Synopsis of Electrical Engineering

1.        When a pumped storage power plant is operated in conjunction with a steam power plant a.        The operating cost of the steam plant becomes optimum b.       Load factor of the steam plant is increased c.        Chances of the tripping of the system decreases because of the use of two heterogeneous types of plants d.       Operation of the storage plant in the pumping mode during the low-load period improves the steam-plant stability 2.        Usage of materials in components of a nuclear reactor:     Graphite is used in moderators;   Boron is used in control rods ;   Sodium is used as a coolant ;  Concrete is used as a shield 3.        A 100km long transmission line is loaded at 110kV. If the loss of line is 15MW and the load is 150MVA, the resistance of the line is a.        8.06 ohms per phase b.       0.806 ohms per phase c.        0.0806 ohm per phase d.       80.6 ohms per phase 4.        Two insulator discs of identical capacitance value C ma

Important Multiple Choice Questions on Electrical Machines 1.        Can a 50Hz transformer be used for a 25Hz if the input voltage is maintained constant at the rated value corresponding to 50Hz? a)       Yes. Since the voltage is constant, current levels will not change. b)       No. Flux will be doubled which will drive the core excessive saturation. c)        No. Owing to decreased reactance of transformer, input current will be doubled at load. d)       Yes. At constant voltage, insulation will not be overstressed. 2.        In a transformer, if the iron losses and copper losses are 40.5 kW and 50 kW respectively, then at what fraction of load will be the efficiency be maximum? a)       0.8 b)       0.57 c)        0.7 d)       0.9 3.        If the frequency of input voltage of the transformer is increased keeping the magnitude of voltage unchanged, then a)       Both the hysteresis and eddy current losses in the core will increase. b)       Hysteresis l

Important multiple choice questions on Electrical Machines 1.        To eliminate the single phasing torque in an ac servomotor, the rotor must have a)       Both high resistance and reactance. b)        High resistance. c)        High reactance. d)       Large air-gap 2.        If a single-winding single-phase motor is running in a particular direction a)       Both the rotating fields (rotating in opposite directions) have the same strength. b)       Forward rotating field is slightly stronger than the backward field. c)        Forward rotating field is much stronger than the backward field. d)       Backward field is stronger than the forward field. 3.        A single-winding single phase motor has a)       Low starting torque b)       Zero starting torque c)        High starting torque d)       Starting torque equal to full-load torque 4.        A single phase stator winding when excited with ac voltage produces a)       A single rotating field r

Important multiple choice questions in Power systems 1.        To limit current chopping in vacuum circuit breakers, the contact material used has a)       High vapour pressure and low conductivity properties b)       High vapour pressure and high conductivity properties c)        Low vapour pressure and high conductivity properties d)       Low vapour pressure and low conductivity properties 2.        For the same rupturing capacity, the actual current to be interrupted by an HRC fuse is a)       Much less than any circuit breaker b)       Much more than any circuit breaker c)        Equal to the circuit breaker d)       None of these 3.        For protection of parallel feeders fed from one end, the relays required are a)       Non-directional relays at the source end and directional relays at the load end b)       Non-directional relays at both the ends c)        Directional relays at the source end and non-directional at the load end d)       Directi

Important Multiple Choice questions on Power Systems 1.        For transmission line which one of the following relations is true? A)      AD-BC=1 B)       –AD-BC=1 C)       AD-BC=-1 D)      AD-BC=0 2.        For a given base voltage and base volt-amp, the per unit impedance value of an element is X. what will be the per-unit impedance value of this element when the voltage and volt-amp bases are both doubled? A)      4X B)       2X C)       X D)      0.5X 3.        A 3-phase transmission line has its conductors at the corners of an equilateral triangle with side 3m. the diameter of each conductor is 1.63 cm. the inductance of the line per phase per km is A)      1.232 mH B)       1.182 mH C)       1.093 mH D)      1.043 mH 4.        A cable has inductance of 0.22mH per km and capacitance of 0.202 micro farads per km. the surge impedance of the cable is A)      28 ohms B)       33 ohms C)       42 ohms D)      50 ohms 5.        The capacitanc