Practice Test: Question Set - 05
1. Air will not be the working substance in which of the following?
- (A) Closed cycle gas turbine
- (B) Open cycle gas turbine
- (C) Diesel engine
- (D) Petrol engine
2. Offers the highest electric load.
- (A) Television set
- (B) Toaster
- (C) Vacuum cleaner
- (D) Washing machine
3. An induction motor has relatively high power factor at
- (A) Rated r.p.m.
- (B) No load
- (C) 20 percent load
- (D) Near full load
4. Public sector undertaking (India) is associated with erection and sometimes running of thermal power plants
- (A) NTPC
- (B) SAIL
- (C) BEL
- (D) BHEL
5. For any type of consumer the ideal tariff is
- (A) Two part tariff
- (B) Three part tariff
- (C) Block rate tariff
- (D) Any of the above
6. When the demand of consumers is not met by a power plant, it will resort to which of the following?
- (A) Load shedding
- (B) Power factor improvement at the generators
- (C) Penalizing high load consumers by increasing the
charges for electricity
- (D) Efficient plant operation
7. Demand factor is defined as
- (A) Average load/maximum load
- (B) Maximum demand/connected load
- (C) Connected load/maximum demand
- (D) Average load × maximum load
8. The area under a load curve gives
- (A) Average demand
- (B) Energy consumed
- (C) Maximum demand
- (D) None of the above
9. Annual depreciation of the plant it proportional to the earning capacity of the plant vide
- (A) Sinking fund depreciation
- (B) Straight line depreciation
- (C) Reducing balances depreciation
- (D) None of the above
10. Direct conversion of heat into electrical energy is possible through
- (A) Fuel cells
- (B) Solar cells
- (C) MHD generators
- (D) None of the above
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