1. If the synchronous motor, properly synchronised to the supply is running on no load and is having negligible loss then ?

the stator current will be zero

the stator current will be very small

the stator current will be very high

the back e.m.f. will be more than the supply voltage

Answer: the stator current will be zero

Explanation:


2. The armature current of the synchronous motor ?

has large values for low excitation only

has large values for high excitation only

has large values for low and high excitation

any of the above

Answer: has large values for low and high excitation

Explanation:


3. A synchronous motor can operate at ?

lagging power factor only

leading power factor only

unity power factor only

lagging, leading and unity power factors

Answer: lagging, leading and unity power factors

Explanation:


4. Higher the applied voltage ..... will be the stator flux and will be the pull in torque ?

lower, lower

lower, greater

greater, lower

greater, greater

Answer: greater, greater

Explanation:


5. ln a synchronous motor at the back e.m.f. generated in the armature at no load is approximately equal to the applied voltage, then ?

the motor is said to be fully loaded

the torque generated is maximum

the excitation is said to be zero percent

the excitation is said to be hundred per cent

Answer: the excitation is said to be hundred per cent

Explanation:


6. If excitation 9f a synchronous motor running with a constant load is decreased from its normal value, ignoring effects of armature reaction, it leads to ?

increase in both armature current and power factor angle

increase in back e.m.f. but decrease in armature current

increase fu both armature current and power factor which is lagging

increase in torque angle but decrease in back e.m.f.

Answer: increase in both armature current and power factor angle

Explanation:


7. Slip rings are usually made of ?

carbon or graphite

brass or steel

silver or gold

copper or aluminium

Answer: brass or steel

Explanation:


8. The standard full-load power factor ratings for synchronous motors are ?

zero or 0.8 leading

unity or 0.8 lagging

unity or 0.8 leading

unity or zero

Answer: unity or 0.8 leading

Explanation:


9. The oscillations in a synchronous motor can be damped out by ?

maintaining constant excitation

running the motor on leading power factors

providing damper bars in the rotor pole faces

oscillations cannot be damped

Answer: providing damper bars in the rotor pole faces

Explanation:


10. An over-excited synchronous motor takes ?

leading current

lagging current

both (a) and (b)

none of the above

Answer: leading current

Explanation: