SECTION- A

1.

This question consists of 25 (TWEN TTY FIVE) su b-qu esti ons. Each sub-question
carries 0 NE mark. The answers to these su b-q uesti ons MUST be written on I y in
the ap prop ri ate boxes corresponding to the questions in the first page of the
answer b oak.

1.1

When the plate area of a parallel pi ate capacitor is increased k

capacitor VOl tag 8 con Stant, th 8 force between th 8 pi ates

(b) decreases

(c) remains constant

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(a) increase

(d) may increase or decrease depending on the metal making

1.2

direction. The m agnatic field along a line running

midway between them

I ~ these wires and

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ce

(a) depends u pan I

(b)

(c) depends upon d

d~y
(d) depends upon the permeability of me...
the wires

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An electromagnetic field is
(a) a stationary point charge

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(c) a conductor carrying a DC

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(c) cm 2 /V

(d)cm2 /s

'"ooh.,~m~"""''""'' MO'"' ;, "''"~"'by fuo ymb"

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---1 ~

,,,

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(d) an oscillating dipole

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(a) cm2 /V-s

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(b) a capacitor with a DC val tag e

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v een

(b)

(d)

As the temperature is increased, the voltage across a diode carrying a diode

carrying a constant current
(a) increases

(b) decreases

(c) remains constant

(d) may in crease or decrease d ep ending up on the doping I eve Is in the junction

A single channel digital storage oscilloscope uses a 10 bit, 107 sam pies per
second Anal og-to-D i gi tal Converter. For a 10 0 KHz sine wave input, the number
of sam pies taken per cycle of the input wi II be

(a) 107
1.8

(b) 10

(c) 103

Higher synchronous reactance is preferred in

because one can have

(d) higher voltage regulation with load

tag~e

The RM S value of a half-wave recti fi

../2A

(b) 1A

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(d) 200V

square wave current of 2 A is:

~c) ;A

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A series R-L-c circuit when excited by a 10V sinusoidal val

of v ari able
frequency, exhibits resonance at 100 Hz and has a 3~n ~idth of 5 Hz. The
val tage across the inductor L at resonance is:
"-/

(a) 10 V

(d)

./3A

arge errors whi I e measuring power in ac

si nee the val tage across and the current
(b) current coi I are not in quadrature

1.12

a~
ter to

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(c) reduced transient currents

1.10

the present day

(b) reduced harm on i c <

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(a) reduced sub-tran si en t currents

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(d) 102

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An overhead Ii ne having a surge impedance of 400 n is connected in series with

an underground cable having a surge impedance of 1000.. If a surge of so kV
travels from the Iin e end towards the line-cable junctions, the value of the
transmitted val tag e wave at the junction is:
(a) 30 kV

1.15

(b) 20 kV

(c) 80 kV

(d) -30 kV

The Ioad carrymg capab 111 ty of a Iong AC tr an sm 1ss1 on Ime 1s:

(a) always lim 1ted by the conductor s1ze

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(b) lim 1ted by stab 111 ty cons1 der at1 ons

(c) reduced at a Iow am b1 ent temperatures

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(d) decreased by the use of bundled conductors ofsmgle conG

Corona losses are m1n1m1zed when
(a) conductor s1 ze 1s reduced

(C) sharp pOintS are prOVIded

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(b) sm o

u ctor 1s reduced

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th 8 line hardw

In a DC transm1ss1on lme
(a) 1t 1s necessary for the
synchrom sm .

an

rece1 vmg end to be opera ted 1n

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transmission line of the sa
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(c) there are not effects ~
..., cti ve and capacitive reactances
(d) power transfer ~~ ited by stability considerations.

1.18

Steady state
(a) maintain

s~~
_:Fwer system is the ability of the power system
g

to

t the rated voltage level

(b) ~
ain in fr
cy exactly at 50 Hz
(c) m t
a inning reserve margin at all times
(d)

ynchronism between machines and on external tie lines

~actions

1.19.

of a feeder are provided with circuit breakers CB1, CB2, CB3, CB4,

~
~d CB6. For a fault F as indicated in Fig.1.19.

CB2

CB3

CB4

CBS

(a) CBS must be set to trip after CB1 trips

(b) CBS must be set to trip after CB3 and CB4 trips
(c) CBS must be set to trip after CB2 trip
(d) CBS must be set to trip before CB1, CB2, CB3 and CB4 trips

CB6

1. 2 0.

A 4-p ole I ap-wou nd DC genera tor has a d eve I oped power of P watts and val tage
of E val ts. Two adjacent brushes of he machine are removed as they are worn
out. If the machine operates with the remaining brushes, the developed voltage
and power that can be obtai ned from the machine are
p
p
E p
(a) E, P
(b) - , (c) E,(d) E, 2 2
4
2

1. 21.

Starting torque can be obtained in the case of a single

with i den tical main and auxiliary windings by connecting ph"'

(b) a capacitor in series with the machine

(c) a capacitor in series with the aux iIi ary winding

v1 volt,
v2

ce

(d) the main and the auxiliary windings in series

The windings of a QkVA,

U1)j

three-phao e ,on: ected, core type

transformer are reconnected to work

maximum voltage and the power ratings o

phase transformer.
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(b) V1 'Q

(a) 3V1 , 3Q
3V2

V2

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(a) a capacitor across the mains

1.22.

Resonant converters are basi ca

peaky~
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3V1 , 2Q

(d) 2V1 '2Q

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1.24.

A PWM

switchi~ft,

o a sine wave

e is used with a three phase mverter to

(a)~
edu the~rmomc d1stort1on w1th modest filtenng

(b) m
(c

he life of the battenes

I ow order harm om cs and mcrease h1 g h order harm om cs

d)

t ht ' load on the DC s1de

starting torque per ampere of the line current drawn:

(a) Direct line starting

(b) Auto transformer method of starting
(c) Series inductor method of starting
(d) Star-Delta method of starting

(b) reduce the switching losses

(c) eliminate har~~~

(d) convert a squ) ....

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2.

This question consists of 25 (TWEN TTY FIVE) su b-q uesti ons. Each sub -question
carries TWO marks. The answers to these sub -questions MUST be written on Iy in
the appropriate boxes corresponding to the questions in the first page of the
answer b oak.

2.1

The col or code of a 1 k n resistance is:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(~)exp(Ts)

(d)

lace

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A rectangular current pulse of duration T and magnitude I ho

transform

(~)exp(-Ts) CJ
m[ef~)J

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v:..e-rn

A rectan gu Iar val tage pulse of mag n1 tude

com bmat1 on of res1 stance R and cap ac1tan

T 1s ap pll ed to a sen es
ax 1m u m val tag e developed

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(b) red, brown, brown

(d) black, black, red

(a) black, brown, red

(c) brown, black, red

(d)

Vexp(;~)

peak amplitude 1 V and frequency 0.5 Hz is

mation of 1 n resistance and 1 F cap ad tance, the

(b)

(d)

2.4.

(a)
(b) X= 0, Y = 1
(c) X= 1, y = 0
(d) X= 1, Y = 1

2.6.

The logic function

(a)

= ( x.y) + ( x.y) is the same as

f=(x+y)(x+:)

6 dB per
octive

dB

(b)

(x+y)+(x+y)

(c)

(x.y).(x.:Y)

~-- .~

0 dB

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Jf /f1

(b)

(c)

'(J!,'~

A=(1+jftlf)

(d)

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drop
'The
" "voltage
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(a) 4.5 v
(c) 30 V

.5 v
20 V

f/

1n

conductors of d1 am eter 1
m H/km 1s:

0.2ln60

(d) 0.21n(

60
)
0.5

<wo ""''' ' 0" "0'25' " ' ' "

A +J n B
230V

0-81eg

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30A,

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in
! nsum er has a daily load pattern of 2000 kW, 0.8 lag for 12
D{Ll""a:i.~ 1~0 0 k w UPF for 12 hours. The I oad factor is:

(b) 0.75

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per

For a sm gl e phase overhead Ime h avm g

em, spaced 60 em between centers, th: fCIU
(a) 0.05+0.2ln60

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2.8.

The function corresponding to the Bode lot of Fig;: is:

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(d) None of(a), (b) (c).

(c) 0.6

(d) 2.0

A 3-phase, 11 kV, 50 Hz, 200 kW load has a power factor of 0.8 lag. A delta
connected 3-p hase capacitor is used to imp rove the power factor to unity. The
capacitance power phase of the capacitor in microfarads is
(a) 3.948

(b) 150 A

(c) 250 A

coa~~

(b) 97.25

(c)

+(d) 96.12

transfor~s~nected

A 400V/100V, 10 kVA two-winding

as an autotransformer across a suitable voltage sou
~lllo..
~ximum rating of such an
arrangement caul d be

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(b) 15 kVA

.,~

.5 kVA

(d) 8.75 kVA

runni~
n 1~~ p,

when excited with 220 v DC.

the peed of the motor when connected to a

A DC shunt motor is
N egl ecti ng the I asses and satu
17 5 V DC supply is:

(b)~

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(a) 98.32

2.16.

(d) 350 '

The percentage resistance and percentage reactance of a 10 kVA0 :/ 200 v,

3-phase transformer are 2% and 10% respectively. If the
in the
machine are 1%, the maximum possible percentage effi ci enc of t
transformer
IS:

2.15.

(d) 11.844

A 10 kVA, 400 V/200V single-phase transformers with 10% impedanc~

dr
a
steady short circuit Ii ne current of
(a) 50 A

2.14.

(c) 0.439

2.13.

(b) 1.316

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2.12.

(c) 1050 RPM

(d) 1200 RPM

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A three phase al
nd with a 6 0 degree phase-spread armature
windings and ~
~s 0 kVA. If the armature is reconnected utilizing all the
coi Is for sin gl p s
eration with a phase spread of 180 degrees, the new
rating of the m
1n
s
(a) 100

(b) 200 kVA

(c) 250 kVA

(d) 300 kVA

percentage resistance
%
percentage reactance of 6% is su ppl yi ng a current of 50 A to a
ve load. The value of the load voltage is:

......
~

194 V

(b) 390 V

(c) 192 V

(d) 196 V

~~ For a dual ADC type 3 ~digit DVM, the reference voltage is 100 mV and the first
integration time is set to 3 00 m s. For same in put voltage, the "dei nteg ration"
period is 370.2 m s. The DVM will indicate
(a) 123.4

(b) 199.9

(c) 100.0

(d) 1.141

2. 2 0.

When a resi star R is connected to a current source, it consumes a power of 18 w.

when the same R is connected to a voltage source having the same magnitude as
the current source, the power absorbed by R is 4. 5 W. The mag ni tude of the
current source and the value of R are
(a)

JiBA and 10.

(b) 3A and 20.

(d) 6A ad 0.5

(c) 1A and 180.

2.21.

CJ

(a) 5A1%

(b) (2+3.J2)A1

(c) 3A1.7%

(d) 2A2~~~

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2.22.

Currents I 1 ,I2 and I 3 meet at a JUnction

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(a) 10 kD./V and 10

will be

14cos (~t+36.87)mA

(d)

-10cos(~t+36.87)mA

employed to construct a 10 V and a 100V

will have figures of merit (sensitivities) as

(c) 10 kD./V a~...k

2.24.

All currents are

PM~
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Two
full-scale
Th s
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full scale voltmeter~

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-14sm(~t+36.87)mA

(no~n~Uit.

If I 1 = -6 sm (~t) mA and I 2 = 8 cos ( ~t)~

, t
(a) 10 cos(~t+ 36.87)mA

1n

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marked as entenng the node.

(c)

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th erm ocou pie type, 5 A fu 11-scal e, el ass 1 meter. The meter read1
therange

(b) 100 kO./V and 10 kO./V

(d) 10 kD./V and 1 kO./V

paci~eactance

A fixed c
-j0.020. is connected in parallel across a series
com bi nat1
of .i. fixed inductor of reactance jO. 010. and a v ari able resistance R.
As R i
1 f?!!'m zero to infinity, the locus diagram of the admittance of this Lc- r
be

-ci rei e of diameter j 100 and center at zero.

em i -ci rei e of diameter j 50 and center at zero

trai gh t Iin e in eli ned at an angle

(d) a straight line parallel to the x-axis

The voltage phasor of a circuit is 10L15 v and the current phasor is 2L-45 A.
The active and the reactive powers in the circuit are:
(a) 10 wand 17.32 VAr

(b) 5 wand 8.66 VAr

(c) 20 Wand 60 VAr

(d) 20.}2 Wand 10./2 VAr

SECTION- B
This section consists of TWE NTV questions of FIVE marks each. ANY FIFTEEN out of
them have to be answered. If more number of questions are attempted, score off the
answers not be evaluated, else, on I y the first fifteen u nscored answers wi II be
cons1 dered.

and~
m1

Solve the c1rcu1t shown 1n F1g .3 usmg the mesh method of analys1s
the mesh currents I 1 , I 2 and I 3 . Evaluate the power developed 1n the 1
zn
zv
source.

3.

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5.

The ratio error of a i

up f burden at i l
cu en . Estimate the iron Iass of the current transformer at
this op er ati n g
n f the secondary has 19 8 turns and a winding resistance
of 0. 02 0.. Negl
ea age reactance.

c~
a
tni

A
of

6.

ex~s

is
form Iy distributed throughout the val u me of a dielectric sphere
n d dielectric constant sR. based on Gauss Iaw, determine the

for the electric field E as a function of distance r fi'om the center of

here, within the ranges 0 < r < Rand R s r. Indicate expression(s) for the
~IC
point (s) on the sketch.

~ ~1

The logic function F = AC + A8D + ACD is to be

realized using an 8 to 1 multiplexer shown in
Fig. 7, using A, C and D as control inputs.
(a) Indicate the inputs
terminals 0 to 7.

to be applied at

(b) Can the function be realize using a 4 to 1

multiplexer? State YES or N0 .

the

0
1
2
8xl
3
MUX
4
5
6
7 D C A

in terms of capacitor val tage, Vc and inductor current i 1

For the small s1gnal BJT amplifier shown 1n Flg.9, determine at

followmg:
(a) qu1escent collector current, IcQ

(c) max 1m u m p oss1b I e swmg of the coli ector current

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10.

lue

qJ v1 and

the average value

V0

skn

v,

lkn
lOkn

lOkn

v.

Va

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11.

Determine the magnitudes of the symmetrical components ( IQ' I , I.) of the

currents in a three phase (R VB) three wire system, when a short circuit occurs
between R and Y phase wires, the fault current being 100 A.

12.

A 6.6 kV, 50 Hz, single core lead-sheathed cable has the following data ~

In tern aI diameter of the sheath : 3 em

Resi sti vi ty of in sui ati on : 1.3 x 10

12

0.-m

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Rei ati ve permittivity of i nsu Iati on : 3. 5

Calculate:
(a) the insulation resistance
(b) the capacitance and

the 1n sui at1 on

A 66 kV, 3-phase, 50 Hz, 150 km long

c1 rcu 1ted at the rece1 vmg end. Each cond u
i nd ucti ve reactance of 0. 5 0/k m and a c
w S/km.

over::d~ransm1ss1on

line 1s open
stance of 0. 25 0/k m, an
d m ittance to neutral of 0. 04 x

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1n

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(c) the max 1m um electn c stress

Conductor diameter: 1.5 em, length: 4 km

parameter.

(a) Draw the nominal 1t-eq ~

,ival
it and indicate the value of each
(b) Cal cui ate the receiving en
Determine the require
shown in fig.14. Consi
Load:

r";~ as infinite bus.

30 1

Transformer: 3-pha

i the sending end voltage is 66 k V.

~in g of the circuit

breaker CB for the system
Choose 6 MVA as base.

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ol t

kV, 6 MVA, 0.01 + jO .08 p.u. impedance.

kV, 5800 MVA, 0.8 lag, JO .2 p.u. 1m pedance.

<m~~ ~ ::~,:'""1 {
l

Feeder 1

~I----I

Load

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sup ported by a stn ng of 3 susp en s1 on msu lators. The a1 r

capac1 tan ce between each cap-pin J u nct1 on and tower 1s
one-fifth of the capac1 tan ce C of each msu lator un 1t. A
guard ring, effective only over the line-end i nsu Ia tor
unit is fitted so that the val tages on the two units
nearest the Iin e-end are equal.

(a) Cal cui ate the val tage on the Ii ne-en d unit.
(b) Cal cui ate the value of capacitance Cx required.

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In the circuit shown in Fig .16, the capacitor is i ni tiall y charged to 12 V. find the
mathematical expression for the voltage across the capacitor vc after dosing thw
switch at t = 0.

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6-pol~lon

A 3 kW, 400V/200V, Delta/Star, so Hz, three phase,

motor 1s
found to draw a line current of 25 A at a power fa
e t ,.i, when a blocked
rotor test is conducted at the rated val tag e. D et m e (h~ stator and rotor
winding resistances in ohms per phase, if theQ
loped by the motor
under the above con di ti ons is 2 5 N -m .

lB.

Two single-phase transformers A and B

ce

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ha~~ owing parameters:

Transformer A: 400V/200V, percen ~

e"'~ce and percentage reactance
3% and 4% resp ecti vel y.
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Transformer B: 5 kVA, 400

reactance are 4% and 3% res

centage resistance and percentage

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cte in parallel and they share a common load
These two transformers a
of 12 kW at a power fa or
. Iagg in g. Determine the active and reactive
power delivered by~
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19.

d
shunt motor is driving a fan load whose torque is
A separately ~
proportional t t
u e of the speed. When 100 V are applied to the motor,
the current ta
b the motor is BA, with the speed being 500 rpm. At what
applied
tage i:ll7 s the speed reach 7 50 rpm and then what is the current
drawn
e m ature? Assume the armature circuit resistance to be 10..
Neg ec
drop and mechanical Iasses.

20~VA,

11 kV, 3-phase star connected alternator 1s synchronized to the bus

d 1s oper atmg w1 th an 1n du ced EMF of 12 5% of the rated val tag e. If the
current IS SODA, what IS the power factor of operation? The m achme has a
synchronous reactance of 5 n and neg llg 1bl e resistance per ph as e.

2r .

A three phase d1ode bndge 1s used to prov1de rectified output from a 400V, 50
Hz, 3-phase supply to a R -L load with 100. resistance and 300 m H inductance.
Determine the
(a) DC Ieve I of the output voltage

(b) RMS value of the diode current,

(c) RMS value of the source current, and

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n ...,,... ,..... .-1 .. -,,"',.... h-.-. ..... t-h.-. ....,

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For the circuit shown in Fig.22, the internal resistance of the ammeters as well as
that of the current coi I of the wattmeter are zero, and the val tm eters have a very
large figure of merit. A1 is a 6A full scale moving iron type meter. A 2 is a
commercial full wave rectifier type meter of full seale SA. V1 is a 50 ov meter of
the peak response type. V2 is a 300V PMMC type meter and w is an

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/M

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L '\

A,

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230V
50Hz

Determme the

re~
d1n
f

2~~~--:~ttmeter.

electrodynam om eter type,

SA,
A1 ,Az,V1 ,V2 and W.

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22.