The maximum power can be achieved in a transmission line by

A) Reducing system transfer Reactance

B) Increasing the Voltage level
C) Both Reducing system transfer Reactance and Increasing the Voltage level
D) None of these
ANSWER: C
Find the number of strands of ACSR conductor for 3 layer transmission line?
A) 10
B) 19
C) 19
D) 27
ANSWER: B
Bundled conductors in EHV transmission lines help in
A) Decrease capacitance
B) Decrease Inductance
C) Increase capacitance
D) Increase inductance
ANSWER: B
If the frequency is increased, then the skin effect will
A) Decrease
B) Remain same
C) Increase
D) None of these
ANSWER: C
Proximity effect is more in case of
A) Overhead line
B) Power cable
C) DC transmission
D) None of these
ANSWER: B
In which of the following transmission lines capacitance effect is negligible?
A) Long transmission lines
B) Short transmission line
C) Medium transmission line
D) Any of these
ANSWER: B
The fact that current density is higher at the surface when compared to centre is
known as
A) Skin effect
B) Proximity effect
C) Corona effect
D) None of these
ANSWER: A
Sag depends on which factor?
A) Span length.
B) Weight of the conductors.
C) Tension in the conductors.
D) All of these.
ANSWER: D
Conductor sag should be kept
A) Minimum
B) Maximum.
C) Zero.
D) None of these.
ANSWER: A
What is the minimum safety factor in respect of the conductor tension?
A) 1
B) 3
C) 2
D) 1.5
ANSWER: C
Sag is directly proportional to the square of span.
A) True
B) False
ANSWER: A
The maximum tension in a section of overhead line conductor between two supports of
unequal height occurs at
A) The higher support.
B) The lower support.
C) Midpoint of the conductors.
D) None of these.
ANSWER: A
Safety factor is the ratio of
A) Working stress to breaking stress.
B) Breaking stress to working stress.
C) 1 / breaking stress.
D) 1 / working stress.
ANSWER: B
What is the effect of temperature rise on the over head lines?
A) Increase the sag and decrease the tension.
B) Decrease the sag and increase the tension.
C) Both increases.
D) Both decreases.
ANSWER: A
The topmost conductor in hv transmission line is
A) B phase conductor
B) Y phase conductor
C) R phase conductor
D) Earth conductor
ANSWER: D
Insulators used on EHT transmission lines are
A) PVC
B) Glass
C) Stealite
D) Porcelain
ANSWER: D
The dielectric strength of air under normal conditions is around
A) 30 kV/cm
B) 150 kV/cm
C) 100 kV /cm
D) 200 kV/cm
ANSWER: A
Power loss due to corona is directly proportional to
A) Radius of conductor
B) Supply frequency
C) Spacing between conductors.
D) None of these
ANSWER: A
Corona occurs between two transmission conductors when they
A) Have high potential difference
B) Are closely spaced
C) Carry dc power
D) Both Have high potential difference and Are closely spaced
ANSWER: D
Critical voltage limit of a transmission line is increased by
A) Reducing the radius of the conductors
B) Reducing the spacing between conductors
C) Increasing the spacing between conductors
D) Increasing the radius of the conductors
ANSWER: D
Which of the following affects the corona least?
A) Size and charge per ion
B) Number of ions
C) Atmospheric temperature
D) Mean free length
ANSWER: C
The inductance of line is minimum when
A) G M D is high
B) G M R is high
C) Both G M D and G M R are high
D) G M D is low but G M R is high
ANSWER: D
The inductance of single phase two wire power transmission line per km gets doubled
when the
A) Radius of the wore is double
B) Distance between the wires is increased as square of the original distance
C) Distance between the wires is doubled
D) Distance between the wires is doubled
ANSWER: B
Capacitance of a transmission line, with increase in its length
A) Increases
B) Decreases
C) Remains same
D) None of these
ANSWER: D
The only advantage of corona is that is
A) Ozone gas is produced
B) Works as a safety valve for surges
C) Makes line current sinusoidal
D) Produces a pleasing luminous glow
ANSWER: B