NTDC-INTERVIEW-MARIA

My Interview was on 01-03-2017

a. Interview Duration was approximately 20-30 minutes
b. Firstly, I was asked to introduce myself
c. Secondly, 4-5 questions were asked about my MS Thesis (As I had talked
about MS in my introduction)
d. 10-12 questions were asked which were as follows:

Technical Questions
1. What do you know about NTDC?
2. Suppose you are at Tarbela generating 18 kV, then at which Voltage would you
transmit this 18 kV to
a) Lahore
b) Peshawar
3. Why Transmission lines have insulators installed on them?
4. How transmission line Voltage can be boosted?
5. Current projects on which NTDC is working?
6. Total grids and projects of NTDC?
7. Name the protection available on:
a) Transformer
b) Circuit Breaker
c) Transmission Lines
8. How protection works?
9. Which supply is used for Protection (AC/DC)?
10. What is Corona? (Unit of Corona)
11. Differences, Merits/Demerits of AC/DC Transmission

General Questions
1. How corruption can be eliminated?
2. What are the two problems of my city (Peshawar) & what are their solutions?
3. Peshawar is famous for?
4. Why Mutton Karahi of Charsi is famous?
5. Why there's no Shorba in Charsi Mutton Karahi?
Islamiat Question
1. Recite Surah Fatiha
2. Recite Nazam (Complete)
3. Recite Ayat-ul-Kursi

Topics for NTDC Interview

Transmission Lines (From V.K Mehta book)
1. Components of Transmission Lines
2. Types of conductors used in Transmission Lines
3. Corona Effect, Skin Effect, Proximity Effect in detail
4. Transmission Line Parameters
5. Single line Diagram
6. Insulator types and purpose, tower & its types, poles and their types
7. Voltage Regulation and Efficiency
8. Transposition of lines and Bundling of Conductors
9. Types of Transmission lines
10. How voltage of transmission line is boosted?
11. Surge Impedance, Maximum Power Transfer Concept
12. Types of Voltages, low, medium, high, extra-high, ultra-high
13. Define the terms:
a. Creepage distance
b. Clearance
c. Ground Clearance
d. Insulation level
14. Merits and Demerits of AC/DC Transmission, NTDC most recent or existing
DC Transmission projects and their names and details
15. Lightening Arresters, Switching Arresters
16. What is Sag, is it good or bad?
17. Difference between Earthing, Grounding and Neutral
18. Underground cables
19. Generation is in AC/DC? Merits and Demerits
20. Transmission is in AC/DC? Merits and Demerits
21. Distribution is in AC/DC? Merits and Demerits
22. Overhead/underground Transmission & Distribution, Merits and Demerits?
23. Why high voltages are used? Limitations of Voltage increasing?
Grid Station
Circuit Breaker:
1. Purpose
2. Types on the basis of Voltage
3. Types on the basis of Quenching media used
4. Types on the basis of Operating mechanism used
5. Advantages & Disadvantages of SF6 CB
6. Advantages & Disadvantages of Oil CB
7. Advantages & Disadvantages of Air CB
8. Advantages & Disadvantages of Vacuum CB
9. Parts of Circuit Breaker
10. Circuit Breaker operates on which supply, AC/DC?
11. Protection of CB
12. Difference between CB & Isolator
13. Rating of CB

DC System and Protection:

1. Types of Protection
2. What is Relay?
3. Types of Relay
4. Which Supply is used for Protection (has much volts, AC/DC)?
5. What is Battery, Series Configuration of Batteries and Parallel Configuration of
Batteries?
6. Boost of batteries, float charging, parts of batteries, types of batteries
7. Specific gravity, hydrometer, voltmeter, ammeter
8. Battery Charger, Parts of Battery Charger
9. Rectifier, Diode, Thyristor, full-wave and half-wave bridge
10. All topics of DLD, gates, encoders, decorders, MUX, DEMUX, Adder,
Subtractor
11. CT, PT and their purpose
12. Buchholz Relay
13. Earth fault relay, Over-current relay, Distance relay/Impedance Relay
14. Wave-trap, Surge Arrestor & Lightening Arrestor
Grid Stations
1. Purpose of a Grid Station
2. Types of Grid Station, 33 kV, 66 kV, 132 kV, 220 kV, 500 kV
3. Components of Grid Stations
4 Transformers
- Construction of transformer
- Types of transformer
i. Single-phase, 3-phase
ii. Distribution transformers
iii. Power transformer
iv. Auto-transformer
v. Shell type, Core type transformer
vi. Isolation transformer
vii. Current transformer, Potential transformer
- Cooling methods of transformer
- Buchholz relay
- Tap changer
- Why HV winding is outside?
- Losses of transformer
- Why transformers rating is in KVA?
- Breathing systems of Transformer, Purpose of transformer oil
- Purpose of Transformer bushings, purpose of Transmission Fins
- Purpose of Transformer, why Silica Gel is used in transformer?
5. Isolator
6. Transfer Bay, Line Bay
7. Circuit Breaker Schemes, Single Breaker Double Bus-bar, Double breaker
Double Bus-bar, One & half Breaker Scheme, Three Breaker Double Bus-bar
Scheme