(1) The capacitor switching is easily done with

A) Air blast circuit breaker B) Oil circuit breaker

C) Vacuum circuit breaker D) Any one of these

(2) In DC shunt motor, if the terminal voltage is reduced to half and torque remains the same
then __________.

A) speed will be half and armature current also will be half

B) speed will be half but armature current remains the same

C) speed will be half and armature current becomes double

D) speed and armature current will remain the same

(3) A load curve is a plot of

(A) Load versus generation capacity (B) Load versus current

(C) Load versus time (D) Load versus cost of power.

(4) Ripple factor of half wave rectified sine wave is = 1.21

(5) Power gain of CE amplifier when Av=50, Zi=100, Zo=200 = 1250

(6) Wo discovered thermionic emission , Edison

(7) Which type of plant has the least running cost per kWh of energy generated ?

(A) Hydro-electric plant (B) Thermal power plant

(C) Nuclear power plant (D) Diesel power plant.

(8) Power factor of electric bulb is

A. Zero B. Lagging

C. LeadingD. Unity

(9)unit of susceptence is Siemens

(10). Super heated steam is always

(A) at a temperature higher than the saturation temperature corresponding to a steam

pressure
(B) at a pressure more than the boiler steam pressure

(C) separated from water particles before being supplied to turbine

(D) at a pressure less than the maximum cycle pressure.

(11)In a thermal power plant cooling towers are used to

(A) condense low pressure steam (B) cool condensed steam

(C) cool water used in condenser for condensing steam

(D) cool feed water of boiler.

(12) Air standard efficiency of a diesel engine depends on

(A) compression ratio (B) speed

(C) fuel (D) torque.

(repeat).In power plants cooling towers are used to

(A) cool exhaust steam (B) cool repeated steam

(C) cool feed water (D) cool condenser outlet water

(13) As compared to steam at entry to the turbine, which of the following will be larger at exit ?

(A) Pressure (B) Flow rate

(C) Specific volume (D) Specific enthalpy.

(14) Skin effect is proportional to

(A) diameter of conductor

(B) (diameter of conductor)1/2

(C) (diameter of conductor )2

(D) (diameter of conductor )2

(15) The effect of ice deposition on conductor is

(A) increased skin effect (B) reduced corona losses

(C) increased weight (D) reduced sag.

16. The effect of wind pressure is more predominant on

(A) transmission lines (B) neutral wires

(C) insulator (D) supporting towers.

17. The characteristic impedance of a transmission line depends upon

(A) shape of the conductor (B) surface treatment of the conductors

(C) conductivity of the material (D) geometrical configuration. of the conductors.

18.Total load transmitted through a 3 phase transmission line is 10,000 kW at 0.8 power factor
lagging. The I2R losses are 900 kW. The efficiency of transmission line is

(A) 60% (B) 90% (C) 95% (D) 99%.

19. Shunt capacitance is usually neglected in the analysis of

(A) Short transmission lines (B) Medium transmission lines

(C) Long transmission lines (D) Medium as well as long transmission lines.

20.Transmission lines link

(A) service points to consumer premises

(B) distribution transformer to consumer premises

(C) receiving end station to distribution transformer

(D) generating station to receiving end station.

21. In high voltage transmission lines the top most conductor is

(A) R-phase conductor (B) Y- phase conductor

(C) B-phase conductor (D) Earth conductor.

22. The protection against direct lightening strokes and high voltage steep waves is provided by

(A) earthing of neutral (B) lightening arresters

(C) ground wires (D) lightening arresters and ground wires.

23. The dc compound motors are generally

A. level compound.

B. cumulative compound.

C. differential compound.

D. none of these.