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Branch : EE Batch :Hinglish
Practice Sheet – 01
Subject : Power Systems
Chapter : Distribution & Underground Cable
1. A 2-wire dc ring distributor is 250 m long and is fed 4. A two-conductor cable 1000 m long is loaded as
at 240 V at point A. At point B, 120 m from A, a load shown. Both ends arc supplied at 250 V. The
of 100 A is taken and at C, 80 m in the opposite minimum voltage point is
direction, a load of 100 A is taken. If resistance per
100 m of single conductor is 0.02 Ω, then the current
in the section BC of feeder is
(a) 16 A
(a) C (b) D
(b) 24 A
(c) E (d) F
(c) 32 A
5. A 2-wire distributor is uniformly loaded at the rate 1
(d) 48 A
A/m and is fed at both the ends. The point of minimum
potential occurs at 550 m from end A and the
2. A 2-wire dc distributor is 500 m long and is fed at 250
minimum potential is 220 V, If the length of the
V at point A and 240 V at another end (Point D). At
distributor is 1000 m, calculate the voltages at the
point B, 200 m from point A, a load of 50 A is taken
and at C, 150 m from B, a load of 100 A is taken. If feeding ends A and B. The voltages at the feeding
resistance per 100 m of single conductor is 0.05 Ω, ends A and B. The resistance of each conductor is 0.01
then the current in the section CD of feeder is /km.
(a) 223.025 V, 222.025 V
(a) 30 A
(b) 224.025 V, 223.025 V
(b) 40 A
(c) 225.025 V, 224.025 V
(c) 70 A
(d) 226.025 V, 225.025 V
(d) 80 A
6. The insulation resistance of a single core cable is 100
3. A single-phase AC distributor supplies two single M/km. The insulation resistance for 10 km length is
phase loads as shown in figure. The voltage drop from
_____ M.
A to B is
7. An 11 kV, 50 Hz, single phase cable has a diameter of
10 mm, an internal sheath radius of 20 mm. If the
dielectric has a relative permittivity of 2.6 and a loss
angle of 0.036 radian, the dielectric loss for 3 km
length of the cable is
(a) 6.62 V
(a) 910 watts
(b) 16.62 V
(b) 938 watts
(c) 20.56 V
(c) 869 watts
(d) 33.33 V
(d) 857 watts
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8. A 3-phase, 3 core, metal sheathed cable gave the 10. When 7/0.029 V.I.R cable is carrying 20 A, a drop of
following test for capacitance. 1 V occurs every 12 m. The voltage drops in a 100 m
1. Capacitance between two conductors bunched run of this cable when it is carrying 10 A is nearly
with the sheath and the third conductor is 0.45 F
(a) 4.2 V (b) 3.2 V
per km.
(c) 1.2 V (d) 0.42 V
2. Capacitance between bunched conductors and
sheath is 0.75 F/km. 11. A drawn wire of resistance of 5 Ω is further drawn so
The value of capacitance per phase is ___F/km. that its diameter becomes one-fifth of the original.
What is its resistance with volume remaining the
9. A single core cable 10 km long has an insulation same?
resistance of 2 M. The core diameter is 12 mm and (a) 25 Ω (b) 125 Ω
the diameter of the cable over the insulation is 30 mm. (c) 625 Ω (d) 3125 Ω
The resistivity of the insulating material is
(a) 137.44 G-m
12. A concentric cable has a conductor diameter of 1 cm
(b) 152.24 G-m
and an insulation thickness of 1.5 cm. When the cable
(c) 126.12 M-m
is subjected to a test pressure of 33 kV, the maximum
(d) 148.12 M-m
field strength will be nearly
(a) 41,000 V (b) 43,200 V
(c) 45,400 V (d) 47,600 V
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Answer Key
1. (a) 7. (d)
2. (c) 8. 0.55
3. (b) 9. (a)
4. (c) 10. (a)
5. (a) 11. (d)
6. 10 12. (d)
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