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21. The voltage appearing across the contacts after opening of the circuit breaker is called______voltage.
A. recovery
B. surge
C. operating
D. arc
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22. For the protection of power station buildings against direct strokes the requirements are
A. interception
B. interception and conduction
C. interception, conduction and dis-sipation
D. interception, conduction, dissipation and reflection
Explanation:
23. On which of the following routine tests are conducted ?
A. Oil circuit breakers
B. Air blast circuit breakers
C. Minimum oil circuit breakers
D. All of the above
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24. Large internal faults are protected by
A. merz price percentage differential protection
B. mho and ohm relays
C. horn gaps and temperature relays
D. earth fault and positive sequence relays
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25. Ionization in circuit breaker is facilitated by
A. high temperature
B. increase of mean free path
C. increasing field strength
D. all of the above
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