Description : In order that current should flow without causing excessive heating or voltage drop, the relay contacts should (a) have low contact resistance (b) be clean and smooth (c) be of sufficient size and proper shape (d) have all above properties
Last Answer : (d) have all above properties
Last Answer : Overheating of relay contacts or contact born out is due to slow making and breaking of load circuit contacts, foreign matter on the contact surface, too low contact pressure.
Description : Interruption of large currents by relay requires (a) arc suppressing blow out coils (b) wide separation of the opened contacts (c) high speed opening of contacts (d) all of the above
Last Answer : (d) all of the above
Description : During its operation, loud buzzing and resultant welding of contacts of a magnetic relay may be caused by __________. A. overheating of the contactor coil B. low voltage on the operating coil C. low insulation resistance to ground D. lubrication of the contact bearing points
Last Answer : Answer: B
Description : The voltage appearing across the contacts after opening of the circuit breaker is called______voltage. (a) recovery (b) surge (c) operating (d) arc (e) none of the above
Last Answer : (a) recovery
Description : Circuit breakers are essentially (a) current carrying contacts called electrodes (b) arc extinguishers (c) circuits to break the system (d) transformers to isolate the two systems (e) any of the above
Last Answer : (a) current carrying contacts called electrodes
Description : The arcing contacts in a circuit breaker are made of (a) copper tungsten alloy (b) porcelain (c) electrolytic copper (d) aluminium alloy
Last Answer : (a) copper tungsten alloy
Description : Why asymmetrical breaking current is higher than the symmetrical breaking current in a circuit breaker?
Last Answer : Asymmetrical breaking current is the rms value of the combined sum of the dc and ac components of the short circuit current at the instant of separation of the breaker contacts while ... the ac component alone. Thus asymmetrical breaking current is higher than the symmetrical breaking current.
Description : Burden of a protective relay is the power (a) required to operate the circuit breaker (b) absorbed by the circuit of relay (c) developed by the relay circuit (d) none of the above
Last Answer : (b) absorbed by the circuit of relay
Description : Induction cup relay is operated due to changes in (a) current (b) voltage (c) impedance (d) all of the above
Description : The contacts of high voltage switches used in power system are submerged in oil. The main purpose of the oil is to (a) lubricate the contacts (b) insulate the contacts from switch body (c) extinguish the arc (d) all of the above (e) none of the above
Last Answer : (c) extinguish the arc
Description : For an Resistive Load and Inductive load considered for switching operation of circuit breaker, Switching of which load is difficult and Why?
Last Answer : In case of switching resistive load, current and voltage will be in phase i.e,when during current zero voltage also will be zero in case of resistive load. Hence the voltage at the ... maximum. This results in re-striking of arc once again. Therefore switching inductive load will be difficult
Description : A.C. network analyser is used to solve problems of (a) load flow (b) load flow and short-circuit (c) load flow and stability (d) load flow, short-circuit and stability (e) none of the above
Last Answer : (d) load flow, short-circuit and stability
Description : Admittance relay is _______ relay. (a) impedance (b) directional (c) non-directional (d) none of the above
Last Answer : (b) directional
Description : The relay with inverse time characteristic will operate within (a) 1.5 sec (b) 5 to 10 sec (c) 5 to 20 sec (d) 20 to 30 sec (e) none of the above
Last Answer : (b) 5 to 10 sec
Description : The under voltage relay can be used for (a) generators (b) busbars (c) transformers (d) motors (e) all of the above
Last Answer : (e) all of the above
Description : relay is preferred for phase fault on short transmission line. (a) Induction type (b) Reactance (c) Impedance (d) None of the above
Last Answer : (b) Reactance
Description : Which of the following statements is incorrect? (a) Station batteries are used to operate relay only (b) The lightning arresters are basically surge diverters (c) An impedance relay has maximum fault current when fault occurs near the relay (d) A high speed relay has an operation of 1 to 2 cycles
Last Answer : (a) Station batteries are used to operate relay only
Description : A differential relay measures the vector difference between (a) two currents (b) two voltages (c) two or more similar electrical quantities (d) none of the above
Last Answer : (c) two or more similar electrical quantities
Description : The relay operating speed depends upon (a) the spring tension (b) the rate of flux built up (c) armature core air gap (d) all of the above
Description : Which of the following is the least expensive protection for overcurrent is low voltage system ? (a) Rewireable fuse (b) Isolator (c) Oil circuit breaker (d) Air break circuit breaker (e) None of the above
Last Answer : (a) Rewireable fuse
Description : Discrimination between main and back up protection is provided by the use of relays which are (a) fact (b) sensitive (c) slow (d) none of the above
Last Answer : (c) slow
Description : Short-circuit currents are due to (a) single phase to ground faults (b) phase to phase faults (c) two phase to ground faults (d) three phase faults (e) any of these
Last Answer : (e) any of these
Description : What will be the reflection coefficient of the wave of load connected to transmission line if surge impedance of the line is equal to load ? (a) Zero (b) Unity (c) Infinity (d) None of the above
Last Answer : (a) Zero
Description : When a wave propagates on a transmission line, it suffers reflection several times at (a) tapping (b) load end (c) sending end (d) sending and other end (e) all of the above
Last Answer : (d) sending and other end
Description : When an operating motor is connected to the controller shown in the illustration, the a path of current flow through the circuit is ____________. EL-0010 A. 'L1', stop button, start button, coil 'CR', 'L2' B. 'L1' ... L2' D. 'L1', stop button, start button, 'CR' contact, 'M' contact, 'CR' coil, 'L2'
Description : What is recovery voltage in circuit breaker?
Last Answer : Recovery voltage in circuit breakers is defined as the power frequency rms voltage which appears across the breaker contacts after the transient oscillations die out and the final extinction of the arc ... poles of the circuit breaker. It is the voltage developed after the arc extinction is competed
Description : Why Isolation switches are provided along with the circuit breakers?
Last Answer : Isolation switches are provided for separating the disconnected element from the live portion of the system for the purpose of safety
Description : Air Blast Circuit Breakers Advantages Disadvantages
Last Answer : Air Blast Circuit Breakers Advantages Disadvantages In air blast circuit breakers, compressed air at a pressure of 20-30 kg/cm2 is employed as an arc quenching medium. Air blast circuit breakers ... air blast circuit breaker current chopping problem exists There is a problem of re-striking voltage
Description : Air blast circuit breakers for 400 kV power system are designed to operate in (a) 100 microsecond (b) 50 millisecond (c) 0.5 sec (d) 0.1 sec
Last Answer : (b) 50 millisecond
Description : transmission line has reflection coefficient as one. (a) Open circuit (b) Short-circuit (e) Long (d) None of the above
Last Answer : (a) Open circuit
Description : Arc in a circuit breaker is interrupted at (a) zero current (b) maximum current (c) minimum voltage (d) maximum voltage
Last Answer : (a) zero current
Description : Which of the following circuit breakers has high reliability and minimum maintenance ? (a) Air blast circuit breakers (b) Circuit breaker with SF6 gas (c) Vacuum circuit breakers (d) Oil circuit breakers
Last Answer : (b) Circuit breaker with SF6 gas
Description : The short circuit in any winding of the transformer is the result of (a) mechanical vibration (b) insulation failure (c) loose connection (d) impulse voltage
Last Answer : (d) impulse voltage
Description : To reduce short circuit fault currents are used. (a) reactors (b) resistors (c) capacitors (d) none of the above
Last Answer : (a) reactors
Description : Insulation resistance of high voltage circuit breakers is more than (a) 1 mega ohms (b) 10 mega ohms (c) 100 mega ohms (d) 500 mega ohms
Last Answer : (c) 100 mega ohms
Description : The time of closing the cycle, in modern circuit breakers is (a) 0.003 sec (b) 0.001 sec (c) 0.01 sec (d) 0.10 sec (e) none of the above
Last Answer : (a) 0.003 sec
Description : The arc voltage produced in A.C. circuit breaker is always (a) in phase with the arc current (b) lagging the arc current by 90" (c) leading the arc current by 90° (d) none of the above
Last Answer : (a) in phase with the arc current
Description : In a circuit breaker the basic problem is to (a) maintain the arc (b) extinguish the arc (c) transmit large power (d) emit the ionizing electrons
Last Answer : (c) transmit large power
Description : Ionization in circuit breaker is facilitated by (a) high temperature (b) increase of mean free path (c) increasing field strength (d) all of the above
Description : Air blast circuit breaker is used for (a) over currents (b) short duty (c) intermittant duty (d) repeated duty
Last Answer : (d) repeated duty
Description : The current zero interruption, in oil and air blast circuit breakers, is achieved by (a) lengthening of the gap (b) cooling and blast effect (c) both (a) and (b) (d) deionizing the oil with forced air (e) none of the above
Last Answer : (c) both (a) and (b)
Description : Circuit breakers usually operate under (a) transient state of short-circuit current (b) sub-transient state of short-circuit current (c) steady state of short-circuit current (d) after D.C. component has ceased
Last Answer : (a) transient state of short-circuit current
Description : Magnetic circuit breaker has ______ trip action. (a) delayed (b) instantaneous (c) both of the above (d) none of the above
Last Answer : (b) instantaneous
Description : Thermal circuit breaker has (a) delayed trip action (b) instantaneous trip action (c) both of the above (d) none of the above
Last Answer : (a) delayed trip action
Description : Arc in a circuit behaves as (a) a capackive reactance (b) an inductive reactance (c) a resistance increasing with voltage rise across the arc (d) a resistance decreasing with voltage rise across the arc
Last Answer : (d) a resistance decreasing with voltage rise across the arc
Description : A thermal protection switch can protect against (a) short-circuit (b) temperature (c) overload (d) over voltage
Last Answer : (c) overload
Description : Fault diverters are basically (a) fuses (b) relays (c) fast switches (d) circuit breakers
Last Answer : (c) fast switches
Description : With which of the following, a circuit breaker must be equipped for remote operation ? (a) Inverse time trip (b) Time-delay trip (c) Shunt trip (d) None of the above (e) All of the above
Last Answer : (c) Shunt trip
Description : Which of the following medium is employed for extinction of arc in air circuit breaker ? (a) Water (b) Oil (c) Air (d) SF6
Last Answer : (c) Air