The skin effect cause

A) Portion of the conductor near the surface carries less current and core of the
conductor carries more current
B) Portion of the conductor near the surface carries more current and the core of
the conductor carries less current
C) Current flows through the half cross-section of the conductor
D) None of the above
ANSWER: B
The voltage drop, for constant voltage transmission, is compensated by installing
A) Capacitors
B) Synchronous motors
C) Inductors
D) All of these
ANSWER: B
The use of strain type insulators is made where the conductors are
A) Dead End
B) Road Crossing
C) Intermediate anchor towers
D) All of these
ANSWER: D
The current drawn by the line due to corona losses is
A) Non sinusoidal
B) Triangular
C) Square
D) Sinusoidal
ANSWER: A
Pin type insulators are generally not used for voltages beyond
A) 22 kV
B) 33 kV
C) 11 kV
D) 1 kV
ANSWER: B
For transmission of power over a distance of 200 km, the transmission voltage
should be
A) 66 kV
B) 132 kV
C) 11 kV
D) 33 kV
ANSWER: B
Constant voltage transmission entails the following disadvantage
A) Short circuit current of the system is increased
B) Large conductor area is required for same power transmission
C) Load power factor in heavy loads
D) All of the above
ANSWER: A
Skin effect depends upon?
A) Frequency of the current
B) Resistivity of the conductor material
C) Size of the conductor
D) All of the above
ANSWER: D
When a conductor carries more current on the surface as compared to core, it is due
to
A) Corona
B) Skin Depth
C) Skin Effect
D) Any of the above
ANSWER: C
When a live conductor of public electric supply breaks down and touches the earth
which of the following will happen?
A) Current will flow to earth
B) No current will flow in the conductor
C) Either Current will flow to earth or No current will flow in the conductor
D) Supply voltage will increase
ANSWER: C
If the length of the cable is doubled, its capacitance C will become
A) Doubled
B) Half
C) One fourth
D) Remain Unchanged
ANSWER: A
The advantages of high transmission voltage are
A) Area of cross-section is reduced
B) Reduced line losses
C) Increase efficiency
D) All of the above
ANSWER: D
The voltage regulation of flat voltage profile system is
A) 100 %
B) 50 %
C) 0 %
D) Any of the above
ANSWER: C
Compared with solid conductor of the same radius, corona appears on a stranded
conductor at a lower voltage, because stranding
A) Assists ionization
B) Makes the current flow spirally about the axis of the conductor
C) Produces oblique sections to a plane perpendicular to the axis of the conductor
D) Produces surfaces of smaller radius
ANSWER: D
The skin effect of a conductor reduces with the increase in
A) Permeability of conductor material
B) cross section of conductor
C) Resistivity of the conductor material
D) Supply frequency
ANSWER: D
High voltage transmission lines are transposed because then
A) Phase voltage imbalances can be minimized
B) Voltage drop in the lines can be minimized
C) Computations of inductance becomes easier
D) Corona losses can be minimized
ANSWER: A
Transposition of transmission line is done to
A) Reduce corona
B) Balance line voltage drop
C) Reduced skin effect
D) Reduce line loss
ANSWER: B
The presence of earth in case of overhead lines
A) Increases the capacitance
B) Increases the inductance
C) Decreases the capacitance and increases the inductance
D) Does not effect any of the line constants
ANSWER: A
Skin effect in transmission line is due to
A) Supply frequency
B) Self inductance of conductor
C) High sensitivity of material in the centre
D) Both Supply frequency and Self inductance of conductor
ANSWER: D
If the effect of earth is taken into account, then the capacitance of line to
ground
A) Decreases
B) Increases
C) Remains unaltered
D) Becomes infinite
ANSWER: B
In a transmission line the distributed constants are
A) Resistance and shunt conductance only
B) Resistance and inductance only
C) Resistance, inductance and capacitance only
D) Resistance, inductance, capacitance and shunt conductance.
ANSWER: D
The presence of earth in case of overhead lines
A) Increases the capacitance
B) Increases the inductance
C) Decreases the capacitance
D) Decreases the inductance
ANSWER: A
The transmission lines are said to be long if the length of the line exceeds
A) 50 km.
B) 150 km.
C) 250 km.
D) 500 km.
ANSWER: B
Shunt capacitance is neglected in case of
A) Medium and long transmission lines
B) Long transmission lines
C) Medium transmission lines
D) Short transmission lines
ANSWER: D
Which of the following is neglected while analyzing a short transmission line?
A) Power losses
B) Shunt admittances
C) Series impedance
D) None of these
ANSWER: B
Capacitance in equivalent circuit of transmission line is due to
A) Current in the line
B) Difference in potential of line
C) Leakage of current
D) Presence of magnetic flux
ANSWER: B
As the height of the transmission tower is increased, the line capacitance and line
inductance respectively
A) Decreases, decreases
B) Increases, decreases
C) Decreases, remains unaltered
D) Increases, increases
ANSWER: C
Voltage gradient on a transmission line conductor is highest
A) At the surface of the conductor
B) At the centre of the conductor
C) At the distance equal to one radius from the surface
D) None of these
ANSWER: A
The function of guard ring transmission lines is
A) To reduce the transmission losses
B) To reduce the earth capacitance of the lowest unit
C) To increase the earth capacitance of the lowest unit
D) None of these
ANSWER: A