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  • Question

  • The gate current required to turn on an SCR is


  • Options
  • A. few amperes
  • B. a few mA
  • C. almost equal to anode current
  • D. about 50% of anode current

  • Correct Answer
  • a few mA 

    Explanation
    Only a very small gate current is required to trigger SCR into conduction.

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    • 1. Between which points does UJT exhibit negative resistance characteristics

    • Options
    • A. between peak and valley points
    • B. before peak point
    • C. after peak point
    • D. after valley point
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    • 2. A dc chopper V = 500 V feeds an electric fraction dc series motor. The chopping frequency is 400 Hz. The series inductance required to limit the maximum current swing to 10 A is

    • Options
    • A. 20 mH
    • B. about 31 mH
    • C. about 51 mH
    • D. about 92 mH
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    • 3. In a single phase dual converter, a1, and a2 are firing angles of the two converters. Then

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    • A. a1 - a2 =
    • B. a1 + a2 = p
    • C. a1 - a2 = p
    • D. a1 + a2 =
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    • 4. In a single phase full wave ac regulator, the firing angles in the two half cycles

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    • A. are always equal
    • B. are sometimes equal
    • C. are never equal
    • D. may be equal or unequal
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    • 5. In an SCR, the anode current consists of

    • Options
    • A. only holes
    • B. only electrons
    • C. both electrons and holes
    • D. either electrons or holes
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    • 6. In a semi converter feeding a resistive load, the firing angle is a. Each thyristor conducts for

    • Options
    • A. p radians
    • B. (p - a) radians
    • C. (p + a) radians
    • D. (p - 0.5 a) radians
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    • 7. An SCR has a turn on time of 4 ?s. The gate pulse should have a duration of about

    • Options
    • A. 2 ?s
    • B. 5 ?s
    • C. 20 ?s
    • D. 50 ?s
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    • 8. A 3 phase semiconverter when supplying a certain load has a rectification efficiency of 0.6 and transformer utilisation factor of 0.35. When a 3 phase full converter is supplying the same load

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    • A. rectification efficiency will be more than 0.6 and TUF will be more than 0.35
    • B. rectification efficiency will be more than 0.6 but TUF will be less than 0.35
    • C. rectification efficiency will be less than 0.6 and TUF will be less than 0.35
    • D. rectification efficiency will be less than 0.6 but TUF will be more than 0.35
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    • 9. The symbol in figure is for

    • Options
    • A. DIAC
    • B. P-N junction diode
    • C. Schottky diode
    • D. None of the above
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    • 10. When the core of a saturable reactor is saturated, the inductance is high.

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    • A. True
    • B. False
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