) ∫0=BH2
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Answer: b
Explanation: Magnetic permeability is the constant of
proportionality between the magnetic flux density and
magnetic field strength of a given medium. Hence ∫0=B/H.

8. Calculate the magnetic flux density if the magnetic field


strength is 2A/m.
a) 4*pi/10-7T
b) 8*pi/10-7T
c) 10*pi/10-7T
d) 12*pi/10-7T
View Answer

Answer: b
Explanation: We know that:
∫0=B/H
Substituting the value of H from the question, we get B=
8*pi/10-7T.

9. Calculate the magnetic field strength if the magnetic flux


density is 4*piT.
a) 10-7/16*pi2A/m
b) 10-7A/m
c) 107A/m
d) 10-7A
View Answer

Answer: c
Explanation: We know that:

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∫0=B/H
Substituting the value of B from the question, we get H =
107A/m.

10. Calculate the magnetic flux density if the magnetic field


strength is 3A/m.
a) 4*pi/10-7T
b) 8*pi/10-7T
c) 10*pi/10-7T
d) 12*pi/10-7T
View Answer

Answer: d
Explanation: We know that:
∫0=B/H
Substituting the value of H from the question, we get B=
12*pi/10-7T.

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Electrical Engineering Questions
and Answers
by Manish
4-5 minutes

This set of Basic Electrical Engineering Multiple Choice


Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Relative
Permeability”.

1. What is the unit for relative permeability?


a) H-m
b) H/m
c) H2/m
d) No unit
View Answer

Answer: d
Explanation: Relative permeability is the ratio of
permeability of the material to the permeability of free
space. Since it is a ratio, it does not have any units.

2. Which of the following expressions is correct with respect


to relative permeability?
a) B=∫r∫0/H
b) B=∫r∫0H

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c) B=∫r/∫0H
d) B=∫r∫0/H2
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Answer: b
Explanation: For a non magnetic material: B=∫0H. Hence for
a material having relative permeability ∫r, B=∫r∫0H.

3. A substance whose relative permeability is less than the


permeability of free space is?
a) Diamagnetic
b) Paramagnetic
c) Ferromagnetic
d) Not a magnetic substance
View Answer

Answer: a
Explanation: A diamagnetic material creates a magnetic
field opposing that of the external magnetic field and it
repels the external magnetic field. Hence its relative
permeability is less than that of the free space.

4. A substance whose relative permeability is more than the


permeability of free space is?
a) Diamagnetic
b) Paramagnetic
c) Ferromagnetic
d) Not a magnetic substance
View Answer

Answer: b
Explanation: A paramagnetic material creates a magnetic
field which is weakly attracted to that of the external

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magnetic field. Hence its permeability is more than that of


free space.

5. Diamagnetic substances have relative


permeability_____________
a) Greater than 1
b) Less than 1
c) Equal to 1
d) Zero
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Answer: b
Explanation: A diamagnetic material creates a magnetic
field opposing that of the external magnetic field and it
repels the external magnetic field. Hence it has relative
permeability less than 1.

6. Paramagnetic substances have relative


permeability_____________
a) Greater than 1
b) Less than 1
c) Equal to 1
d) Zero
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Answer: a
Explanation: A paramagnetic material creates a magnetic
field which is weakly attracted to that of the external
magnetic field. Hence it has relative permeability greater
than 1.

7. As the temperature increases up to the Curie


temperature, the relative susceptibility of ferromagnetic

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materials?
a) Increases
b) Decreases
c) Remains constant
d) Becomes zero
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Answer: a
Explanation: The susceptibility of ferromagnetic materials
increases with the increase in temperature and then it
decreases when the temperature goes beyond the Curie
temperature.

8. As the temperature increases beyond the Curie


temperature, the relative susceptibility of ferromagnetic
materials?
a) Increases
b) Decreases
c) Remains constant
d) Becomes zero
View Answer

Answer: b
Explanation: The susceptibility of ferromagnetic materials
increases with the increase in temperature and then it
decreases when the temperature goes beyond the curie
temperature.

9. Which, among the following, have positive susceptibility?


a) Diamagnetic
b) Paramagnetic
c) Ferromagnetic

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d) Not a magnetic substance


View Answer

Answer: b
Explanation: Magnetic susceptibility is the degree of
magnetisation of a material in response to the external
magnetic field. Paramagnetic substances weakly attract to
the magnetic field and hence have positive susceptibility.

10. Which, among the following, have negative


susceptibility?
a) Diamagnetic
b) Paramagnetic
c) Ferromagnetic
d) Not a magnetic substance
View Answer

Answer: a
Explanation: Magnetic susceptibility is the degree of
magnetisation of a material in response to the external
magnetic field. Diamagnetic substances repel the magnetic
field and hence have negative susceptibility.

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Reluctance - Basic Electrical


Engineering Questions and
Answers
by Manish
3-4 minutes

This set of Basic Electrical Engineering Multiple Choice


Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Reluctance”.

1. Reciprocal of reluctance is __________


a) Permeance
b) Susceptibility
c) Resistance
d) Conductance
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Answer: a
Explanation: The reciprocal of reactance is permeance. It is
the ability of a material to allow the passage of magnetic
lines of flux.

2. Reactance is ________________ to the length of the


material.
a) Directly proportional
b) Inversely proportional
c) Not related

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d) Depends on the area of the material


View Answer

Answer: a
Explanation: The formula for reluctance is:
S= l/∫0 ∫rA.
From the formula, we can see that reluctance is directly
proportional to the length of the material.

3. Reactance is ________________ to the area of cross


section the material.
a) Directly proportional
b) Inversely proportional
c) Not related
d) Depends on the length of the material
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Answer: b
Explanation: The formula for reluctance is:
S= l/∫0 ∫rA.
From the formula, we can see that reluctance is inversely
proportional to the area of cross section of the material.

4. When the length of the material increases, what happens


to reluctance?
a) Increases
b) Decreases
c) Remains the same
d) Becomes zero
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Answer: a
Explanation: Reluctance is directly proportional to the length

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of the material hence as length increases, reluctance also


increases.

5. When the area of cross section of the material increases,


what happens to reluctance?
a) Increases
b) Decreases
c) Remains the same
d) Becomes zero
View Answer

Answer: b
Explanation: Reluctance is inversely proportional to the
area of cross section of the material hence as area
increases, reluctance decreases.

6. Unit of reluctance is?


a) AWb
b) A2/Wb
c) Wb/A
d) A/Wb
View Answer

Answer: d
Explanation: Reluctance is the force per unit flux, hence its
unit is A/Wb.

7. The electrical equivalent of reluctance is?


a) Resistance
b) Inductance
c) Capacitance
d) Conductance
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Answer: a
Explanation: Resistance is the opposition to the flow of
charge, similarly reluctance is the opposition to the flow of
magnetic flux.

8. As the magnetic field strength increases, reluctance?


a) Increases
b) Decreases
c) Remains the same
d) Becomes zero
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Answer: a
Explanation: Reluctance is directly proportional to the
strength of magnetic field, hence as the strength of
magnetic field increases, the reluctance increases.

9. As the magnetic flux density increases, the reluctance


_____________
a) Increases
b) Decreases
c) Remains the same
d) Becomes zero
View Answer

Answer: b
Explanation: Reluctance is inversely proportional to the
magnetic flux density, hence as magnetic flux density
increases, reluctance decreases.

10. Calculate the reluctance when the magnetomotive force


is 10A turns and the flux is 5Wb.
a) 0.5A/Wb

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b) 5A/Wb
c) 10A/Wb
d) 2A/Wb
View Answer

Answer: d
Explanation: We know that:
F=phi*S
Substituting the given values from the question:
S=2A/Wb.

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Questions and Answers
by Manish
4 minutes

This set of Basic Electrical Engineering Multiple Choice


Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Ohm’s Law for a
Magnetic Circuit”.

1. Ohm’s law for magnetic circuits is _________


a) F=ϕS
b) F=ϕ/S
c) F=ϕ2S
d) F=ϕ/S2
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Answer: a
Explanation: Ohm’s law for magnetic circuits states that the
MMF is directly proportional to the magnetic flux where
reluctance is the constant of proportionality.

2. What happens to the MMF when the magnetic flux


decreases?
a) Increases
b) Decreases
c) Remains constant

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d) Becomes zero
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Answer: b
Explanation: Ohm’s law for magnetic circuit’s states that the
MMF is directly proportional to the magnetic flux hence as
the magnetic flux decreases, the MMF also decreases.

3. Calculate the MMF when the magnetic flux is 5Wb and


the reluctance is 3A/Wb.
a) 10At
b) 10N
c) 15N
d) 15At
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Answer: d
Explanation: We know that:
F=ϕS
Substituting the given values from the question, we get
MMF= 15At.

4. A ring having a cross-sectional area of 500 mm2, a


circumference of 400 mm and ϕ=800microWb has a coil of
200 turns wound around it. Calculate the flux density of the
ring.
a) 1.6T
b) 2.6T
c) 3.6T
d) 4.6T
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Answer: a

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Explanation: From the given question:


Flux density= 800*10-6/500*106=1.6 Wb/m2.

5. A ring having a cross-sectional area of 500 mm2, a


circumference of and ϕ=800microWb 400 mm has a coil of
200 turns wound around it. Calculate the reluctance.
a) 1.68 * 10-4A/Wb
b) 1.68 * 104 A/Wb
c) 1.68 * 106 A/Wb
d) 1.68 * 10-6A/Wb
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Answer: c
Explanation: From the given question:
Flux density= 800*10-6/500*106=1.6 Wb/m2.
Reluctance= 0.4/(380*4*pi*10-7*10-4*5)=1.68 * 106 A/Wb.

6. A ring having a cross-sectional area of 500 mm2, a


circumference of 400 mm and ϕ=800microWb has a coil of
200 turns wound around it. Calculate the magnetomotive
force.
a) 1442At
b) 1342At
c) 1432At
d) 1344At
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Answer: b
Explanation: We know that:
F=ϕS
Substituting the given values from the question, we get F=
1342At.

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7. A ring having a cross-sectional area of 500 mm2 , a


circumference of 400 mm and ϕ=800microWb has a coil of
200 turns wound around it. Calculate the magnetising
current.
a) 6.7A
b) 7.7A
c) 7.6
d) 6.1A
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Answer: a
Explanation: We know that:
F=ϕS
Substituting the given values from the question, we get F=
1342At.
The magnetic current is:
I=F/N
Substituting the values from the question, we get I=6.7A.

8. Can we apply Kirchhoff’s was to magnetic circuits?


a) Yes
b) No
c) Depends on the circuit
d) Insufficient information provided
View Answer

Answer: a
Explanation: Magnetic circuits have an equivalent to the
potential difference of electric circuits. This is the magnetic
potential difference which allows us to apply Kirchhoff’s
laws to magnetic circuit analysis.

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9. What is MMF?
a) Magnetic Machine Force
b) Magnetomotive Force
c) Magnetic Motion Force
d) Magnetomotion Force
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Answer: b
Explanation: MMF stands for magnetomotive force. It is the
sum of the magnetizing forces along a circuit.

10. The equivalent of the current I in magnetic ohm’s law


is?
a) Flux
b) Reluctance
c) MMF
d) Resistance
View Answer

Answer: a
Explanation: The equivalent of current in magnetic ohm’s
law is flux as:
V=IR is equivalent to F=ϕS.

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by Manish
4-5 minutes

This set of Basic Electrical Engineering MCQs focuses on


“Determination of the B/H Characteristic”.

1. The B/H characteristics can be determined using


_______
a) Ammeter
b) Fluxmeter
c) Voltmeter
d) Multimeter
View Answer

Answer: b
Explanation: The fluxmetter is an electronic display
instrument used to measure magnetic flux of permanent
magnets hence it can be used to determine B/H
characteristics.

2. The B/H curve can be used to determine?


a) Iron loss
b) Hysteresis loss
c) Voltage loss

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d) Eddy current loss


View Answer

Answer: b
Explanation: Hysteresis loss is basically a heat loss due to
the reversal of magnetisation of the transformer core
whenever it is subjected to a changing magnetic field. It can
be determined using the B/H curve.

3. The B/H ratio is not constant for ________


a) Diamagnetic materials
b) Ferromagnetic materials
c) Paramagnetic materials
d) Non-magnetic materials
View Answer

Answer: b
Explanation: The ferromagnetic material is magnetised with
varied polarity as the magnetic field is a varying one.

4. When using a fluxmeter, if the flux changes from Φ to -Φ,


what happens to the current?
a) Becomes zero
b) Becomes infinity
c) Remains the same
d) Reverses
View Answer

Answer: d
Explanation: When the flux changes from Φ to -Φ, the
current direction will change as the direction of flux is
changing.

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5. Why is the coil of a ballistic galvanometer wound on a


non- metallic former?
a) To minimise damping when high resistance is connected
in series
b) To maximise damping when high resistance is connected
in series
c) To minimise damping when high resistance is connected
in parallel
d) To maximise damping when high resistance is connected
in parallel
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Answer: a
Explanation: The coil of ma ballistic galvanometer is wound
on a nonmagnetic former in order to minimise damping
when high resistance is connected in series.

6. The ballistic galvanometer is usually lightly damped so


that ________
a) It can oscillate
b) It will remain stable
c) Amplitude of the first swing is very large
d) Amplitude of the first swing is very small
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Answer: c
Explanation: The ballistic galvanometer is usually lightly
damped so that the amplitude of its first swing is very large.

7. PMMC instruments can be used as a fluxmeters by


_______
a) Using a low resistance shunt

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b) Removing the control spring


c) Making the control springs having large moment of inertia
d) Using a high resistance in series
View Answer

Answer: b
Explanation: A PMMC or a permanent moving magnet coil
instrument can be used as a fluxmeter by removing the
control spring.

8. Hysteresis loss is determined from _______


a) B/H curve
b) H/B curve
c) BH curve
d) B2H curve
View Answer

Answer: c
Explanation: Hysteresis loss is basically a heat loss due to
the reversal of magnetisation of the transformer core
whenever it is subjected to a changing magnetic field. It can
be determined using the B/H curve.

9. What is a PMMC instrument?


a) Permanent moving magnet coil instrument
b) Permanent machine magnet coil instrument
c) Permanent moving machine coil instrument
d) Premature moving magnet coil instrument
View Answer

Answer: a
Explanation: A PMMC instrument is a permanent moving
magnet coil instrument. It uses two magnets to create a

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stationary magnetic field.

10. B/H curve shows the relationship between?


a) Magnetic field strength and magnetic flux
b) Magnetic field strength and magnetic flux density
c) Current and magnetic flux density
d) Voltage and magnetic flux density
View Answer

Answer: b
Explanation: The B/H curve shows the reaction between
magnetic field strength and magnetic flux density.

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