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  1. Which of the following devices has two gates?

  2. A.
    SCR
    B.
    SCS
    C.
    SUS
    D.
    SBS

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  3. In auxiliary commutated chopper, the peak value of thyristor current is

  4. A.
    equal to peak value of load current
    B.
    equal to peak value of capacitor current
    C.
    sum of peak value of load current and capacitor current
    D.
    none of the above

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  5. The symbol in figure is for

  6. A.
    SUS
    B.
    SBS
    C.
    SCS
    D.
    Shockley diode

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  7. If peak value of input voltage is Vm and firing angle is a, the average output voltage for single phase half wave and single phase full wave regulators are

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  9. The static equalisation circuit for thyristors connected in series is

  10. A.
    one resistor in series with each thyristor
    B.
    one resistor in parallel with each thyristor
    C.
    one resistor and one capacitor in parallel with each thyristor
    D.
    none of the above

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  11. A cycloconverter is a group of controlled rectifiers.

  12. A.
    True
    B.
    False

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  13. A single phase full wave regulator feeds a resistive load. The firing angle of thyristors is 90°. The input power factor is

  14. A.
    1
    B.
    0.707 lagging
    C.
    0.5 lagging
    D.
    0.2 lagging

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  15. The leads in a TRIAC are denoted by

  16. A.
    anode cathode, gate
    B.
    T1 T2, gate
    C.
    T1, T2, anode
    D.
    T1, T2, T3

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  17. A step down cycloconverter has an input frequency f. If it uses natural commutation, the output frequency

  18. A.
    must be a sub-multiple of input frequency
    B.
    can be any frequency
    C.
    must be an even sub-multiple of input frequency
    D.
    must be an odd sub-multiple of input frequency

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  19. In a single phase full wave regulator, the rms current in each thyristors is Ir The run load current is equal to

  20. A.
    2Ir
    B.
    2 Ir
    C.
    Ir
    D.

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