The efficiency of a full wave rectifier using centre tapped transformer is twice

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The efficiency of a full wave rectifier using centre tapped transformer is twice that in full wave bridge rectifier.
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A. True
B. False

Correct Answer

False

Explanation

Efficiency of full wave rectifier with centre tapped transformer is slightly higher than that of bridge rectifier.

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1. A half wave diode rectifier has a capacitance input filter. If input voltage is V_m sin ?t, PIV is
Options
A. V_m
B. 2 V_m
C. 3 V_m
D. 4 V_m

3. In figure v₁ = 8 V and v₂ = 4 V. Which diode will conduct?
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A. D₂ only
B. D₁ only
C. Both D₁ and D₂
D. Neither D₁ nor D₂

4. To protect the diodes in a rectifier and capacitor input filter circuit it is necessary to use
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A. surge resistor
B. surge inductor
C. surge capacitor
D. both (a) and (b)

6. The transistor of following figure in Si diode with a base current of 40 ?A and I_CBO = 0, if V_BB = 6V, R_E = 2 k? and ? = 90, I_BQ = 20 ?A then R_B =
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A. 200 k?
B. 265 k?
C. 150 k?
D. 100 k?

7. If the input to the ideal comparator shown in the figure is a sinusoidal signal of 8 V (peak to peak) without any DC component, then the output of the comparator has a duty cycle of
Options
A. 1/2
B. 1/3
C. 1/6
D. 1/12

8. For a system to work, as oscillator the total phase shift of the loop gain must be equal to
Options
A. 90�
B. 45�
C. 270�
D. 360�

9. The input impedance of op-amp circuit of figure is
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A. 120 k ohm
B. 110 k ohm
C. infinity
D. 10 k ohm

10. An RC coupled amplifier has an open loop gain of 200 and a lower cutoff frequency of 50 Hz. If negative feedback with ? = 0.1 is used, the lower cut off frequency will be
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A. about 50 Hz
B. about 5 Hz
C. about 2.38 Hz
D. about 70.5 Hz

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