Electrical Machines
A dc shunt generator, when commissioned after a major repair of the field system, failed to build Up voltage. It was because

 field system lost residual magnetism
 there was a break in the armature circuit
 field resistance was higher than critical resistance
 field winding was wrongly connected

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Electrical Machines
Consider the following statements regarding the magnetization characteristics of a dc generator : 1. It represents the variation of field flux with field current. 2. Variation of open-circuit terminal voltage with field current is independent of speed 3. It is non-linear from zero to rated field current 4. It helps to determine the critical field resistance at a given speed 5. It always starts from the origin Which of these statements are correct ?

 2, 3 and 4
 1, 2 and 5
 1 and 4
 3 and 5

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Electrical Machines
The introduction of interpoles in between the main poles improves the performance of a dc machine, because

 a counter-emf is induced in the coil undergoing commutation
 the interpoles produce additional flux to augment the developed torque
 the inequality of air-gap flux on the top and bottom halves of the armature is removed
 the flux waveform is improved with reduction in harmonics

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