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#21📜 EE Pre-Board August 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
Base load plants are designed to supply power at
Alow capital cost and low operating cost
Bhigh capital cost and low operating cost
Clow capital cost and high operating cost
Dhigh capital cost and high operating cost
#22📜 EE Pre-Board August 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
Peak load plants are designed to supply power at
Alow capital cost and low operating cost
Bhigh capital cost and low operating cost
Clow capital cost and high operating cost
Dhigh capital cost and high operating cost
#23📜 EE Pre-Board August 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
Which of the following methods of generating electric power from the sea water is more advantageous?
Awater power
Bocean power
Ctidal power
Dnone of these
#24📜 EE Pre-Board August 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
Which of the following power plant is a conventional source of energy?
ASolar energy
BGeothermal energy
CCoal energy
DWind energy
#25📜 EE Pre-Board August 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
Alternators installed in a hydro power station, are of
Alow speed
Bhigh speed
Cmedium speed
Dvery high speed
#26📜 EE Pre-Board August 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
Efficiency is secondary consideration in case of
Abase load plants
Bpeak load plants
Cboth base load and peak plants
Dnone of these
#27📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
A nuclear power plant is basically used as what type of plant applications?
ABase load plant
BPeak load plant
CStand by plant
DSpinning reserve plant
#28📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
What is the highest point on a load curve?
AAverage demand
BPeak demand
CDemand load
DInstalled capacity
#29📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
Which of the following plant has the lowest fuel transportation cost?
ADiesel power plant
BCoal fired thermal plant
CNuclear power plant
DDendrothermal plant
#30📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
Which power plant can never have 100% load factor?
ANuclear power plant
BHydro electric plant
CPeak load plant
DBase load plant
#31📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
Which of the following statements is true so that power generation is considered to be economical?
ALoad factor must be high
BDemand factor must be high
CDiversity factor must be low
DPlant utilization factor should be high
#32📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
An interactive solar power system ____.
ALets the batteries recharge at night
BPower lights but not electronic devices
CIs totally independent from the electric company
DAllows home owners to sell power to the electric company
#33📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
Given the following power plants: diesel, thermal, hydro and nuclear. Which of the following groups are in an ascending order of their capital cost per MW?
ANuclear, hydro, diesel, thermal
BThermal, hydro, nuclear, diesel
CHydro, nuclear, diesel, thermal
DDiesel, thermal, hydro, nuclear
#34📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
Which of the following power plants requires highly skilled engineers to run the plant operation?
AHydroelectric power plant
BGas turbine power plant
CNuclear power plant
DSolar power plant
#35📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
What do you mean by a “low grade” fuel?
AIt is a fuel having low moisture content
BIt is a fuel having low ash content
CIt is a fuel having low carbon content
DIt is a fuel having low calorific value
#36📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
Which of the following-power plants needs the least period of installation?
AThermal power plant
BHydroelectric power plant
CGeothermal power plant
DDiesel power plant
#37📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
The pumped storage scheme is employed to supply power during which of the following?
ADuring the peak hours
BDuring the off peak hours
CBase loads
DReserved loads
#38📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
In a steam power plant which component needs maximum maintenance?
ABoiler
BTurbine
CCondenser
DWater treatment plant
#39📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
Which one is true about a geothermal energy?
AIt is a renewable energy source
BIt is an alternate energy source
CIt is an inexhaustible energy source
DAll of these
#40📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
Which of the following power plants has the lowest running cost per kWh of energy generated?
AHydro-electric plant
BDiesel power plant
CThermal power plant
DNuclear power plant

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