STUDY MATERIAL : ELECTRIC AL

TRANSFORMER
01. A transformer does not transfer (a) power current (d) impedance (e) none (b) voltage (c) (b) loss of 200 watt and eddy current loss of 100 watt. Its core loss at 60 Hz operation will be: 1) 432 W 2) 408 W 3) 384 W 4) 360 W 5) none 18. Can a 50 Hz transformer be used for 25 Hz, if the input voltage is maintained constant at the rated value corresponding to 50 Hz ?: 1) Yes, since the voltage is constant current level will not change. 2) No, flux will be doubled which will drive the core to excessive saturation. 3) No, owing to decreased resistance of transformer, input current will be doubled at the load. 4) Yes, at constant voltage insulation will not be overstressed. 5) none 19. A 220/440V, 50 Hz single phase transformer operates on 220V, 40Hz supply with secondary winding, then: 1) the eddy current loss and hysteresis loss of transformer decrease. 2) the eddy current loss and hysteresis loss of the transformer increase. 3) the hysteresis loss of the transformer increases while eddy current loss remains the same. 4) the hysteresis loss remains the same where as eddy current loss decreases. 5) none 20. The no load current in a transformer lags the applied voltage 0 0 0 0 by : 1) 90 2) 0 3) 75 4) 115 5) none 21. Magnetizing component of no load current is: 1) in phase with 0 the applied voltage. 2) leads the applied voltage by 90 . 3) lags 0 behind the applied voltage by 75 . 4) lags behind the applied 0 voltage by 90 . 5) none 22. In a transformer the exciting current has two components, the magnetizing component Im and core loss component Iw. Neglecting leakage impedance drop,:1) Im lags behind the 0 applied voltage by 90 while Iw is in phase with the applied voltage. 2) Im is in phase with the applied voltage while Iw lags 0 behind the applied voltage by 90 . 3) both of the components 0 Im and Iw lags behind the applied voltage by 90 . 4) both of the components are in phase with the applied voltage. 5) none 23. In a transformer the exciting current will be in phase quadrature with the impressed voltage provided: 1) only the leakage impedance drop is ignored. 2) only core loss is ignored 3) both leakage impedance and core loss are ignored 4) only no load power loss is ignored. 5) none 24. The power factor of a transformer on no load will be about: 1) 1 2) 0.75 3) 0.5 4) 0.35 5) none 25. The power factor of a transformer on no load is poor due to: 1) magnetizing reactance of the transformer 2) open circuited secondary 3)low primary winding resistance 4) low no load current. 5) none 26. If in a transformer core, a material having high reluctance path but having same hysteresis loop is employed: 1) Iw will increase 2) Im will increase 3) Im will decrease 4) both Iw and Im will increase 5) none 27. The primary ampere turns of a transformer are ___ its secondary ampere turns: 1) exactly equal to 2) approximately equal to 3) larger than 4) smaller than 5) none 28. The inductive reactance of a transformer depends on: 1) electromotive force 2) magnetomotive force 3) magnetic flux 4) leakage flux 5) none 29. The inductive reactance of a transformer depends on: 1) leakage flux 2) size of core 3) both 1 & 2 4) none 30. The magnetizing current for sinusoidal applied voltage will be: 1) always non-sinusoidal 2) always sinusoidal 3) sinusoidal or non sinusoidal depending upon the saturation point 4) none 31. The emf induced in the primary (a) in phase with the flux (b) 0 0 lags behind the flux by 90 (c) leads the flux by 90 (d) in phase opposition to flux (e) none 32. The leakage flux of a transformer is the flux which links (a) only with the primary winding (b) only with the secondary winding (c) either only with primary or only with the secondary winding (d) with both the primary and secondary winding. (e) none

02. The efficiency of a power transformer is around (a) 50% 60% (c) 80% (d) 95% (e) none

03. The power transformer is a constant ___device. (a) current (b) voltage (c) main flux (d) power (e) none 04. Transformer action requires a : (a) constant magnetic flux (b) increasing magnetic flux alternating magnetic flux (d) alternating electric flux 05. The flux created by the current flowing through the primary winding induces emf in (a) primary winding only (b) secondary winding only (c) transformer core only (d) both primary and secondary windings (e) none 06. If rated dc voltage is applied instead of ac to the primary of a transformer, then :1) secondary of transformer will burn. 2) primary of transformer will burn. 3) secondary voltage will be excessively high. 4) there will be no secondary voltage 5) none 07. An ideal transformer does not change: 1) voltage 3) current 4) none 2) power

08. For an ideal transformer the windings should have: 1) maximum resistance on primary side and least resistance on secondary side. 2) least resistance on primary side and maximum resistance on secondary side. 3) equal resistances on primary and secondary sides. 4) no ohmic resistances on either side. 5) none 09. A transformer steps up the voltage by a factor of 100. The ratio of current in primary to that in the secondary is: 1) 1 2) 100 3) 0.01 4) 0.1 5) none 10. For an ideal transformer having transformation ratio 1/n, :1) V1 = nV2, I2 = - nI1 2) V2 = nV1, I2 = - nI1 3) V1= nV2, I2 = I1/n 4) V1 =nV2,I2= - I1/n 5) none 11. If the applied voltage of a certain transformer is increased by 50% and the frequency is reduced to 50% (assuming that the magnetic circuit remains unaltered), the maximum core flux density will (a) change to three times the original value (b) change to 1.5 times the original value (c) change to 0.5 times the original value (d) remain the same as original. (e) none 12. If the supply frequency to a transformer is increased keeping the supply voltage constant, then (a) both magnetizing component and core loss component of current will increase. (b) both magnetizing component and core loss component of current will decrease. magnetizing component of current will increase while core loss component of current will decrease. (d) magnetizing component of current will decrease while core loss component of current will increase. (e) none 13. In a transformer operating at constant voltage if the input frequency increases, the core loss (a) increases (b) decreases (c) remains constant (d) increases as square of the frequency. 14. If the frequency of input voltage to a transformer is increased keeping the magnitude of voltage unchanged, then (a) both hysteresis loss and eddy current loss in the core will increase. (b) hysteresis loss will increase but eddy current loss will decrease. (c) hysteresis loss will decrease but eddy current loss will increase. (d) hysteresis loss will decrease but eddy current loss will remain unchanged. (e) none 15. 1 KVA, 230V, 50 Hz, single phase transformer has an eddy current loss of 30 watts. The eddy current loss when the transformer is excited by a dc source of same voltage will be: 1) 30 watts 2) more than 30 watt 3) less than 30 watts 4) zero watt 5) none 16. A transformer has hysteresis loss of 30 watt at 240 V, 60 Hz. The hysteresis loss at 200 V, 50 Hz will be: 1) 28 watt 2) 25 watt 3) 30 watt 4) 36 watt 5) none 17. At 50 Hz operation a single phase transformer has hysteresis