electrical engineering MCQs – Page 33

Practise multiple-choice questions from electrical engineering for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

electrical engineering Mcqs
641. Edwards air pump____________?
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A. removes only air from condenser

B. removes air alongwith vapour and also the condensed water from condenser

C. removes air and also vapour from condenser

D. removes only un-condensed vapour from condenser

642. When the interconnector between two stations has large reactance?
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A. the stations will fall out of step because of large angular displacement between the stations

B. the transfer of power will take place with voltage fluctuation and noise

C. none of the above

D. the transfer of power will take place with least loss

643. The skin effect of a conductor will reduce as the__________?
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A. permeability of conductor material increases

B. diameter increases

C. resistivity of conductor material increases

D. frequency increases

644. The draught produced by chimney of given height at given outside temperature___________?
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A. may increase or decrease

B. decreases if the chimney gas temperature increases

C. remains same irrespective of chimney gas temperature

D. increases if the chimney gas temperature increases
645. In hydro power plant, the graph between discharge and time is known as___________?
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A. monograph.

B. discharge graph.

C. load graph.

D. hydro graph
647. The voltage of a single solar cells is about
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A. 0.5 volt

B. 1. 5 volt

C. 1.8 volt

D. 1 volt

648. In a given transformer for a given applied voltage, losses which remain constant irrespective of load changes are__________?
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A. none of the above

B. copper losses

C. hysteresis and eddy current losses

D. friction and windage losses

650. Which of the following parts of a transformer is visible from outside ?
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A. Primary winding

B. Core

C. Secondary winding

D. Bushings
651. Which of the following materials is used for overhead transmission lines ?
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A. Any of the above

B. Cadmium copper

C. Steel cored aluminium

D. Galvanised steel

652. Reheat cycle in steam power plant is used to________________?
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A. utilise heat of flue gases

B. improve condenser performance

C. reduce loss of heat

D. increase thermal efficiency
653. A feeder, in a transmission system, feeds power to________________?
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A. distributors

B. service mains

C. generating stations

D. all of the above

655. The proper indication of incomplete combustion is_______________?
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A. the smoking exhaust from chimney

B. high CO content in flue gases at exit

C. high temperature of flue gases

D. high CO2 content in flue gases at exit

656. Demand factor is defined as___________?
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A. connected load/maximum demand.

B. average load x maximum load

C. maximum demand/connected load

D. average load/maximum load.

657. There is a greater possibility of occurence of corona during______________?
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A. humid weather

B. summer heat

C. dry weather

D. winter

E. none of the above

658. A gas turbine basically work on
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A. Dual cycle

B. Brayton cycle

C. Carnot cycle

D. Rankin cycle

659. In a substation the following equipment is not installed?
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A. voltatre transformers

B. shunt reactors

C. series capacitors

D. exciters
660. Electro-mechanical voltage regulators are generally used in___________?
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A. transformers

B. reactors

C. all of the above

D. generators