1.

A generating voltmeter is used to measure

(a) impulse voltages
(b) ac voltages
(c) dc voltages
(d) high-frequency ac voltages
2. A series capacitance voltmeter can measure
(a) dc voltages
(b) ac voltage (rms value)
(c) ac voltage (peak value)
(d) impulse voltages
3. CVT when tuned does not have
(a) ratio error
(b) phase angle error
(c) both ratio and phase angle errors
(d) temperature error
4. Electrostatic voltmeters can measure
(a) only dc voltage
(b) both dc and ac voltages up to high frequency
(c) impulse voltages
(d) ac, dc and impulse voltages
5. Sphere gaps are used to measure
(a) dc voltages
(b) ac peak voltages
(c) dc, ac peak and impulse voltages
(d) only dc and ac peak voltages.
6. Sphere gap measurement is linear and valid for gap spacing less than or equal to
(a) radius of the sphere
(b) diameter of the sphere
(c) half the radius of sphere
 7. The main factors that affect the sparkover voltage of sphere gap are
(a) humidity and waveform
(b) nearby earthed objects and atmospheric conditions
(c) diameter of the sphere
(d) gap spacing, diameter and waveform

8. For an RC divider to be compensated, the condition is

(a) R1C1=R2C2
(b) R1C2=R2C1
(c) R1C1 = R2 Cg
(d) (R1+R2)(C1 + C2)µs.

9. Compensated capacitance divider for high voltages (1 MV) generally has a bandwidth of
(a) 10 MHz
(b) 1 MHz
(c) 100 MHz

10. In a pure capacitive divider, the ground capacitance Cg is represented by adding additional
capacitance from central point of hv capacitor to the ground and is equal to
(a) Cg
(b) Cg/3
(c) 2Cg/3
(d) Cg/2.

11. For an optimally damped R-C divider, the damping resistance R1 connected in
hv arm is equal to (L= high voltage lead inductance, and Cg = equivalent ground
capacitance).
12. The surge impedance of a measuring cable with its resistance neglected,
Cgis (if L and C are inductance and capacitance of cable per unit lamp
Ans.
√𝐿/𝐶
13. Hall generators are normally used to measure
(a) impulse voltages
(b) unidirectional impulse currents
(c) any type of impulse currents
(d) large ac currents
14. For measuring high impulse currents, the best type of shunt is
(a) squirrel cage
(b) bifilar strip
(c) disc
(d) coaxial tubular (Park type)
15. The skin depth for resistance material used for impulse shunts is given by
Ans.
(πf µ6)1/2
16. Rogowski coils and high frequency current transformers have bandwidth
of about
(a) 100 KHz
(b) 10 MHz
(c) 1.0 MHz
(d) 1100 Hz
17. An R-C voltage divider has hv an arm capacitance, C1 = 600 pF, resistance =
400 Ω and equivalent ground capacitance Cg = 240 pF. The effective time
constant of the divider in nanoseconds is
(c) 69
(d) 32.
18. Shunts used for measuring impulse currents, in the range 10 kA-50 kA
will have a resistance of the order of
(a) 10 to 25mΩ
(b) 0.1 to 1 mΩ
(c) 100 to 500 mΩ
(d) 0.1 to 1.0Ω.

19. The type of measuring device preferred for measurement of impulse

currents of short duration is
(a) Park’s tubular shunt
(b) current transformer
(c) Hall generator
(d) Faraday ammeter.

20. Secondary arm of a resistance impulse voltage divider consists of

(a) a few resistors connected in series
(b) a few resistors connected in parallel
(c) a single wire wound resistor of very high power rating
(d) a linear resistor in parallel with a non-linear resistor of high power rating

22. In high frequency and RF current transformers, the secondary winding is

terminated with a resistance of
(a) 1 Ω
(b) 10 Ω
(c) 1kW
(d) 50 Ω or 75 Ω
23. To measure a high-voltage of peak value abut 150 kV, the suitable sphere
gap would be (diameter in cm).
(a) 5 or 10
(b) 10 or 15
(c) 15 or 25
(d) 50 or 100

24. With a series capacitor voltmeter, a large error will result in when the
(a) capacitance is larger
(b) meter used is an electromechanical meter
(c) voltage to be measured is non-sinusoidal and contains harmonics
(d) none above

25. Sphere-gap measurement of peak voltage has an error of

(a) <±1%
(b) 5 to 10%
(c) 3 to 5%
(d) <3%
 77. High voltage Schering bridge is used to measure
(a) Large capacitance without additional element
(b) small capacitance without additional element
(c) medium value capacitances
(d) all values capacitances

78. Sphere gap is used for measurement of

(a) a.c. voltage only (b) d.c. voltage only
(c) Impulse voltage of any wave shape (d) (a) and (b)
(e) (a), (b), and (c)

79. Sphere gap when used for measurement of high voltage, the spheres are
placed
(a) in horizontal configuration if spheres are small
(b) in vertical configuration if spheres are small
(c) in horizontal configuration if spheres are large
(d) (b) and (c)

80. Protective resistance to be connected between the sphere gap and the test equipment is
required while measuring
(a) power frequency and higher frequency a.c. voltage
(b) power frequency and impulse voltage
(c) Higher frequency a.c. voltages and impulse voltage
(d) all kinds of voltages
81. If D is the diameter of the sphere, for better measurements, the gaps ‘S’ should be such that,
(a) 0.05 D ≤ S ≤ 0.6 D
(b) 0.04 D ≤ S ≤ 0.5 D
(c) 0.05 D ≤ S ≤ 0.5 D
(d) 0.03 D ≤ S ≤ 0.6 D
82. Tick out of the correct :
(a) The breakdown voltage in sphere gaps increases with increase in
partial pressure of water vapour
(b) The increase in breakdown voltage as in (a) increases with increase in
gap length
(c) (a) and (b)
(d) The breakdown voltage in sphere gaps decreases with increase in
partial pressure of water vapour

83. Using uniform field spark gap, the breakdown voltage for 10 mm gap
length is
(a) 34.25 kV (b) 30.30 kV (c) 36.25 kV (d) 32.73 kV

84. The voltage measurements using uniform spark gap are

(a) affected by nearby earthed objects
(b) affected by polarity of supply
(c) affected by dust particles
(d) all of (a) (b) and (c)

85. A generating voltmeter

(a) generates voltage
(b) generates current
(c) is a variable capacitor device
(d) (b) and (c)

86. A generating voltmeter uses

(a) a constant speed motor
(b) a variable speed motor
(c) a variable speed motor with a capacitor
87. A generating voltmeter is used to measure a.c. voltages if the angular
frequency of voltage is
(a) half the angular frequency of motor used
(b) twice the angular frequency of motor used
(c) thrice the angular frequency of the motor used
(d) None of the above

88. A generating voltmeter has

(a) linear scale
(b) non-linear scale
(c) no contact with high voltage electrode
(d) (a) and (c)

89. A potential divider is normally connected

(a) Outside the generator circuit towards the load circuit
(b) within the generator circuit
(c) at a distance V/100 metres from the generator where V is the
voltage to be measured in kV
(d) None of the above

90. For capacitor dividers, if damping resister is inserted in series with

individual element of capacitor divider, the damped capacitive divider acts as
(a) capacitance divider only
(b) resistance divider only
(c) resistance divider for high frequency
(d) capacitance divider for high frequency
93. High power-frequency currents are normally measured using
(a) low shunt resistance
(b) Hall element
(c) Current transformer
(d) all of the above methods
94. High frequency and impulse currents are measured using
(a) resistive shunts
(b) inductive elements
(c) Hall and Faraday effect devices
(d) all of the above
95. Which element has flat frequency response upto 1000 MHz
(a) Bifilar shunt
(b) Co-axial shunt
(c) Squirrel cage shunt
(d) Rogowski coil

96. The breakdown voltage for air gap of 3 mm in a uniform field under
standard atmospheric condition is
(a) 10.59 kV
(b) 6.3 kV
(c) 9.2 kV
(d) 7.25 kV