19EET402 - Generation, Transmission and Distribution

1. The highest transmission voltage in India is….

• 765 kV

• 400 kV

• 220 kV

• 132 kV

2. The following is not a component of Thermal power plant…..

• Condenser

• Cooling tower

• Turbine

• Fuel tank

3. Which element of hydroelectric power plant prevents the penstock from water hammer phenomenon?

• Valves and Gates

• Draft tubes

• Surge Tank

• Spillway

4. Most widely used solar material is........

• Arsenic

•  Silicon

• Cadmium

• Steel

5. The wind speed is measured using an instrument called……

•  Pyranometer

• Manometer

• Anemometer

• Wind vane

6. Graphite is used in nuclear power plant as a….

• fuel

• coolant

• moderator

• electrode

7. A conductor, due to sag between two supports, takes the form of……..

• Catenary

• Semi-circle

• Triangle

• Ellipse

8. The sag of a transmission line is least affected owing to……

• Weight of the conductor

• Ice deposition on the conductor

• Atmospheric temperature

• Current through the conductor

9. 100 per cent string efficiency means……

• one of the insulators disc is shorted

• zero potential across each disc

• equal potential across each insulator disc

• one of the insulators disc is opened

10. Whenever the conductors are dead-ended or there is a change in the direction of transmission line, the insulators used are of the…..

• pin type

• suspension type

• strain type

• shackle type