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PPSC JE 2021: All papers, Junior Engineer (Electrical) / SO (Electrical)

  • Paper code: 202134 / 202133 / 202124 / 20213
  • Series: A
  • Language: English
  • 80 pages
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JE (Electrical)/SO (Electrical) 2021          (A–1)
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SECTION A                    5.   In the circuit shown below for different
                                                    values of resistance R, the circuit
1.   The current flowing through a circuit
                                                    parameters V and I are as follows
     element has a DC component of 10 A
     and a sinusoidal AC component of
     peak value 14·14 A. The average value
     of the current is
     (a)   Zero
     (b)   24·14 A
                                                    when R = , v = 5 V
     (c)   10 A
     (d)   14·14 A                                  when R = 0, I = 2·5 A
                                                    when R = 3 , the value of V is
2.   As compared to a LED display, the              (a)   1V
     distinct advantage of an LCD display
     is that it requires                            (b)   2V
     (a) no illumination                            (c)   3V
     (b) extremely low power                        (d)   5V
     (c) no forward-bias
     (d) a solid crystal                       6.   A1, A2 and A3 are ideal ammeters in

3.   Coil 1 has a resistance of R1 and              the circuit shown below. If the
     inductance L1. Coil 2 has a resistance         readings of A1 and A3 are 5 A and 13 A
     of R2 and L2. R1 = R2 and L1  L2. If          respectively, the reading of A2 will be
     the two coils are connected in series,
     the time constant of the series
     connection of coils is
     (a) Sum of the time constant of the
          individual coils
     (b) Average of the time constants of
          the individual coils
     (c) Geometric mean of the time                 (a)   8A
          constants of the individual coils         (b)   14 A
     (d) Product of the time constant of            (c)   18 A
          the individual coils
                                                    (d)   12 A
4.   A resistive load when connected to a
     DC source draws a source current I. If    7.   Avalanche photodiodes are preferred
     a 10  resistance is connected parallel
                                                    over   PIN    diodes    in   optical
     to the source, the source current will
     be                                             communication systems because of
     (a) equal to I                                 (a)   speed of operation
     (b) greater than I                             (b)   higher sensitivity
     (c) less than I                                (c)   larger bandwidth
     (d) None of the above                          (d)   larger power handling capacity

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8.    What is the average value of the          12.   An ammeter with internal resistance
      waveform shown below ?                          of 100  allows 100 A through it. For
                                                      measuring 500 A with the same
                                                      ammeter, what is the value of shunt
                                                      resistance required (in ohms) ?
                                                      (a)   20 
                                                      (b)   22·22 
      (a)   4                                         (c)   25 
      (b)   6/π                                       (d)   50 
      (c)   12/π
      (d)   14/π                                13.   A series RLC circuit resonates at
                                                      frequency fo Hz. If the value of all the
9.    A high frequency signal is applied to a
      PMMC instrument. If the RMS value               components are doubled, the new
      of the AC signal is 2 V, the reading of         resonating frequency is
      the instrument will be                               fo
                                                      (a)
      (a) 0                                                 2
      (b) 2 V                                         (b) fo
      (c)       2 V                                   (c)    2f o
      (d)   4 2 V
                                                            fo
                                                      (d)
10.   The current i = (10 + 10 sin t) A is                 4
      passed through an ideal moving iron
      type ammeter. Its reading will be         14.   The power loss in a resistance R when
      (a)   0                                         connected to a current source is 18 W.
      (b)   10 A                                      The power loss in the same resistance
      (c)       150 A                                 R when connected to voltage source of
                                                      same magnitude as that of the current
      (d)       20 A
                                                      source is 4·5 W. The magnitude of the
11.   The X and Y inputs of a CRO are                 current source and the value of R are
      scaled at 0·5 ms/cm and 100 mV/cm
                                                      (a)   6 A and 0·5 
      respectively. The dimension of the
      CRO screen is 10 cm  8 cm (X and Y).           (b)   4·5 A and 0·5 
      A sinusoidal signal of frequency                (c)   9 A and 2 
      200 Hz and RMS amplitude of 600 mV              (d)   3 A and 2 
      is being measured in the Y input. The
      screen will show                          15.   The RRRV depends upon the
      (a) 1 cycle of undistorted sine wave
                                                      (a)   Type of the circuit breaker
      (b) 2 cycles of undistorted sine wave
      (c) 1 cycle of sine wave with clipped           (b)   Capacitance of the system only
            amplitude                                 (c)   Inductance of the system only
      (d) 2 cycles of sine wave with clipped          (d)   Inductance and capacitance of the
            amplitude                                       system

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16.   A rectangular voltage pulse of            19.   Calculate the current drawn by a
      magnitude V is applied for a duration           220 V DC      motor    of    armature
      T to a resistance R in series with a            resistance 0·5  and back emf 200 V.
      capacitance C. The maximum voltage
                                                      (a)   40 A
      developed across the capacitor is
                                                      (b)   44 A
                       T 
      (a)   V 1 – e –                               (c)   400 A
                      RC 
                                                      (d)   440 A
            VT
      (b)
            RC                                  20.   A separately excited DC motor is
                                                      rotating with 100 rpm. The motor has
      (c)   V                                         a torque to current ratio of 2 N-m/A.
                                                      Calculate the back emf.
                   T 
      (d)   V e –                                   (a)   200 V
                  RC 
                                                      (b)   42 V
17.   The illumination at various points on a
      horizontal surface illuminated by the           (c)   100 V
      same source varies as                           (d)   21 V
      (a)   cos θ
      (b)   cos2 θ                              21.   The torque current characteristics of
                                                      three conceptual DC machines are as
      (c)   cos3 θ
                                                      follows :
             1
      (d)
            cos θ                                     Machine A :   I 3

18.   A transformer rated 100/400 V, 50 Hz
                                                      Machine B :       Iα
      operates at a flux density of 1·5 T
      when supplied from the HV side. If the
                                                      Machine C :   I α1 / 3
      linear dimensions of the core are
      doubled and the transformer is
                                                      Which machine is best suited for no
      energized from the HV side with a
                                                      load operation ?
      800 V, 50 Hz supply, calculate the flux
      density.                                        (a)   Machine A
      (a)   0·375 T
                                                      (b)   Machine A and B
      (b)   0·75 T
                                                      (c)   Machine B
      (c)   1·5 T
      (d)   3T                                        (d)   Machine C

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22.   A 50 Hz, 6 pole induction motor runs             25.   When the applied voltage per phase is
      at 950 rpm                                             reduced to half, the starting torque of
                                                             the three-phase squirrel cage induction
      (i)   The speed of the rotor magnetic                  motor becomes
            field is 950 rpm
                                                                   1
      (ii) The speed of the rotor magnetic                   (a)     of the initial value
                                                                   2
           field with respect to the stator                        1
           magnetic field is zero                            (b)     of the initial value
                                                                   4
      (iii) The frequency of            the   rotor          (c) Twice of the initial value
            current is 2·5 Hz
                                                             (d) 4 times of the initial value
      Which of         these     statements   is/are   26.   A 3-phase, 50 Hz, 4 pole 14 kW
      correct ?                                              induction motor is rotating with
      (a)   (i) and (ii)                                     1450 rpm at full load. Calculate the
      (b)   Only (i)                                         rotational losses of the motor if the
                                                             copper loss in the rotor circuit is
      (c)   (i) and (iii)
                                                             0·5 kW.
      (d)   (ii) and (iii)
                                                             (a)   0
                                                             (b)   0·5 kW
23.   If the air gap of an induction motor is                (c)   1 kW
      increased, which of the following
                                                             (d) 2 kW
      statement is/are correct ?
                                                       27.   Choose the correct output waveform
      (i)   Starting current decreases                       for the circuit shown below :
      (ii) Power factor decreases
      (iii) Magnetizing current increases


      (a)   (i) and (ii)
      (b)   (ii) and (iii)                                   (a)
      (c)   (i) and (iii)
      (d)   (i),(ii) and (iii)
                                                             (b)
24.   The rotor power input of a 3-phase
      induction motor is 15 kW and the
      corresponding slip is 4%. The rotor
      copper loss is                                         (c)

      (a)   600 W
      (b)   625 W
      (c)   650 W                                            (d)

      (d)   700 W

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28.   A transistor is said to be in a quiescent   31.   A triangle to square wave generator
      state when                                        uses
      (a)   It is unbiased                              (a)   A sine wave oscillation and a
      (b)   No currents are flowing                           comparator
      (c)   Emitter junction bias is equal to           (b)   An integrator and a comparator
            collector junction bias                     (c)   A differentiator and a comparator
      (d)   No signal is applied to the input           (d)   A sine wave oscillator and a
                                                              clipper
29.   In the circuit shown below, the zener
      diode has a knee current of 5 mA and a      32.   What is the output of the circuit shown
      maximum allowed power dissipation of              below
      240 mW. What are the minimum and
      maximum load currents that can be
      drawn safely from the circuit, keeping
      the output voltage Vo at 6 V ?




                                                        (a)   3Vs
                                                              1
      (a)   0 mA, 180 mA                                (b)     Vs
                                                              3
      (b)   5 mA, 110 mA
                                                        (c)   4Vs
      (c)   20 mA, 55 mA
                                                        (d)   Vs
      (d)   60 mA, 180 mA


30.   The ripple factor of a power supply is      33.   Universal gates are
      given by                                          (a)   XOR, NAND and OR
                                                        (b)   OR, NOT and XOR
            Pdc
      (a)                                               (c)   NOR, NAND and XNOR
            Pac
                                                        (d)   NOR and NAND
                     2
              I rms 
      (b)           – 1                       34.   Minimum number of NAND and NOR
               I dc 
                                                        gates required to implement the
                     2                                  function XOR gate, respectively is
              I dc 
      (c)            – 1                            (a)   5, 4
               I rms 
                                                        (b)   4, 4
             I dc                                       (c)   5, 5
      (d)
            I rms                                       (d)   4, 5

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35.   A full scale output of a DAC is 10 mA.    38.   A 3-phase, 11 kV, 50 Hz, 200 kW load
      If the resolution is to be less than            has a power factor of 0·8 lag. A delta
      40 A, the required bits are                    connected 3 phase capacitor is used to
      (a)   4                                         improve the power factor to unity. The
                                                      capacitance per phase of the capacitor
      (b)   8
                                                      in microfarads is
      (c)   10                                        (a)   3·948
      (d)   12                                        (b)   1·316
                                                      (c)   0·439
36.   An overhead line having a surge                 (d)   11·844
      impedance of 400  is connected in
      series with an underground cable          39.   A 10 KVA, 400 V/200 V single phase
      having a surge impedance of 100 . If           transformer with 10% impedance
      a surge of 50 KV travels from the line          draws a steady state short circuit line
      end towards the line cable junction,            current of
      the value of the transmitted voltage            (a)   50 A
      wave at the junction will be                    (b)   150 A
      (a)   30 KV                                     (c)   250 A
                                                      (d)   350 A
      (b)   20 KV
      (c)   80 KV
                                                40.   In   protection   of   transformers,
      (d)   – 30 KV                                   harmonic restraint is used to guard
                                                      against
37.   In a DC transmission line                       (a)   Magnetizing inrush current
      (a)   It is necessary for the sending           (b)   Unbalanced operation
            end and the receiving end to be           (c)   Lightning
            operated in synchronism                   (d)   Switching over-voltages

      (b)   The effects of inductive and
            capacitive reactances are greater   41.   A 240 V single-phase ac source is
            than in an AC transmission line           connected to a load with an impedance
            of the same rating                        of 10 60o ohms. A capacitor is
                                                      connected in parallel with the load. If
      (c)   There are no effects due to
                                                      the capacitor supplies 1250 VAR, the
            inductive  and      capacitive
                                                      real power supplied by the source is
            reactances
                                                      (a)   3600 W
      (d)   Power transfer capability is              (b)   2880 W
            limited        by   stability             (c)   2400 W
            considerations
                                                      (d)   1200 W

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42.   Which gas is sometimes used in              46.   The hysteresis loop of a magnetic
      filament lamps ?                                  material has an area of 5 cm2
      (a)   Nitrogen                                    with scales given as 1 cm = 2 AT and
                                                        1 cm = 50 mWb. At 50 Hz, the total
      (b)   Carbon dioxide
                                                        hysteresis loss is
      (c)   Argon                                       (a)   15 W
      (d)   Krypton                                     (b)   20 W
                                                        (c)   25 W
43.   If an unbalanced supply is given to a             (d)   50 W
      3-phase delta-connected induction
      motor, it will cause                        47.   An electric motor with ‘constant output
      (a)   Zero sequence currents                      power’ will have a torque speed
      (b)   Less heating of the rotor                   characteristics in the form of a
                                                        (a)   Straight line through origin
      (c)   Negative   sequence      component
            current                                     (b)   Straight line parallel to speed
                                                              axis
      (d)   All of the above
                                                        (c)   Circle about the origin
                                                        (d)   Rectangular hyperbola
44.   The magnetizing current           in    a
      transformer is rich in
                                                  48.   If an energy meter disc makes
      (a)   3rd harmonic                                10 revolutions in 100 seconds when a
      (b)   5th harmonic                                load of 450 W is connected to it, the
      (c)   7th harmonic                                meter constant (in rev/kWh) is
                                                        (a)   1000
      (d)   13th harmonic
                                                        (b)   500
                                                        (c)   1600
45.   The compensating winding of a dc
                                                        (d)   800
      machine
      (a)   Is located in armature slots for
                                                  49.   A moving iron ammeter produces a full
            compensation     of   armature
                                                        scale torque of 240 μNm with a
            reaction
                                                        deflection of 120 at a current of 10 A.
      (b)   Is located on commutating poles             The      rate      of     change      of
            for improving the commutation               self-inductance (μH/radian)    of    the
      (c)   Is located on pole shoes for                instrument at full scale is
            avoiding   the   flashover at               (a)   2·0 μH/radian
            commutator surface                          (b)   4·8 μH/radian
      (d)   Is located on pole shoes for                (c)   12·0 μH/radian
            compensating armature reaction              (d)   114·6 μH/radian

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50.   A voltmeter gives 180 oscillations per      54.   Wagner’s earth devices are used in
      minute when connected to the rotor of             AC bridge circuits for
      an induction motor. The stator                    (a)   eliminating the effect of earth
      frequency is 60 Hz. The slip of the                     capacitances
      motor is                                          (b)   eliminating   the    effect        of
      (a)   0·04                                              inter component capacitances
      (b)   0·02                                        (c)   eliminating the effect of stray
      (c)   0·06                                              electrostatic fields
      (d)   0·05                                        (d)   shielding the bridge elements


51.   For harnessing low variable water           55.   Heaviside-Campbell      Equal         Ratio
      head the suitable hydraulic turbine               bridge is used for measuring
      with reaction and adjustable vanes is             (a)   self-inductance in      terms      of
      (a)   Francis                                           mutual inductance
      (b)   Impeller                                    (b)   capacitance     in      terms      of
                                                              inductance
      (c)   Kaplan
                                                        (c)   dielectric loss of an imperfect
      (d)   Pelton
                                                              capacitor
                                                        (d)   phase angle of a coil
52.   The standardization of
      AC potentiometers is done by
                                                  56.   In practice, earth is chosen as a place
      (a)   directly using        AC   standard
                                                        of zero electric potential because it
            voltage sources
                                                        (a)   is non-conducting
      (b)   using DC standard sources and
            transfer instruments                        (b)   is easily available

      (c)   using DC standard sources and               (c)   keeps losing and gaining electric
            d’Arsonaval galvanometer                          charge every day

      (d)   using AC standard sources and               (d)   has almost constant potential
            transfer instruments
                                                  57.   The reactance offered by a capacitor to
53.   A Wheatstone bridge cannot be used                alternating current of frequency 50 Hz
      for precision measurement because                 is 10 . If frequency is increased to
      errors are introduced on account of               100 Hz, reactance becomes _____ ohm.

      (a)   resistance of connecting leads              (a)   20

      (b)   thermo electric emfs                        (b)   5

      (c)   contact resistances                         (c)   2·5

      (d)   All of the above                            (d)   40

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58.   Which of the following harmonic           62.   While starting a 3-phase synchronous
      voltage components in a 3-phase                 motor, its field winding should be
      system would be in phase with each              (a)   Kept open
      other ?                                         (b)   Short-circuited
      (a)   3rd, 9th, 15th, etc.                      (c)   Connected to a DC source
      (b)   7th, 13th, 19th, etc.                     (d)   None of the above
      (c)   5th, 11th, 17th, etc.
      (d)   2nd, 4th, 6th, etc.                 63.   A synchronous machine has full-pitch
                                                      coils having a coil-span of 12 slots.
59.   A synchronous generator is feeding a            For eliminating third harmonic, the
      zero power factor load (lagging) at             coil-span should be
      rated current. The armature reaction            (a)   10 slots
      is
                                                      (b)   9 slots
      (a)   Magnetizing
                                                      (c)   8 slots
      (b)   Demagnetizing
                                                      (d)   6 slots
      (c)   Cross magnetizing
      (d)   Ineffective
                                                64.   For eliminating 5th harmonic from the
                                                      e.m.f generated in the phase of a
60.   In pump storage hydro power plant the
                                                      3-phase alternator, the chording angle
      electrical machine is made to work
      alternatively as generator and motor.           should be
      The efficiency of the generator working         (a)   36 degree
      at the same electric power level is             (b)   18 degree
      (a)   Greater than that as motor                (c)   30 degree
      (b)   Equal to that as motor                    (d)   45 degree
      (c)   Less than that as motor
      (d)   Greater or less than that as        65.   A DC shunt motor runs at
            motor depending on the type of            500 rev/min when 200 V is applied
            the machine                               across it. The armature resistance is
                                                      0·5  and the armature current is
61.   In a super heater                               30 A. Calculate the series resistance
      (a)   Pressure rises and temperature            that must be inserted in series with
            drops                                     the armature to reduce the motor
      (b)   Temperature rises and pressure            speed to 300 rpm with same armature
            drops                                     current.
      (c)   Temperature rises and pressure            (a) 1·54 
            remains unchanged
                                                      (b)   3·48 
      (d)   Pressure rises and temperature
                                                      (c)   1·0 
            remains the same
                                                      (d)   2·46 

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66.   A single-phase, 22 kVA, 2200 V/ 220 V,     70.   If power P available from a
      50 Hz, distribution transformer is to            hydro-scheme is given by the formula
      be connected as an auto-transformer              P = 9·81 QH, where Q is the flow rate
      to get an output voltage of 2420 V.              through the turbine in 1/s and H is the
      Its maximum kVA rating as an                     head in meter, then P will be in unit of
      auto-transformer is
                                                       (a)   W
      (a)   220 kVA
                                                       (b)   HP
      (b)   242 kVA
                                                       (c)   kJ/s
      (c)   142 kVA
                                                       (d)   kWh
      (d)   22 kVA
                                                 71.   The overall efficiency of a thermal
67.   Zero voltage regulation in transformer           power station is equal to
      occurs at                                        (a)   that of Rankine cycle
      (a)   Unity power factor load                    (b)   that of regenerative cycle
      (b)   No load                                    (c)   that of binary vapour cycle
      (c)   Lagging power load                         (d)   product of boiler efficiency,
      (d)   Leading power factor load                        turbine efficiency and generator
                                                             efficiency
68.   In a DC machine, the demagnetizing
      effect of armature reaction is due to      72.   The efficiency of a nuclear power plant
      (a)   Component of armature m.m.f                is less than that of a conventional fuel
            along field axis                           fired thermal plant because of
      (b)   Non-sinusoidal       nature     of         (a)   less rejection of heat in condenser
            armature m.m.f                             (b)   higher temperature condition
      (c)   Magnetic saturation in half of the         (c)   higher pressure conditions
            field pole                                 (d)   low temperature and pressure
      (d)   Uneven air-gap length                            conditions


69.   Which of the following equipment is        73.   An op-amp shunt regulator differs
      used to limit short-circuited current            from the series regulator in the sense
      level in a substation ?                          that its control element is connected in
      (a)   Isolator                                   (a)   series with line resistor
      (b)   Lightning switch                           (b)   parallel with line resistor

      (c)   Coupling capacitor                         (c)   parallel with load resistor
      (d)   Series reactor                             (d)   parallel with input voltage


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74.   The purpose of coating the fluorescent     79.    Hall effect is observed in a specimen
      tube from inside with white powder is             when it (metal or a semiconductor) is
      (a)   to improve its life                         carrying current and is placed in a
      (b)   to improve the appearance                   magnetic field. The resultant electric
      (c)   to change the colour of light               field inside the specimen will be in
            emitted to white
                                                        (a)   a direction normal to both current
      (d)   to increase the light radiations                  and magnetic field
            due to secondary emissions
                                                        (b)   the direction of current
75.   The function of moderator in nuclear
                                                        (c)   a direction anti-parallel to the
      reactor is
                                                              magnetic field
      (a)   to absorb excess neutrons
      (b)   to increase the energy of the               (d)   an arbitrary direction depending
            neutron                                           upon the conductivity of the
      (c)   to slow down the neutron                          specimen
      (d)   None of the above
                                                 80.    An industrial consumer has a load
76.   If generating station is situated very            pattern of 2000 kW, 0·8 lag for
      close to the load center, the penalty             12 hours and 1000 kW unity pf for
      factor for this unit is                           12 hours. The load factor is
      (a)   Zero
                                                        (a)   0·5
      (b)   Almost unity
      (c)   Negative                                    (b)   0·75
      (d)   Very high
                                                        (c)   0·6
77.   Generators for power plants to supply             (d)   2·0
      exclusively peak loads are usually
      designed for maximum efficiency to
                                                 81.    A fault current of 2000 A is passing on
      occur at
                                                        the primary side of a 400/5 C.T. on the
      (a)   Full load
                                                        secondary side of C.T., an inverse time
      (b)   50 to 75% full load
                                                        over current relay is connected whose
      (c)   25 to 50% full load                         plug setting is set at 50%. The plug
      (d)   10% full load                               setting multiplier will be

78.   Zener diodes are used primarily as                (a)   25
      (a)   rectifiers
                                                        (b)   50
      (b)   voltage regulators
      (c)   oscillators                                 (c)   10
      (d)   amplifiers                                  (d)   30

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82.   In a three-phase Y-Y transformer                86.    In the following circuit, i(t) under
      connection, neutral is fundamental to                  steady state is
      the
      (a)   suppression of harmonics
      (b)   passage of unbalanced currents
            due to unbalanced loads
      (c)   provision of dual electric service
      (d)   balancing of phase voltages with
            respect to line voltages

83.   A capacitor that stores a charge of                    (a)   Zero
      0·5 C at 10 volts has a capacitance (in                (b)   5
      terms of farad)                                        (c)   7·07 sin(t)
      (a)   5                                                (d)   7·07 sin(t – 45)
      (b)   20
      (c)   10
                                                      87.    In the circuit given below, the value of
      (d)   0·05                                             R required for the transfer of
84.   The voltage phasor of a circuit is                     maximum power to the load having a
      10 ∠15 V and the current phasor is                     resistance of 3  is
      2 ∠ – 45 A. The active and reactive
      power in the circuit are :
      (a)   10 W and 17·32 VAR
                                                                                 6
      (b)   5 W and 8·66 VAR                                                               3

      (c)   20 W and 60 VAR

      (d)   20 2 W and 10 2 VAR
                                                             (a)   Zero
85.   Given two coupled inductors L1 and                     (b)   3
      L2,   their     mutual       inductance    M           (c)   6
      satisfies                                              (d)   Infinity

      (a)   M=      L12  L22                       88.    What will be the voltage (in V) across a
                                                             8 H inductor, when the rate of change
      (b)   M > (L1 + L2)/2
                                                             of current in the inductor is 0·5 A/sec ?
                                                             (a)   2
      (c)   M>      L1L 2                                  (b)   4
                                                             (c)   6
      (d)   M≤       L1L 2                                 (d)   8

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89.   What     will   be    the   equivalent    92.   Determine       the     intensity   of
      capacitance (in mF) if three capacitors         magnetization(A/m) of a magnet when
      are connected in series having                  it has a pole strength of 60 A–m and a
      capacitances of 0·04 mF, 0·08 mF and            pole area of 20 m2.
      0·02 mF respectively ?                          (a)   9
      (a)   0·026                                     (b)   4
      (b)   0·032                                     (c)   6
      (c)   0·065                                     (d)   3
      (d)   0·011
                                                93.   The    relative    permeability         of
90.   Calculate the total inductance in H of          diamagnetic material is
      the circuit shown below.                        (a)   Greater than 1
                                                      (b)   Less than 1
                                                      (c)   Greater than 10
                                                      (d)   Greater than 100

                                                94.   Two wires A and B of the same
                                                      material and length l and 2l have
                                                      radius r and 2r respectively. The ratio
                                                      of their specific resistance will be
                                                      (a)   1:1

      (a)   5·33                                      (b)   1:2

      (b)   8·77                                      (c)   1:4

      (c)   10·5                                      (d)   1:8

      (d)   11·9                                95.   If the length of a wire of resistance R is
91.   Determine the Thevenin’s resistance             uniformly stretched to n times its
      (in ohm) across the 6 ohm resistor for          original value, its new resistance is
      given circuit.                                  (a)   nR
                                                      (b)   R/n
                                                      (c)   n2R
                                                      (d)   R/n2

                                                96.   The core of a transformer is laminated
                                                      to reduce
      (a)   1·71
                                                      (a)   Eddy current losses
      (b)   2·24
                                                      (b)   Hysteresis losses
      (c)   2·09
                                                      (c)   Copper losses
      (d)   1·01
                                                      (d)   Core volume

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97.   A 500 MW 3-phase, star connected                              SECTION B
      synchronous generator has a rated
      voltage of 21.5 kV at 0·8 pf. The line        101. Match the following :
      current when operating at full load                    Navigation Satellite         Country
      conditions will be approximately                       System                       Name
      (a)   29 kA                                         A. Global Positioning 1.        Russia
                                                             System
      (b)   30 kA
                                                          B. BeiDou               2.      India
      (c)   16·8 kA
                                                          C. GLONASS                 3.   China
      (d)   100 kA
                                                          D. GAGAN                   4.   USA
                                                                A        B    C      D
98.   The emf induced in the armature of a
                                                          (a)   3        1    2      4
      shunt generator is 220 V. The
                                                          (b)   3        4    2      1
      armature resistance is 0·1 ohm. If the
      armature current is 20 A, the terminal              (c)   4        3    1      2
      voltage will be                                     (d)   2        4    1      3
      (a)   222 V                                   102. Who is the Chairman of the fourteenth
      (b)   216 V                                        Finance Commission ?
                                                          (a)   Abhijit Sen
      (c)   224 V
                                                          (b)   A.M. Khusro
      (d)   218 V
                                                          (c)   N.K. Singh
                                                          (d)   Y.V. Reddy
99.   A 250 V DC series motor has armature
      and series field resistances of 0·25 ohm      103. Which among the following was the
      and 0·15 ohm respectively. The current             first State to establish Panchayati
      for developing a torque of 80 Nm at                Raj ?
      1200 rpm is                                         (a)   Andhra Pradesh
      (a)   86·4 A                                        (b)   Kerala
                                                          (c)   Gujarat
      (b)   43·2 A
                                                          (d)   Rajasthan
      (c)   21·6 A
                                                    104. The Chenchu people in India have
      (d)   10·8 A
                                                         been active in protection of wildlife in
                                                         which of the following protected areas
100. In     a     bipolar   junction   tansistor,
                                                         of India ?
      IC = 250 mA and IE = 251 mA. The
                                                          (a)   Nagarjunasagar Srisailam
      value of β is                                             (Andhra Pradesh)
      (a)   100                                           (b)   Similipal (Odisha)
      (b)   500                                           (c)   Indravati, Udanti-Sitanadi
      (c)   200                                                 (Chhattisgarh)
      (d)   250                                           (d)   Palamu (Jharkhand)

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105. The first-ever Ministerial Conference    109. In which State of India has the first
     on Women Empowerment was held in              emergency landing facility on National
                                                   Highway stretch been established ?
     (a)   France
                                                     (a)   Madhya Pradesh
     (b)   Sweden
                                                     (b)   Gujarat
     (c)   The Netherlands
                                                     (c)   Uttar Pradesh
     (d)   Italy
                                                     (d)   Rajasthan
106. The     vector       responsible   for
     leishmaniasis is

     (a)   Mosquito
                                              110. Ryder Cup is associated with which
     (b)   Fruit flies                             game/sport ?

     (c)   Tsetse flies                              (a)   Ice Hockey

     (d)   Sandflies                                 (b)   Polo

                                                     (c)   Golf
107. Which    country    has   reportedly
     conducted Hypersonic Weapon Test ?              (d)   Chess

     (a)   Russia

     (b)   China
                                              111. A dealer paid a car manufacturer
     (c)   North Korea
                                                     < 1,35,000 for a car. What should be
     (d)   France                                    the selling price of the car, if after
                                                     allowing the buyer 10% discount on
108. Covaxin, the vaccine for corona virus,          the selling price, he made a profit of
     is manufactured by which one of the
                                                     8% on his outlay ?
     following companies ?
                                                     (a)   < 1,50,000
     (a)   Bharat Biotech
                                                     (b)   < 1,60,000
     (b)   Pfizer
                                                     (c)   < 1,62,000
     (c)   Cadilla Labs
                                                     (d)   < 1,52,500
     (d)   Dr. Reddy’s

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112. A, B, C and D play a game of cards. A        114. If F stands second in the ranking, then
     says to B, “ If I give you 8 cards, you           the position of B is
     will have as many as C has and I shall
                                                        (a)   Third
     have 3 less than what C has. Also, if I
     take 6 cards from C, I shall have twice            (b)   Fourth
     as many as D has.” If B and D together
                                                        (c)   Fifth
     have 50 cards, how many cards does C
     have ?                                             (d)   Sixth
     (a)    40
     (b)    37                                    115. If B scores the least, the rank of C will
     (c)    27                                         be
     (d)    23
                                                        (a)   Second

113. Choose the alternative which closely               (b)   Third
     resembles the water image of the given             (c)   Fourth
     combination/figure.
            ADVANCE                                     (d)   Second or third

     (a)
                                                  116. If E is ranked third, then which one of
     (b)                                               the following is correct ?
     (c)                                                (a)   E gets more marks than C
     (d)    None of the above
                                                        (b)   C gets more marks than E
Directions for the following 3 (three)                  (c)   A is ranked fourth
questions :
                                                        (d)   D is ranked fifth
Read the following information and answer
the three questions that follow :                 117. Find the number which replaces the
                                                       question mark :
Six students A, B, C, D, E and F appeared
in several tests. Either C or F scores the
highest. Whenever C scores the highest,
then E scores the least. Whenever F scores
the highest, B scores the least. In all the
tests they got different marks; D scores                (a)   15

higher     than   A,   but   they   are   close         (b)   25
competitors; A scores higher than B; C
                                                        (c)   20
scores higher than A.
                                                        (d)   40

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118. Which two signs need to be                 120. Two trains of respective lengths 160 m
     interchanged to make the given                  and 200 m travel at the speeds of 48 m
     equation correct ?                              per second and 52 m per second
                                                     respectively in opposite direction to
     100 ÷ 10 × 100 – 10 + 100 = 910                 each other. What is the total time
                                                     taken by them to cross each other ?

                                                      (a)   3·6 seconds
     (a)   + and ÷                                    (b)   4·5 seconds
     (b)   ÷ and ×                                    (c)   4·8 seconds
     (c)   + and –                                    (d)   5·4 seconds
     (d)   × and –



119. The ratio of the present ages of Rajiv
     and Sanjiv is 2 : 3. After five years,
     Rajiv will be 31 years old. What will be
     the age of Sanjiv after 3 years ?

     (a)   39 years

     (b)   29 years

     (c)   42 years

     (d)   45 years




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SECTION A                    5.   A full scale output of a DAC is 10 mA.
                                                    If the resolution is to be less than
1.   A triangle to square wave generator            40 A, the required bits are
     uses                                           (a)   4
     (a)   A sine wave oscillation and a
                                                    (b)   8
           comparator
     (b)   An integrator and a comparator           (c)   10
     (c)   A differentiator and a comparator        (d)   12
     (d)   A sine wave oscillator and a
           clipper                             6.   An overhead line having a surge
                                                    impedance of 400  is connected in
2.   What is the output of the circuit shown
                                                    series with an underground cable
     below
                                                    having a surge impedance of 100 . If
                                                    a surge of 50 KV travels from the line
                                                    end towards the line cable junction,
                                                    the value of the transmitted voltage
                                                    wave at the junction will be
                                                    (a)   30 KV
                                                    (b)   20 KV
     (a)   3Vs
                                                    (c)   80 KV
           1
     (b)     Vs                                   (d)   – 30 KV
           3
     (c)   4Vs
                                               7.   In a DC transmission line
     (d)   Vs
                                                    (a)   It is necessary for the sending
3.   Universal gates are                                  end and the receiving end to be
     (a)   XOR, NAND and OR                               operated in synchronism
     (b)   OR, NOT and XOR                          (b)   The effects of inductive and
     (c)   NOR, NAND and XNOR                             capacitive reactances are greater
     (d)   NOR and NAND                                   than in an AC transmission line
                                                          of the same rating
4.   Minimum number of NAND and NOR
     gates required to implement the                (c)   There are no effects due to
                                                          inductive  and      capacitive
     function XOR gate, respectively is
                                                          reactances
     (a)   5, 4
     (b)   4, 4                                     (d)   Power transfer capability is
     (c)   5, 5                                           limited        by   stability
     (d)   4, 5                                           considerations

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8.    A 3-phase, 11 kV, 50 Hz, 200 kW load      12.   Which gas is sometimes used in
      has a power factor of 0·8 lag. A delta          filament lamps ?
      connected 3 phase capacitor is used to          (a)   Nitrogen
      improve the power factor to unity. The
                                                      (b)   Carbon dioxide
      capacitance per phase of the capacitor
      in microfarads is                               (c)   Argon
      (a)   3·948                                     (d)   Krypton
      (b)   1·316
      (c)   0·439                               13.   If an unbalanced supply is given to a
      (d)   11·844                                    3-phase delta-connected induction
                                                      motor, it will cause
9.    A 10 KVA, 400 V/200 V single phase              (a)   Zero sequence currents
      transformer with 10% impedance                  (b)   Less heating of the rotor
      draws a steady state short circuit line
                                                      (c)   Negative   sequence      component
      current of
                                                            current
      (a)   50 A
                                                      (d)   All of the above
      (b)   150 A
      (c)   250 A
                                                14.   The magnetizing current           in   a
      (d)   350 A
                                                      transformer is rich in

10.   In   protection   of   transformers,            (a)   3rd harmonic
      harmonic restraint is used to guard             (b)   5th harmonic
      against                                         (c)   7th harmonic
      (a)   Magnetizing inrush current
                                                      (d)   13th harmonic
      (b)   Unbalanced operation
      (c)   Lightning
                                                15.   The compensating winding of a dc
      (d)   Switching over-voltages
                                                      machine
                                                      (a)   Is located in armature slots for
11.   A 240 V single-phase ac source is
                                                            compensation     of   armature
      connected to a load with an impedance
                                                            reaction
      of 10 60o ohms. A capacitor is
      connected in parallel with the load. If         (b)   Is located on commutating poles
                                                            for improving the commutation
      the capacitor supplies 1250 VAR, the
      real power supplied by the source is            (c)   Is located on pole shoes for
      (a)   3600 W                                          avoiding   the   flashover at
                                                            commutator surface
      (b)   2880 W
      (c)   2400 W                                    (d)   Is located on pole shoes for
      (d)   1200 W                                          compensating armature reaction

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16.   The hysteresis loop of a magnetic          20.   A voltmeter gives 180 oscillations per
      material has an area of 5 cm2                    minute when connected to the rotor of
      with scales given as 1 cm = 2 AT and             an induction motor. The stator
      1 cm = 50 mWb. At 50 Hz, the total               frequency is 60 Hz. The slip of the
      hysteresis loss is                               motor is
      (a)   15 W                                       (a)   0·04
      (b)   20 W                                       (b)   0·02
      (c)   25 W                                       (c)   0·06
      (d)   50 W                                       (d)   0·05


17.   An electric motor with ‘constant output    21.   For harnessing low variable water
      power’ will have a torque speed                  head the suitable hydraulic turbine
      characteristics in the form of a                 with reaction and adjustable vanes is
      (a)   Straight line through origin               (a)   Francis
      (b)   Straight line parallel to speed            (b)   Impeller
            axis                                       (c)   Kaplan
      (c)   Circle about the origin                    (d)   Pelton
      (d)   Rectangular hyperbola
                                                 22.   The standardization of
18.   If an energy meter disc makes                    AC potentiometers is done by
      10 revolutions in 100 seconds when a             (a)   directly using        AC   standard
      load of 450 W is connected to it, the                  voltage sources
      meter constant (in rev/kWh) is
                                                       (b)   using DC standard sources and
      (a)   1000
                                                             transfer instruments
      (b)   500
                                                       (c)   using DC standard sources and
      (c)   1600
                                                             d’Arsonaval galvanometer
      (d)   800
                                                       (d)   using AC standard sources and
                                                             transfer instruments
19.   A moving iron ammeter produces a full
      scale torque of 240 μNm with a
                                                 23.   A Wheatstone bridge cannot be used
      deflection of 120 at a current of 10 A.
                                                       for precision measurement because
      The      rate      of     change      of
                                                       errors are introduced on account of
      self-inductance (μH/radian)    of    the
      instrument at full scale is                      (a)   resistance of connecting leads
      (a)   2·0 μH/radian                              (b)   thermo electric emfs
      (b)   4·8 μH/radian
                                                       (c)   contact resistances
      (c)   12·0 μH/radian
      (d)   114·6 μH/radian                            (d)   All of the above

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24.   Wagner’s earth devices are used in            28.   Which of the following harmonic
      AC bridge circuits for                              voltage components in a 3-phase
      (a)   eliminating the effect of earth               system would be in phase with each
            capacitances                                  other ?
      (b)   eliminating   the    effect        of         (a)   3rd, 9th, 15th, etc.
            inter component capacitances                  (b)   7th, 13th, 19th, etc.
      (c)   eliminating the effect of stray               (c)   5th, 11th, 17th, etc.
            electrostatic fields
                                                          (d)   2nd, 4th, 6th, etc.
      (d)   shielding the bridge elements
                                                    29.   A synchronous generator is feeding a
25.   Heaviside-Campbell      Equal         Ratio         zero power factor load (lagging) at
      bridge is used for measuring                        rated current. The armature reaction
      (a)   self-inductance in      terms      of         is
            mutual inductance                             (a)   Magnetizing
      (b)   capacitance     in      terms      of         (b)   Demagnetizing
            inductance                                    (c)   Cross magnetizing
      (c)   dielectric loss of an imperfect               (d)   Ineffective
            capacitor
      (d)   phase angle of a coil                   30.   In pump storage hydro power plant the
                                                          electrical machine is made to work
                                                          alternatively as generator and motor.
26.   In practice, earth is chosen as a place
                                                          The efficiency of the generator working
      of zero electric potential because it
                                                          at the same electric power level is
      (a)   is non-conducting                             (a)   Greater than that as motor
      (b)   is easily available                           (b)   Equal to that as motor
      (c)   keeps losing and gaining electric             (c)   Less than that as motor
            charge every day                              (d)   Greater or less than that as
                                                                motor depending on the type of
      (d)   has almost constant potential
                                                                the machine

27.   The reactance offered by a capacitor to
                                                    31.   In a super heater
      alternating current of frequency 50 Hz
                                                          (a)   Pressure rises and temperature
      is 10 . If frequency is increased to
                                                                drops
      100 Hz, reactance becomes _____ ohm.
                                                          (b)   Temperature rises and pressure
      (a)   20                                                  drops
      (b)   5                                             (c)   Temperature rises and pressure
                                                                remains unchanged
      (c)   2·5
                                                          (d)   Pressure rises and temperature
      (d)   40                                                  remains the same

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32.   While starting a 3-phase synchronous     36.   A single-phase, 22 kVA, 2200 V/ 220 V,
      motor, its field winding should be             50 Hz, distribution transformer is to
      (a)   Kept open                                be connected as an auto-transformer
      (b)   Short-circuited                          to get an output voltage of 2420 V.
      (c)   Connected to a DC source                 Its maximum kVA rating as an
      (d)   None of the above                        auto-transformer is
                                                     (a)   220 kVA
33.   A synchronous machine has full-pitch           (b)   242 kVA
      coils having a coil-span of 12 slots.
      For eliminating third harmonic, the            (c)   142 kVA
      coil-span should be                            (d)   22 kVA
      (a)   10 slots
      (b)   9 slots                            37.   Zero voltage regulation in transformer
      (c)   8 slots                                  occurs at
      (d)   6 slots                                  (a)   Unity power factor load
                                                     (b)   No load
34.   For eliminating 5th harmonic from the          (c)   Lagging power load
      e.m.f generated in the phase of a              (d)   Leading power factor load
      3-phase alternator, the chording angle
      should be                                38.   In a DC machine, the demagnetizing
      (a)   36 degree                                effect of armature reaction is due to
      (b)   18 degree                                (a)   Component of armature m.m.f
      (c)   30 degree                                      along field axis
      (d)   45 degree                                (b)   Non-sinusoidal       nature     of
                                                           armature m.m.f
35.   A DC shunt motor runs at                       (c)   Magnetic saturation in half of the
      500 rev/min when 200 V is applied                    field pole
      across it. The armature resistance is          (d)   Uneven air-gap length
      0·5  and the armature current is
      30 A. Calculate the series resistance    39.   Which of the following equipment is
      that must be inserted in series with           used to limit short-circuited current
      the armature to reduce the motor               level in a substation ?
      speed to 300 rpm with same armature
                                                     (a)   Isolator
      current.
      (a) 1·54                                      (b)   Lightning switch
      (b)   3·48                                    (c)   Coupling capacitor
      (c)   1·0 
                                                     (d)   Series reactor
      (d)   2·46 

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40.   If power P available from a                 44.   The purpose of coating the fluorescent
      hydro-scheme is given by the formula              tube from inside with white powder is
      P = 9·81 QH, where Q is the flow rate             (a)   to improve its life
      through the turbine in 1/s and H is the           (b)   to improve the appearance
      head in meter, then P will be in unit of          (c)   to change the colour of light
      (a)   W                                                 emitted to white
                                                        (d)   to increase the light radiations
      (b)   HP
                                                              due to secondary emissions
      (c)   kJ/s
                                                  45.   The function of moderator in nuclear
      (d)   kWh                                         reactor is
                                                        (a)   to absorb excess neutrons
41.   The overall efficiency of a thermal               (b)   to increase the energy of the
      power station is equal to                               neutron
      (a)   that of Rankine cycle                       (c)   to slow down the neutron
      (b)   that of regenerative cycle                  (d)   None of the above
      (c)   that of binary vapour cycle
      (d)   product of boiler efficiency,         46.   If generating station is situated very
            turbine efficiency and generator            close to the load center, the penalty
            efficiency                                  factor for this unit is
                                                        (a)   Zero
42.   The efficiency of a nuclear power plant           (b)   Almost unity
      is less than that of a conventional fuel          (c)   Negative
      fired thermal plant because of                    (d)   Very high
      (a)   less rejection of heat in condenser
                                                  47.   Generators for power plants to supply
      (b)   higher temperature condition
                                                        exclusively peak loads are usually
      (c)   higher pressure conditions
                                                        designed for maximum efficiency to
      (d)   low temperature and pressure
                                                        occur at
            conditions
                                                        (a)   Full load
                                                        (b)   50 to 75% full load
43.   An op-amp shunt regulator differs
                                                        (c)   25 to 50% full load
      from the series regulator in the sense
                                                        (d)   10% full load
      that its control element is connected in
      (a)   series with line resistor             48.   Zener diodes are used primarily as
                                                        (a)   rectifiers
      (b)   parallel with line resistor
                                                        (b)   voltage regulators
      (c)   parallel with load resistor                 (c)   oscillators
      (d)   parallel with input voltage                 (d)   amplifiers


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49.   Hall effect is observed in a specimen      52.   In a three-phase Y-Y transformer
      when it (metal or a semiconductor) is            connection, neutral is fundamental to
      carrying current and is placed in a              the
      magnetic field. The resultant electric           (a)   suppression of harmonics
      field inside the specimen will be in             (b)   passage of unbalanced currents
                                                             due to unbalanced loads
      (a)   a direction normal to both current
            and magnetic field                         (c)   provision of dual electric service
                                                       (d)   balancing of phase voltages with
      (b)   the direction of current                         respect to line voltages
      (c)   a direction anti-parallel to the
            magnetic field                       53.   A capacitor that stores a charge of
                                                       0·5 C at 10 volts has a capacitance (in
      (d)   an arbitrary direction depending           terms of farad)
            upon the conductivity of the
                                                       (a)   5
            specimen
                                                       (b)   20
                                                       (c)   10
50.   An industrial consumer has a load
                                                       (d)   0·05
      pattern of 2000 kW, 0·8 lag for
      12 hours and 1000 kW unity pf for          54.   The voltage phasor of a circuit is
      12 hours. The load factor is                     10 ∠15 V and the current phasor is
                                                       2 ∠ – 45 A. The active and reactive
      (a)   0·5
                                                       power in the circuit are :
      (b)   0·75                                       (a)   10 W and 17·32 VAR
      (c)   0·6                                        (b)   5 W and 8·66 VAR
      (d)   2·0                                        (c)   20 W and 60 VAR

                                                       (d)   20 2 W and 10 2 VAR
51.   A fault current of 2000 A is passing on
                                                 55.   Given two coupled inductors L1 and
      the primary side of a 400/5 C.T. on the
                                                       L2,   their     mutual       inductance   M
      secondary side of C.T., an inverse time
      over current relay is connected whose            satisfies
      plug setting is set at 50%. The plug
      setting multiplier will be                       (a)   M=      L12  L22 
      (a)   25                                         (b)   M > (L1 + L2)/2
      (b)   50
                                                       (c)   M>      L1L 2 
      (c)   10

      (d)   30
                                                       (d)   M≤       L1L 2 
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56.   In the following circuit, i(t) under        59.   What     will   be    the   equivalent
      steady state is                                   capacitance (in mF) if three capacitors
                                                        are connected in series having
                                                        capacitances of 0·04 mF, 0·08 mF and
                                                        0·02 mF respectively ?
                                                        (a)   0·026
                                                        (b)   0·032
                                                        (c)   0·065
                                                        (d)   0·011
                                                  60.   Calculate the total inductance in H of
      (a)   Zero                                        the circuit shown below.
      (b)   5
      (c)   7·07 sin(t)
      (d)   7·07 sin(t – 45)


57.   In the circuit given below, the value of
      R required for the transfer of
      maximum power to the load having a
      resistance of 3  is


                                                        (a)   5·33
                                                        (b)   8·77
                          6                            (c)   10·5
                                       3
                                                        (d)   11·9
                                                  61.   Determine the Thevenin’s resistance
      (a)   Zero                                        (in ohm) across the 6 ohm resistor for
      (b)   3                                           given circuit.
      (c)   6
      (d)   Infinity


58.   What will be the voltage (in V) across a
      8 H inductor, when the rate of change
      of current in the inductor is 0·5 A/sec ?
                                                        (a)   1·71
      (a)   2
                                                        (b)   2·24
      (b)   4
                                                        (c)   2·09
      (c)   6
                                                        (d)   1·01
      (d)   8

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62.   Determine       the     intensity   of       67.   A 500 MW 3-phase, star connected
      magnetization(A/m) of a magnet when                synchronous generator has a rated
      it has a pole strength of 60 A–m and a             voltage of 21.5 kV at 0·8 pf. The line
      pole area of 20 m2.                                current when operating at full load
      (a)   9                                            conditions will be approximately
      (b)   4                                            (a)   29 kA
      (c)   6                                            (b)   30 kA
      (d)   3                                            (c)   16·8 kA
                                                         (d)   100 kA
63.   The    relative    permeability         of
      diamagnetic material is
                                                   68.   The emf induced in the armature of a
      (a)   Greater than 1
                                                         shunt generator is 220 V. The
      (b)   Less than 1
                                                         armature resistance is 0·1 ohm. If the
      (c)   Greater than 10
                                                         armature current is 20 A, the terminal
      (d)   Greater than 100
                                                         voltage will be
64.   Two wires A and B of the same                      (a)   222 V
      material and length l and 2l have                  (b)   216 V
      radius r and 2r respectively. The ratio            (c)   224 V
      of their specific resistance will be               (d)   218 V
      (a)   1:1
      (b)   1:2
                                                   69.   A 250 V DC series motor has armature
      (c)   1:4                                          and series field resistances of 0·25 ohm
      (d)   1:8                                          and 0·15 ohm respectively. The current
65.   If the length of a wire of resistance R is         for developing a torque of 80 Nm at
      uniformly stretched to n times its                 1200 rpm is
      original value, its new resistance is              (a)   86·4 A
                                                         (b)   43·2 A
      (a)   nR
                                                         (c)   21·6 A
      (b)   R/n
                                                         (d)   10·8 A
      (c)   n2R
      (d)   R/n2                                   70.   In    a     bipolar   junction   tansistor,
                                                         IC = 250 mA and IE = 251 mA. The
66.   The core of a transformer is laminated
      to reduce                                          value of β is

      (a)   Eddy current losses                          (a)   100
      (b)   Hysteresis losses                            (b)   500
      (c)   Copper losses                                (c)   200
      (d)   Core volume                                  (d)   250

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71.   The current flowing through a circuit     75.   In the circuit shown below for different
      element has a DC component of 10 A              values of resistance R, the circuit
      and a sinusoidal AC component of
                                                      parameters V and I are as follows
      peak value 14·14 A. The average value
      of the current is
      (a)   Zero
      (b)   24·14 A
      (c)   10 A
      (d)   14·14 A                                   when R = , v = 5 V
72.   As compared to a LED display, the               when R = 0, I = 2·5 A
      distinct advantage of an LCD display            when R = 3 , the value of V is
      is that it requires
                                                      (a)   1V
      (a) no illumination
                                                      (b)   2V
      (b) extremely low power
                                                      (c)   3V
      (c) no forward-bias
      (d) a solid crystal                             (d)   5V

73.   Coil 1 has a resistance of R1 and         76.   A1, A2 and A3 are ideal ammeters in
      inductance L1. Coil 2 has a resistance
                                                      the circuit shown below. If the
      of R2 and L2. R1 = R2 and L1  L2. If
                                                      readings of A1 and A3 are 5 A and 13 A
      the two coils are connected in series,
                                                      respectively, the reading of A2 will be
      the time constant of the series
      connection of coils is
      (a)   Sum of the time constant of the
            individual coils
      (b)   Average of the time constants of
            the individual coils
      (c)   Geometric mean of the time
            constants of the individual coils         (a)   8A
      (d)   Product of the time constant of           (b)   14 A
            the individual coils                      (c)   18 A
                                                      (d)   12 A
74.   A resistive load when connected to a
      DC source draws a source current I. If
      a 10  resistance is connected parallel   77.   Avalanche photodiodes are preferred
      to the source, the source current will          over   PIN    diodes    in   optical
      be
                                                      communication systems because of
      (a)   equal to I                                (a)   speed of operation
      (b)   greater than I                            (b)   higher sensitivity
      (c)   less than I                               (c)   larger bandwidth
      (d)   None of the above                         (d)   larger power handling capacity

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78.   What is the average value of the          82.   An ammeter with internal resistance
      waveform shown below ?                          of 100  allows 100 A through it. For
                                                      measuring 500 A with the same
                                                      ammeter, what is the value of shunt
                                                      resistance required (in ohms) ?
                                                      (a)   20 
                                                      (b)   22·22 
      (a)   4                                         (c)   25 
      (b)   6/π                                       (d)   50 
      (c)   12/π
      (d)   14/π                                83.   A series RLC circuit resonates at
                                                      frequency fo Hz. If the value of all the
79.   A high frequency signal is applied to a
      PMMC instrument. If the RMS value               components are doubled, the new
      of the AC signal is 2 V, the reading of         resonating frequency is
      the instrument will be                               fo
                                                      (a)
      (a) 0                                                 2
      (b) 2 V                                         (b) fo
      (c)       2 V                                   (c)    2f o
      (d)   4 2 V
                                                            fo
                                                      (d)
80.   The current i = (10 + 10 sin t) A is                 4
      passed through an ideal moving iron
      type ammeter. Its reading will be         84.   The power loss in a resistance R when
      (a)   0                                         connected to a current source is 18 W.
      (b)   10 A                                      The power loss in the same resistance
      (c)       150 A                                 R when connected to voltage source of
                                                      same magnitude as that of the current
      (d)       20 A
                                                      source is 4·5 W. The magnitude of the
81.   The X and Y inputs of a CRO are                 current source and the value of R are
      scaled at 0·5 ms/cm and 100 mV/cm
                                                      (a)   6 A and 0·5 
      respectively. The dimension of the
      CRO screen is 10 cm  8 cm (X and Y).           (b)   4·5 A and 0·5 
      A sinusoidal signal of frequency                (c)   9 A and 2 
      200 Hz and RMS amplitude of 600 mV              (d)   3 A and 2 
      is being measured in the Y input. The
      screen will show                          85.   The RRRV depends upon the
      (a) 1 cycle of undistorted sine wave
                                                      (a)   Type of the circuit breaker
      (b) 2 cycles of undistorted sine wave
      (c) 1 cycle of sine wave with clipped           (b)   Capacitance of the system only
            amplitude                                 (c)   Inductance of the system only
      (d) 2 cycles of sine wave with clipped          (d)   Inductance and capacitance of the
            amplitude                                       system

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86.   A rectangular voltage pulse of            89.   Calculate the current drawn by a
      magnitude V is applied for a duration           220 V DC      motor    of    armature
      T to a resistance R in series with a            resistance 0·5  and back emf 200 V.
      capacitance C. The maximum voltage
                                                      (a)   40 A
      developed across the capacitor is
                                                      (b)   44 A
                       T 
      (a)   V 1 – e –                               (c)   400 A
                      RC 
                                                      (d)   440 A
            VT
      (b)
            RC                                  90.   A separately excited DC motor is
                                                      rotating with 100 rpm. The motor has
      (c)   V                                         a torque to current ratio of 2 N-m/A.
                                                      Calculate the back emf.
                   T 
      (d)   V e –                                   (a)   200 V
                  RC 
                                                      (b)   42 V
87.   The illumination at various points on a
      horizontal surface illuminated by the           (c)   100 V
      same source varies as                           (d)   21 V
      (a)   cos θ
      (b)   cos2 θ                              91.   The torque current characteristics of
                                                      three conceptual DC machines are as
      (c)   cos3 θ
                                                      follows :
             1
      (d)
            cos θ                                     Machine A :   I 3

88.   A transformer rated 100/400 V, 50 Hz
                                                      Machine B :       Iα
      operates at a flux density of 1·5 T
      when supplied from the HV side. If the
                                                      Machine C :   I α1 / 3
      linear dimensions of the core are
      doubled and the transformer is
                                                      Which machine is best suited for no
      energized from the HV side with a
                                                      load operation ?
      800 V, 50 Hz supply, calculate the flux
      density.                                        (a)   Machine A
      (a)   0·375 T
                                                      (b)   Machine A and B
      (b)   0·75 T
                                                      (c)   Machine B
      (c)   1·5 T
      (d)   3T                                        (d)   Machine C

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92.   A 50 Hz, 6 pole induction motor runs             95.   When the applied voltage per phase is
      at 950 rpm                                             reduced to half, the starting torque of
                                                             the three-phase squirrel cage induction
      (i)   The speed of the rotor magnetic                  motor becomes
            field is 950 rpm
                                                                   1
      (ii) The speed of the rotor magnetic                   (a)     of the initial value
                                                                   2
           field with respect to the stator                        1
           magnetic field is zero                            (b)     of the initial value
                                                                   4
      (iii) The frequency of            the   rotor          (c) Twice of the initial value
            current is 2·5 Hz
                                                             (d) 4 times of the initial value
      Which of         these     statements   is/are   96.   A 3-phase, 50 Hz, 4 pole 14 kW
      correct ?                                              induction motor is rotating with
      (a)   (i) and (ii)                                     1450 rpm at full load. Calculate the
      (b)   Only (i)                                         rotational losses of the motor if the
                                                             copper loss in the rotor circuit is
      (c)   (i) and (iii)
                                                             0·5 kW.
      (d)   (ii) and (iii)
                                                             (a)   0
                                                             (b)   0·5 kW
93.   If the air gap of an induction motor is                (c)   1 kW
      increased, which of the following
                                                             (d) 2 kW
      statement is/are correct ?
                                                       97.   Choose the correct output waveform
      (i)   Starting current decreases                       for the circuit shown below :
      (ii) Power factor decreases
      (iii) Magnetizing current increases


      (a)   (i) and (ii)
      (b)   (ii) and (iii)                                   (a)
      (c)   (i) and (iii)
      (d)   (i),(ii) and (iii)
                                                             (b)
94.   The rotor power input of a 3-phase
      induction motor is 15 kW and the
      corresponding slip is 4%. The rotor
      copper loss is                                         (c)

      (a)   600 W
      (b)   625 W
      (c)   650 W                                            (d)

      (d)   700 W

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98.   A transistor is said to be in a quiescent                  SECTION B
      state when
      (a)   It is unbiased                        101. In which State of India has the first
      (b)   No currents are flowing                    emergency landing facility on National
      (c)   Emitter junction bias is equal to          Highway stretch been established ?
            collector junction bias
                                                        (a)   Madhya Pradesh
      (d)   No signal is applied to the input
                                                        (b)   Gujarat
99.   In the circuit shown below, the zener
      diode has a knee current of 5 mA and a            (c)   Uttar Pradesh
      maximum allowed power dissipation of
                                                        (d)   Rajasthan
      240 mW. What are the minimum and
      maximum load currents that can be
      drawn safely from the circuit, keeping      102. Ryder Cup is associated with which
      the output voltage Vo at 6 V ?
                                                       game/sport ?

                                                        (a)   Ice Hockey

                                                        (b)   Polo

                                                        (c)   Golf
      (a)   0 mA, 180 mA
      (b)   5 mA, 110 mA                                (d)   Chess
      (c)   20 mA, 55 mA
      (d)   60 mA, 180 mA


100. The ripple factor of a power supply is       103. A dealer paid a car manufacturer
     given by                                           < 1,35,000 for a car. What should be
            Pdc                                         the selling price of the car, if after
      (a)
            Pac                                         allowing the buyer 10% discount on
                     2                                  the selling price, he made a profit of
              I rms 
      (b)           – 1                             8% on his outlay ?
               I dc 
                                                        (a)   < 1,50,000
                     2
              I dc 
      (c)            – 1
                                                        (b)   < 1,60,000
               I rms 

             I dc                                       (c)   < 1,62,000
      (d)
            I rms
                                                        (d)   < 1,52,500

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104. A, B, C and D play a game of cards. A        106. If F stands second in the ranking, then
     says to B, “ If I give you 8 cards, you           the position of B is
     will have as many as C has and I shall
                                                        (a)   Third
     have 3 less than what C has. Also, if I
     take 6 cards from C, I shall have twice            (b)   Fourth
     as many as D has.” If B and D together
                                                        (c)   Fifth
     have 50 cards, how many cards does C
     have ?                                             (d)   Sixth
     (a)    40
     (b)    37                                    107. If B scores the least, the rank of C will
     (c)    27                                         be
     (d)    23
                                                        (a)   Second

105. Choose the alternative which closely               (b)   Third
     resembles the water image of the given             (c)   Fourth
     combination/figure.
            ADVANCE                                     (d)   Second or third

     (a)
                                                  108. If E is ranked third, then which one of
     (b)                                               the following is correct ?
     (c)                                                (a)   E gets more marks than C
     (d)    None of the above
                                                        (b)   C gets more marks than E
Directions for the following 3 (three)                  (c)   A is ranked fourth
questions :
                                                        (d)   D is ranked fifth
Read the following information and answer
the three questions that follow :                 109. Find the number which replaces the
                                                       question mark :
Six students A, B, C, D, E and F appeared
in several tests. Either C or F scores the
highest. Whenever C scores the highest,
then E scores the least. Whenever F scores
the highest, B scores the least. In all the
tests they got different marks; D scores                (a)   15

higher     than   A,   but   they   are   close         (b)   25
competitors; A scores higher than B; C
                                                        (c)   20
scores higher than A.
                                                        (d)   40

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110. Which two signs need to be                 113. Match the following :
     interchanged to make the given                      Navigation Satellite         Country
     equation correct ?                                  System                       Name
                                                      A. Global Positioning 1.        Russia
     100 ÷ 10 × 100 – 10 + 100 = 910                     System
                                                      B. BeiDou               2.      India
                                                      C. GLONASS                 3.   China
                                                      D. GAGAN                   4.   USA
     (a)   + and ÷
                                                            A        B    C      D
     (b)   ÷ and ×                                    (a)   3        1    2      4
     (c)   + and –                                    (b)   3        4    2      1
                                                      (c)   4        3    1      2
     (d)   × and –
                                                      (d)   2        4    1      3
                                                114. Who is the Chairman of the fourteenth
                                                     Finance Commission ?
111. The ratio of the present ages of Rajiv
                                                      (a)   Abhijit Sen
     and Sanjiv is 2 : 3. After five years,
                                                      (b)   A.M. Khusro
     Rajiv will be 31 years old. What will be
                                                      (c)   N.K. Singh
     the age of Sanjiv after 3 years ?
                                                      (d)   Y.V. Reddy
     (a)   39 years                             115. Which among the following was the
     (b)   29 years                                  first State to establish Panchayati
                                                     Raj ?
     (c)   42 years
                                                      (a)   Andhra Pradesh
     (d)   45 years                                   (b)   Kerala
                                                      (c)   Gujarat
112. Two trains of respective lengths 160 m           (d)   Rajasthan
     and 200 m travel at the speeds of 48 m
     per second and 52 m per second             116. The Chenchu people in India have
     respectively in opposite direction to           been active in protection of wildlife in
     each other. What is the total time              which of the following protected areas
     taken by them to cross each other ?             of India ?
     (a)   3·6 seconds                                (a)   Nagarjunasagar Srisailam
                                                            (Andhra Pradesh)
     (b)   4·5 seconds                                (b)   Similipal (Odisha)
     (c)   4·8 seconds                                (c)   Indravati, Udanti-Sitanadi
                                                            (Chhattisgarh)
     (d)   5·4 seconds
                                                      (d)   Palamu (Jharkhand)


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117. The first-ever Ministerial Conference    119. Which    country    has   reportedly
     on Women Empowerment was held in              conducted Hypersonic Weapon Test ?

     (a)   France                                    (a)   Russia

     (b)   Sweden                                    (b)   China

     (c)   The Netherlands                           (c)   North Korea

     (d)   Italy                                     (d)   France


118. The     vector       responsible   for   120. Covaxin, the vaccine for corona virus,
     leishmaniasis is                              is manufactured by which one of the
                                                   following companies ?
     (a)   Mosquito
                                                     (a)   Bharat Biotech
     (b)   Fruit flies
                                                     (b)   Pfizer
     (c)   Tsetse flies
                                                     (c)   Cadilla Labs
     (d)   Sandflies
                                                     (d)   Dr. Reddy’s




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SECTION A                        5.   The hysteresis loop of a magnetic
                                                      material has an area of 5 cm2
1.   Which gas is sometimes used in                   with scales given as 1 cm = 2 AT and
     filament lamps ?                                 1 cm = 50 mWb. At 50 Hz, the total
     (a)   Nitrogen                                   hysteresis loss is
                                                      (a)   15 W
     (b)   Carbon dioxide
                                                      (b)   20 W
     (c)   Argon
                                                      (c)   25 W
     (d)   Krypton                                    (d)   50 W

2.   If an unbalanced supply is given to a
     3-phase delta-connected induction           6.   An electric motor with ‘constant output
     motor, it will cause                             power’ will have a torque speed
                                                      characteristics in the form of a
     (a)   Zero sequence currents
                                                      (a)   Straight line through origin
     (b)   Less heating of the rotor
                                                      (b)   Straight line parallel to speed
     (c)   Negative    sequence     component               axis
           current                                    (c)   Circle about the origin
     (d)   All of the above                           (d)   Rectangular hyperbola

3.   The magnetizing current           in    a
                                                 7.   If an energy meter disc makes
     transformer is rich in
                                                      10 revolutions in 100 seconds when a
     (a)   3rd harmonic                               load of 450 W is connected to it, the
     (b)   5th harmonic                               meter constant (in rev/kWh) is
     (c)   7th harmonic                               (a)   1000
                                                      (b)   500
     (d)   13th harmonic
                                                      (c)   1600
4.   The compensating winding of a dc                 (d)   800
     machine
     (a)   Is located in armature slots for      8.   A moving iron ammeter produces a full
           compensation     of   armature             scale torque of 240 μNm with a
           reaction                                   deflection of 120 at a current of 10 A.
     (b)   Is located on commutating poles            The      rate      of     change      of
           for improving the commutation              self-inductance (μH/radian)    of    the
     (c)   Is located on pole shoes for               instrument at full scale is
           avoiding   the   flashover at              (a)   2·0 μH/radian
           commutator surface                         (b)   4·8 μH/radian
     (d)   Is located on pole shoes for               (c)   12·0 μH/radian
           compensating armature reaction             (d)   114·6 μH/radian

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9.    A voltmeter gives 180 oscillations per      13.   Wagner’s earth devices are used in
      minute when connected to the rotor of             AC bridge circuits for
      an induction motor. The stator                    (a)   eliminating the effect of earth
      frequency is 60 Hz. The slip of the                     capacitances
      motor is                                          (b)   eliminating   the    effect        of
      (a)   0·04                                              inter component capacitances
      (b)   0·02                                        (c)   eliminating the effect of stray
      (c)   0·06                                              electrostatic fields
      (d)   0·05                                        (d)   shielding the bridge elements


10.   For harnessing low variable water           14.   Heaviside-Campbell      Equal         Ratio
      head the suitable hydraulic turbine               bridge is used for measuring
      with reaction and adjustable vanes is             (a)   self-inductance in      terms      of
      (a)   Francis                                           mutual inductance
      (b)   Impeller                                    (b)   capacitance     in      terms      of
                                                              inductance
      (c)   Kaplan
                                                        (c)   dielectric loss of an imperfect
      (d)   Pelton
                                                              capacitor
                                                        (d)   phase angle of a coil
11.   The standardization of
      AC potentiometers is done by
                                                  15.   In practice, earth is chosen as a place
      (a)   directly using        AC   standard
                                                        of zero electric potential because it
            voltage sources
                                                        (a)   is non-conducting
      (b)   using DC standard sources and
            transfer instruments                        (b)   is easily available

      (c)   using DC standard sources and               (c)   keeps losing and gaining electric
            d’Arsonaval galvanometer                          charge every day

      (d)   using AC standard sources and               (d)   has almost constant potential
            transfer instruments
                                                  16.   The reactance offered by a capacitor to
12.   A Wheatstone bridge cannot be used                alternating current of frequency 50 Hz
      for precision measurement because                 is 10 . If frequency is increased to
      errors are introduced on account of               100 Hz, reactance becomes _____ ohm.

      (a)   resistance of connecting leads              (a)   20

      (b)   thermo electric emfs                        (b)   5

      (c)   contact resistances                         (c)   2·5

      (d)   All of the above                            (d)   40

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17.   Which of the following harmonic           21.   While starting a 3-phase synchronous
      voltage components in a 3-phase                 motor, its field winding should be
      system would be in phase with each              (a)   Kept open
      other ?                                         (b)   Short-circuited
      (a)   3rd, 9th, 15th, etc.                      (c)   Connected to a DC source
      (b)   7th, 13th, 19th, etc.                     (d)   None of the above
      (c)   5th, 11th, 17th, etc.
      (d)   2nd, 4th, 6th, etc.                 22.   A synchronous machine has full-pitch
                                                      coils having a coil-span of 12 slots.
18.   A synchronous generator is feeding a            For eliminating third harmonic, the
      zero power factor load (lagging) at             coil-span should be
      rated current. The armature reaction            (a)   10 slots
      is
                                                      (b)   9 slots
      (a)   Magnetizing
                                                      (c)   8 slots
      (b)   Demagnetizing
                                                      (d)   6 slots
      (c)   Cross magnetizing
      (d)   Ineffective
                                                23.   For eliminating 5th harmonic from the
                                                      e.m.f generated in the phase of a
19.   In pump storage hydro power plant the
                                                      3-phase alternator, the chording angle
      electrical machine is made to work
      alternatively as generator and motor.           should be
      The efficiency of the generator working         (a)   36 degree
      at the same electric power level is             (b)   18 degree
      (a)   Greater than that as motor                (c)   30 degree
      (b)   Equal to that as motor                    (d)   45 degree
      (c)   Less than that as motor
      (d)   Greater or less than that as        24.   A DC shunt motor runs at
            motor depending on the type of            500 rev/min when 200 V is applied
            the machine                               across it. The armature resistance is
                                                      0·5  and the armature current is
20.   In a super heater                               30 A. Calculate the series resistance
      (a)   Pressure rises and temperature            that must be inserted in series with
            drops                                     the armature to reduce the motor
      (b)   Temperature rises and pressure            speed to 300 rpm with same armature
            drops                                     current.
      (c)   Temperature rises and pressure            (a) 1·54 
            remains unchanged
                                                      (b)   3·48 
      (d)   Pressure rises and temperature
                                                      (c)   1·0 
            remains the same
                                                      (d)   2·46 

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25.   A single-phase, 22 kVA, 2200 V/ 220 V,     29.   If power P available from a
      50 Hz, distribution transformer is to            hydro-scheme is given by the formula
      be connected as an auto-transformer              P = 9·81 QH, where Q is the flow rate
      to get an output voltage of 2420 V.              through the turbine in 1/s and H is the
      Its maximum kVA rating as an                     head in meter, then P will be in unit of
      auto-transformer is
                                                       (a)   W
      (a)   220 kVA
                                                       (b)   HP
      (b)   242 kVA
                                                       (c)   kJ/s
      (c)   142 kVA
                                                       (d)   kWh
      (d)   22 kVA
                                                 30.   The overall efficiency of a thermal
26.   Zero voltage regulation in transformer           power station is equal to
      occurs at                                        (a)   that of Rankine cycle
      (a)   Unity power factor load                    (b)   that of regenerative cycle
      (b)   No load                                    (c)   that of binary vapour cycle
      (c)   Lagging power load                         (d)   product of boiler efficiency,
      (d)   Leading power factor load                        turbine efficiency and generator
                                                             efficiency
27.   In a DC machine, the demagnetizing
      effect of armature reaction is due to      31.   The efficiency of a nuclear power plant
      (a)   Component of armature m.m.f                is less than that of a conventional fuel
            along field axis                           fired thermal plant because of
      (b)   Non-sinusoidal       nature     of         (a)   less rejection of heat in condenser
            armature m.m.f                             (b)   higher temperature condition
      (c)   Magnetic saturation in half of the         (c)   higher pressure conditions
            field pole                                 (d)   low temperature and pressure
      (d)   Uneven air-gap length                            conditions


28.   Which of the following equipment is        32.   An op-amp shunt regulator differs
      used to limit short-circuited current            from the series regulator in the sense
      level in a substation ?                          that its control element is connected in
      (a)   Isolator                                   (a)   series with line resistor
      (b)   Lightning switch                           (b)   parallel with line resistor

      (c)   Coupling capacitor                         (c)   parallel with load resistor
      (d)   Series reactor                             (d)   parallel with input voltage


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33.   The purpose of coating the fluorescent   38.   Hall effect is observed in a specimen
      tube from inside with white powder is          when it (metal or a semiconductor) is
      (a)   to improve its life                      carrying current and is placed in a
      (b)   to improve the appearance                magnetic field. The resultant electric
      (c)   to change the colour of light            field inside the specimen will be in
            emitted to white
                                                     (a)   a direction normal to both current
      (d)   to increase the light radiations               and magnetic field
            due to secondary emissions
                                                     (b)   the direction of current
34.   The function of moderator in nuclear
                                                     (c)   a direction anti-parallel to the
      reactor is
                                                           magnetic field
      (a)   to absorb excess neutrons
      (b)   to increase the energy of the            (d)   an arbitrary direction depending
            neutron                                        upon the conductivity of the
      (c)   to slow down the neutron                       specimen
      (d)   None of the above
                                               39.   An industrial consumer has a load
35.   If generating station is situated very         pattern of 2000 kW, 0·8 lag for
      close to the load center, the penalty          12 hours and 1000 kW unity pf for
      factor for this unit is                        12 hours. The load factor is
      (a)   Zero
                                                     (a)   0·5
      (b)   Almost unity
      (c)   Negative                                 (b)   0·75
      (d)   Very high
                                                     (c)   0·6
36.   Generators for power plants to supply          (d)   2·0
      exclusively peak loads are usually
      designed for maximum efficiency to
                                               40.   A fault current of 2000 A is passing on
      occur at
                                                     the primary side of a 400/5 C.T. on the
      (a)   Full load
                                                     secondary side of C.T., an inverse time
      (b)   50 to 75% full load
                                                     over current relay is connected whose
      (c)   25 to 50% full load                      plug setting is set at 50%. The plug
      (d)   10% full load                            setting multiplier will be

37.   Zener diodes are used primarily as             (a)   25
      (a)   rectifiers
                                                     (b)   50
      (b)   voltage regulators
      (c)   oscillators                              (c)   10
      (d)   amplifiers                               (d)   30

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41.   In a three-phase Y-Y transformer              45.   In the following circuit, i(t) under
      connection, neutral is fundamental to               steady state is
      the
      (a)   suppression of harmonics
      (b)   passage of unbalanced currents
            due to unbalanced loads
      (c)   provision of dual electric service
      (d)   balancing of phase voltages with
            respect to line voltages

42.   A capacitor that stores a charge of                 (a)   Zero
      0·5 C at 10 volts has a capacitance (in             (b)   5
      terms of farad)                                     (c)   7·07 sin(t)
      (a)   5                                             (d)   7·07 sin(t – 45)
      (b)   20
      (c)   10
                                                    46.   In the circuit given below, the value of
      (d)   0·05                                          R required for the transfer of
43.   The voltage phasor of a circuit is                  maximum power to the load having a
      10 ∠15 V and the current phasor is                  resistance of 3  is
      2 ∠ – 45 A. The active and reactive
      power in the circuit are :
      (a)   10 W and 17·32 VAR
                                                                              6
      (b)   5 W and 8·66 VAR                                                            3

      (c)   20 W and 60 VAR

      (d)   20 2 W and 10 2 VAR
                                                          (a)   Zero
44.   Given two coupled inductors L1 and                  (b)   3
      L2,   their     mutual       inductance   M         (c)   6
      satisfies                                           (d)   Infinity

      (a)   M=      L12  L22                     47.   What will be the voltage (in V) across a
                                                          8 H inductor, when the rate of change
      (b)   M > (L1 + L2)/2
                                                          of current in the inductor is 0·5 A/sec ?
                                                          (a)   2
      (c)   M>      L1L 2                               (b)   4
                                                          (c)   6
      (d)   M≤       L1L 2                              (d)   8

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48.   What     will   be    the   equivalent    51.   Determine       the     intensity   of
      capacitance (in mF) if three capacitors         magnetization(A/m) of a magnet when
      are connected in series having                  it has a pole strength of 60 A–m and a
      capacitances of 0·04 mF, 0·08 mF and            pole area of 20 m2.
      0·02 mF respectively ?                          (a)   9
      (a)   0·026                                     (b)   4
      (b)   0·032                                     (c)   6
      (c)   0·065                                     (d)   3
      (d)   0·011
                                                52.   The    relative    permeability         of
49.   Calculate the total inductance in H of          diamagnetic material is
      the circuit shown below.                        (a)   Greater than 1
                                                      (b)   Less than 1
                                                      (c)   Greater than 10
                                                      (d)   Greater than 100

                                                53.   Two wires A and B of the same
                                                      material and length l and 2l have
                                                      radius r and 2r respectively. The ratio
                                                      of their specific resistance will be
                                                      (a)   1:1

      (a)   5·33                                      (b)   1:2

      (b)   8·77                                      (c)   1:4

      (c)   10·5                                      (d)   1:8

      (d)   11·9                                54.   If the length of a wire of resistance R is
50.   Determine the Thevenin’s resistance             uniformly stretched to n times its
      (in ohm) across the 6 ohm resistor for          original value, its new resistance is
      given circuit.                                  (a)   nR
                                                      (b)   R/n
                                                      (c)   n2R
                                                      (d)   R/n2

                                                55.   The core of a transformer is laminated
                                                      to reduce
      (a)   1·71
                                                      (a)   Eddy current losses
      (b)   2·24
                                                      (b)   Hysteresis losses
      (c)   2·09
                                                      (c)   Copper losses
      (d)   1·01
                                                      (d)   Core volume

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56.   A 500 MW 3-phase, star connected              60.   The current flowing through a circuit
      synchronous generator has a rated                   element has a DC component of 10 A
                                                          and a sinusoidal AC component of
      voltage of 21.5 kV at 0·8 pf. The line
                                                          peak value 14·14 A. The average value
      current when operating at full load                 of the current is
      conditions will be approximately                    (a)   Zero
      (a)   29 kA                                         (b)   24·14 A
      (b)   30 kA                                         (c)   10 A
      (c)   16·8 kA
                                                          (d)   14·14 A
      (d)   100 kA
                                                    61.   As compared to a LED display, the
                                                          distinct advantage of an LCD display
57.   The emf induced in the armature of a                is that it requires
      shunt generator is 220 V. The                       (a) no illumination
      armature resistance is 0·1 ohm. If the              (b) extremely low power
      armature current is 20 A, the terminal              (c) no forward-bias
      voltage will be                                     (d) a solid crystal
      (a)   222 V
                                                    62.   Coil 1 has a resistance of R1 and
      (b)   216 V                                         inductance L1. Coil 2 has a resistance
      (c)   224 V                                         of R2 and L2. R1 = R2 and L1  L2. If
      (d)   218 V                                         the two coils are connected in series,
                                                          the time constant of the series
58.   A 250 V DC series motor has armature                connection of coils is
      and series field resistances of 0·25 ohm            (a)   Sum of the time constant of the
      and 0·15 ohm respectively. The current                    individual coils
      for developing a torque of 80 Nm at                 (b)   Average of the time constants of
      1200 rpm is                                               the individual coils
      (a)   86·4 A                                        (c)   Geometric mean of the time
                                                                constants of the individual coils
      (b)   43·2 A
                                                          (d)   Product of the time constant of
      (c)   21·6 A
                                                                the individual coils
      (d)   10·8 A
                                                    63.   A resistive load when connected to a
                                                          DC source draws a source current I. If
59.   In    a     bipolar   junction   tansistor,
                                                          a 10  resistance is connected parallel
      IC = 250 mA and IE = 251 mA. The                    to the source, the source current will
      value of β is                                       be
      (a)   100                                           (a)   equal to I
      (b)   500                                           (b)   greater than I
      (c)   200                                           (c)   less than I
      (d)   250                                           (d)   None of the above

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64.   In the circuit shown below for different   67.    What is the average value of the
      values of resistance R, the circuit               waveform shown below ?
      parameters V and I are as follows




                                                        (a)   4
      when R = , v = 5 V
                                                        (b)   6/π
      when R = 0, I = 2·5 A
                                                        (c)   12/π
      when R = 3 , the value of V is
                                                        (d)   14/π
      (a)   1V
      (b)   2V                                   68.    A high frequency signal is applied to a
                                                        PMMC instrument. If the RMS value
      (c)   3V                                          of the AC signal is 2 V, the reading of
      (d)   5V                                          the instrument will be
                                                        (a) 0
65.   A1, A2 and A3 are ideal ammeters in               (b) 2 V
      the circuit shown below. If the                   (c)       2 V
      readings of A1 and A3 are 5 A and 13 A            (d)   4 2 V
      respectively, the reading of A2 will be
                                                 69.    The current i = (10 + 10 sin t) A is
                                                        passed through an ideal moving iron
                                                        type ammeter. Its reading will be
                                                        (a)   0
                                                        (b)   10 A
                                                        (c)       150 A
                                                        (d)       20 A
      (a)   8A
                                                 70.    The X and Y inputs of a CRO are
      (b)   14 A                                        scaled at 0·5 ms/cm and 100 mV/cm
      (c)   18 A                                        respectively. The dimension of the
      (d)   12 A                                        CRO screen is 10 cm  8 cm (X and Y).
                                                        A sinusoidal signal of frequency
                                                        200 Hz and RMS amplitude of 600 mV
66.   Avalanche photodiodes are preferred               is being measured in the Y input. The
      over   PIN    diodes    in   optical              screen will show
      communication systems because of                  (a) 1 cycle of undistorted sine wave
                                                        (b) 2 cycles of undistorted sine wave
      (a)   speed of operation
                                                        (c) 1 cycle of sine wave with clipped
      (b)   higher sensitivity                                amplitude
      (c)   larger bandwidth                            (d) 2 cycles of sine wave with clipped
      (d)   larger power handling capacity                    amplitude

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71.   An ammeter with internal resistance         75.    A rectangular voltage pulse of
      of 100  allows 100 A through it. For             magnitude V is applied for a duration
      measuring 500 A with the same                     T to a resistance R in series with a
      ammeter, what is the value of shunt                capacitance C. The maximum voltage
      resistance required (in ohms) ?                    developed across the capacitor is
      (a)   20 
      (b)   22·22                                                        T 
                                                         (a)   V 1 – e –    
      (c)   25                                                          RC 
      (d)   50 
                                                               VT
                                                         (b)
72.   A series RLC circuit resonates at                        RC
      frequency fo Hz. If the value of all the
                                                         (c)   V
      components are doubled, the new
      resonating frequency is
                                                                      T 
           fo                                            (d)   V e –    
      (a)                                                            RC 
            2
      (b) fo
                                                  76.    The illumination at various points on a
      (c)    2f o                                        horizontal surface illuminated by the
            fo                                           same source varies as
      (d)
            4
                                                         (a)   cos θ
73.   The power loss in a resistance R when              (b)   cos2 θ
      connected to a current source is 18 W.
                                                         (c)   cos3 θ
      The power loss in the same resistance
                                                                1
      R when connected to voltage source of              (d)
                                                               cos θ
      same magnitude as that of the current
      source is 4·5 W. The magnitude of the       77.    A transformer rated 100/400 V, 50 Hz
      current source and the value of R are              operates at a flux density of 1·5 T
      (a)   6 A and 0·5                                 when supplied from the HV side. If the
      (b)   4·5 A and 0·5                               linear dimensions of the core are
      (c)   9 A and 2                                   doubled and the transformer is
      (d)   3 A and 2                                   energized from the HV side with a
                                                         800 V, 50 Hz supply, calculate the flux
74.   The RRRV depends upon the
                                                         density.
      (a)   Type of the circuit breaker
                                                         (a)   0·375 T
      (b)   Capacitance of the system only
                                                         (b)   0·75 T
      (c)   Inductance of the system only
      (d)   Inductance and capacitance of the            (c)   1·5 T
            system                                       (d)   3T

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78.   Calculate the current drawn by a        81.   A 50 Hz, 6 pole induction motor runs
      220 V DC      motor    of    armature         at 950 rpm
      resistance 0·5  and back emf 200 V.          (i)   The speed of the rotor magnetic
                                                          field is 950 rpm
      (a)   40 A
                                                    (ii) The speed of the rotor magnetic
      (b)   44 A                                         field with respect to the stator
                                                         magnetic field is zero
      (c)   400 A
                                                    (iii) The frequency of            the   rotor
      (d)   440 A                                         current is 2·5 Hz
                                                    Which of         these     statements   is/are
79.   A separately excited DC motor is              correct ?
      rotating with 100 rpm. The motor has          (a)   (i) and (ii)
      a torque to current ratio of 2 N-m/A.         (b)   Only (i)
      Calculate the back emf.                       (c)   (i) and (iii)
                                                    (d)   (ii) and (iii)
      (a)   200 V

      (b)   42 V                              82.   If the air gap of an induction motor is
      (c)   100 V                                   increased, which of the following
                                                    statement is/are correct ?
      (d)   21 V                                    (i)   Starting current decreases
                                                    (ii) Power factor decreases
80.   The torque current characteristics of         (iii) Magnetizing current increases
      three conceptual DC machines are as
      follows :
                                                    (a)   (i) and (ii)
      Machine A :   I 3                          (b)   (ii) and (iii)
                                                    (c)   (i) and (iii)
      Machine B :       Iα
                                                    (d)   (i),(ii) and (iii)

      Machine C :   I α1 / 3
                                              83.   The rotor power input of a 3-phase
                                                    induction motor is 15 kW and the
      Which machine is best suited for no
      load operation ?                              corresponding slip is 4%. The rotor
                                                    copper loss is
      (a)   Machine A
                                                    (a)   600 W
      (b)   Machine A and B                         (b)   625 W
      (c)   Machine B                               (c)   650 W
      (d)   Machine C                               (d)   700 W

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84.   When the applied voltage per phase is     87.   A transistor is said to be in a quiescent
      reduced to half, the starting torque of         state when
      the three-phase squirrel cage induction
      motor becomes                                   (a)   It is unbiased
            1                                         (b)   No currents are flowing
      (a)     of the initial value
            2                                         (c)   Emitter junction bias is equal to
            1                                               collector junction bias
      (b)     of the initial value
            4                                         (d)   No signal is applied to the input
      (c) Twice of the initial value
      (d) 4 times of the initial value          88.   In the circuit shown below, the zener
85.   A 3-phase, 50 Hz, 4 pole 14 kW                  diode has a knee current of 5 mA and a
      induction motor is rotating with                maximum allowed power dissipation of
      1450 rpm at full load. Calculate the
                                                      240 mW. What are the minimum and
      rotational losses of the motor if the
      copper loss in the rotor circuit is             maximum load currents that can be
      0·5 kW.                                         drawn safely from the circuit, keeping
                                                      the output voltage Vo at 6 V ?
      (a)   0
      (b)   0·5 kW
      (c)   1 kW
      (d) 2 kW
86.   Choose the correct output waveform
      for the circuit shown below :
                                                      (a)   0 mA, 180 mA
                                                      (b)   5 mA, 110 mA
                                                      (c)   20 mA, 55 mA
                                                      (d)   60 mA, 180 mA

      (a)
                                                89.   The ripple factor of a power supply is
                                                      given by

                                                            Pdc
                                                      (a)
      (b)                                                   Pac

                                                                     2
                                                              I rms 
                                                      (b)           – 1
                                                               I dc 
      (c)
                                                                     2
                                                              I dc 
                                                      (c)            – 1
                                                               I rms 
      (d)                                                    I dc
                                                      (d)
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90.   A triangle to square wave generator       94.   A full scale output of a DAC is 10 mA.
      uses                                            If the resolution is to be less than
      (a)   A sine wave oscillation and a             40 A, the required bits are
            comparator                                (a)   4
      (b)   An integrator and a comparator
                                                      (b)   8
      (c)   A differentiator and a comparator
      (d)   A sine wave oscillator and a              (c)   10
            clipper                                   (d)   12

91.   What is the output of the circuit shown   95.   An overhead line having a surge
      below                                           impedance of 400  is connected in
                                                      series with an underground cable
                                                      having a surge impedance of 100 . If
                                                      a surge of 50 KV travels from the line
                                                      end towards the line cable junction,
                                                      the value of the transmitted voltage
                                                      wave at the junction will be
                                                      (a)   30 KV
      (a)   3Vs
                                                      (b)   20 KV
            1
      (b)     Vs                                    (c)   80 KV
            3
      (c)   4Vs                                       (d)   – 30 KV
      (d)   Vs
                                                96.   In a DC transmission line

92.   Universal gates are                             (a)   It is necessary for the sending
      (a)   XOR, NAND and OR                                end and the receiving end to be
                                                            operated in synchronism
      (b)   OR, NOT and XOR
      (c)   NOR, NAND and XNOR                        (b)   The effects of inductive and
      (d)   NOR and NAND                                    capacitive reactances are greater
                                                            than in an AC transmission line
                                                            of the same rating
93.   Minimum number of NAND and NOR
      gates required to implement the                 (c)   There are no effects due to
      function XOR gate, respectively is                    inductive  and      capacitive
      (a)   5, 4                                            reactances
      (b)   4, 4                                      (d)   Power transfer capability is
      (c)   5, 5                                            limited        by   stability
      (d)   4, 5                                            considerations

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97.   A 3-phase, 11 kV, 50 Hz, 200 kW load                     SECTION B
      has a power factor of 0·8 lag. A delta
      connected 3 phase capacitor is used to    101. The first-ever Ministerial Conference
      improve the power factor to unity. The         on Women Empowerment was held in
      capacitance per phase of the capacitor
      in microfarads is                               (a)   France
      (a)   3·948
                                                      (b)   Sweden
      (b)   1·316
      (c)   0·439                                     (c)   The Netherlands
      (d)   11·844
                                                      (d)   Italy

98.   A 10 KVA, 400 V/200 V single phase
                                                102. The     vector        responsible   for
      transformer with 10% impedance
                                                     leishmaniasis is
      draws a steady state short circuit line
      current of                                      (a)   Mosquito
      (a)   50 A
      (b)   150 A                                     (b)   Fruit flies
      (c)   250 A
                                                      (c)   Tsetse flies
      (d)   350 A
                                                      (d)   Sandflies
99.   In   protection   of   transformers,
      harmonic restraint is used to guard       103. Which    country    has   reportedly
      against                                        conducted Hypersonic Weapon Test ?
      (a)   Magnetizing inrush current
                                                      (a)   Russia
      (b)   Unbalanced operation
      (c)   Lightning                                 (b)   China
      (d)   Switching over-voltages                   (c)   North Korea
                                                      (d)   France
100. A 240 V single-phase ac source is
     connected to a load with an impedance
                                                104. Covaxin, the vaccine for corona virus,
     of 10 60o ohms. A capacitor is
                                                     is manufactured by which one of the
     connected in parallel with the load. If
                                                     following companies ?
     the capacitor supplies 1250 VAR, the
     real power supplied by the source is             (a)   Bharat Biotech
      (a)   3600 W                                    (b)   Pfizer
      (b)   2880 W
                                                      (c)   Cadilla Labs
      (c)   2400 W
                                                      (d)   Dr. Reddy’s
      (d)   1200 W

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105. In which State of India has the first    108. A, B, C and D play a game of cards. A
     emergency landing facility on National        says to B, “ If I give you 8 cards, you
     Highway stretch been established ?            will have as many as C has and I shall
                                                   have 3 less than what C has. Also, if I
     (a)   Madhya Pradesh                          take 6 cards from C, I shall have twice
                                                   as many as D has.” If B and D together
     (b)   Gujarat
                                                   have 50 cards, how many cards does C
     (c)   Uttar Pradesh                           have ?
                                                    (a)    40
     (d)   Rajasthan
                                                    (b)    37
                                                    (c)    27
                                                    (d)    23

106. Ryder Cup is associated with which       109. Choose the alternative which closely
     game/sport ?                                  resembles the water image of the given
                                                   combination/figure.
     (a)   Ice Hockey
                                                           ADVANCE
     (b)   Polo
                                                    (a)
     (c)   Golf                                     (b)
                                                    (c)
     (d)   Chess
                                                    (d)    None of the above

                                              Directions for the following 3 (three)
                                              questions :
107. A dealer paid a car manufacturer
     < 1,35,000 for a car. What should be     Read the following information and answer
     the selling price of the car, if after   the three questions that follow :

     allowing the buyer 10% discount on       Six students A, B, C, D, E and F appeared
     the selling price, he made a profit of   in several tests. Either C or F scores the
     8% on his outlay ?                       highest. Whenever C scores the highest,
                                              then E scores the least. Whenever F scores
     (a)   < 1,50,000
                                              the highest, B scores the least. In all the
     (b)   < 1,60,000                         tests they got different marks; D scores
                                              higher      than   A,   but   they   are   close
     (c)   < 1,62,000                         competitors; A scores higher than B; C
                                              scores higher than A.
     (d)   < 1,52,500

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110. If F stands second in the ranking, then     114. Which two signs need to be
     the position of B is                             interchanged to make the given
                                                      equation correct ?
     (a)   Third

     (b)   Fourth                                      100 ÷ 10 × 100 – 10 + 100 = 910
     (c)   Fifth

     (d)   Sixth
                                                       (a)   + and ÷
111. If B scores the least, the rank of C will         (b)   ÷ and ×
     be
                                                       (c)   + and –
     (a)   Second
                                                       (d)   × and –
     (b)   Third

     (c)   Fourth
                                                 115. The ratio of the present ages of Rajiv
     (d)   Second or third                            and Sanjiv is 2 : 3. After five years,
                                                      Rajiv will be 31 years old. What will be
112. If E is ranked third, then which one of          the age of Sanjiv after 3 years ?
     the following is correct ?
                                                       (a)   39 years
     (a)   E gets more marks than C
                                                       (b)   29 years
     (b)   C gets more marks than E                    (c)   42 years
     (c)   A is ranked fourth                          (d)   45 years
     (d)   D is ranked fifth
                                                 116. Two trains of respective lengths 160 m
113. Find the number which replaces the               and 200 m travel at the speeds of 48 m
     question mark :                                  per second and 52 m per second
                                                      respectively in opposite direction to
                                                      each other. What is the total time
                                                      taken by them to cross each other ?

                                                       (a)   3·6 seconds
     (a)   15                                          (b)   4·5 seconds
     (b)   25                                          (c)   4·8 seconds
     (c)   20                                          (d)   5·4 seconds
     (d)   40

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117. Match the following :                           119. Which among the following was the
        Navigation Satellite           Country            first State to establish Panchayati
        System                         Name               Raj ?
     A. Global Positioning 1.          Russia               (a)   Andhra Pradesh
        System                                              (b)   Kerala
     B. BeiDou               2.        India
                                                            (c)   Gujarat
     C. GLONASS                3.      China
                                                            (d)   Rajasthan
     D. GAGAN                  4.      USA
           A      B      C      D
     (a)   3      1      2      4                    120. The Chenchu people in India have
     (b)   3      4      2      1                         been active in protection of wildlife in
     (c)   4      3      1      2                         which of the following protected areas
     (d)   2      4      1      3                         of India ?
118. Who is the Chairman of the fourteenth                  (a)   Nagarjunasagar Srisailam
     Finance Commission ?                                         (Andhra Pradesh)
     (a)   Abhijit Sen                                      (b)   Similipal (Odisha)
     (b)   A.M. Khusro                                      (c)   Indravati, Udanti-Sitanadi
     (c)   N.K. Singh                                             (Chhattisgarh)
     (d)   Y.V. Reddy                                       (d)   Palamu (Jharkhand)




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SECTION A                     4.   In a three-phase Y-Y transformer
                                                     connection, neutral is fundamental to
1.   Hall effect is observed in a specimen           the
     when it (metal or a semiconductor) is           (a)   suppression of harmonics
     carrying current and is placed in a             (b)   passage of unbalanced currents
     magnetic field. The resultant electric                due to unbalanced loads
     field inside the specimen will be in            (c)   provision of dual electric service
     (a)   a direction normal to both current        (d)   balancing of phase voltages with
           and magnetic field                              respect to line voltages
     (b)   the direction of current
     (c)   a direction anti-parallel to the     5.   A capacitor that stores a charge of
           magnetic field                            0·5 C at 10 volts has a capacitance (in
     (d)   an arbitrary direction depending          terms of farad)
           upon the conductivity of the              (a)   5
           specimen                                  (b)   20
                                                     (c)   10
2.   An industrial consumer has a load               (d)   0·05
     pattern of 2000 kW, 0·8 lag for            6.   The voltage phasor of a circuit is
     12 hours and 1000 kW unity pf for               10 ∠15 V and the current phasor is
     12 hours. The load factor is                    2 ∠ – 45 A. The active and reactive
     (a)   0·5                                       power in the circuit are :

     (b)   0·75                                      (a)   10 W and 17·32 VAR
                                                     (b)   5 W and 8·66 VAR
     (c)   0·6
                                                     (c)   20 W and 60 VAR
     (d)   2·0
                                                     (d)   20 2 W and 10 2 VAR
3.   A fault current of 2000 A is passing on    7.   Given two coupled inductors L1 and
     the primary side of a 400/5 C.T. on the         L2,   their     mutual       inductance   M
     secondary side of C.T., an inverse time         satisfies
     over current relay is connected whose
     plug setting is set at 50%. The plug
     setting multiplier will be
                                                     (a)   M=      L12  L22 
                                                     (b)   M > (L1 + L2)/2
     (a)   25

     (b)   50                                        (c)   M>      L1L 2 
     (c)   10
                                                     (d)   M≤       L1L 2 
     (d)   30

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8.    In the following circuit, i(t) under        11.   What     will   be    the   equivalent
      steady state is                                   capacitance (in mF) if three capacitors
                                                        are connected in series having
                                                        capacitances of 0·04 mF, 0·08 mF and
                                                        0·02 mF respectively ?
                                                        (a)   0·026
                                                        (b)   0·032
                                                        (c)   0·065
                                                        (d)   0·011
                                                  12.   Calculate the total inductance in H of
      (a)   Zero                                        the circuit shown below.
      (b)   5
      (c)   7·07 sin(t)
      (d)   7·07 sin(t – 45)


9.    In the circuit given below, the value of
      R required for the transfer of
      maximum power to the load having a
      resistance of 3  is


                                                        (a)   5·33
                                                        (b)   8·77
                          6                            (c)   10·5
                                       3
                                                        (d)   11·9
                                                  13.   Determine the Thevenin’s resistance
      (a)   Zero                                        (in ohm) across the 6 ohm resistor for
      (b)   3                                           given circuit.
      (c)   6
      (d)   Infinity


10.   What will be the voltage (in V) across a
      8 H inductor, when the rate of change
      of current in the inductor is 0·5 A/sec ?
                                                        (a)   1·71
      (a)   2
                                                        (b)   2·24
      (b)   4
                                                        (c)   2·09
      (c)   6
                                                        (d)   1·01
      (d)   8

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14.   Determine       the     intensity   of       19.   A 500 MW 3-phase, star connected
      magnetization(A/m) of a magnet when                synchronous generator has a rated
      it has a pole strength of 60 A–m and a             voltage of 21.5 kV at 0·8 pf. The line
      pole area of 20 m2.                                current when operating at full load
      (a)   9                                            conditions will be approximately
      (b)   4                                            (a)   29 kA
      (c)   6                                            (b)   30 kA
      (d)   3                                            (c)   16·8 kA
                                                         (d)   100 kA
15.   The    relative    permeability         of
      diamagnetic material is
                                                   20.   The emf induced in the armature of a
      (a)   Greater than 1
                                                         shunt generator is 220 V. The
      (b)   Less than 1
                                                         armature resistance is 0·1 ohm. If the
      (c)   Greater than 10
                                                         armature current is 20 A, the terminal
      (d)   Greater than 100
                                                         voltage will be
16.   Two wires A and B of the same                      (a)   222 V
      material and length l and 2l have                  (b)   216 V
      radius r and 2r respectively. The ratio            (c)   224 V
      of their specific resistance will be               (d)   218 V
      (a)   1:1
      (b)   1:2
                                                   21.   A 250 V DC series motor has armature
      (c)   1:4                                          and series field resistances of 0·25 ohm
      (d)   1:8                                          and 0·15 ohm respectively. The current
17.   If the length of a wire of resistance R is         for developing a torque of 80 Nm at
      uniformly stretched to n times its                 1200 rpm is
      original value, its new resistance is              (a)   86·4 A
                                                         (b)   43·2 A
      (a)   nR
                                                         (c)   21·6 A
      (b)   R/n
                                                         (d)   10·8 A
      (c)   n2R
      (d)   R/n2                                   22.   In    a     bipolar   junction   tansistor,
                                                         IC = 250 mA and IE = 251 mA. The
18.   The core of a transformer is laminated
      to reduce                                          value of β is

      (a)   Eddy current losses                          (a)   100
      (b)   Hysteresis losses                            (b)   500
      (c)   Copper losses                                (c)   200
      (d)   Core volume                                  (d)   250

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23.   The current flowing through a circuit     27.   In the circuit shown below for different
      element has a DC component of 10 A              values of resistance R, the circuit
      and a sinusoidal AC component of
                                                      parameters V and I are as follows
      peak value 14·14 A. The average value
      of the current is
      (a)   Zero
      (b)   24·14 A
      (c)   10 A
      (d)   14·14 A                                   when R = , v = 5 V
24.   As compared to a LED display, the               when R = 0, I = 2·5 A
      distinct advantage of an LCD display            when R = 3 , the value of V is
      is that it requires
                                                      (a)   1V
      (a) no illumination
                                                      (b)   2V
      (b) extremely low power
                                                      (c)   3V
      (c) no forward-bias
      (d) a solid crystal                             (d)   5V

25.   Coil 1 has a resistance of R1 and         28.   A1, A2 and A3 are ideal ammeters in
      inductance L1. Coil 2 has a resistance
                                                      the circuit shown below. If the
      of R2 and L2. R1 = R2 and L1  L2. If
                                                      readings of A1 and A3 are 5 A and 13 A
      the two coils are connected in series,
                                                      respectively, the reading of A2 will be
      the time constant of the series
      connection of coils is
      (a)   Sum of the time constant of the
            individual coils
      (b)   Average of the time constants of
            the individual coils
      (c)   Geometric mean of the time
            constants of the individual coils         (a)   8A
      (d)   Product of the time constant of           (b)   14 A
            the individual coils                      (c)   18 A
26.   A resistive load when connected to a            (d)   12 A
      DC source draws a source current I. If
      a 10  resistance is connected parallel
                                                29.   Avalanche photodiodes are preferred
      to the source, the source current will
      be                                              over   PIN    diodes    in   optical
                                                      communication systems because of
      (a)   equal to I
                                                      (a)   speed of operation
      (b)   greater than I
                                                      (b)   higher sensitivity
      (c)   less than I
                                                      (c)   larger bandwidth
      (d)   None of the above                         (d)   larger power handling capacity

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30.   What is the average value of the          34.   An ammeter with internal resistance
      waveform shown below ?                          of 100  allows 100 A through it. For
                                                      measuring 500 A with the same
                                                      ammeter, what is the value of shunt
                                                      resistance required (in ohms) ?
                                                      (a)   20 
                                                      (b)   22·22 
      (a)   4                                         (c)   25 
      (b)   6/π                                       (d)   50 
      (c)   12/π
      (d)   14/π                                35.   A series RLC circuit resonates at
                                                      frequency fo Hz. If the value of all the
31.   A high frequency signal is applied to a
      PMMC instrument. If the RMS value               components are doubled, the new
      of the AC signal is 2 V, the reading of         resonating frequency is
      the instrument will be                               fo
                                                      (a)
      (a) 0                                                 2
      (b) 2 V                                         (b) fo
      (c)       2 V                                   (c)    2f o
      (d)   4 2 V
                                                            fo
                                                      (d)
32.   The current i = (10 + 10 sin t) A is                 4
      passed through an ideal moving iron
      type ammeter. Its reading will be         36.   The power loss in a resistance R when
      (a)   0                                         connected to a current source is 18 W.
      (b)   10 A                                      The power loss in the same resistance
      (c)       150 A                                 R when connected to voltage source of
                                                      same magnitude as that of the current
      (d)       20 A
                                                      source is 4·5 W. The magnitude of the
33.   The X and Y inputs of a CRO are                 current source and the value of R are
      scaled at 0·5 ms/cm and 100 mV/cm
                                                      (a)   6 A and 0·5 
      respectively. The dimension of the
      CRO screen is 10 cm  8 cm (X and Y).           (b)   4·5 A and 0·5 
      A sinusoidal signal of frequency                (c)   9 A and 2 
      200 Hz and RMS amplitude of 600 mV              (d)   3 A and 2 
      is being measured in the Y input. The
      screen will show                          37.   The RRRV depends upon the
      (a) 1 cycle of undistorted sine wave
                                                      (a)   Type of the circuit breaker
      (b) 2 cycles of undistorted sine wave
      (c) 1 cycle of sine wave with clipped           (b)   Capacitance of the system only
            amplitude                                 (c)   Inductance of the system only
      (d) 2 cycles of sine wave with clipped          (d)   Inductance and capacitance of the
            amplitude                                       system

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38.   A rectangular voltage pulse of            41.   Calculate the current drawn by a
      magnitude V is applied for a duration           220 V DC      motor    of    armature
      T to a resistance R in series with a            resistance 0·5  and back emf 200 V.
      capacitance C. The maximum voltage
                                                      (a)   40 A
      developed across the capacitor is
                                                      (b)   44 A
                       T 
      (a)   V 1 – e –                               (c)   400 A
                      RC 
                                                      (d)   440 A
            VT
      (b)
            RC                                  42.   A separately excited DC motor is
                                                      rotating with 100 rpm. The motor has
      (c)   V                                         a torque to current ratio of 2 N-m/A.
                                                      Calculate the back emf.
                   T 
      (d)   V e –                                   (a)   200 V
                  RC 
                                                      (b)   42 V
39.   The illumination at various points on a
      horizontal surface illuminated by the           (c)   100 V
      same source varies as                           (d)   21 V
      (a)   cos θ
      (b)   cos2 θ                              43.   The torque current characteristics of
                                                      three conceptual DC machines are as
      (c)   cos3 θ
                                                      follows :
             1
      (d)
            cos θ                                     Machine A :   I 3

40.   A transformer rated 100/400 V, 50 Hz
                                                      Machine B :       Iα
      operates at a flux density of 1·5 T
      when supplied from the HV side. If the
                                                      Machine C :   I α1 / 3
      linear dimensions of the core are
      doubled and the transformer is
                                                      Which machine is best suited for no
      energized from the HV side with a
                                                      load operation ?
      800 V, 50 Hz supply, calculate the flux
      density.                                        (a)   Machine A
      (a)   0·375 T
                                                      (b)   Machine A and B
      (b)   0·75 T
                                                      (c)   Machine B
      (c)   1·5 T
      (d)   3T                                        (d)   Machine C

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44.   A 50 Hz, 6 pole induction motor runs             47.   When the applied voltage per phase is
      at 950 rpm                                             reduced to half, the starting torque of
                                                             the three-phase squirrel cage induction
      (i)   The speed of the rotor magnetic                  motor becomes
            field is 950 rpm
                                                                   1
      (ii) The speed of the rotor magnetic                   (a)     of the initial value
                                                                   2
           field with respect to the stator                        1
           magnetic field is zero                            (b)     of the initial value
                                                                   4
      (iii) The frequency of            the   rotor          (c) Twice of the initial value
            current is 2·5 Hz
                                                             (d) 4 times of the initial value
      Which of         these     statements   is/are   48.   A 3-phase, 50 Hz, 4 pole 14 kW
      correct ?                                              induction motor is rotating with
      (a)   (i) and (ii)                                     1450 rpm at full load. Calculate the
      (b)   Only (i)                                         rotational losses of the motor if the
                                                             copper loss in the rotor circuit is
      (c)   (i) and (iii)
                                                             0·5 kW.
      (d)   (ii) and (iii)
                                                             (a)   0
                                                             (b)   0·5 kW
45.   If the air gap of an induction motor is                (c)   1 kW
      increased, which of the following
                                                             (d) 2 kW
      statement is/are correct ?
                                                       49.   Choose the correct output waveform
      (i)   Starting current decreases                       for the circuit shown below :
      (ii) Power factor decreases
      (iii) Magnetizing current increases


      (a)   (i) and (ii)
      (b)   (ii) and (iii)                                   (a)
      (c)   (i) and (iii)
      (d)   (i),(ii) and (iii)
                                                             (b)
46.   The rotor power input of a 3-phase
      induction motor is 15 kW and the
      corresponding slip is 4%. The rotor
      copper loss is                                         (c)

      (a)   600 W
      (b)   625 W
      (c)   650 W                                            (d)

      (d)   700 W

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50.   A transistor is said to be in a quiescent   53.   A triangle to square wave generator
      state when                                        uses
      (a)   It is unbiased                              (a)   A sine wave oscillation and a
      (b)   No currents are flowing                           comparator
      (c)   Emitter junction bias is equal to           (b)   An integrator and a comparator
            collector junction bias                     (c)   A differentiator and a comparator
      (d)   No signal is applied to the input           (d)   A sine wave oscillator and a
                                                              clipper
51.   In the circuit shown below, the zener
      diode has a knee current of 5 mA and a      54.   What is the output of the circuit shown
      maximum allowed power dissipation of              below
      240 mW. What are the minimum and
      maximum load currents that can be
      drawn safely from the circuit, keeping
      the output voltage Vo at 6 V ?




                                                        (a)   3Vs
                                                              1
      (a)   0 mA, 180 mA                                (b)     Vs
                                                              3
      (b)   5 mA, 110 mA
                                                        (c)   4Vs
      (c)   20 mA, 55 mA
                                                        (d)   Vs
      (d)   60 mA, 180 mA


52.   The ripple factor of a power supply is      55.   Universal gates are
      given by                                          (a)   XOR, NAND and OR
                                                        (b)   OR, NOT and XOR
            Pdc
      (a)                                               (c)   NOR, NAND and XNOR
            Pac
                                                        (d)   NOR and NAND
                     2
              I rms 
      (b)           – 1                       56.   Minimum number of NAND and NOR
               I dc 
                                                        gates required to implement the
                     2                                  function XOR gate, respectively is
              I dc 
      (c)            – 1                            (a)   5, 4
               I rms 
                                                        (b)   4, 4
             I dc                                       (c)   5, 5
      (d)
            I rms                                       (d)   4, 5

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57.   A full scale output of a DAC is 10 mA.    60.   A 3-phase, 11 kV, 50 Hz, 200 kW load
      If the resolution is to be less than            has a power factor of 0·8 lag. A delta
      40 A, the required bits are                    connected 3 phase capacitor is used to
      (a)   4                                         improve the power factor to unity. The
                                                      capacitance per phase of the capacitor
      (b)   8
                                                      in microfarads is
      (c)   10                                        (a)   3·948
      (d)   12                                        (b)   1·316
                                                      (c)   0·439
58.   An overhead line having a surge                 (d)   11·844
      impedance of 400  is connected in
      series with an underground cable          61.   A 10 KVA, 400 V/200 V single phase
      having a surge impedance of 100 . If           transformer with 10% impedance
      a surge of 50 KV travels from the line          draws a steady state short circuit line
      end towards the line cable junction,            current of
      the value of the transmitted voltage            (a)   50 A
      wave at the junction will be                    (b)   150 A
      (a)   30 KV                                     (c)   250 A
                                                      (d)   350 A
      (b)   20 KV
      (c)   80 KV
                                                62.   In   protection   of   transformers,
      (d)   – 30 KV                                   harmonic restraint is used to guard
                                                      against
59.   In a DC transmission line                       (a)   Magnetizing inrush current
      (a)   It is necessary for the sending           (b)   Unbalanced operation
            end and the receiving end to be           (c)   Lightning
            operated in synchronism                   (d)   Switching over-voltages

      (b)   The effects of inductive and
            capacitive reactances are greater   63.   A 240 V single-phase ac source is
            than in an AC transmission line           connected to a load with an impedance
            of the same rating                        of 10 60o ohms. A capacitor is
                                                      connected in parallel with the load. If
      (c)   There are no effects due to
                                                      the capacitor supplies 1250 VAR, the
            inductive  and      capacitive
                                                      real power supplied by the source is
            reactances
                                                      (a)   3600 W
      (d)   Power transfer capability is              (b)   2880 W
            limited        by   stability             (c)   2400 W
            considerations
                                                      (d)   1200 W

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64.   Which gas is sometimes used in               68.    The hysteresis loop of a magnetic
      filament lamps ?                                    material has an area of 5 cm2
      (a)   Nitrogen                                      with scales given as 1 cm = 2 AT and
                                                          1 cm = 50 mWb. At 50 Hz, the total
      (b)   Carbon dioxide
                                                          hysteresis loss is
      (c)   Argon                                         (a)   15 W
      (d)   Krypton                                       (b)   20 W
                                                          (c)   25 W
65.   If an unbalanced supply is given to a               (d)   50 W
      3-phase delta-connected induction
      motor, it will cause                         69.    An electric motor with ‘constant output
      (a)   Zero sequence currents                        power’ will have a torque speed
      (b)   Less heating of the rotor                     characteristics in the form of a
                                                          (a)   Straight line through origin
      (c)   Negative   sequence      component
            current                                       (b)   Straight line parallel to speed
                                                                axis
      (d)   All of the above
                                                          (c)   Circle about the origin
                                                          (d)   Rectangular hyperbola
66.   The magnetizing current           in     a
      transformer is rich in
                                                   70.    If an energy meter disc makes
      (a)   3rd harmonic                                  10 revolutions in 100 seconds when a
      (b)   5th harmonic                                  load of 450 W is connected to it, the
      (c)   7th harmonic                                  meter constant (in rev/kWh) is
                                                          (a)   1000
      (d)   13th harmonic
                                                          (b)   500
                                                          (c)   1600
67.   The compensating winding of a dc
                                                          (d)   800
      machine
      (a)   Is located in armature slots for
                                                   71.    A moving iron ammeter produces a full
            compensation     of   armature
                                                          scale torque of 240 μNm with a
            reaction
                                                          deflection of 120 at a current of 10 A.
      (b)   Is located on commutating poles               The      rate      of     change      of
            for improving the commutation                 self-inductance (μH/radian)    of    the
      (c)   Is located on pole shoes for                  instrument at full scale is
            avoiding   the   flashover at                 (a)   2·0 μH/radian
            commutator surface                            (b)   4·8 μH/radian
      (d)   Is located on pole shoes for                  (c)   12·0 μH/radian
            compensating armature reaction                (d)   114·6 μH/radian

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72.   A voltmeter gives 180 oscillations per       76.    Wagner’s earth devices are used in
      minute when connected to the rotor of               AC bridge circuits for
      an induction motor. The stator                      (a)   eliminating the effect of earth
      frequency is 60 Hz. The slip of the                       capacitances
      motor is                                            (b)   eliminating   the    effect        of
      (a)   0·04                                                inter component capacitances
      (b)   0·02                                          (c)   eliminating the effect of stray
      (c)   0·06                                                electrostatic fields
      (d)   0·05                                          (d)   shielding the bridge elements


73.   For harnessing low variable water            77.    Heaviside-Campbell      Equal         Ratio
      head the suitable hydraulic turbine                 bridge is used for measuring
      with reaction and adjustable vanes is               (a)   self-inductance in      terms      of
      (a)   Francis                                             mutual inductance
      (b)   Impeller                                      (b)   capacitance     in      terms      of
                                                                inductance
      (c)   Kaplan
                                                          (c)   dielectric loss of an imperfect
      (d)   Pelton
                                                                capacitor
                                                          (d)   phase angle of a coil
74.   The standardization of
      AC potentiometers is done by
                                                   78.    In practice, earth is chosen as a place
      (a)   directly using        AC   standard
                                                          of zero electric potential because it
            voltage sources
                                                          (a)   is non-conducting
      (b)   using DC standard sources and
            transfer instruments                          (b)   is easily available

      (c)   using DC standard sources and                 (c)   keeps losing and gaining electric
            d’Arsonaval galvanometer                            charge every day

      (d)   using AC standard sources and                 (d)   has almost constant potential
            transfer instruments
                                                   79.    The reactance offered by a capacitor to
75.   A Wheatstone bridge cannot be used                  alternating current of frequency 50 Hz
      for precision measurement because                   is 10 . If frequency is increased to
      errors are introduced on account of                 100 Hz, reactance becomes _____ ohm.

      (a)   resistance of connecting leads                (a)   20

      (b)   thermo electric emfs                          (b)   5

      (c)   contact resistances                           (c)   2·5

      (d)   All of the above                              (d)   40

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80.   Which of the following harmonic           84.   While starting a 3-phase synchronous
      voltage components in a 3-phase                 motor, its field winding should be
      system would be in phase with each              (a)   Kept open
      other ?                                         (b)   Short-circuited
      (a)   3rd, 9th, 15th, etc.                      (c)   Connected to a DC source
      (b)   7th, 13th, 19th, etc.                     (d)   None of the above
      (c)   5th, 11th, 17th, etc.
      (d)   2nd, 4th, 6th, etc.                 85.   A synchronous machine has full-pitch
                                                      coils having a coil-span of 12 slots.
81.   A synchronous generator is feeding a            For eliminating third harmonic, the
      zero power factor load (lagging) at             coil-span should be
      rated current. The armature reaction            (a)   10 slots
      is
                                                      (b)   9 slots
      (a)   Magnetizing
                                                      (c)   8 slots
      (b)   Demagnetizing
                                                      (d)   6 slots
      (c)   Cross magnetizing
      (d)   Ineffective
                                                86.   For eliminating 5th harmonic from the
                                                      e.m.f generated in the phase of a
82.   In pump storage hydro power plant the
                                                      3-phase alternator, the chording angle
      electrical machine is made to work
      alternatively as generator and motor.           should be
      The efficiency of the generator working         (a)   36 degree
      at the same electric power level is             (b)   18 degree
      (a)   Greater than that as motor                (c)   30 degree
      (b)   Equal to that as motor                    (d)   45 degree
      (c)   Less than that as motor
      (d)   Greater or less than that as        87.   A DC shunt motor runs at
            motor depending on the type of            500 rev/min when 200 V is applied
            the machine                               across it. The armature resistance is
                                                      0·5  and the armature current is
83.   In a super heater                               30 A. Calculate the series resistance
      (a)   Pressure rises and temperature            that must be inserted in series with
            drops                                     the armature to reduce the motor
      (b)   Temperature rises and pressure            speed to 300 rpm with same armature
            drops                                     current.
      (c)   Temperature rises and pressure            (a) 1·54 
            remains unchanged
                                                      (b)   3·48 
      (d)   Pressure rises and temperature
                                                      (c)   1·0 
            remains the same
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88.   A single-phase, 22 kVA, 2200 V/ 220 V,     92.   If power P available from a
      50 Hz, distribution transformer is to            hydro-scheme is given by the formula
      be connected as an auto-transformer              P = 9·81 QH, where Q is the flow rate
      to get an output voltage of 2420 V.              through the turbine in 1/s and H is the
      Its maximum kVA rating as an                     head in meter, then P will be in unit of
      auto-transformer is
                                                       (a)   W
      (a)   220 kVA
                                                       (b)   HP
      (b)   242 kVA
                                                       (c)   kJ/s
      (c)   142 kVA
                                                       (d)   kWh
      (d)   22 kVA
                                                 93.   The overall efficiency of a thermal
89.   Zero voltage regulation in transformer           power station is equal to
      occurs at                                        (a)   that of Rankine cycle
      (a)   Unity power factor load                    (b)   that of regenerative cycle
      (b)   No load                                    (c)   that of binary vapour cycle
      (c)   Lagging power load                         (d)   product of boiler efficiency,
      (d)   Leading power factor load                        turbine efficiency and generator
                                                             efficiency
90.   In a DC machine, the demagnetizing
      effect of armature reaction is due to      94.   The efficiency of a nuclear power plant
      (a)   Component of armature m.m.f                is less than that of a conventional fuel
            along field axis                           fired thermal plant because of
      (b)   Non-sinusoidal       nature     of         (a)   less rejection of heat in condenser
            armature m.m.f                             (b)   higher temperature condition
      (c)   Magnetic saturation in half of the         (c)   higher pressure conditions
            field pole                                 (d)   low temperature and pressure
      (d)   Uneven air-gap length                            conditions


91.   Which of the following equipment is        95.   An op-amp shunt regulator differs
      used to limit short-circuited current            from the series regulator in the sense
      level in a substation ?                          that its control element is connected in
      (a)   Isolator                                   (a)   series with line resistor
      (b)   Lightning switch                           (b)   parallel with line resistor

      (c)   Coupling capacitor                         (c)   parallel with load resistor
      (d)   Series reactor                             (d)   parallel with input voltage


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96.   The purpose of coating the fluorescent                        SECTION B
      tube from inside with white powder is
                                                101. A, B, C and D play a game of cards. A
      (a)   to improve its life
                                                     says to B, “ If I give you 8 cards, you
      (b)   to improve the appearance
                                                     will have as many as C has and I shall
      (c)   to change the colour of light
                                                     have 3 less than what C has. Also, if I
            emitted to white
                                                     take 6 cards from C, I shall have twice
      (d)   to increase the light radiations
                                                     as many as D has.” If B and D together
            due to secondary emissions
                                                     have 50 cards, how many cards does C
97.   The function of moderator in nuclear           have ?
      reactor is                                       (a)    40
      (a)   to absorb excess neutrons                  (b)    37
      (b)   to increase the energy of the              (c)    27
            neutron                                    (d)    23
      (c)   to slow down the neutron
                                                102. Choose the alternative which closely
      (d)   None of the above
                                                     resembles the water image of the given
98.   If generating station is situated very         combination/figure.
      close to the load center, the penalty                   ADVANCE
      factor for this unit is
                                                       (a)
      (a)   Zero
                                                       (b)
      (b)   Almost unity
      (c)   Negative                                   (c)
      (d)   Very high                                  (d)    None of the above

99.   Generators for power plants to supply     Directions for the following 3 (three)
      exclusively peak loads are usually        questions :
      designed for maximum efficiency to
      occur at                                  Read the following information and answer
      (a)   Full load                           the three questions that follow :
      (b)   50 to 75% full load                 Six students A, B, C, D, E and F appeared
      (c)   25 to 50% full load                 in several tests. Either C or F scores the
      (d)   10% full load                       highest. Whenever C scores the highest,
                                                then E scores the least. Whenever F scores
100. Zener diodes are used primarily as
                                                the highest, B scores the least. In all the
      (a)   rectifiers
                                                tests they got different marks; D scores
      (b)   voltage regulators
                                                higher       than    A,   but   they   are   close
      (c)   oscillators
                                                competitors; A scores higher than B; C
      (d)   amplifiers
                                                scores higher than A.

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103. If F stands second in the ranking, then     107. Which two signs need to be
     the position of B is                             interchanged to make the given
                                                      equation correct ?
     (a)   Third

     (b)   Fourth                                      100 ÷ 10 × 100 – 10 + 100 = 910
     (c)   Fifth

     (d)   Sixth
                                                       (a)   + and ÷
104. If B scores the least, the rank of C will         (b)   ÷ and ×
     be
                                                       (c)   + and –
     (a)   Second
                                                       (d)   × and –
     (b)   Third

     (c)   Fourth
                                                 108. The ratio of the present ages of Rajiv
     (d)   Second or third                            and Sanjiv is 2 : 3. After five years,
                                                      Rajiv will be 31 years old. What will be
105. If E is ranked third, then which one of          the age of Sanjiv after 3 years ?
     the following is correct ?
                                                       (a)   39 years
     (a)   E gets more marks than C
                                                       (b)   29 years
     (b)   C gets more marks than E                    (c)   42 years
     (c)   A is ranked fourth                          (d)   45 years
     (d)   D is ranked fifth
                                                 109. Two trains of respective lengths 160 m
106. Find the number which replaces the               and 200 m travel at the speeds of 48 m
     question mark :                                  per second and 52 m per second
                                                      respectively in opposite direction to
                                                      each other. What is the total time
                                                      taken by them to cross each other ?

                                                       (a)   3·6 seconds
     (a)   15                                          (b)   4·5 seconds
     (b)   25                                          (c)   4·8 seconds
     (c)   20                                          (d)   5·4 seconds
     (d)   40

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110. Match the following :                           114. The first-ever Ministerial Conference
        Navigation Satellite           Country            on Women Empowerment was held in
        System                         Name
                                                            (a)   France
     A. Global Positioning 1.          Russia
        System
                                                            (b)   Sweden
     B. BeiDou               2.        India
     C. GLONASS                 3.     China                (c)   The Netherlands
     D. GAGAN                   4.     USA
                                                            (d)   Italy
           A        B    C      D
     (a)   3        1    2      4
                                                     115. The     vector         responsible   for
     (b)   3        4    2      1
                                                          leishmaniasis is
     (c)   4        3    1      2
     (d)   2        4    1      3                           (a)   Mosquito
111. Who is the Chairman of the fourteenth
                                                            (b)   Fruit flies
     Finance Commission ?
     (a)   Abhijit Sen                                      (c)   Tsetse flies
     (b)   A.M. Khusro
     (c)   N.K. Singh                                       (d)   Sandflies
     (d)   Y.V. Reddy
112. Which among the following was the               116. Which    country    has   reportedly
     first State to establish Panchayati                  conducted Hypersonic Weapon Test ?
     Raj ?
                                                            (a)   Russia
     (a)   Andhra Pradesh
     (b)   Kerala                                           (b)   China
     (c)   Gujarat
                                                            (c)   North Korea
     (d)   Rajasthan
                                                            (d)   France
113. The Chenchu people in India have
     been active in protection of wildlife in        117. Covaxin, the vaccine for corona virus,
     which of the following protected areas               is manufactured by which one of the
     of India ?                                           following companies ?
     (a)   Nagarjunasagar Srisailam
           (Andhra Pradesh)                                 (a)   Bharat Biotech
     (b)   Similipal (Odisha)
                                                            (b)   Pfizer
     (c)   Indravati, Udanti-Sitanadi
           (Chhattisgarh)                                   (c)   Cadilla Labs
     (d)   Palamu (Jharkhand)
                                                            (d)   Dr. Reddy’s

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118. In which State of India has the first
     emergency landing facility on National
                                              120. A dealer paid a car manufacturer
     Highway stretch been established ?
                                                    < 1,35,000 for a car. What should be
     (a)   Madhya Pradesh                           the selling price of the car, if after

     (b)   Gujarat                                  allowing the buyer 10% discount on
                                                    the selling price, he made a profit of
     (c)   Uttar Pradesh
                                                    8% on his outlay ?
     (d)   Rajasthan
                                                    (a)   < 1,50,000

                                                    (b)   < 1,60,000

                                                    (c)   < 1,62,000
119. Ryder Cup is associated with which
     game/sport ?                                   (d)   < 1,52,500

     (a)   Ice Hockey

     (b)   Polo

     (c)   Golf

     (d)   Chess




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