Basic Electrical Engineering MCQs PDF 3 PDF
Basic Electrical Engineering MCQs PDF 3 PDF
Basic Electrical Engineering MCQs PDF 3 PDF
2. Two wires A and B of the same material and length L and 2L have radius L and 2L
respectively. The ratio of their specific resistance will be,
(a) 1:1 (b) 1:2 (c) 1:4 (d) 1:8
3. The current through an electrical conductor is 1 ampere when the temperature of the
conductor is 0oc and 0.7 ampere when the temperature is 100oc. the current when the temperature
of conductor is 1200oc must be
(a) 0.08 amp (b) 0.16 amp (c) 0.32 amp (d) 0.64 amp
4. A length of the wire having resistance of 1 Ω is cut into four equal parts and these four
parts are bundled together side by side to form the wire. The new resistance will be,
5. The hot resistance of the filament of a bulb is higher than the cold resistance because the
temperature coefficient of the filament is
(a) negative (b) infinite (c) zero (d) positive
7. The resistance of a wire is R ohms; it is stretched to double its length. The new resistance of
the wire in ohms is,
8. In which of the following substances, the resistance decreases with the increase in
temperature. (a) carbon (b) constantan (c) copper (d) silver
9. The resistance of the wire of uniform diameter d and length l is R. The resistance of another
wire of same material but diameter 2d and length 4l will be,
11. The resistance of the 20 cm long wire is 5 ohm. The wire is stretched to a uniform wire of 40
cm length. The resistance (ohm) now will be
12. The current of 4.8 amps is flowing in a conductor. The number of electrons flowing per
second through the conductor will be,
13. A carbon resistor has colored strips as brown, green, orange and silver respectively. The
resistance is,
14. A wire has the resistance of 10Ω. It is stretched by one tenth of its original length. Then its
resistance will be,
15. A 10 m long wire of resistance 20 ohm is connected in series with a battery of EMF 3 volts
(with negligible internal resistance) and a resistance of 10 ohms. The potential gradient along the
wire in volt per meter is,
19. The quantity of charge that will be transferred by a current flow of 10 amps over 1 hour
period is,
(a) 1 m/s (b) 10-3 m/s (c) 106 m/s (d) 3×108 m/s
(a) almost zero (b) positive (c) negative (d) none of these
24. Two resistors A and B have resistances RA and RB respectively with RA < RB. The
resistivities of the materials are ρA and ρB, then
(c) no relation between current and p.d. (d) None of the above
26. Three 9 ohm resistances are connected to form triangle. What is the resistance between any
Two corner
28. Two heaters A and B are connected in parallel across a suitable supply. The heater A
produces heat 250 Kcal in 10 minutes while the heater B produces 500 kcal in 5 minutes. If the
resistance of heater A is 10 ohm, then the resistance of the heater B is
( a) 1.5 ohm (b) 2.5 ohm (c) 3.5 ohm (d) 4.5 ohm
( a) 900 kwh (b) 1000 kwh (c) 1100kwh (d) 1200 kwh
30. Five 100 W, 110 V heaters are connected in series across a 400v supply. The total power
consumed by heater under this condition will be
(a) four times the normal (b) two times the normal
(c) one half of the normal (d) one fourth of the normal
32. For a given line voltage, four heating coil will produce maximum heat when connected
(c ) with two parallel pairs in series (d) one pair in parallel with other two in series
6. c 7. D 8. C 9. B 10. B
16. C 17 A 18 A 19 B 20 D
66. B 67. C