Renewable Energy Engineering (2181910) MCQs

MCQs of Solar Energy

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41.
The complement of the zenith angle is
(a) Solar altitude angle
(b) Surface azimuth angle
(c) Solar azimuth angle
(d) Slope
Answer:

Option (a)

42.

Angle made by a plane surface with horizontal is called ________.

(a)

Altitude angle

(b)

Zenith angle

(c)

Slope

(d)

Hour Angle

Answer:

Option (c)

43.
Air mass ratio is minimum
(a) when the sun is at the zenith
(b) at sunrise
(c) at sunset
(d) none of the above
Answer:

Option (a)

44.
The angle of deviation of the normal to the surface from the local meridian is called _________
(a) Solar azimuth angle
(b) Surface azimuth angle
(c) Solar altitude
(d) Hour angle
Answer:

Option (b)

45.
The angle is measured from a plane and which is equal to the angle between the beam of rays and normal to the plane is called __________
(a) Declination
(b) Azimuth angle
(c) Hour angle
(d) Incident angle
Answer:

Option (d)

46.
For a one-degree change in longitude, the change in solar time is
(a) 4 seconds
(b) 1 minute
(c) 4 minutes
(d) 15 minutes
Answer:

Option (c)

47.
The vector sum of the components along the line normal of the titled surface in a direction normal to the tilted surface is called as__________
(a) Incident angle
(b) Declination
(c) Solar intensity
(d) Hour angle
Answer:

Option (c)

48.
The time from sunrise to sunset is termed as _______________
(a) slope
(b) day length
(c) local solar time
(d) solar intensity
Answer:

Option (b)

49.
What is the angle of declination on the 305th day of year and what day is it?
(a) -15.06°, November  1
(b) -15.06°, November  2
(c) -55.06°, November  2
(d) -35.06°, November  2
Answer:

Option (a)

50.
What is the angle of declination on May 12 considering it’s a leap year?
(a) 30.2°
(b) 30.4°
(c) 30.34°
(d) 20.34°
Answer:

Option (d)

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