The major challenges are dealing with the vast syllabus, grasping technical concepts, completing the practical training requirements and dealing with exam pressure.

Induction motors are the most widely used motors. Learn how the rotary magnetic field is produced in the stator, how slip takes place in the rotor and how torque production occurs due to this slip. This will give you a good high level understanding.

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Don’t panic dude, you got this! For mechanisms like these just slowly trace the curly arrows step by step and think about what reactive intermediates would form. The rest will follow logically. Trust yourself and your preparations, you’ll do great.