HYDEL POWER STATION MCQs – CHAPTER 4 DAE 30 min Score: 0 Attempted: 0/30 Subscribe 1. A power station in which the potential energy of water at a higher level is used to generate electrical energy (A) Thermal Power Station (B) Tidal Power Station (C) Nuclear Power Station (D) Hydel Power StationShow All Answers 2. A means of generating electricity that requires more land than other methods (A) Thermal Power Plant (B) Hydro Power Plant (C) Nuclear Power Plant (D) Diesel Power PlantShow All Answers 3. Pakistan has a large hydel power station at (A) Tarbela (B) Mangla (C) Warsak (D) AllShow All Answers 4. A hydel power station can be installed where (A) Fuel is available in abundance (B) Water is available in abundance with adequate head (C) Both a & b (D) None of theseShow All Answers 5. It is the primary source of water (A) Rain (B) Snow-fall (C) Both a & b (D) River & canalsShow All Answers 6. They are usually mounted on the same shaft (A) Generator and exciter (B) Turbine and exciter (C) Turbine and generator (D) Turbine, generator and exciterShow All Answers 7. The water level in a storage reservoir or water storage pond is called (A) Headrace (B) Tailrace (C) Penstock (D) None of theseShow All Answers 8. The outlet through which the water discharged from the turbine is called (A) Tailrace (B) Headrace (C) Penstock (D) Breaking jetShow All Answers 9. The purpose of a lake is to store water and provide --------- (A) Fishes (B) Area (C) Head (D) ElectricityShow All Answers 10. All the area behind the dam where water collects from rain and snowmelt (A) Plant area (B) Catchment area (C) Lake (D) Flood areaShow All Answers 11. Long tunnels are used for the plant (A) Thermal (B) Nuclear (C) Tidal (D) HydelShow All Answers 12. This part is not used in hydel power plants (A) Search tank (B) Compressor (C) Forebay (D) PenstockShow All Answers 13. A sudden load increase on the generator may cause penstock (A) Water hammer (B) High pressure (C) Vacuum (D) All of theseShow All Answers 14. It provides optimal regulation of water pressure in the system during load changes in a hydel power station (A) None of these (B) Penstock (C) Search tank (D) GovernorShow All Answers 15. The power generated in a hydropower plant depends on (A) Lake and water (B) Height of head (C) Water volume and head (D) Speed of waterShow All Answers 16. Power is delivered from hydropower plants to consumers (A) None of these (B) From distribution lines (C) From microwaves (D) From transmission linesShow All Answers 17. A hydropower plant that takes water directly from a river is called a run-of-river plant (A) With pond (B) Without pond (C) Storage (D) None of theseShow All Answers 18. It acts as a natural surge tank in the run-off river plant containing pond (A) Penstock (B) Hydel turbine (C) Dam (D) ForebayShow All Answers 19. Power plants which operate at the lower part of the load curve are called (A) None of these (B) Peak load plant (C) Pump storage power plant for peak load (D) Base load plantShow All Answers 20. There are hydel power plants depending on the load (A) Base load plants (B) Peak load plants (C) Both a and b (D) None of theseShow All Answers 21. Pump storage hydel plant has ------ponds (A) Two (B) One (C) Three (D) FourShow All Answers 22. Power plants which operate at head which is less than 30 meters, are called (A) Medium head plants (B) Low head plants (C) High head plants (D) None of theseShow All Answers 23. It is a type of modern hydraulic turbine (A) Impulse turbine (B) None of these (C) Both a and b (D) Reaction turbineShow All Answers 24. A turbine which is driven by the force of water is called (A) Impulse Turbine (B) Reaction Turbine (C) Pelton wheel (D) None of theseShow All Answers 25. This turbine does not require nozzles (A) Impulse (B) Reaction (C) Both a and b (D) None of theseShow All Answers 26. A turbine whose blades are adjustable is called (A) Propeller type (B) Kaplan (C) Francis (D) None of theseShow All Answers 27. Francis Turbine are actually (A) Reaction turbine (B) Impulse Turbine (C) Axial flow turbine (D) Both a & cShow All Answers 28. Generators are used at low head hydel power plants (A) Low speed (B) Large diameter (C) Small diameter (D) Both a & bShow All Answers 29. A sudden increase in load on the generator of a hydel power plant can prevent it from decelerating (A) None of these (B) By increasing the amount of water (C) By increasing the number of poles (D) By increasing the excitationShow All Answers 30. Hydroelectric generators have number of poles (A) Two (B) Four (C) Six (D) More than sixShow All Answers