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BASIC PRINCIPLES
PRINCIPLES - Day 1
Question 1: EE Board October 1998
The resistance of 12
12 !eters
!eters of "ire is 12
12 oh!s# $hat is its
its con%uctance&

 A# 12 !hos
B# ' !hos
C. 0.083 mho
D# #(21 !ho

Question 2: EE Board October 1992

The insu)ation resistance of a *i)o!eter of the ca+)e ha,in a %ia!eter of 2 c! an% an insu)ation
thic*ness of 2 c! is ' oh!s# If the thic*ness of the insu)ation is increase% to . c!/ fin% the insu)ation
resistance of the ca+)e#

 A# 020 oh!s

B. 757 ohms
C# 0( oh!s
D# 2( oh!s

Question .:
The %ia!eter of a i,en +are con%uctor is #( inch# A ther!o)astic insu)ation "ith thic*ness of #1
inch is "rae% aroun% to insu)ate the con%uctor# Deter!ine the insu)ation resistance of this con%uctor
er !eter# Assu!e secific resistance of ther!o)astic insu)ation to +e 2 3 1415 oh!-c!#

 A# 16 3 146 Ω

B# 11 3 146 Ω
C# 1( 3 146 Ω
D. 107 x 10^9 Ω

Question 5:
A cy)in%rica) ru++er insu)ate% ca+)e has a %ia!eter of #10 inch an% an insu)ation of thic*ness of #2(
inch# If the secific resistance of ru++er is 1415 oh!-c!/ %eter!ine the insu)ation resistance of 1-ft
)enht of the ca+)e#

A. 694  Ω

B# '0 7Ω
C# '02 7Ω
D# '25 7Ω

Question (: EE Board October 1991

T"o heatin e)e!ent "hich is ( oh!s an% 2( oh!s are connecte% in series "ith te!erature
coefficients of #1 an% #. oh!s er ⁰C/ resecti,e)y at 2 ⁰C# Ca)cu)ate the effecti,e te!erature
coefficient of the co!+ination#

 A# #1'
B# #12
C# #'2'
D# #21(

Question ':
T"o "ires A 8 B !a%e fro! t"o %ifferent !ateria)s ha,e te!erature coefficient of resistance e9ua) to
#2( an% #( oh! er ⁰C/ resecti,e)y# It is %esire% to !a*e a coi) of "ire ha,in a resistance of
12 oh!s "ith a te!erature coefficient of #1/ usin the suita+)e )enth of the t"o i,en "ires
connecte% in series# Deter!ine the re9uire% )enth of "ire#

 A# (# !
B. 6.0 m
C# '#2 !
D# (#( !

Question : EE Board arch 1998

The resistance of a "ire is 12'#50 oh!s at 1 ⁰C an% 1 oh!s at . ⁰C# Deter!ine the te!erature
coefficient of coer at  ⁰C#

 A# #.('
B# #2('
C# #'1(
D. 0.00427

Question 0:
The fie)% "in%in of a series !otor has a resistance of 12 oh!s at 1( ⁰C# After runnin for t"o hours/
the resistance increases to 15 oh!s# If the te!erature coefficient of the "in%ins at  ⁰C is #5/ fin%
the ne" te!erature of the "in%ins#

 A# (.# ⁰C
B# (0#5 ⁰C
C. 59.2 ⁰C
D# '#5 ⁰C

Question 6:
The shunt fie)% "in%in of a shunt enerator has a resistance of 0 oh!s at 2⁰C# After se,era) hours
of continuous oeration/ the "in%in te!erature rises to (⁰C# o" !uch is the "in%in resistance
un%er this con%ition# Assu!e the resistance te!erature coefficient of coer to +e #5 oh! er %eree
at ⁰C#
 A# 62#01 oh!s
B# 0(#22 oh!s
C# 6#12 oh!s
D. 88.89 ohms

Question 1:
The resistance of a coer "ire at .⁰C is ( oh!s# If the te!erature coefficient of coer at  ⁰C is
#52/ "hat is the resistance at 1⁰C&

 A# (0#1( oh!s

B. 63.24 ohms
C# (5#2( oh!s
D# 2#2' oh!s