1.

Breaker selection is about nothing more than protection against overloading of

conductors; both those feeding the equipment and those inside of it (such as motor
or transformer windings). Internal equipment conductors will be based on nameplate
data on the equipment, so you usually base the feeder conductors off of the same
data. So using that, FIRST you select your conductors based on the worst case load
scenario your equipment will see, THEN you select the breaker that protects them.
The rules for making those selections vary by region / country / state / maybe even
city codes.

2.As a general rule you should not be using a CB to protect a motor: normally it is
there to protect the cabling and to provide backup short circuit protection.
There are breakers designed for motor duty but they are less common. Your motor
should have a proper thermal overload relay to protect it, and
again without knowing anything about the load it could be a Class 10, 15, 20 or 30
O/L relay. Class 10 is most common over here but it depends on the requirements of
the load. You should have a contactor switching the motor, which I hope you have.

3. Cable should be sized based on the MCB or fuses protecting it, subject to the
volt-drop at the motor terminals during starting being acceptable.