Electrical Instruments & Measurements MCQs – DAE Electrical Engineering 50 Score: 0 Attempted: 0/50 1. The instrument used to measure current is called a: (A) Voltmeter (B) Ammeter (C) Wattmeter (D) OhmmeterShow All Answers 2. The unit of resistance is: (A) Farad (B) Henry (C) Ohm (D) Volt 3. A voltmeter is always connected: (A) In series with circuit (B) In parallel with circuit (C) Across battery only (D) Across ground 4. A galvanometer is a device used to detect: (A) Current direction (B) Voltage only (C) Magnetic field (D) Temperature 5. The sensitivity of a galvanometer is increased by: (A) Using thicker wire (B) Decreasing magnetic field (C) Increasing coil resistance (D) Increasing number of turns 6. Which instrument measures power in an electrical circuit? (A) Ammeter (B) Voltmeter (C) Wattmeter (D) Energy meter 7. The moving coil instrument can measure: (A) DC only (B) AC only (C) Both AC and DC (D) Frequency 8. The moving iron instrument can measure: (A) Resistance (B) Only DC (C) Only AC (D) AC and DC 9. The torque that moves the pointer of an analog instrument is called: (A) Controlling torque (B) Deflecting torque (C) Damping torque (D) Restoring torque 10. The controlling torque in a PMMC instrument is provided by: (A) Spiral springs (B) Gravity (C) Damping fluid (D) Friction 11. The damping torque in an instrument helps to: (A) Increase accuracy (B) Increase pointer deflection (C) Decrease sensitivity (D) Stop oscillations quickly 12. The instrument used to measure electrical energy is: (A) Wattmeter (B) Energy meter (C) Potentiometer (D) Oscilloscope 13. In a wattmeter, the current coil is connected in: (A) Series with load (B) Parallel with load (C) Across supply (D) Across shunt 14. The voltage coil of a wattmeter is connected in: (A) In open circuit (B) Series with load (C) Parallel with load (D) Across resistor only 15. The basic principle of operation of an ammeter is: (A) Magnetic effect of current (B) Chemical effect (C) Thermal effect (D) Inductive effect 16. The range of an ammeter can be extended using: (A) Multiplier resistor (B) Shunt resistor (C) Transformer (D) Rheostat 17. The range of a voltmeter can be extended by using: (A) Transformer (B) Shunt resistor (C) Series coil (D) Multiplier resistor 18. The internal resistance of an ammeter is: (A) Very low (B) Very high (C) Infinite (D) Medium 19. The internal resistance of a voltmeter is: (A) Zero (B) Very low (C) Very high (D) Infinite 20. A megger is used to measure: (A) Power (B) Low resistance (C) Voltage (D) High resistance 21. Ohm’s law states that: (A) V = IR (B) V = I/R (C) I = VR (D) P = VI² 22. A wattmeter measures: (A) Apparent power (B) Active power (C) Reactive power (D) Total energy 23. The working principle of an energy meter is based on: (A) Heating effect (B) Magnetic repulsion (C) Electrostatic force (D) Electromagnetic induction 24. The unit of energy is: (A) Joule per second (B) Ampere-hour (C) Watt-hour (D) Volt per ampere 25. The instrument which measures the phase difference between voltage and current is: (A) Wattmeter (B) Power factor meter (C) Frequency meter (D) Voltmeter 26. The standard resistor is used for: (A) Protection (B) Reducing resistance (C) Increasing current (D) Calibration of instruments 27. A thermocouple measures: (A) Temperature (B) Pressure (C) Resistance (D) Capacitance 28. The instrument used to display waveform of voltage is: (A) Oscilloscope (B) Multimeter (C) Wattmeter (D) Frequency meter 29. The frequency of an AC signal is measured using: (A) Galvanometer (B) Wattmeter (C) Ammeter (D) Frequency meter 30. In a dynamometer type wattmeter, both coils are: (A) Iron-cored (B) Air-cored (C) Laminated (D) Wound on same core 31. The ratio of deflecting torque to controlling torque is proportional to: (A) Pointer deflection (B) Damping (C) Accuracy (D) Power factor 32. An ohmmeter measures: (A) Resistance (B) Voltage (C) Current (D) Power 33. A digital multimeter can measure: (A) Only current (B) Only voltage (C) Voltage, current, and resistance (D) Only resistance 34. The instrument used for calibration of AC instruments is: (A) Voltmeter (B) Potentiometer (C) Energy meter (D) Galvanometer 35. The deflection of the pointer in an instrument is proportional to: (A) Frequency (B) Current squared (C) Voltage (D) Deflecting torque 36. The damping provided by air friction is used in: (A) PMMC instrument (B) Hot-wire instrument (C) Moving iron instrument (D) Electrostatic instrument 37. A hot-wire ammeter works on the principle of: (A) Chemical effect (B) Magnetic effect (C) Induction (D) Heating effect of current 38. A dynamometer type wattmeter can measure: (A) Both AC and DC power (B) Only DC power (C) Only AC power (D) Reactive power 39. The permanent magnet moving coil (PMMC) instrument uses: (A) Steel coil (B) Soft iron core (C) Electromagnet (D) Rectangular coil and permanent magnet 40. A Weston type frequency meter is based on: (A) Magnetic resonance (B) Electrical resonance (C) Thermal expansion (D) Capacitive coupling 41. A synchroscope is used to: (A) Check phase synchronization (B) Measure resistance (C) Measure torque (D) Measure current 42. The main error in PMMC instruments is due to: (A) Load change (B) Frequency variation (C) Temperature variation (D) Power factor 43. The scale of PMMC instrument is: (A) Linear up to half scale (B) Non-uniform (C) Logarithmic (D) Uniform 44. The scale of moving iron instrument is: (A) Uniform (B) Non-uniform (C) Linear (D) Exponential 45. The torque in an induction-type energy meter is proportional to: (A) Power (B) Voltage (C) Current squared (D) Frequency 46. The working principle of a potentiometer is based on: (A) Comparison of unknown voltage with known voltage (B) Induction (C) Capacitance (D) Magnetic flux 47. The zero adjustment of analog instruments is done by: (A) Magnetic shunt (B) Electrical screw (C) Rheostat (D) Mechanical screw 48. A ballistic galvanometer measures: (A) Quantity of charge (B) Steady current (C) Voltage (D) Power 49. The instrument which measures reactive power in AC circuit is: (A) Wattmeter (B) Var meter (C) Power factor meter (D) Frequency meter 50. In an energy meter, the rotating aluminum disc rotates due to: (A) Resistance heating (B) Magnetic flux leakage (C) Armature reaction (D) Eddy currents