Electrical Engineering Mcqs

Which of the following devices is necessarily required for automatic temperature control in a furnace ?

(A) Thermostat

(B) Thermocouple

(C) Auto-transformer

(D) Heating elements of variable resis-tance material

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Direct arc furnaces have which of the following power factors ?

(A) Unity

(B) Low, lagging

(C) Low, leading

(D) Any of the above

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Which of the following is an advantage of eddy current heating ?

(A) The amount of heat generated can be controlled accurately

(B) Heat at very high rate can be gene-rated

(C) The area of the surface over which heat is produced can be accurately controlled

(D) All of the above

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Radiant heating is used for which of the following ?

(A) Annealing of metals

(B) Melting of ferrous metals

(C) Heating of liquids in electric kettle

(D) Drying of paints and varnishes

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For radiant heating around 2250°C, the heating elements are made of____________?

(A) copper alloy

(B) carbon

(C) tungsten alloy

(D) stainless steel alloy

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The electrode of a direct arc furnace is made of____________?

(A) tungsten

(B) graphite

(C) silver

(D) copper

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In direct arc furnace, which of the following has high value ?

(A) Current

(B) Voltage

(C) Power factor

(D) All of the above

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In a domestic cake baking oven the temperature is controlled by________________?

(A) voltage variation

(B) thermostat

(C) auto-transformer

(D) series-parallel operation

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Due to which of the following reasons it is desirable to have short arc length ?

(A) To achieve better heating

(B) To increase the life of roof refractory

(C) To have better stirring action

(D) To reduce problem of oxidation

(D) All of the above

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In an electric press mica is used_____________?

(A) as an insulator

(B) as a device for power factor improvement

(C) for dielectric heating

(D) for induction heating

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