24.

Choose the correct statement about circuit breakers:

a. The making capability of circuit breaker should be 2.55 times
than breaking capability
b. The making capability of circuit breaker should be equal to
breaking capability
c. The making capability of circuit breaker be times than
breaking capability
d. The breaking capability of circuit should be 2.55 times than
making capability
Answer
Answer. a

25. The resistance of are between the contacts of circuit breaker is

increased by
a. Increasing the cross-section area of the arc
b. Splitting the arc in number of arcs in parallel
c. Shortening the arc
d. Splitting the arc in number of arcs in series
Answer
Answer. d

26. Which of the following circuit breakers has the highest dielectric
strength?
a. Bulk oil circuit breakers
b. Air blast circuit breakers
c. Minimum oil circuit breakers
d. Vacuum circuit breakers
Answer
Answer. b
27. A 3-phase circuit breaker is rated at 1250 A, 2000 MVA, 33 kV. The
making current will be
a. 35 kA
b. 49.44 kA
c. 89 kA
d. 69 kA
Answer
Answer. c

28. Why does minimum oil circuit breaker (CB) has less volume of oil?
a. There is insulating between contacts
b. The oil between the breaker contacts has greater strength
c. Solid insulating material is provided
d. None of these
Answer
Answer. a

29. The breaking current of a circuit breaker is

a. Less than its making current
b. More than its making current
c. Equal to its making current
d. None of the other options
Answer
Answer. a

30. The main purpose of using oil in the oil circuit breaker is to
a. provide insulation between oil circuit breaker contacts
b. provide cooling of contacts
c. quenching arc
d. none of these
Answer
Answer. c

31. The making current of 3-phase breaker with rating 2000 MVA, 33 kV
will be

a. 35 A
b. 50 A
c. 70 kA
d. 89 A
Answer
Answer. d

32. An air blast circuit breaker is usually employed for

a. Instantaneous voltage
b. Intermittent duty
c. Repeated duty
d. Short duty
Answer
Answer. c

33. The recovery voltage that appears across the circuit breaker contacts
will be maximum for power factor of

a. Zero
b. 0.5
c. 0.707
d. Unity
Answer
Answer. a

34. Air used in air blast circuit breaker must

 a. Be free from moisture
b. Have least CO2
c. Be ionized
d. Have oil mist
Answer
Answer. a

35. Breaking capacity of a circuit breaker is usually expressed in

a. Volts
b. Amperes
c. MVA
d. MW
Answer
Answer. c

36. In the event of a fault on the connected circuit, a circuit breaker will
operate

a. Automatically
b. Manually
c. Manually through a control switch
d. Depending on the design
Answer
Answer. a

37. Which of the following is not a part of the circuit breaker?

a. Operating mechanism
b. Conservator
c. Explosion pot
d. Fixed and moving contacts
Answer
Answer. b

38. In a circuit breaker, ionization is not facilitated by

a. Material of contacts
b. Increase of mean path
c. Increase of field strength
d. High temperature of surrounding medium
Answer
Answer. a

39. At electric breakdown

a. Conductor become insulator

b. Insulator becomes conductor
c. Semiconductor becomes conductor
d. Conductor becomes superconductor
Answer
Answer. b

40. In the case of circuit breakers if the length of arc increases, its
resistance is

a. Decreases
b. Increases
c. Remain same
d. Some times increases or decreases
Answer
Answer. b

41. A three-phase, 33 kV oil circuit breaker is rated for 1200 A, 2000

MVA, 3s. The symmetrical breaking current is
 a. 1200 A
b. 3600 A
c. 35 kA
d. 104.8 kA
Answer
Answer. c

42. In a circuit breaker, the time duration from the instant of the fault of
the extinction of arc is known as

a. Total clearing time

b. Operation time
c. Protection time
d. Recovery time
Answer
Answer. a

43. In an indoor substation for 220 kV, the circuit breakers will be of the
type

a. Oil
b. Air break
c. SF6
d. Vaccum
Answer
Answer. c

44. Resistance switching is normally employed in

a. All breakers
b. Bulk oil breakers
c. Minimum oil breakers
 d. Air blast breakers
Answer
Answer. d

45. Which is the preferred type of C.B. to be installed in the EHV system?

a. Vacuum C.B.
b. Air blast C.B.
c. Bulk oil C.B.
d. None of these
Answer
Answer. b

46. Circuit breaker is used for which of the following

a. Voltage control
b. Power control
c. Frequency control
d. Over control protection
Answer
Answer. d

47. Which one of the following is not a routine test of a circuit breaker?

a. Short circuit test

b. Dielectric test
c. Thermal test
d. DC resistance voltage drop test
Answer
Answer. a

48. The most suitable circuit breaker for interrupting short line fault without
resistance switching is
 a. Minimum oil circuit breaker
b. SF6 circuit breaker
c. Bulk oil circuit breaker
d. Air blast circuit breaker
Answer
Answer. b

49. The restriking voltage in circuit breaker is measured in

a. RMS value
b. Peak value
c. Instantaneous value
d. Average value
Answer
Answer. c

50. The Air Blast circuit breakers for 400 kV system are designed to
operate

a. 0.1 s
b. 0.5 s
c. 50 ms
d. 100 μs
Answer
Answer. c

51. In a circuit breaker……..

a. The current chopping is associated with low inductive current

b. The current chopping is associated with the low inductive
current before its natural zero
c. The current chopping gives rise to low voltage
 d. The current chopping gives rise to high voltage cause the
restriking of arc
Answer
Answer. d

52. In a circuit breaker

a. Both restriking and recovery voltages are transient in nature

b. Both restriking and recovery voltages are RMS in nature
c. Restriking voltage is transient while recovery voltage is RMS in
nature
d. Recovery voltage is transient while restriking voltage is RMS in
nature
Answer
Answer. c

53. The rate of rise of restriking voltage in a circuit breaker depends upon
the
a. Both on the inductance and capacitance of the system
b. Type of circuit breaker
c. Inductance of the system only
d. Capacitance of the system only
Answer
Answer. a

54. Temperature of the generated heat in the maximum oil circuit breaker
is
a. 550 °C
b. 2500 °C
 c. 5000 °C
d. 10000 °C
Answer
Answer. c

55. When using air blast circuit breaker, current chopping is a

phenomenon which is observed, when
a. a long overhead line is Switched off.
b. a bank of capacitors is switched off.
c. a transformer on no load is switched off.
d. a heavy load is switched off.
Answer
Answer. c

56. In a Circuit breaker, the re-striking voltage is measured in ……….

a. RMS value
b. Peak value
c. Instantaneous value
d. Average value
Answer
Answer. b

57. There will be voltage across the gap in circuit breakers when ……….
a. R = ∞
b. R = 0
 c.

d.
Answer
Answer. c

58. For extra high voltage lines, which circuit breaker is used?
a. Bulk oil circuit breaker
b. Vacuum circuit breaker
c. Minimum oil circuit breaker
d. SF6 circuit breaker
Answer
Answer. d

59. For average values of load current, current chopping occurs more
frequently in
a. ACB’s
b. SF6 CB’s
c. VCB’s
d. OCB’s
Answer
Answer. c

60. An isolator is used in series with Air blast Circuit Breaker employed at
UHV lines because
 a. gap between CB contacts is small so an isolator is used to
switch off voltage
b. gap between CB poles the use of isolator
c. CB life is enhanced with the use of isolator
d. current to be interrupted will be large.
Answer
Answer. a

61. In order to switch-off and EHV circuit for maintenance, the following
sequence is adopted

a. Open the circuit breaker, open the isolator, operate the earth
switch
b. Operate the earth switch, open the isolator, open the circuit
breaker
c. Open the isolator, operate the earth switch, open the circuit
breaker
d. Open the isolator, open the circuit breaker, operate the earth
switch
Answer
Answer. a

62. Making current of a circuit breaker refers to

a. Steady-state rated current
b. Average value of transient short circuit current
c. R.M.S. value of the short circuit current at the time of major
peak
d. Equal to the fault current
Answer
Answer. c
63. Out of the following, which one is correct in case of a circuit breaker?
a. Making capacity = 2.55 x braking capacity
b. Braking capacity = 2.55 x making capacity
c. Making capacity = 1.8 x braking capacity
d. Braking capacity =1.8 x making capacity
Answer
Answer. a

64. Which of the following is incorrect?

a. Double break oil circuit breaker has 3 breakers.

b. There are 2 stationary contacts in double break oil circuit
breaker.
c. Arc generated in most of the circuit breakers absorb the
energy oil.
d. Circuit breaker is a mechanical switching.
Answer
Answer. a

65. The breaking capacity of a 3-phase circuit breaker is

a. 3 times the product of service voltage and rated symmetrical

current
b. times the product of service voltage and rated symmetrical
current
c. times the product of service voltage and rated symmetrical
current
d. 2 times the product of service voltage and rated symmetrical
current
Answer
Answer. b

66. The insulating fluids that are commonly used in circuit breakers is/are
a. SF6
b. Air at atmospheric pressure
c. Compressed air
d. All of the above
Answer
Answer. d

67. Which of the following circuit breaker is generally used in railway

electrification?
a. Air Blast circuit breaker
b. Minimum Oil circuit breaker
c. Bulk Oil circuit breaker
d. SF6 circuit breaker
Answer
Answer. a

68. The main purpose of oil in OCB is to

a. provide insulation
b. provide cooling of contacts
c. quenching arc
d. none of the above
Answer
Answer. c
69. A 3-phase circuit breaker is rated at 1250 A, 2000 MVA, 33 kV, 4s.
Its making current capacity will be
a. 35 A
b. 89 A
c. 69 A
d. 79 A
Answer
Answer. b

70. A circuit breaker is rated as follows: 1500 A, 33 kV, 3 sec, 3-phase

oil circuit breaker. Determine the making current?
a. 110 A
b. 35 A
c. 15 A
d. 89 A
Answer
Answer. d

71. A circuit breaker normally operates

A. When the power is to be supplied
B. When the line is to be tested
C. When the switch is to be put on
D. Whenever fault occurs in the line

Answer
D. Whenever fault occurs in the line

72. In a circuit breaker contact wipe is necessary

A. To decrease the speed of opening of the circuit breaker
B. To increase the speed of opening and reduce the arcing of contacts
C. To increase the dielectric strength across the circuit breaker contacts
D. None of the above

Answer

C. To increase the dielectric strength across the circuit breaker contacts

73. The fluids used in circuit breaker should be of

A. High dielectric strength and thermal stability
B. Non inflammability
C. Arc extinguishing availity
D. All of the above

Answer

D. All of the above

74. In circuit breakers the contact space is ionised by

A. Field emission from the contact surface
B. Thermal emission from the contact surface