SRI KRISHNA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

An Autonomous Institution, (Approved by AICTE and affiliated to Anna University)

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Academic Year 2020-2021(ODD SEM)
COMMON TO B.E CIVIL / MECHANICAL ENGINEEING
CONTINUOUS INTERNAL ASSESSMENT- 1

Class Course Code Course Title Date

I YEAR 20EES02 BASICS OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS 29.12.2020

ENGINEERING

Duration: 60 min Max: 50 Marks

Part – A (20 x 01 = 20 Marks)
Answer All Questions

1. ________________ is the Interconnection of 2 or more than 2 electrical elements

such as R, L and C or batteries in a random manner.
a. Electric Circuits
b. Electric Networks
c. Network Topology
d. Principal node.
Ans : b
2. The circuit in whose parameters (R, L and C) are always constant irrespective of
change in time, voltage, temperature, etc. is said to be ______________
a. Active Networks
b. Unilateral Networks
c. Linear Networks
d. Lumped Networks
Ans : c
3. The set of branches forming a closed path in a Network is called ___________
a. Mesh
b. Node
c. Branch
d. Junction point
Ans : a
4. A 5A current source has a source resistance of 10Ω. What will be the equivalent
voltage source?

a. 2 V
b. 10 V
c. 5 V
d. 50 V
Ans : 50 V
5. Which of the following is not an expression power?
a) P=VI
b) P=I2R
c) P=V2/R
d) P=I/R

Answer d
6. The number of cycles that occur in one second is termed as ___________
a) Waveform
b) Frequency
c) Amplitude
d) Period

Answer: b
7. The unit for inductance is ___________
a) Ohm
b) Henry
c) A/m
d) A/s
Ans : b
8. In a parallel circuit, which of the parameters remain constant across all circuit
elements such as resistor, capacitor and inductor etc?
a) Voltage
b) Current
c) Both voltage and current
d) Neither voltage nor current
Ans : a
9. . If two bulbs are connected in parallel and one bulb blows out, what happens to the
other bulb?
a) The other bulb blows out as well
b) The other bulb continues to glow with the same brightness
c) The other bulb glows with increased brightness
d) The other bulb stops glowing

Ans : b
10. The currents in the three branches of a parallel circuit are 3A, 4A and 5A. What is
the current leaving it?
a) 0A
b) Insufficient data provided
c) The largest one among the three values
d) 12A
Ans : d

11. Batteries are generally connected in______

a) Series
b) Parallel
c) Either series or parallel
d) Neither series nor parallel

Answer: a
12. The sum of the voltages over any closed loop is equal to __________
a) 0V
b) Infinity
c) 1V
d) 2V

Answer: a
13. What is the basic law that has to be followed in order to analyze the circuit?
a) Newton’s laws
b) Faraday’s laws
c) Ampere’s laws
d) Kirchhoff’s law
Answer: d
14. KVL is applied in ____________
a) Mesh analysis
b) Nodal analysis
c) Both mesh and nodal
d) Neither mesh nor nodal

Answer: a
15. Kilowatt-hour(kWh) is a unit of?
a) Current
b) Power
c) Energy
d) Resistance

Answer: c
16. The ideal voltage source is source which delivers energy with specified terminal
voltage and is ………………. of the current source
a) Dependent
b) Independent
c) Either Dependent or Independent
d) Both Dependent and Independent
Answer: b
17. A sequence of branches traversed from one node to another node is called ………in
which no node appears more than once.
a) Essential node
b) Essential Branch
c) Path
d) Loop
Answer: c
18. Form factor is defined as ………………..
a) Ratio between RMS and Average value
b) Ratio between RMS and peak value
c) Ratio between Peak and Average value
d) Ratio between RMS and instantaneous value
Answer: a
19. The period of a sine wave is 20ms. Find the frequency
a) 25 HZ
b) 50 HZ
c) 25 KHZ
d) 50 KHZ
Answer b
20. A series R-L circuit has R=20Ω and L=0.05H is connected to 250v,50HZ supply.
Calculate the inductive reactance.
a) 14.708 Ω
b) 15.708 Ω
c) 20.708 Ω
d) 25.708 Ω
Answer: b

Part – B (15 x 02 = 30 Marks)

Answer All Questions

1. Voltage across the 60ohm resistor is______

a) 72V
b) 0V
c) 48V
d) 120V
Ans : 0 V
2. Find the total current present in the circuit.

a. 4.55 A
b. 5.54 A
c. 6.54 A
d. 3.55 A
Ans : a
3. Calculate the equivalent resistance between A and B.

a) 60 ohm
b) 15 ohm
c) 12 ohm
d) 48 ohm

Answer: c
4. Calculate the total resistance between the points A and B.

a) 7 ohm
b) 0 ohm
c) 7.67 ohm
d) 0.48 ohm

Answer: c
5. Calculate the power in the 20 ohm resistance.

a) 2000kW
b) 2kW
c) 200kW
d) 2W

Answer: b
6. The power supplied to the load R and the voltage across it as shown in figure is
500W and 100V. Determine the resistor R and the voltage drop across 4Ω resistor.
 a) 10 Ω and 10V
b) 20 Ω and 20V
c) 20 Ω and 10V
d) 10 Ω and 20V
Answer: b

7. Find the voltage across the resistor in figure

a) 2 V
b) 5 V
c) 10 V
d) 20 V
Answer: 10 V
8. Apply KVL in Loop 1 for the electrical network given below and find the equation
 a) 10 I1 + 5 I2 = 90
b) 10 I1 + 5 I2 = 80
c) 5 I1 + 10 I2 = 18
d) 5 I1 + 7 I2 = 18
Answer d
9. Calculate the current through 50 Ω and 100 Ω resistors of circuit shown in figure

a) I1 = 0.666 A, I2 = 1.333 A
b) I1 = 0.555 A, I2 = 1.333 A
c) I1 = 0.666 A, I2 = 1.222 A
d) I1 = 0.444 A, I2 = 1.333 A
Answer: a
10. Apply KVL in Loop ABFGA for the electrical network given below and find the
equation

a) 3 I1 + 5 I2 + 2 I3 = 30
b) 3 I1 - 5 I2 + 2 I3 = -30
c) 3 I1 + 2 I2 - 2 I3 = 30
d) 3 I1 - 2 I2 - 2 I3 = -30
Answer c
11. Identify the equation for two mesh loop PQSP and QRSQ using Mesh analysis for
the network shown below:

a) 40I1 - 10I2 = 120 and -10I1 + 60I2 = -60

b) 40I1 + 10I2 = 120 and 10I1 - 60I2 = -60
c) 40I1 - 10I2 = 60 and -10I1 + 60I2 = -120
d) 40I1 +10I2 = 60 and -10I1 - 60I2 = -120
Answer: a
12. Using nodal analysis, determine the current source and node voltage V 1

a) I1 = 1A, I2 = 1A and V1 = 12 V
b) I1 = 1A, I2 = 2A and V1 = 12 V
c) I1 = 2A, I2 = 2A and V1 = 12 V
d) I1 = -1A, I2 = 1A and V1 = -12 V
Answer: b
13. Determine the total power in the figure given below:

a) 25 W
b) 25 KW
c) 250 W
d) 250 KW
Answer: c
14. An alternating voltage is given by v=310 sin314 t. Calculate the frequency and time
period.
a) 25 HZ and 0.01s
b) 50 HZ and 0.02s
c) 25 HZ and 0.02s
d) 50 HZ and 0.01s
Answer: b

15. A 25 Ω resistance has a voltage of V=150 sin 377t volts. Find the corresponding
current and source voltage
a) Vs = 105 V and I= 4.33 A
b) Vs = 105 V and I= 4.24 A
c) Vs = 106.06 V and I= 4.24 A
d) Vs = 106.06 V and I= 3.24 A
Answer : c