Interview Questions (Electrical Engineering)

1. How can we solve the unbalanced system problem in power system?

2. How can we differentiate between symmetrical and asymmetrical faults?

3. Define steady state stability limit and transient stability limit?

4. Why after steady state stability limit the synchronism will lost?

5. Among steady state stability limit and transient stability limit which one is higher?

6. Given some methods to improve steady state stability limit?

7. How can we reduce reactance of the line?

8. Give some examples of base load and peak load plants?

9. How we categorize the power plant into base load and peak load plants?

10. What is the role of governor?

11. What is AVR (Automatic voltage regulator)?

12. Define Ferranti effect?

13. What are the advantages of ACSR conductors?

14. What are the advantages of HVDC over HVHC?

15. What is solidly grounded system?

16. What are the standard transmission and distribution voltages?

17. What are the equipment used in sub-stations?

18. What is the equation of current in case of plugging?

19. What is back emf?

20. What happens to DC generator if prime mover is failed?

21. What is electrical barking and what are different braking methods?

22. What is plugging?

23. What are the methods to improve commutation?

24. Which material is used for making brushes?

25. What happens after brush shifting in DC machine?

26. How cross magnetisation effects commutation process?

27. Explain transformer protection?

28. What happens if small portion of transformer is cut and removed?

29. What will be the shape of exciting current of transformer if emf is sinusoidal?

30. What are the factors which effects the skin effect?

31. What is the difference between lightening arrestor and surge arrestor?

32. What is the importance of earthling?

33. What are the usual ac voltages in the line of the power system?

34. Describe the range of voltage levels?

35. What is skin effect?

36. Explain torque-speed characteristics of induction motor?

37. How torque-speed characteristics varies when we add external resistance to rotor?

38. What do you understand by asynchronous machine?

39. Why rotor slots are skewed in induction motor?

40. How maximum torque is related to frequency?

41. What is slip in induction motor and how can we measure it?

42. What are the speed control methods of 3 – Q induction motor?

43. Pole change method can be used for speed control of induction motor?

44. Why there is no armature reaction in induction machine?

45. Explain working principle of DC motor?

46. What is the purpose of commutator in DC machine?

47. Why we prefer AC motors over DC motors?

48. What is GNA and MNA in DC machine?

49. Suppose DC shunt machine is working as DC generator, if prime mover fails what

will happen?

50. Why we prefer synchronous generator over induction generator?

51. What are the applications of induction generator?

52. What are the applications of Induction motor?

53. Why the requirement of magnetizing current is more in induction machine as

compared to transformer?

54. What are different types of cables used in underground cable?

55. What are the different types of faults that occurs in underground cable?

56. What are the methods of protection of transformer?

57. What is short circuit test in a transformer?

58. What percentage of power generated is lost in transmission and distribution?

59. Tell something brief about solar power plant?

60. Which battery is mostly used in solar power plant?

61. Define hysteresis and eddy current losses in transformer?

62. How eddy current losses is related to area?

63. What are the factors that restricts the ultra-high voltage transmission?

64. Define operating time of relay?

65. Factors on which operating time of relay depends?

66. What is the highest voltage level generated in India?

67. What are the advantages of using bundle conductors?

68. What is charging current of a transmission line and what is its effect?

69. What is the highest transmission voltage being used?

70. What is the significance of power angle?

71. What are the advantages of per unit system?

72. What is a synchronous compensator?

73. What is meant by propagation constant?

74. What are the advantages of series capacitor?

75. What is the significance of natural loading?

76. What is string efficiency and what is the significance of string efficiency?

77. What is meant by “glazing”?

78. Name the tests performed an insulator?

79. What are the causes of insulator failure?

80. What does grading ring improves string efficiency?

81. What is meant by insulator flash over?

82. Why is wet flashover voltage is less than dry flash over voltage?

83. What is stock bridge damper?

84. What is sag and what are the factors those will effect sag?

85. How is conductor spacing related to voltage?

86. What is the effect of wind as sag?

87. What is meant by corona? Why does it occur?

88. What are the factors which effect corona loss?

89. What is the difference between visual critical voltage and disruptive critical

voltage?

90. What is meant by radio interference?

91. What are the advantages of corona?

92. What is meant by roughness factor?

93. If length of cable increases then insulation resistance increases or decreases?

94. Which is the mostly used insulating material for cables and why?
95. What is the need of bus classification in power system?

96. What are different types of buses in power system?

97. What is slack bus?

98. What is the propose of load flow studies?

99. What is meant by sparsity?

100. Among T and TT model representation of transmission line which one is preferred

practically and coly?

101. What are the advantages of NR method over GS method?

102. What is the purpose of Y BUS?

103. What are the assumption in load flow studies?

104. If neutral of synchrony generator not grounded and a LG fault occurs on the system

what will happen?

105. What are the different assumptions in fault analysis?

106. What a distort can less trans mission line?

107. What is an infinite line?

108. For what voltage the overhead line insulation has to be designed?

109. Define feeder?

110. What is the main consideration while designing a feeder?

111. What is distributor?

112. What is the main consideration while designing a distributor?

113. What are the factor an which internal inductance of a conductor depends?

114. What are the advantages of cables over overhead transmission lines?

115. As operating voltage increases the cost ratio of cable to overhead line will increage

of decrease?

116. What does it mean by balanced system?

117. Among copper and aluminium which conductor will have more tensile strength?

118. In which part of power system all aluminium conductors (AAC) are used?

119. What is effective resistance of conductor?

120. What is the significance of shunt conductance in electrical equivalent circuit?

121. What is wave length?

122. What is the physical length required with a frequency of 50Hz to complete one full

cycle?

123. What is Ferranti effect? What is causing Ferranti effect?

124. Among T, TT models which is preferred practically and why?

125. What is load angle and what is the significance of load angle?

126. What is corona?

127. What are the factors those will effect corona?

128. What are the advantages of corona?

129. What is meant by roughness factor?

130. What does it mean by radio interference and how to reduce?

131. Why EHV lines are constructed using bundle conductors?

132. What are advantages of 6 phase transmission?

133. What is the effect of using bundle conductors on line inductance and capacitance?

134. What is a double circuit line and what are the advantages of double circuit line over

single circuit line?

135. What is skin effect?

136. What is proximity effect?

137. What are the advantages of per unit system?

138. What is synchronous coil?

139. What is synchronous condenser?

140. What is meant by propagation constant?

141. What are the advantages of series compensation?

142. What are the tests performed on an insulator?

143. What are the cause of insulator failure?

144. What is the most commonly used insulating material for cables and why?

145. What is the necessity of sheath is cables?

146. Why is load flow study is necessary?

147. What is meant by sparsity?

148. What are the advantages of NR method over GS method?

149. How sparsity is useful in load flow studies?

150. How buses are classified?

151. What is the need of bus classification?