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III B.Tech I Semester I Mid Term Examinations, December - 2021
19A02503A –HVDC and FACTS (OBJECTIVE)
Branch: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
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1. The dc transmission is cheap for _____ power & ______ distance. [ ]
a) less & small b) less & long c) bulk & less d) bulk & long
2. HVDC transmission has _____________ as compared to HVAC transmission.[ ]
a) smaller transformer size b) smaller conductor size
c) higher corona loss d) smaller power transfer capabilities
3. DC voltage can be adjusted on both side of the link by means of [ ]
a. On-load tap changer control on steady state
b. Off-load tap changer control on steady state
c. On-load tap changer control on transient state
d. Off-load tap changer control on transient state
4. In a two terminal DC link system one terminal must act as ___ and another terminal
should be ____ [ ]

a. Current controller, Voltage regulator

b. Both are current controllers to maintain constant Id
c. Both are Voltage regulator to maintain constant Id
d. Active power controller, reactive power controller
5. In each terminal station, the characteristics are [ ]
a. Minimum α
b. Constant current
c. Minimum γ
d. All the options are correct.
6. It is required to maintain a ____ extinction angle of inverter to avoid commutation
failure. [ ]
a. Maximum b. Minimum
c. Variable, d. Constant
7. In HVDC system, it is required to keep Id in the DC link as [ ]
a. High
b. Low
c. Constant
d. Either high or low
8. Id can be controlled [ ]
a. Control or firing angle of rectifier
b. Control angle of inverter
c. Tap changer controls of inverter and rectifier side transformer
d) All of the above options
9. It is desirable to control the ____ and regulate the ____ simultaneously in the link. [ ]
a. Voltage and reactive power
b. Current and active power
c. Current and voltage
d. Active and reactive power

10. Increase of power in the link is achieved by [ ]

a. Reducing αr, which improves power factor at the rectifier
 b. Reducing αi, which improves power factor at the inverter
c. Increase αr, which improves power factor at the rectifier
d. Increase αi, which improves power factor at the inverter
11. Inverter operates at ____ γ reduces the reactive power consumption at inverter. [ ]
a. Constant
b. Minimum
c. Maximum
d. Either minimum or maximum
12. Advantages of DC link control [ ]
a. Idcan be changed as per requirement
b. Power reversal can be done quickly and easily
c. Fault current levels are limited to rated values
d. All of the options
13. Current control at rectifier results in [ ]
a. Better voltage regulation
b. Better current regulation
c. Better power regulation
d. Better speed regulation
14. Limit for firing angle at rectifier for better power factor is___ (in degrees). [ ]
a. 0-20
b. 0-30
c. 0-10
d. 0-40
15. It is required to maintain a ____ extinction angle of inverter to avoid commutation
failure. [ ]
a. Maximum
b. Minimum
c. Variable
d. Constant
16.When the rectifier voltage falls, then the inverter operates as ___ [ ]
a. Current controller
b. Constant voltage regulator
c. Constant current regulator
d. Voltage controller
17.When the rectifier voltage falls, then the rectifier operates as ___ [ ]
a. Current controller
b. Constant voltage regulator
c. Constant current regulator
d. Voltage controller
18. In ___ scheme no direct synchronization of the control pulse to the AC voltage is
applied. [ ]
a. Equidistance pulse control
b. Equidistance phase control
c. Individual phase control
d. Individual pulse control
19.Find the wrong variation related to equidistance pulse control variations from the
following [ ]
a. Pulse frequency control
b. Pulse phase control
 c. Pulse magnitude control
d. Pulse period control
20. Under unbalanced voltage conditions, ___ results in less DC voltage compared to
a. Equidistance pulse control, Individual phase control
b. Individual phase control, Equidistance pulse control
c. Equidistance phase control, Individual pulse control
d. Individual pulse control, Equidistance phase control
21. Firing instant for all the valves are determined by [ ]
a. Ground potential
b. Line potential
c. Output voltage
d. Input voltage
22. Find the odd statement related to control of DC power in converter control[ ]
a. Stabilization of connected AC network
b. Stabilization of connected DC network
c. Control of frequency of sending and receiving end network
d. Control of reactive power and AC voltage
23. In Dc lines the reactive power is required by [ ]
a) Transmission line b) converters c) Both converters and lines d) Not for any
24. In HVDC converter the pulse number is increased to _______ [ ]
a) Reduce harmonics b) Increase the power transmission c) Both A&B d) none
25.The valve ratings are specified in terms of ______ [ ]
a) Rms value b) Max.value c) Avg. value d) PIV
26. Bulk power transmission over long HVDC lines are preferred, on account of [ ]
a) Low cost of HVDC Transmission
b)No Harmonics Problem
c) Minimum line power losses
d)Simple protection
27. HVDC transmission is preferred to EHVAC because [ ]
a)HVDC terminal equipment are inexpensive
b)VAR compensation is not required in HVDC systems
c) System stability can be improved.
d)Harmonics problem is avoided
28. The HVDC converter [ ]
a) Does not consume reactive power
b) Consumes as much reactive power as real power
c) Consumes 50% of the real power
d) none
29. Which among these HVDC projects are commissioned in India? [ ]
a) Rihand – Delhi HVDC
b)Vindhyachal Back to Back only
c) Chandrapur only
d) All of these
30. A dc line carries as compared to ac line [ ]
a)more power
b)less power
c) same power
d)can’t be decided
31. Which of the following method or technique can be used for the measurement of high dc
voltages ?
(A) Generating voltmeter
(B) Electrostatic voltmeter
(C) Peak voltmeter
(D) Any of the above.

32. Which of the following is usually not the generating voltage ?

(A) 6.6 kV
(B) 9.9 kV
(C) 11kV
(D) 13.2 kV.

33. The fact that a conductor carries more current on the surface as compared to core, is
known as
(A) skin effect
(B) corona
(C) permeability
(D) unsymmetrical fault.

34. AC Power system gained much popularity because of 

(a) transformers invetion

(b) poly phase circuits invention
(c) induction motor invention
(d) all of these
35. Skin effect depends on
(A) size of the conductor
(B) frequency of the current
(C) resistivity of the conductor material
(D) all of the above.
36. The skin effect of a conductor will reduce as the
(A) diameter increases
(B) frequency increases
(C) permeability of conductor material increases
(D) resistivity of conductor material increases.
37. Corona effect can be detected by
(A) hissing sound
(B) faint luminous flow of bluish color
(C) presence of ozone detected by odor
(D) all of the above.

38.   How is the voltage and frequency controlled in automatic generation control?

a. By controlling the excitation

b. By controlling the turbine action
c. Turbine speed control for voltage and excitation control for frequency
d. Excitation control for voltage and turbine speed control for voltage.

39.What is the unit of transmission loss coefficient?

a. MW
b. (MW)-1
c. Unit less
d. (MW)2

40.   Which among the following factors influence the cost of generation of electric
power?

a. Generator efficiency
b. Fuel cost
c. Transmission losses
d. All of these

41. The GTO can be turned off

a) by a positive gate pulse
b) by a negative gate pulse
c) by a negative anode-cathode voltage
d) by removing the gate pulse

42. How many uncontrolled semi-conductor devices are required in construction of half-
bridge converter?

(a) 0

(b) 1

(c) 2

(d) 3

43. The Graetz bridge makes excellent use of

1. Current transformer
2. Potential transformer
3. Power transformer
4. SCR

44. If the firing angle becomes negative, then the rectifier begins to work as
a. A rectifier
b. An inverter
c. A chopper
d. A regulator
 45. In HVDC system what would be sequence of the parameter conversion from sending end
side to receiving end side?
(a) dc-dc-ac-dc
(b) ac-dc-dc-ac
(c) ac-ac-dc-ac
(d) dc-ac-dc-ac
46. The commutation period when both incoming and outgoing SCRs are conducting due to
source inductance is called as the
a) conduction delay
b) overlap period
c) one on one period
d) distorting angle

47. Out of the following which multipulse converter is mostly used in HVDC?

(a) 6-pulse converter

(b) 18-pulse converter
(c) 12-pulse converter
(d) 7-level multilevel inverter

48. Which type of HVDC scheme uses only one conductor?

(a) Homoolar
(b) Bipolar
(c) Monopolar
(d) Back to back link

49. Which type of HVDC link can provide the more than half the rated power transfer
capacity under the fault in any one conductor condition?
(a) Homopolar
(b) Bipolar
(c) Monopolar
(d) Unipolar

50. Which of the following HVDC scheme is much better as far as the cost of cable is the
concern?
(a) monopolar
(b) bipolar
(c) homoploar
(d) back to back