SGP Oral question / Switchgear and Protection Oral Question
1-What is Need for protective system? 
2- What is nature and causes of fault, types of faults,  effects of faults?
3- State classification of relays &  Component  on relay ?
4- What is  zones of protection? 
5-Explain Trip circuit of circuit breaker? 
6-Derive torque equation in induction type relay?
7-who TSM , PSM and operating time of relay? 
8-Formule for TSM , PSM and operating time of relay 
 9-For Which Circuit Breaker we used high and low resistance arc interruption? 
 10- Final derivation & definition of restriking voltage and RRRV? 
 11-In which Circuit Breaker current chopping and resistance switching is Present? 
 12-What are method to control current chopping Phenomenon? 
 13-What are the Method of arc interruption or Arc Quenching ? 
 14-What are the Classification of high voltage circuit breakers? 
 15-Full form ACB,ELCB,RCCB,VCB,SF6,OCB,ABCB. 
 16-What is  GIS in India where it is implemented? 
 17-What is breaking, making capacity?
19- Where air circuit breakers are used Rating Upto? 
 20- On what factor does the performance of a circuit breaker depend? 
 21- Keeping in view the cost and overall effectiveness, the following circuit breaker is suited 
for capacitor bank switching? 
 22- With which of the following, a circuit breaker must be equipped for remote operation? 
 23- Circuit breakers usually operate under ? 
 24- The voltage appearing across the contacts after opening of the circuit breaker is 
called______voltage. ? 
 25- The time of closing the cycle, in modern circuit breakers is ? 
 26- Insulation resistance of high voltage circuit breakers is more than ? 
27- Wave trap is used to trap waves of ? 
 28- Bus coupler is very essential in arrangement in ? 
 29- For cost and safety, the outdoor substations are installed for voltages above?
 30- The relay with inverse time characteristic will operate within? 
 31- Which of the following circuit breakers has high reliability and minimum maintenance? 
 32- Air blast circuit breakers for 400 kV power system are designed to operate in
 33- A fuse is never inserted in?
 34- The torque produced in induction type relay (shaded pole structure) is? 
 35-Which Relay used for
  Distance Relay 
 Under Frequency Relay 
 Differential Relay 
 Buchholz Relay  
 Translay Relay 
 Carrier Current ,Mho relay 
 Negative Sequence Relay 
 Directional Over current Relay 
 Inverse Directional Over current Relay
36-Delectric Strength of SF6 GAS OF Air ? 
 37-How to Calculate Rated Symmetrical Breaking Current ? 
 38-Explain Working and constructional features of ACB, SF6 , VCB- advantages, disadvantages and 
applications? 
 39-Testing Codes for Relay ? 
40-What is overreach& under reach. of Distance Relay ? 
 41- Distance Relay transient overreach is defined as? 
 42-What is merits and demerits of static relay? 
 43- Differentiate between amplitude comparators and phase comparators.? 
 44- What are the various faults to which a turbo alternator is likely to be subjected? 
 45- Mention any two disadvantage of carrier current scheme for transmission line only? 
 46- What are the causes of over speed and how alternators are protected from it? Sudden loss of all or 
major part of the load causes over-speeding in alternators. 
 47- Give the limitations of Merz Price protection. 
 48- Why neutral resistor is added between neutral and earth of an alternator?
 49- What are the problems arising in differential protection in power transformer and how are they 
overcome? 
 50- What is over fluxing protection in transformer? 
 51- Why busbar protection is needed?
 52- What are demerits of MOCB? 
 53- What is meant by electro negativity of SF6 gas? 
 54- Write the classifications of test conducted on circuit breakers. 
 55- How direct tests are conducted in circuit breakers?
56-What do you mean by Anti –Aliasing Filter, Block diagram of PMU? 
 57- What are Abnormal conditions and causes of failures in  
 Power Transformer Protection 
 3 Phase Induction Motor Protection 
 Synchronous Generator (Alternator) Protection 
57-What do means by inrush current in Transformer ? 
 58-Which Relay is Used in  loss of excitation & loss of prime mover?
 59 Derive Universe Torques Equation Impedance relay ,Reactance relay, Mho Relay?
 60-Draw R-X Diagram For Impedance relay ,Reactance relay, Mho Relay? 
 61-What do Means by Wide Area Measurement (WAM) system 
 62- Effect of arc resistance  & power swing on performance of distance relay? 
 63- plot Characteristics of IDMT?
 
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