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1. In a transformer, the core loss is 100 W at 40 Hz and 72 W at 30 Hz. What would be the eddy current and
hysteresis loss at 50 Hz respectively –
A) 25 Watt & 105 Watt , B) 25 Watt & 105 Watt , C) 25 Watt & 105 Watt , D) 25 Watt & 105 Watt .
2. In core type transformer, the winding that is placed adjacent to core is -
A) High Voltage Winding , B ) Low Voltage Winding , C) Primary Winding , D) Secondary Winding.
3. The core of a transformer is laminated to reduce –
A) Hysteresis loss , B) Eddy Current loss , C) Both (a) & (b) , D) Magnetising current.
4. Power transformer is usually designed to have maximum efficiency –
A) At No-Load , B) At half load , C) At 75% of full load , D) At full load .
5. If the frequency of applied voltage is increased keeping the magnitude of voltage constant, its core loss
would be –
A) Increased , B) Decreased , C) No change , D) Depends upon design of transformer .
6. The induced EMF in a transformer winding –
A) Lags the core flux by 90⸰ , B) In phase with flux , C) Out of phase with the core flux , D) Independent of
core flux .
7. Buchholz relay is used for protection of transformer against –
A) External Fault , B) Through Fault , C) Internal Fault , D) Any of the above .
8. Which of the following may be the rating of distribution transformer –
A) 50 MVA , B) 100 MVA , C) 100 KVA , D) 500 MVA .
9. The waveform of no-load current of a transformer is –
A) Sinusoidal , B) Non- Sinusoidal , C) Trapezoidal , D) Steeped .
10. Maximum voltage regulation of a transformer is occurred at –
A) Unity Power factor, B) Lagging Power Factor , C) Leading Power Factor , D) Any of the above .
11. The LT winding of a transformer is wound with –
A) Less turns with thin wire , B) Less turns with thick wire, C) More turns with thin wire, D) More turns
with thick wire.
12. In tap changing transformer, the tappings are usually provided on –
A) Primary Winding , B) Secondary Winding , C) Low Voltage Winding , D) High Voltage Winding .
13. A single –phase transformer when supplied from 220 V , 50 Hz has eddy current loss of 50 Watt . If the
transformer is connected to a voltage of 330 Volt , 50 Hz , the eddy current loss will be –
14. In a 100 KVA , 1100/220 V , 50 Hz single –phase transformer with 2000 turns on the high-voltage side. The
open circuit test result gives 220 V, 91 A , 5 kW on low-voltage side. The core loss component of current is
approximately –
15. The full-load copper-loss and iron loss of a transformer are 6400 W and 5000 W respectively . The copper-
loss and iron loss at half load will be , respectively-
16. The use of higher flux density in the transformer design –
A) Reduce the weight per KVA , B) Increase the weight per KVA , C) Increase the weight per KW , D) Has no
relation with the weight of the transformer .
17. Two transformer operating in parallel with share the load depending upon their –
A) Rating , B) Per-unit Impedance , C) Efficiency , D) Leakage Reactance .
18. A two –winding transformer is converted into an auto-transformer . If we apply additive polarity and
subtractive polarity for the connections , then the secondary voltage is 2640 V and 2160 V respectively .
What is the ratio of primary to secondary voltage of the original transformer ?
A) 66 : 54 , B) 54 : 66 , C) 10 : 1 , D) 1 : 10 .
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19. What is the efficiency of an auto-transformer in comparison with a two-winding transformer of the same
rating ?
A) Slightly less than that of a two-winding transformer , B) Same as that of a two-winding transformer , C)
More than that of a two winding transformer , D) As low as 1/5 th of the efficiency of a two winding
transformer .
20. Percentage resistance and percentage reactance of a transformer are 1 % and 4 % respectively. What is the
voltage regulation at power factor 0.8 lagging and 0.8 leading ?
21. A 20 KVA , 2000/200 V , 50Hz 2-winding transformer when used as an auto-transformer , with constant
voltage source of 2000 Volt , is capable of handing –
A) 20 KVA , B) 200 KVA , C) 320 KVA , D) 310 KVA .
22. Silicon content in iron laminated core is kept within 5 % as it –
A) Increase the Hysteresis loss , B) Increase the cost , C) Reduce the Curie Point , D) Makes the material
Brittle .
23. The high – voltage and low voltage winding resistance of a distribution transformer of 100 KVA , 1100/220 V,
50Hz are 0.2 Ω and 0.004 Ω respectively . The equivalent resistance referred to high-voltage side and low
voltage side are respectively –
24. A 10Ω resistive load is to be impedance matched by a transformer to a source with 2250 Ω of internal
resistance . The ratio of primary to secondary turns of a transformer should be –
25. Leakage flux in a transformer occurs because –
A) Transformer is not an effective device , B) Applied Voltage is sinusoidal , C) Air is not a good magnetic
insulator , D) Iron core has high permeability .
26. In an auto-transformer , the number of turns in primary winding is 210 and in secondary winding is 140. If
the input current is 60 A , the currents in the output and in the common winding are respectively –
A) 40 A , 20 A , B) 40 A , 100 A , C) 90 A , 30 A , D) 90 A , 150 A .
27. An ideal transformer is one which –
A) Has no losses and leakage reactance , B) Has same number of primary and secondary winding , C) Have
same frequency as the primary , D) All of the above .
28. The effect of leakage flux in a transformer is to –
A) Increase the copper loss , B) Decrease the copper loss , C) Decrease the output power , D) Cause the
voltage drop in the winding .
29. The use of higher flux density in a transformer design -
A) Reduce Weight per KVA , B) Increase Weight per KVA , C) Has no relation with the weight of
transformer , D) Increase weight per KW .
30. A 100 KVA transformer has full-load copper loss of 1600 W and full load iron loss of 900 W . It will have
maximum efficiency for a load of –
31. The no-load primary current of a transformer is about –
A) 3 – 5 % of full load , B) 15 – 20 % of Full Load , C) 20 – 25 % of full load , D) Appx. 30% of full load .
32. A 40 KVA transformer has iron loss of 450 W and full load copper loss of 850 W .If the power factor of the
load is 0.8 lagging , the full load efficiency of the transformer is -
33. The sludge formation in transformer oil is due to which one of the following –
A) Ingress of dust particle and moisture in the oil , B) Appearance of small fragments of paper, varnish ,
cotton and other organic material , C) Chemical reaction of transformer oil with the insulating material,
D) Oxidation of transformer oil .
34. Voltage regulation of a transformer is negative for –
A) Resistive Load , B) Capacitive Load , C) Inductive Load , D) Any of the above .
35. In a transformer , the magnitude of the mutual flux is –
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A) Varies at low load and constant at high load , B) Low at Low Load and High at High Load , C) High at Low
Load and Low at High Load, D) Same for all load .
36. Ferrite core are used in high frequency transformer because it has –
A) Low Resistance , B) Low permeability , C) High Resistance , D) High Permeability .
37. Copper loss of a transformer are –
A) Directly proportional to turn ratio , B) Inversely proportional to turn ratio , C) Inversely proportional to
square root of turn ratio , D) Directly proportional to square of turn ratio .
38. Distribution transformers have core losses –
A) More than full load copper loss , B) Equal to full load copper loss , C) Less than full load copper loeese ,
D) Negligible compared to full load copper losses .
39. To conduct Sumpner test on a transformer –
A) Only one transformer is sufficient , B) Two identical transformers are required , C) Two- un-identical
transformers are needed , D) At least three transformers are needed.
40. Buchholz relay is used on –
A) Oil cooled transformer , B) Air cooled transformer , C) Welding transformer , D) All of the above .
41. The power factor at which transformer operates –
A) Is unity , B) Always lagging , C) Always leading , D) Depends on the pf of the load .
42. When sinusoidal exciting current is applied to a transformer , what is the mutual flux produce ?
A) Flat Top , B) Sinusoidal , C) Triangular , D) Square .
43. A transformer is connected to a constant voltage supply . As the supply frequency increased , what happens
to the magnitude of mutual flux ?
A) Decrease , B) Increases , C) Remains constant , D) Any of the above .
44. An isolation transformer has primary to secondary turns’s ratio of –
A) 1 : 2 , B) 1 : 1 , C) 2 : 1 , D) 10 : 1 .
45. An auto-transformer having a transformation ratio of 0.8 supplies a load of 5 kW . The power transferred
conductively from primary to secondary is –
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