Maths MCQs for AD (ASF)
Q11. LFC regulates:
- A) Bus voltages only
- B) Frequency and tie-line power flow
- C) Reactive power
- D) Generator terminal voltage
Answer: B
Maintains frequency and tie-line power balance.
Q12. Capacitor bank at load is used to:
- A) Reduce transformer losses only
- B) Improve transmission stability
- C) Reduce line current and losses locally
- D) Eliminate harmonics
Answer: C
Supplies reactive power locally, reducing I²R losses.
Q13. Increasing rotor resistance results in:
- A) Higher efficiency
- B) Lower torque
- C) Improved PF
- D) High starting torque
Answer: D
Improves starting torque at lower current.
Q14. SF6 breaker advantage:
- A) Low dielectric strength
- B) Faster arc extinction and compact size
- C) High maintenance
- D) Low voltage only
Answer: B
SF6 has excellent arc quenching properties.
Q15. Distance relay measures:
- A) Current
- B) Time
- C) Impedance
- D) Frequency
Answer: C
Distance relay uses impedance to determine fault location.
Q16. High switching frequency causes:
- A) Torque ripple
- B) Copper loss only
- C) Less harmonics but more switching losses
- D) No benefit
Answer: C
Improves waveform but increases switching loss.
Q17. High rotor inertia helps in:
- A) Voltage regulation
- B) Copper loss reduction
- C) Transient stability
- D) Short-circuit current
Answer: C
Improves system stability during disturbances.
Q18. CT open secondary causes:
- A) Heating
- B) High voltage
- C) Flux loss
- D) Accuracy loss
Answer: B
Dangerous high voltage is induced.
Q19. Bundle conductors reduce:
- A) Resistance
- B) Strength
- C) Corona loss
- D) Insulation
Answer: C
Reduces corona loss and interference.
Q20. NOT required for synchronization:
- A) Equal voltage
- B) Same phase sequence
- C) Identical waveform
- D) Same frequency
Answer: C
Waveform shape need not be identical.
Junior Engineer MCQs