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APSC JE 2026: Junior Engineer, Public Health Engineering Department (Advt. 27/2025), Electrical Engineering

  • Date: 22 February 2026
  • Paper code: Advt. 27/2025
  • Language: English
  • 16 pages
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1. A conducting wire of length .L, cross-              4. Twenty-four 23O V, 230 W bulbs are
        sectional area A and resistivity p is                connected in parallel across 230 V
        connected across 12 V battery. If the                  supply. If one of the bulbs is fused
        length of the wire of the same                         due to overheating, the equivalent
        material is doubled and cross-                         current will be
        sectional area is halved, the current
        flow through the conducting wire                       (A) 1A            (B) l.s A
        will be
                                                               (c) 2A            (D) 4A
        (A)   4Pt
                             (B)
                                      #                   b.   The ratings of an electric fan and a
                                                               heater are 100 W, 230 V, and 1 kW,
        (c) +                (D) 9+                            230 V respectively. The resistance of
            pL                   pL                            the heater will be
                                                               '(A) zero
   2. Two identical dimensions of metallic                     (B)   greater than that of fan
      wires connected in series. If the
        conductivities of both the conductors                  (c)   less than that of fan
        ore o'1 and <r2, what is the effective
        conductivity of the combination?                       (D)   equal to that of fan


        (A)   01 * 02        (B) a*!
                                 (,1                      6. Three capacitors of capacitances
                                          02
                                                             3 pF, 9 pF and 18 pF are
                                                             connected once in series and
                o1o2                  2Gron
        (c)                  (Dt                             another time in parallel. The ratio of
              01+o,2                  01 t02                 equivalent capacitances in the two
                                                             cases will be

  A. TWo 23OV, 60 W bulbs are                                  (A) 1:3           (B) 1: 15
     connected in series and parallel
       combination respectively. The total
                                                               (c) I: e          (D) 1: t2
       powers consumed of                      each
       combination are
                                                          7.   A capacitor is charged tJrrough a
                                                               potential difference of 2OV and
       (A) 30 W, 30 W                                          possesses a charge of 0. lC. When
                                                               discharged, it would release an
       (B) 30 W, 120 W                                         enerry of
       (c) 120 w, 30 w                                         (A) 20 J          (B) 12 J
       (D) 60 W, 12O W                                         (c) 10 J         (D) 1J

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8. Three parallel plates each of area A          ll.   The resistance of a human body is
          with separation d1 between first and                about
           second a;rrd d2 between second and
           third are arranged to form a                       (A) 10 O           (B) 50 O
           capacitor. If dielectric constants are
           K1 and K2, the capacitance of the                  (C) 200 O          (D) 1000 O
           capacitor is

           rar  eo{tKz                                  12. In the. circuit shown in the Fig. 1,
           tn' A@1+d2l                                        the diode used is ideal. The input
                                                              po\Mer factor is
                       tO
           (B)
                    dr,dz
                 "( KL K2                                                               R


           (c)
                 ffi                                                 1OOsin (1OOrt)


                                                                           Fig. 1
                      EnA
           (D)
                 T"r: k\                                      (A)   o.7o7        (B) 0.89
                 l.-- o, )                                    (c)   1'0          (D) zero

       9. Which of the following is a bilateral         lg. The scale of voltmeter is uniform. Its
           element?                                           type is
           (A) Resistor                                       (A) moving iron
           (B) Capacitor                                      (B) induction-type instrument
\          (C) Inductor                                       (C) moving-coil permanent magnet
t,
           (D) All of the above                               (D) moving-coil dynamometer

      10. A magnetic needle is kept in a                14. The range of an ammeter is extended
           uniform magnetic field. It experiences             by connecting a
           (A) a force and a torque                           (A) high resistance in parallel
           (B) a force but not a torque                       (B) . low resistance in parallel
           (c) a torque but not a force                       (c) high resistance in series
           (D) neither a torque nor a force                   (D) low resistance in series


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15. Insulator has       temperature co-         19. An iron-core coil has an inductance
     effrcient of resistance.                        of 2 H. If the reluctance of the
                    -                                magnetic path is 200 ATlWb, the
     (A) zeno                                        number of turns on the coil is

       {B) negative                                   (A) 20          (B) 50
       (C) positive                                   (C) 1Oo         (D) 4OO

       {D) None of the above
                                                 2o'. Three 5O-O resistors are connected
                                                      in star (Y) across 400V, 3-phase
 16. Three identical resistors are                    supply. If one of the resistors is
     connected to form a triangle. The               disconnected, then the line current
     resistance between a-ny two corners             will be
       is
                                                      (A) 8A          (B) 4 A
       (CI R/3f)            (B) 2R/3o
                                                      (c) sJ3 e       (D) 8/J5e
       (c) 1/sRO (D) 2l3Ro
                                                 21. Three identical resistances are
 L7. The superposition theorem is used               connected in star (Y) consumed
       when the circuit contains                     4 kW power. If the resistances are in
                                                     delta (A) across the same supply,
       {A) a single voltage source                   tJre power consumed will be

       (B) multiple voltage and current               (A) 4 kw        (B) 6 kw
             sources
                                                      (c) 8 kw        (D) 12 kw
       (C) only passive elements
       (D) None of the above                     22. A small swamping resistance is put
                                                     in series with operating coil of a
                                                     moving-coil ammeter in order to
 18. What percentage of the maximum                  compensate for the effect of
     power is delivered to a load if the
     load resistance is 10 times greater             (A) temperature variation
       than the Thevenin resistance of the
       source to which it is connected?              (B) external magnetic fields
       (A) 25o/o            (B) 41yo                 (C) hysteresis loss

       (C) 35%o             (D) 33o/o                (D) None of the above


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29. If the current through the operating         2e.   A moving-coil instrument gives a
          coil of a moving-iron instrument is              full-scale deflection of 10 mA, when
          doubled, the operating force becomes             the potential difference across its
                                                           terminals is 100 mV. What is the
           (A) two times                                   value of the shunt resistance for full-
                                                           scale deflection corresponding to
                                                           100 A?
           (B) four times
                                                           (A) 0.0001o
           (C) one-half time
                                                           (B) 0.001o
           (D) three times
                                                           (c) 0.01o
    24. Two perfectly coupled coils each of                (D) 0.1 c)
          1 H self-inductance are connected in
          parallel so as to aid each other.
          What is ttre value of overall              2'a. Two ammeters are connected in
          inductance?
                                                          parallel with the current scale of
                                                           10 A and 15 A, respectively and
           (A) 0H              (B) 0's H                   their corresponding resistances
                                                           are 0.01O and 0.005 O. The
           (c) 1H              (D) 2H                      maximum current of this
                                                           combination will be

                                                           (A)   22.5 A      (B)   15A
    25. The effective inductance across the
        terminal A and B of the network                    (c)   12.5 A      (D)   10A
           shown in Fig. 2 is
t
\
                                                     24. A 230 V single-phase enerry meter

                     3
                         fffi-.'
                         Hl
                                                         has a constant load current of 20A
                                                         at unit power factor. If the meter
                         !,/zn                           disc makes 2300 revolutions during
                                                         2 hours, the meter constant will be
                                                           (A) 200 rev/kWh
                           Fig. 2
                                                           (B) 230 rev/kWh
           (A) eH              (B) 2LrI                    (C) 24o rev/kWh'
           (c) 11 H            (D) 6H                      (D) 250 rev/kWh


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29. A moving-iron instrument and a           9.2. A water boiler at home is switched
     moving-coil instrument are                    ON to tlle a.c. mains supplying
       connected in series with a resistive         power at 230V, 5OHz. The
       load. The load current is                    frequency of instantaneous power
                                                    con_sumed by the boiler is
            i{r) = 3 + 6J-cos{2rf + 30" ) A
                                                    (A) 50 Hz         (B) 100 Hz
       The ammeter readings are
       respectively                                 (C) 150 Hz        (D) 2OOHz

       A IoJ, A and 8A                        33. The instrument which has a linear
                                                  scale is
       (B) 15\E A and 8 A                           (A) MI instrument
       (C) 10A and 8A                               (B) electrostatic instrument
                                                    (C) PMMC instrument
       (D) 8Aand 10A
                                                    (D) dynamometer instrument

       Creeping is the phenomenon that              If a wattmeter connected in circuit
       occurs in                                    gives down scale reading, then we
                                                    normally change the connection of
       (A) ammeter
                                                    (A) current coil
       (B) voltmeter                                (B) potential coil
       (C) energ/ meter                             (C) both current and potential coils
                                                    (D) None of the above
       (D) wattmeter

                                              35.   In a three-phase balanced power
 31. A (0-10) ampere permanent magnet               measurement using two-wattmeter
       moving-coil instrument reads 5 A             method, a wattmeter reads 500 W
       when it is connected in series with          and another wattmeter reads
       the load resistance of 50 O. What            -500 W. The power factor of the
       will be the meter reading if its             three-phase load is
       bottom control spring snaps                  (A) zero
       suddenly?
                                                    (B) O'9 lagging
       (A) 10A             (B) sA                   (C) O'9 leading
       (c) 2.s A           (D) o A                  (D) None of the above


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36. The resolutions of a 3+ digital                40. Which of the following is/are
                                                       correct?
    voltmeter display on 1V and 50
      ranges are                                        1. Bundle conductors reduce the
                                                              corona loss.
      (A) 0'01v and 0'05V
                                                       2.     Bundle conductors increase the
      (B) 0'001V and 0'05V                                    inductance and reduce the
      (C) 0'001V and O'005 V                                  capacitance.

      (D) 0'01V and 0'005V                             3, Corona loss causes radio
                                                         ' interference in adjoining
                                                              telephone lines.
97. An analog voltmeter uses external
      multiplier settings. With a multiplier           (A) 1 only
      setting of. 20 kC), it reads 440 V and
      with a multiplier setting of 80 kO, it
                                                       (B) land2only
      reads 352 V. For multiplier setting of
                                                       (C) 2 only
       40 kO, the voltmeter reads
      (A) 371v            (B) 383 v                    (D) land3only
      (c) 3e4v            (D) 406 v
                                                   41. Which of the following power plants
                                                       is suitable for supplying peak load?
38. A DC voltmeter has a sensitivity of
      1000 0/V. When it measures half of               (A) Nuclear power plant
      the scale in 100-V range, the current
      through the voltmeter is                         (B) Steam power plant
      (A) 100 mA          (B) 1mA                      (C) Hydropower plant
      (C) 0'5 mA          (D) s0 mA
                                                       (D) Gas turbine power plant
39. Load factor is defined as
              oeak load                            42. The corona loss on a particular
      /-rl
      l^'                                              system at 5O Hz is 1 kW/phase/km.
             average load.
                                                       The corona loss on the same system
             maximum load                              with supply frequency 25Hz will be
      (B)
             minimum load
                                                       (A) L kW/phase/km
             average load
      (c)                                               (B)   0'5 kw/phase/km
              peak load

             peak load                                  (c)   0'667 kW/phase/km
      (D)
             rated load
                                                        (D) None of the above


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43.   An R-r-C series circuit remains                 An a.c. source of 200 V r.m.s.
       predominantly inductive                         supplies active power of 600 W and
                                                       reactive power of 800 VAR. The RMS
       $ at resonant frequency                         current drawn from the source is

       tB) below resonant frequency                    (A) 10A          (B) sA
       (C) above resonant frequency
                                                       (c) s.7s A       (D) 2.s A
       (D) at the lower half power
            frequency
                                                 48.   A transformer has full-load copper
                                                       loss of 800 W and core loss of 600 W.
       The power factor of a series R-L-C              Total loss at no-load will be
       circuit at the time of resonance is             approximately

       (A) unlty                                       (A) 1400w        (B) 1100 w
       (B) zero                                        (c) 1000w        (D) 600 w
       (C) 0'5 lagging
                                                 49. The internal resistance of an ideal
       (D) O'5 leading                               current source is

       In a circuit, the instantaneous                 (A) zero
       voltage and current are given                   (B) infinite
       by u(t) = l6"1tt(rot + 30") V and
       i(r)= 19grr1.f -30') A. The power               (C) very small value
       consumed in the circuit is
                                                       (D) variable with respect to time
       (A) 1o0 w         (B) s0 w
       (c) 2sw           (D) 12.s w                    Which parameter does not change in
                                                       a single-phase transformer operation
                                                       from high voltage to low voltage or
       KCL is a consequence of the law of              vice versa?
       conservation of

       (A) ener$/                                      (A) Frequency

       (B) charge                                      (B) Voltage

       (C) flux                                        (C) Current
       (D) Al1 of the above                            (D) None of the above


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51. If an induction motor is started with         55. The purpose of laminating the
      DOL starter, the starting torque is             armature core is to reduce
      300 N-m. If it is started with star/
      delta starter, the starting torque is           (A) eddy current loss
      (A) 300 N-m                                     (B) copper loss
      (B) 600 N-m                                     (C) hysteresis loss
      (C) 900 N-m                                     (D) mechanical loss
      (D) 100 N-m
                                                  56. In a simplex wave winding, the
                                                      number of parallel paths is equal to
 ti2. In a d.c. series motor for large
      armature current, the torque is                 (A) the number of poles
      proportional to
                                                      (B) the number of series windings
      (A) ra               (B) *
                                                      (c) 2
       (c) ,th             (D) r|t'
                                                      (D) 4

53. The torque-speed characteristic of a
    DC shunt motor is                             s7. A 6-pole lap wound generator has
                                                      300 conductors, the e.m.f. induced
       (A) a rectangular hyperbola                    per conductor being s v.         The
                                                      generated voltage of the generator is
       (B) a drooping straight line
                                                      (A) 60 V          (B) 1500 V
       (c) a Parabola
                                                      (c) 360 v         (D) 250 v
       (D) None of the above

54. Practical d.c. machines have air gaps         58. A d.c. shunt motor should not be
       ranging from                                   started on

       (A) 0 mm to O'5 mm                             (A) heavy load
       (B) O'5 mm to 1'5 mm                           (B) no load
       (C) 1'5 mm to 2'5 mm                           (C) half full load
       (D) 2'5 mm to 3'5 mm                           (D) None of tl:e above


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59. DC series motors are used in those          63. When a s5mchronous motor is
      applications where it is required to             started, the field winding is initially
        have
                                                       (A) short-circuited
        (o) high starting torque                       (B) excited by a d.c. source
        (B) constant speed                             (c) open_circuited
        (c) low no-load speed                          (D) None of the above
        (D) None of the above
                                                  64. A 50 Hz, l0-pole, 3-phase IM is used
 60. If the field of a d.c. shunt motor is             to drive a 60H2,3-phase alternator.
     openThenumberofpolesofthe                         alternator is
     (A) it wifl continue to run at its                (A) 10              (B) 6
               rated speed
                                                       (c) 16              (D) 12
        (B) the speed of the motor will
               decrease
                                                  65. A ceiling fan uses
        (C) the motor will stop
                                                       (A) split-phase motor
        (D) the speed of the motor will                (B)
               become very high
                                                                      start capacitor run
                                                            ff.]:tt
 61. The direction of rotation of a d.c.               (c) capacitor start motor
     shunt motor is reversed by                        (D) universal motor
     (A) reversing the armature
         connection                               66. If X is the system reactance and R
                                                      its resistance, the power transferred
     (B) interchanging the armature and               is maximum when
              field connection
        (c) adding resistance to the lield            @) X = R             (B) x = JzR
            circuit                                   (c) x = JsR (D) x =2R
        (D) reversing the supply terminals
                                                  67. Induction generator works between
 62. A synchronous motor can run at                   the slip

     (A) leading p.f.                                 (A) 1< s < 2
     (B) unity p.f.                                   (B) 0'1< s <     1


     (C) lagging, leading or unity p.f.               (C) ,S < O
     (D) zero p.f.                                    (D) None of the above


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G8. The unit of resistivity is                  W2. A 4-point starter is used to start and
                                                             control the speed of a
              (A) mho-m2
                                                              (A) d.c. shunt motor with armature
              (B) ohm-m2                                           resistance control
                                                              (B) d'c' series motor
              (c) ohm/m
                                                              (C) d.c. comPound motor
              (D) ohm-m
                                                              (D) d.c. shunt motor with field
                                                                   weakening control
         59. If transformer frequency is changed
             from 50 Hz to 6OHz, the ratio of            T,,. If the normal system frequency is
             eddy current loss SOHz to 6OHz al                 SOHz and if it is operating at 53 Hz,
             constant voltage is                              the equipment on the system most
                                                              adverselv affected is
              (A) 5/6          (B) 25136
                                                              (A) power transformer
              (C) 6/s          (D) ,
                                                              (") turbine
                                                              (C) alternator
         7o.. When two transforrners of different
              kVA ratings are connected in                    (D) All of the above
              parallel, they share the load in
              proportion to their respective kVA         74. A fuse wire is a wire of
              rating only when their
                                                             (A) high resistance and low melting
              (A) kVA ratings are identical                        point

              (B) efficiencies are equal                      (B) high resistance and high
                                                                   melting point
              (c) p.u. impedances are equal                   (c) low resistance and low melting
                                                                   point
     !        (D) equivalent impedances are
I
                   equal                                      (D) low resistance and high melting
t.
(                                                                  point

         ?1. A 400V/100V, 10kVA two-winding
             transformer is reconnected as an            ?5. The insulation resistance of a cable
             autotransformer across a suitable               of length 10 km is 1 MCI ' For a
             voltage source. The maximum rating                length of 100 km of the same cable,
             of such an affangement could be                   the insulation resistance will be

               (A) so kvA      (B) 1s kvA                      (A) 1 MCI        (B) 10 Mo
               (C}12.5kVA(D}8.75kVA(C)o.1Mo(D)o.01Mo


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?6. The undesirable property of an             80. Differential relays are used to protect
     electrical insulating material is               the equipment against
     (A) high dielectric strength                    (A) overcurrent
     {B} high relative permittivity                  (B) reverse current
     (C) high tlrermal conductivity                  (C) internal faults
                                                     (D) None of the above
     (D) high insulation resistivit5r
                                                81. What will be the wind po\Mer
 27. rhe normar practice to speciff
     making current of a circuit breaker
                                         *re         3:ti[i11r".,"ti J#f Jffii
                                                                                         is

     is in terms of                                  (4 p=4po           (B) p=6po
     (A) RMS value                                   (c) p = 8po        (D) p = t-opo
     (B) peak value
                                                42. Which of the following instruments
     (C) average value                               is used to measure the wind speed?
     (D) both RMS and peak values                    (A) Anemometer
                                                     (B) Wind vane
7A. An isolator is designed to open a                (C) Hydrometer
     circuit under
                                                     1D) Manometer
     (A) half load condition
                                                83. Which of tl'e following is not non-
     (B) normal condition                            conventional energr source?
     (C) no-load condition                           (A) Coal
     (D) full load condition                         (B) Solar
                                                     (C) Tidal
79. Buchholz relay in oil-immersed                   (D) Geothermal
     transformer provides protection
     against                                    84. Which of the following is non-
                                                    dispatchable energr source?
     (A) insulation failure of windings
                                                    (A} Geothermal
     (B) core heating
                                                    (B) Solar
     (C) fall of oil level                          (C) Hydroelectric
     (D) All of the above                           (D) Biomass


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gE. Which renewable energ/ source uses        89. The decimal equivalent of the
    the Earth's internal heat?                    hexadecimal number 2A0F is

    (4 Solar                                      (A) t767o         (B) t76O7
                                                  (c) 17067         (D) 10767
    (B) Tidal
    (C) Biomass                               9(). The output of a logrc gate is "1"
                                                  when all its inputs are at "0". The
                                                  gate is either
    (D) Geothermal
                                                  (A) a NAND or an EX-OR gate
                                                  (B) a NOR or an EX-OR gate
85. The material best suited for                  (C) an AND or an EX-NOR gate
    manufacturing of fuse wire is
                                                  (D) a NOR or an EX-NOR gate
    (A) silver
    (B) copper                                91. The Boolean expression of the
                                                   output of the logic circuit shown in
    (C) aluminium                                  Fig. 3 is

    (D) zinc

87. The cheap and temporaqr system of
                                                     "-Jfu"
                                                     A\N
                                                      al./

                                                                  Fig. 3
    internal wiring is

    (A) conduit wiring                             (A) Y=AB+AB+e

     (B) cleat wiring                              (B) Y=AB+AB+C
                                                   (C) Y=AB+AB+C
     (C) CTS or TRS wiring
                                                   (D) Y =AB+AE+e
     (D) casing capping
                                              92. Which one of the following is the
                                                   dual form of the Boolean identitY?
88. The BCD code for the decimal
     number (874)1s is                                       AB+Ac =(A+ cl(A+n)
     (4 (100001110100)BcD                          (A) Aa +Ac = AC + AB
     (B) (010001-111000)BcD                        (B) (A+B)+(A+ cl=(A+c)(A+B)
     (c) (100001000111)BcD                         (C) {A+ Bl(A+ c)= AC + AB
     (D) (011110000100)BcD                         (D) ea+Ac=AB+Ac+Bc


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93. The two's           complement       of         98. Which of the following will be done
        (1101100.1011)2 is                               in an 8085 microprocessor when
        (A) 1101100.0101                                  instruction I,J{.I 2O7O H is executed?

        (B) 0010011.1011                                  (A) 2070 H is loaded in H register
        tc) 0010010.0100
                                                          (B) 7O H is loaded in H register and
        (D) OO1OO11.O101                                       20 H is loaded in L register

 94. The binary number (1101.101)2 is                     (C) Content of memory 2O7O H is
     equivalent to the decimal number
                                                              loaded in H register
        (A) {rs.6221rc
        (B) (13.256)10                                    (D) 20 H is loaded in H register and
                                                              7O H is loaded in L register
       (c) (13.62s)10
       (D) (13.6s2)10
                                                    99. The register which holds the
 95.   How many bit program counters are                information about the nature of
       available in 8085 microprocessor?                results of arithmetic or logic
                                                         operations is called as
       (A) 4-bit             (B) 8-bit
       tc) 16-bit            (D) 32-bit                  (A) accumulator
 96. The maximum number of input or                      (B) condition code register
       output devices that can be
       connected to 8085 microprocessor is               (C) flag register
       (A) 8                 (B) t6
       (c) 40                                            (D) process status register
                             (D) 256
 97. Which one of the following functions
       is performed by the 8085 instruction         1OO. In a microprocessor, the address of
       MOV H,C?                                          the next instruction to be executed
                                                         is stored in
       (A) Moves the contents of H register
             to C register
                                                         (A) stack pointer
       (B) Moves the contents of C register
             to H register                               (B) address latch
       (C) Moves ttre contents of C register
             to HL pair                                  (C) program counter
       (D) Moves the contents of HL pair
             to C register                               (D) general-purpose register


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