1. Which of the following circuit breakers has high reliability and minimum maintenance ?

Vacuum circuit breakers

Air blast circuit breakers

Circuit breaker with SF6 gas

Oil circuit breakers

Answer: Circuit breaker with SF6 gas

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2. Shunt capacitance is neglected while considering ?

medium transmission line

short transmission line

long transmission line

medium and long transmission lines

Answer: short transmission line

Explanation:


3. Series-capacitors are used to ?

improve line voltage

compensate for line inductive reactance

none of the above

compensate for line capacitive reactance

Answer: compensate for line inductive reactance

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4. A differential relay responds to ?

algebraic difference between two electrical quantities

algebraic difference between two currents

vector difference between two electrical quantities

algebraic difference between two voltages

Answer: vector difference between two electrical quantities

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5. The use of oil immersed reactors is generally restricted upto ?

33 kV

22 kV

11 kV

normally no restriction of voltage

Answer: normally no restriction of voltage

Explanation:


6. Outdoor switchgear is generally used for voltage beyond ?

132 kV

66 kV

11 kV

33 kV

Answer: 66 kV

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7. The most serious result of a major uncleared short-circuit fault could be ?

heavy current in neutral

blowing off of fuse

fire

deterioration of insulation

Answer: fire

Explanation:


8. The main factor, in favour of the use of aluminium as bus-bar material is its ?

high resistivity

low cost

low melting point

low density

Answer: low cost

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9. Switching over voltages arc more hazardous than lightning surges in case of ?

unbalanced systems

11 kV systems

HV and UHV svstems

low voltages

Answer: HV and UHV svstems

Explanation:


10. The over-voltage surges in power systems maybe caused by ?

lightning

switching

resonance

Any of the above

Answer: Any of the above

Explanation: