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51.

_ Oil switches are employed for$?

A. low currents circuits
B. low voltages circuits
C. high voltages and large currents circuits
D. all circuits
Answer» D. all circuits
52.

_ Air blast circuit breaker is used for$?

A. over currents
B. short duty
C. intermittant duty
D. repeated duty
Answer» E.
53.

_Overheating of relay contacts or contact born out is due to$?

A. slow making and breaking of load circuit contacts
B. foreign matter on the contact surface
C. too low contact pressure
D. all of the above
Answer» E.
54.

_In Railway applications ______ circuit breaker is used.$?

A. SFe
B. bulk oil
C. minimum oil
D. air break
Answer» E.
55.

_An efficient and a well designed protective relaying should have$?

A. good selectivity and reliability
B. economy and simplicity
C. high speed and selectivity
D. all of the above
Answer» E.
56.

_Induction cup relay is operated due to changes in$?

A. current
B. voltage
C. impedance
D. all of the above
Answer» E.
57.

_The reflection co-efficient at the open circuited end of a transmission line.$?

A. zero
B. infinity
C. unity
D. none of the above
Answer» D. none of the above
58.

_If the fault occurs near the impedance relay, the VII ratio will be$?

A. constant for all distances
B. lower than that of if fault occurs away from the relay
C. higher than that of if fault occurs away from the relay
D. none of the above
Answer» C. higher than that of if fault occurs away from the relay
59.

The arcing contacts in a circuit breaker are made of$?

A. copper tungsten alloy
B. porcelain
C. electrolytic copper
D. aluminium alloy
Answer» B. porcelain
60.

Circuit breakers usually operate under

A. transient state of short-circuit current
B. sub-transient state of short-circuit current
C. steady state of short-circuit current
D. after D. C. component has ceased
Answer» B. sub-transient state of short-circuit current
61.

Interruption of large currents by relay requires

A. arc suppressing blow out coils
B. wide separation of the opened contacts
C. high speed opening of contacts
D. all of the above
Answer» E.
62.

Insulation resistance of high voltage circuit breakers is more than

A. 1 mega ohms
B. 10 mega ohms
C. 100 mega ohms
D. 500 mega ohms
Answer» D. 500 mega ohms
63.

Ungrounded neutral transmission system is not recommended because of system

A. insulation being overstressed due to over voltages
B. insulation overstress may lead to failure and subsequent phase to phase faults
C. being inadequately protected against ground fault
D. all of the above
Answer» E.
64.

A fuse is connected

A. in series with circuit
B. in parallel with circuit
C. either in series or in parallel with circuit
D. none of the above
Answer» B. in parallel with circuit
65.

The fuse blows off by

A. burning
B. arcing
C. melting
D. none of the above
Answer» D. none of the above
66.

In a circuit breaker the basic problem is to

A. maintain the arc
B. extinguish the arc
C. transmit large power
D. emit the ionizing electrons
Answer» D. emit the ionizing electrons
67.

An isolator is installed

A. to operate the relay of circuit breaker
B. as a substitute for circuit breaker
C. always independent of the position of circuit breaker
D. generally on both sides of a circuit breaker
Answer» E.
68.

A.C. network analyzer is used to solve problems of

A. Load flow
B. Load flow and short-circuit
C. Load flow and stability
D. Load flow, short-circuit and stability
Answer» E.
69.

Series reactors should have

A. low resistance
B. high resistance
C. low impedance
D. high impedance
Answer» B. high resistance
70.

The delay fuses are used for the protection of ________ .

A. motors
B. power outlet circuits
C. fluorescent lamps
D. light circuits
Answer» B. power outlet circuits
71.

Arc in a circuit behaves as

A. a capackive reactance
B. an inductive reactance
C. a resistance increasing with voltage rise across the arc
D. a resistance decreasing with voltage rise across the arc
Answer» E.
72.

Magnetic circuit breaker has ______ trip action.

A. delayed
B. instantaneous
C. both of the above
D. none of the above
Answer» C. both of the above
73.

A _______ is used to measure the stator % winding temperature of the generator.

A. thermocouple
B. pyrometer
C. resistance thermometer
D. thermometer
Answer» D. thermometer
74.

Air blast circuit breakers for 400 kV power system are designed to operate in

A. 100 microsecond
B. 50 millisecond
C. 0.5 sec
D. 0.1 sec
Answer» C. 0.5 sec
75.

Transmission line has reflection coefficient as one.

A. Open circuit
B. Short-circuit
C. Long
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Short-circuit
76.

Arc in a circuit breaker is interrupted at

A. zero current
B. maximum current
C. minimum voltage
D. maximum voltage
Answer» B. maximum current
77.

A balanced 3-phase system consists of

A. zero sequence currents only
B. positive sequence currents only
C. negative and zero sequence currents
D. zero, negative and positive sequence currents
Answer» C. negative and zero sequence currents
78.

For cost and safety, the outdoor substations are installed for voltages above

A. 11 kV
B. 33 kV
C. 60 kV
D. 110 kV
Answer» C. 60 kV
79.

When a transmission line is energized, the wave that propagates on it is

A. current wave only
B. voltage wave only
C. both (A) and (B)
D. power factor wave only
Answer» D. power factor wave only
80.

A fuse is never inserted in

A. neutral wire
B. negative of D.C. circuit
C. positive of D.C. circuit
D. phase dine
Answer» B. negative of D.C. circuit
81.

By which of the following methods major portion of the heat generated in a H.R.C. fuse is dissipated ?

A. Radiation
B. Convection
C. Conduction
D. All of the above
Answer» D. All of the above
82.

Bus coupler is very essential in arrangement

A. single bus
B. double bus, double breaker
C. main and transfer bus
D. all of the above
Answer» D. all of the above
83.

Series capacitors are used to

A. compensate for line inductive reactance
B. compensate for line capacitive reactance
C. improve line voltage
D. none of the above
Answer» B. compensate for line capacitive reactance
84.

With which of the following, a circuit breaker must be equipped for remote operation ?

A. Inverse time trip
B. Time-delay trip
C. Shunt trip
D. None of the above
E. All of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
85.

The time of closing the cycle, in modern circuit breakers is

A. 0.003 sec
B. 0.001 sec
C. 0.01 sec
D. 0.10 sec
E. none of the above
Answer» B. 0.001 sec
86.

Ionization in circuit breaker is facilitated by

A. high temperature
B. increase of mean free path
C. increasing field strength
D. all of the above
Answer» E.
87.

The line insulation is the insulation level of the station equipment.

A. less than
B. same as
C. more than
D. proportional to
E. not directly related with
Answer» F.
88.

Thermal overload relays are used to protect the motor against over current due to

A. short-circuits
B. heavy loads
C. grounds
D. all of the above
Answer» C. grounds
89.

Protective relays are devices that detect abnormal conditions in electrical circuits by measuring

A. current during abnormal condition
B. voltage during abnormal condition
C. constantly the electrical quantities which differ during normal and abnormal conditions
D. none of the above
Answer» D. none of the above
90.

Relays are used for phase faults on long line.

A. Impedance
B. Reactance
C. Either of the above
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Reactance
91.

Overfluxing protection is recommended for

A. distribution transformer
B. generator transformer of the power plant
C. auto-transformer of the power plant
D. station transformer of the power plant
Answer» C. auto-transformer of the power plant
92.

To limit short-circuit current in a power system are used

A. earth wires
B. isolators
C. H.R. fuses
D. reactors
Answer» E.
93.

A switchgear is device used for

A. interrupting an electrical circuit
B. switching an electrical circuit 111
C. switching and controlling an electrical circuit
D. switching, controlling and protecting the electrical circuit and equipment
Answer» E.
94.

Wave trap is used to trap waves of

A. power frequencies
B. higher frequencies entering generator or transformer units
C. either of the above
D. none of the above
Answer» C. either of the above
95.

On which of the following effects of electric current a fuse operates?

A. Photoelectric effect
B. Electrostatic effect
C. Heating effect
D. Magnetic effect
Answer» D. Magnetic effect
96.

The voltage appearing across the contacts after opening of the circuit breaker is called______voltage.

A. recovery
B. surge
C. operating
D. arc
E. none of the above
Answer» B. surge
97.

Discrimination between main and back up protection is provided by the use of relays which are

A. fact
B. sensitive
C. slow
D. none of the above
Answer» D. none of the above
98.

Which of the following medium is employed for extinction of arc in air circuit breaker ?

A. Water
B. Oil
C. Air
D. SF6
Answer» D. SF6
99.

Over voltage protection is recommended for

A. hydro-electric generators
B. steam turbine generators
C. gas turbine generators
D. all of the above
E. none of the above
Answer» E. none of the above
100.

The contacts of high voltage switches used in power system are submerged in oil. The main purpose of the oil is to

A. lubricate the contacts
B. insulate the contacts from switch body
C. extinguish the arc
D. all of the above
E. none of the above
Answer» D. all of the above