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2.The capacitance and inductance per unit length of a 3-phase line, operating at 110 kV are .01
microfarad and 2.5 mH. The surge impedance of the line is
(a) 50 ohms
(b) 500 ohms
(c) 250 ohms
Ans: (b)
3. A long transmission line is energized at then sending end and is kept open circuited at the
receiving end. The magnitudes of the sending end voltage Vs and of the receiving end voltage Vr
satisfy the following relationship
a. Vs =Vr
b. Vs is greater than Vr
c. Vs is less than Vr
Ans: (c)
8. Fair weather corona loss may be computed using the empirical formula given by Peterson.
According to Peterson's formula corona loss is proportional to
(a) f and V2
(b) f 2 and V
a. f and V
where f and V are the system frequency and voltage respectively.
Ans: (a)
11. Two or three sheds or petticoats are provided in pin-type insulators in order to increase
a. creepage resistance
b. spark-over voltage(S.O.V)
c. puncture voltage
Ans: (a)
13. Insulators used for transmission line at the dead -end tower are
a. suspension type
b. shackle type
c. strain type
Ans: (c)
14. Economic studies have shown that D.C. transmission is cheaper than a. c transmission for
lengths
a. a. below 300 km
b. b. beyond 600 km
c. c. beyond 1200 km
Ans. b
Ans. c
Ans. b
20. A conductor with 19 strands, each of same diameter and each having an inductance of L
Henries is used for a transmission line. The total inductance of the conductor will be
a. a. L/19
b. b. L/361
c. c. 19L
Ans. a
21. The line to neutral capacitance of single -phase line with conductors of radius 1cm and
spaced 1m apart is equal to
a. a. 10-9/72 F/m
b. b. 10-9/36pF/m
c. c. 2 p210-7 F/m
Ans .a
Ans. c
Ans. c
a. Resistance of a conductor decreases and the internal inductance increases as the frequency
is increased
b. Resistance and internal inductance of a conductor both increase with increase of
frequency
c. Resistance of a conductor increases and the internal inductance decreases as the frequency
is increased
Ans. c
a. 40 ohms
b. 200 ohms
c. 400 ohms
d. 800 ohms
Ans. b
Ans. b
Ans. b
28. Inductive interference between power & communication lines can be minimized by
a. a. Increasing the spacing of power line conductors
b. b. Transposing power line conductors
c. c. Transposing communication line conductors
d. d. Either b or c.
Ans. d
29. The percentage regulation of an overhead transmission line can be zero when the load
power factor is
a. a. Lagging
b. b. Unity
c. c. Leading
Ans. c
a. a. Skin effect increases the resistance of a conductor ,but proximity effect decreases the
resistance
b. b. Both skin effect and proximity effect increase the resistance of a conductor
c. c. Both skin effect and proximity effect increase the internal inductance of a conductor
Ans. b
19. 30. A transmission line having parameters A1, B1, C1, D1 is in parallel with another having
parameters A2, B2, C2, D2. The overall " A " parameter of the combination is
a. a. A1A2 +B1C2
b. b. (A1B2 +A2B1)/(B1+B2)
c. c. C1+C2 + (A1-A2)(D2-D1)/(B1+B2)
Ans. b
a. a. Equal to
b. b. Greater than
c. c. Less than
Ans. c
a. a. Increases
b. b. Decreases
Ans. b
20. 33. Handling of the telephone receiver may become dangerous due to
a. a. Electromagnetic induction
b. b. Electrostatic induction
Ans. b
21. 34. Mutual inductance between a three -phase power line and a telephone line due to third
c. c. Zero
Ans. b
a. a. 10 kV/cm
b. b. 22 kV/cm
c. c. 65 kV/cm
d. d. 100 kV/cm
Ans. c
a. a. 22 kV/cm
b. b. 60-66 kV/cm
c. c. 140 kV/cm
d. d. 240 kV/cm
Ans. c
a. a. For 11 kV insulators, the ratio of wet spark-over voltage to working voltage is 8.3
b. b. For 66 kV insulators, the ratio of dry spark-over voltage to working voltage is 8.3
c. c. For 11 kV insulators, the ratio of dry spark-over voltage to working voltage is 8.3
Ans. c
a. a. To conform to the electrostatic tube of force and the body should be shaped to conform
b. b. To conform to the equipotential surfaces and the body should be shaped to conform to
Ans. b
28. 41. In a suspension insulator, the mechanical stresses on the conductor are
a. a. Increased
b. b. Reduced
c. c. The same
Ans. b
Ans. c
a. a. Less
b. b. More
c. c. The same
Ans. b
31. 44. The potential across insulator discs can be equalized by having
b. b. The highest capacitance for the lowest unit and decreasing progressively the capacitance
of other units
c. c. The lowest capacitance for the lowest unit and increasing progressively the capacitance
of other units
Ans. b
b. b. An arcing shield
Ans. c
TRANSFORMERS -
1. For a delta-star 3-phase transformer the primary winding has N1 turns/phase and a secondary
has N2 turns /phase. The single-phase equivalent circuit will have a turns ratio
a. N1/N2
b. 3/N2N1/
c. 3N1/N2/
Ans: (b)
Ans. a
3. 3. The conservator is used in a transformer because
b) b) protects the transformer from damage when oil expands due to rise in temperature
Ans. b
a) a) dc shunt motor
b) b) transformer
c) c) induction motor
d) d) synchronous motor
Ans. b
D.C MOTOR Objective questions
a) a) Zero
b) b) Infinity
c) c) 1500 r. p. m
Ans. b
a) a) 1 Hz square wave
b) b) 1 Hz sin e wave
c) c) d. c voltage
Ans. b
Ans. b
c) c) either a) or b).
Ans. b
5. A dc shunt generator driven at normal speed in the normal direction fails to build
Ans. a
c) c) the speed will be enormously high , and the motor will destroy itself.
Ans. c
8. Which one of the following motors is used in a locomotive?
a) a) Induction motor
b) b) dc series motor
c) c) Synchronous motor
Ans. b
Ans. b
Ans. b
b) armature reaction
c) reactance voltage
Ans. . c
b) b) neutralize the reactance voltage and the cross-magnetizing effect of the armature
reaction
Ans. b
13. 13. The mechanical power develop by the dc motor is maximum when
b) b) back emf = 0
Ans. c
14. 14. In series parallel control method when two dc series motors are connected in series , the
Ans. b
b. field flux
Ans. c
16. 16. The reversal of speed of motors used as electric braking is known as
a. Regenerative
b. Plugging
c. Dynamic braking.
Ans. . b
a. i. plugging
Ans. a
a. sqrt(31.4) rad/sec
b. sqrt(15.7) rad/sec
c. sqrt(62.8) rad/sec
Ans.: (a)
(a) 0.5-2.5 Hz
(b) 1-10 Hz
(c) 30-60 Hz
3. 3. If the sending end and receiving end voltages for a 3-phase transmission line are each
33kV(line), and if the reactance of the line is 13 ohms per phase, the maximum power
transmitted per phase will be
a. a. 60 MW
b. b. 30 MW
c. c. 29 MW
d. d. 28 MW
Ans. d
c. c. Equal to 90 deg.
Ans. a
5. 5. When the alternator stalls (near the stability limit) the armature current is
a. a. Less than the rated value
Ans. a
INDUCTION MOTOR
1. The speed at which the rotating magnetic field produced by stator currents rotates
in an induction motor is:
(A) Synchronous speed
(B) Rotor speed
Ans. (A)
2. A 3-phasde 50 Hz induction motor runs at speed of 940 RPM; the speed of the rotating
magnetic field will be:
(B) 1000RPM
Ans. (B)
(A) 8%
(B) 4%
(C) 2%
(D) 6%
Ans. (C)
3. Iron losses in the rotor of a 3-phase induction motor are negligible, because
Ans: (A)
4. Full-load copper losses in a 3-phase 50 Hz 4-pole induction motor running at
1455 rpm are 300 W. The rotor input is
(A) 5 kW
(B) 10 kW
(C) 20 kW
(D) 50 kW
Ans. (B)
5. The no-load current of a 3-phase induction motor in terms of its full-load current
is of the order of
(A) 5%
(B) 10%
(C) 25%
(D) 50%
Ans. (C)
(A) 0.2
(B) 0.7
(C) 0.85
(D) 1
Ans: (A)
(B) X2/ R2
(C) R22/ X2
Ans: (A)
Ans. (B)
(A) High
(B) Low
(C) Zero
Ans. (C)
11. The efficiency of a single-phase induction motor as compared to a 3-phase induction
motor rating is
(A) Lower
(B) Higher
(C) Equal
Ans: (A)
10. 12. The starting torque of a 3-phase induction motor can be increased by increasing
Ans. B
11. 13. The maximum starting torque in the induction motor is developed when the rotor reactance
is
Ans. C
12. 14. A change of 55 in the supply voltage of an induction motor will produce a change of
approximately
a) a) 5%
b) b) 7%
c) c) 10%
d) d) 25%
Ans. D
c) c) slip test
c) c) high loads
Ans. D
15. 17. Which one of the following motors is most suitable for signalling devices and timers?
a) a) dc series motor
b) b) ac series motor
c) c) induction motor
d) d) reluctance motor
Ans. D
Synchronous motors
c) Maintain synchronism
Ans. b
Ans. b
a) demagnetizing
b) of square waveform
c) cross-magnetizing
Ans. c
b) zero lagging
c) zero leading
d) 0.8 lagging
Ans. c
7. The coupling angle or load angle of a synchronous motor is defined as the angle
between the
Ans. b
1. The critical clearing angle of a given power system for a certain fault is
a. proportional to the Inertia Constant M
b. proportional to the Inertia Constant M
c. independent of M.
Ans.:
1. Equal area criterion of stability is applicable to
a. a machine infinite bus system only
b. both to a machine-infinite bus and a two-machine system
c. a multi-machine system.
Ans.: (b)
1. In a two-machine power system, machine A delivers power to machine B. A 3-
phase fault occurs at the terminals of machine A. Initial acceleration of machine A is
(a) positive
(b) zero
a. negative
Ans.: (a)
1. Which one of the following enhances the transient stability of a system the most
a. proper choice of make and break capabilities of the circuit breakers
b. installation of 3-pole auto-reclose circuit breakers
c. installation of single pole auto-reclose circuit breakers
Ans.: (c )
From the economic point of view , a power system should have a load factor
a. About 0.12
b. About 0.5
c. About1
Ans. c
From the economic point of view , a power system should have a diversity factor
a. Much less than 1
b. Nearly equal to but less than one
c. Greater than one
Ans. c
Peak load hydro power plants compared to base load thermal plants have plant capacity factor
a. Much lower
b. Much higher
c. Almost equal
Ans. a
Run-of-river plants are used for
a. Base load operation
b. Peak load operation
c. Near base load
Ans. a
The two-part tariff is based on
a. MW and MVar
b. MW and MVA
c. MWH and MVA
Ans. c
CIRCUIT -BREAKERS - OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS
1. Which of the following results when a resistance is placed across the contacts of a circuit
breaker
i successful and effective interruption of current
ii undue power loss in the resistor
iii effective fault power dissipation
iv control of rate of rise of restriking voltage.
a. all four above
(b) i and iii
(c) i and iv.
Ans: (c)
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c. The speed-torque characteristics of a DC series motor are approximately similar to those of the
_________motor.
(A) 8 (B) 4
(C) 6 (D) 2
f. In the heating process of the ________type a simple method of temperature control is possible
by means of a special alloy which loses its magnetic properties at a particular high temperature
and regains them when cooled to a temperature below this value.
g. In order to reduce the harmful effects of harmonics on the a.c. side of a high voltage D.C.
transmission system ______are provided.
h. An a.c. tachometer is just a ________with one phase excited from the carrier frequency.
j. The synchronous speed for a 3 phase 6-pole induction motor is 1200 rpm. If the number of poles
is now reduced to 4 with the frequency remaining constant, the rotor speed with a slip of 5% will
be _________.
b. In an R L C circuit, the phase of the current with respect to the circuit voltage will
be_________.
c. A 50 Hz, 3-phase induction motor has a full load speed of 1440 r.p.m. The number of poles of
the motor are
(A) 4. (B) 6.
(C) 12. (D) 8.
(A) the speed of stator MMF is always more than that of rotor MMF.
(B) the speed of stator MMF is always less than that of rotor MMF.
(C) the speed of stator MMF is synchronous speed while that of rotor MMF is zero.
(D) rotor and stator MMF are stationary with respect to each other.
f. A synchro has
b. b. In a dc shunt motor the terminal voltage is halved while the torque is kept constant. The
resulting approximate variation in speed and armature current will be
(A) (A) Both and are doubled. (B) is constant and is doubled.
(C) is doubled while is halved. (D) is constant but is halved.
c.
A balanced three-phase, 50 Hz voltage is applied to a 3 phase, 4 pole, induction motor. When the
motor is delivering rated output, the slip is found to be 0.05. The speed of the rotor m.m.f.
relative to the rotor structure is
c. a. A series RLC circuit will have unity power factor if operated at a frequency of
__________.
(A) . (B) .
(C) . (D) .
d. b. The difference between synchronous speed and the actual speed of an induction motor is
known as ___________.
(B) (A) has a power factor of unity. (B) offers minimum impedance.
(C) draws maximum current. (D) magnifies current.
g. Slip rings for an induction motors are made of
(A) . (B) .
(C) . (D) .
e. Which of the following generating stations has the minimum running cost?
h. The effect of increasing the length of the air gap in an induction motor will be to increase
f. The Q factor of a coil at the resonant frequency of an RLC series circuit is 150. The bandwidth
is :
j. An 8 bit converter is used for a d.c. range of 0-10 V. Find the weight of LSB
(A) 39 mV (B) 78 mV
(C) 39.2 mV (D) None of the above
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(a) HP rating
(b) RPM
7. Two types of earthings are provided: (a) Equipment earthing and (b) Neutral
9. The three phase squirrel cage induction motor takes approximately its full load current
_______ times the h.p. of the motor.
(a) double
(c) three
(d) six
12. The synchronous speed of a motor with 6 poles and operating at 50 Hz frequency is ___.
(a) 1500
(b) 1000
(c) 3000
(d) 750
13. A 3-phase, 50 Hz, 8-pole squirrel cage induction motor will run at a speed
(a) < 750 r.p.m.
(b) > 750 r.p.m. but < 1000 r.p.m.
(c) > 1000 r.p.m. but < 1500 r.p.m.
(d) > 1500 r.p.m.
15. If three 10F capacitors are connected in parallel, the net capacitance is
(a) 10/3F
(b) 30F
(c) 3/10F
(d) 60F
16. The numbers of slip rings of a single-phase and three-phase converters are respectively
(a) 1 and 3.
(b) 2 and 3.
(c) 2 and 6.
(d) 1 and 6.
19. What value of capacitance will give approx. same reactance as an inductor of 1 H at 50
Hz?
(a) 10 micro-Farad.
(b) 1 micro-Farad.
(c) 1 Farad.
(d) 10 Farad.
(a) Weber
(c) Tesla
(d) Coulomb
23. Lamps of 40 W, 100 W and 200 W are connected in different phases of a 3 phase 4
wire supply. If the neutral wire breaks, the lamp likely to fuse first will be
(a) 200W
(b) 100W
(c) 40 W
(d) All lamps
24. What of the following is commonly used for extending the range of an AC ammeter?
(b) a capacitor
(c) a shunt
(d) an inductor
25. An ideal transformer has maximum efficiency when
(d) copper losses and iron losses are equal to windage losses
(a) the rotor winding is connected to supply and the stator winding is short-circuited.
(b) the stator winding is connected to supply and the rotor winding is short-circuited.
(c) both the stator and the rotor windings are connected to supply.
(d) the stator winding is connected to supply and the rotor winding is open-circuited.
27. When load is removed, .......motor will run at the highest speed.
(a) shunt
(d) series
(b) Black
(c) White
(d) None
29. The capacity of a battery is expressed in terms of
30. The main purpose of performing open-circuit test on a transformer is to measure its
(a) Cu loss
(b) core loss
(c) total loss
(d) insulation resistance.
34. As shown in the figure, when R1 = R2 = R3 = R4 = R5 are low value resistors and the
resistor R3 becomes open circuited, the voltmeter will read
(a) Zero
(b) 50V
(c) 125 V
(d) 250 V