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Synchronous Machine SSE JE
The percentage slip in case of synchronous 4.12 The negative phase seque nce:::;
4.4
synchrono us motor exists when the ase
motor is rnotor 1·
(a) 1% (b) 100% (a) underload ed s
(c) 0.5% (d) zero (b) overloaded
[SSC-JE: 2007] (c) supplied with unbalance d voltage
4.32 Which one of the following methods would give 4.39 Which of the following condition is NOT
a higher than actual value of regulation of an mandatory for alternators working in parallel?
alternator? (a) The alternators must have the same phase
(a) ZPF method (b) MMF method sequence.
(c) EMF method (d) ASA method (b) The terminal voltage of each machine must
[SSC-JE : 2014 (FN)] be the same. I
(c) The machines must have equal kVA ratings.
4.33 If the excitation of an alternator operating in
parallel with other alternator is increased above (d) The alternators must operate at the same
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the normal value of excitation, its frequency. f
(a) power factor becomes more lagging. [SSC-JE: 2014 (AN)}
(b) power factor becomes more leading.
4.40 The speed of a p-pole synchronous machine in
(c) output current decreases.
rpm is given by
(d) output kW decreases.
[SSC-JE: 2014 (FN)] (b) 120(
(a) 120fp
4.34 In an alternator, the effect of armature reaction p
is minimum at power factor of (c) 120p
(a) 0.S lagging (b) O.866 lagging (d) ✓1'20f p
f
(c) 0.866 leading (d) unity
[SSC-JE: 2014 (AN)J
[SSC-JE: 2014 (FN)]
4 .41 For V-curves for a synchronous motor the graph
4.35 Damper winding in synchronous motors is used to
is drawn between
(a) suppress hunting
(a) armature current and power factor.
(b) improve power factor
(b) field current and armature current.
(c) develop reluctance torque
(c) terminal voltage and load factor.
(d) improve the efficiency
(d) power factor and field current.
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ted, 3-ph ase sync hrono us 4.24 Which one of the following is correct?
~ 4.19 v-curves for isola
motor show (a) The effect of air gap flux on armature current
(a) the variation of mechanical power with field of a synchronous machine is called armature
excitation at constant speed. reaction .
(b) the variation of armature voltage with field (b) The effect of armature current on main flux
excitation of constant mechanical power. of a synchronous machine is called armature
(c) the varia tion of arma ture volta ge with reaction .
mec hani cal powe r at cons tant field (c) The effect of armature current of air gap flux
excitation. of a synchronous machine is called armature
(d) the variation of armature current with field reaction .
excitation at constant mechanical power. (d) The effect of field current on main flux of a
[SSC-JE : 2011 ] synchronous machine is called armature
ct? reaction .
4.20 Which one of the following is corre
[SSC-JE : 2012]
(a) Sync hron ous moto r is supp lied with de
voltage in the armature winding.
4.25 Two alternators rated 40 MVA and 60 MVA
(b) Sync hron ous moto r is supp lied with ac resp ectiv ely are work ing in para llel and
voltage in the field winding. supp lying a total load of 80 MW. Spee d
(c) Synchronous motor is supplied with rectified regulation of both the alternators is 5%. The load
voltage in the armature winding .
sharing between them will be
(d) Sync hron ous moto r is supp lied with de
(a) 32 MW, 48 MW (b) 36 MW, 44 MW
voltage in the field winding. (d) 30 MW, 50 MW
(c) 40 MW each
[SSC-JE : 2011]
[SSC-JE : 2012]
4.21 The emf induc ed per phase in a three-phase
4.26 A 4-pole generator is running at 1200 rpm. The
star connected synchronous generator having
frequency and time period of the emf generated
the following data:
in its coils are respectively
Distr ibuti on facto r = 0.95 5; Coil- span
(a) 50 Hz, 0.02 sec
factor = 0.966; Frequency = 50 Hz; Flux per
(b) 40 Hz, 0.025 sec
pole = 25 mWb; Turns per phase = 240, emf
(c) 300 Hz, 0.00333 sec
per phase is
(a) 2128.36 Volts (b) 1228 .81 Volts 1
(d) 2400 Hz, sec
(c) 869.46 Volts (d) 1737 .80 Volts 2400
[SSC-JE : 2012] [SSC-JE : 2013]
4.22 Alternator used in hydel power station has more 4.27 A 3-phase synchronous motor is started by
number of poles in it than that used in thermal utilizing the torque developed in
power station, beca use (a) the high-speed steam-turbine
(a) speed of the prime mover may be changed (b) the damper winding on the rotor
whenever required . (c) the damper winding on the stator
(b) power generated by the alternator may be (d) the low-speed water-turbine
changed acco rding to demand . [SSC-JE: 2013]
(c) speed of its prime mover is less.
4.28 Alternators are usually designed to generate
(d) power generated by this alternator is less .
[SSC -JE: 2012] which type of a.c. voltage?
(a) With fixed frequency
4.23 The pitch factor for a full pitched winding of a
(b) With variable frequency
synchronous machine is (c) Fixed current
(a) 0.5 (b) 0.9
(d) Fixed power factor
(c) 0.0 (d) 1.0
[SSC-JE: 2013]
[SSC-JE : 2012]
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4.54 In a synchronous motor sync hron ous reac tanc e of a large . 010 ~ce
f and stator mmf are stationary alter nato r is abou t - - · s12:e fl'loder~
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(a) the rotor mm ach other. •1
with respect toe mmf is slightly less than (a) 0.05 (b) 0.2
(b) the speed of rotor (d)
(c) 0.6 0.8
the speed of stat o;;;: ~ slightly more than
[SSC-JE (Forenoon) 3.3,2011
(c) the speed of rotor mmf
4.62 High spee d alternators usually have
the speed of stator .
th (a) salient pole rotors ----------
(d) none of e~;SC-JE (Forenoon) 2. 3 .2o17l (b) cylin drica l rotors
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4.55 Under Sho rt circuit cond1.t1ons
. , the power factor (c) both salie
f hnt pole and cylindrical rotors
(d) none o t ese
of an altern
ator is
(a) almost zero lagging [SSC-JE (Forenoon) 3_ _ ,
(b) unity 3 201 ,
.
4 _63 The sync hron ous moto r runs on _ _ _
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(c) about 0 .6 lagging
(a) 3-ph ase a.c. supp ly
(d) none of the~ :sc-J E (Forenoon) 2.3.2017]
(b) 3-ph ase a.c. and d.c. supply
4.56 The rated voltage of alternators use d ·in po wer (c) de supp ly only
stations is usually (d) 3-ph ase a.c. and single phase a.c.
(a) 11 kV (b) 66 kV [SSC-JE (Afternoon) 3.3.2017]
(c) 132 kV (d) 400 kV
[SSC-JE (Forenoon) 2.3.2017] 4.64 The mac hine whic h is designed to run without
an active load but with its excitation to produce
4.57 Under full load running condition, the slip of a
synchronous motor is _ __ reactive pow er is calle d _ _
(a) zero (a) an indu ction moto r
(b) about 0.2
(c) about 0 .01 (d) none of these (b) a sync hron ous motor
[SSC-JE (Forenoon) 3.3.2017] (c) a sync hron ous generator
(d) a sync hron ous compensator
4.58 Synchronous motors generally have _
__
(a) cylindrical rotor [SSC-JE (Afternoon) 3.3.2017]
(b) salient pole rotor 4.65 Salient pole mac hine have _ _
(c) both cylindrical and salient pole rotor (a) large num ber of poles
(d) none of these
(b) small num ber of poles
[SSC-JE (Forenoon) 3.3.2017] (c) small diam eters
4.59 The power output of a synchronous motor is_ (d) long core s
.
(a) direc tly prop ortio nal to sync hron ous [SSC-JE (Afternoon) 3. 3•20171
reactance
(b) inver sely prop ortio nal to sync hron ous 4.66 A sync hron ous moto
r can run at
reactance (a) a lead ing powe r factor
(c) independent of synchronous reactance (b) unity powe r facto r
(d) none of these tor
. Power tac
(c) lagg ing or lead ing or unity
[SSC-JE (Forenoon) 3.3.2017] (d) zero powe r facto r 17]
4.60 The shor t-circ uit char acte ristic s of
an [SSC-JE (Afternoon) 3.3.20
alternator is
-- -
(a) always linear
4.67 The constructi · ·1 rtO
on of synchronous motor is s1rn1 a
(b) always non-linear (a) de com poun d motor
(c) sometimes linear and sometimes non-linear (b) slip ring indu ction motor
(d) none of these {c) de shunt gene rator
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4.82 A synchronous gene rator gene rates react ive 4.90 An unex cited singl e phas e synchronous rn t
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power while worki ng at is calle d as
(a) zero powe r facto r (a) unive rsal moto r (b) repulsion motor
(b) laggi ng powe r facto r (c) AC serie s moto r (d) reluc tance motor
(c) leading powe r facto r [SSC -JE (Afternoon) 22.1.2
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( d) Any of these
[SSC-JE (Forenoon) 22.01 .2018 ] 4.91 A cons tant spee d moto r is
(a) DC shun t moto r
4.83 In a synchronous motor the maxi mum powe r (b) sync hrono us moto r
deve loped occu rs at a coup ling angle of (c) induc tion moto r
(a) 180° (b) 90° ( d) DC comp ound moto r
(c) 60° (d) 30° [SSC -JE (Afternoon) 22.1 .2018]
[SSC-JE (Forenoon) 22.01 .2018 ]
4.92 In a sync hron ous moto r it the back e.m.f. is
4.84 The powe r deve loped by a synchronous moto r
appro xima tely equa l to the appl ied voltage, then
will be maximum when the load angle is. _ _
(a) The torqu e gene rated is maximum
(a) 45° (b) 90°
(b) The excit ation is said to be hundred percent
(c) 120° (d) 0°
( c) The excit ation is said to be zero percent
[SSC-JE (Forenoon) 22.01 .2018 ]
( d) The moto r is said to be fully loaded
4.85 In a synch ronou s moto r, damp er windi ngs are [SSC -JE (Afternoon) 22.1.2018]
place d on
(a) rotor shaft 4.93 A sync hrono us moto r can opera ted at
(b) stator frame
( c) pole faces (a) leadi ng powe r facto r only
( d) None of these
[SSC-JE (Forenoon) 22.01 .2018 ] (b) laggi ng powe r facto r only
(c) unity powe r facto r only
4.86 In a three -phas e synchronous motor, if one of
(d) laggi ng , leadi ng and unit powe r factors
the windi ng is short-circuited then the moto r will
[SSC -JE (Afternoon) 22.1.2018]
{a) run at 1/4 of synchronous speed
(b) not start 4.94 The spee d regul ation of a synchronous
motor is
(c) run with exce ssive vibrations alway s
( d) rotate at less than the rated load (a) 0.005 (b) 0.01
[SSC-JE (Forenoon) 22.01 .2018 ] (c) zero (d) positive
4.87 The magn itude of stator back e.m .f. (Eb) of
a [SSC -JE (Forenoon) 23.01.2018]
synch ronou s moto r depe nds on
(a) DC excitation only 4.95 In a sync hrono us moto r, at constant loading
(b) load on the moto r cond ition, if the excit ation is increased its power
(c) both the spee d and rotor flux facto r beco mes ·
(d) None of these (a) more (b) less
[SSC-JE (Forenoon) 22.01 .2018 ] (c) cons tant (d) no change
4.88 The percentage full load slip in a [SSC-JE (Forenoon) 23.01 .2018]
synchronous
motor is 4.96 If excitation of a synchronous
motor running with
(a) 0.01 (b) 0.005 a cons tant load is decre ased from its normal
(c) 1 (d) zero value, it leads to
[SSC-JE (Afternoon) 22.1. 2018 ] (a) increase in both armature current and power
4.89 In synchronous motor the armature facto r angle
current has
highe r values for (b) increase in both armature current and power
(a) high excitation only facto r which is laggi ng
(b) low excitation only (c) incre ase in back e.m .f. but decrease in
( c) both high excitation and low excitation arma ture curre nt
( d) None of these (d) incre ase in back e .m .f. but decrease in
[SSC-JE (Afternoon) 22.1. 2018 ] arma ture curre nt
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synchronous impeda nce method of finding 4.48 In a synchro nous motor
4.4
2 voltage regulati on of an alternat or is called (a) the rotor MMF and st-at_o_rM-M-F are stationa ry
essirnistic method becaus e with respect to each other.
p . . h
(a) armature reac~1on 1s w oily magnet izing. (b) the speed of rotor MMF is slightly less than
(b) it gives regulatio n value lower than its actual the speed of stator MMF.
found by direct loading . ( c) the speed of rotor MMF is slightly more than
(c) it gives regulation value higher than its actual speed of stator MMF.
(d) none of these
found by direct loading .
[SSC-JE (Forenoon) 1.3.2017]
(d) it is simples t to perform and comput e .
[SSC-J E: 2015] 4.49 If a 3-phase alternator is short-cir cuited at its
terminal , then the initial value of short-ci rcuit
A salient-pole synchro nous motor is operatin g current will be limited by _ __
4.43
at 1/4 full load . If its field current is sudden ly (a) Synchro nous reactanc e
switched off, it would? (b) Transient reactanc e
(a) Continue to run at synchro nous speed (c) Sub transien t reactan ce
(b) Run at super-s ynchron ous speed (d) None of these
[SSC-JE (Forenoon) 1.3.2017]
(c) Run at sub-syn chronou s speed
(d) Stop running 4.50 Alternat ors are classifie d into- -
[SSC-J E: 2015] (a) Salient pole & non-sali ent pole
(b) Slip-ring & squirrel cage
4.44 A 10 pole 25 Hz alternat or is directly coupled to (c) Self-sta rting & separat ely starting
and is driven by 60 Hz synchro nous motor then ( d) None of these
the number of poles in a synchro nous motor are? [SSC-JE (Forenoon) 1.3.2017]
(a) 24 poles (c) 48 poles
4.51 The amortisseur winding in a synchronous motor
(d) 12 poles (d) none of the options
(a) provides starting torque only.
[SSC-J E: 2015] (b) provide s starting torque and elimina tes
hunting .
4.45 Which of the followin g motor is non-sel f starting?
(c) improve the power factor of the machine .
(a) Squirrel cage inductio n motor ( d) none of these
(b) Slip ring inductio n motor [SSC-JE (Forenoon) 2.3.2017]
(c) DC series motor
4.52 When a synchro nous motor is started, the field
(d) Synchro nous motor
winding is initially
[SSC-J E: 2015]
(a) short circuited
4.46 The reactive power generat ed by a synchro nous (b) open circuited
(c) excited by a d.c. source
alternator can be controll ed by
(d) None of these
(a) changin g the field excitatio n
[SSC-JE (Forenoon) 2.3.2017]
(b) changin g the alternat or speed
(c) changin g the prime move 4.53 If the excitati on and termina l voltage of a
(d) changin g the termina l voltage synchro nous motor are kept constan t and the
[SSC-J E: 2015] load is increase d then
(a) armatur e current decreas es and power
4.47 An alternator is supplyi ng a load of 300 kW at a factor become s power leading .
Power factor of 0.6 lagging . If the power factor ( b) armatur e current increases and power factor
is raised to unity, how many more kW can become s more leading .
(c) armatur e current increase s and power factor
alternator supply?
become s more lagging .
(a) 300 kW (b) 150 kW
( d) none of these
(c) 100 kW (d) 200 kW [SSC-JE (Forenoon) 2.3.201 7]
[SSC-J E: 2015]
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4.112 In a sync hron ous motor, the neg
ativ e pha se 4.119 Whi ch of the follo wing can be mea ~
seq uen ce exists when the motor is sure
con d uct,.ng ,nsu
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a 10n resi.stan ce test d by
(a) und er-lo ade d on a
syn chro nou s mot or?
(b) sup plie d with unb alan ced volta ge
(a) Pha se to pha se wind ing resistanc
(c) ove r-loa ded e
(d) Non e of these (b) Rotor wind ing to eart hed shaft resis
tan
. d'
[SSC-JE (Forenoon) 24.1.2018] (c) Stat or win 1ng to eart hed frame resist ce
(d) All opti ons are corr ect ance
4.113 Synchronous motor only runs at
(a) less than sync hron ous spe ed [SSC-JE (Afternoon) 24.0 _
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(b) more than sync hron ous spe ed 4.120 The und er-e xcit ed syn chro nou
s motor
(c) the sync hron ous spe ed take s _ __
(d) Non e of these
(a) lead ing curr ent
[SSC-JE (Forenoon) 24.1.2018]
(b) lagg ing curr ent
4.114 If the synchronous motor, properly sync (c) both lead ing curr ent and lagg ing
hron ized current
to the sup ply is running on no load and (d) Non e of thes e
is having
neg ligib le loss then
[SSC-JE (Afternoon) 24.01.2018]
(a) the stat or curr ent will be very sma
ll
(b) the stat or curr ent will be zero 4.121 Find the num ber of pole s requ
ired , if the
(c) the stat or curr ent will be very high freq uen cy is 50 Hz and spe ed of the
motor is
(d) the bac k e .m.f . will be mor e than 500 rpm .
the sup ply
volt age
(a) 24 pole s (b) 12 poles
[SSC-JE (Forenoon) 24.1.2018] (c) 5 pole s (d) 10 poles
4.115 The osci llati ons in a sync hron ous
mot or can be [SSC-JE (Forenoon) 25.01.2018]
dam ped out by
(a) mai ntai ning con stan t exci tatio n 4.122 Pow er fact or corr ecti on substations
consists of
(b) prov idin g dam per bars in the rotor (a) Rectifiers
pole faces
(c) runn ing the mot or on lead ing pow (b) Inve rters
er factors
(d) osci llati ons can not be dam ped (c) Syn chro nou s con den ser
[SSC-JE (Afternoon) 24.01.2018] ( d) Tran sfor mer s
4.116 An ove r exc ited sync hron ous mot [SSC-JE (Forenoon) 25.01.2018]
or is use d for
(a) vari able spe ed load s
(b) low torq ue load s
4.123 Synchronizing power of a synchronous
mac hine is
(c) pow er fact or corr ecti ons (a) Dire ctly pro por tion al to syn
chro nou s
(d) high torq ue load s reac tanc e
[SSC-JE (Afternoon) 24.01.2018] (b) Equ al to the syn chro nou s reactanc
e
(c) Inve rsel y prop ortio nal to the sync
4.117 Syn chro nou s motors are __ _ ,
reac tanc e
hronous
(a) esse ntia lly self-starting
(b) not-self star ting ( d) Non e of thes e
(c) self-starting [SSC-JE (Forenoon) 25.01 .20 181
(d) Non e of thes e
4.124 The norm al star ting met hod that is
[SSC-JE (Afternoon) 24.01.2018] used to st art
a syn chro nou s mot or is
4.118 When any one -pha se of a 3-ph ase
sync hron ous (a) Star -del ta star ter
mot or is sho rt-ci rcui ted , the mot or
--- (b) Dam per wind ing,
(a) will ove r hea t in spo ts
(c) Res ista nce star ter in the armatur
(b) will refuse to star t e circuit
(d) Dam per wind ing in con junc tion
(c) will not com e upto spe ed with star-
(d) will fail to pull into step delt a star ter
4.1 (b) 4.2 (c) . 4.3 (a) 4.4 (d) 4.5 (d) 4.6 (d) 4.7 (b) 4.8 (a)
4.9 (c) 4.10 (b) 4.11 (b) 4.12 (c) 4.13 (d) 4.14 (d) 4.15 (c) 4.16 (d)
4.17 (d) 4.18 (b) 4.19 (d) 4.20 (d) 4.21 (b) 4.22 (c) 4.23 (d) 4.24 (b)
4.25 (a) 4.26 (b) 4.27 (b) 4.28 (a) 4.29 (c) 4.30 (c) 4.31 (a) 4.32 (c)
4.33 (a) 4.34 (d) 4.35 (a) 4.36 (a) 4.37 (c) 4.38 (c) 4.39 (c) 4.40 (b)
4.41 (b) 4.42 (c) 4.43 (a) 4.44 (a) 4.45 (d) 4.46 (a) 4.47 (d) 4.48 (a)
4.49 (c) 4.50 (a) 4.51 (b) 4.52 (a) 4.53 (c) 4.54 (a) 4.55 (a) 4.56 (a)
4.57 (a) 4.58 (b) 4.59 (b) 4.60 (a) 4.61 (b) 4.62 (b) 4.63 (b) 4.64 (d)
4.65 (a) 4.66 (c) 4.67 (d) 4.68 (c) 4.69 (c) 4.70 (d) 4.71 (b) 4.72 (c)
4.73 (b) 4.74 (a) 4.75 (b) 4.76 (b) 4.77 (a) 4.78 (a) 4.79 (c) 4.80 (a)
4.81 (c) 4.82 (b) 4.83 (b) 4.84 (b) 4.85 (c) 4.86 (b) 4.87 (a) 4.88 (d)
4.89 (d) 4.90 (d) 4.91 (b) 4.92 (b) 4.93 (d) 4.94 (c) 4.95 (b) 4.96 (b)
4.97 (c) 4.98 (d) 4.99 (a) 4.10 0 (c) 4.101 (a) 4.10 2 (b) 4.10 3 (b) 4.10 4 (b)
4.105 (b) 4.10 6 (a) 4.10 7 (b) 4.10 8 (d) 4.10 9 (c) 4.11 0 (b) 4.111 (a) 4.11 2 (b)
4.113 (c) 4.11 4 (b) 4.11 5 (b) 4.11 6 (c) 4.11 7 (b) 4.11 8 (a) 4.11 9 (d) 4.12 0 (b)
4.121 (b) 4.12 2 (c) 4.12 3 (c) 4.12 4 (d) 4.12 5 (d) 4.12 6 (c) 4.127_ (a) 4.12 8 (b)
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4.129 (c) 4.130 (c) 4.131 (d) 4.132 (a) 4.133 (a) 4.134 (b) 4.135 (a) 4.136 (c)
4.137 (a) 4.138 (d) 4.139 (c) 4.140 (b) 4.141 (b) 4.142 (b) 4.143 (c) 4.144 (d)
4.145 (d) 4.146 (d) 4.147 (c) 4.148 (b) 4.149 (a) 4.150 (d) 4.151 (c) 4.152 (b)
4.153 (d) 4.154 (c) 4.155 (a) 4.156 (a) 4.157 (b) 4.158 (d) 4.159 (a) 4.160 (a)
(c) 4.162 (b) 4.163 (a) 4.164 (a) 4.165 (c) 4.166 (a) 4.167 (b) 4.168 (b)
4.161
4.169 (d) 4.170 (a) 4.171 (c) 4.172 (d) 4.173 (d)