Question Bank (Unit-1)

Chapter 1 - Measurement and Measurement System

1. Explain the classification of different types of measuring instruments.
2. What are the term measurement and measurement system? Describe the
functional element of measurement system with block diagram.
3. Define the terms:
(i) Sensitivity
(ii) Threshold
(iii) Resolution
(iv) Drift
(v) Hysteresis
(vi) Precision
(vii) Accuracy
(viii) Error

Chapter 2 - Review of Indicating Instruments

4. Explain construction and working of PMMC instruments. Derive the equation
for deflection torque. Also explain its advantage and disadvantage.
5. Explain construction and working of attraction type moving iron instruments.
Derive the equation for deflecting torque of moving iron instruments.
6. Explain construction and working of repulsion type moving iron instruments.
Derive the equation for deflecting torque of moving iron instruments.
7. Explain electrodynamometer instrument and derive its torque equation.
8. Design a multi-range ammeter using a basic movement with an internal
resistance Rm=50Ω and a full-scale deflection current Im=1 mA. The ranges
required are 0-10 mA, 0-50 mA and 0-100 mA
9. A moving coil instrument has a resistance of 5 Ω and gives a full-scale deflection
of 10 mV. Show how the instrument may be used to measure (a) voltage up to
50 V, and (b) current up to 10 A
10. The pointer of a moving coil instrument gives full scale deflection of 20mA. The
potential difference across the meter when carrying 20mA is 400mV.The
instrument to be used is 200A for full scale deflection. Find the shunt resistance
required to achieve this, if the instrument to be used as a voltmeter for full scale
reading with 1000V. Find the series resistance to be connected it?
 A moving-coil ammeter has a fixed shunt of 0.02 Ω. With a coil resistance of
1000Ω and a potential difference of 500 mV across it. Full-scale deflection is
obtained. (a) To what shunted current does it correspond? (b) Calculate the
value of R to give full-scale deflection when shunted current I is (i) 10 A, and (ii)
75 A, (c) With what value of R, 40% deflection obtained with I = 100 A

Chapter 3 - Errors in Measurement

11. Three resistances are specified as. R1 = 200Ω ± 5%, R2 = 100Ω ± 5%, R3 =
50Ω ± 5%. Determine the magnitude of the resultant resistances and the
limiting error in percentage and in ohms if the resistances are connected in
series.
12. The resistance of an unknown resistor is determined by wheatstone bridge. The
solution for the unknown resistance is stated as,
𝑅2 𝑅3
𝑅4 =
𝑅1

Where the limiting values of resistances are, R1 = 500Ω ± 1%, R2 = 615Ω ±

1%, R3 = 100Ω ± 0.5%. Calculate (a) the nominal value of unknown resistor (b)
the limiting error of unknown resistor in known (c) the relative error in percent
of unknown resistor