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  1. A thyristor circuit is feeding an R-L load. The turn on time can be reduced by

  2. A.
    decreasing R
    B.
    decreasing L
    C.
    increasing L
    D.
    decreasing R and L together

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  3. A single phase semiconverter is supplying RLE load and has a freewheeling diode across the load. The firing angle is a. The freewheeling diode conducts for

  4. A.
    a° in each half cycle
    B.
    (p - a)° in each cycle
    C.
    a° in one full cycle
    D.
    (p + a)° in each half cycle

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  5. In a full bridge inverter fed by a battery of voltage V, the rms value of fundamental component of output voltage is

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  7. In a single phase full wave regulator feeding a resistive load, the average current over one full cycle

  8. A.
    is always zero
    B.
    cannot be zero
    C.
    may be sometimes zero
    D.
    is always positive

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  9. Two single phase semi-converters are connected in series to form a series converter. The input is v = Vm sin ωt and a1, a2 are the firing angles. If a1 = 0, the dc output voltage is

  10. A.
    (1 + cos a2)
    B.
    (2 + cos a2)
    C.
    (3 + cos a2)
    D.
    (4 + cos a2)

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  11. The total number of leads in MOS controlled thyristor is

  12. A.
    2
    B.
    3
    C.
    4
    D.
    2 or 3

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  13. Assertion (A): Chopper always requires forced commutation

    Reason (R): Morgan chopper uses a saturable reactor.

  14. A.
    Both A and R are correct and R is correct explanation of A
    B.
    Both A and R correct but R is not correct explanation of A
    C.
    A is correct but R is wrong
    D.
    A is wrong but R is correct

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  15. In a power diode the reverse recovery time is the time from the instant the forward current is zero to the instant when reverse recovery current has decayed to

  16. A.
    50% of peak reverse current
    B.
    25% of peak reverse current
    C.
    10% of peak reverse current
    D.
    zero value

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  17. Assertion (A): McMurray Bredford half bridge inverter uses complementary commutation

    Reason (R): Three phase inverter can have two modes of operation.

  18. A.
    Both A and R are correct and R is correct explanation of A
    B.
    Both A and R correct but R is not correct explanation of A
    C.
    A is correct but R is wrong
    D.
    A is wrong but R is correct

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  19. A capacitor C farads is charged to a voltage V. It discharges through a thyristor, a diode and an inductance L. The peak current in the circuit is

  20. A.
    VCL
    B.
    C.
    D.

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