Power Measurement c) Friction

d) The frequency
1. Two wattmeter method is employed
6. Two watt meters which are
to measure power in a 3 phase
connected to measure the total power
balanced system with the current
on a three phase system supplying a
coils connected in the A and C lines.
balanced load, read 10.5 kW and
The phase sequence is ABC. If the
-2.5kW, respectively. The total
wattmeter with its current coil in A
power and the power factor,
phase line reads zero, then the power
respectively are
factor of the 3 phase load will be
a) 13.0kW , 0.334
a) Zero lagging
b) 13.0kW, 0.684
b) 0.5 lagging
c) 8.0kW,0.52
c) Zero leading
d) 8.0kW, 0.334
d) 0.5 leading
7. While measuring power in a three
2. A dynamometer tyoe wattmeter with
phase load by two wattmeter method,
its voltage coil connected across the
the reading of the two wattmeter
load side of the instrument reads 250
method, the reading of the two
W. The voltage coil has a resistance
wattmeter method will be equal and
of 2000Ω. If the load voltage is 200
opposite, when
V, what is the power being absorbed
a) Load is balanced
by the load (in W)?
b) Power factor is unity
3. The ratio of the readings of two watt
c) The load is purely inductive
meters connected to measure power
d) Phase angle is between 60​0 ​and
in a balanced load is 5:3 and the load
90​0.
is inductive. The power factor of the
8. The pressure coil of a dynamometer
load is
type wattmeter is
a) 0.6 lead
a) Highly inductive
b) 0.6 lag
b) Highly resistive
c) 0.917 lead
c) Purely resistive
d) 0.917 lag
d) Purely inductive
4. The power of a three phase, three
9. Assertion (A): General purpose
wire balanced system was measured
dynamometer type wattmeter cannot
by two wattmeter method. The
indicate the correct value of power at
reading of one of the watt meters
low power factors.
was found to be double that of the
Reason (R) : The presence of self
other. What is the power factor of the
inductance in the pressure coil circuit
system?
introduces an error in the indicated
5. A compensated wattmeter has its
value which increases appreciable
reading corrected for error due to
with the decrease in power factor of
a) Power consumed in current coil
the load
b) Power consumed in potential coil
a) A is false but R is true
 b) A is true but R is false
c) Both A and R are true and R is
the correct explanation of A
d) Both A and R are true but R is
not the correct explanation of A.
10. Two watt meters, which are
connected to measure the total power
of an over excited synchronous
motor, read -3.5kW and +8.0kW,
respectively. The power factor and
input power to the motor are
respectively,
a) 0.2655, 4.5W
b) 0.2655,11.5W
c) 0.829,11.5W
d) 0.829,4.5W
11. In the measurement of power on
balanced load by two wattmeter
method in a 3 phase cicuit, the
readings of the watt meters are 3kW
and 1kW respectively. The latter is
being obtained after reversing the
connections of the current coil. What
is the power factor of the load?
12. Which one of the following methods
decrease the error due to connections
in dynamometer type wattmeter watt
meter?
a) Using bifilar compensating
winding in place of current coil
b) Using non inductive pressure coil
circuit
c) Using a capacitor across a part of
high resistance of pressure coil
circuit
d) Using a swamping resistance
13. A load test on a 3 phase wound rotor
induction motor is performed by two
wattmeter method. The two watt
meters read +14.2kW and -6.1kW
respectively and the line voltage is
440V. The value of line current is
----------------- A
14. What is the effect of inductance in
the pressure coil on performance of a
dynamometer type wattmeter?
a) It always reads low
b) Its reading is not affected at all
c) It reads low on lagging power
factor and high on leading power
factor
d) It reads high on lagging power
factor and low on leading power
factor.
15. When two watt meters W1 and W2
are used to measure power input to a
synchronous motor, each of them
indicates 60kW. If the power factor
is changed to 0.866 leading keeping
the total power input the same. The
reading of W1 and W2 are
respectively.
a) 90kW, 30kW
b) 30kW, 90kW
c) 40kW,80kW
d) 50kW,70kW
16. The current and potential coil of a
dynamometer type watt meter were
accidentally interchanged while
connecting. After energizing the
circuit, it was observed that the watt
meter did not show the reading.
This could be due to the
a) Damage to current coil
b) Damage to potential coil
c) Loose contacts
d) Damage to both the coils.
17. In a low power factor wattmeter,
sometimes, the compensating coils
is connected in order to
a) Compensate for power loss in
 pressure coil
b) Reduce the error caused by eddy
current.
c) Neutralize the capacitive effect of
pressure coil
d) Compensate for inductance of
pressure coil.
18. A wattmeter reads 400W when its
current coil is connected in the R phase
and its pressure coil is connected
between this phase and the neutral of a
symmetrical 3 phase system supplying
a balanced star connected 0.8pf
inductive load. This phase sequence is
RYB. What will be the reading of this
wattmeter if its pressure coil alone is
reconnected between the B and Y
phases, all other connections
remaining as before?
a) 400W
b) 519.6W
c) 300W
d) 692.8W
19. The line to line voltage to 3 phase
50Hz, ac circuit shown in figure is
100V rms. Assuming that the phase
sequence is RYB, the watt meters
would read
a) W1 = 886W and W2 = 886W
b) W1 = 500W and W2 = 500W
c) W1 = 0W and W2 = 1000W
d) W1 = 250W and W2 = 750W
20.A single phase load is connected
between R and Y terminals of a
415V symmetrical, 3 phase 4 wire
system with phase sequence of RYB.
A wattmeter is connected in the
system as shown in figure. The
power factor of the load is 0.8
lagging. The wattmeter will read
a) -795W
b) -597W
c) +597W
d) +795W
21. A single phase load is connected
between R and Y terminals of a
415V symmetrical, 3 phase 4 wire
system with phase sequence RYB. A
wattmeter is connected in the system
as shown in figure. The power factor
of the load is 0.8 lagging. The
wattmeter will read
a) 0.4% less
 b) 0.2% less
c) 0.2% more
d) 0.4% more
22. The figure shows a three phase
delta connected load supplied from
a 400V, 50Hz, a 3 phase balanced
source. The pressure coil(PC) and
current coil (CC) of a wattmeter are
connected to the load as shown,
with the coil polarities suitably
chosen to ensure a positive
deflection. The wattmeter reading
will be
a) 0W
b) 1600 W
c) 800W
d) 400W
23. A wattmeter is connected as shown
in the figure. The wattmeter reads
a) Zero always
b) Total power consumed by Z1 and
Z2
c) Power consumed by Z1
d) Power consumed by Z2
Energy Measurement
24. A 230V, 10A single phase energy
meter makes 90 revolutions in 3
minutes at half load rated voltage
and unity power factor. If the
meter constant is 1800
revolutions/kWh. Then its error
at half load will be
a) 13.04% fast
b) 13.04 slow
c) 15% fast
d) 15% slow
25. The meter constant of a single
phase 240V induction wtthour
meter is 400 revolutions per
kWh. The speed of the meter disc
for a current of 10A at 0.8 pf will
be ______rpm
26. A single phase energy meter is
operating on 230V,50Hz supply
with a load of 20A for two hours
at upf. The meter makes 1380
revolutions in that period. The
meter constant is _____rev/kWh
27. An energy meter rated as
5A,230V makes 480 revolutions
per kWh. If in a test at full load,
unity power factor, it makes 6
revolutions in 32 seconds. Then
which of the following
statements is true
a) The meter runs slower and
error is 18.4%
b) The meter runs faster and error
is 22.5%
c) The meter runs slower and
error is 22.5%
 d) The meter runs faster and error
is 18.4%
28.An energy meter is designed to
make 100 revolutions of the disc
for 1kWh of energy. It is
connected to a load carrying
40A, 230V and 0.4 power factor
for an hour. The number of
revolutions made by the meter
will be
a) 360
b) 736
c) 368
d) 920
29. A single phase energy meter
having a meter constant of 200
rev/kWh is operating on 230V
50Hz supply with a load of 10A
and at unity power factor for
three hours continuously. What is
the number of revolutions made
by the meter during this period ?
30. The meter constant of a single
phase energy meter is 500
rev/kWh. It is found that with a
load of 5kW, it makes 40
revolutions in 50 seconds. What
is the percentage error?
31. An energy meter having a meter
constant of 12000 rev/kWh is
found to make 5 revolutions in
75 seconds. The load power is
___ W
32. Creep error may occur in the
induction type energy meter due
to
a) Increase in temperature
b) Incorrect position of brake
magnet
c) Over voltage across coil
d) Incorrect adjustment of position
of shading band
33. In a single phase induction energy
meter, the lag adjustment is done
a) To make the current coil flux to
lag 90​0
b) To make the pressure coil flux
to lag 90​0 ​behind the applied
voltage
c) To bring the pressure coil flux
in phase with the applied voltage
d) None of the above
34. The pressure coil of an induction
type energy meter is
a) Purely inductive
b) Purely resistive
c) Highly resistive
d) Highly inductive
35. If an induction type energy meter
runs fast, it can be slowed down
by
a) Light load adjustment
b) Lag adjustment
c) Adjusting the position of the
breaking magnet and moving it
away from the center of the disc
d) Adjusting the position of the
breaking magnet and moving it
closer to the center of the disc
36. The disc of a house service energy
meter of 230V, Single phase,
50Hz, 5A, 2400 rev. per kWh
creeps at 1 rev per min. The
creep error (in percent) of full
load unity power factor is
a) (-60/2400)*100
b) (+60/2400)*100
c) (-60/(1.15*2400))*100
d) (+60/(1.15*2400))*100
37. The voltage-flux adjustment of
certain type of 1 phase 220 Volt
induction type watthour meter is
 altered so that the phase angle
between the applied voltage and
the flux due to it is 85​0 ​instead of
90​0 ​. The errors introduced in the
reading of this meter when the
current is 5A at power factor of
unity and 0.5 lagging are
respectively
a) 3.8mW, 77.4mW
b) -3.8mW, -77.4mW
c) -4.2mW, -85.1mW
d) 4.2W, 85.1W
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38. The resistance of a circuit is found
by measuring current flowing
and the power fed into the
circuit. The limiting errors in the
measurement of ppower and
current are 1.5% and 1.0%
respectively. Find the limiting
error in the measurement of
resistance?
a) 3.5%
b)1%
c)2.5%
d) 1.5%
39. The maximum percentage error in
the sum of two voltage
measurements when V1 =
100±1% and V2= 80±5% is
a) ±4%
b) ±2.8%
c) ±6%
d) ±3%
40. Two meters X and Y require 40mA
and 50mA respectively, to give
full scale deflection, then
a) Sensitivity cannot be judged
with the given information
b) Both are equally sensitive
c) X is more sensitive
d) Y is more sensitive
41. An ammeter of range 0-25A has a
guaranteed accuracy of 1% of
fullscale reading. The current
measured by the ammeter is 5A.
The limiting error is ________%
42. In a wheatstone bridge, a change of
6Ω us required to produce a
change in deflection of 2.4mm of
the galvanometer. The sensitivity
a) 2.5mm/ Ω
b) 0.8mm /Ω
c) 0.4mm/ Ω
d) 5.0mm/ Ω
43. A resistance is measured by the
voltmeter ammeter method
employing dc excitation and a
voltmeter of very high resistance
connected directly across the
unknown resistance. If the
voltmeter and ammeter reading
are subject to the maximum
possible errors of ±2.4% and
±1% respectively, then the
magnitude of the maximum
possible percentage error in the
value of the resistance deduced
from the measurement is
nearly_______%
44. A voltmeter reading 70V on its
100V range and an ammeter
reading 80mA on its 150mA
range are used to determine the
power dissipated in a resistor.
Both these instruments are
guaranteed to be accurate within
±1.5% at full scale deflection.
The limiting error of the power is
 a) 3.000%
b) 4.956%
c) 6.266%
d) 2.143%
45. A voltmeter having a sensitivity of
10kΩ/V is used to measure
voltage across an unknown
resistor. The voltmeter reads 75V
on its 100V scale when the
a) Voltmeter P has 40% error
current flowing in the circuit is
while Q has 3.24%
1.5mA. What is the percentage
b) Voltmeter P has 60% error
error due to loading effect.?
while Q has3.24%
46. A current of 10mA is flowing
c) Voltmeter P has 50% error
through a resistance of 820Ω
while Q has 1.73%
having tolerance of ±10%. The
d) Voltmeter P has 60% error
current was measured by an
while Q has 12%
analog ammeter on a 25mA
range with an accuracy of ±2%
49. The following table shows the set
of full scale. What is the range of
of 10 measurements that were
error in the measurement of
recorded by a student working on
dissipated power?
an experiment in the laboratory.
47. A (0-250)V voltmeter has a
guaranteed accuracy of 2% of
full scale reading. The voltage Measurement Measurement
measured by the voltmeter is number value`
150V. The limiting error in
1 98
percentage is _______ %?
48. For the network shown in the 2 101
figure the voltage across the
terminal AB is measured by two 3 102
different voltmeters P and Q. The 4 97
sensitivities of the voltmeters P
and Q are 1kΩ/V and 20kΩ/V 5 101
respectively. Which of the 6 100
following statement is true
regarding the measurement? 7 103
8 98
9 106
10 99
 The precision of the 6​th in time.
measurement is
d) It is cheaper.
a) 0.01
b) 0.1 54. In a 3 12 digit voltmeter, the
c) 0.995 largest number that can be read is
d) 0.0049
a) 0999
50. As shown in the figure, a negative
feedback system has an amplifier b) 1999
gain 100 with ±10% tolerance in
c) 4999
the forward path, an attenuator of
value 9/100 in the feedback path. d) 9999
The overall system gain is 55. Integrating principle in the
approximately. digital measurement is the
conversion of
a) Voltage to time
b) Voltage to frequency
c) Voltage to current
a) 10±1%
b) 10±2% d) Current to voltage
c) 10±5%
56. A digital voltmeter uses a
d) 10±10%
10MHz clock and has a voltage
Electronic and digital instruments controlled generator which
provides a width of 10 µsec uses
51. A digital to analog converter with a
per volt of unit signal 10V of input
full scale output voltage of 3.5V,
signal would correspond to a pulse
has a resolution close to 14mV. Its
count of
bit size is________
a) 500
52. What is the number of bits required
to give an output with a quantizing b) 750
error less than 1%.
c) 1000
53. In modern electronic multimeter, a
d) 1500
FET or a MOSFET is preferred
over a BJT because 57.An average reading digital
multimeter reads 10V when fed
a) Its input resistance is low
with a triangular wave, symmetric
b) Its input resistance is high about the time axis. For the same
input an rms reading meter will
c) Its input resistance is high
read
and doesnot vary with the change
a) 20/√3
b) 10/ √3
c) 20 √3
d) 10 √3 is
58. Pulses of a frequency of 1Mhz
are applied to the time base
selector of a digital frequency
meter which consists of 6
frequency dividers, each dividing
the incoming frequency by a factor
of 10. The time base setting at the
output of the 4​th frequency divider
starting from the input is
a) 1ms
b) 10ms
c) 100ms
d) 1s
59. A voltage of 0.6972 is being
measured by a 4 12 digit voltmeter,
then which of the following
statements is true?
a) The voltmeter will display
0.6973 on a 1V range
b) The voltmeter will display
0.697 on a 10V range.
c) The voltmeter will display
0.697 on a 1V range.
d) Both A and B
60. A ramp type A/D converter is
shown in the figure given below.
The clock generator has a
frequency 1MHz and the ramp
generator produce a ramp voltage
that increases from 0V to 1.25V in
125ms. If the input Vt = 0.9V, then
the number of clock pulses counted
into the register will be
a) 800
b) 900
c) 750
d)600
61. Two 8 bit ADCs one of the
single slope integrating type and
other of successive approximate
type, take Ta and Tb times to
convert 5V analog input signal to
equivalent digital output. If the
input analog signal is reduced to
2.5V, the approximate time taken
by the two ADCs will respectively
be
a) Ta,Tb
b) Ta/2, Tb
c) Ta, Tb/2
d) Ta/2, Tb/2
62. The simplified block diagram
of a 10 bit A/D converter of dual
slope integrator type is shown in
figure. The 10 bit counter at the
output is clocked by a 1MHz clock.
Assuming negligible timing
overhead for the control logic, the
maximum frequency of the analog
signal that can be converted using
 this A/D converter is d) 01110100
approximately

a) 2kHz
b) 1kHz
c)500Hz
d)250Hz
63. A 4- digit DVM with a 100mV
lowest full scale range would
have a sensitivity of how
much value while resolution
of this DVM is 0.0001
a) 0.1mV
b) 0.01mV
c) 1.0mV
d) 10mV
64. An analog voltage signal whose
highest significant frequency
is 1kHz is to be coded with a
resolution of 0.01% for a
voltage range of 0-1V. the
minimum sampling frequency
and the minimum number of
bits should respectively be
a) 1kHz and 12
b) 1kHz and 14
c) 2kHz and 12
d) 2kHz and 14.
65. A successive approximation A/D
converter has a resolution of
20mV. What is its digital
output for an analog input of
2.17V?
a) 01101100
b) 01101101
c) 01101011