Wednesday, October 22, 2025

The stability of a synchronous motor is improved by

 

  1. The synchronous reactance of a motor mainly accounts for
    A) Armature leakage reactance
    B) Armature reaction
    C) Both A and B
    D) None

C

  1. The reluctance torque in a salient pole synchronous motor is produced due to
    A) Non-uniform air gap
    B) Magnetic locking
    C) DC excitation
    D) Armature current

A

  1. The reluctance torque in a synchronous motor is maximum when
    A) δ = 45°
    B) δ = 90°
    C) δ = 0°
    D) δ = 60°

B

  1. The torque developed in a salient pole motor is the sum of
    A) Electromagnetic and reluctance torque
    B) Induction and reluctance torque
    C) Magnetic and friction torque
    D) Load and shaft torque

A

  1. For a salient pole synchronous motor, the expression for torque is
    A) (EV/Xd) sin δ
    B) (EV/Xq) sin δ
    C) (EV/Xd) sin δ + (V²/2)(1/Xq – 1/Xd) sin 2δ
    D) (E²/Xd) sin δ

C

  1. The reluctance torque is proportional to
    A) sin 2δ
    B) sin δ
    C) cos δ
    D) tan δ

A

  1. The excitation emf of a synchronous motor is directly proportional to
    A) Field current
    B) Armature current
    C) Supply voltage
    D) Torque angle

A

  1. The stability of a synchronous motor is improved by
    A) Increasing excitation
    B) Decreasing excitation
    C) Increasing armature resistance
    D) Increasing load

A

  1. The synchronizing power is maximum when
    A) δ = 0°
    B) δ = 45°
    C) δ = 90°
    D) δ = 180°

C

  1. The synchronizing power coefficient is
    A) dP/dδ
    B) dE/dI
    C) dV/dI
    D) dI/dE

A

  1. The synchronizing torque per electrical radian is
    A) dP/dδ × (1/ωs)
    B) dδ/dP × ωs
    C) (P × ωs)
    D) None

A

  1. The synchronous motor is said to be stable if
    A) δ < 90°
    B) δ > 90°
    C) δ = 0°
    D) δ = 180°

A

  1. The effect of increasing the field current beyond normal excitation is
    A) Current becomes leading
    B) Current becomes lagging
    C) Power factor becomes zero
    D) Speed decreases

A

  1. The value of maximum torque in a cylindrical rotor motor is
    A) (EV/Xs)
    B) (EV/Xs) sin δmax
    C) (EV/Xs)
    D) (3EV/Xs)

A

  1. The torque angle δ in synchronous motor varies between
    A) 0° and 90°
    B) 0° and 180°
    C) 0° and 360°
    D) 90° and 270°

A

  1. When a synchronous motor is loaded, its
    A) Speed remains constant
    B) Speed decreases
    C) Speed increases
    D) Stops

A

  1. The excitation required for unity power factor operation increases with
    A) Load
    B) Speed
    C) Frequency
    D) Supply voltage

A

  1. Synchronous motor having no load and over-excitation behaves as
    A) Capacitor
    B) Inductor
    C) Resistor
    D) Transformer

A

  1. If a synchronous motor is under-excited, its armature current
    A) Lags voltage
    B) Leads voltage
    C) In phase with voltage
    D) Is zero

A

  1. When excitation is increased, current drawn by synchronous motor
    A) Decreases and leads voltage
    B) Increases and lags voltage
    C) Remains constant
    D) None

A

  1. For a given torque, the load angle increases when
    A) Voltage decreases
    B) Excitation decreases
    C) Load increases
    D) Both A and B

D

  1. The efficiency of a synchronous motor is highest when operating at
    A) Unity power factor
    B) Leading power factor
    C) Lagging power factor
    D) Zero power factor

A

  1. The field losses in a synchronous motor are
    A) Copper losses
    B) Eddy current losses
    C) Hysteresis losses
    D) All of the above

D

  1. The load angle of a synchronous motor depends upon
    A) Shaft load
    B) Supply voltage
    C) Excitation
    D) All of these

D

  1. The angle between excitation emf and supply voltage in a synchronous motor is
    A) Load angle
    B) Torque angle
    C) Power angle
    D) All of these

D

  1. The synchronous motor acts as synchronous condenser when
    A) Over-excited at no load
    B) Under-excited at full load
    C) Normally excited at no load
    D) Overloaded condition

A

  1. The mechanical output of a synchronous motor increases with
    A) Increasing torque angle
    B) Increasing excitation
    C) Decreasing load
    D) Increasing supply voltage

A

  1. The reactive component of current drawn by a synchronous motor is controlled by
    A) Field excitation
    B) Load torque
    C) Supply frequency
    D) Supply voltage

A

  1. The synchronizing torque of a synchronous motor depends on
    A) Supply voltage
    B) Excitation
    C) Synchronous reactance
    D) All of these

D

  1. The damper winding provides
    A) Starting torque and damping
    B) Regulating torque
    C) Load torque
    D) Synchronizing torque

A

  1. The purpose of DC excitation is
    A) To produce constant magnetic field
    B) To produce alternating flux
    C) To reduce armature current
    D) To control torque

A

  1. A synchronous motor takes constant current if operated at
    A) Unity power factor
    B) Zero power factor
    C) Lagging power factor
    D) Leading power factor

A

  1. A synchronous motor running at constant load, when over-excited,
    A) Draws leading current
    B) Draws lagging current
    C) Draws in-phase current
    D) None

A

  1. The mechanical power developed by the motor is given by
    A) (3EV/Xs) sin δ
    B) (EV/Xs) cos δ
    C) (V²/Xs) sin δ
    D) (3E²/Xs) cos δ

A

  1. The excitation emf E leads terminal voltage V by
    A) δ
    B) 90°
    C) 180°
    D) 0°

A

  1. The speed of a 6-pole synchronous motor supplied at 50 Hz is
    A) 500 rpm
    B) 1000 rpm
    C) 1500 rpm
    D) 3000 rpm

B

  1. If the load on a synchronous motor is suddenly reduced, the rotor
    A) Oscillates about its mean position
    B) Stops immediately
    C) Accelerates continuously
    D) Reverses direction

A

  1. A synchronous motor can be synchronized by
    A) Lamp method
    B) Synchroscope
    C) Both A and B
    D) None

C

  1. The synchronous motor behaves like an inductive load when
    A) Under-excited
    B) Over-excited
    C) At unity excitation
    D) None

A

  1. The synchronous motor behaves like a capacitive load when
    A) Over-excited
    B) Under-excited
    C) Normally excited
    D) None

A

  1. The excitation voltage E is numerically equal to
    A) Internal generated emf
    B) Terminal voltage
    C) Armature voltage drop
    D) Supply emf

A

  1. The reactive power generated by a synchronous motor can be adjusted by
    A) Field excitation
    B) Load current
    C) Supply frequency
    D) Torque

A

  1. If excitation of a synchronous motor is reduced below normal,
    A) Current lags
    B) Current leads
    C) Power factor improves
    D) None

A

  1. The stator flux and rotor flux in a synchronous motor are
    A) Stationary relative to each other
    B) Rotating at different speeds
    C) Rotating in opposite directions
    D) None

A

  1. The input power of a synchronous motor equals
    A) Mechanical output + losses
    B) Mechanical output – losses
    C) Field losses
    D) Copper losses

A

  1. The maximum power developed by a synchronous motor depends on
    A) Excitation and supply voltage
    B) Armature resistance
    C) Shaft load
    D) None

A

  1. A synchronous motor draws current at lagging power factor when
    A) Under-excited
    B) Over-excited
    C) Normally excited
    D) None

A

  1. The angle between excitation emf and supply voltage is known as
    A) Load angle
    B) Power angle
    C) Torque angle
    D) All of the above

D

  1. The reactive power drawn by a synchronous motor is positive when
    A) Motor is under-excited
    B) Motor is over-excited
    C) Motor is at unity excitation
    D) None

A

  1. The reactive power drawn by a synchronous motor is negative when
    A) Over-excited
    B) Under-excited
    C) Normally excited
    D) None

A

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