Maulana Mukhtar Ahmad Nadvi Technical Campus,Malegaon

Department of Electrical Engineering

Sub : Switchgear and Protection (BE-VIII Sem)
Prepared by Ms. Rohini Haridas
Q The production of arc in circuit breaker:
1. Delays the current interruption process
2. Generates enormous heat
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3. Both of these
4. None of these

Q The basic requirement of any power system protection scheme is

1. Selectivity
2. Stability
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3. Speed
4. All of these

Q The incipient fault in beginning is:

1. Small
2. Fatal
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3. Infinitely damage to the equipment
4. more dangerous than P – P fault

Q Most dangerous type of fault on any power system is:

1. Phase to earth
2. Phase to Phase
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3. Phase to Phase to Earth
4. Three phase fault

Q Reactance in any system exists due to:

1. Resistors
2. Capacitors
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3. Inductors
4. 2 & 3

Q Cartridge type fuse can handle current upto

1. 50,000 A
2. 1,00,000 A
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3. 2,00,000 A
4. 5,00,000 A

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 Q The modern electrical power systems are more likely to use:
1. Electromechanical relays
2. Static analog relays
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3. Static digital relays
4. None of these

Q Air circuit breakers can be used for current values up to:

1. 3000 A
2. 6000 A
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3. 9000 A
4. 18000 A

The protection system which compares the current entering and leaving the
Q protection zone:
1. Different protection system
2. Integral protection system
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3. Back protection system
4. Subtraction protection system

Q In case of fault it is often desired that frame leakage protection should trip:
1. Half the installed breakers
2. Only one breaker
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3. All connected breakers
4. Two breakers

Q The correct equation for an effectively grounded system is:

1. X0/X1 < 3.0
2. X0/X1 > 3.0
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3. X0/X1 > 2.0
4. 3.0 < X0/X1< 9.0

Q Buchholz relay is used to protect:

1. Alternator
2. Induction Motors
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3. Synchronous motors
4. Transformers

Q Generally, the carrier current protection scheme is recommended for:

1. HV cables
2. HV transmission lines
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3. Both of these
4. None of these

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 Q The under-voltage relay is recommended for:
1. Transformers
2. Motors
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3. Feeder
4. Busbars

Q ____________________ is/are an instantaneous relay/s

1. PMMC type
2. Shaded pole type
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3. Both of these
4. None of these

Q Plug setting multiplier is defined as the ratio of

1. Fault current in relay coil x Pick up current
2. Fault current in relay coil / Pick up current
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3. Fault current in relay coil x Transformer secondary turns
4. Fault current in relay coil / Transformer secondary turns

Q The rate of rise of restriking voltage is usually expressed in terms of

1. V / s
2. kV / ms
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3. kV / µs
4. MV/ns

It is desired to chop 20 A current in a circuit having L = 4 mH, C = 0.2 µC. Find

Q the induced voltage.
1. 10 kV
2. 3.72 kV
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3. 2.8 kV
4. 1.7 kV

Q Fault diverter is actually a

1. Fuse
2. Circuit breaker
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3. Relay
4. Switch

The __________ the current, the ___________ is the time required by fuse to
Q blow up:
1. Greater, smaller
2. Greater, Greater
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3. Smaller, Smaller
4. All of these are possible

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 Q Usually the earth relays have ___________ current settings:
1. Lower
2. Higher
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3. Both
4. None

The correct equation which explains the breaking capacity of 3 phase circuit
Q breaker:
1. √3 × V × I × 10−1 MVA
2. √3 × V × I × 10−3 MVA
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3. √3 × V × I × 10−6 MVA
4. √3 × V × I × 10−9 MVA

Q The main function of a fuse is to

1. Protect the line
2. Open the circuit
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3. Prevent excessive currents
4. None of the above

Q On which of the following routine tests are conducted?

1. Oil circuit breakers
2. Air blast circuit breakers
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3. Minimum oil circuit breakers
4. All of the above

Q SF6 gas
1. Is yellow in color
2. Is lighter than air
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3. Is nontoxic
4. Has pungent small

Q The arcing contacts in a circuit breaker are made of

1. Copper tungsten alloy
2. Porcelain
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3. Electrolytic copper
4. Aluminum alloy

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 Which of the following medium is employed for the extinction of arc in air circuit
Q breaker?
1. Water
2. Oil
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3. Air
4. SF6

With which of the following, a circuit breaker must be equipped for remote
Q operation?
1. Inverse time trip
2. Time-delay trip
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3. Shunt trip
4. All of the above

A protective device, which reduces the steepness of wavefront of a surge by

Q absorbing surge energy is called
1. Surge Diverters
2. Surge absorber
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3. Switching surges
4. Earthing screen

Q A thermal protection switch can protect against

Short-circuit
Temperature
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Overload
Overvoltage

Q Arc in a circuit behaves as

1. A capacitive reactance
2. An inductive reactance
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3. A resistance increasing with voltage rise across the arc
4. A resistance decreasing with voltage rise across the arc

Q The thermal circuit breaker has

1. Delayed trip action
2. Instantaneous trip action
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3. Instantaneous short action
4. Any of the above