The armature resistance of a permanent magnet dc motor is 0.8 Ohm. At no load, the motor draws 1.5 A from a supply voltage of 25 V and runs at 1500 rpm. The efficiency of the motor while it is operating on load at 1500 rpm drawing a current of 3.5 A from the same source will be 

(A) 48.0% (B) 57.1% (C) 59.2% (D) 88.8%

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The armature resistance of a permanent magnet dc motor is 0.8 Ohm. At no load, the motor draws 1.5 A from a supply voltage of 25 V and runs at 1500 rpm. The efficiency of the motor while it is operating on load at 1500 rpm drawing a current of 3.5 A from the same source will be 48.0%

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