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JNTU ONLINE EXAMINATIONS [Mid 2 - PS1]

1. Bus bars are usually made of


1. steel
2. copper
3. aluminium
4. zinc

2. Bus bars are usually made of aluminium because of its


1. low cost
2. low density
3. high resistivity
4. low melting point

3. Bus bar is rated by


1. current only
2. voltage only
3. current, voltage and frequency
4. current, voltage, frequency and short circuit current

4. Which of the following bus bar arrangement has the lowest-cost?


1. single bus-bar arrangement
2. Ring bus-bar arrangement
3. Duplicate bus-bar arrangement
4. Double main and transfer bus arrangement

5. A back ward wave means a


1. negative voltage wave
2. negative current wave
3. negative voltage fluctuations
4. A wave travelling in negtive direction

6. Which of the following sections can be employed for bus bars?


1. Bars
2. Rings
3. pipes
4. steel

7. When a transmission line is energised _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _


1. voltage wave only
2. current wave only
3. voltage wave and current wave
4. standing wave

8. Earth wires are made of


1. copper
2. aluminium
3. iron
4. galvenized stranded steel

9. Earth wire should be


1. good conductor of electricity
2. Ductile
3. bad conductor

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4. Mechanically weak

10. The earth wire should not be of size smaller then


1. 10 SWG copper
2. 8 SWG copper
3. 6 SWG copper
4. 4 SWG copper

11. Peterson coil is used


1. for grounding of neutral system
2. to reduce fault current
3. for inter connecting two inter connected systems
4. for shunt compensation

12. Surge absorbers are used for protection against


1. high voltage low frequency oscillations
2. high voltage high frequency oscillations
3. low voltage high frequency oscillations
4. low voltage low frequency oscillations

13. A thyrite type lightning arrester


1. blocks the surge voltage appearing in the line
2. absorbs the surge voltage appearing in the line
3. offers a low resistance path to surge appearing in the line
4. returns the surge back to source

14. In a lightning arrester, flash over occurs _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the arrester rating


1. 1.2 to 2.5 times
2. 3 to 4.5 times
3. at
4. below

15. Surge absorber _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the energy of travelling waves


1. absorbs
2. reflects
3. diverts
4. partly absorbs and partly diverts

16. A lightning arrester provides


1. low impedence path
2. high impedence path
3. low resistance path
4. high resistence path between line and earth during operation

17. Location of lightning arrester is near a


1. generator
2. transformer
3. busbar
4. circuit breaker

18. The most suitable circuit breaker for short line fault without switching resistor is _ _ _ _
___
1. minimum oil
2. air-blast
3. SF6
4. air-break

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19. Which of the following circuit breakes is prefered for EHT application?
1. air-blast
2. minimum-oil
3. SF6
4. vacuum

20. The current chopping tendency is minimised by using SF6 gas at relatively
1. low pressure and high viscosity
2. low pressure and low viscosity
3. high pressure and low viscosity
4. high pressure and high viscosity

21. SF6 gas has excellent heat transfer properties because of its
1. low gaseous viscosity
2. high dielectric strength
3. low molecular weight
4. low dielectric strength

22. During arc extinction SF6 gas gets


1. decomposed in to SF4 and SF2
2. decomposed into S and F ions
3. reduced to SF2
4. oxidised

23. SF6 gas is transported in


1. air cylinders
2. gas cylinders
3. liquid form in cylinders
4. solid form

24. SF6 provides better arc quenching because of its _ _ _ _ _ property


1. Ionization
2. gaseous
3. electro-negativity
4. colour ful

25. Pole-mounted substations are used for _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ distribution


1. primary
2. secondary
3. under grand
4. over head

26. SF6 is a heavy, colour less and chemically _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ gas


1. inert
2. active
3. tonize
4. unreactive

27. Out door substation requires _ _ _ _ _ _ _ space the Indoor


1. more
2. less
3. equal
4. proportionate

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28. Majority of distribution substations are of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ type


1. polezmounted
2. indoor
3. outdoor
4. under ground substation

29. Which of the following sequence of operation is correct for operation of circuit breaker
Isolator and earthing switch while opening a circuit?
1. open circuit breaker-open Isolator-close earthing switch
2. open isolator-open circuit breaker-close earthig switch
3. open earthing switch-open isolator-then open circuit breaker
4. open circuit breaker-close earthing switch-open isolator

30. Which of the following devices automatically interrupts the supply in the event of
surges?
1. Earthing switch
2. isolator
3. fuses
4. relays

31. Fault diverters are basically


1. circuit breakers
2. fast switches
3. fuses
4. relays

32. Earthing switch is usually installed on


1. isolator frame
2. main board
3. circuit breaker frame
4. oil circuit breakers

33. An isolator is installed


1. To isolate one portion of circuit from another
2. as a substitute for a circuit breaker
3. to provide support
4. to provide physical strength

34. The unit of heat rate is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _


1. kcal/Mwh
2. Mw
3. MAr
4. Cal

35. THe penality factor is always _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _


1. less than 1
2. more than 1
3. equal to 1
4. not related

36. The unit of increment cost is


1. Rs per Mwh
2. Rs per Mvar
3. Rs per unit
4. Rs per load

37. Peek load plants etc at _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ load factor

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1. medium
2. low
3. high
4. peak

38. When the power system is not in a position to meet the load it will resort to
1. power factor improvement at the generators
2. load shedding
3. efficient plant operation
4. penalising high load consumers by increasing te charges

39. Shunt capaciters deliver _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ VAR's


1. lagging
2. leading
3. unity
4. definate

40. A power system needs injection of VARs at


1. off peak load
2. peak load
3. full load
4. both peak and off peak losed

41. The injection of VARs is required to


1. compensate for line losses
2. get a good voltage profile
3. increase the voltage at the receiving end
4. decrease the voltage at the sending end

42. Load frequency control is acheived by properly matching the individual's machine's
1. reactive powers
2. generated voltages
3. turbine inputs
4. turbine and generator inputs

43. During load shedding


1. system voltage is reduced
2. system frequency is reduced
3. system loads are switched off
4. system power factor is changed

44. The rotor field of synchronous generator is supplied with


1. dc supply
2. ac supply
3. ac or dc supply
4. both ac and dc

45. The synchronising power is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ at no load


1. zero
2. maximum
3. minimum
4. variable

46. Plant capacity factor is the ratio of


1. average load to rated capacity
2. medium load to average load
3. maximum load to medium load

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4. peak load to maximum load

47. A 210MW generator should be cooled by


1. water
2. air
3. ice
4. hydrogen

48. For cooling of large sized generators hydrogen is used because


1. it is light in weight
2. less cost
3. low thermal conductivity
4. offers increased fire risk

49. An excitor is necessary in case of


1. transformer
2. synchronous generator
3. induction motor
4. dc generator

50. Shunt capacitors in a substation


1. consume lagging VAR's
2. deliver lagging VAR's
3. consume active power
4. deliver active power

51. In a 400kv power nework 360 kv is recorded at a 400 kv bus. The reactive power
absorbed by a shunt reactor rated for 50MVAR, 400kv connected at the bus is
1. 61.73 MVAR
2. 55.56 MVAR
3. 45.0 MVAR
4. 40.5 MVAR

52. The gas used in cooling of synchronous gnerator is


1. SF6
2. oxygen
3. hydrogen
4. CO2

53. When the is a change in load in a power station having a number of generator units
operating in parallel the system frequency is controlled by
1. adjusting the steam inputs to the units
2. adjusting the field excitation of the generation
3. charging the load divisions b/w the units
4. injecting reactive power at the station busbar

54. For cost and safety the outdoor substation are employed for voltages
1. 11kv and above
2. 33kv and above
3. 66kv and above
4. 110kv and above

55. Flow of active power through a line in a power system can be controlled by
1. tap changing transformers
2. phase shifting transformers
3. sychronous phase modifier

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4. synchonous motor

56. As compared to single bus-bar, a duplicate bus bar has the draw back of
1. poor reliability
2. greater cost
3. lesser fexibility
4. less cost

57. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is applied to medium industrial consumers


1. hopkinson demand rate
2. tariff
3. active power
4. reactive power

58. The voltage of a zbus can be controlled by controlling the


1. phase angle
2. reactive power of the bus
3. active power of the bus
4. phase angle and reactive power

59. The permissible variation of frequency in a power system is


1.
2.
3.
4.

60. The changes in reactive power at a bus have a great effect on the voltage magnitude
1. of that bus
2. of distant buses
3. of all the buses
4. no change

61. A synchronous condenser is usually a


1. dc generator
2. induction motor
3. over excited synchronous motor
4. unexcited synchronous motor

62. If a sychronous motor is under excited it takes lagging VAR's from the system area
when it is operated as a
1. synchronous motor
2. synchronous generator
3. synchronous motor as well as generator
4. dc generator

63. A synchnounous condenser is virtually a


1. induction motor
2. over excited synchronous
3. under excited synchronous motor
4. commutator motor

64. The most suitable location for a power factor improvement device is
1. at the receiving end, in case of transmission line
2. sending end
3. any where in the circuit
4. middle of the circuit

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65. An industrial installation has a power factor of 0.8 lagging. It would be economical to
improve p.f to
1. unity
2. about 0.8 loading
3. about 0.95 lagging
4. about 0.95 loading

66. The most economical limit of power factor correcting is governed by


1. original power factor
2. relative costs of the supply end power factor correction equipments
3. leading power factor
4. lagging power factor

67. A 3-phase 11kw 50Hz, 200kw load has a power factor of 0.8lag. A delta connected 3-
phase capacitor is used to improve the p.f to unity the capacitance perphase of the
capacitor in micro farads is
1. 3.948
2. 1.316
3. 0.439
4. 11.844

68. Static capacitors are rated interms of


1. KWAR
2. KW
3. KWA
4. KWh

69. For power factor improvement static capacitors has the draw back of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
1. service life is increased
2. getting damaged by high voltage
3. repairable
4. less cost

70. To meet the reactive power requirements at load centres usually


1. shunt capacitors are used
2. series capacitors are used
3. tap changing transformer are used
4. shunt reactors are used

71. Generators for base load plants are usually designed for maximum efficiency around
1. 20 % over load
2. full load
3. 75 % full load
4. 65 % full load

72. Generators for power plants to supply exclusively peak loads are usually designed for
maximum efficiency to accurate
1. full load
2. 50-75 % full load
3. 20-50 % full load
4. 10 % full load

73. The area under the load duration curve represents


1. total units of energy available
2. total power available at site
3. total quantity of run off during that period

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4. maximum rate of run off during that period

74. A mass curve can be ploted from


1. load duration curve
2. chronological load duration curve
3. energy load curve
4. hydrograph

75. Storage requirement can be determined from


1. load curve
2. flow duration curve
3. mass curve
4. energy load curve

76. The heighest point in a load curve represents


1. peek demand
2. diversified demand
3. average demand
4. capacity factor

77. The flow duration curve at a given head of a hydro electric plant is used to determine
1. total power available at the site
2. total units of energy available
3. load factor at the plant
4. diversity factor of the plant

78. In a load duration curve for an indegrated power system the upper most crest
represents the energy contributed by
1. base power stations
2. major thermal stations
3. peaking hydro or gas substations
4. non conventional power stations

79. A graphical representation of the discharge and time is known as


1. load curve
2. load duration curve
3. monograph
4. hydrograph

80. An hydrograph indicates


1. the discharge at any time during the period under consideration
2. mass curve
3. energy load curve
4. load

81. Hydrograph is similar to


1. load duration curve
2. mass curve
3. energy load curve
4. chronological load curve

82. The factors effecting the run-off are


1. Rain fall pattern, shape and size of catchment area
2. ocean currents
3. fossile fuels
4. radio-active substances

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83. Load factor is the ratio of


1. peak load to average load
2. peak load to minimum load
3. average load to peak load
4. average load to minimum load

84. load factor is defined as the ratio of


1. average load to maximum load
2. maximum load to connected load
3. maximum load to average load
4. average load to installed capacity

85. Load factor of a power plant is


1. generally equal to unity
2. always less than unity
3. always more than unity
4. normally more than unity

86. Load factor for domestic loads may be taken


1. about 85 %
2. 50-60 %
3. 25-50 %
4. 10-15 %

87. Demand factor is defined as the ratio of


1. average load to maximum demand
2. maximum demand to connected load
3. connected load to maximum demand
4. maximum demand to average load

88. Demand factor on a power system is


1. always greater than unity
2. Normally greater than unity
3. always lesser than unity
4. normally lesser than uity

89. A generating station has a maximum demand of 20MW and a connected load of 40MW
the generated units are 436 times107 per annum the demand factor is
1. 2
2. 2/3
3. 1/2
4. 1/3

90. The load curve is a plot of


1. load versus duration of time
2. load versus current
3. load versus time
4. total number of generated units versus time

91. The area under the load curve represents


1. system voltage
2. current
3. energy consumed
4. maximum demand

92. The area under the load curve divided by 24 hours gives
1. average load

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2. peek load
3. least load
4. no load

93. The area under daily load curve divided by 24 gives


1. average load for the day
2. maximum demand
3. connected load
4. demand factor

94. Load curve of a power generating station is of always


1. negative slope
2. positive slope
3. zero slope
4. combination of zero positive and negative slope

95. Load curve helps in deciding the


1. total installed capacity of the plant
2. negative slope
3. positive slope
4. zero slope

96. Load factor for heavy industries may be taken as


1. 70-80 %
2. 40-50 %
3. 25-40 %
4. 20-25 %

97. Which of the following categories of consumer can provide the heighest load factor
1. Domestic consumers
2. commercial establishment
3. education institutions
4. medium industries

98. The connected load of a consumer is 2kw and has maximum demand is 1.5kw. The
demand factor of the consumer is
1. 0.75
2. 0.375
3. 1.33
4. 1.24

99. A system has connected load of 120kw peak load of 100kw, base load of 25kw and
average load of 40kw. The load factor of the consumer is
1. 40 %
2. 48 %
3. 25 %
4. 83.3 %

100. During which season the load on a power system is maximum?


1. Automn
2. winter
3. Rainny
4. summer

101. The power system experiences peak demand from


1. midnight to 8am
2. 8am to 2pm

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3. 2pm to 6pm
4. 6pm to 10pm

102. Connected loading means


1. installed electrical load in the premises of a consumer
2. maximum load a consumer draws
3. load drawn by consumer at any instant
4. load drawn by consumer at a particular time

103. The maximum demand of a power station is


1. sum of the maximum demands of all its consumers
2. greater average load in a specific time
3. peak value of load in a specific time
4. sum of peaks loads at all times

104. Load duration curve gives


1. The number of hours for which a particular load lasts during the day
2. average load
3. peak load
4. minimum load

105. The load duration curve for unity load factor will be of
1. rectangular shape
2. triangular shape
3. L-shape
4. I-shape

106. The mass curve reprasents


1. average load
2. the total energy consumed by the load upto a particular time in a day
3. people load
4. minimum load

107. Integrated load duration curve representing total number of units (kwh) generated for
a given demand in kw can be plotted directly from directly from
1. load curve
2. load duration curve
3. mass curve
4. chronological curve

108. The power which must be available even under emergency conditions is known as
1. spinning reserve
2. cold reserve
3. firm reserve
4. hot reserve

109. A large diversity factor of the load in a power system


1. Reduces the installation cost
2. Increases the installation cost
3. does not affect the installation cost
4. not related to installation cost

110. As the load factor of a power plant increases the cost per kwh of the energy generated
1. increases
2. decreases
3. may increases or decrease
4. remains the same

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111. Capacity factor will be very low when the power plant
1. is operated as base load plant
2. is operated in emergency only
3. is under mainatanance
4. is operated at peaks loads

112. Diversity factor has direct effect on


1. fixed cost per unit generated
2. operating cost per unit generated
3. maintanence cost
4. installation cost

113. The knowledge of diversity factor helps in computing


1. plant capacity
2. average load
3. units (kwh) generated
4. peak demand

114. The capacity factor of a plant is equal to


1. maximum load / average load
2. average load / maximum load
3. average load / plant capacity
4. plant capacity / average load

115. Diversity factor is the ratio of


1. sum of maximum demands of consumers/system maximum demand
2. maximum demand of consumers/average demand
3. demand of all consumers/average demand
4. demand of 4 peak demands

116. Diversity factor in a power system is


1. always less than unity
2. normally less than unity
3. always more than unity
4. normally more than unity

117. Diversity factor X maximum demand is


1. average demand
2. sum of consumers maximum demand
3. installed capacity
4. generated power

118. The intrest to the capital costis included in


1. anual fixed cost
2. anueal operating cost
3. operation cost
4. maitanence cost

119. The fuel cost is included in


1. annual fixed cost
2. annual operating cost
3. operation cost
4. maintance cost

120. The capital cost of power plant depends on


1. total installed capacity only
2. total number of units only

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3. total installed capacity and number of units as well


4. neither the installed capacity nor number of units

121. In a power plant which of the following items fall in the category of semi fixed charges
1. annual intrest ad depreciation on capital cost
2. maitanence
3. land cost
4. Raw material cost

122. For a neuclear power plant the use ful life is expected to be about
1. 10 years
2. 30 years
3. 60 years
4. 80 years

123. The principle of incrimentel costs is employed for deciding the


1. sequence of adding units
2. load allocation between units in operation
3. total plant capacity to be operated
4. average plant capacity

124. For a thermal power plant the input output characteristic is given by Q = 8+P+0.08P2.
where Q and P are heat input and power output respectively in Mw. The maximum
thermal efficiency would be
1. 26.5 %
2. 30.5 %
3. 34.5 %
4. 38.5 %

125. For economy measure the generators at a power plant operate at


1. equal loads
2. load proportional to the retings
3. equal incrimental cost
4. Reduced loads

126. Annual operating cost of a generating plant consists of


1. fixed charges
2. taxes
3. insurance
4. publicity

127. For a power plant the expenditure on which of the following items is expected to be
almost negligable
1. publicity
2. taxes
3. maintanance
4. insurance

128. In a steam power station which of the following is not a fixed cost?
1. intrest on capital
2. salaries
3. fuel and lubricating oil cost
4. insurance charges

129. In apower plant which of the following stems does not fall in the category of operting
cost?
1. salaries of operational and maintance staff

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2. maintanence and repair cost


3. salaries of supervisons staff engages on
4. salaries of management the running the plant

130. The connected load of a domestic consumer (medium income group) is usually about
1. 2-5kw
2. 10-20kw
3. 20-30kw
4. below 1 kw

131. Which of the following are not repayable offer astipulated period?
1. fixed deposits
2. shares
3. bonds
4. cash certificates

132. Which of the following equipment provides fluctuating loads?


1. lathe machine
2. welding transformer
3. exhaust fan
4. electric iron

133. The annual depreciation reserve depends on


1. capital cosst only
2. maintanence value only
3. on the method of calculation depreciation reserve
4. operation cosst

134. Selvage value of a plant


1. is always zero, positive, negative
2. in fraction
3. in exponential
4. in decimal

135. Ideally depreciated value of the plant plus the occumulation in the depreciation fund
should be equal to
1. absoluence rate
2. sinking fund
3. invested value
4. salvage value

136. Annual depreciation cost of a plant may be calculated by


1. straight line menthod
2. annual fixed cost
3. annual operating cost
4. salvage value

137. Two generating plants feeds a load centre through a transmission network for
maximum economy
1. The incremental cost of power supplied at the load centre should be some for both
the plants
2. The more efficient plant should share more load
3. less efficient plant should share more load
4. load proportional to the ratings

138. In terms of power generation and coefficients the transmission loss for a two plant
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1.
2.
3.
4.

139. The long term loadforecast is recoreded for


1. operation of plant
2. economic operation of plant
3. planing the addition in generation
4. plant maintenence

140. The low power factor has the draw backs of


1. incresed transmission and distribution losses
2. Good voltage regulation
3. low cost of equipment for a given load
4. reduced transmission and distribution losses

141. The low power factor of an industrial plant is uneconomical for


1. electric supply utility only
2. owner of the plant only
3. both owner of the plant and electric supply utility
4. loads

142. For a consumer the most economical power factor is usually


1. 0.25-0.5 lagging
2. 0.25-0.5 leading
3. 0.85-0.95 lagging
4. 0.85-0.95leading

143. The cost function of a 50Mw generator is given by ( is the generating loading)
F(P1 = 225 + 53 + _1
when 100 % loading is applied the incremental fuel costs will be
1. Rs 55 per Mwh
2. Rs 55 per Mw
3. Rs 33 per Mwh
4. Rs 33 per Mw

144. The incremental generating costs of two generating units are given by

Where 'X & Y' are power generated by two units fore total demand of 300Mw1 the
values of X & Y will be respectively
1. 172 & 128
2. 128 & 172
3. 175 & 125
4. 200 & 100

145. The incremental costs characteristics of two generators delivering 200Mw are as
follows , for economic operaion, the generation P1 & P2 should be
1. P1=P2=100Mw
2. P1=80Mw, P2=120Mw
3. P1=200, P2=0

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4. P1=120Mw, P2=80Mw

146. If force a given alternator in economic operation mode, the incremental cost is given by
(0.012P+8) Rs/Mwh, and plant
1. 1,000 Mw
2. 1,250Mw
3. 750Mw
4. 1,500Mw

147. Power demand can be estimated approximately by


1. load survey method
2. mathematical method
3. statistical method
4. economic parameters

148. The Incremental costs characteristics of the two units in a plant are

When the total load is 100Mw the optimum sharing of load is


P1 P2
1. 40Mw 60Mw
2. 33.3Mw 66.7Mw
3. 60Mw 40Mw
4. 66.7Mw 33.3Mw

149. If a generating station is situated very close to the load centre the pendity factor for
this unit is
1. zero
2. almost unity
3. negative
4. very high

150. Low power factor is usually not due to


1. discharge lamps
2. incandecent lamps
3. arc lamps
4. induction furnaces

151. The primary reason for flow power factor is owing to installation of
1. synchronous motors
2. dc motors
3. inductions motors
4. commutator motors

152. The medium sized induction motor will operate at maximum power factor while
operating of
1. full load
2. 50 % of full load
3. 25 % of full load
4. 35 % of full load

153. Power factor can be improved by using


1. static capacitors
2. synchonous condensen
3. phase a advances

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4. conbination of static capacitor, synchronous condensens

154. Two part tariff is charged on the basis of


1. connected load
2. average demand
3. maximum demand
4. peak demand

155. The penlity for low power factor is imposed on


1. industrial consumer
2. residential consumers
3. agricultural consumer
4. educational institutes

156. Maximum demand tariff is generally net applied to the domestic consumers wing to
their
1. low maximum demand
2. low load factor
3. low power factor
4. low energy consumption

157. Doherting rate tariff is applied to


1. domestic consumers
2. medium industrial consumers
3. bulk supplies
4. municipal loads

158. Which of the following power plants are least reliable?


1. wind
2. Tidel
3. Geothermal
4. solar

159. Which of the following power plants are most reliable


1. Diesel
2. hydro electric
3. steam
4. tidel

160. Flat rate tariff can be charged on the basis of


1. connected load
2. units consumed
3. maximum demand
4. installation cost

161. Domestic consumers are usually charged


1. flat demand tariff
2. block rate tariff
3. flat rate tariff
4. off peak tariff

162. The maximum demand an a power station is 200Mw. If the annual load factor is 60 %
calculate the total energy generated in a month of 30days?
1. 3460 times 105kwh
2. 1430 times 105kwh
3. 864 times 105kwh
4. 4560 times 105kwh

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163. If the plant has an installed capacity of 80Mw produces annual output of 4.46
times106kwh and remains in operation for 200hours in a year then the plant use factor
would be _ _ _ _ _ _ _
1. 6.2 %
2. 3.4 %
3. 15.2 %
4. 2.78 %

164. The maximum demand on a power station is 400Mw if the annual load factor is 60 %.
Calculate the total energy generated in a year _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ?
1. 3460 times 105kwh
2. 21024 times 105kwh
3. 43240 times 105kwh
4. 32680 times 105kwh

165. A consumer has a maximum demand of 400kw at 40 % load factor. Then the number of
units consumed per year _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
1. 4250kwh
2. 1401600kwh
3. 126052kwh
4. 134560kwh

166. A plant has an installed capacity of 40Mw produces annual output of 7.35 times 106 kwh
and remains in operation for 1230 hours in a year then the plant use factor is _ _ _ _ _
___
1. 14.9 %
2. 12.3 %
3. 10.32 %
4. 14.32 %

167. If the plant has on installed capacity of 60Mw produces annual output of 4.46 times106
kwh and remains in operation for 1800 hours in a year then the plant use factor would
be _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
1. 4.1 %
2. 6.2 %
3. 7.3 %
4. 8.4 %

168. The maximum demand on a power station is 100Mw. If the annual load factor is 40 %
calculate the total energy generated in a year?
1. 3504 times105kwh
2. 4560 times105kwh
3. 1230 times105kwh
4. 1560 times105kwh

169. If a power station generated 65.7 times106kw per annum and the plant capacity is
18.750kw what would be the plant capacity factor
1. 50 %
2. 60 %
3. 70 %
4. 40 %

170. A consumer has a maximum demand of 200kw at 40 % load factor. Then the number of
units consumed per year = _ _ _ _ _ _
1. 700800kwh

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2. 6492 kwh
3. 843042 kwh
4. 43675 kwh

171. The maximum demand of a consumer is 20A at 220V and the load factor and power
fafctor are considered to be unity what would be the units consumed in 500hours?
1. 2200kwh
2. 1000kwh
3. 2000kwh
4. 400kwh

172. An alternator is supplying a load of 300kw at a p.f of 0.6 lagging. If the power factor is
raised to unity. How many kilowatts can alternator supply for the same kva loading?
1. 200kw
2. 300kw
3. 400kw
4. 500kw

173. If the average demand of a plant is 513.7kw what would be number of kwh generated
per year
1. 50 times105
2. 45 times105
3. 40 times105
4. 46 times105

174. If the plant capacity is 30Mw and the average demand is 15Mw what is the platn
capacity factor _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ?
1. 60 %
2. 40 %
3. 20 %
4. 50 %

175. If the plant capacity factor is 50 % and the plant capacity is 30Mw then the averge
demand would be _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ?
1. 20Mw
2. 30Mw
3. 40Mw
4. 50Mw

176. The load factor of a plant is 60 % and the maximum demand is 50Mw what is the
average demand?
1. 20Mw
2. 30Mw
3. 40Mw
4. 50Mw

177. If the plant capacity factor is 70 % and the plant capacity is 80Mw the average demand
would be _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ?
1. 20Mw
2. 50Mw
3. 80Mw
4. 56Mw

178. If the average demand is 56Mw and the plant capacity is 80Mw what is the plant
capacity factor
1. 80 %
2. 60 %

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3. 70 %
4. 75 %

179. If the power plant generates 45.32 times106kwh per annum, the plant capacity factor
be 40 % what would be the plant capacity?
1. 12.933kw
2. 14.32kw
3. 15.67kw
4. 17.32kw

180. The connected load of a generating station is 43Mw and the demand factor is 0.465
what would be the Maximum demand
1. 20Mw
2. 40Mw
3. 30Mw
4. 50Mw

181. If the maximum demand of a plant is 25 and the load factor is 60 %. what is its average
demand?
1. 15Mw
2. 20Mw
3. 30Mw
4. 40Mw

182. If the load factor is 0.7 and the average demand is 20Mw what is maximum demand of
that plant _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ?
1. 53.5Mw
2. 28.57Mw
3. 54.32Mw
4. 46.32Mw

183. If the average demand of a plant is 15Mw and the plant capacity is factor is 50 % what
is the plant capacity?
1. 20Mw
2. 40Mw
3. 30Mw
4. 50Mw

184. If the plant capacity of a plant is 18,750kw and reserve capacity is 3750kw what is its
maximum demand?
1. 4150kw
2. 3250kw
3. 3750kw
4. 4150kw

185. A generating station has a connected load of 43Mw and a maximudm demand of 20Mw
then the demand factor would be _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ?
1. 0.465
2. 0.732
3. 0.862
4. 0.456

186. A generating station has a average demand of 7020kw and a max demand of 20MW
then the load factor is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ?
1. 35.1 %
2. 46.3 %
3. 23.7 %

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4. 48.3 %

187. A generating station generates 61.5 times 106 per annum. What would be the average
demand
1. 7020kw
2. 4360kw
3. 3250kw
4. 4560kw

188. For a plant if the number of kwh generated per year is 45 times 105 what would be the
average demand
1. 513.7.kw
2. 423.4kw
3. 475.4kw
4. 514.6kw

189. A power station generates 65.7 times106kwh per annum the plant capacity factor is 40
%. What is the plant capacity?
1. 19,000kw
2. 18,750kw
3. 16,570kw
4. 15,000kw

190. If the total load is 400Kw and the mamimum demand is 1000kw what is its diversity
factor?
1. 4
2. 3
3. 2
4. 1

191. If the average load of a plant is 513.7kw and the maximum demand is 2500kw. What is
its load factor?
1. 20.1 %
2. 21.5 %
3. 31.2 %
4. 20.5 %

192. If the maximum demand is 2500kw and the load factor is 20.5 % what is average load
1. 514.3kw
2. 513.7kw
3. 500kw
4. 514.6kw

193. If the load factor is 20.5 % and the average load is 513.7kw what is its maximum
demand?
1. 2000kw
2. 4000kw
3. 3000kw
4. 2500kw

194. If the reserve capacity of a plant is 15,000kw and the maximum demand is 3150kw
what would be the plant capacity?
1. 18,750kw
2. 18,150kw
3. 18,650kw
4. 12,750kw

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195. If the reserve capacity of a plant is 20,000kw and the maximum demand is 4175kw
what is the plant capacity?
1. 7560kw
2. 19,200kw
3. 18,500kw
4. 24,175kw

196. If the maximum demand of three types of loads is given as A=1500kw B=2000kw
C=10,000kw & the diversity factor is 1.35 what would be the maximum demand on the
supply system
1. 20,0000kw
2. 10,0000kw
3. 15,0000kw
4. 25000kw

197. If the maximum demand of three types of load is given as A=1400kw B=1900kw
C=9000kw and the diversity factoris 1.75 what would be the maximum demand on the
supply system
1. 20,0000kw
2. 5,000kw
3. 7,028kw
4. 4056kw

198. If the maximum energy that could be produced is 500Mwh/day and the actual energy
produced is 360Mwh what is the plant use factor _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ?
1. 40 %
2. 53 %
3. 72 %
4. 60 %

199. If the maximum energy that could be produced is 600Mwh/day and the actual energy
produced is 400Mwh what is the plant use factor?
1. 40 %
2. 60 %
3. 66 %
4. 80 %

200. If the total load is 1000kw and the maximum demand is 500kw what is its diversity
factor?
1. 4
2. 3
3. 2
4. 2.5

201. If the plant capacity is 17,500kw and the maximum demand is 13,000kw what is its
reserve capacity?
1. 4000kw
2. 5000kw
3. 4500kw
4. 4750kw

202. If the average load of a plant is 214.5kw and the maximum demand of the plant is
1500kw what is the load factor?
1. 12.6 %
2. 13.2 %
3. 14.3 %
4. 15.2 %

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203. If the plant capacity is 18,756kw and the maximum demand is 12,576kw what is its
reserve capacity?
1. 6180kw
2. 2150kw
3. 3260kw
4. 4160kw

204. If the average demand of a plant is 15Mw what would be the daily energy produced
1. 360Mwh
2. 400Mwh
3. 500Mwh
4. 200Mwh

205. If the average demand of a plant is 45Mw. What would be daily energy produced?
1. 1000Mwh
2. 1200Mwh
3. 1080Mwh
4. 1070Mwh

206. If the actual energy produced in a day is 360Mwh and the plant use factor is 72 % what
is the maximum energy that could be produced
1. 600Mwh/day
2. 700Mwh/day
3. 400Mwh/day
4. 500Mwh/day

207. Domestic consumers are usually charged


1. flat demand tariff
2. block rate tariff
3. flat rate tariff
4. off peak tariff

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