1) At what location are the shunt capacitors installed for voltages a

above?

a. Are located near the motors

b. Are installed in distribution substations
c. Both (A) and (B)
d. None of these

2) Which among these is a part of HVDC link?

a. Two earth electrodes

b. Converter valves
c. Bipolar DC line
d. All of these
e. None of these

Ans:ALL

3) At what level is the load shedding carried out?

a. Distribution level
b. Transmission level
c. Both (A) and (B)
d. Depending upon the load

4) What type of insulation is preferred for DC

smoothing Reactors?

a. Air
b. Oil
c. Paper
d. Varnish

Ans:A
5) At what condition does the corona start, if Es is the
electrical stress and Ecr is the critical voltage?

a. Es > Ecr
b. Es = Ecr
c. Es < Ecr
d. Es << Ecr

Ans:A

6) Which method of voltage control is applied for long

line AC transmissions?

a. Switching by shunt capacitors

b. Tap changing transformers
c. Switching by shunt reactors
d. Static Var sources

Ans:C

7) For what voltage is Twin conductor bundle used in

India?

a. 220 kV
b. 500 kV
c. 750 kV
d. 330 kV

Ans:b

8) Power is transfered from system A to system B by an HVDC link as

shown in the figure.If the voltages VAB and VCD are as indicated in the
figure, and I>0,then
 A. VAB<0,VCD<0,VAB>VCD
B. VAB>0,VCD>0,VAB>VCD
C. VAB>0,VCD>0,VAB<VCD
D. VAB>0,VCD<0
Ans:C
[9] Consider a step voltage wave of magnitude 1pu travelling along a
lossless transmission line that terminates in a reactor.The voltage
magnitude across the reactor at the instant the travelling wave reaches
the reactor is

A. -1pu
B. 1pu
C. 2pu
D. 3pu

Ans: A

[10] For enhancing the power transmission in a long EHV transmission

line, the most preferred method is to connect a
A. Series inductive compensator in the line
B. Shunt inductive compensator at the receiving end
C. Series capacitive compensator in the line
D. Shunt capacitive compensator at the sending end

Ans:C

11) Failure during switching impulse tests are can be

determined by
a. Visible in oscillograms

b. Loud noise produced

c. External flashovers
d. All of these
Ans:All

12) For producing large values of impulse currents, a

number of capacitors are charged in

a. Parallel and discharged in series

b. Parallel and discharged in parallel
c. Series and discharged in series
d. Series and discharged in parallel
Ans:B
13) The commonly used materials for HV insulation
is

a. Paper-oil insulation
b. Polyester resin
c. Ceramic
d. PVC
Ans:A

14.The HVDC converter

a. Does not consume reactive power
b. Consumes as much reactive power as real power
c. Consumes 50% of the real power
Ans. c
15.A back to back HVDC link can be advantageous
compared to AC primarily because
a. It is cheaper
b. Of stability considerations
c. Of controlled power glow
Ans. c
16.A 12-pulse bridge is preferred in HVDC because
a. It eliminates certain harmonics
b. It results in better power factor
c. Series connection of converters on D.C. side is
better
Ans. a
17.Fault on a two terminal DC link is removed by
a. Breakers on DC side
b. Breakers on AC side
Current control of converter
Ans :C