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458 <strong>Electrical</strong> <strong>Power</strong> <strong>Systems</strong><br />

(c) the conductor has 55 strands<br />

(d) the conductor has 41 strands.<br />

156. A double circuit transmission line will have four conductors including one earth conductor<br />

(a) true (b) false.<br />

157. Hydro power stations are used as base load stations<br />

(a) true (b) false.<br />

158. In D.C. transmission there is no skin effect<br />

(a) true (b) false.<br />

159. Water hammer is developed in turbine<br />

(a) true (b) false.<br />

160. The reflection factor for a short–circuited transmission line is unity<br />

(a) true (b) false.<br />

161. The value of diversity factor is<br />

(a) less than one (b) greater than one (c) equal to one (d) less than half.<br />

162. The per capita consumption of electrical energy in India is<br />

(a) more than 150 kwh (b) less than 150 kwh<br />

(c) less than 50 kwh (d) none of these.<br />

163. The percentage of electric energy consumed on a world wide basis is<br />

(a) 80% (b) 75% (c) 30% (d) none of these.<br />

164. In India, the thermal generation is about<br />

(a) 80% (b) 40% (c) 65% (d) 50%<br />

165. The turbine used for high head in hydro plant is<br />

(a) rancis turbine (b) Kaplan turbine (c) Pelton wheel (d) none of these.<br />

166. The Pelton wheel is<br />

(a) axial flow impulse turbine (b) reaction turbine<br />

(c) pressure turbine (d) none of these.<br />

167. The maximum head upto which a pelton–wheel can be easily designed is<br />

(a) 150 m (b) 1800 m (c) 1000 m (d) 300 m<br />

168. If low head and large quantity of water are available, a power engineer should setect<br />

(a) Kaplan turbine (b) Pelton wheel (c) rancis turbine (d) none of these.<br />

169. The electric energy is directly generated by the combustion of fuel on a stationary device<br />

by a process, called<br />

(a) Magnetohydro dynamic process (b) thermal process<br />

(c) nuclear fission process (d) all of these.<br />

170. A gas turbine is<br />

(a) more economical to a conventional steam plant<br />

(b) unable to maintain flat voltage profile in the system even it is used as synchronous<br />

compensator<br />

(c) able to meet sudden peaks of system load<br />

(d) all of the above.<br />

171. The conductors used in practice for transmission line is stranded for<br />

(a) providing necessary flexibility for stringing<br />

(b) reducing the effective resistance<br />

(c) preventing unwinding<br />

(d) all of the above<br />

172. The per unit impedances of a transformer referred from the primary and secondary side<br />

(a) are not equal (b) are equal

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