Explore topic-wise MCQs in Power Systems.

This section includes 8 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.

A_GIVEN_SYSTEM_TO_BE_ANALYSED_WAS_FOUND_WITH_THE_BELOW_PHASOR_REPRESENTATION_OF_THE_SYSTEM_VOLTAGES._WHICH_OF_THE_SYMMETRICAL_COMPONENTS_WILL_BE_PRESENT_IN_THE_MENTIONED_SYSTEM??$

A. Positive sequence components
B. Negative sequence components
C. Zero sequence components
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» B. Negative sequence components
2.

The phasor operator which is used to depict the unbalanced phase voltages into three phase quantities, provides a rotation of$

A. 120o counter clockwise
B. 120o clockwise
C. 90o counter clockwise
D. 90o clockwise
Answer» B. 120o clockwise
3.

A 400 V, 50 Hz three phase balanced source ripples to a star connected load whose rating is S(=300+j400) kVA. A delta connected capacitor bank needed to bring p.f. to 0.9 lagging. The operating power factor of the system i?

A. 0.8
B. 4/3
C. 3/4
D. 0.6
Answer» B. 4/3
4.

A 400 V, 50 Hz three phase balanced source ripples to a star connected load whose rating is S(=300+j400) kVA. The rating of the delta connected capacitor bank needed to bring p.f. to 0.9 lagging is _______ KVAR?

A. 254.7
B. 25.4
C. 84.9
D. 284.5
Answer» B. 25.4
5.

Two alternators A and B having 5% speed regulation are working in parallel at a station. Alternator A is rated at 15 MW while B is at 20 MW. When the total load to be shared is 12 MW, then how much of the load will be shared by the alternator B?

A. 6.85 MW
B. 5.14 MW
C. 6 MW
D. 7 MW
Answer» B. 5.14 MW
6.

A 200 bus power system has 160 PQ bus. For achieving a load flow solution by N-R in polar coordinates, the minimum number of simultaneous equation to be solved is ___________

A. 359
B. 329
C. 360
D. 320
Answer» B. 329
7.

A three phase transformer has a name plate details of 30 MVA and voltage rating of 230Y kV/69∆ kV with a leakage reactance of 10% and the transformer connection via wye-delta. Taking a base of 230 kV on the high voltage side, the transformer reactance referred to the low voltage side in ohms is __________$

A. 47.61 Ω
B. 15.87 Ω
C. 176.33 Ω
D. 157.8 Ω
Answer» B. 15.87 ‚Äö√Ñ√∂‚àö√´¬¨‚àÇ
8.

A three phase transformer has a name plate details of 30 MVA and voltage rating of 230Y kV/69∆ kV with a leakage reactance of 10% and the transformer connection via wye-delta. Taking a base of 230 kV on the high voltage side, turns ratio of the windings is ______

A. 2
B. 1.5
C. 6
D. 4
Answer» B. 1.5