As I reflect on my early days in the field of electrical engineering, I vividly remember scribbling down these fundamental questions and trying to answer.
1. What is Voltage?
2. What is Current?
3. What is Power?
4. What is Energy?
5. What is a) Active power b) Reactive Power c) Apparent Power?
6. Find current a) 80 W fan b) 250W, 30V solar module.
7. Name 20 Electrical loads?
8. Name 50 Electrical components like CB, cable, relay, CT, etc.
9. Generator is rated in?
10. Motor is rated in?
11. Does current flow through neutral?
12. At what current do we get a shock?
13. Formula for voltage drop in a cable or transmission line a) DC b) 1 ph c) 3 ph.
14. Formula for Power loss in a cable or Transmission line a) DC b) 1 ph c) 3 ph.
15. Why transmission line voltages are 11KV, 33KV, 132 KV, etc.?
16. What is the value of frequency in India?
17. Why do we have only 1 ph and 3 ph, why not 7 ph, etc.?
18. Why do we have AC and DC? 19. Why are different voltage levels available in India?
20. What is meant by power system studies?
21. What is the growth rate for the Business development profile for an Electrical Engineer?
22. Full form of a) ANSI b) IEC c) BIS d) SABIC.
23. Difference between Electrical Department and Instrumentation department.
24. What is PLC and SCADA?
25. What is a captive power plant, cogeneration power plant, and combined cycle plant?
26. How do you measure solar energy?
27. How do you measure Wind energy?
28. How do you measure Water Energy at a Hydro plant?
29. 1 Unit in Electrical Energy is equal to?
30. Tariff at your home per unit?