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1 Protective relays can be designed to respond to ___________ All of these
2 On what factor does the operating speed of the relay depend? All of these
3 An efficient and well designed protective relaying should have All of the above
4 Overload relays are of ________ type All of the above
5 Directional relays are based on the flow of Power
6 Plug setting of a electromagnetic relay can be altered by varying Number of ampere turns
7 If the fault current is 2000 A, the relay setting is 50% and CT ratio is 400:5, the plug setting m 10A
8 The plug setting of a negative sequence relay is 0.2A. The current transformer ratio is 5:1. The 1.732A
9 In a 3-step distance protection, the reach of the three zones of the relay at the beginning of the 80% of the first line, 20% of the second line and 10% of the
10 In an inverse definite minimum time, electromagnetic type over-current relay, the minimum ti Saturation of the magnetic circuit
11 The most efficient torque producing actuating structure for the induction type relays is Induction cup structure
12 What is switchgear? All of the above
13 Actual tripping of a static relay is obtained by None of these
14 Which of the following is a directional relay? Both Option (1) and (2)
15 Two input phase comparator in a static relay is made up of a Rectifier Bridge
16 The phase comparators in case of static relays and electromechanical relays normally are Cosine and sine comparators respectively
17 Distance relays are generally Impedance relays
18 Mho relay is usually employed for the protection of Long lines only
19 The transmission line distance protection relay having the property of being inherently directio MHO relay
20 In a biased differential relay, the bias is defined as a ratio of _________ Operating coil current and restraining coil current
21 When a fault occurs in a high voltage transmission line, what happens first? Relay operates and then the circuit breaker
22 In a static overcurrent relay, inverse time characteristics are obtained by An integrating circuit
23 The operating characteristics of the reactance relay in the complex impedance plane is a Straight line parallel to the X axis
24 Reactance relays are used for phase fault in.......line Short
25 The modern electrical power systems are more likely to use: Static digital relays
26 Microprocessor/Microcontroller based relay also called Numerical Relay
27 Numerical relay is Latest Relay
28 PMUs used for fault event monitoring both option (1) and (2)
29 PMUs implementated at All of these
30 Role of PMU for protection of power systems are All of the above
31 The features of numerical relays are All of these
32 The disadvantages of numerical relays are All of the above
33 PMUs at lower voltage levels provide Accurate monitoring events
34 Numerical relay is the latest development in the area of power system protection and differs fr Both option (1) and (2)
35 Microprocessor based directional relay senses the direction of the Power flow
36 PMUs at higher voltage levels provide Good observability
37 Generator internal fault protection is usually based the principle of Differential protection
38 Pilot wire protection is basically used for the protection of Transformers
39 A transmission line is protected by Both 1 and 2
40 For which among the following the current ratings are not required? Isolators
41 The isolators used in the transmission lines are capable of breaking Charging current
42 What is the purpose of back up protection? To guard against failure of primary
43 Reactance relay is normally preferred for protection against _______ Earth faults
44 The neutral of 10 MVA, 11 KV alternator is earthed through a resistance of 5 ohms. The earth fau 88.20%
45 In the protection of transformers, harmonic restraint is used to guard against ______ Magnetizing inrush current
46 Buchcholz relay is used for ___________ Protection of transformer against all internal faults
47 A negative sequence relay is commonly used to protect __________ an alternator
48 Which material is used for the manufacture of bus bars? Copper rods
49 In a short circuit test on a circuit breaker, the following readings were obtained on single freq 2*106kV/sec
50 How is the restriking voltage measured? Peak value
51 What is the peak re striking voltage? 17.96 kV
52 Relays can be designed to respond to changes in All of the above
53 When using air blast circuit breaker, current chopping is a phenomenon observed when A transformer on no load is switched off
54 Why is the resistance switching used in a air blast circuit breaker? Damp out the fast transient
55 The interrupting time of a circuit breaker is the period between the instant of _____ Energizing of the trip circuit and the arc extinction on an ope
56 Resistance switching is normally employed in ______________ Air blast circuit breakers
57 The arc resistance depends on which among the following factors? All of the above
58 How is the initiation of electric arc at the instant of contact separation caused? Both (a) and (b)
59 Arcing voltage will be the least in case of Silver
60 What happens in the arc extinction using high resistance method? Arc resistance is increased with time
61 Which among these are the main characteristics of a fuse element? All of the above
62 The main function of a fuse is to Prevent excessive currents
63 What should be the value of fusing factor? Less than one
64 What is the relation between the fusing current and the diameter of the wire? I = k d3/2
65 What is the cut off current in the fuse? Maximum value actually reached
66 A fuse wire of circular cross section has a radius of 0.8mm. The wire blows off at a current of 90.18 mm
67 What is the primary principle of a fuse? Prevent excess current from flowing into the line
 68 Which among these is the least expensive protection for over current in low voltage system? Rewirable fuse
69 For a current upto 10A which material is used as the fusing element? Alloy of lead and tin
70 What is the maximum current upto which fuses can be used? 100 A
71 If the strands of the fusing wire are twisted, what happens to the fusing current? Reduces
72 What is the advantage of HRC fuses over Rewirable fuses? All of the above
73 Circuit breakers usually operate under Sub transient state of short circuit current
74 In a circuit breaker the contact space is ionised by what? Thermal ionisation of gas
75 Which of the following circuit breakers is used for the railway electrification? Air blast circuit breaker
76 SF6 is which type of gas? Option (1) and (2)
77 The stability of arc in vacuum depends on _________ Both (b) and (c)
78 What is the making capacity of the circuit breaker? Greater than the asymmetrical breaking capacity of the break
79 Keeping in view the cost and overall effectiveness, the following circuit breaker is suited for c Vacuum
80 A three phase, 33kv oil circuit breaker is rated 1200A, 2000 MVA, 3s. The symmetrical breakin35 KA
81 When does the circuit breaker operate in the line? Whenever the fault occurs in the line
82 Which device sends the information to the circuit breaker to interrupt the circuit in case of faultRelay
83 For a high speed circuit breaker what will the total clearing time? 1 to 2 cycles
84 In a circuit breaker the contact space is ionised by what? Thermal ionisation of gas
85 On which of the following routine tests are conducted? All of the above
86 Which among these tests are performed to check the nation or international standards? Type test
87  In a short circuit test on a circuit breaker, the following readings were obtained on single frequency
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Hz a. Time to reach the peak re striking voltage -
88 Routine tests are conducted on  All of the above
89  For high voltage, ac circuit breakers, the rated short circuit current is passed for 3 seconds
90 Type tests are conducted on None of these
91 Which part of the circuit breaker is helpful in breaking the current? Contacts
92 The making and breaking currents of a 3 phase ac circuit breakers in power systems are respect instantaneous value, instantaneous value
93 What is the breaking capacity of the air blast circuit breakers? 7000 MVA
94 A three phase, 33 kV oil circuit breaker is rated 1200 A, 2000 MVA, 3s. What is its symmetrica35 kA
95 The rating of the circuit breaker is usually determined on the basis of ____________ fault. Symmetrical
96 What is the making to breaking current ratio for an extra high voltage circuit breaker? More than 1
97 A thermal protection switch can protect against Overvoltage
98 A protective device, which reduces the steepness of wavefront of a surge by absorbing surge eneSurge absorber
99 The ground wire should not be smaller than No ______ copper 10
100 The over-voltage surges in power systems may be caused by  any of the above
101 The protection against over-voltage due to lightening is provided by  any of the above
102 Sphere gaps are used for all of the above
103 Lightining arrestor should be located Near the transformer
104 For a 400 kV system, the capacity of lightning arrester should be 10 kA
105 Typical gap length of rod type surge diverter used for 132 kV line is 35 cm
106 Order of the lightning discharge current is 10,000 amp
107 For reducing tower footing resistance it is better to use Ground rod and counterpoise only
108 Thyrite is used in lightning arrestors because of its Non-linear characteristic
109 The advantage of grounding a power system is that It provides symmetry to the line impedances
110 The advantage of neutral earthing is All of the above
111 Solid grounding is used for voltages below 660 V
112 Resistance grounding is used for voltages between 3.3 kV to 11 kV
113 The disadvantage offered by ungrounded systems is all of the above
114 In star connected system without neutral grounding, zero sequence currents are zero
115 Advantage of grounded neutral is Both (a) and (b)
116 Resistance grounding is used for voltage between 3.3kV to 11kV
117 Solid grounding is addopted for voltages below 660 V
118 Earthing is necessary to give protection against Danger of electric shock
119 The underground neutral transmission system is not recommended because of the system All of the above
120 Neutral earthing is provided for Both (b) and (c)
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