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1. A 160 pF ±10% capacitor, an inductor of 160 7. If an analog PMMC 0 - 10 A ammeter is

µH ± 10% and a resistor of 1200  ± 5% are provided with no controlling mechanism and the
connected in series then the percentage error in moving parts are free to rotate, then reading of
resonant frequency is the instrument is a current of 0.1 A (DC) passed
(a) ±1% (b) ±15% through the moving coil and also the torque
produced is sufficient to overcome the frictional
(c) ±5% (d) ±10%
losses is
2. “Two, three even more reading should be taken (a) 0.1 A
for the quantity under measurement by different (b) 10 A
experiementers”. This is done to reduce is (c) The pointer will continously rotate
(a) Gross error (b) Instrumental error (d) The pointer will remain stationary
(c) Random error (d) All of these 8. Which of the following is the example of motor
3. We have a parallel circuit having two branches, meter is
the current in one branch is I1 = 100 A ± 2 A (a) Ohm meter
and in other is I2 = 200 A ± 5 A. The value of (b) Induction type energy meter
the total current I = I1 + I2 considering the errors (c) Wheatstone bridge
as standard deviation (d) None of these
(a) 300 ± 7 A (b) 300 ± 5.38 A 9. High torque to weight ratio in an analog inducting
(c) 300 ± 3 A (d) 300 ± 1 A instrument indicates
4. In Engineers Academy in month of Febuary, (a) High friction loss
2020 there is a load of 100 bulbs each of 10 W (b) Low friction loss
run for 12 hrs per day then the value of unit (c) Nothing as regards friction loss
consumed (d) None of the above
(a) 336 (b) 360 10. A voltmeter has a resistance of 2000  when
(c) 400 (d) 348 it is connected across a DC circuit it’s power
consumption is 2 mW. Suppose that the voltmeter
5. A voltage of 200 V produces a deflection of 90o is replaced by a voltmeter of 4000  resistance,
in a PMMC spring controlled instrument. If the the power consumption will be
same instrument is provided with gravity controll,
(a) 4 mW (b) 1 mW
then the deflection will be
(c) 2 mW (d) 10 mW
(a) 90o (b) 45o
11. A milliammeter of resistance 100  is connected
(c) 64.2o (d) Data not sufficient
in series with a circuit it’s power consumption is
6. If an analog PMMC 0 - 10 A ammeter is 0.1 mW. Supposing it is replaced with a
provided with no controlling mechanism and the milliammeter of 200  resistance the power
moving parts are free to rotate, then reading of consumption will be
the instrument if a current of 0.1 A (DC) passed (a) 0.2 mW (b) 0.05 mW
through the moving coil and also the torque (c) 0.1 mW (d) None of the above
produced is not sufficient to overcome the
12. The power consumption in PMMC instrument
frictional losses is
typically about
(a) 0.1 A (a) 0.25 W to 2 W
(b) 10 A (b) 0.25 mW to 2 mW
(c) The pointer will continously rotate (c) 25 µW to 200 µW
(d) The pointer will remain stationary (d) None of the baove

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13. If 10 Hz AC is apply to the PMMC type meter 18. A waveform shown in the figure below, is fed
then it reads to Hot wire ammeter, the reading shown by the
(a) Zero reading meter
(b) Oscillate arround it’s mean position
(c) Full scale deflection i
(d) None of these 100 mA
14. If 10 MHz AC is apply to the PMMC type
meter then it reads t
(a) Zero reading 0 1 2 3 4 5
(b) Oscillate arround it’s mean position
(a) 0 A (b) 50 mA
(c) Full scale deflection
(c) 70.7 mA (d) 100 mA
(d) None of these
19. A meter is shown in figure as then the current
15. The sensitivity of a PMMC instrument is 10 k/V. division across the two branches will be
If this instrument is used in a rectifier type independent of frequency when
voltmeter with half wave rectification then the
sensitivity would be
(a) 10 k/V (b) 9 k/V Rm Xm Rs
(c) 4.5 k/V (d) 22.2 k/V
16. When the secondary winding of a potential Rsh Xsh
transformer is suddenly open circuited with
primary winding excited
(a) Large voltages are produced in the R sh Xsh
secondary winding may be a safety hazard (a) R = X
m m
to operating personnel
(b) Rsh·Rm = Xsh·Xm
(b) The large voltages so produced may rupture
the insulation (c) R sh·R m = Xsh·Xm
(c) The primary winding draws only the no load
current R sh Rm
(d) All of the above (d) R  X m2 =
2 22
R  Xsh
m sh

17. When the secondary winding of a current

20. A 0 to 100 V voltmeter has gauranteed accuracy
transformer is suddenly open circuited with
of 1%. the voltage-measured by this instrument
primary winding excited
is 50 V, then the limiting error is
(a) Large voltages are produced in the
(a) ±1% (b) ±2%
secondary winding may be a safety hazard
to operating personnel (c) ±3% (d) ±4%
(b) The large voltages so produced may rupture 21. A 50 V to 100 V, voltmenter has a gauranteed
the insulation accuracy of 2%. The voltage measured by this
(c) Temperature increases rapidly instrument is 75 V, then the limiting error is
(d) All of these (a) ±2% (b) ±1%
(c) ±4% (d) ±1.33%

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22. A resistor ‘R’ is measured using the VI method, 28. On a lissajous pattern which an ellipse the slope
with ‘V’ read as 10.14 V and ‘I’ as 5.07 mA. of the major axis is positive. The maximum
Which one of the following expresses the value vertical value is 2.5 division and the point where
of resistance is the ellipse crosses the vertical axis is 1.25 division
(a) 2 k (b) 2.00 k the phase angle is
(c) 2000  (d) 2.0 k (a) 30o (b) 330o
(c) 100o (d) 50o
23. A resistance 109  is specified using significant
figures as indicated below : 29. In this case the meter reads more for B campare
P. 109  to A. This error is known as
Q. 109.0  
R. 0.000109 M B
Among these are statement :
(a) P represents greater precision than Q and R
A
(b) Q and R represents greater precision than P
(c) P, Q and R represents same precision I
(d) Q represents greater precision but P and R
represent same precision

24. The measured value of a capacitor is 205.5 µF,

where as it’s true value is 202.4 µF. The relative
(a) Eddy current error
error is
(b) Fricitional error
(a) 1.87% (b) 1.94%
(c) Hysterisis error
(c) 1.53% (d) 1.73%
(d) All of these
25. ‘Blunder’ is the example of :
30. Which of the following voltmeter have maximum
(a) Hysterisis error
loading effect is
(b) Gross error
(a) 2 k/V (b) 20 k/V
(c) Instrumental error
(c) 1 k/V (d) 10 k/V
(d) Environmental error
31. A voltage 100 sint + 40 cos(30t – 30o) + 50
26. A digital voltmeter has a read out range from 0 sin(5t + 45o) V is applied to the pressure coil
to 999 counts when full scale reading is 9.99 V circuit of a wattmeter and through the current coil
the resolution of the instrument will be is passed a current of 8 sint + 6 cos(5t –
(a) 10 mV (b) 99 mV 120o) A. Then percentage of reading on the
(c) 9 mV (d) 1 mV wattmeter is due to fundamental
(a) 31.9% (b) 50%
27. The distance between deflecting plate becomes
half then the value of electrostatic deflection (c) 91.2% (d) 156.7%
becomes :
(a) Double (b) Half
(c) One fourth (d) None of these

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32. Which of the following primary detector type 36. An oscilloscope is operated with time setting of
transducers are employed for displacement 0.5 ms/division and vertical setting of
measurement? 100 mV/division. Two cycles of sine wave is
P. Thermistor observed on the screen which occupies 8.8
horizontal divisions and 4.6 vertical divisions. then,
Q. Diaphragm
the rms voltage and frequency of sine wave
R. Thermocouple
respectively is
S. Pivot Torque (a) 162.6 mV, 227 Hz
Select the correct answer using the code given (b) 162.6 mV, 455 Hz
below : (c) 325.3 V, 227 Hz
(a) P and Q (b) Q and S (d) 325.3 V, 455 Hz
(c) R and S (d) P and S
37. One cycle of a square wave signal observed on
33. Figure shows a circuit which has a coil of an oscilloscope is found to occupy 6 cm at a
resistance ‘R’ and inductance ‘L’. At resonance, scale setting of 30 µs/cm. Then the signal
the Q-factor of the coil is given by frequency is
(a) 1.8 kHz (b) 5.55 kHz
(c) 18 kHz (d) 55.5 kHz
R L
38. A 300 V full scale deflection voltmeter has an
V C V0 accuracy of ±2%, when it reads 222 V. the
actual voltage is
(a) Lies between 217.56 V and 226.44 V
(b) Lies between 217.4 V and 220.3 V
V  V0 V0 (c) Lies between 216 V and 228 V
(a) (b)
V V (d) Is excatly 222 V
V0  V V 39. In the bridge circuit shown above, at balance
(c) (d) V
V 0 condition, the value of C S = 0.5 µF and
RS = 1000 . The values of inductance LX and
1 resistance RX are
34. A reading 0.7975 V be displayed on a 4 digit
2
voltmeter on its 10 V scale is LX
(a) 7.975 (b) 0.797
1000 
(c) 7.97 (d) 0.7975 RX

35. The meter constant of a single phase, 230 V V

induction watt hour meter is 500 rev/kWh. The
CS
speed of the meter disc for a current of 5 A and
0.5 power factor lagging will be 1000 
(a) 10 rpm (b) 4.80 rpm RS
(c) 500 rpm (d) 50 rpm
(a) LX = 0.5 H, RX = 1000 
(b) LX = 0.25 H, RX = 2000 
(c) LX = 0.5 H, RX = 3000 
(d) LX = 0.25 H, RX = 500 

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40. In the Wheatstone bridge shown in the given 43. In two wattmeter method of power
figure, if the resistance in each arm is shown as, measurement, one of the wattmeter will show
then the value of Vout will be negative reading when the load power factor
angle is strictly
(a) <30o (b) <60o
1 k 1 k (c) >30o (d) >60o

44. An electrodynamometer type wattmeter is

Vout connected (as shown in the given figure) in a
three phase supply and having a three phase
2 k 2 k balanced load. E and I are the values of phase
voltage and current and  is the phase angle
between them. The wattmeter reading will be

I1 W
10 V 3- 3-
(a) 50 mV (b) 5 mV Supply I2 CC Balanced
(c) 0.1 V (d) Zero PC Load
I3
41. In the circuit shown, when the current through
the branch AD is zero, the battery current IB is (a) Proportional to EI sin
A (b) Proportional to EI cos
(c) Proportional to EI tan
(d) Zero
120  80 
45. A capacitor is connected across a portion of
resistance of the multiplier in order to make the
G
pressure coil circuit of the watt meter non-
inductive. The value of this resistance is ‘r’ while
120  80  the total resistance and inductance of the
pressure circuit are respectively RP and L. The
D value of the capacitance C is
IB
L 0.41L
(a) R 2 (b)
1V P r2
(a) 1 mA (b) 2 mA L 0.41L
(c) (d) R 2
(c) 10 mA (d) 20 mA r2 P

42. In measurement of resistance by substitutions

method a standard 0.5 M resistor is used. the
galvanometer has a resistance of 10 k and
gives delfection as follows :
(i) With standard resistor, 41 divisions
(ii) With unknown resistance 51 divisions
Then the unknown resistance is
(a) 0.2 M (b) 0.4 M
(c) 0.5 M (d) 0.8 M

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46. A wattmeter is connected as shown in the figure. 48. The meter constant of a single phase energy
meter is 500 rev/kWh. It is found that with a
Current Coil load of 5 kW, it makes 40 revolutions in 50 sec.
Z1 The percentage error is
(a) 5.25% (b) 10.5%
Potential Coil
(c) 15.25% (d) 20%
Wattmeter
Z2
49. A water boiler at home is switched on the AC
mains supplying power at 230 V, 50 Hz. The
The wattmeter reads frequency of instantaneous power consumed by
(a) Zero always the boiler is
(b) Total power consumed by Z1 and Z2 (a) 0 Hz (b) 50 Hz
(c) Power consumed by Z1
(d) Power consumed by Z2 (c) 100 Hz (d) 150 Hz

47. A single phase energy meter having meter 50. The main reason for errors caused in single phase
constant of 200 rev/kWh is operating on 230 V, induction type energy meter and EDM type
50 Hz supply with a load of 10 A and at unity wattmeter is
power factor for three hours continuously. the (a) Low resistance, high resistance
number of revolutions shown by the meter during (b) Zero resistance, high inductance
this period is (c) High inductance, high resistance
(a) 13800 (b) 1380 (d) Low inductance, low resistance
(c) 276 (d) 138

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