Governor MCQ

31. Which of the following is the type of pendulum governor?

  1. Hartnell governor
  2. Proell governor
  3. Porter governor
  4. Watt governor
Answer
Answer. d

32. A spring controlled governor is found unstable. It may be made stable by

  1. increasing spring stiffness
  2. decreasing spring stiffness
  3. increasing ball weight
  4. decreasing ball weight
Answer
Answer. b

33. What will be the vertical height (m) of a watt governor, if the speed of rotation is 80 rpm?

  1. 1.14
  2. 1.4
  3. 0.11
  4. 0.14
Answer
Answer. d

34. The maximum speed and minimum speed in r.p.m. at a Watt governor are 72 and 68 respectively. The range of speed of the governor is

  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. 6
  4. 8
Answer
Answer. b

35. Which of the following is NOT the type of loaded type governor?

  1. Dead weight governor
  2. Spring controlled governor
  3. Watt governor
  4. Porter governor
Answer
Answer. c

36. Sensitivity of an isochronous governor is

  1. infinity
  2. one
  3. two
  4. zero
Answer
Answer. a

37. Which of the following is the CORRECT method for the conversion of spring controlled governor from unstable to stable?

  1. Increasing the ball weight
  2. Decreasing the spring stiffness
  3. Decreasing the ball weight
  4. Increasing the spring stiffness
Answer
Answer. b

38. When the speed of governor increases, then

  1. height of governor and radius of rotation increase
  2. height of governor and radius of rotation decrease
  3. height of governor decreases but radius of rotation increases
  4. height of governor increases but radius of rotation decreases
Answer
Answer. c

39. The governor in which the displacement of the sleeve is high for the small change of speed is known as

  1. sensitive
  2. hunting
  3. isochronous
  4. stable
Answer
Answer. a

40. Porter governor is a

  1. Pendulum type governor
  2. Dead weight type governor
  3. Spring loaded governor
  4. Inertia type governor
Answer
Answer. b