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Multiple Choice Question

(MCQ) of D.C. Machines
1.A shunt motor is fitted with a field regulator for speed control. For constant torque
load, the speed will be minimum when the resistance of the regulator is

a) 0Ω
b) Infinite
c) About 10Ω
d) About 100Ω

Ans: (a)

2. Carbon brushes are used in electric motors to

a) Prevent sparking during commutation

b) Provide a path for flow of current
c) Brush off carbon deposits on the commutator
d) None 0f these

Ans: (b)

3. The resistance of the field regulator of a dc shunt motor is of order of

a) 0.1Ω
b) 1Ω
c) 10Ω
d) 100Ω

Ans: (d)

4. Interpoles in dc motors are used for

a) Increasing the speed of motor
b) Reducing sparking at the commutation
c) Decreasing the counter emf
d) Converting armature current to dc

Ans: (b)

5. The dc compound motors are generally

a) Cumulative compound
b) Differential compound
c) Level compound
d) None of these

Ans: (a)

6. Small dc motors upto 5 HP usually have

a) 2 poles
b) 4 poles
c) 6 poles
d) 8 poles

Ans: (a)

7. The air gap between stator and armature of an electric motor is kept as small as possible

a) To get a stronger magnetic field

b) To improve the air circulation
c) To reach a higher speed of rotation
d) To make the rotation easier

Ans: (a)

8. The resistance of the starter of a 220 v, 5 HP dc shunt motor is of the order of

a) 0.01Ω
b) 0.1Ω
c) 1Ω
d) 10Ω

Ans: (d)

9. In a dc motor, unidirectional torque is produced with the help of

a) Brushes
b) Commutator
c) End plates
d) Both (a) and (b)

Ans: (d)

10. A dc motor can be easily identified by

a) Yoke
b) Size of conductor
c) Commutator
d) Winding

Ans: (c)

11. The back emf of a dc motor

a) Adds to the supply voltage

b) Regulates its armature voltage
c) Helps in energy conversion
d) Usually exceeds the supply voltage

Ans: (c)

12. In dc motor, the rotor is

a) Welded to the shaft
b) Keyed to the shaft
c) Soldered to the shaft
d) Both to the shaft

Ans: (b)

13. In a dc motor, pole shoes are fixed to the magnet core by

a) Set of screws
b) Key
c) Soldering
d) Welding

Ans: (a)

14. In a dc motor, the ratio of back emf to supply emf is an indication of its

a) Efficiency
b) Speed regulation
c) Starting torque
d) Running torque

Ans: (a)

15. The armature of a dc motor is laminated

a) To reduce hysteresis loss

b) To reduce eddy current loss
c) To reduce the cost of core
d) To reduce the mass of the armature

Ans: (b)

16.The value of diverter resistance for a series dc motor is of the order of

a) 0.1Ω
b) 2Ω
c) 20Ω
d) 400Ω

Ans: (a)

17. The mechanical power developed by the armature of a dc motor is equal to

a) power input mainus copper loss

b) armature current multiplied by back emf
c) armature current multiplied by supply emf
d) power input minus mechanical loss

Ans: (b)

18. As the load on a dc shunt motor is increased, its speed

a) Increases proportionately
b) Remains constant
c) Increases slightly
d) Reduces slightly

Ans: (d)

19. A large series motor is never started without some load on it, otherwise

a) It draws very current

b) It develops excessive speed and get damaged
c) There results heavy sparking at the brushes
d) Circuit gets open circuited

Ans: (b)

20. When load is removed, which of the following dc motors will run at excessively high speed?
a) Shunt motor
b) Series motor
c) Cumulative compound motor
d) Differential compound motor

Ans: (b)

21. Speed of a motor may be varied by varying

a) Field current
b) Applied voltage
c) Resistance in series with armature
d) Any of these

Ans: (d)

22. In a dc motor, maximum power is developed when supply voltage is equal to

a) 1/2 back emf

b) √2 back emf
c) 2 back emf
d) 1/√2 back emf

Ans: (c)

23. The speed of a series wound dc motor

a) Can be controlled by shunt field regulator

b) Can not be controlled by diverter
c) Increases as flux decreases
d) Increases as armature circuit resistance increases

Ans: (c)

24. The speed of a dc motor is

a) Always constant
b) Directly proportional to back emf
c) Directly proportional to flux
d) Inversely proportional to the product of back emf and flux.

Ans: (b)

25. The highest speed attained by a dc shunt motor at rated flux is

a) Infinity
b) Higher than no load speed
c) Equal to the no load speed
d) Lower than the no load speed

Ans: (c)

26. If the applied voltage to a dc shunt motor is halved and the load torque doubled, the armature
current will be

a) Unaltered
b) Zero
c) Doubled
d) Halved

Ans: (c)

27. A dc motor is preferred to an ac motor for the application in

a) Low speed operation

b) High speed operation
c) Variable speed variation
d) Fixed speed operation

Ans: (c)

28. The starting resistance of a dc motor is usually

a) Infinitely large
b) Large
c) About 100Ω
d) Small

Ans: (d)

29. If 220 V dc series motor is connected to a 220 V ac supply, then at will

a) Not run
b) Burn out
c) Run smoothly
d) Run with less efficiency and high sparking

Ans: (d)

30. Which of the following dc motor has approximately constant speed?

a) Series motor
b) Shunt motor
c) Cumulatively compound motor
d) Differentially compound motor

Ans: (b)

31. The back emf of a dc motor depends on

a) Field flux
b) Shape of conductors
c) Type of slip rings
d) Brush material

Ans: (a)

32. The back emf of dc motor depends on

a) Armature speed N
b) Field flux ɸ
c) Number of armature conductors
d) All of these

Ans: (d)

33. The air gap between the stator and armature of a dc motor is kept small in order to

a) Facilitate high speed operation without vibration

b) Produce strong magnetic field
c) Reduce noise
d) Improve cooling

Ans: (b)

34. In a dc machine prominent and noisy blue and green sparks indicate

a) Excessive brush wear

b) Winding fault
c) Worn out insulation
d) None of these

Ans: (b)

35. When the direction of power flow reverses, a differentially compounded motor becomes

a) Differentially compounded generator

b) A shunt generator
c) Cumulatively compounded generator
d) A series generator

Ans: (c)

36. When the direction of power flow reverses, a cumulatively compounded motor becomes
a) A differentially compounded generator
b) A cumulative compounded generator
c) A shunt generator
d) A series generator

Ans: (a)

37. Frog leg winding is

a) Same as simplex winding

b) Same as duplex winding
c) Combined lap and wave windings on a single rotor
d) Duplex wave winding on a single rotor

Ans: (c)

38. In a compound dc motor, the shunt field winding as compared to series winding will have

a) More turns of smaller diameter

b) Less turns of larger diameter
c) More turns of larger diameter
d) Less turns of smaller diameter

Ans: (a)

39. The flux is maximum in following unit of a dc motor

a) Yoke leading end of pole shoe

b) Trailing end of pole shoe
c) Yoke
d) Any of the above

Ans: (c)

40. In dc motor, the amount of flux leakage depends on

a) Length of air gap
b) Shape of the magnet core
c) Flux density used in core and teeth
d) All of these

Ans: (d)

41. In a dc motor, the flux leakage coefficient is typically

a) 0.5 to 0.7
b) 0.8 to 1.0
c) 1.1 to 1.3
d) 1.4 to 1.6

Ans: (c)

42. The direction of rotation of a dc motor can be reversed by reversing the connection to

a) Armature
b) Series field
c) Shunt field
d) Any of the above

Ans: (a)

43. The current flowing in conductors of a dc motor is

a) Ac
b) Dc
c) Ac as well as dc
d) Transient

Ans: (a)

44. The armature reaction in a dc motor is attributed to

a) The effect of magnetic field set up by field current
b) The effect of magnetic field set up by armature current
c) The effect of magnetic field set up by back emf
d) Copper losses in the armature

Ans: (b)

45. When an electric traian is moving down a hill the dc motor acts as

a) Dc series motor
b) Dc shunt motor
c) Dc series generator
d) Dc shunt generator

Ans: (c)

46. If the armature current of a dc motor is increased keeping the field flux constant, then the
developed torque

a) Increases proportionately
b) Decreases in reverse proportion
c) Remains constant
d) Increases proportional to the square root of current

Ans: (a)

47. The armature current drawn by a dc motor is proportional to

a) The speed of the motor

b) Flux required in the moor
c) Torque required
d) Voltage applied to the motor

Ans: (c)

48. In a dc motor if the brushes are given a backward shift, then

a) Commutation improves and speed decreases
b) Commutation is unaffected and speed increases
c) Commutation improves and speed increases
d) Commutation worsens and speed decreases

Ans: (c)

49. A dc shunt motor is driving a constant torque load with rated excitation. If the field current is
reduced to half, then the speed of the motor will become

a) Half
b) Slightly more than half
c) Double
d) Slightly less than double

Ans: (d)

50. The back emf Vb of a dc motor

a) Opposes the applied voltage

b) Assists the applied voltage
c) Does not influence the applied voltage
d) None of these

Ans: (a)

51. All d.c. machines are characterized by

a) Electric brushes
b) Armature
c) Commutator
d) Magnetic poles

Ans: (c)

52. Armature voltage control is suitable if d.c. machine is driven at constant

a) Torque
b) Magnetic field
c) Speed
d) Current

Ans: (a)

53. Current normally used to excite synchronous and d.c. generators is

a) D.C
b) A.C. single phase
c) A.C. two phase
d) A.C. three phase

Ans: (a)

54. In all electric machines, basic action taking place is

a) Motor action
b) Generator action
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) All of these

Ans: (c)

55. In case of a motor

a) Only motor action takes place

b) Motor action precedes generator action
c) Generator action precedes motor action
d) Both take place precedes simultaneously

Ans: (b)

56. All rotating machines are basically

a) D.C. machines
b) A.C. machines
c) Electro-mechanical convertors
d) Heat converters

Ans: (c)

57. All machines have the structure such that

a) Armature is rotating and field is fixed

b) Field is rotating and armature is fixed
c) Either (a) or (b)
d) None of these

Ans: (a)

58. All electrical machines have poles with

a) A hetro-polar structure
b) A horse shoe structure
c) (a) above (b)
d) None of these

Ans: (a)

59. Maximum number of brushes which can be used in a machine is

a) 2
b) 4
c) 6
d) Number of poles in the machine or 2

Ans: (d)

60. Voltage applied across the shunt motor has to

a) Overcome the back emf
b) Supply armature ohmic drop
c) Supply fied ohmic drop
d) Both (a) and (b)

Ans: (d)

61. If back emf of d.c. motor is doubled while its speed is also doubled, then torque
developed by the machine will

a) Remain same
b) Become four times
c) Double
d) Becomes half

Ans: (a)

62. If field of d.c. shunt motor is opened, then

a) Current in the armature will increase

b) It will run at its normal speed
c) Speed of motor will be reduced
d) Speed of motor will be high

Ans: (d)

63. Which of the following motors has high starting torque?

a) D.C. shunt motor

b) Induction motor
c) D.C. series motor
d) A.C. series motor

Ans: (c)

64. What is the standard direction of a motor?

a) Clockwise
b) Anti-clockwise
c) None of these
d) Either (a) or (b)

Ans: (b)

65. Left hand rule is applicable to

a) Motor
b) Generator
c) Transformer
d) Mercury are rectifier

Ans: (a)

66. A dc shunt motor is driving a mechanical load at rated voltage and rated excitation. If the
load torque becomes double, then the speed of the motor

a) Increases slightly
b) Decreases slightly
c) Becomes double
d) Becomes half

Ans: (b)

67. A dc series motor is running with a diverter connected across its field winding. If the diverter
resistance is increased, then the speed of the motor

a) Decreases/increase
b) Increase
c) Remains unchanged
d) Becomes very high

Ans: (a)
68. A dc series motor is running at rated speed. If a resistance is placed in series, the speed of the
motor

a) Increases
b) Decreases
c) Remains unchanged
d) Increases very much

Ans: (b)

69. In a dc shunt motor, field excitation is kept at maximum value during starting to

a) Increase acceleration time

b) Reduce armature heating
c) Prevent voltage dip in the supply mains
d) Decrease starting torque

Ans: (b)

70. If the field circuit of a dc shunt motor running at rated speed gets open circuited, then
immediately thereafter the speed of the motor would tent to

a) Decrease
b) Increase
c) Remain unchanged
d) Increase excessively

Ans: (b)

71. Two dc series motors connected in series are driving the same mechanical load. If
now the motors are connected in parallel, the speed becomes

a) Slightly more than double

b) Slightly less than double
c) Slightly more than half
d) Slightly less than half
Ans: (a)

72. The direction of rotation of a dc series motor can be reversed by interchanging

a) The supply terminals only

b) The field terminals only
c) The supply and the field terminals
d) None of these

Ans: (b)

73. By putting a variable resistance (diverter) across the series field in a dc series motor, speed
above normal can be obtained because

a) Armature current decreases

b) Flux gets reduced
c) Line current gets decreased
d) None of these

Ans: (b)

74. The speed of a dc series motor decreases if the flux in the field winding

a) Remains constant
b) Decreases
c) Increases
d) None of these

Ans: (c)

75. The speed of a series dc motor at no load is

a) Zero
b) Medium
c) High
d) Tending to infinity
Ans: (d)

76. Which of the following dc motors has the least reduction in speed from no load to rated load?

a) Shunt motor with commutating poles

b) Series motor with commutating poles
c) Series motor without commutating poles
d) Compound motor without commutating poles

Ans: (a)

77. Which of the following statements about a series motor is correct

a) It can run easily without load.

b) It has poor torque.
c) It has an almost constant speed.
d) Its field winding consists of small number of thick wires.

Ans: (d)

78. The output power of any electrical motor is taken from

a) The armature
b) The conductors
c) The coupling mounted on the shaft
d) The poles

Ans: (c)

79. Torque of a motor is

a) Force on N-m acting on the rotor

b) Product of tangential force on the rotor and its radius
c) The electrical power in kW
d) Power given to the load
Ans: (b)

80. In a dc machine dull yellow spark indicates

a) Winding fault
b) Excessive brush wear
c) Excessive noise
d) None of these

Ans: (d)

81. If the back emf of a dc motor suddenly vanishes

a) The motor will run faster

b) The motor will start hunting the efficiency of the motor will increase
c) The motor will start hunting
d) The motor will burn out

Ans: (d)

82. If the supply voltage to a shunt motor is increased by 25%, which of the following will
decrease?

a) Starting torque
b) Full load speed
c) Full load current
d) None of these

Ans: (b)

83. In dc motor, which of the following part can withstand the maximum rise in temperature?

a) Armature winding
b) Field winding
c) Commutator winding
d) Slip rings
Ans: (b)

84. A dc shunt motor has external resistance R1 in the field circuit and resistance R2 in the
armature circuit. The starting armature current for the motor will be minimum when

a) R1 is minimum and R2 is maximum

b) R1 maximum and R2 is minimum
c) Both R1 is minimum and R2 is maximum
d) Both R1 is minimum and R2 is minimum

Ans: (a)

85. Two dc series motor are coupled. One motor runs as generator and the other as motor. The
friction losses of the two machines will be equal when

a) Both operate at same voltage

b) Both have same back emf
c) Both have same speed
d) Both have same excitation

Ans: (c)

86. Two dc series motor are mechanically coupled. One machine runs as motor and the other as
generator. The iron losses of the two machines will be identical when

a) Both have the same excitation

b) Both have the same speed
c) Both have the same back emf
d) Both operate at the same voltage

Ans: (a)

87. The brush voltage drops in dc in / of the order of

a) 2 V
b) 10 V
c) 20 V
d) 40 V

Ans: (a)

88. The armature torque of a dc motor is a function of its

a) Field flux alone

b) Armature current along
c) Speed alone
d) Both field flux and armature current

Ans: (d)

89. The shaft torque of a dc motor is less than its armature torque because of

a)Copper losses
b) Mechanical losses
c) Back emf
d) Rotational losses

Ans: (d)

90. Under constant load condition, the speed of a dc motor is effected by

a) Field flux alone

b) Armature current alone
c) Back emf
d) Both armature current and field flux

Ans: (a)

91. If the load on a dc shunt motor is increased, its speed decreases primarily due to

a) Increase in its flux

b) Decrease in back emf
c) Increase in armature current
d) Decrease in brush drop

Ans: (b)

92. If the load current and flux of a dc motor are held constant and voltage applied across are
held constant and voltage applied across its armature is increased by 10 per cent, its speed will

a) Decrease by about 10 per cent

b) Remain unchanged
c) Increase by about 10 per cent
d) Increase by 20 per cent

Ans: (c)

93. If the field circuit of a loaded shunt motor s suddenly opened

a) It slow down
b) It would draw extremely high armature current
c) Its speed becomes dangerously high
d) Torque developed by the motor would be reduced to zero

Ans: (c)

94. If the pole flux of a dc motor approaches zero, its speed will

a) Approach zero
b) Approach infinity
c) Not change
d) Approach a stable value between zero and infinity

Ans: (b)

95. The speed of a dc shunt motor is required be more than full load speed. This may be achieved
by
a) Increasing the armature current
b) Decreasing the armature current
c) Increasing the excitation current
d) Reducing the field current

Ans: (d)

96. If the speed of a dc shunt motor increases, the back emf

a) Increases
b) Decreases
c) Remains unchanged
d) Fist increases and then decreases

Ans: (a)

97.For a dc motor operating under condition of maximum transfer of power, the efficiency of the
motor is

a) 100%
b) About 90%
c) 75%
d) Less than 50%

Ans: (d)

98. DC motors are considered most suitable for the applications in

a) Fans
b) Water pumps
c) Traction
d) flour mills

Ans: (c)

99. Which of the following dc motors will have least percentage increase in input current for a
given percentage increase in torque?
a) Series motor
b) Shunt motor
c) Separately excited
d) Cumulatively compound motor

Ans: (a)

100. Which dc motor will have highest percentage increase in input current for a given
percentage increase in torque?

a) Series motor
b) Shunt motor
c) Cumulatively compound motor
d) Separately excited motor

Ans: (b)

101. In a dc series motor, the shaft torque is less than the armature torque due to

a) Eddy current losses

b) Stray losses
c) Hysteresis losses
d) Copper losses

Ans: (b)

102. If the load current and flux of dc motor are kept construe while the voltage applied across
the armature is increased by 4 percent, the aped of the motor will

a) Remain unchanged
b) Decrease by 4%
c) Increase by 4%
d) Increase by 16%

Ans: (c)