Top 150+ Solved Synchronous Motors MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Change of D.C. excitation of a synchronous motor changes
a. applied voltage of the motor
b. motor speed
c. power factor of power drawn by the motor
d. any of the above
Q. While starting a synchronous motor by induction motor action, field winding isusually
a. connected to D.C. supply
b. short-circuited by low resistance
c. kept open-circuited
d. none of the above
Q. Which of the following motors will be used in electric clocks ?
a. D.C. shunt motor
b. D.C. series motor
c. A.C. induction motor
d. A.C. synchronous motor
Q. If in a synchronous motor, driving mechanical load and drawing current at laggingpower factor from constant voltage supply, its field excitation is increased, then its power factor
a. become more
b. become less
c. remain constant
d. none of the above
Q. A synchronous motor installed at the receiving end substation operates with such an excitation that it takes power at lagging power factor. Now if the applied voltage of the synchronous motor goes down, the power factor of the synchronous motor will
a. remain same
b. go down
c. improve
d. none of the above
Q. While starting a salient pole synchronous motor by induction motor action and connecting field discharge resistance across field, starting and accelerting torque is produced by
a. induction motor torque in field winding
b. induction motor torque in damper winding
c. eddy current and hysteresis torque in pole faces
d. all of the above methods
Q. Armature of a synchronous machine is
a. of reducing number of slip rings on the rotor
b. armature is associated with large power as compared to the field circuits
c. of difficulty of providing high voltage insulation on rotor
d. all of the above reasons
Q. If excitation of a synchronous motor running with a constant load is decreased fromits normal value, ignoring effects of armature reaction, it leads to
a. increase in both armature current and power factor angle
b. increase in back e.m.f. but decrease in armature current
c. increase in both armature current and power factor which is lagging
d. increase in torque angle but decrease in back e.m.f.
Q. When a 3-phase synchronous generator is supplying a zero power factor lagging load,the armature field affects the main field in the following way
a. augments it directly
b. directly opposes it
c. cross-magnetises it
d. none of the above
Q. Stability of a synchronous machine
a. decreases with increase in its excitation
b. increases with increase in its excitation
c. remains unaffected with increase in excitation
d. any of the above
Q. The power factor of a synchronous motor is better than that of induction motor because
a. stator supply is relieved of responsibility of producing magnetic field
b. mechanical load on the motor can be adjusted
c. synchronous motor runs at synchronous speed
d. synchronous motor has large air gap
Q. If in a synchronous motor, driving a given mechanical load and drawing current at a leading power factor from constant voltage supply its field excitation is increased, its power factor
a. will become more
b. will become less
c. will remain unchanged
d. none of the above.
Q. A synchronous motor is running with normal excitation. When the load is increased, the armature current drawn by it increases because
a. speed of the motor is reduced
b. power factor is decreased
c. Eb (back e.m.f.) becomes less than V (applied voltage)
d. Er (net resultant voltage) in armature is increased
Q. If one-phase of a 3-phase synchronous motor is short-circuited, motor
a. will refuse to start
b. will overheat in spots
c. will not come upto speed
d. will fail to pull into step
Q. If the field circuit of an unloaded salientpole synchronous motor gets suddenly open- circuited, then
a. it runs at a slower speed
b. the motor stops
c. it continues to run at the same speed
d. it runs at a very high speed