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23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. What is the interfacial tension test? What is D.C.A? What are all the types of gases? What is over fluxing? What is the protection? What are the advantages and disadvantages of M.O.C.B and A.B.C.B? When M.O.C.B is most suitable? What is the type of bushings for the generator transformer? How is voltage grading achieved? Why capacitor type bushings for H.V. transformers and insulators type for L.T. transformers? What is the A.C.S.R and A.C.V.R unit? When are they used? How is current control achieved in D2O plant regulator/rectifier unit? What is the difference between the rectifier transformer and power transformer? What is the TAN O level adopted in the former? What is the differential pressure is maintained between oil and tank in the transformer cooling system? What is the type of switch used in M.V system? What is breaking and making capacity? Why short circuit current is asymmetrical? What is time constant? What is the difference between A.C and D.C breakers? Can A.C breakers be used in D.C circuits? Why? What is R.R.R.V? What is recovery voltage and what is its effect? What protection is provided for station unit transformers? Why R.E.F. is provided? What is the fault level in 6.6 kV bus-bars? What are the all fault contributions? Why on load tap changer used? Can O.L.T.C. be automatic? Is it automatic at present? What is gas chromatography? Is it done for station U.TR.? What is the difference between the unit transformer and an important transformer like start up transformer? Why indoor switchyard is required? Does is ventilation/ Why forced ventilation is used? Explain differential protection of transformer. What are different group of hazardous areas? What type of electrical fittings used in such areas? What is the specialty of in construction of flame proof motors? What are the causes of a rotor bar breaking in an induction motor? Will low frequent affect? What are the different types of starters for induction motors? a. How much time should be kept from the starting to delta change over? On what part of the speed it should be changed over to delta? What is lightning arrestor? What is the difference between lightning arrestor, lightning conductor and surge divider? On what basis the protection angle of 30deg. is chosen for lightning conductor/mast? What are all the tests carried out the transformer oil in service? What is the meant by earth resistance? How do you measure? What is the meaning of that value? How do you change the value of earth resistance? What is the variation in voltage allowed between the supply points in the building to a lighting point? Explain H.R.C. fuse. State its advantages. How do you select circuit breakers & what types are available? What is the zone of protection of R.E.F. relay for the transformer? What is the most suitable breaker for a 3.3 kV induction motor with intermittent duty? Vacuum circuit breaker is suitable? What is the power system stability? What is the thermal time constant of a transformer? What is the most suitable wire to withstand the ambient temp of 20deg.C? What short of repair work is carried out on transformer? What is the purpose of the conservator tank? What will be its capacity?

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Can you filter the transformer oil on load? When a blower motor is started, it trips while changing over to delta, what is the cause? What is the clause of 44A of I.E. rules in case of electrical accident? What is the distance behind and front of an electrical panel is specified in I.E. rules? What basis you select the capacity of the incoming switch while designing the electrification of the building? What is the use of the flywheel in a pump? What is the arrangement of no break supply of A.C and D.C? What are all the advantages of D.C transmission? Why it is not done in India? What is insulation coordination? Explain the thermal withstand characteristics of an induction motor and draw a curve for torque v/s speed. What are all the checks carried out on an O.C.B.? While overhauling? How do you know the contacts are making simultaneously? How do you check the polarities of the current transformer? What are the specifications of ROUTINE How do you specify the C.T.S? Which type of lamp gives maximum efficiency? What are the disadvantages of this type of lamps? What is the difference between the over current relay and over load relay? What is the effect of low frequency on a transformer? What is the arbitration clause provided in our tenders? What is the statutory variation clause provided in our tenders? Impulse testing; Explain the wave front. What is the difference between the power transformer and welding transformer? What sort of automatic arrangement can be made t isolate power supply to avoid over consumption of a consumer? How do you store big motors? How do you arrange the protection for the motors? How do you select the cables? What is the difference between the tumbler switch, circuit breaker, isolator and contactor? What is the Ferrantis effect? What is diversity factor, load factor and demand factor? What is the difference between a tumbler switch and toggle switch? What is cascade tripping? What protection to be taken in case of wiring in a conduit with a lot of burrs? What will do against condensation? Explain how the bucholz relay will function? Where it will be provided? What is meant by relay co ordination? List out a maintenance schedule for a transformer. When the transformer is out service, what are maintenance works you do? What is the permissible value as I.S. for the following? A) Dielectric strength B) Acidity C) Moisture content D) Sludge E) Flash point F) Power factor G) D.G.A How do you specify the transformer? Why MV lights are not used in room lighting? Can you use the florescent lamp in D.C? What are the disadvantages of the incandescent lamp? How it is over come the halogen lame? Why the squirrel cage motor takes more starting current? Why starting torque is less? Why the speed of the motor falls down when the load will increase? Why the air gap is minimum in the induction motor? What will happen in the rotor attains synchronous speed in the induction motor? Why transformers are rated in KVA and motors in kW?

85. What is the percentage of silicon in CRGO steel? 86. Where the tap switch is provided at the transformer & why? 87. How you will measure the winding temp. in the transformer? 88. What is the trade name of the transformer oil? 89. What are the no load losses of the transformer? 90. Why the transformer core is laminated? 91. How the no load current is controlled in transformer? 92. What are the main components of the transformer? 93. What is the inclination of the bucholz relay connection & why? 94. What are the properties of the transformer oil? 95. What is centistokes? 96. How will you do the gas analysis for transformer oil? 97. What are the all classifications of the insulating materials and temp. of these withstand? 98. List out the transformer productions? 99. Why bias coil is provided in the differential relay and what is its setting? 100.What is the full wave and chopped wave? What is the impulse voltage for 33kv? On what order impulse voltage is applied? 101.What is knee point voltage? 102.What are the tests conducted on C.TS? 103.What is the primary and secondary injection test? 104.What are the maintenance carried out on the M.O.C.BSS? 105.What are the factors determine the current carrying capacity of a cable? 106.What tests are carried out on cable before commissioning? 107.What is the good deign aspect of a lighting scheme? 108.What are the utilization and depreciation factors? 109.What is the effect of supply voltage variation on fluorescent Lamps? 110.What is the fault level of the C.S.S. system? How that figure is arrived at? 111.What is the bill of the 230kva transformer? 112.What is needed for such a high BIL when operating voltage of the transformer is only 230kva? 113.Explain the standard impulse wave with permissible tolerance. 114.How is impulse test carried out in a transformer? Draw a connection diagram. How the voltage, current waveform are recorded and explain the need for chopped wave test. 115.What is the meaning of I.P.53? What is the lamination of the above motor? 116.What is the mean by thermal time constant and how much is the value for the motor? 117.Given sufficient cooling is it possible to design a motor. 118.What is the factory test of the above motor? What is the fault level on the cable end box of the motor? 119.Explain the construction of the 230KV bushing. 120.For a large transformer say 230KVA level what are the maintenance tests for the transformer oil? 121.Given limits for D.G.A. 122.What are the cables for high temp? Applications and what are the insulating materials in pyrotenxa cables? 123.What is the maintenance works done on 33 KV O.C.B.? And how do you ascertain the percentage of fault current handled by breaker contacts? 124.Can vacuum circuit breaker be used motor circuits? What modifications are needed? 125.How about the use of SF6 C.B.S for motor circuit? 126.What are the types of bus ducts? How and why equal current flows through the enclosures of an isolated phase bus duct? 127.How interstate grids are synchronized when the V & P are different? What is the latest method? 128.How is the battery capacity decided in UPS power supply system? Why half an hour rating is taken in MAPS?

129.Why auto transformers cannot be used in large power transformer? 130.How do you provide over current protection for motor with long accelerating time? 131.What is a highest operating transmission voltage in India and abroad? 132.Why 760KV ac system is not operating in India? What are the problems? 133.Explain corona and skin effect and is it effects on conductor size? 134.Explain working of HV bushing and stress characteristics 135.What is I.F.T? 136.What is power factor? 137.What is R.L.C circuit? 138.How do you account for grid disturbances while specifying a motor? How do you test these factors? 139.What is the battery? List out the tests of the cells. 140.What are the materials used for the following parts? Container, Separator , +ve ,-ve plate, and vent plug 141.What is an ampere-hour? 142.Will the + ve and ve plates are equal or not why? 143.What are the in dictions of the fully charged cells? 144.While discharging the battery the sp gravity decreases. Why? 145.Give the chemical equations of discharging and charging of battery? 146.Why the voltage per cell is not allowed to fall 1.75 volts? 147.How you will know the sulphate formation? 148.Describe the efficiency of the battery. 149.What are the precautions should be taken before charging the new batteries? 150.List out the instructions required for battery maintenance. 151.What is P.D.? How will you measure the P.D.? List out the instructions required for battery maintenance. 152.What is P.D.? How will you measure the P.D.? 153.When transformer will give max. Efficiency? 154.How is it possible? Explain it. 155.If a 200 /100 volt transformer LV is wrongly connected with 200 volt, then what will be the developed voltage on HV side? 156.How will you improve the efficiency of the motor? 157.If instead of water, kerosene is used for pumping, then how will the efficiency vary? 158.What is all day efficiency?