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Electrical Power Systems

The document contains 25 multiple choice questions about electrical power systems. The questions cover topics like the number of pilot wires required for different transmission line protection systems, characteristics of shunt faults, reference points for measuring sequence voltages, determining the most economic load on overhead and underground lines, factors that influence arc stability in a vacuum, and converting per unit impedance values between different base systems.

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Electrical Power Systems

The document contains 25 multiple choice questions about electrical power systems. The questions cover topics like the number of pilot wires required for different transmission line protection systems, characteristics of shunt faults, reference points for measuring sequence voltages, determining the most economic load on overhead and underground lines, factors that influence arc stability in a vacuum, and converting per unit impedance values between different base systems.

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17. The number of pilot wires required for protecting 3-phase transmission lines using
Translay system of protection is:
(a) 6 (b) 4
(c) 3 (d) 2.
18. A shunt fault is characterized by:
(a) Increase in current, frequency and p.f.
(b) Increase in current reduction in frequency and p.f.
(c) Increase in current and frequency but reduction in p.f.
(d) None of the above.
19. For measuring positive, negative and zero sequence voltages in a system, the reference
is taken as:
(a) Neutral of the system only
(b) Ground only
(c) For zero sequence neutral and for positive and negative the ground
(d) None of the above.
20. The most economic load on an overhead line is:
(a) Greater than the natural load (b) Less than the natural load
(c) Equal to the natural load (d) None of the above is necessary.
21. The most economic load on an underground cable is:
(a) Greater than its surge loading (b) Less than the surge loading
(c) Equal to the surge loading (d) None of the above is necessary.
22. For a long transmission line, for a particular receiving end voltage, when sending end
voltage is calculated, it is more than the actual value when calculated by:
(a) Load end capacitance method (b) Nominal T method
(c) Nominal method (d) None of the above methods.
23. The p.u. impedance value of an alternator corresponding to base values 13.2 kV and 30
MVA is 0.2 p.u. The p.u. value for the base values 13.8 kV and 50 MVA will be:
(a) 0.306 p.u. (b) 0.33 p.u.
(c) 0.318 p.u. (d) 0.328 p.u.
24. For the same rupturing capacity, the actual current to be interrupted by an HRC fuse is:
(a) Much less than any CB (b) Much more than any CB
(c) Equal to the CB (d) None of the above is necessary.
25. The stability of arc in vacuum depends upon:
(a) The contact material only
(b) The contact material and its vapour pressure
(c) The circuit parameters only
(d) The combination of (b) and (c).

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