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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
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.
If in a synchronous motor, driving mechanical load and drawing current at lagging power 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
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 reHetance motor torque due to saliency of the rotor
E all of the above methods
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
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
The length of a rectangular field F is 3 km greater than the side of a square field M , and the width of field F is 3 km less then the side of field M. If the area of field M is m2 square km, what is the area of field F?
A m2 +6
B 6
C m2 - 6
D m2 +9
When the field of a synchronous motor is under-excited, the power factor will be
A leading
B lagging
C unity
D zero
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
If the field winding of an unloaded salient pole synchronous motor is open circuited, the motor will
A stop
B run as induction motor
C function as static condenser
D burn with dense smoke

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