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Practice Test for TRANSO/GENCO/DISCOM

Paper Code: PT – 1
Branch: EEE and Topic: Electric Circuits
Author: BNSS Shankar, M.Tech (IITK), MIE

Marks: 30
Time: 45 Min
1. Answer all questions in 45 minutes. Each question carries one mark.
2. There are no negative marks and you are not allowed to use any calculator.
3. Download OMR sheet from the blog and enter the answers in the OMR sheet with ball
point pen (Black) only so that you can get the same environment as in the final exam.
4. Serious practice of this paper will help you in better way for your preparation.

01.
A tree of a connected graph (one part) of n nodes has the following property/properties
(A) It contains all of the nodes of the graph (B) It contains n  1 branches
(C) It contains n closed paths (D) both A and B
02.
For the circuit shown in figure, vo and i are
respectively

(A) vo  48 V and i  8 A
(B) vo  9.6 V and i  1.6 A
(C) vo  48 V and i  8 A
(D) vo  9.6 V and i  1.6 A
03.
For the circuit shown in figure, i2 

(A) 15 A
(B) 11 A
(C) 17 A
(D) 13 A

04.
The ac voltage applied to a series R – L circuit is Vmax sint    where t  0 at the time of
applying the voltage. The circuit is closed at a point on the voltage in such a way that dc
component has its maximum initial value, which is equal to the maximum value of sinusoidal
 L 
component (Note:   tan 1   ) when
 R 
(A)    0 (B)     
 
(C)     (D)     0 or     
2 2

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05.
In the circuit shown in figure, the value of resistance,
 I
R  25   Ω and source voltage, Vs  300 V. The
 2
value of current I is
(A) 10 A (B) – 60 A
(C) – 10 A (D) either 10 A or –60 A
06.
Which of the following relations holds good for
voltage polarities and current direction for the
transformer (or coupled circuit) shown in the figure?
V 2 N2 I 2 N1
(A)  and 
V 1 N1 I 1 N2
V2 N I2 N
(B)   2 and  1
V1 N1 I1 N2
V2 N I 2 N1 V 2 N2 I2 N
(C)   2 and  (D)  and  1
V1 N1 I 1 N2 V 1 N1 I1 N2
07.
Determine the equivalent capacitance between A and B for the network shown in figure.
Consider each capacitance value is 10 μF
10 30
(A) μF (B) μF
7 7
50
(C) μF (D) 10 μF
3
08.
If the average value of a periodic current
waveform shown in the figure is zero, then the
value of I is
(A) 10 A
(B) 20 A
(C) 30 A
(D) 40 A
09.
If f t   10  8 cos t  4 cos 3t  2 cos 5t  ..... , the frequency of 6th harmonic component is
(A) 0.159 Hz (B) 6 Hz (C) 0.955 Hz (D) 0 Hz
10.
For the circuit shown in the figure, the average power
supplied by the source is
(A) 250 W
(B) 500 W
(C) 125 W
(D) 1000 W

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11.
If v1  120 cos100t  40 V and i1  1.4 sin 100t  70 A then
(A) i1 leads v1 by – 30° (B) i1 leads v1 by 30°
(C) i1 lags v1 by – 120° (D) i1 lags v1 by 120°
12.
A single-phase load is supplied by a single-phase voltage source. If the current flowing from the
load to the source is 10  150 A and if the voltage at the terminals is 10060 V, then the
(A) load absorbs real power and delivers reactive power
(B) load absorbs real power and absorbs reactive power
(C) load delivers real power and delivers reactive power
(D) load delivers real power and absorbs reactive power
13.
Refer to the circuit shown in figure, The Norton’s
equivalent impedance at the terminals a – b is
(A)  j4 Ω
(B)  j2 Ω
(C) j2 Ω
(D) j2 Ω
14.
In a series RLC resonant circuit, R = 2 Ω, L = 1 mH and C = 0.4 μF then the quality factor will
be
(A) 15 (B) 50 (C) 25 (D) 75
15.
A 3 – phase load draws 250 kW at a power factor of 0.707 lagging from a 440 V line. A three-
phase capacitor bank which draws 60 kVA is connected in parallel with this load. The current
drawn from the system is
(A) 450 A (B) 250 A
(C) 350 A (D) 412 A
16.
In a three phase balanced generating system, the phase voltages can be expressed as
E na  E p 0 , E nb  E p   120 and E nc  E p   240 then the line voltage Eab can be
expressed as
(A) E p   150 (B) 3E p   150
(C) 3E p   30 (D) E p   30
17.
The voltage across a load is vt   60 cost  10  V and the current through the element in the
direction of voltage drop is it   1.5 cost  50 A. Then the real and reactive power are
respectively
(A) 22.5 W and –38.97 VAR (B) 22.5 W and 38.97 VAR
(C) 45 W and 77.94 VAR (D) –45 W and –77.94 VAR
18.
When connected to a 120 V (rms), 60 Hz power line, a load absorbs 4 kW at a lagging power
factor of 0.8. It is required to raise the power factor to 0.95 lagging, the required leading reactive
power is, approximately

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(A) 4210.5 VAR (B) 1314.4 VAR

(C) 1686.3 VAR (D) 3000 VAR
[Hint: if cos  0.95 then sin   0.312 ]
19
Thevinin’s equivalent parameters for the circuit shown in
figure are
(A) VTH  4 V and RTH  10 Ω
(B) VTH  10 V and RTH  4 Ω
(C) VTH  2 V and RTH  20 Ω
(D) VTH  20 V and RTH  10 Ω
20.
If the secondary winding of the ideal transformer
shown in the circuit has 40 turns, the number of turns
in the primary winding for maximum power transfer
to the 2 Ω resistor will be
(A) 20 (B) 40
(C) 80 (D) 160

21.
 
In the circuit shown in figure, if v 0   50 V then the
 
value of i1 0  is
(A) 5A (B) 10 A
(C) 7.5 A (D) 2.5 A

22.
The switch has been closed for long time in the circuit
shown in figure. It is open at t  0 then the values of

dt
 
di 
0 and
dv 
dt
 
0 are respectively
(A) 0 A/s and 20 V/s (B) 20 A/s and 0 V/s
(C) 0 A/s and 0 V/s (D) 20 A/s and 20 V/s
23.
The ac voltage applied to a series R – L circuit is Vmax sint    where t  0 at the time of
applying the voltage. The circuit is closed at a point on the voltage in such a way that dc term
 L 
does not exist in current (there will be no transient) when (Note:  tan 1  )
 R 
(A)    0 (B)    

(C)     0 or     (D)     0 or     
2
24.
A conductor of length 100 cm moves at right angles to a magnetic field of flux density of
2 Wb/m2 with a velocity of 25 m/s. The induced emf in the conductor will be
(A) 25 V (B) 50 V (C) 75 V (D) 100 V

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25.
In the circuit shown in the figure, source voltage
vs  5 cos t V, then Thevinin’s impedance at terminals a – b
is
(A) 1  j 2  Ω (B) 0.5  j 0.5 Ω
(C) 0.5  j 0.5 Ω (D) 1  j 2 Ω

26.
Norton’s equivalent parameters for the circuit
shown in figure are

(A) RN = 10 Ω and IN = 5 A
(B) RN = 5 Ω and IN = 7 A
(C) RN = 5 Ω and IN = 10 A
(D) RN = 10 Ω and IN = 7 A

27.
Find the value of Vx in the circuit shown in figure
(A) 21.17 V
(B) 27.65 V
(C) 17.65 V
(D) 11.17 V

28.
Z – parameters for the two port network shown in the figure is
60 40  60  40
(A)  40 70 Ω (B)   40 70  Ω
   
70 40  70 40
(C)  40 60 Ω (D)   40 60 Ω
   
29.
A two port network is described the following equations:
V1  50 I 1  10 I 2 and V2  30 I 1  20 I 2
Which of the following is not true?
(A) z12  10 (B) y12  0.0143 (C) h12  0.5 (D) A = 50
30.
In Hybrid parameters representation of a two port network, which parameter is known as Open
circuit output admittance?
(A) h11 (B) h12 (C) h22 (D) h21

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