ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER ELECTRICAL FPSC TEST

DATE 02-08-2019

Answers compiled by Engr Hassan Maree

1 Which is having higher breakdown strength?

a. Solid dielectrics
b. Liquid dielectrics
c. Gases dielectrics
d. Equal in all

2 A heater is rated as 230 V, 10 kW, A.C. The value 230 V refers to__________?
A. average voltage
B. r.m.s. voltage
C. peak voltage
D. none of the above

3 the device without gate (scr, traic, diac)

4 scr has (two terminal three layer, three terminal three layer, three terminal four layer)

5 Junction diode has (1 pn, two pn, three pn)

6 UJT has (two terminal three layer, three terminal three layer, three terminal four layer)

7 Zener diode is (1 pn, two pn, three pn)

8 Low doping in BJT (base, emitter, collector)

9 Ideal op-AMP (infinity input, zero output impedance, infinity voltage gain, all of these)

10 OP-amp use as (summer, differentiator, integrator, all of these)

11 Op-amp use as integrator (capacitor series to inverter, capacitor parallel, inductor series)
Not sure

12 Capacitance measure (ohm, Siemens, farad, none of these)

13 Mutual inductance measure (ohm, Siemens, henry, none of these)

14 Inductive reactance increase with increase in (voltage, current, frequency, none of these)

15 Full wave rectifier with 50 hz input frequency has output frequency (50hz, 100hz, 75hz, none
of these)

16 The source 500 ohms resistance to match with load 50 ohms use (step up transformer, step
down transformer, auto transformer, none of these)

17 To increase resonance frequency in series rlc circuit (increase inductance, decrease

capacitance, none of these)

18 Circuit breaker characteristics is same as (transformer, CT, PT, none of these)

19 Over voltage occurs (resonance, fault, opening of circuit breaker, all of these) not sure

20 Distance protection use for (generator, transformer, transmission line, none of these)

21 If a transformer frequency is charged from 50HZ to 60HZ, what is the ratio of eddy current
loss 50HZ to 60Hz at a constant voltage?
1
2
25/36
None
Note : ans should be 6/5

22 The apparent power drawn by an A.C. circuit is 10 kVA and active power is 8 kW. The
reactive power in the circuit is
A. 4 kVAR
B. 6 kVAR
C. 8 kVAR
D. none of these

23 Insulators for high voltage applications are tested for

(A) power frequency tests
(B) impulse tests
(C) both (A) and (B) above
(D) none of the above.

24 Surge diverters are

(A) non-linear resistors in series with spark gaps which act as fast switches
(B) arc quenching devices
(C) shunt reactors to limit the voltage rise due to Ferranti effect
(D) over-voltages of power frequency harmonics.

25 Paschen's law is associated with

(A) breakdown voltage
(B) ionization
(C) thermal radiations
(D) none of the above.

26 The breakdown voltage in gases depends on

(A) distance between the electrodes
(B) relative air density
(C) humidity
(D) all of the above.

27 Large capacity generators are manufactured to generate power at

(A) 440 V
(B) 6.3 to 10.5 kV
(C) 132 kV to 220 kV
(D) 400 kV.

28 Megger use to measure (high resistance, medium resistance, low resistance)

29 sag 50m and span 1m by increasing height new sag? (1.2, 1, 2, none of these) not sure ( I
think height doesn’t affect sag )

30 Transmission in Pakistan (220kv, 132kv, 500kv, none of these) All of these

Didn’t understand question. These all are used in Pakistan as transmission voltage

31 Electrostatic force is (directly proportional to distance, directly proportional to distance square,

inversely proportional to distance square, none of these)

32 Electric field is (directly proportional to distance, directly proportional to distance square,

inversely proportional to distance, none of these)

33 Unit of Electric field (joules/sec, v/m, ampere/volt, none of these)

Also newton/coulomb

34 by rubbing two neutral body we can produce (electric charge, none of these)

35 150 km transmission line is (long, medium, short, none of these)

36 for internal fault is generator use (differential relay, over current protection, none of these)
Not sure

37 base current 100mA with gain 30, find the collector current in BJT? (300mV, 30mV, 130mV,
none of these)
Should be 3000 mA or 3A

38 Synchronous motor give leading power factor due to (normal excitation, under excitation, over
excitation)

39 in Synchronous generator when we increase excitation (absorb reactive power, supply

reactive power, none of these)

40 component in transmission line absorb reactive power (transformer, Generator, none of

these)
not sure

41 reference bus (generator bus, slack bus, another name I forgot, none of these)

42 zener diode is connected (forward biased, reversed biased, either forward biased or
reversed biased, none of these)
But it can be connected in forward bias as well but normally in reverse for voltage regulation

43 SCR use (for DC only, for AC only, for both, none of these)

44 inverter (ac to dc, dc to dc, dc to ac, none of these)

45 Half Wave Rectifier (load current flow for half cycle, load current flow greater than for half
cycle, load current flow less than half cycle, none of these)

46 two alternative wave one at maximum value other at zero are apart from each other at phase
(90, 45, 180, none of these)

47 Household watt meter single phase indication can be reverted (change terminal, change load
terminal, open the watt meter change potential coil or current coil terminal, none of these)

48 Op-Amp is ___ device (linear, non-linear, none of these)

49 oscillator use (positive feedback, negative feedback, none of these)

50 connection of distribution transformer (delta-star, star-delta, star-star, none of these)

51 phase to phase and line to line voltage are same in (delta, star, none of these)
52 in 3 phase balanced system voltages are (0 degree apart, 120 degree apart, 180 degree
apart, none of these)

53 which type of insulator use in transmission line (cap or pin insulator, suspension, slack, all of
these)

54 most reliable distribution system is (radial distribution system, ring distribution system, dc
distribution system, none of these)

55 light flash capacity (1-100 ampere, 1kA-200kA, 200kA-2000kA, none of these) I did not
remember the exact option of this question.

56 Advantage of underground cable on overhead transmission line (low cost, no cooling needed,
immune to hazard, none of these)
Meaning of works

57 Call off = To decide not to do or have something

58 bemous, its bemused which means confused or puzzled

59 If I am no wrong zenith = The time at which something is most powerful or successful

60 barbaric = savagely cruel

61 I am as ___ as him (strong, stronger, strongest)

62 I ____ tennis since five year old (played, am playing, have played) should be (have been
playing)
63 he ______ face every morning (wash, washes, none of these)

64 some employer not want to make union, _______ some theorist stress the necessity of union
(because, due, although, none of these)

65 my brother _______ crashed new car (already, yet, just, none of these)

66 I _______ dinner one hour ago (eat, ate, eaten, none of this

67 I ______ coffee this morning (drink, drank, has drink, none of these)

68 the news is _____ good to be true (as, so, too, none of these)

69 the one who live permanent at some place called (resident, native, domicile, none of these)
70 Ratio of real power and apparent power is called ______ factor. (Power, load, peak, none of
these)

71 Maximum Accuracy of measuring instrument regards frequency (Moving iron, PMMC,

Elecrostatic, none of these)
Didn’t understand question
72 which instrument can measure the temperature of static and moving….. (total radiation
pyrometer, none of these) other option I did not remember.
Electroscope should be the answer

73 unbalance power
node entering 20MW, 25MW and Leaving 30MW, 60MW the balanced power (45 MW entering,
45 MW leaving, 30 MW leaving, none of these)

74 Field around charge (electric field, electric shock, none of these)

75 when goes from lower to higher potential energy (supplied, released, none of these)