Maulana Mukhtar Ahmad Nadvi Technical Campus,Malegaon
Department of Electrical Engineering
Sub : Switchgear and Protection (BE-VIII Sem-Part_02)
Prepared by Ms. Rohini Haridas
Q When does the circuit breaker operate in the line?
a. When power is to be supplied.
b. When the line is to be tested.
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c. Whenever the fault occurs in the line.
d. Whenever the switch and the relay has to be operated.
Which device sends the information to the circuit breaker to interrupt the circuit
Q case of fault?
in
a. Switch
b. Relay
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c. Circuit breaker itself does this function.
d. Fuse.
Q Which material is used for the manufacture of bus bars?
a. Aluminium rods.
b. Copper rods.
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c. Any conducting material.
d. Made of silver.
Q How is the bus bars rated?
a. Current only.
b. Voltage only.
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c. Current, voltage and frequency.
d. Current, voltage, frequency and short circuit current.
Q Which among the following statement is true related to fuse?
a. Greater the current smaller is the time taken by the fuse to blow out.
b. Greater the current greater is the time taken by the fuse to blow out.
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c. The current is directly proportion to the blow out time of fuse.
d. Is dependent on the temperature and atmospheric conditions.
Which among these is the least expensive protection for over current in low
Q voltage system?
a. Rewirable fuse.
b. Isolator.
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c. Circuit breaker.
d. Air breaker switch.
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Q For a current upto 10A which material is used as the fusing element?
a. Copper
b. Silver
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c. Alloy of lead and tin
d. Zinc
Q What is fusing factor?
a. The ratio of current rating of the fuse to the minimum fusing current
b. The ratio of minimum fusing current to the current rating of the fuse
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c. The ratio of maximum fusing current to the current rating of the fuse
d. The ratio of minimum fusing current to the voltage rating of the fuse
Q What is the maximum current upto which fuses can be used?
a. 25 A
b. 50 A
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c. 75 A
d. 100 A
Q When a fault occurs in a high voltage transmission line, what happens first?
a. Circuit breaker operates then the relay.
b. Relay operates and then the circuit breaker.
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c. Relay operates, then successively the isolator and the circuit breaker.
d. Isolator operates, then successively the relay and the circuit breaker.
Q Upto what voltage can the liquid type HRC fuses be used?
a. 33 kV
b. 132 kV
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c. 66 kV
d. 220 kV
Q What is the main advantage of using a fuse?
a. Cheapest type of protection.
b. Inverse time current characteristics.
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c. Current limiting effect under short circuit conditions.
d. All of above.
Q On what basis is the selection of fuse done?
a. Steady load.
b. Fluctuating load.
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c. Both (a) and (b)
d. None of these.
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Q Upto what voltage a cartridge type of fuse can be used?
a. 400 V
b. 11 kV
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c. 20 kV
d. 33 kV
In a HRC fuse what is the time between the cut off and the final current zero
Q called?
a. Pre - arcing time.
b. Arcing time.
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c. Total operating time.
d. None of these.
Q Which material is used in the liquid type of fuse?
a. SF6
b. Distilled water
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c. Carbon tetra chloride.
d. Mineral oil / transformer oil
Q What is the advantage of HRC fuses over Rewirable fuses?
a. High speed operation
b. High rupturing capacity
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c. No ageing effect.
d. All of the above.
If the strands of the fusing wire are twisted, what happens to the fusing current?
Q
a. Increases
b. Reduces.
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c. No change/ remains same
d. Depends on the value of current, increases or decreases.
Q What is the typical value of the pre arcing time?
a. 0.1
b. 0.01
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c. 0.001
d. 0.0001
The heat produced at the contact point owing to flow of electric current is least
Q affected by_____________________.
a. Temperature of the surrounding medium.
b. Contact resistance.
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c. Magnitude of electric current flowing.
d. Duration of flow of current.
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Q The resistance of an electric arc can be increased by
a. Increasing the concentration of ionised particles.
b. Reducing the arc length.
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c. Splitting the arc.
d. Increasing the arc cross section.
By using low resistance method for arc extension what is the value of arc
Q resistance?
a. Arc resistance is zero.
b. Arc resistance is high
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c. Arc resistance is low
d. Arc resistance is very high
Q What happens in the arc extinction using high resistance method?
a. Arc resistance is decreased with time.
b. Arc resistance is increased with time.
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c. No change it remains same.
d. Arc resistance is kept zero.
Q What is the arc voltage in a circuit breaker?
a. In phase with the arc current.
b. Lagging the arc current by 90°
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c. Leading the arc current by 90°
d. Lagging the arcing current by 180°
Q Arcing voltage will be the least in case of
a. Carbon
b. Copper
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c. Silver
d. Tungsten
Q How is the initiation of electric arc at the instant of contact separation caused?
a. Thermionic emission of electrons.
b. Field emission of electrons.
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c. Both (a) and (b)
d. None of these.
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Q The arc resistance depends on which among the following factors?
a. Cross section of the arc.
b. Length of the arc.
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c. Degree of ionization
d. All of the above.
Q Which type of tripping is generally preferred for the circuit breaker?
a. Manual
b. Automatically
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c. Depending on the voltage level
d. None of the above
Q Which part of the circuit breaker is helpful in breaking the current?
a. Trip coil.
b. Contacts.
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c. Medium
d. Handle.
