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ENGG MULTIPLE
CHOICE
QUESTIONS
Thursday, February 25, 2010

POWER SYSTEMS
POWER SYSTEMS

Q.A wave will not experience any reflection when impedance of line is
equal to
a surge impedance
b load impedance
c >surge impedance
d
Ans: surge impedance
Q.if the length of a wire is increased what happens to its resistance
a increases linearly
b increases exponentially
Q.for a current carrying coil if the current is doubled then the field
strength is
a doubled
b halved
c increased 4 times
Q.a capacitor of 10 micro farads is charged thruogh a resistor of 10 ohms
and a 6 V battery. Calculate the time taken by the capacitor to charge to
its maxm value.
a 1 sec
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b 100 sec
c 0.1 sec
d 10 sec
Q.what current is drawn by a 10 W lamp connected to a 220 V,60 Hz
source.
a1A
b 0.5 A
c 0.045 A
d 0.01 A
Ans: 0.045
Q.At present how many HVDC lines are there in india?
a none
b one
c two
d more than two
Q.What is the distance between the EHV lines and earth?
a 8m
b 11m
c 18m
d 15m
Q.On no load in EHV lines what is the relation between receinving and
sending end voltage?
a receiving end voltage > sending end voltage
b receiving end voltage < sending end voltage
c receiving end voltage = sending end voltage
d none
Ans: receiving end voltage > sending end voltage
Q.What is the surge impedance loading of 400kv line?
a 400 MW
b 400 KW
c 1600 MW
d 1600 KW
Ans: 400 MW

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Q.What is the surge impedance loading of 400kv line with surge

impedance given as 160 ohms
a 1000 MW
b 1000 KW
c 256 MW
d 256 KW
Ans: 1000 MW
Q.Where is the hydel power plant located in following places?
a Raamagundam
b Tarapur
c Kalpakam
d Srisailam
Ans: Raamagundam
Q.self GMD is used in the calculation of_______
a inductance only
b inductance and capacitance
c capacitance only
d none
Ans: inductance only
Q.What is the GMD if the distance between the lines are 6m,6m,12m?
a 7.55m
b 6m
c 12m
d 8.56m
Ans: 7.55m
Q.Zero sequence currents doesn't exist in the following fault
a LG
b LL
c LLG
d LLLG
Ans: LL

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Q.To avoid arcing connect sutable value of ________ in earthing.

a capacitance
b indunctance
c resistance
d susceptance
Ans: indunctance
Q.In the following type of conductors the corona is minimum
a circular
b stranded
c helical
d rectamgular
Ans:circular
Q.At what frequency corona loss is more?
a 50Hz
b 60Hz
c 25Hz
d 100Hz
Ans: 100HZ
Q.What is the line current of a circuit when the current transformer of
1000:5 rating measures 4Amperes?
a 5000 A
b 1000 A
c 400 A
d 800A
Ans: 800A
Q.If the time delay of relay with TMS setting 0.1 is 10 sec, then what is
the time delaty when the TMS setting is changed to 0.5
a 2 sec
b 20 sec
c 100 sec
d 5 sec
Ans: 5 sec

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Q.In distribution lines_____

a X/R<0.1
b X/R>10
c X/R<1
d X/R<0.01
Ans: X/R<1
Q.In EHV lines _____
a X/R=10
b X/R=100
c X/R>3
d X/R<3
Ans: X/R>3
Q.In wind mills the frequent problems occur in______
a mechanical system
b blades
c electrodynamic system
d electric system
Q.The machine used in windmills is______
a Alternator
b Induction generator
c Synchronous generator
d All
Ans: Induction generator
Q.Insulators in EHV lines are designed based on_____
a switching voltages
b peak voltages
c corona
d lightning voltages
Ans: switching voltages
Q.The value of restriking voltage depends on______
a inductance of line
b capacitance of line
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c both
d none
Ans: both
Q.HRC fuse and circuitbreaker combination is used CB operates for
a low overload currents
b high overload currents
c combination is never used
Ans: low overload currents
Q. SIL of 400 KV lines is
a 400 MW
b 400 KW
c 1600 MW
d 1600 KW
Ans: 400 MW
Q. SIL of 100 KV cable is
a 400 MW
b 400 KW
c 250 MW
d 250 KW
Ans: 250 MW
Q.reflection coefficent of current of an open ended line.
a1
b 1
c2
d 2
Ans: 1
Q.Positive sequence terminal voltage is zero in
a LL
b LLG
c LG
d LLL

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Ans: LLL
Q.Most economical load in underground cable is
a less than surge impedance
b equal to surge impdance
c more than surge impedence
d any load
Ans: less than surge impedance
Q.The impedance of a lossless transmission line is
a v(L/C)
b L/C
c 1/vLC
d 1/LC
Q.Zsc =100? Zoc =1? then Zo is
a1
b 10
c 100
d 0.1
Ans: 10
Q.Normal PH value of water used in thermal power station is
a7
b2
c5
d Slightly >7
Ans: Slightly >7
Q.Maximum power transfer through line V1= 110 kv, V2= 100kv, X=22 ohm
is
a 500 MW
b 500 KW
c 250 MW
d 250 KW
Ans: 500 MW
Q.Which type of power plant requires maximum expenditure
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a Hydel power plants

b Nuclear power plants
c Thermal power plants
d Gas based power plants
Q.Base load of a power station stands for
a 24 hours/day
b 48 hours/day
c 812 hours/day
d 1224hours/day
Ans: 1224hours/day
Q.A wire is placed on the top of a transmission line to protect from
a surge high voltage
b Direct lightning strocks
c indirect lightnin strocks
d Switching over voltages
Ans: Direct lightning strocks
Q.A wire is placed on the top of a transmission line acts as
a acts as a phase wire
b acts as neutral
c acts as a transmission wire
d acts as ground wire
Ans: acts as ground wire
Posted by Jagadeesh at 1:51 PM
Labels: objective power systems

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Anonymous May 27, 2010 at 11:42 AM

thank u
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Anonymous May 30, 2010 at 12:09 PM

answers are not given for all questions....... so, i find difficulty...
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Rajesh June 11, 2010 at 12:41 PM

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hey u did a great job but u didn't given answers will u plzzz send
answers to my mail rajeshdigamarthi63@gmail.com this is email id
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Ajay August 11, 2010 at 2:07 PM

answers are not specified for every questions...
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Anonymous September 22, 2010 at 3:57 PM

thanx........mr jagdish......great post dude.keep posting ...
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pratik June 23, 2011 at 3:42 PM

SIR VERY GOOD QUESTION
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Anonymous June 30, 2011 at 3:52 PM

Thank you.. It was very helpful..
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Uma Bandarupalli March 23, 2013 at 4:33 PM

really helpful thank you
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Anonymous November 21, 2014 at 5:08 PM

Thank you sir,
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