A pony motor is basically a_________?

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. An important advantage of a synchronous motor over wound round induction motor is that

   A. its power factor may be varied at will
   B. its speed is independent of supply frequency
   C. its speed may be controlled more easily
   D. none of the above

3. If one-phase of a 3-phase synchronous motor is short-circuited, motor will ______________?

   A. will refuse to start
   B. will overheat in spots
   C. will not come upto speed
   D. will fail to pull into step

4. 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

5. While starting a synchronous motor by induction motor action, field winding is usually_____________?

   A. connected to D.C. supply
   B. short-circuited by low resistance
   C. kept open-circuited
   D. none of the above

6. As the load is applied to a synchronous motor, the motor takes more armature current because

   A. the increased load has to take more current
   B. the rotor by shifting its phase backward causes motor to take more current
   C. the back e.m.f. decreases causing an increase in motor current
   D. the rotor strengthens the rotating field casuing more motor current

7. A synchronous motor is running on a load with normal excitation. Now if the load on the motor is increased

   A. power factor as well as armature current will decrease
   B. power factor as well as armature current will increase
   C. power factor will increase but armature current will decrease
   D. power factor will decrease and armature current will increase

8. A synchronous motor has better power factor as compared to that of an equivalent induction motor. This is mainly because?

   A. synchronous motor has no slip
   B. stator supply is not required to produce magnetic field
   C. mechanical load on the rotor remains constant
   D. synchronous motor has large airgap

9. While starting a salient pole synchronous motor by induction motor action and connecting field discharge resistance across field, starting and accelerating 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. reHetance motor torque due to saliency of the rotor
   E. all of the above methods

10. In a 3-phase synchronous motor, the negative phase sequence exists when the motor is_______________?

    A. supplied with unbalanced voltage
    B. under-loaded
    C. over-loaded
    D. none of the above