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				This section includes 20 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Power Systems knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. | In India, the preferred poles used in the transmission and distribution is ______ | 
| A. | Steel poles | 
| B. | RCC poles | 
| C. | Steel and RCC poles | 
| D. | Wood poles | 
| Answer» D. Wood poles | |
| 2. | While deciding an efficient and economical transmission and distribution system, the preferred distribution system will be _____________ | 
| A. | single phase, 2 wire | 
| B. | two phase, 3 wire | 
| C. | three phase, 3 wire | 
| D. | three phase, 4 wire | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. | The volume of copper required in a transmission system is proportional to _________ | 
| A. | voltage and power factor | 
| B. | power factor | 
| C. | voltage | 
| D. | current | 
| Answer» B. power factor | |
| 4. | Before installing any transmission system, one has to decide about the type of the transmission system to be employed. Considering a monetary shortage and economical setup, one would take up _____________ | 
| A. | underground system | 
| B. | overhead system | 
| C. | underground or overhead system | 
| D. | can be chosen randomly. | 
| Answer» C. underground or overhead system | |
| 5. | The underground transmission and distribution of power is better than the corresponding overhead transmission and distribution in respect of _________ | 
| A. | appearance and safety | 
| B. | maintenance cost | 
| C. | frequency of faults | 
| D. | appearance, safety, maintenance, frequency | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. | A 240 kV 2μs rectangular pulse surge on a transmission line has surge impedance of 350 ohms. It approaches a generating station with capacitance of 3000 pF. The transmitted voltage will be ____________ | 
| A. | 340.5 kV | 
| B. | 280 kV | 
| C. | 400 kV | 
| D. | 480 kV | 
| Answer» B. 280 kV | |
| 7. | BEFORE_INSTALLING_ANY_TRANSMISSION_SYSTEM,_ONE_HAS_TO_DECIDE_ABOUT_THE_TYPE_OF_THE_TRANSMISSION_SYSTEM_TO_BE_EMPLOYED._CONSIDERING_A_MONETARY_SHORTAGE_AND_ECONOMICAL_SETUP,_ONE_WOULD_TAKE_UP______________?$ | 
| A. | underground system | 
| B. | overhead system | 
| C. | underground or overhead system | 
| D. | can be chosen randomly. | 
| Answer» C. underground or overhead system | |
| 8. | While deciding an efficient and economical transmission and distribution system, the preferred distribution system will be _____________$ | 
| A. | single phase, 2 wire | 
| B. | two phase, 3 wire | 
| C. | three phase, 3 wire | 
| D. | three phase, 4 wire | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. | The_volume_of_copper_required_in_a_transmission_system_is_proportional_to__________$ | 
| A. | voltage and power factor | 
| B. | power factor | 
| C. | voltage | 
| D. | current | 
| Answer» B. power factor | |
| 10. | In emergency cases, another wire is installed in the system, that is widely known as ________________ | 
| A. | Guy wire | 
| B. | Earth wire | 
| C. | Line wire | 
| D. | Neutral wire | 
| Answer» B. Earth wire | |
| 11. | _______ material is used for the making of the ground wire in the transmission system. | 
| A. | Galvanised steel | 
| B. | Steel | 
| C. | Cast iron | 
| D. | Aluminium | 
| Answer» B. Steel | |
| 12. | Copper has got higher resistivity than aluminium which makes it less used in transmission system. | 
| A. | True | 
| B. | False | 
| Answer» C. | |
| 13. | In_India,_the_preferred_poles_used_in_the_transmission_and_distribution_is_______ | 
| A. | Steel poles | 
| B. | RCC poles | 
| C. | Steel and RCC poles | 
| D. | Wood poles | 
| Answer» D. Wood poles | |
| 14. | The underground transmission and distribution of power is better than the corresponding overhead transmission and distribution in respect of ________? | 
| A. | appearance and safety | 
| B. | maintenance cost | 
| C. | frequency of faults | 
| D. | appearance, safety, maintenance, frequency | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. | One would design the feeders of the transmission system based on its ____________ | 
| A. | current capacity | 
| B. | voltage drop | 
| C. | operating voltage | 
| D. | all of the mentioned | 
| Answer» B. voltage drop | |
| 16. | One needs to design the distributors, the parameter which will be considered for the design of it? | 
| A. | voltage drop in it | 
| B. | current flowing | 
| C. | operating voltage | 
| D. | operating frequency | 
| Answer» B. current flowing | |
| 17. | In a transmission line system, the feeders act as input to _________ | 
| A. | distributors | 
| B. | service mains | 
| C. | transformer sub stations | 
| D. | all of the mentioned | 
| Answer» B. service mains | |
| 18. | A 240 kV 2μs rectangular pulse surge on a transmission line has surge impedance of 350 ohms. It approaches a generating station with capacitance of 3000 pF. The transmitted voltage will be ____________$ | 
| A. | 340.5 kV | 
| B. | 280 kV | 
| C. | 400 kV | 
| D. | 480 kV | 
| Answer» B. 280 kV | |
| 19. | A rectangular voltage wave is impressed on a long overhead line, with the far end of the line being open circuited. After reaching line end, the current is _________ | 
| A. | current is reflected back with positive but voltage with negative sign | 
| B. | current is reflected back with negative but voltage with positive sign | 
| C. | both current and voltage are reflected with negative sign | 
| D. | both current and voltage are reflected with positive sign | 
| Answer» C. both current and voltage are reflected with negative sign | |
| 20. | The larger power can be transmitted over a line with fixed voltage profile when ______ | 
| A. | compensators are installed | 
| B. | negative VAR is fed | 
| C. | positive VAR is fed | 
| D. | compensators are installed and postive VAR is fed | 
| Answer» E. | |