BEE QUESTION BANK

UNIT-1

Section A

1. State and explain the kirchoff’s laws.

2. Differentiate active and passive components.
3. Define ideal and practical voltage and current sources.
4. State and explain kirchoff’s voltage law.
5. Draw Nortan’s Equivalent circuit.
6. What is ohms law? Also discuss the limitations of ohms law.
7. An electric iron is rated 1000W, 240V. Find the current drawn resistance of the heating
element.

Section B

1. What are Kirchhoff’s voltage and current laws?

2. Calculate the thevenin’s equivalent for the shown circuit.

3. Using Thevenin’s theorem, find P.D across terminal AB.

4. State and prove thevenin theorem with an example.

5. With a neat circuit diagram, explain the behavior of individual components,(resistor, inductor,
capacitor) in an AC circuit.

Section C

1. Find the current in 28 ohm resistor using source conversion method.

2. Derive the voltage and current equations in time domain for first order RL circuit.

3. State and explain thevenin’s theorem. Using thevenin’s theorem, determine the current flowing
through the load resistance (RL) in Figure 1.
 UNIT2

Section A

1. Define power factor. What is power factor of a pure capacitor?

2. What is the effect of frequency on inductive reactance?
3. In a RL series circuit a voltage of 10Vat 50Hz produces a currentof700mA while the same
voltage at75Hzproduces 500mA current. What is the value of R and Lin the circuit?
4. What is relation between line and phase value of voltage and current for
 Star connection
 Delta connection
5. Define a) peak factor and b)form factor.
6. Define apparent power and reactive power of an AC circuit.
7. What is effect of frequency on capacitive reactance?
8. What is impedance? Give its unit.
9. Aresistanceof15Ωisconnectedinserieswithaninductanceof0.02H.Thiscombinationis
connectedacross200V, 50Hz supply. Calculate a) current flowing in circuit, b) power factor.
10. Differentiate between star and delta connection
11. What is series resonance?
12. What is admittance? Give its units
13. AseriesRLcircuitdrawsacurrentof1A.when connected acrossa10V, 50Hz.AC supply.
Assumingtheresistance5Ω, find inductance of the circuit. What is its power factor?
14. What is phasor representation?
15. .Based on power factor, categories different types of electric loads.
16. .Giveanexplanationofthepeakandformfactorintermsofalternatingcurrents.
17. Define RMS value of AC.
18. Differentiate phase and phasor difference with example.

19. Define RMS value of any alternating quantity.

20. Write voltage and current relations between line and phase values for star and delta
connected three phase AC systems.
21. Draw the power triangle and define various types of powers.
22. Draw a sine waveform and indicate peak value, rms value and instanteous value on it.
23. Describe the form factor and peak factor in terms of alternating current.
24. Define resonance in an AC circuit
25. Explain concept of power factor and its significance
26. What is the principle of power factor correction?

Section B

1. Derivetherelationshipbetweenvoltageandcurrentforpurelyinductivecircuit.Alsoshowthat the
average power consumed by the circuit is zero
2. Forbalancedthreephasedeltaconnection.Determinethenumericalrelationshipbetweenthe line
and phase current.
3. Analternatingvoltageisgivenasv=220sin314t,determineit’sa)maximumvalueb)effectivevalue
c) form factor d)value of voltage after 0.002sec taking reckoning time from the instant when
voltageiszeroandbecomingpositivee)timeafterwhichvoltageattains110Vforthefirsttime.
4. A series RLC circuit of R=40Oohm, L=50.07Mhandacapacitor is connected
across a 400V,50Hz,ACsupply.ThisRLCcombinationdrawnacurrentof
10A.Calculate
a) Power factor of the circuit, b) Capacitor value
5. Derive the relationship between voltage and current in star and delta connection.
6. Defineaveragevalueofalternatingcurrenthavinginwaveandderiveitsexpression.
7. Explain the operation of RL circuit with single phase AC supply.
8. A resistance of 15 ohm and a capacitor of 150 micro farad are connected in series across a 230
 V,50 Hz supply. Estimate
(a) Impedance of the circuit
(b)Current
(c) Power factor and phase angle
(d)Power consumed in the circuit.
9. Discuss the time domain analysis of first order series RL circuit with circuit diagram.
10. A series circuit consisting of a 10Ω resistor, a 100µF capacitor and a 10mH inductor is
driven by a 50Hz AC. Voltage source of maximum value 100 volts. Calculate the equivalent
impedance , current in the circuit and the phase angle.

Section C

11. Describe the BH curve and its significance in characterizing magnetic materials.
12. DefineresonanceandderiverelationforresonanceconditioninseriesRLCcircuit.
13. Discuss the three phase transformer connections.
14. What is parallel resonance? Derive the voltage and current equations at resonance. Draw its
waveform.
15. Derive the numerical relationship between line and phase currents for a balanced 3- phase
delta connection.
 Unit3

Section A

1. What materials are used for a transformer?

a) Core b) winding.
2. Draw power flow diagram of an induction motor.
3. Draw the phasor diagram of an ideal transformer.
a. Transformer cannot be used on DC. Why?
b. What materials are used in the parts of a DC motor
c) commutator segments
d) brushes.
4. Define voltage regulation for a transformer.
5. What is the classification of magnetic materials based on the magnetic properties?
6. Why for electric traction DC series motors are best suited?
7. Identify and explain the different losses in a transformer.
8. What are the losses in transformer?
9. Write working principle of rotating magnetic fields.
10. Significance of torque slip characteristics.
11. Write the basic working principle of a transformer.
12. What do you understand by an auto-transformer
13. Define Synchronous speed and slip.
14. Why commutator and brushes are used in DC machines.

15. Discuss the principle of a DC motor. Also, derive the emf equation.

16. What is the relation between rotor cu loss, slip and rotor input?

17. Enlist various types of magnetic materials.

18. Draw a schematic of a salient pole type of synchronous machine.

Section B
1. Discuss the principle of operation of a DC motor. Also derive the emf equation.
2. A 4 pole, 440Vdc motor takes armature current of 50 A. The resistance of the armature
circuitis0.28ohm.Thearmaturewindingiswaveconnectedwith800conductorsandusefulflux is
23m wb.
 Calculate:
a) The back emf
b) Speed of the motor
3. Brieflyinducethesinglephaseinductionmotor.Discussthemethodsusedforstarting
induction motor.
4. Discuss in brief construction and principle of single phase induction motor. Also
explain the losses.
5. Explain the working and basic principle of single phase induction motor.
6. Write a short note on Magnetization curve or B-H curve
7. For the single phase transformer, obtain expression for EMF induced in either primary side or
secondary side.

Section C

1.Distinguishbetweenathreephasesquirrelcageinductionmotorandphasewound induction
motor.
2.Discusstheconstructionofauto-transformerandderivetheexpressionforthecoppersavingsin it.

3.Explain principle of operation of transformer. Derive an EMF equation for single phase
transformer. Also draw the phasor diagram of a single phase transformer at leading
power factor load.
4.What is the significance of a rotating magnetic field in motor operation?
Describe the construction features of a three phase induction motor.
5. In a 25 KVA, 2000/200 V power transformer the iron and full load copper losses are 350 W and
400 W respectively. Calculate the efficiency at unity power factor at full load.
6. Explain the construction and working of synchronous generators.
7.Explain the construction of single phase transformer with the help of a neat sketch while
the mentoring the purpose of each component.
8. Write short on any two of the following:

a) Generation of rotating magnetic field in 3-phaseinduction motor.

b) Construction and working of a single phase induction motor

9. Power to an induction motor is supplied byan12-pole, 3 phase, 500 rpm alternator. The full speed
of the motor is 1440 rpm. Find the percentage slip, and the number of poles in the motor.
10 Explain how a rotating magnetic field is generated in a here phase induction motor. Define the
torque-slip characteristics of an induction motor
 Unit4

Section A

1. List the properties of an ideal fuse wire.

2. Classify various types of electric cables.
3. What is the difference between wire and cable?
4. List various types of wires and cables.
5. What is difference between fuse and circuit breaker?
6. State the purpose of earthing in electrical systems.

Section B

1. Using a diagram explain the construction of an underground cable. Also write function
of each part.
2. Explain the necessity of earthing in an electrical installation.
3. Explain electric schematic of miniature circuit breaker.
4. Compare miniature circuit Breaker (MCB) and earth leakage circuit Breaker (ELCB).
5. Explain the purpose and functionality of a switch fuse unit. Discuss the
various types of fuses used in electrical wiring systems.
Section C

1. For the “one time use” type off use what do the following
convey?

a) Fuse current carrying capacity b) Breaking capacity

c) I2tvalueoffuse d) Rated voltage off use

3. Compare miniature circuit Breaker (MCB) and earth leakage circuit Breaker (ELCB).
4. Write a short note on
(a) Important characteristics of batteries
(b) Power factor improvement.