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APTITUTE
1. Given that. DIRECTIONS: In the following question a
1. A is the brother of B number series is given. After the series a number
is given followed by (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e). You
2. C is the father of A
have to complete the series starting with the
3. D is the brother of E number given following the sequence of the
4. E is the daughter of B given series and answer the question given
Then the uncle of ‘D’ is: below the series.
A. E B. B 7. 3 4 16 75 364 1945
C. C D. A 1 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
Ans. D What will come in place of (c)
2. Study the following figure: A. 63 B. 64
A person goes from A to B always moving C. 65 D. None of these
to right or downwards along the lines. How
Ans. A
many different routes he can adopt?
8. How many triangles are there in the given
figure?

Select the correct answer.

A. 5 B. 4
C. 6 D. 7 A. 16 B. 14
Ans. C C. 15 D. None of these
DIRECTIONS: Given below are three positions Ans. C
of the same dice having names of six institutions 9. A frog tries to come out of a dried well 9 m
inscribed on six faces. The names of these deep with slippery walls. Every time the
institutions are, ICA, ICWA, ICSI, ICFAI, IIT, frog jumps 60 cm, he slides back by 30
BHU. cm. How many jumps will the frog have to
take to come out of the well?
A. 20 B. 29
C. 30 D. 31
Ans. B
3. Which name occurs on the face opposite to 10. How many minutes will it take to
that of ICA? completely fill a water tank with a capacity
A. ICSI B. ICFAI of 3750 cuft, if the water is being pumped
C. IIT D. None of these at the rate of 800 cuft. per minute and
Ans. B being drained out of tank at the rate of 300
4. Bidhya Devi Bhandari’s is the? cuft per mintue:
A. First female President of Nepal A. 3 minutes 36 seconds
B. First female Prime Minister of Nepal B. 6 minutes
C. First female Vice President of Nepal C. 7 minutes 30 seconds
D. First female chief Justice of Nepal D. 8 minutes
Ans. A Ans. C
5. The Gulf Stream is an ocean current which 11. Triangle ABC and triangle DEF are
begins: equilaterals triangles with shaded portions
A. Off the coast of Florida of equal width throughout. If AB=4 and
EF=2, Area of the shaded portion is:
B. From the Bay of Bengal
C. Gulf countries coastline
D. In the Philippines
Ans. A
6. Who recently became 161st member of
WTO?
A. 4 3 B. 3 3
A. Yemen B. Seychelles
C. Tajikistan D. Ukraine C. 3 D. None of these
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12. Which is next in series? meters, the distance covered by the runner
during the time the car covers 1 km is:
A. 400 meters B. 40 meters
C. 440 meters D. None of these
Ans. A
A. B. 18. The difference between the compound
interest and the simple interest on a
certain sum of money at 12% per annum
C. D. for 2 years is ` 1800. Find the principal
Ans. D sum when the interest is compounded
annually:
13. In a joint family of seven persons F, E, N,
J, P, M and L, there are two married A. ` 1,20,000 B. ` 1,25,000
couples. F is a housewife and her husband C. ` 1,28,000 D. None of these
is E. J is the wife of N. L is the Ans. B
granddaughter of F. E is the father in law DIRECTIONS: (Question no. 19 to 22) Read
of J and father of P. M is the son of N and the information given and answer the questions
brother of L. How is J related to P? based on it.
A. Sister B. Sister in law Seven boys namely Prashant, Rajesh, Salman,
C. Niece D. Cousin sister Tarun, Umar, Varun and Wasim go for tuitions to
Ans. B study different subjects namely Mathematics,
DIRECTIONS: Answer the following question Physics, Sociology, Chemistry, Biology,
according to the instructions given. Economics and Accounts (not necessarily in the
A$B means A is not smaller than B same order). Each student studies only one
subject and each subject’s tuition is only once a
A#B means A is not greater than B
week. Two subjects cannot be taught in the same
A@B means A is neither smaller nor equal day. Also-
to B
I. Prashant studies chemistry and goes
A*B means A is neither greater than nor on Sunday.
smaller than B
II. Umar goes for tuition on Friday.
A%B means A is neither greater than nor
III. The student who studies biology goes
equal to B
on Thursday
14. STATEMENT:
IV. Rajesh goes on Monday
M@J, J$T, T*N
V. Tarun goes on Wednesday but does not
CONCLUSION: study Sociology
I. N#J II. T%M III. M@N VI. Varun studies mathematics
A. Only I and II are true VII. The student who studies economics
B. Only II is true goes on Tuesday. Wasim and Tarun do
C. Only I and III are true not study economics
D. All are true 19. Mathematics tuitions are on which day of
Ans. D the week?
15. One of the following is not a winner of A. Wednesday B. Saturday
Confucius Peace Prize of China? C. Friday D. Monday
A. Robert Mugabe B. Vladimir Putin Ans. B
C. Tony Abbot D. Fidel Castro 20. Umar studies which subject?
Ans. C A. Sociology
16. The largest blast furnace steel plant which B. Accounts
was modernized by the Central C. Physics
Government and dedicated to the nation D. Cannot be determined
recently is in the state of:
Ans. D
A. Bihar B. West-Bengal
21. If Umar studies accounts then on which
C. Orrisa D. Jharkhand day is sociology tuition?
Ans. B A. Wednesday B. Friday
17. If a runner takes as much time in running C. Monday D. Thursday
20 meters as the car takes in covering 50
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22. If Rajesh studies sociology then Umar 28. A hall 50 m long and 45 m broad is to be
studies? paved with square tiles. Find the largest
A. Mathematics tile as well as its number in the given
B. Physics options so that the tiles exactly fit in the
hall?
C. Accounts
A. 36 sq m and 80 tiles
D. Cannot be determined
B. 16 sq m and 80 tiles
Ans. D
23. A group of ten persons can do a particular C. 25 sq m and 90 tiles
task in 10 days. Another group can do the D. 36 sq m and 90 tiles
same job in 20 days. In how many days Ans. C
will the job be finished if the groups works 29. A metal cube of edge 12 cm is melted and
together (each group does part of the task formed into three smaller cubes. If the
in proportion to its total ability): edges of two smaller cubes are 6 cm and 8
1 2 cm, find the edge of the third smaller
A. 5 B. 6
3 3 cube?
1 1 A. 8 cm B. 10 cm
C. 7 D. 8 C. 12 cm D. None of these
3 2
Ans. B Ans. B
24. In a certain code language LESSON is 30. Silk Route–2015 is a:
coded as NGUQML. How will PUZZLE be A. Joint military training exercise between
coded in that code language? China & Sri Lanka
A. RWXBJP B. RVBXJC B. A route defined for smuggling of gold
C. RWBXJC D. RUBJXC between India & Dubai
Ans. C C. Silk trade agreement between India &
25. In the given figure AB and CD are two Silk producing countries
parallel chords of a circle with center O and D. Anti terrorism agreement between
radius 5 cm. Also AB = 8 cm and CD = 6 SAARC countries
cm. If OP ⊥ AB and OQ ⊥ CD, determine Ans. A
the length of PQ: 31. Match the places to the state to which it
belongs.
STATE PLACES
A. West Bengal 1. Badrinath Temple
B. Tripura 2. Ujjayanta Palace
A. 7 cm B. 10 cm C. Uttarakhand 3. Hajo
C. 8 cm D. None of these D. Assam 4. Kalimpong
Ans. A A. A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
26. A well of inner diameter 14 m is dug to a B. A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3
depth of 15m. Earth taken out of it has
C. A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
been evenly spread all around it to a width
of 7 m to form an embankment. Find the D. A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3
height of embankment so formed: Ans. D
A. 7 m B. 5 m 32. Match the following in the given sequence
C. 14 m D. None of these in context of memory:
Ans. B A. Very High Speed 1. DVD
27. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Collapsed only 5 B. Non-Volatile & high storage 2. ROM
minutes into his lecture at IIM, Shillong. C. External & cheaper 3. Cache
Name this lecture. D. Read only 4. Hard Disk
A. Creating a livable planet earth A. A1, B2, C2, D4
B. Ignited minds
B. A1, B3, C4, D2
C. Forge your future
C. A3, B4, C2, D1
D. Transforming dreams into actions
D. A3, B4, C1, D2
Ans. A
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33. The temples of Halebid and Belur were chairmanship of Justice R.V. Easwar to look
built by: into?
A. Cholas B. Hoysalas A. To look into the implementation of
C. Rashtrakutas D. Pallavas goods & service tax
Ans. B B. To look into the affairs of Physically
34. The perimeters of a square and a regular challenged person
hexagon are equal. The ratio of the area of C. To look into the affairs of Niti Aaayog
the hexagon to the area of the square is: D. The simplification of provisions of
A. 2 3 :1 B. 2 3 :3 Income Tax Act
Ans. D
C. 3 3 : 2 D. 2 :3 40. Identify the odd one out (refer to National
Ans. B Sports Awards for 2014–15):
35. Which of the following ports of India is on A. Harbans Singh B. Sandeep Kumar
the eastern Coast: C. Anoop Singh D. Naval Singh
A. Cochin B. Tuticorin Ans. B
C. Kandla D. Mumbai 41. 2022 Common Wealth Games will be
Ans. B hosted by:
36. Which of the following are included in the A. Durban B. Gold Coast
original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court? C. Victoria D. Kingston
1. A dispute between the Government of Ans. A
India and one or more states. 42. There are two clocks, both set to show 10
2. A dispute regarding elections to either pm on 21st January 2010. One clock gains
house of the parliament or that of 2 minutes in an hour and the other clock
legislative of a state. loses 5 minutes in an hour. then by how
3. A dispute between the Government of many minutes do the two clocks differ at
India and a union territory. 4pm on 22nd January 2010?
4. A dispute between two or more states. A. 126 minutes B. 136 minutes
Select the correct answers using the codes. C. 96 minutes D. 106 minutes
A. 1 & 2 B. 2 & 3 Ans. A
C. 1 & 4 D. 3 & 4 43. A publisher sells copies of books to a retail
Ans. C dealer at ` 5 per copy but allows 25 copies
37. Two trains moving in opposite directions to be counted as 24. If the retailer sells
cross each other in 7.5 seconds. If the each of the 25 copies at ` 6, his profit % is:
length of one train is 150 m, what is the A. 20% B. 24%
length of the other train if the trains are C. 25% D. 40%
travelling at 50 & 70 km. per hour Ans. C
respectively:
DIRECTIONS: (Question No. 44 & 45) Each
A. 100m B. 150m question below is followed by two statement I
C. 125m D. 200m and II. You are to determine whether the data
Ans. A given in the statement is sufficient for answering
38. Three pipes A, B, C can fill a tank from the question. You should use the data and your
empty to full in 30 minutes, 20 minutes, knowledge of mathematics to choose between
and 10 minutes respectively. When the the possible answers.
tank is empty, all three pipes are opened. A. If the statement I alone is sufficient to
A B & C discharge chemical solution ‘Q’, ‘R’, answer the question but the statement
‘S’ respectively. What is the proportion of II alone is not sufficient.
solution ‘S’ in the liquid in the tank after 3 B. If the statement II alone is sufficient to
minutes: answer the question but statement I
7 5 alone is not sufficient.
A. B.
11 11 C. If both statements I and II together
6 8 are needed to answer the question.
C. D. D. If either the statement I alone or
11 11
statement II alone is sufficient to
Ans. C
answer the question.
39. Recently Government of India has
E. If you can not get the answer from
constituted a committee under the
statement I and II together but need
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44. X, Y and Z are three consecutive odd D. Both (2) & (3)
number (not necessary in this order). What Ans. D
is the sum of these number? 52. The instantaneous voltage and current
I. The difference of Y & Z is 4 across a load is given by v = 50 sin (314 t–
II. One third of X is 33 π/6) volts and i = 10 sin (314 t–π/2)
A. A B. B amperes, respectively. The active power
C. C D. D consumed by the load is:
Ans. C A. 500 watts B. 125 watts
45. What is the number? C. 1000 watts D. None of these
I. 25% of that number is one fourth of Ans. B
that number 53. Drop in alternator frequency is corrected
II. 3/4 of that number is less by 14 of that by:
number. A. Damper winding
A. A B. B B. Increased prime mover output
C. D D. E C. Automatic voltage regulator
Ans. B D. None of these
Ans. B
TECHNICAL (APTITUDE 54. In a galvanometer, the deflection becomes
46. Impedance Z isas shown in fig: one half when the galvanometer is shunted
by a 20 ohm resistor. The galvanometer
resistance is:
A. 5 ohm B. 10 ohm
C. 40 ohm D. 20 ohm
Ans. B
55. In a three phase half wave rectifier feeding
A. 29j ohm B. 9j ohm resistive load, if the input source is a three
C. 19j ohm D. 39j ohm phase 4 wire system and line to line
Ans. B voltage is 100 V. The supply frequency is
400 Hz. The ripple frequency at the output
47. For highest power gain, what configuration
is:
is used:
A. CC B. CE A. 400 Hz B. 800 Hz
C. CB D. CS C. 1200 Hz D. None of these
Ans. B Ans. C
48. An SCR has ...... PN junctions: 56. Ripple in output current of a step-down
chopper feeding RLE load is maximum,
A. Two B. Four
when duty cycle is equal to:
C. Three D. One
A. 1 B. 0.5
Ans. C
C. 0.75 D. 0.33
49. A pole pitch in electrical machine is:
A. Equal to 180° electrical Ans. B
B. Equal to 180° mechanical 57. Which of the following are constant losses
in Transformers?
C. Less than 180° electrical
A. Winding losses
D. Greater than 180° electrical
Ans. A B. Core losses
50. Which of the following compensator will C. Both Winding & core losses
increase the bandwidth of the system: D. None of these
A. Phase lag B. Phase lead Ans. B
C. Lag-lead D. None of these 58. Deep bar rotor construction is used in three
Ans. A phase induction motors to mainly:
51. To increase power transfer capability of a A. Control speed
long transmission line, we should: B. Control power factor
A. Increase line resistance C. Increase starting torque
B. Increase transmission voltage D. None of these
C. Decrease line reactance Ans. C

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59. Two transformers with identical voltage 64. In the following given circuit what will be
ratings are working in parallel to supply the value of current i in the 5Ω resistor?
common load. The percentage impedance
of one transformer is higher compared to
that of other. The load sharing between the
two transformer will:
A. Be proportional to their percentage
impedance
B. Be independent of their percentage
impedance
C. Be inversely proportional to their A. 5A B. 4A
respective impedance C. 2A D. 0A
D. Depend on the resistance to leakage Ans. D
reactance ratio of each transformer
65. From source Vs= 200cosωt, a load draws
Ans. C current Im= 2.5 at power factor 0.6
60. Number of comparators required for an 8 lagging. The load impedance is:
bit flash ADC is: A. 48+64j B. 40 +50j
A. 8 B. 16
C. 30+64j D. 48+ 50j
C. 255 D. 256
Ans. A
Ans. C
66. Two capacitor C1 and C2 have C1=20μF
61. A 35 V dc supply is connected across a and C2= 30μF, are connected in parallel
resistance of 600 ohm in series with an across a 100V source. The net capacitance
unknown resistance R. A voltmeter having of the circuit is?
a resistance of 1.2 kΩ is connected across
A. 50 μF B. 10 μF
600 ohm resistances and reads 5 V. The
value of resistance R shall be: C. 12 μF D. 60μμ
A. 1.2 kΩ B. 2.4 kΩ Ans. A
C. 120 kΩ D. 400 kΩ 67. Power-factor of industrial arc and induction
Ans. B furnace is:
62. A three phase slip ring induction motor is A. High lagging B. High leading
fed from the rotor side with stator winding C. Low lagging D. Very low lagging
short circuited stator is: Ans. D
A. Slip frequency 68. A 100mA meter has accuracy of ± 2%. Its
B. Supply frequency accuracy while reading 50mA will be:
C. Frequency corresponding to rotor A. ± 1% B. ± 2%
speed
C. ± 4% D. ± 20%
D. Zero
Ans. C
Ans. A
69. A series inductor is normally added in a
63. In the circuit given below, the value of R thyrister circuit for achieving protection
required for the transfer of maximum against:
power to the load having a resistance of 3Ω
A. High current B. High voltage
will be?
C. High di/dt D. High dv/dt
Ans. C
70. Clamp on ammeter is used for
measurement of:
A. Large alternating currents
B. Small direct currents
C. Small alternating currents
A. 3 Ω B. 10Ω
D. Large direct currents
C. 6Ω D. 9Ω
Ans. A
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71. Consider the following statements: C. Primary winding turns and secondary
Over head transmission lines are provided winding turns
with earth wires: D. Any of the above
1. To protect the transmission line from Ans. B
direct lightning strike 77. Whenever a 3–phase fault takes place at
2. To protect the transmission line the terminals of an induction generator,
insulation from the indirect lightning the sustained fault current is:
strike A. Equal to the full load current
3. To balance the line currents B. About 20 times the full load current
4. To provide path for neutral current C. Much less than full load current
Which of these statement/s is/are correct? D. About 10 times the full load current
A. 1 and 3 B. 1 and 4 Ans. C
78. For complete protection of a 3– phase line:
C. 1 only D. 2 only
A. Three phase and three–earth fault
Ans. C
relays are required
72. An ammeter has a current range of 0–5 A, B. Three phase and two–earth fault relays
and its internal resistance is 0.2Ω. In order are required
to change the range to 0–25 A, what
C. Two phase and two–earth fault relays
should be the value of resistance added
are required
and how it would connect with meter (i.e.
series/parallel)? D. Two phase and one–earth fault relays
are required
A. (0.05Ω/series) B. (0.05Ω /parallel)
Ans. D
C. (0.20Ω/parallel) D. (0.20Ω/series)
79. When two transformer of different kVA
Ans. B rating are connected in parallel they share
73. Power consumed by a balanced 3-phase, 3- the load in proportion to their respective
wire load is measured by two wattmeter kVA rating only when their:
method. The first wattmeter reads twice A. KVA rating are identical
that of the second. Then what will be the B. Efficiencies are equal
load impedance angle in radian?
C. P u impedance are equal
A.  /6 B.  /3 D. Equivalent impedance are equal
Ans. C
C.  /2 D.  /4
80. The most efficient torque – producing
Ans. A actuating structure for induction – type
74. The X/R ratio for distribution lines is: relay is:
A. Less than unity A. Shaded pole structure
B. More than unity B. Watt – hour – meter structure
C. Equal to unity C. Induction – cup structure
D. None of these is necessary D. Single – induction loop structure
Ans. C
Ans. B
81. Triac are usually operated at:
75. Corona loss is minimum in:
A. All frequencies
A. Monopolar HVDC line
B. High frequency only
B. Bipolar HVDC line C. Power frequency
C. Both in Monopolar& Bipolar HVDC lines D. None of these
D. EHV AC lines Ans. C
Ans. A 82. Earth wire on EHV overhead transmission
76. The potential transformers’ Nominal Ratio line is provided to protect the line against:
is defined as the ratio of: A. Lightning surge
A. Primary winding voltage and secondary B. Switching surge
winding voltage C. Excessive fault voltage
B. Rated primary winding voltage and D. Corona effect
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83. The measurement range of an ammeter A. Making capacity = 2.55 × braking

can be increased by using a: capacity
A. High resistance in shunt B. Braking capacity = 2.55 × making –
B. Low resistance in shunt capacity
C. High resistance in series C. Making capacity = 1.8 × braking
capacity
D. Low resistance in series
D. Braking capacity = 1.8 × making
Ans. B
capacity
84. Three equal resistors, connected in series
Ans. A
across a source of emf, dissipated 10W of
power. What would be the power dissipated 90. The steady-state fault current during a 3
in the same resistor when they are phase terminal fault on a generator is
connected in parallel across the same limited by:
source? A. Transient reactance of the generator
A. 10W B. 30W B. Sub-transient reactance of the
C. 90W D. 270W generator
Ans. C C. Synchronous reactance of the
generator
85. If a 3-pahse, 40V, 50Hz, 4 pole induction
motor is running at a slip of 5% then the D. DC off-set during the instant of the
relative speed of rotor field with respect to fault
stator filed is: Ans. C
A. Zero B. 75 rpm 91. A 3-phase delta connected squirrel cage
C. 142.5 rpm D. 1500 rpm induction motor when started with a DOL
starter has a starting torque of 600 NM. Its
Ans. A
starting torque when star delta starter is
86. A 3-phase induction motor is running at used:
slip ‘s’. If its two supply leads are
A. 600 NM B. 200 NM
interchanged, then the operating slip at
that instant will be: C. 300 NM D . 1200 NM
A. 2s B. (1-s) Ans. B
C. (2-s) D. Zero 92. Making current of a circuit breaker refers
to:
Ans. C
A. Steady state rated current
87. In a 3-phase voltage source inverter used
for speed control of induction motor, anti- B. Average value of transient short circuit
parallel diodes are used across each current
switching device. The main purpose of C. R.M.S. value of the short circuit current
diodes is to: at the time of major peak
A. Protect the switching devices against D. Equal to the fault current
over voltage Ans. C
B. Provide path for freewheeling current 93. In case of a ‘High Voltage DC’
C. Allow the motor to return energy transmission, how many minimum
during regeneration conductors are required?
D. Help in switching off the devices A. One B. Two
Ans. C C. Three D. Four
88. Skewing of rotor bars eliminate the: Ans. A
A. Effect of space harmonics 94. Which of the following motor has squirrel
B. Entire effect of crawling cage winding on the stator:
C. Magnetic noise A. 3 phase squirrel cage induction motor
D. Vibration due to unequal force B. Single phase squirrel cage pump motor
developed on rotor C. Single phase ceiling fan induction
Ans. A motor
89. Out of the followings, which one is correct D. Single phase table fan induction motor
in case of a circuit breaker? Ans. C

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95. In order to switch-off and EHV circuit for B. Internal voltage when no load is
maintenance, the following sequence is applied
adopted: C. Product of internal resistance and load
A. Open the circuit breaker, open the current
isolator, operate the earth switch D. Electric pressure provided to the load
B. Operate the earth switch, open the Ans. B
isolator, open the circuit breaker 102. A permanent magnet moving coil ammeter
C. Open the isolator, operate the earth has a coil resistance of 99 ohm and Full
switch, open the circuit breaker Scale Deflection (FSD) current of 0.1mA.
D. Open the isolator, open the circuit Shunt resistance is 1 ohm. Current through
breaker, operate the earth switch the meter at 0.5 F.S.D is:
Ans. A A. 0.007mA B. 0.05mA
96. For the circuit given in the fig, the C. 0.023mA D. None of these
thevenis’s voltage and resistance as seen Ans. B
at AB are represented by: 103. For power measurement of three phase
circuit by two wattmeter method, when the
value of power factor is less than 0.5
lagging:
A. One of the wattmeters will read zero
B. Both give the same readings
C. One of the wattmeter connections will
A. 5 V, 10 Ω B. 10V, 10 Ω have to be reversed
C. 5 V, 5 Ω D. 54V, 15 Ω D. Pressure coil of the wattmeter will
Ans. A become ineffective
97. Why are shunt reactors connected at the Ans. C
receiving end of long transmission line 104. Find the node voltage VA:
system:
A. To increase the terminal voltage
B. To compenstate voltage rise caused by
capacitive charging at light load
C. To improve power factor
D. None of these
Ans. B
98. A 10Ω resistor is connected in parallel with A. 6 V B. 12 V
a 15Ω resistor and the combination in C. 4.25 V D. None of these
series with a 12Ω resistor. The equivalent Ans. C
resistance of the circuit is: 105. One international ohm is equal to:
A. 37Ω B. 27Ω A. 1.00049 absolute ohm
C. 18Ω D. None of these B. 0.99951 absolute ohm
Ans. C C. 0.969 absolute ohm
99. A nickel coil has a resistance of 13Ω at D. 1.049 absolute ohm
50°C. If the temperature coefficient of Ans. A
resistance at 0°C is 0.006/°C, the 106. In a uniform electric field, field lines and
resistance at 0°C is: equipotentials:
A. 16.9Ω B. 10Ω A. Are parallel to one another
C. 43.3Ω D. None of these B. Intersect at 45°
Ans. B C. Intersect at 30°
100. The energy used by a 1.5kW heater in 5 D. Are orthogonal
minutes is: Ans. D
A. 450 000 J B. 450 J 107. During forward blocking state, the SCR
C. 7500 J D. None of these has:
Ans. A A. Low current, medium voltage
101. What is called the Electro-Motive Force B. Low current, large voltage
(EMF) of a voltage source? C. Medium current, large voltage
A. Terminal voltage when load is applied D. Large current, low voltage
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108. Turn on time of an SCR can be reduced by A. R B. 3R

using a: C. R/3 D. 2R/3
A. Rectangular pulse of high amplitude Ans. C
and narrow width 115. The time constant of the circuit shown in
B. Rectangular pulse of low amplitude and fig. is:
wide width
C. Triangular pulse
D. Trapezoidal pulse
Ans. A
109. The disruptive critical voltage will:
A. Decrease with the increase of moisture A. RC/3 B. 4RC/3
content in air C. 2RC/3 D. 8RC/3
B. Increase with the increase of moisture Ans. D
content in air
116. If the current in the armature of d.c series
C. Increase with the decrease of moisture motor is reduced to 5%, the torque of the
content in air motor will become:
D. Decrease with the decrease of moisture A. 50% of the previous value
content in air B. 25% of the previous value
Ans. A
C. 150% of the previous value
110. What type of insulator will be used if the D. 125% of the previous value
direction of the transmission line is to be
Ans. B
changed?
117. If the excitation of an alternator operating
A. Pin-type B. Suspension type
in parallel with other alternators decreased,
C. Strain type D. Shakle type
its:
Ans. B
A. Power factor becomes more leading
111. Which statement is correct: B. Output Kw will change
A. SF6gas is toxic
C. Power factor becomes more lagging
B. SF6gas is lighter than air
D. Power factor becomes unity
C. SF6gas is yellow in colour Ans. A
D. SF6gas has pungent smell
118. The output signal of a common-collector
Ans. A amplifier always:
112. One coulomb of electrical charge is A. Larger than the input signal
contributed by how many electrons? B. In phase with the input signal
A. 0.625  1019 B. 1.6  1019 C. Out of phase with the input signal
C. 10 19
D. None of these D. Exactly equal to the input signal
Ans. A Ans. B
113. A dynamic system with input x(t) and 119. A current is said to be alternating when it
output y(t) is represented by the following: changes in:
A. 
y t  f x t  , t  A. Magnitude
B. Direction
B. y  t   ax  t   bx2  t  C. Both magnitude and direction
C. y  t   a x sin  t  D. None of these
Ans. C
D. None of these
120. Hysteresis loss in a transformer depends
Ans. A upon:
114. Three equal resistors each equal to R ohm A. Frequency
are connected as shown in fig. The
B. Supply voltage
equivalent resistance between points A and
C. Square of the frequency alone
B is:
D. Square of the voltage alone
Ans. A

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