Top 250+ Solved Power Electronics MCQ Questions Answer
Q. A thyristor needs protection against
a. high
b. high
c. both high and high
d. either high or high
Q. In integral cycle control the period of on-off control should be more than mechanical time constant of load.
a. True
b. False
c. none
d. all
Q. A single phase half wave converter is feeding a resistive load. Just before triggering, the voltage across thyristor is
a. Zero
b. about 1 V
c. same as input voltage
d. twice the input voltage
Q. In an SCR, the anode current is controlled by
a. gate current only
b. external circuit only
c. both gate current and external circuit
d. none of the above
Q. The rated current of a thyristor is 40 A. The holding current willbe about :
a. 20 A
b. 1 A
c. 100 mA
d. 10 mA
Q. If ton and toff are the turn on and turn off times of a thyristor, then
a. ton and toff are almost equal
b. ton >> toff
c. toff >> ton
d. ton is about twice toff
Q. UJT can be used for
a. firing an SCR
b. turning off an SCR
c. both firing and turning off an SCR
d. none of the above
Q. During forward blocking state of SCR, the voltage and currentrespectively are
a. high and high
b. low and low
c. high and low
d. low and high
Q. In a 3 phase full converter the average load current is 150 A.The average thyristor current is
a. 150 A
b. 75A
c. 50 A
d. 25 A
Q. The two modes of operation of three phase bridge inverters areknown as
a. 60° mode and 120° mode
b. 90° mode and 120° mode
c. 120° mode and 180° mode
d. 120° mode and 240° mode
Q. In a 3 phase fully controlled converter the firing frequency is
a. 3 times the line frequency
b. 6 times the line frequency
c. 9 times the line frequency
d. 12 times the line frequency
Q. Two thyristor of same rating and same specifications
a. will have equal turn on and turn off periods
b. will have equal turn on but unequal turn off periods
c. may have equal or unequal turn on and turn off periods
d. will have unequal turn on and turn off periods
Q. The amount of dielectric heating is inversely proportional tofrequency.
a. True
b. False
c. none
d. all