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1.
Themainfunctionofafuseisto
(a)protecttheline
(b)openthecircuit
(c) protecttheappliance
(d) preventexcessivecurrents
(e) noneoftheabove
Ans:d
2.
Onwhichofthefollowingroutinetestsareconducted?
(a) Oilcircuitbreakers
(b) Airblastcircuitbreakers
(c) Minimumoilcircuitbreakers
(d) Alloftheabove
Ans:d
3.
SF6gas
(a) isyellowincolour
(b) islighterthanair
(c) isnontoxic
(d) haspungentsmall
(e) noneoftheabove
Ans:c
4.Thearcingcontactsinacircuitbreakeraremadeof
(a)coppertungstenalloy
(b)porcelain
(c) electrolyticcopper
(d) aluminiumalloy
Ans:a
5.Whichofthefollowingmediumisemployedforextinctionofarcinaircircuitbreaker?
(a)Water
(b)Oil
(c)Air
(d)SF6
Ans:c
6.Withwhichofthefollowing,acircuitbreakermustbeequippedforremoteoperation?
(a)Inversetimetrip
(b)Timedelaytrip
(c)Shunttrip
(d)Noneoftheabove
(e)Alloftheabove
Ans:c
7.
Faultdivertersarebasically
(a)fuses
(b)relays
(c)fastswitches
(d)circuitbreakers
Ans:c
8.
Athermalprotectionswitchcanprotectagainst
(a)shortcircuit
(b)temperature

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14. Magneticcircuitbreakerhas______tripaction.
(a)delayed
(b)instantaneous
(c) bothoftheabove
(d) noneoftheabove
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15. D.C.shuntrelaysaremadeof
(a) fewturnsofthinwire
(b) fewturnsofthickwire
(c) manyturnsofthinwire
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(e)noneoftheabove
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(b)shortduty
(c) intermittantduty
(d) repeatedduty
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22. Anefficientandawelldesignedprotectiverelayingshouldhave
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23. Burdenofaprotectiverelayisthepower
(a)requiredtooperatethecircuitbreaker
(b)absorbedbythecircuitofrelay
(c) developedbytherelaycircuit
(d) noneoftheabove
Ans:b
24. Directionalrelaysarebasedonflowof
(a)power
(b)current
(c)voltagewave
(d)alloftheabove
Ans:a
25. Adifferentialrelaymeasuresthevectordifferencebetween
(a)twocurrents
(b)twovoltages
(c) twoormoresimilarelectricalquantities
(d) noneoftheabove
Ans:c
26. Atransmissionlineisprotectedby
(a)inrushprotection
(b)distanceprotection
(c) timegradedandcurrentgradedovercurrentprotection
(d) both(b)and(c)
(e) noneoftheabove
Ans:d
27. Largeinternalfaultsareprotectedby
(a)merzpricepercentagedifferentialprotection
(b)mhoandohmrelays
(c) horngapsandtemperaturerelays
(d) earthfaultandpositivesequencerelays
Ans:a
28. Whenatransmissionlineisenergized,thewavethatpropagatesonitis
(a) currentwaveonly
(b) voltagewaveonly
(c) both(a)and(b)
(d)powerfactorwaveonly
Ans:c
29. Protectiverelaysaredevicesthatdetectabnormalconditionsinelectricalcircuitsbymeasuring
(a)currentduringabnormalcondition
(b)voltageduringabnormalcondition
(c) constantlytheelectricalquantitieswhichdifferduringnormalandabnormalconditions
(d) noneoftheabove
Ans:c
30. Thevoltageappearingacrossthecontactsafteropeningofthecircuitbreakeriscalled______voltage.
(a)recovery
(b)surge
(c)operating
(d)arc
(e)noneoftheabove
Ans:a
31. Ionizationincircuitbreakerisfacilitatedby
(a)hightemperature
(b)increaseofmeanfreepath
(c) increasingfieldstrength
(d) alloftheabove
Ans:d
32. Inacircuitbreakerthebasicproblemisto
(a)maintainthearc
(b)extinguishthearc

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(c) transmitlargepower
(d) emittheionizingelectrons
Ans:c
33. Overheatingofrelaycontactsorcontactbornoutisdueto
(a) slowmakingandbreakingofloadcircuitcontacts
(b) foreignmatteronthecontactsurface
(c) toolowcontactpressure
(d) alloftheabove
Ans:d
34. Interruptionoflargecurrentsbyrelayrequires
(a) arcsuppressingblowoutcoils
(b) wideseparationoftheopenedcontacts
(c) highspeedopeningofcontacts
(d) alloftheabove
Ans:d
35. Shuntcapacitanceisneglectedwhileconsidering
(a)shorttransmissionline
(b) mediumtransmissionline
(c) longtransmissionline
(d) mediumandlongtransmissionlines
Ans:a
36. ThearcvoltageproducedinA.C.circuitbreakerisalways
(a)inphasewiththearccurrent
(b)laggingthearccurrentby90"
(c) leadingthearccurrentby90
(d) noneoftheabove
Ans:a
37. Thetimeofclosingthecycle,inmoderncircuitbreakersis
(a)0.003sec
(b)0.001sec
(c)0.01sec
(d)0.10sec
(e)noneoftheabove
Ans:a
38. Insulationresistanceofhighvoltagecircuitbreakersismorethan
(a)1megaohms
(b)10megaohms
(c)100megaohms
(d)500megaohms
Ans:c
39. H.R.C.fusesprovidebestprotectionagainst
(a)overload
(b)reversecurrent
(c)opencircuits
(d)shortcircuits
Ans:d
40.ThegroundwireshouldnotbesmallerthanNo______copper.
(a)2
(b)4
(c)6
(d)10
Ans:d
41. Thedelayfusesareusedfortheprotectionof________.
(a)motors
(b)poweroutletcircuits
(c) fluorescentlamps
(d) lightcircuits
Ans:a
42. Whichofthefollowingistheleastexpensiveprotectionforovercurrentislowvoltagesystem?
(a) Rewireablefuse
(b) Isolator
(c) Oilcircuitbreaker
(d)Airbreakcircuitbreaker
(e) Noneoftheabove
Ans:a
43. Resistancegroundingisusedforvoltagebetween
(a)33kVto66kV
(b)HkVto33kV
(c)3.3kVandllkV
(d)noneoftheabove
Ans:c
44.
(a)
(b)
(c)

Thecontactsofhighvoltageswitchesusedinpowersystemaresubmergedinoil.Themainpurposeoftheoilisto
lubricatethecontacts
insulatethecontactsfromswitchbody
extinguishthearc

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(d) alloftheabove
(e) noneoftheabove
Ans:c
45. InRailwayapplications______circuitbreakerisused.
(a)SFe
(b)bulkoil
(c)minimumoil
(d)airbreak
Ans:
46. Toprotectmostoftheelectricalequipmenthandlinglowpower,thetypesofrelaysusedare
(a) thermocouple
(b) electronicandbimetallic
(c) both(a)and(b)
(d) noneoftheabove
Ans:c
47. Wavetrapisusedtotrapwavesof
(a)powerfrequencies
(b)higherfrequenciesenteringgeneratorortransformerunits
(c) eitheroftheabove
(d) noneoftheabove
Ans:b
48. Ungroundedneutraltransmissionsystemisnotrecommendedbecauseofsystem
(a)insulationbeingoverstressedduetoovervoltages
(b) insulationoverstressmayleadtofailureandsubsequentphasetophasefaults
(c) beinginadequatelyprotectedagainstgroundfault
(d) alloftheabove
Ans:d
49. Thereflectioncoefficientattheopencircuitedendofatransmissionline.
(a)zero
(b)infinity
(c) unity
(d) noneoftheabove
Ans:c
50. Fortheprotectionofpowerstationbuildingsagainstdirectstrokestherequirementsare
(a)interception
(b)interceptionandconduction
(c) interception,conductionanddissipation
(d) interception,conduction,dissipationandreflection
(e) noneoftheabove
Ans:c
51. Thelineinsulationis theinsulationlevelofthestationequipment.
(a)lessthan
(b)sameas
(c)morethan
(d)proportionalto
(e)notdirectlyrelatedwith
Ans:e
52. Theinteractionbetweenatransmissionlineandcommunicationlineisminimizedby
(a)transposingtransmissionaswellascommunicationlines
(b)increasingtheheightofthetransmissionlinetower
(c) increasingthedistancebetweenthetwolines
(d) alloftheabove
Ans:d
53. Whenawavepropagatesonatransmissionline,itsuffersreflectionseveraltimesat
(a)tapping
(b)loadend
(c)sendingend
(d) sendingandotherend
(e) alloftheabove
Ans:d
54. Whichofthefollowingstatementsisincorrect?
(a)Stationbatteriesareusedtooperaterelayonly
(b)Thelightningarrestersarebasicallysurgediverters
(c) Animpedancerelayhasmaximumfaultcurrentwhenfaultoccursneartherelay
(d) Ahighspeedrelayhasanoperationof1to2cycles
Ans:a
55. Discriminationbetweenmainandbackupprotectionisprovidedbytheuseofrelayswhichare
(a)fact
(b)sensitive
(c)slow
(d)noneoftheabove
Ans:c
56. Inductioncuprelayisoperatedduetochangesin
(a)current
(b)voltage

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(c)impedance
(d)alloftheabove
Ans:d
57. A.C.networkanalyserisusedtosolveproblemsof
(a)loadflow
(b)loadflowandshortcircuit
(c)loadflowandstability
(d)loadflow,shortcircuitandstability
(e)noneoftheabove
Ans:d
58. Whichofthefollowingstatementsisincorrect?
(a) Lightningarrestorsareusedbeforetheswitchgear
(b) Shuntreactorsareusedascompensationreactors
(c) Thepeakshortcurrentis(1.8xV2)timestheA.C.component
(d) TheMVAatfaultisequaltobaseMVAdividedbyperunitequivalentfaultreactance
Ans:a
59. Shortcircuitcurrentsaredueto
(a)singlephasetogroundfaults
(b)phasetophasefaults
(c) twophasetogroundfaults
(d) threephasefaults
(e) anyofthese
Ans:e
60. Toreduceshortcircuitfaultcurrentsareused.
(a)reactors
(b)resistors
(c) capacitors
(d) noneoftheabove
Ans:a
61. Buscouplerisveryessentialinarrangement
(a) singlebus
(b) doublebus,doublebreaker
(c) mainandtransferbus
(d) alloftheabove
Ans:c
62. Forcostandsafety,theoutdoorsubstationsareinstalledforvoltagesabove
(a)11kV
(b)33kV
(c)60kV
(d)110kV
Ans:b
63. Theshortcircuitinanywindingofthetransformeristheresultof
(a)mechanicalvibration
(b)insulationfailure
(c)looseconnection
(d)impulsevoltage
Ans:d
64 relaysareusedforphasefaultsonlongline.
(a)Impedance
(b)Reactance
(c)Eitheroftheabove
(d)Noneoftheabove
Ans:a
65.Forwhichofthefollowingprotectionfromnegativesequencecurrentsisprovided?
(a)Generators
(b)Motors
(c)Transmissionline
(d)Transformers
Ans:a
66 relayispreferredforphasefaultonshorttransmissionline.
(a)Inductiontype
(b)Reactance
(c)Impedance
(d)Noneoftheabove
Ans:b
67. Distancerelaysaregenerally
(a)splitphaserelays
(b)reactancerelays
(c)impedancerelays
(d)noneoftheabove
Ans:d
68. Forwhichofthefollowingratingsofthetransformerdifferentialprotectionisrecommended?
(a)above30kVA.
(b)equaltoandabove5MVA
(c) equaltoandabove25MVA

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(d) noneoftheabove
Ans:b
69. A_______isusedtomeasurethestator%windingtemperatureofthegenerator.
(a)thermocouple
(b)pyrometer
(c) resistancethermometer
(d) thermometer
Ans:c
70. Theundervoltagerelaycanbeusedfor
(a)generators
(b)busbars
(c)transformers
(d)motors
(e)alloftheabove
Ans:e
71. Therelaywithinversetimecharacteristicwilloperatewithin
(a)1.5sec
(b)5to10sec
(c)5to20sec
(d)20to30sec
(e)noneoftheabove
Ans:b
72. Thesinglephasingrelaysareusedfortheprotectionof
(a) singlephasemotorsonly
(b) twophasemotorsonly
(c) twosinglephasemotorsrunninginparallel
(d) threephasemotors
Ans:d
73. Whichofthefollowingdeviceswillreceivevoltagesurgefirsttravellingonthetransmissionline?
(a) Lightningarresters
(b) Relays
(c) Stepdowntransformer
(d) Switchgear
Ans:a
74. Whichofthefollowingparametercanbeneglectedforashortline?
(a)Inductance
(b)Capacitance
(c)Resistance
(d)Reactance
Ans:b
75. Seriesreactorsshouldhave
(a)lowresistance
(b)highresistance
(c)lowimpedance
(d)highimpedance
Ans:a
76. Whichofthefollowingcircuitbreakershashighreliabilityandminimummaintenance?
(a)Airblastcircuitbreakers
(b)CircuitbreakerwithSF6gas
(c) Vacuumcircuitbreakers
(d) Oilcircuitbreakers
Ans:b
77. Arcinacircuitbreakerisinterruptedat
(a)zerocurrent
(b) maximumcurrent
(c) minimumvoltage
(d) maximumvoltage
Ans:a
78 transmissionlinehasreflectioncoefficientasone.
(a)Opencircuit
(b)Shortcircuit
(e)Long
(d)Noneoftheabove
Ans:a
79. Whatwillbethereflectioncoefficientofthewaveofloadconnectedtotransmissionlineifsurgeimpedanceofthe
lineisequaltoload?
(a)Zero
(b)Unity
(c) Infinity
(d) Noneoftheabove
Ans:a
80. Theinversedefinitemeantimerelaysareusedforovercurrentandearthfaultprotectionoftransformeragainst
(a)heavyloads
(b)internalshortcircuits
(c) externalshortcircuits

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(d) alloftheabove
Ans:b
81. Overvoltageprotectionisrecommendedfor
(a)hydroelectricgenerators
(b)steamturbinegenerators
(c) gasturbinegenerators
(d) alloftheabove
(e) noneoftheabove
Ans:d
82. Airblastcircuitbreakersfor400kVpowersystemaredesignedtooperatein
(a) 100microsecond
(b) 50millisecond
(c) 0.5sec
(d)0.1sec
Ans:b
83. Overfluxingprotectionisrecommendedfor
(a)distributiontransformer
(b)generatortransformerofthepowerplant
(c)autotransformerofthepowerplant
(d)stationtransformerofthepowerplant
Ans:b
84. Seriescapacitorsareusedto
(a)compensateforlineinductivereactance
(b)compensateforlinecapacitivereactance
(c) improvelinevoltage
(d) noneoftheabove
Ans:a
85. Admittancerelayis_______relay.
(a)impedance
(b)directional
(c) nondirectional
(d) noneoftheabove
Ans:b
86. Thematerialusedforfusemusthave
(a) lowmeltingpointandhighspecificresistance
(b) lowmeltingpointandlowspecificresistance
(c) highmeltingpointandlowspecificresistance
(d) lowmeltingpointandanyspecificresistance
Ans:a
87. Ifthefaultoccursneartheimpedancerelay,theVIIratiowillbe
(a)constantforalldistances
(b)lowerthanthatofiffaultoccursawayfromtherelay
(c)higherthanthatofiffaultoccursawayfromtherelay
(d)noneoftheabove
Ans:b
88. Thetorqueproducedininductiontyperelay(shadedpolestructure)is
(a)inverselyproportionaltothecurrent
(b)inverselyproportionaltothesquareofthecurrent
(c) proportionaltothecurrent
(d) proportionaltosquareofthecurrent
Ans:b
89. Thesteadystatestabilityofthepowersystemcanbeincreasedby
(a)connectinglinesinparallel
(b)connectinglinesinseries
(e) usingmachinesofhighimpedance
(d) reducingtheexcitationofmachines
(e) noneoftheabove
Ans:a
90. Theinductiveinterferencebetweenpowerandcommunicationlinecanbeminimizedby
(a)transpositionofthepowerline
(b)transpositionofthecommunicationline
(c)both(a)and(b)
(d)increasingthedistancebetweentheconductors
Ans:c
91. Thepowerlossisanimportantfactorforthedesignof
(a)transmissionline
(b)motor
(c)generator
(d)feeder
Ans:a
92. Afuseisconnected
(a)inserieswithcircuit
(b)inparallelwithcircuit
(c)eitherinseriesorinparallelwithcircuit
(d)noneoftheabove

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Ans:a
93. H.R.C.fuse,ascomparedtoarewirablefuse,has
(a) noageingeffect
(b) highspeedofoperation
(c) highrupturingcapacity
(d) alloftheabove
Ans:d
94. Thefuseratingisexpressedintermsof
(a)current
(b)voltage
(c)VAR
(d)kVA
Ans:a
95. Thefuseblowsoffby
(a)burning
(b)arcing
(c)melting
(d)noneoftheabove
Ans:c
96. Onwhichofthefollowingeffectsofelectriccurrentafuseoperates?
(a) Photoelectriceffect
(b) Electrostaticeffect
(c) Heatingeffect
(d) Magneticeffect
Ans:c
97. Anisolatorisinstalled
(a) tooperatetherelayofcircuitbreaker
(b) asasubstituteforcircuitbreaker
(c) alwaysindependentofthepositionofcircuitbreaker
(d)generallyonbothsidesofacircuitbreaker
Ans:d
98. Afuseinamotorcircuitprovidesprotectionagainst
(a) overload
(b) shortcircuitandoverload
(c) opencircuit,shortcircuitandoverload
(d) noneoftheabove
Ans:b
99. Protectionbyfusesisgenerallynotusedbeyond
(a)20A
(b)50A
(c)100A
(d)200A
Ans:c
100.Afuseisneverinsertedin
(a)neutralwire
(b) negativeofD.C.circuit
(c) positiveofD.C.circuit
(d) phasedine
Ans:a
101. Oilswitchesareemployedfor
(a) lowcurrentscircuits
(b) lowvoltagescircuits
(c) highvoltagesandlargecurrentscircuits
(d)allcircuits
Ans:c
102. Aswitchgearisdeviceusedfor
(a)interruptinganelectricalcircuit
(b)switchinganelectricalcircuit
111.
(c) switchingandcontrollinganelectricalcircuit
(d) switching,controllingandprotectingtheelectricalcircuitandequipment
Ans:d
103. Thefusewire,inD.C.circuits,isinsertedin
(a)negativecircuitonly
(b)positivecircuitonly
(c) both(a)and(b)
(d) either(a)or(b)
Ans:c
104. BywhichofthefollowingmethodsmajorportionoftheheatgeneratedinaH.R.C.fuseisdissipated?
(a)Radiation
(b)Convection
(c)Conduction
(d)Alloftheabove
Ans:c
105. Ashortcircuitisidentifiedby

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(a)nocurrentflow
(b)heavycurrentflow
(c)voltagedrop
(d)voltagerise
Ans:b
106. Theinformationtothecircuitbreakerunderfaultconditionsisprovidedby
(a)relay
(b)rewirablefuse
(c)H.R.C.only
(d)alloftheabove
Ans:a
107. Tolimitshortcircuitcurrentinapowersystemareused.
(a)earthwires
(b)isolators
(c)H.R.C.fuses
(d)reactors
Ans:d
108. Abalanced3phasesystemconsistsof
(a)zerosequencecurrentsonly
(b)positivesequencecurrentsonly
(c) negativeandzerosequencecurrents
(d) zero,negativeandpositivesequencecurrents
Ans:b
109. Inasinglebusbarsystemtherewillbecompleteshutdownwhen
(a) faultoccursonthebusitself
(b) faultoccursonneutralline
(c) twoormorefaultsoccursimultaneously
(d) faultoccurswithrespecttoearthing
Ans:a

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