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1. Three friends A, B and C shared chocolates 8. If the base current and base voltage of a
from a bowl. A took 1/3rd of the chocolates, 345 kV system are 3000 A and 300 kV
but returned four to the bowl. B took 1/4th respectively, per-unit voltage and base
of what was left returned three chocolates impedance of the system respectively are
to the bowl. C took half of the remainder A. 1.15 p.u, 115 Ω
but return two back into the bowl. If the B. 1.15 p.u, 100 Ω
bowl has 17 chocolates left, how many C. 0.87 p.u, 115 Ω
chocolates were originally there in the D. 0.87 p.u, 100 Ω
bowl? 9. The surge impedance of a 60 miles long
A. 32 B. 48 underground cable is 50 Ω. For a 30 miles
C. 64 D. 52 length it will be
2. There are nine bags of sugar looking alike, A. 25 Ω B. 50 Ω
eight of which have equal weight and one C. 100 Ω D. 200 Ω
¡s slightly heavier. The weighing balance is 10. A single core cable is designed to work for
of unlimited capacity. Using this balance, a single phase system with a peak voltage
the minimum number of weightings of 220 kV. The maximum permissible
required to identify the heavier bag is stress in the dielectric is not to exceed 20
A. 5 B. 4 kV/mm. For economical size, the overall
C. 3 D. 2 core diameter of the cable is
3. A person starts from a point S, goes South A. 28.2 mm B. 26.4 mm
for 4 km and West for 3 km to reach a C. 24.4 mm D. 22.0 mm
point T. He then turns to face point S and 11. Stringing chart is used for
goes 18 km in that direction. He then goes A. finding the sag in the conductor
south for 12 km. How far is he from point B. the design of towers
S, in which direction should he go to reach C. the design of insulator string
point S? D. finding the distance between towers
A. 5 km, East B. 5 km, West 12. A suspension type insulator has 2 units
C. 7 km East D. 7 km, West with self-capacitance C and ground
4. The number of 3-digit numbers such that capacitance of 0.2 C. Each unit can
the digit 2 is never to the immediate left of withstand for a maximum voltage of 11 kV.
1 is Its string efficiency is
A. 881 B. 880 A. 78% B. 82%
C. 891 D. 890 C. 80% D. 84%
5. 4 men can finish a work in 6 days, 8 13. If a 5-bus test system contains 6
women can finish the same work in 15 transmission lines and one transformer,
days, and 10 children can finish the same how many non-zero elements are there in
work in 24 days. How long a learn of 1 the system Y-bus?
man, 2 women and 2 children will take to A. 25 B. 12
finish the same work? C. 11 D. 19
A. 12 B. 14 14. The voltages of a generator and an infinite
C. 15 D. 16 bus are given as 0.92 ∠10° and 1.0 ∠10°
6. How many two-digit odd numbers can be respectively. Which of the following
composed from the nine digits 1, 2, 3, statement is correct?
……..,9 A. Active power flows from generator to
A 36 B. 40 Infinite bus and reactive power flows
C. 42 D. 45 from Infinite bus to generator
7. Transmission lines are transposed to B. Active power and reactive power flows
reduce from generator to Infinite bus.
A. Ferranti effect and voltage level C. Reactive power flows from generator to
B. Skin effect and efficiency Infinite bus and active power flows
C. Proximity effect and current density from Infinite bus to generator
D. Interference with neighboring D. Active power and reactive power flows
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15. Most of the students are of outstanding 22. A system shows zero steady-state error for
merit.’ step-input, finite steady-state error for
A. Some of the students are of Ramp-input and ∞ steady-state error for
outstanding merit. parabolic-input. Then the system is of
B. There are no students who are not of A. Type -0 B. Type -1
outstanding merit. C. Type - 2 D. Type – 3
C. There are some students who are 23. After drawing the Root-Locus, the closed-
below par. loop poles corresponding to a specified
D. All students are of outstanding merit. value of gain K can be determined from
16. ‘Most of the pens in that shop are which of the following criterion?
expensive.’ A. Magnitude criterion alone
A. There are no cheap pens in that shop. B. Angle criterion alone
B. Some of the pens in that shop are C. Both Magnitude and Angle criteria
expensive. D. Angle of departure and angle of arrival.
C. There are some cheap pens in that 24. The open-loop transfer function of a unity-
shop. feedback system is given by
D. Camlin pens in that shop are K ( s + 13)
expensive. G (s) =
s ( s + 3) ( s + 7 )
17. ‘Ability is poor man’s wealth.’ This means.
The allowable maximum value of K for the
A. A poor man is always able.
closed-loop system to remain stable is
B. A poor man has the ability to earn
A. 50 B. 60
wealth.
C. 70 D. 80
C. A wealthy man is always able.
25. The frequencies and voltage used in
D. A poor man can earn wealth if he has
Dielectric healing are
ability.
A. 10 – 30 MHZ, up to 25 kV
18. If PAINT ¡s coded as 74128 and EXCEL is
B. 50 – 60 Hz, up to 25 kV
coded as 93596, then how would you
encoded ACCEPT? C. 10 – 30 MHz, up to 100 V
A. 455978 B. 547978 D. 50 – 60 Hz, 110 V – 230 V
C. 554978 D. 455968 26. Trapezoidal speed-time curve is
19. Find the missing term in the following A. an exact representation of the
series: conditions in Main-line traction service.
240, ___, 120, 40, 10, 2. B. an exact representation of the
conditions in Suburban traction service.
A. 240 B. 220
C. a close approximation of the conditions
C. 182 D. 200
in Suburban traction service.
20. The self-inductance of a coil can be
D. a close approximation of the conditions
measured using
in Mainline traction service.
A. Wien’s Bridge
27. Pantograph is
B. Schering Bridge
A. a device used to draw Speed-Time
C. Anderson’s Bridge
characteristics ¡n traction.
D. Wheatstone Bridge
B. used to supply a.c. o transformer in
21. A 200 V, 5 A d.c. energy meter is tested at
locomotive.
its marked ratings. The resistance of the
C. a part of the control devices in
pressure circuit is 8000 Ω and that of
locomotives.
current coil is 0.1 Ω. The power consumed
D. used in traction motors for better
when testing the meter with phantom
efficiency.
loading with current circuit excited by a 6 V
battery is 28. A unity feedback system has open loop
K ( s + 1.1) ( s + 2.2 )
A. 2.5 W B. 5 W transfer function G ( s ) = .
C. 32.5 W D. 35 W s ( s + 3.3) ( s + 4.4 )
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A. All real and distinct Vs Vo

A. B.
B. One real and two complex conjugate L L
C. All real and repeated Vs − Vo Vs + Vo
D. Complex and non-repeated C. D.
L L
29. A unit impulse input to a linear network
34. In a 3-phase converter circuit during
has a response R(t) and a unit Step input
commutation when one SCR ¡n one phase
to the same network has response S(t).
is turned on to turn-off an SCR in another
The response R(t)
phase. results in
dS ( t )
A. equals to A. voltage notching
dt
B. harmonic distortion
D. equals the integral of S(t)
C. voltage sag
C. is the reciprocal of S(t)
D. voltage swell
D. has no relation with S(t)
35. A dc distributor of length, l m and
30. Phantom loading for testing of energy
resistance r ohms/m, fed at both ends with
meter is used
equal voltages, is uniformly loaded with i
A. to isolate the current and potential
A/m run. The power loss in the distributor
circuits
is
B. to increase power loss during testing
(i squired * r * l cubed)/24 is right answer
C. for meters having low current ratings
D. to test meters having a large current i 2rl 3 i 2rl 3
A. B.
rating for which loads may not be 3 4
available i 2rl 3 i 2rl 3
C. D.
31. Ratio of the rotor reactance X to the rotor 4 12
resistance R for a two-phase servo motor 36. Corona loss in transmission lines can be
A. is equal to that of a normal induction reduced by
motor
A. using small diameter conductors
B. is less than that of a normal induction
B. using bundled conductors
motor
C. using less spacing between conductors
C. is greater than that of a normal
induction motor D. increasing the transmission line voltage
D. may be less or greater than that of a 37. A 4000 kVA, 11 kV/132 kV-delta-star
normal induction motor connected 3-phase transformer has
32. A TRIAC in a single-phase circuit taking V reactance, x1 = 0.12 p.u. The actual value
volts and operating at a firing delay angle, ofx1 referred to the low voltage side is
α is supplying a resistive load, R. The A. 0.85 Ω B. 3.63 Ω
power loss in the load is C. 36.3 Ω D. 252 Ω
2V 2 sin 2 38. The number of comparators required in a 4
A.
R 2 bit comparator type ADC ¡s
V2  cos 2  A. 16 B. 15
B.
 R  2  C. 17 D. 12

V2  sin 2  39. In a 5 bit weighted resistor D/A converters,

C.
R  −  + 2 
the resistor value corresponding to LSB ¡s

40 kΩ, and the resistor value
V2  sin 2  corresponding to MSB will be
D.  + −
R  2  A. 0.4 kΩ B. 3 kΩ
33. In a boost chopper circuit if Vs, Vo. L are C. 2.8 kΩ D. 2.5 kΩ
input voltage, output voltage and 40. A switch tail ring counter is made by using
inductance, respectively, and when the a single D-FF. The resulting circuit is
conducting switch is opened, the rate of A. T-FF B. D-FF
change of inductive current is
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41. The ALE line of an 8085 microprocessor is 49. Which one is the same as Coal, Ebony and
used to Soot?
A. latch the output of an I/O instruction A. Blush B. Raven
into an external latch. C. Ash D. Rust
B. deactivate the chip-select signal from
Direction: Questions 50 & 51 are based on the
memory devices.
following diagram:
C. find the interrupt enable states of the
TRAP interrupt.
D. latch the 8 bits of address lines AD7-
AD0 into an external latch.
42. Which diode exhibits negative resistance
characteristic?
A. LED B. Zener
C. Tunnel diode D. PN diode
The triangle represents ‘Doctors’, the circle
43. A closed — loop transfer function of a unity
represents ‘Players’ and the rectangle represents
feedback system is given by
‘Artists’.
Y (s) n
2
= . The System Kv is
R ( s ) s2 + 2ns + n2 50. How many artists are players?
given by A. 22 B. 25
n C. 30 D. 29
A. B. 1
2 51. How many doctors are players but also
artists?
2
C. ∞ D. A. 7 B. 27
n
C. 4 D. 15
44. In the series 2, 6, 18, 54, ……, what will be
52. An 8-pole, 50Hz, three-phase induction
the 8th term?
motor is running at 705rpm and has a
A. 4370 B. 4374
rotor copper loss of 5 kW. Its rotor input is
C. 7443 D. 7434
A. 5.06 kW B. 0.3 kW
45. If N is the brother of B, M is the sister of N,
C. .100 kW D. 83.33 kW
J is the brother of P and P is the daughter
53. A 3-phase. 4-pole, 50Hz induction motor
of B. Who is the uncle of J?
runs at a speed of 1440 rpm. The rotating
A. B B. M
field produced by the rotor rotates at a
C. P D. N speed of_________ rpm with respect to
46. A group consists of both boys and girls is stator field.
100 ` 312 is distributed among the boys A. 1500 B. 0
and girls such that each boy gets ` 3.60
C. 1440 D. 60
and each girl gets ` 2.40. The number of
54. Generally, Crawling in squirrel cage
girls are
induction motors is tendency to run stably
A. 88 B. 40 at speeds as low
C. 60 D. 65 A. One-third of their synchronous speed
47. The sum of three consecutive odd numbers B. One-fifth of their synchronous speed
is always divisible by
C. One-seventh of their synchronous
(I) 2 (II) 3 speed
(III) 5 (IV) 6 D. One-ninth of their synchronous speed
A. I and II B. Only II 55. The starting torque of a capacitor-start
C. Only I and III D. Only II and IV induction-run motor is directly related to
48. If the L.C.M. of two numbers is 48 and the the angle ‘θ’ between its two winding
numbers are in ratio 3: 4, then the sum of currents by the relation
the numbers is A. cos θ B. sin θ
A. 28 B. 32 C. tan θ D. sin θ/2
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56. The fractional-pitch used for eliminating 7th C. If both statements (I) and (II) together
harmonic from the cmi wave of an are sufficient but neither of the
alternator is statement alone is sufficient to answer
A. 2/3 B. 5/6 the question.
C. 7/8 D. 6/7 D. If each statement alone is sufficient to
57. A 2-pole, 50 Hz, 3-phase, 100 MVA, 33 kV answer the question.
turbo-alternator connected to an infinite 63. Is cone A is similar to cone B?
bus has a moment if inertia of 107 kg-m2 in (I) the surface area of A ¡s 9 times the
its rotating parts. It has a synchronous surface area of B.
reactance of 0.5 p.u. The natural time (II) The volume of A is 9 limes the volume
period of oscillations of the machine is of B.
A. 7.874 sec B. 15.748 sec
64. Is x > 1?
C. 23.622 sec D. 24.9 sec
58. While keeping the excitation constant, if x x
(I) x+ 2
=x 2
the steam supply of an alternator running x −1 x −1
in parallel with another ¡dctiC3l alternator (II) x3 + 1 = 0
is increased, then 65. The total expenses of two individuals X and
A. It would over-run the other alternator Y are ` 3,600 and ` P respectively. They
B. Its rotor will fall back in phase with are represented with the help of a pie-
respect to the other machine chart what is P?
C. Its portion of share in load will increase (I) the radius of the circle representing X’S
D. Its power factor would be decreased. total expenditure is 4.2 cm and that of
59. The effect of increasing load on a Y’s total expenditure is 3.5 cm.
synchronous motor running with normal (II) The ratio of the radii of the two circles
excitation is is 4: 1.
A. Increase both its Ia and power factor. 66. A snubber circuit is connected to the power
B. Decrease Ia, but increase power factor. semiconductor device to reduce the
C. Increase Ia, but decrease power factor A. turn-on time
D. Decrease both Ia and power factor.
B. turn-off time
60. How many numbers from 1 to 100 are such
C. electrical stresses
each which is divisible by 8 and whose at
D. thermal resistance
least one digit is 8?
A. Four B. Five 67. Which phenomenon is present in thyristors
C. Eight D. Six but absent in BJT, MOSFET and IGBT?
61. In the following group of letters, one of A. forward conduction
them is different from the rest. Find out B. latching
that group. C. forward blocking
A. BQCR B. DSEU D. reverse breakdown
C. FVOW D. HXIY 68. The 5th harmonic component of induced
62. What will be the next term in the series: voltage in a 3-phase alternator can be
DCXW, FEVU, HOTS, _______ completely eliminated by using a winding
A. LKPO B. ABYZ pitch of
C. JIRQ D. LMRS 2 4
Direction (Q. 63 to 65): The problems below A. B.
3 5
contain question and two statements of certain
5 6
data. You have to decide whether die data given C. D.
6 7
in the statements are sufficient for answering the
questions. The correct answer is 69. In an adjustable speed ac drive which
A. If statements (I) alone is sufficient but quantity gets reduced above rated speed?
statement (II) alone is not sufficient to A. developed torque
answer. B. stator frequency
B. If statements (II) atone is sufficient C. reduced starting torque
but statement (I) alone is not sufficient D. stator current
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70. RC triggering is preferred over resistance 76. The internal resistance of in ideal voltage
triggering because source is
A. it provides triggering at a precise A. Infinity
instant B. Zero
B. it gives a longer duration gate pulse C. Very small approaching zero
C. it enables triggering at a larger value of
D. Very large approaching infinity
firing angle
77. The time period of third harmonic of power
D. it protects the SCR against high dv/dt
supply frequency. In mull seconds, is
71. A moving coil meter has a resistance of 3 Ω
A. 20 B. 3.33
and gives full scale deflection with 30 mA.
To measure voltage up to 300 V, the C. 6.66 D. 60
external resistance to be connected in 78. The power consumed by a balanced 3-ph
series with the instrument is load is measured by two-wattmeter
A. 9997 Ω B. 10000 Ω method. The meter readings arc 8 kW and
C. 997 Ω D. 10003 Ω 4 kW. The power factor of the load is
72. A PMMC instrument has FSD of 100 μA and A. zero
a coil resistance of 1 kΩ. To convert the B. 0.5
instrument into an ammeter with full scale C. between zero and 0.5
deflection of ¡00 mA, the required shunt D. between 0.5 and unity
resistance is
79. Which of the following statements ¡s
A. 1 Ω B. 1.001 Ω
incorrect?
C. 0.5 Ω D. 10 Ω
A. Superposition theorem is useful for
73. When measuring insulation resistance of
Linear and Non-linear analysis when
cables using d.c. source, the galvanometer
several sources are present in the
used should be initially short circuited
circuit.
because
B. Thevenin’s equivalent network consists
A. Cables have a low value of capacitance
of one voltage source in series with an
which draws a high value of charging
impedance.
current
C. Norton’s equivalent network consists of
B. Cables have a low value of initial
one current source in parallel with an
resistance
independence.
C. Cables have a high value of
capacitance which draws a high value D. When both the load and source
of charging current impedances are purely resistive.
Maximum power transfer is achieved
D. Cables have a low value of capacitance
under the condition: Load Resistance =
and initial resistance.
Source Resistance
74. With reference to Fig. 1, which of the
following is neither ZA, nor ZB, nor ZC? 80. A shunt fault is characterized by
A. Increase in current, frequency and pf
B. Increase in current, deduction in
frequency and pf
C. Increase in current and frequency,
reduction in pf
A. 10 + j 7.5 B. 30 – j 40
D. Decrease in current and frequency
C. 20 + j 15 D. 10 + j 15
81. A reactance relay is
75. A network is said to be under resonance
A. Voltage restrained directional relay
when the voltage and the current at the
network input terminals are B. Directional restrained over-current
A. in phase relay
B. out of phase C. Voltage restrained over current relay
C. in phase quadrature D. Directional restrained over voltage
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82. In a 132 kV system, the line lo ground 89. In a 3-phase slip-ring induction motor, the
capacitance is 0.01 μF and the inductance slip at some speed is 0.05. The speed is
is 4 H. What is value of voltage appearing reduced by inserting an external resistance
across the CB pole, if the magnetizing In the rotor circuit and the slip is 0.15. If
current lo be interrupted is SA the rotor winding resistance per phase is
(instantaneous)? 0.2 Ω, the external resistance is
A. 132kV B. 10 kV A. 0.2 Ω B. 0.3 Ω
C. 220 kV D. 100 kV C. 0.4 Ω D. 0.5 Ω
83. The inertia constants of two groups of 90. When a V-V three phase transformer
machines, which swing together are M1 and system is converted into a ∆-∆ system,
M2. The inertia constant of the system is, increase in capacity of the system ¡s
M1M2 A. 86.6% B. 50%
A. B. M1 − M2 , M1  M2
M1 + M2 C. 57.7% D. 73.2%
M1 + M2 91. 3 kW load is supplied by an
C. M1 + M2 D. autotransformer with 0.7 transformation
M1M2
ratio. Conductively transferred power from
84. The per unit synchronous reactance of a primary to secondary is
machine is 1.6 pu. Its Short Circuit Ratio is A. 2.1 kW B. 0.9 kW
A. 1.6 B. 3.2 C. 4.29 kW D. 3 kW
C. 0.8 D. 0.625 92. Number of commutator bars for a 4-pole,
85. Precise control of reactive current flow 2-layer, DC hip winding with 24 slots and
entering the transmission and distribution conductor per layer is
systems can be minimized by using A. 48 B. 24
A. synchronous condenser C. 192 D. 96
B. static VAR capacitor 93. The torque developed by any 3-phase
C. capacitor bank induction motor at 0.8 p.u. slip is
D. thyristor switched reactor in parallel A. Full-load torque B. unstable torque
with capacitor C. starting torque D. break down
86. The sending end and receiving end 94. The Eb/V ratio of a DC motor is an
voltages of a three-phase transmission line
indication of its _________. (Eb is the back
are 10 kV/ph and 9.5 kV/ph, respectively. emf and V ¡s the applied voltage across the
If the resistance drop is 150 V/ph and armature)
receiving end power factor is 0.8. the
A. Speed regulation
sending end power factor is
B. Starting torque
A. 0.745 lagging B. 0.775 lagging
C. Efficiency
C. 0.8 lagging D. 0.85 lagging
D. Running torque.
87. The main purpose of using core in a
transformer is to 95. Which of the following test is usually
conducted to determine the efficiency of
A. decrease iron losses
traction motors?
B. eliminate magnetic hysteresis
A. Field’s test
C. reduce reluctance of the common
B. Swinburne’s test
magnetic circuit
C. Hopkinson’s test
D. prevent eddy current loss
D. Retardation test
88. A 220 V separately excited dc motor takes
20 A and the armature resistance is 1.0 Ω, 96. If the sum of the next two numbers ¡n the
If the armature constant KaΦ = 1.5 following series is ‘x’ then the value of
rad/sec, the speed of the motor is logzx ¡s is
A. 1000 rpm B. 2000/π 2, -4, 8, - 16, 32, -64, 128, ...
C. 3000/π rpm D. 4000/π rpm A. 7 B. 8
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97. There is an inner circle and an outer what was the undiscounted price of the
circle around a square as shown in the shirt?
figure. What is the ratio of area of the A. ` 800 B. ` 911
outer circle to that of the inner circle? C. ` 900 D. ` 911.25
100. What is the angle ‘x’ ¡n the schematic
diagram given below?

A. √2 B. 2
C. 2√2 D. √3/2
98. In what ratio must rice at ` 9.30 per kg
be mixed with rice at ` 10.80 per kg so
that the mixture is worth ` 10 per kg?
A. 8/7 B. 7/8
C. 5/6 D. 6/5
99. A person bought a shirt at 10% discount A. 50o B. 60o
and sold it to his friend at a loss of 10%. C. 70o D. 30o
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