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In case of a reluctance motor, when the load is increased so that it cannot maintain synchronous speed the motor will
A Become unstable
B Draw excessive armature current and may burn out
C Fall out of synchronism and come to stand still
D Run as induction motor
For which of the following applications a D.C. motor is preferred over an A.C. motor?
A Low speed operation
B High speed operation
C Variable speed operation
D Fixed speed operation
Which of the following statements regarding reluctance-start motor is incorrect ?
A It is similar to reluctance motor
B It is basically an induction motor and not a synchronous one
C So far as its basic working principle is concerned, it is similar to shaded pole motor
D the air-gap between rotor and salient poles is non- uniform
Which of the following statements regarding a reluctance motor is incorrect ?
A It cannot be reversed, ordinarily
B It requires no D.C. field excitation for its operation
C It is nothing else but a single-phase, salient pole synchronous-induction motor
D Its squirrel cage-rotor is of unsym-metrical magnetic construction in order to vary reluc-tance path between stator and rotor
A reluctance motor
A Is provided with slip rings
B Requires starting gear
C Has high cost
D Is compact
Reluctance motor is a
A Variable torque motor
B Low torque variable speed motor
C Self starting type synchronous motor
D Low noise, slow speed motor
If a D.C. motor is to be selected for conveyors, which motor would be preferred ?
A Series motor
B Shunt motor
C Differentially compound motor
D Cumulative compound motor
Slip ring motor is preferred over squirrel cage induction motor where
A High starting torque is required
B Load torque is heavy
C Heavy pull out torque is required
D All of the above
A wound rotor induction motor is preferred, as compared to squirrel cage induction motor, when major consideration is
A Slop speed operation
B High starting torque
C Low windage losses
D All of the above
A motor pool has 300 vehicles of which 30% are trucks. 20% of all the vehicles in the motor pool are diesel, including 15 trucks. What percent of the motor pool is composed of vehicles that are neither trucks nor diesel?
A 165%
B 90%
C 65%
D 10%

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