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Power System Previous Year Question
1. The most commonly used relay, for protection of an

alternator against loss of excitation, is
A. offset mho relay B. Over current relay
C. Differential relay D. Buchholz relay
2. The geometric mean radius of a conductor, having four
equal strands with each strand of radius 'r', as shown in
the figure below, is
A. 4r B. 1.414r
C. 2r D. 1.723r
4. The valid positive, negative and zero sequence
impedances (in p.u.), respectively, for a 220 kV, fully
transposed three-phase transmission line, from the
given choices are
A. 1.1,0.15 and 0.8
B. 0.15,0.15 and 0.35
C. 0.2,0.2 and 0.2
D. 0.1,0.3 and 0.1
5. If only 5 % of the supplied power to a cable reaches the
output terminal the power loss in the cable, in decibels,
is . (round off to nearest integer)
6. The fuel cost functions in rupees/hour for two 600 MW
thermal power plants are given by
Plant 1: C1 = 350 + 6 P1 + 0.004 P12
Plant 2: C2 = 450 + aP2 + 0.003 P22
Where P1 and P2 are power generated by plant 1 and
plant 2, respectively, in MW and a is constant. The
incremental cost of power (l) is 8 rupees per MWh. The
two thermal power plants together meet a total power
demand of 550 MW. The optimal generation of plant 1
and plant 2 in MW, respectively, are
A. 200,350 B. 250,300
C. 325,225 D. 350,200
7. Two generating units rated for 250 MW and 400 MW have governor speed
regulations of 6% and 6.4 %, respectively, from no load to full load. Both the
generating units are operating in parallel to share a load of 500 MW. Assuming
free governor action, the load shared in MW, by the 250 MW generating unit is
____________ . (round off to nearest integer)
8. A 20 MVA, 11.2 kV, 4-pole, 50 Hz alternator has an inertia constant of 15 MJ/
MVA. If the input and output powers of the alternator are 15 MW and 10 MW,
respectively, the angular acceleration in mechanical degree/s s2 is _______.
(round off to nearest integer)
9. A three-phase balanced voltage is

applied to the load shown. The phase
IB
sequence is RYB. The ratio IR
is
_________.
[2021 : 2 Marks]
10. A three-phase 50 Hz, 400 kV transmission line is 300 km long. The line inductance
is 1 mH/km per phase and the capacitance is 0.01mF/km per phase. The line is
under open circuit condition at the receiving end and energized with 400 kV at
the sending end, the receiving end line voltage in kV (round off two decimal
places) will be
[2019: 2 Marks]
11. Bus 1 with voltage magnitude V1 = 1.1 p.u.
is sending reactive power Q12 towards bus 2
with voltage magnitude V2 = 1 p.u. through a
lossless transmission line of reactance X.
Keeping the voltage at bus 2 fixed at 1 p.u.,
magnitude of voltage at bus 1 is changed, so
that the reactive power Q12 sent from bus 1
is increased by 20 %. Real power flow
through the line under both the conditions
is zero. The new value of the voltage
magnitude, V1, in p.u. s(rounded off to 2
decimal places) at bus 1 is ________.
[2020 : 2 Marks]
12. Consider the two-bus power system
network with given loads as shown in the
figure. All the values shown in the figure are
in per unit. The reactive power supplied by
generator G1 and G2 are Q G1 and QG2
respectively. The per unit values of QG1, QG2,
and line reactive power loss (Qloss )
respectively are
A. 5.00, 12.68, 2.68 B. 6.34, 10.00, 1.34
C. 6.34, 11.34, 2.68 D. 5.00, 11.34, 1.34
[2018 : 2 Marks]
15. Two single-core power cables have total conductor resistances of 0.7 W and 0.5
W, respectively. and their insulation resistances (between core and sheath) are
600 MW and 900 MW, respectively. When the two cables are joined in series, the
ratio of insulation resistance to conductor resistance is ______ x 106
[2021 : 1 Mark]
16. A three-phase load is connected to a three-
phase balanced supply as shown in the figure.
If Van = 100  0° V, Vbn =100  –120° V, Vcn =
100  –240° V (angles are considered positive
in the anti-clockwise direction), the value of R
for zero current in the neutral wire is ………W
(upto2 decimal places).
[2018 : 2 Mark]
17. A 1000 x 1000 bus admittance matrix for an electric power system has 8000
non-zero elements. The minimum number of branches (transmission lines and
transformers) in this system are (up to 2 decimal places).
[2018: 1 Mark]
18. The per unit power outp.u.t of a salient pole generator which is connected to
an infinite bus, is given by the expression, P = 1.4 sin d + 0.15 sin 2 d, where d is
the calculate the value of d for P = 0.8 p.u. If the initial guess is 30°, then its
value (in degree) at the end of the first iteration is
A. 15°
B. 28.48°
C. 28.74°
D. 31.20°
[2018: 2 Mark]
19. The Ybus matrix of two-bus power system having two
identical parallel lines connected between them in
p.u. is given as,
 − j8 j20 
Ybus =  
 j20 − j8 
The magnitude of the series reactance of each line
in p.u. (round of up to one decimal place) is
[2019: 1 Mark]
20. Out of the following options, the most relevant information needed to specify
the real power (P) at the PV buses in a load flow analysis is
A. solution of economic load dispatch
B. base power of the generator
C. rated power output of the generator
D. rated voltage of the generator
[2020 : 1 Mark]
21. Two buses, I and j, are connected with a transmission line
of admittance Y, at the two ends of which there are ideal
transformers with turns ratios as shown, Bus admittance
matrix for the system is:
 −tit jY t2j Y   tit jY −t2j Y 
A.  2  B.  2 
 1t Y − t t Y
i j   − t1 Y − t i t j Y 
 tt Y ( ) Y
2
− t − t  t2i Y −tit jY 
C.  
i j i j
D.  
− 2
(
− t − t Y
)  t
 i j t Y t Y 
2
 i j t i t j Y 
j
[2020 : 2 Marks]
22. Consider a power system consisting of N number of buses. Buses in this power
system are categorized into slack bus, PV buses and PQ buses for load flow
study. The number of PQ buses is NL. The balanced Newton-Raphson method is
used to carry out load flow study in polar form. H, S, M, and R are sub-matrices
of the Jacobian matrix J as shown below:
 P   d   H S
= J
 Q   V  ; whe re J = M R 
     
The dimension of the sub-matrix M is:
A. (N – 1) x (N – 1 – NL) B. NL x (N – 1)
C. NL x (N – 1 + NL) D. (N – 1) x (N – 1 + NL)
[2021 : 1 Mark]
24. A 3-Bus network is shown. Consider generators
as ideal voltage sources. If row 1,2 and 3 of the
YBus matrix correspond to Bus 1, 2 and 3,
respectively, then YBUS of the network is:
 1 1 1 
− 2 j 4 j j
4   −4j 2j 2j 
   2j −4j 2j 
A.  1 j −1 j 1 j  B.  
4 2 4   2j 2j −4j
1 1 1 
 j j − j
4 4 2 
 3 1 1 
− 4 j 4 j j  −4j j j 
4   j −4j j 
 
C.  1 j −3j 1 j  D.  
 4 4 4   j j −4j
 1 1 3 
 j j − j
 4 4 4 
[2021 : 2 Marks]

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