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1. 1. For constant transmission efficiency, voltage is A

increased n times, the size of the conductor
would be

(a) reduced to (1/n^2) times the original

(b) increased to (n^2) times of the original
(c) reduced to (1/n) times the original
(d) increased to n times of the original

2. 2. It the shunt admittance of the transmission line is C

ignored, the torque angle at which
maximum power will occur is
(a) pi /4 (b) pi /2 (c) pi /2 (d) pi

3. 3. If the torque angle d continuously increases, sys- B

tem will become
(a) stable
(b) unstable
(c) oscillatory stable
(d) asymptotic stable.

4. 4. If |VS| = |VR| = 33 KV (three phase) and X = 13 ohm D

per phase, what will be the
maximum power transmission per phase?

(a) 29 MW
(b) 30 MW
(c) 60 MW
(d) 28 MW.

5. 5. If the transmission voltage is increased, the per- B

centage resistance drop will
(a) increase
(b) decrease
(c) remain unchanged
(d) none of the above.

6. 6. The power transmission capacity of the transmis- A

sion line is

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7. 7. A transformer has a reactance of 0.04 pu. If the B

secondary of the transformer is short
circuited with nominal voltage applied to the primary,
the symmetrical short circuit
current will be
(a) 4 times of the full load current
(b) 25 times of the full load current
(c) 16 times of the full load current
(d) 29 times of the full load current.

8. 8. Three phase short circuit current of an alternator A

will be
(a) zero
(b) maximum
(c) infinity
(d) very small.

9. 9. The material used for fuse wire must have B

(a) low melting point and low specific resistance
(b) low melting point and high specific resistance
(c) high melting point and low specific resistance
(d) low melting point with any specific resistance.

10. 10. The Buchholz relay is used to protect the B

(a) alternators against all internal faults
(b) oil immersed transformers against all internal
faults
(c) synchronous motors against all internal faults
(d) transmission line against all types of faults.

11. 11. Third harmonics current flows from the generator B

terminals through the system and
returns by way of comparatively low zerosequence
reactance path to the neutral terminals will give rise

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(a) overheating of generator

(b) overheating of generator and neutral resistors of
earthing transformer
(c) overheating of earthing transformer only
(d) none of the above.

12. 12. The effect of electric shock in the human body will C
depend on
(a) line voltage
(b) line current
(c) current flowing in the body
(d) none of the above.

13. 13. To protect the power transformer (Y - Y, with neu- A

tral grounded) against fault, the CT willhave
(a) Delta Delta connection
(b) Delta Wye connection
(c) Wye Delta connection
(d) Wye Wye connection.

14. 14 The class C insulation can withstand A

(a) 180ºC
(b) 150ºC
(c) 200ºC
(d) 105ºC

15. [Link] location of the lightning arresters is A

(a) near the transformer
(b) away from the transformer
(c) near the circuit breaker
(d) away from the circuit breaker.

16. [Link] of the following distribution systems gives B

the greater reliability
(a) radial system
(b) ring system
(c) DC three wire system
(d) open loop system.

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17. [Link] the transformers A
(a) high tension winding is used near the core
(b) high tension winding is used away from the core
(c) low tension winding is used near the core
(d) low tension winding is used away from the core.

18. [Link] effect of series capacitor on a transmission A

line is to improve the
(a) steady state stability
(b) transient stability
(c) (a) and (b) both
(d) none of the above.

19. [Link] power intended to be available even under C

emergency condition is called
(a) firm power
(b) hot reserve
(c) cold reserve
(d) spinning reserve.

20. [Link] transmission lines of the surge impedance of C

600 ohms each is linked by a cable. What should be
the surge impedance of the cable if there were no
reflection at the junction?
(a) 300 ohms
(b) 30 ohms
(c) 600 ohms
(d) 60 ohms.

21. [Link] 11 KV underground system, it is possible to B

work upon a length of
(a) 800 miles
(b) 100 miles
(c) 400 miles
(d) 10 miles.

22. [Link] capacitors are used to B

(a) improve the line voltage
(b) compensate for line inductive reactance

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(c) compensate for line capacitive reactance
(d) none of the above.

23. [Link] short circuit in any windings of the trans- A

former is the result of
(a) impulse voltage
(b) insulation failure
(c) mechanical vibrations
(d) loose connection.

24. [Link] relaying responds to faults between A

turns of a transformer
(a) true

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(b) reactance relays
(c) MHO relays
(d) over current relays.

26. 26. For a detection of the occurrence of the severe C

synchronising power surges
(a) impedance relays are best suited
(b) reactance relays are best suited
(c) MHO relays are best suited

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(c) remain same
(d) decrease exponentially.

29. 29. AC system has the following disadvantages over C

DC system
(a) skin effect exists
(b) line regulation is more
(c) charging current exists
(d) proximity effect exists.

30. 30. The power loss is important for the design of D

(a) generator
(b) motor
(c) feeder
(d) transmission line.

31. 31. The voltage regulation is an important factor for C

the design of
(a) generator
(b) motor
(c) feeder
(d) transmission line.

32. 32. Which of the following parameter can be neglect- D

ed for a short line?
(a) resistance
(b) inductance
(c) reactance
(d) capacitance.

33. 33. Which of the following circuit breaker has high D

reliability and minimum maintenance?
(a) oil circuit breaker
(b) airblast circuit breaker
(c) vacuum circuit breaker
(d) SF6 circuit breaker.

34. 34. Which of the following insulator will be selected C

for high voltage application?
(a) strain type
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(b) disc type
(c) suspension type
(d) pin type.

35. 35. The strain type insulators used when D

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36. 36. If the capacitance of the transmission line is in- B
creased, the transmitted power will
(a) remain same
(b) increase
(c) decrease
(d) tend to zero at the receiving end.

37. 37. The sag of a transmission line with 50 m span is 1 D

m. What will be the sag if the height of the transmis-
sion line is increased by 20%
(a) 1.2 m
(b) 2 m
(c) 1.25 m
(d) 1 m.

38. 38. Which of the following method may be used to B

inject reactive power in the transmission line?
(a) series capacitor
(b) shunt capacitor
(c) shunt reactor
(d) voltage regulator.

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(b) distributor
(c) service mains
(d) L.T. 220 volt line.

41. 43. The lighting arrester is installed A

(a) at the top of the building
(b) at the bottom of the building
(c) away from the building to be protected
(d) in the centre of the building.

42. 44. Generally the porcelain insulators are glazed be- C

cause
(a) it helps in gliding down of water easily
(b) it improves its appearance
(c) it prevents the absorbing tendency of gases and
water vapours
(d) it increases its mechanical strength.

43. 45. In case of pin type insulators, the petticoats are B

provided to
(a) improve its appearance
(b) to drip out the rain water and to increase the
possible conducting length of the path
(c) to protect the stud from sun lighting
(d) to protect the stud from wind pressure.

44. 47. Up to which voltage, the pin insulators are pre- A

ferred?
(a) 25 KV
(b) 11 KV
(c) 500 KV
(d) 66 KV.

45. 48. Name the effect which is resulted because of the B

size of conductor, frequency and the
specific resistance of the conducting material
(a) Corona effect
(b) Skin effect
(c) Proximity effect
(d) Thomson effect.
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(a) remains same
(b) decreasing
(c) increasing
(d) none of the above.

47. 50. The capacitor bank is installed A

(a) to improve the power factor and voltage magni-
tude
(b) to decrease the power factor and voltage magni-
tude
(c) to improve the power factor only
(d) to improve the voltage magnitude only.

48. 51. The disadvantages of transmission line as com- D

pared to cable system are
(a) atmospheric hazards
(b) atmospheric hazards, exposures to lightening
(c) interference of telecommunication circuits
(d) atmospheric hazards like smoke, ice fumes, expo-
sures to lightening, interference of
telecommunication circuits etc.

49. 52. The safe working life of the underground cable is C

taken as
(a) 2 years
(b) 5 years
(c) 40 years
(d) 100 years.

50. 53. Pole mounting substations are also known as A

(a) outdoor type
(b) indoor type
(c) basement type
(d) open type.

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54. A circuit breaker serves the purpose of
(a) switchingon and switchingoff under normal work-
ing conditions
(b) protecting the circuit under abnormal condition of
load
(c) protecting the circuit under faulty conditions
(d) all of the above.

52. 55. Base load plants are designed to supply power at B

(a) low capital cost and low operating cost
(b) high capital cost and low operating cost
(c) low capital cost and high operating cost
(d) high capital cost and high operating cost.

53. 56. Peak load plants are designed to supply power at C

(a) low capital cost and low operating cost
(b) high capital cost and low operating cost
(c) low capital cost and high operating cost
(d) high capital cost and high operating cost.

54. 57. The overall efficiency of thermal power plant is A

low due to low efficiency of
(a) steam turbine and condenser
(b) boiler
(c) alternator
(d) economizer.

55. 58. As compared to steam stations, hydropower sta- C

tions have
(a) more cost of installation
(b) less maintenance and fuel cost
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) low transmission cost and depreciation charges.

56. 59. In practice, the cost of energy transmisson is D

minimum for
(a) natural gas power plants
(b) diesel power plants
(c) nuclear power plants
(d) steam power plants.
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57. 60. The peak load demand of an industrial area is met C

by
(a) nuclear power plant
(b) storage batteries
(c) diesel power plant
(d) steam power plant.

58. 61. The main objective of tariff is to distribute equati- D

bly the cost of
(a) installation and fuel
(b) power transmission and distribution
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) supplying energy among various classifications
of use.

59. 62. Factors involved in fixing tariff are D

(a) secured return from each consumer
(b) simplicity, cheapness and easy explainability
(c) incentives to consumers and charge according to
use
(d) all of these.

60. 63. Disadvantages of low power factor are D

(a) high rating of generating, transmitting and distrib-
uting equipments
(b) large voltage drop and poor voltage regulation
(c) large copper loss and high capital cost
(d) all of these.

61. 64. Diversity factor is the D

(a) ratio of maximum load on the station to sum of
consumer's maximum demands
(b) ratio of maximum demand to averge demand
(c) reciprocal of (b) reciprocal of (a).

62. 65. Demand factor for a domestic fan and refrigerator A

is approximately
(a) 0.75 and 1.0
(b) 0.6 and 0.75
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(c) 0.50 and 0.50
(d) 0.33 and 0.73

63. 66. The surge impedance of a transmission line dif- B

fers from its characteristic impedance, as surge im-
pedance considers line
(a) copacitance to be zero
(b) resistance of finite value
(c) inductance to be zero
(d) both (c) and (a).

64. 67. The power factor of receiving end of transmission C

line is
(a) equal to power factor of sending end

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66. 69. The voltage regulation Re of a transmission line D

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68. 71. The characteristic impedance of a transmission A
line is given by
(a) sqrt(L/C)
(b) 2pi sqrt (L/C)
(c) sqrt(LC)
(d) LC

69. 72. The transfer of real power between interconnect- B

ed stations is affected by
(a) reactance
(b) capacitance
(c) inductance
(d) all of these.

70. 73. Shunt conductance in power transmission lines is B

due to leakage over the
(a) conductors
(b) insulators
(c) poles
(d) jumpers.

71. 74. Voltage gradient in a conductor is highest at its B

(a) centre
(b) surface
(c) circle with half the radius
(d) axial line along its average radial circle.

72. 75. Voltage gradient in a cable is highest at the B

(a) centre of the conductor
(b) surface of the conductor
(c) surface of the sheath
(d) all of these.

73. 76. The real part of propagation constant of a trans- B

mission line is
(a) phase constant
(b) attenuation constant
(c) stability constant
(d) reliability factor.

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74. 77. For a span length of 2l, horizontal tension at sup- D
ports as T weight of the conductor per unit lenght is
w, the maximum value of sag will be

(a) 2wl/T
(b) 2wl^2/T

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(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) either of (a) or (b).

76. [Link] commonly used supports for high tension D

lines is
(a) wooden poles
(b) steel poles
(c) cross bars
(d) latticed steel poles.

77. [Link] horizontal tension H increases by 20%, the D

tension T changes by a
(a) decrease of 20%
(b) decrease of 10%
(c) no change
(d) increase of 20%.

78. 81.A transmission line is a circuit with A

(a) distributed parameters of R, L, C and G
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(c) (2pi x 10^-7)/7 H/m.
(d) 0.5 x 10^-7 H/m.

80. 83. Inductance between two conductors of diameter B

D1 and D2 is
(a) 1/2 x 10^-7 x ln(D2/D1) H/m.
(b) 2 x 10^-7 x ln(D2/D1) H/m.
(c) 10^-7 x ln(D2/D1) H/m.
(d) 2pi x 10^-7 xln (D2/D1) H/m.

81. 84. A conductor has seven identical strands of r = 1 C

cm each. The GMR of the conductor is
(a) 7 cm
(b) 3.5 cm
(c) 2.177 cm
(d) 0.177 cm

82. 85. An ACSR conductor has (n1) layers around its D

single centre strand, the total number of strands will
be
(a) 3n2 + 3n + 1
(b) 3n2 - 3n - 1
(c) 3n2 + 3n - 1
(d) 3n2 - 3n + 1.

83. 86. An ACSR conductor has seven steel strands, it is D

surrounded by twenty four aluminium conductors, it
is specified as
(a) 31 ACSR
(b) 31/7 ACSR
(c) 7/31 ACSR
(d) 24/7 ACSR.

84. 87. The value of inductance per conductor in three B

phase line is ... times the loop inductance for single
phase lines

(a) 1/3
(b) 1/2

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85. 88. When the conductors of a threephase circuit are C
not spaced equilaterally, transpositionis done to

(a) decrease the line inductance per phase

(b) minimize the effect of adjoining communication
circuit
(c) balance the three phases of the circuit
(d) both (a) and (b).

86. 89. In EHV lines, the high voltage gradient at the C

conductors is reduced by
(a) transposing the lines
(b) increasing the height of the supporting towers
(c) two or more conductors per phase in close prox-
imity and increasing the spacing
between the phases
(d) all of these.

87. [Link] transmission line inductance contributed by B

(a) the current in the conductor
(b) the current in other conductors
(c) extra high voltage in between the conductors
(d) all of these.

88. [Link] transformers are used in power system B

to control
(a) power factor
(b) load flow
(c) voltage
(d) none of these.

89. [Link] ratio of capacitance of line to neutral and line D

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(c) 1.0
(d) 2.0

90. 93. Charging current due to capacitance C when a D

single phase line is transmitting power at voltage v
and frequency w is
(a) -v/jwc
(b) jwv/c
(c) v/c
(d) jwcv

91. 94. The presence of earth alters the C

(a) electric field of the line
(b) capacitance of the line
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) inductance of the line.

92. 95. The rise of temperature in transmission line B

(a) increase the stress and the length
(b) decrease the stress and increase the length
(c) decrease the stress and the length
(d) increase the stress and decrease the length.

93. 96. The skin effect in conductors is due to nonuniform A

distribution of current in it and major portion of the
current is near the ... of the conductor.
(a) surface
(b) centre
(c) axis
(d) radial lines.

94. 97. The effective resistance of conductor is increased D

by
(a) skin effect
(b) proximity effect
(c) corona effect
(d) both (a) and (b).

95. 98. In both skin effect and proximity effect D

(a) the effective internal reactance of the conductor
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gets decreased
(b) their effect depends upon conductor size d, fre-
quency f, resistivity r and permeability μr.
(c) the effect is negligible at power frequency and
small conductors, but the effect is large
for higher frequency and big conductors
(d) all of these.

96. 99. A two terminal pair of network of a transmission C

line can be represented by a
(a) pnetwork
(b) Tnetwork
(c) either (a) or (b)
(d) tree network.

97. 100. For a short transmission line D

(a) VR = VS - ISZ
(b) A = D = 1
(c) C = 0 and B = Z
(d) all of these.

98. 101. A medium transmission line has length over 80 C

Km and upto 250 Km has negligible
(a) resistance
(b) inductance
(c) conductance
(d) capacitance.

99. 102. The characteristic impedance of a lossless over- A

head line has a value of
(a) 400 to 600 ohms
(b) 40 to 60 ohms
(c) 100 to 200 ohms
(d) 30 to 300 ohms.

100. 103. The characteristic impedance of a lossless cable B

is
(a) 400 to 600 ohms
(b) 40 to 60 ohms

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(c) 100 to 200 ohms
(d) 30 to 300 ohms.

101. 104. Ferranti effect states that the receiving end volt- C
age on no load is
(a) equal to that at the sending end
(b) less than that at the sending end
(c) more than that at the sending end
(d) either (b) or (c).

102. 105. At no load, the loss in a long transmission line is C

(a) 0
(a) 1/2 RIo^2

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(a) improved power factor at heavy loads
(b) same voltage is maintained at all loads
(c) increased power transmission over long distance
(d) all of the above.

104. 107. Commonly used equivalent network of a trans- A

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(b) ohm, ohm
(c) mho, ohm
(d) ohm, mho.

107. 110. To increase transmitted power over line, D

(a) increase its capacitance
(b) increase its line voltage
(c) decrease its line inductance
(d) any of these.

108. 111. A long transmission line has value of its A con- D

stant as
(a) zero
(b) nearly zero
(c) unity
(d) nearly equal to unity.

109. 112. When two lines having constants A1, B1, C1, A
D1 and A2, B2, C2, D2 are cascaded in series, the
resultant value of A constant will be
(a) A1A2 + B1C2
(b) A1 + A2
(c) A1A2
(d) A1D2 + A2D1.

110. 113. The cause of transient stability is D

(a) alternator loosing its excitation
(b) switching ON and OFF in the line
(c) short circuit fault in the lines
(d) all of the above.

111. 114. Corona always causes C

(a) insulation failure
(b) system faults
(c) radio interference
(d) all of these.

112. 115. Corona loss is more in A

(a) unstranded conductor
(b) ACSR
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(c) stranded conductor
(d) transposed conductor.

113. 116. Load that depends on the supply frequency is of D

(a) fan type
(b) heating and welding type
(c) synchronous condenser

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115. 118. For cost and safety, the outdoor substations are C
installed for voltages above
(a) 6.6 KV
(b) 11 KV
(c) 33 KV
(d) 132 KV.

116. 119. Lamp flicker in secondary distribution system is C

controlled by
(a) transformer banking
(b) series capacitor
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121. When a line to line fault occurs, the SC current
of an alternator depends upon its
(a) subtransient reactance
(b) transient reactance
(c) short circuit resistance
(d) synchronous reactance.

119. 122. Maximum SC current occurs due to A

(a) dead short circuit
(b) L -L fault
(c) L - G fault
(d) L - L - G fault.

120. 123. Causes of faults in power system

(a) lightning and tree falling on line
(b) switching
(c) storm, wind and jumping conductors
(d) all of these.
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121. 124. In case of L-G fault, the fault current is equal to A

(a)3Ea /( Z1 + Z2 + Z0)
(b) 3Ea /Zn
(c) 0
(d)Ea / 3(Z1 + Z2)

122. 125. The various power system faults can be arranged A

in the order of increasing severity is
(a) L-G, L-L, L-L-G, L -L-L-G
(b) L-L-G, L-L-L-G, L-G, L-L
(c) L-L-L-G, L-L-G, L-L, L-G
(d) L-L-L-G, L-L-G, L-G, L-L

123. 126. A 11 KV, 10 MVA alternator has impedance of A

0.10 pu when referred to its ratings as bases. The new
value for base as 110 KV, 20 MVA will be
(a) 0.002 pu
(b) 0.20 pu

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124. 127.0.02
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pu.
negative sequence component of a voltage B
is equal to
(a) positive sequence component in reverse direction
(b) complex conjugate of positive sequence compo-
nent
(c) multiple of operator "b" with positive sequence
component
(d) none of these.

125. 128. In circuit breakers, the arc is initiated by the C

process of
(a) field emission
(b) thermal emission
(c) either (a) or (b)
(d) oil in the circuit breaker.

126. 129. Wave trap is used to trap waves of A

(a) higher frequencies entering generator or trans-
formers units
(b) power frequencies
(c) either (a) or (b) at a time
(d) none of these.

127. 130. Underground neutral transmission system is not D

recommended because of system
(a) insulation being over stressed due to over volt-
ages
(b) being inadequately protected against ground fault
(c) insulation overstress may lead to failure and sub-
sequent phase to phase faults
(d) all of the above.

128. 131. For a 400 KV system, the capacity of lightning A

arrester is
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(d) 9 KA.

129. 132. The gap length of rod type surge diverter used A
for 132 KV line should be
(a) 65 cm
(b) 23 cm
(c) 130 cm
(d) 46 cm.

130. 133. At the open circuited end of a transmission line, D

the reflection coefficient is
(a) R0
(b) 0
(c) 1/R0
(d) 1.0

131. 134. When a wave propagate on a transmission line, B

it suffers reflection several times at
(a) sending end
(b) sending and other end
(c) load end
(d) tapping.

132. 135. Advantages of grounding are: C

(a) "arcing ground" phenomena is eliminated
(b) earth fault current can be utilized to operate relays
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) provide symmetry of the line impedances.

133. 136. When the fuel input to the prime mover of an C

alternator is increased, it increases its
(a) power factor
(b) torque angle
(c) power output
(d) all of these.

134. 137. In a power system, the purpose of an intercon- C

nector is to
(a) reduce the SC current
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(b) improve the stability margin
(c) allow the flow of current from one generator to
another
(d) all of the above.

135. 138. A thermal power plant has an efficiency of about B

(a) 20%
(b) 30%
(c) 40%
(d) 60%

136. 139. The generating station with minimum running A

cost is
(a) hydro power station
(b) nuclear power station
(c) thermal power station
(d) diesel power station.

137. 140. The conductor size of a feeder is determined on A

the basis of
(a) the amount of current it has to carry
(b) the voltage across the feeder
(c) the length of the feeder
(d) the power factor of the load.

138. 141. Power plant having the maximum efficiency is D

(a) thermal
(b) hydro
(c) diesel
(d) nuclear.

139. 142. Maximum speed of modern turboalternator is B

(a) 1000 rpm
(b) 3000 rpm
(c) 1500 rpm
(d) 1500 rpm.

140. 143. The charging current in the cables B

(a) lags the voltage by 90º
(b) leads the voltage by 90º
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(c) inphase with the voltage
(d) none of these.

141. 144. Tappings in onload tap changing transformer are B

provided on
(a) LV side
(b) HV side
(c) both LV and HV side
(d) all of these.

142. 145. The cost of power generation will decrease when B

the load factor
(a) decreases
(b) increases
(c) remains constant

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(d)
146.
(b) ±1%
none
The of
±2% permissible
these. variation in supply frequency is D
(c) ±3%
(d) ±5%

144. 147. A telephone line has a surge impedance of C

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(b) 60 ohm

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(c) catanary
(d) semi circle.

147. 150. Water is used only for cooling purposes in B

(a) nuclear power station
(b) diesel power station
(c) thermal power station
(d) gasturbine power station.

148. 152. Turboalternators usually have A

(a) 2 poles
(b) 6 poles
(c) 10 poles
(d) 4 poles.

149. 153. Alternators installed in a hydro power station, are C

of
(a) low speed
(b) high speed
(c) medium speed
(d) very high speed.

150. 154. The protection from negative sequence currents B

is provided for
(a) motors
(b) generators
(c) transformers
(d) transmission line.

151. 155. An ACSR conductor of size 48/7 means that B

(a) it has 48 strands of steel and 7 strands of alumini-
um
(b) it has 7 strands of steel and 48 strands of alumini-
um
(c) the conductor has 55 strands
(d) the conductor has 41 strands.

152. 156.A double circuit transmission line will have four B

conductors including one earth conductor

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(a) true
(b) false.

153. [Link] power stations are used as base load sta- A

tions
(a) true
(b) false.

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(a) true
false.
D.C. transmission there is no skin effect B
155. [Link] hammer is developed in turbine B
(a) true
(b) false.

156. [Link] reflection factor for a short circuited trans- A

mission line is unity
(a) true
(b) false.

157. [Link] value of diversity factor is B

(a) less than one
(b) greater than one
(c) equal to one
(d) less than half.

158. [Link] percentage of electric energy consumed on C

a world wide basis is
(a) 80%
(b) 75%
(c) 30%

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160. [Link] Pelton wheel is A
(a) axial flow impulse turbine
(b) reaction turbine
(c) pressure turbine
(d) none of these.

161. [Link] maximum head upto which a pelton wheel B

can be easily designed is
(a) 150 m
(b) 1800 m
(c) 1000 m
(d) 300 m

162. [Link] low head and large quantity of water are avail- A
able, a power engineer should setect
(a) Kaplan turbine
(b) Pelton wheel
(c) .rancis turbine
(d) none of these.

163. [Link] electric energy is directly generated by the A

combustion of fuel on a stationary device by a
process, called
(a) Magnetohydro dynamic process
(b) thermal process
(c) nuclear fission process
(d) all of these.

164. 170.A gas turbine is C

(a) more economical to a conventional steam plant
(b) unable to maintain flat voltage profile in the sys-
tem even it is used as synchronous
compensator
(c) able to meet sudden peaks of system load
(d) all of the above.

165. [Link] conductors used in practice for transmission A

line is stranded for
(a) providing necessary flexibility for stringing
(b) reducing the effective resistance
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(c) preventing
(d) all of per
the above
unit
unwinding
impedances of a transformer re- B
ferred from the primary and secondary side
(a) are not equal
(b) are equal
(c) are varying according to the base voltage and MVA
(d) both (b) and (c).

167. [Link] tuned power lines are impracticable from the A

point of view of cost and efficiency
(a) because of long distance transmission line is re-
quired
(b) because of .erranti effect
(c) because of proximity effect
(d) because of skin effect.

168. [Link] load flow analysis transmission lines are rep- B

resented by
(a) nominal T
(b) nomimal p
(c) tuned power network
(d) ladder network.

169. [Link] bus bar of the power system, whose voltage C

magnitude and angle is not known, is called
(a) slack bus
(b) generator bus
(c) load bus
(d) P-|V| bus

170. [Link] zero sequence magnetising current of a core B

type transformer compared to shell type
is
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171. [Link] zero sequence current in D winding of a Y/D B
transformer is found
(a) if neutral point of Y winding is not earthed
(b) if neutral point of Y winding is earthed
(c) whether the neutral point of the star winding is
earthed or not earthed
(d) none of these.

172. [Link] zero sequence current will not flow in the C

(a) L-G fault
(b) L-L-G fault
(c) L-L fault
(d) L-L-L-G fault

173. [Link] conductor open in a three phase transmis- B

sion line will develop
(a) a series connection of sequence networks
(b) a parallel connection of sequence networks
(c) positive and negative sequence networks only
(d) none of these.

174. [Link] steady state stability limit of a twomachine A

system depends on
(a) per unit reactance of the power system
(b) power input
(c) power factor of the system
(d) per unit power input of the system.

175. [Link] a voltage controlled bus, following quantities A

are specified
(a) P and Q
(b) P and |V|
(c) Q and |V|
(d) P and d

176. [Link] steadystate, positive, negative and zero se- A

quence impedances with Zf = 0, always follow the
relations:
(a) Z1 > Z2 > Z0
(b) Z1 < Z2 < Z0
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(c) Z0 < Z1 < Z2
(d) none of these.

177. 183. The percent bias for a generator protection lies A

between
(a) 5 to 10
(b) 10 to 15
(c) 15 to 20
(d) 210

178. 184. A shunt fault is characterized by B

(a) increase in frequency, power factor and current
(b) increase in current reduction, frequency and p.f.
(c) increase in current and frequency but reduction in
p.f.
(d) none of the above.

179. 186. Most economic load on an overhead line is B

(a) greater than the natural load
(b) less than the natural load
(c) equal to the natural load
(d) none of the above.

180. 186. The most economical load on an underground C

cable is
(a) equal to the surge loading
(b) less than the surge loading
(c) greater than its surge loading
(d) none of the above.

181. 187. Capacitor switching is easily done with C

(a) oil circuit breaker
(b) air blast circuit breaker
(c) vacuum circuit breaker
(d) both (a) and (b).

182. 189. An overhead high voltage transmission line with D

series compensation is protected using
(a) mho relay
(b) impedance relay
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(c) reactance relay
(d) none of these.

183. 190. The size of conductor on EHV lines is obtained C

based on
(a) current density
(b) voltage drop
(c) corona
(d) both (a) and (b).

184. 191. Transmission line is operated with power angle B

in the range
(a) 10º-20º
(b) 30º-45º
(c) 60º-75º
(d) 65º-80º

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192.
supply
(a) P For
and
frequency
aQlumped
increase
increases andinductive load, with increase in
Q decreases C
(c) P decreases and Q increases
(d) P and Q decrease.

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(b) reactive power of the bus
(c) phase angle
(d) both (b) and (c).

189. 196. Convergence of the transmission load flow is D

always assured in case of
(a) NewtonRaphson method
(b) Gauss method
(c) GaussSeidel method
(d) both (a) and (c).

190. 197. Pick the correct loss coefficients for two bus C
system
(a) B11 = 0.02, B22 = 0.05, B12 = 0.01, B21 = 0.03
(b) B11 = 0.02, B22 = 0.04, B12 = -0.01, B21 = 0.001
(c) B11 = 0.03, B22 = 0.005, B12 = -0.001, B21 = -0.001
(d) B11 = 0.04, B22 = 0.05, B12 = 0.03, B21 = 0.04.

191. 198. The inertia constant H of a machine of 200 MVA C

is 2 pu, its value corresponding to 400 MVA will be
(a) 4.0
(b) 2.0
(c) 1.0
(d) 0.50

192. 199. The maximum demand of a consumer is 4 KW B

and his daily energy consumption is 40 KWhr. His
load factor is
(a) 0.50
(b) 0.416
(c) 0.20
(d) 0.40

193. 200. For the stable operation of interconnected sys- A

tem, the passive element that can be used as inter-
connecting element is
(a) reactor
(b) capacitor
(c) resistor
(d) none of these.
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194. 201. A 50 Hz, 4 pole alternator rated at 20 MVA, 13.2 B

KV has an inertia constant
H = 4 KW sec/KVA. The K.E. stored in the rotor at
synchronous speed is
(a) 80 KJ
(b) 80 MJ
(c) 40 MJ
(d) 20 MJ.

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202.
ductor
circular
Corona
is loss is less when the shape of the con- A
(b) flat
(c) square
(d) oval.

196. 203. A system is said to be effectively grounded if its D

(a) Xo/X1 > 3.0

(b) Ro/X1 > 2.0
(c) neutral is grounded directly
(d) X0/X1 < 3.0

197. 204 If d is the loss angle of the cable, its power factor A
is
(a) sin d
(b) cos d
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(b) L-L fault
(c) L-L-G fault
(d) L-G fault.

200. 207. The magnetising inrush current in a transformer A

is rinch in
(a) 2nd harmonics
(b) 7-th harmonics
(c) 3rd harmonics
(d) 5-th harmonics

201. 208. The solution of co-ordination equations takes D

into account
(a) all the system and operation constraints
(b) all the operational constraints
(c) all the system constraints
(d) none of these.

202. 209. For a two bus power system if the change in load D
at bus 2 is 5 MW and the corresponding
change in generation at bus 1 is 8 MW, the penalty
factor of bus 1 is
(a) 0.6
(b) 1.67
(c) 0.67
(d) none of these.

203. 211. The incremental transmission loss of a plant is C

(a) always positive
(b) always negative
(c) can be positive or negative
(d) complex quantity.

204. 212. Load flow study is carried out for C

(a) fault calculations
(b) stability studies
(c) system planning
(d) state estimation.

205. A
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by
(a)
(b)
(d) adding
loads
shunt reactors
capacitors
all of these.

206. 214. A long transmission line has certain values of A

parameters A, B, C, D. If the length is made 100 km
thus the parameter
(a) A increases B decreases
(b) A and B both increase
(c) A and B decreases
(d) A decreases B increases.

207. 215. Three phase transformers which can not be con- C

nected in paralled are
(a) Y -Y with D -D
(b) Y-D with D-Y
(c) Y-Y with Y-D
(d) (b) and (c).

208. 216. The main consideration for higher operating volt- C

age of transmission is to
(a) increase the efficiency
(b) reduce power loss
(c) increase power transfer capability
(d) (a) and (b) both.

209. 217. If the effect of earth is taken into account, then B

the capacitance of line to ground
(a) decreases
(b) increases
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(c) exists in the lines on the Y-side
(d) exists in the lines on both Y and D sides.

211. 219. Corona loss can be reduced by the use of hollow C

conductor because
(a) the current density is reduced
(b) eddy current in the conductor is eliminated
(c) for a given crosssection, the radius of the conduc-
tor is increased
(d) of better ventilation in the conductor.

212. 220. Convergence characteristic of GaussSeider A

method is
(a) linear
(b) super linear
(c) quadratic
(d) cubic.

213. 221 FLDL. method is suitable for A

(a) high voltage transmission system
(b) medium voltage transmission system
(c) distribution system
(d) none of these.

214. 222. If real power demand is suddenly increased, fre- B

quency of the system will
(a) increase
(b) decrease
(c) remains same
(d) none of these.

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