DO NOT OPEN THIS TEST BOOKLET unTIL YOU ARE TOLD To po so T.B.C. : KJL-G-DST seriat No. 1230621 Test Booklet Series TEST BOOKLET GENERAL STUDIES AND ENGINEERING APTITUDE Time Allowed : Two Hours Maximum Marks : 200 INSTRUCTIONS |. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE EXAMINATION, YOU SHOULD CHECK THAT THIS TEST BOOKLET DOES NOT HAVE ANY UNPRINTED OR TORN OR MISSING PAGES OR ITEMS, ETC. IF SO, GET IT REPLACED BY A COMPLETE TEST BOOKLET. 2. Please note that it is the candidate's responsibility to encode and fill in the Roll Number and Test Booklet Series A, B, C or D carefully and without any omission or discrepanc’ ‘the appropriate places in the OMR Answer Sheet. Any omission/discrepancy will render the Answer Sheet liable for rejection. Youve to ante eur Bot Boon the Test Booklet in 1 Box provided alongside. ‘write anything else on the Test Booklet, ‘ ua ; 4. This Test Booklet contains 100 items (questions). 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Sheets for rough work are appended in the Test Booklet at the end. 10, Penalty for wrong answers: , ‘THERE WILL BE PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS MARKED BY A CANDIDATE. () There are four i ee answer to every question. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one-thir that question will be deducted as penalty. ane esses diaries oxgimred to Ui stcandidavegites inorethatione answer, it will ng the given answers happens to be correct and uestion. ee 2 Scanned by CamScanner1. What is TADF? fa) Technology Acquired Desired Firm (®) Technologically Advanced Direct Fund (c) Technologically ‘Accomplished Direct Fund (@) Technology Acquisition and Development Fund 2. Technical textiles are (a) the high-tenacity fibres which are lightest and toughest fabrics mainly used in automobile and aerospace industries (®) the toughest fabrics which are much heavier than polyester and used in power industries fc) the toughest fabrics having rigidity mainly used in polyhouse construction (@) the high-tenacity fabrics having fire resistance property 3. Which one of the following is a measure of sustainable income level that can be secured without decreasing the stock of natural assets? i (a) Natural Capital Stock = resource 4. Which one of the following 's © , ment allocation as per Chenery’s Ge¥el0P process? (a) Investment estic demand (b) Structure of dom {o) Labour allocation (a) Government revenue C-& which one of the following ratios is referred to as everything that has been invested in the past and to the whole income? @ Capital-output ratio (b) Average capital-output ratio (9 Incremental capital-output ratio (d@) Marginal ratio © Which one of the following methods of Planning is an attempt to : ‘implications of the de Fi Scanned by Cam$cannerwhich one of the following reflects an SF Moisinsic oF: true value for factors or products? (a) Price inflation (v) Beonomy pricing fe). Penetration pricing ig) Shadow price HeWhich one of the following control policies leaves no freedom to private enterprise to buy plant, machinery, raw ‘materials from the country of its choice? (gq) Import control (0) Bxport control () Exchange control (a) Physical control t at ES (hh 12. A number of friends decided to go on a (GBC wich one of the following is an example of horizontal practice of firm? (a) Refusal to deal (y Retail price maintenance (c) Predatory pricing (a) Exclusive territory 11, Ten years ago father was 12 times as old as his son and after 10 years father will be 2 times older than his son. ‘The present ages of father and son respectively are (a) 32 years and 14 years (b) 34 years and 14 years (o) 32 years and 12 years (d) 34 years and 12 years picnic and planned to spend #96 on eatables. Four of them, however, did turn up. ik gegen the Scanned by Cam$cannerScanned by Cam$canner= ge tne nom of all the natural numbers petween 1 and 101 which are divisible by 3s (aj 1000 1050 fa) 1500 (a 2550 (JM Ina group of 1000 people, 750 speak Hindi and 400 speak English. The number of only Hindi speaking people is (a 150 () 350 y 600 (a 750 (WO Consider the following students in an examination '* A scored more than B * C scored as much as D E scored less than F + Bscored more than C « F scored lees than D Who scored the lowest?ii5 @ E mc @ D si-bue a8. 8) ‘69 Baw, 88 1 21. Find the absolute minimum values of fle, Y= 2+2x+2y- x? -y? on triangular plate in the first quadrant, bounded by the lines x=0, y= 0 and y=9-x. fa) -4 Coe maximum and ) 4 (ay 2 222ePor the matrix lead “(2 3. the expression AS 444 —7A3 +114? is equivalent to ~A-10r gy AP +At5D () Asst fo) AP +51 (a) A? +2A+61 23. The solution of the differential equation i (1+ y?)de = (tan"! y-x}dy a vis ittttod” gh > 5) tan ys tee Und is Da Scanned by CamScanner28. X is a continuous random variable with od at 24. The value of f daeatitact Probability density function given by 410 faa bx?) (l= Sa) = kx osr) imposing too many safety ce (b) 1, 2 and 4 () not permitting to make safety faeaneranals device or guard inoperative (d) 2,3 4 (@) giving first-aid attention in case of (a) and snjury B® Which of the following are the general S957 Which one of the following is not an Paes costly contrat operator error through triggers leading 1. Off-line quality control. toan accident which confuses and traps 2. Sales/market share into making mistake? 3. Statistical process control: (g Faulty design or construction of 4. Acceptance sampling plans. machine tool (b) Poor housekeeping and cleanliness Gogh 28nd 8 (0 Standard operating safety practice monalDhily S:andit (d) Lack of standardization and onde Pi eneit identification (@) 2,3 anda (2 Which one of the following €3-Which of the following steps come under included in the safety program for 14-step plan for quality improvement? | / achieving good results, during the 1. Ad hoc committee for the zero Prevention of accidents? .., __ snoitenitoasteet® Program. - , 2. Cost of quality evaluation, pie otsenc Scanned by CamScannerEE =~ 4a. An Average Outgoing Quality (AQQ) i Which of the following factors affect the quality of conformance in construction? Site construction methods , 2, Technical specifications 3. Engineering and design process 4. Supervision and control » Pap(N—n) cae (a) 1 and 3 P,piN- fa) pon (&) 2and 3 () 2and 4 where = Probability of accepting the lot Qe p= Incoming lot quality Fearn 47. Which of the following consideratic ; 1 Whie! wing considerations are Bie gia important during inspection of the work in prestressed concrete works? ‘Which one of the following is the measure 1. Sheathings are threaded properly of service quality that correlates with including correct threading of the human factors arid behavioural couplers and taping of joints characteristics of service sans ‘ series EEL 2. Only approved sheathings, HTS fg) Number of complementary ‘strands, anchor heads and wedges responses based on human traits pe Nae aA AS Scanned by Cam$cannerjing in . Which oO lowing sisitho stan dara idevintion'9 See ET Vich one ofthe following isthe objective i ‘the se of concrete for construct attribute charts in production eee tis Process control? engineering and manageme™ (@) To determine the acceptance criteria of a product before Production (b) To evaluate the quality performance of operating and ‘management personnel (o) To keep a periodic record of a particular characteristic (d) To determine the highest quality level where (Sh Which one of the following regions is characterized by sensitive ecosystems, enhanced occurrences of extreme weather events and_—_ natural Xy Xp Xqy Kg) Xq = Compressive strengths of the individual cubes N= Number of cubes tested catastrophes? = Average of series of compressive (@) Mountain region 8) strength values () Evergreen forest region 9% Which of the following variations are true () Tropical region in piece part production? Hyd pi 1. Plece-to-piece variation. enon akeciil’ to” boas lasetiecs 2, Time-to-time variation 2. one of the following is an iterative 3. Within-piece variation * 4. Procenstosrocess variation. mtg (@) 1, 2and 4 vine S br ® 3 ele Se Scanned by Cam$cannera ows sn of the following practices “are Mdopted for river basin water resources management? 1, Soil conservation in catchments of river valley projects and flood. prone rivers - 2, Soil and land use surveys, Control of shifting cultivation, 4, Deforestation fe) Land 4 @ 1,3and 4 (9 2,3and4 @ 12 and3 According to the Stokes’ law, the rate of 55. The sound level L is (a) togio 22: (vei () 2010819 2 (bets Q () 10819 ros (bels) 2 Q (a) 202 +1081 2 (bets) amass ost where Q= Measured quantity of sound pressure or sound intensity Qo = Reference standard quantity of sound pressure settling of the particles depends on the terminal settling velocity up which is 36: Which one of the following is a hygienic upio-gdl alton. 6 ana way of disposing solid waste and is more 1,” ee d,P suitable if the waste contains more hazardous material and organic 2 w 2 Po *all 2 a = 18g dyP. (@) Composting _ a i () Weineration o @ Bo, 00-25) " Ha teh (@) Oxidation * @ Subgrading G iit aohioeer 40 87. NEPA stands for Scanned by CamScanner‘ sis S8Which one of the folowing gases) !8 colouleas with strong odour, istats mucous membranea at common Iev8 can cause cough, fatigue | and interference with tung functions higher concentration? (@) Carbon monoxide () Hydrogen (9) Ozone (@) Nitrogen “89. Basel Convention provides (@) Indian standards for pollution ‘measurement and prevention () intemational guidelines to control the transboundary movements of hazardous wastes between different countries Indian standards for the disposal of ‘municipal and industrial wastes ‘international standards to categorize pollution in air and wastewater 189° Which of the following are the suggested Ways of Teducing NOx emissions from ‘Stationary sources? 14 By reducing the peak tem; 3 By increasing the . i 2 Mr recon vin Oy an assessment of economic Viability of the project, the ratio of ‘average annual after tax to the average book investment after depreciation is called (a) Benefit-Cost Ratio (BCR) Net Present Value (NPV) (6) Pay-Back Period (PBP) (@) Return on Investment (ROI) Who is responsible for the following activities in a project? 1. Achieving a unity of control over Project activities 20) Having an authority to’ coritiol Project matters and disburse funds ‘from the budget 3. Having no actual tine of authority over workers (0) Project Expeditor (0) Project Coordinator”ga, The market price per share of a com ia € 125. The dividend per share . Pi expected a year is © 12 ang DPS 2 expected 10 grow at a constant rate of 8% per annum. The cost of the equity capital to the company will be (a) 176% fb) 154% fo 132% (a) 118% 165 Which one of the following risks can be reduced by investing in projects or acquiring other firms that have a negative correlation with the earnings of the firm? 67. If the nominal rate of interest is 12% and is compounded quarterly, the effective rate of interest per annum will be nearly (a 108% 126% fo 144% (a 162% 8) In a bank, deposits can be made for periods ranging from 6 months to 10 years, Every quarter, an interest will be added on to the principal. The rate of interest applied is 9% per annum for periods from 12 months to 23 months and 10% per annum for periods from 24 months to 120 months. An amount of F 1,000 invested for 2 years to grow, will be nearly (a) © 1,218 (a) Investment risk ey! #1384 (®) Business risk () ©1414 (@) © 1,538 () Financial risk 69. A company has issued ® 20 million worth of non-convertible debentures, each at a face value) of 100:at the rate of 12%, 66. An individual investor who invests in i nee a : an carly Se — the e-project usually during net amount realized is © 95 and tax stage is rate is 40%, the cost per debenture 2 2. will beidifasheqmi yltiorin® (@) corporate strategic investor (@) Portfolio risk () founder capital © Scanned by Cam$cannera PES weavactblo © Law Tewniche Tor! ite “followin |, he Mia ca Mache from standard /® ‘characteristics of covalent compounds? reduce deviations ° = 1, They are mostly gases and liquids (a) negative feedback loop 2. They are usually electric insulators, a assoc asic 3. They are directional in nature» positive 4, They are insoluble in polar solvents (g 9 closed loop like water but are soluble in non- polar solvents. ~ (d) an open loop (a) 1,2 and 3 only Db In which one of the following types of bonds, the bond formation is by free roving electrons in an array of positive fons? (1,3 and 4 only () 1, 2 and 4 only () Homopolar bond (@ 1,2, 3 and 4 (G) Electrostatic bond \T4e The photoelectric current depends on (©) Metallic bond which of the following factors? (@) Covalent bond ‘The frequency of the incident light ; The intensity aS incident light 7 If 2 pair of one cation and one anion is ‘missing in an ionic crystal such that those pairs of ions are equal to maintain electrical neutrality, then that pir of vacant sites is called 8 Bay ite) Se {e). Schottky impertetoe iy Be Scanned by CamScannera which one of the following stateme 6 correct regarding ductile fractures (a) Fractured surfaces are crystans, in appearance. tae o) There is virtually no reductio in cross-sectional area during fracture. es (9) Fracture takes place after necking with little sound, (Percentage elongation is about 60% prior to fracture occurs. aw of the following factors are affecting critical shear stresses? 1, Purity of metals reduces the critical shear stress ~ 2, Surface films greatly enhance the critical shear stress « Rise in temperature _ Rate of deformation and the extent of initial deformation also help in raising the critical shear stress - (a) 1, 2.and, 3 onI¥.c0) (6) «gee Polymers having © strong primary, bonds throughout, often formed by condensation polymerization, and their structure resembles one large molecule, are known as (a) thermoplastic polymers (2) thermosoftening polymers (c) thermosetting polymers (a) random polymers 79-An FET is @ semiconductor device with the output current controlled by an electric field and its current is carried predominantly by one type of carriers. It is known as) 1 @ (a) junction transistor == (2) unipolar transistor, (MOST a xotqubellu 9)... pps . “ fedatiiifeod aint ieee 4 sonia dbitw losatong brabante Satie , aor wh yotiriy > : is t Scanned by CamScannerjg not @ — CB4= Which one of the following points is a ee parnienlinn feenne which 186" private switching station that connects rimming men eT ete rate up to 600 Mbps? oe (@)>-Locking point ey Stare () Peering point fe) Copyright Infringement () Hub point Modem point {d) No Derivative Works aes \ 88 Which one of the following is the nodal department to implement public intemet access program and rural internet connectivity by converting its BR, The Ethernet designed by IEBE to ‘compete with LAN protocols which can transmit data ten times faster at a rate of 100 ti offices as multi-service centres? (a) Department of Electronics and (@) fast Ethernet Information Technology (b) Department of Information and (b) bridged Ethernet Bars (c) switched Ethernet @ Department of Telecommunication (a) fullduptex BuIGRED (@) Department of Posts VG b DGS Ye 4 OE (SS-IEEE standard protocol which defines a wireless Personal Area Network (PAN) operable in a room is 8g @ Wer (6) Bluetooth Scanned by CamScannerinfrastructure: aspects government of India in aed by ‘the National e-Governance pie Hon of \90--The pedagogy which involves productive learning and finding new solutions of data and hosting qn o1 woraee to problems, where manipulation of network connectivity» ana witatione, existing information and creation of building respectively are ‘pacity real-world products are possible with ICT, is called fa) SDC, SWAN and Nisg (a) collaborative pedagogy () SWAN, SDC and Nisq (b) creative pedagogy (SDC, NISG and SWAN (c) integrative pedagogy (@ SWAN, NISG and spe (a) evaluative pedagogy \eWhich one of the following is not the characteristic of Good Governance ang L2#The basic difference between a jovernance_that are closely linked professional and an amateur is and depend on each other? : Be Ggiveiprotestional is somcone who is connected with a job that needs ntable igo ee i bs Special training or skill, while an z : feur is someone who works in Transparent- ‘ amat 2 - REE ncrsone inoat we ‘dco specialization sgeellie aby (> Consensus ee aaa P77 reine is car tinting a and focused on the job, while an aomge saa amateur is confused and distracted Jing is not the skill from the job UF Which one of the following is not th opp the iol needed in the workpl ition (6) @ professional does high quality in work/job in a specific area, while an amateur is associated with specific area with lowest pay for inventive thinking ¥ remains positive and facing grievances, Scanned by CamScanner9% Buthanasia’ refers to the \95-The basic ethical principle of : Be . (a) loyalty of the people that take pride neficence’ states that in being part of their organization and care for the organization above their own well-being Ja) all our thoughts and actions must be directed to ensure that others benefit from these thoughts and () ills in the society that are caused actions by ignorance and lack of respect for the laws of the land (b) our actions must result in the least G) emotional _ intelligence 0 harm to the others understand how people perform F varidiarfaniotions {o)_we should not impose our views on others (d) killing of a terminally ill person suffering acutely with no hope of (a) our actions must be fair to survival ‘everyone 4 93<“Utilitarianism’ in the professional ethics bd 96 Which of the following are the main (a) an acquired habit that helps to lead functions of WTO? a rational life 1, To organize meetings of member a skill to solve a current ethical countries to arrive at trade ‘i problem by comparing it with agreements covering international "similar problems from the past and trade their outcome : 2. To ensure that member countries |) a tight of activists to decide their conduct trade practices as pet duties agreements agreed upon and + signed by the member countries learttan zi» pul 3. To provide a platform to negotiat® settle disputes related © tional trade between and Jone member countries [ayiiaena Bony i and 9 only Scanned by CamScannerDirections : pach of the next four (4) items consists of two statements, one labelled as ‘Statement ( and the other as ‘Statement (II). You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the code given pelo © Code : (a) Both Statement (I) and Statement (1) are individually true and Statement (II) is the correct explanation of Statement (1) (b) Both Statement (1) and Statement () are individually true but Statement (II) is not the correct explanation of Statement (I) (c) Statement (I) is true but Statement (U) is false 98, Statement (I) : Raw materials are taken as traded items and their values at domestic and world prices are estimated. Statement (II) : Raw materials, which have a high value-to-volume ratio and involve proportionately high transport cost ‘and are imported, are regarded as non-traded items. (99F Statement (I) : Information and Communication ‘Technologies (ICTs) can facilitate improved service delivery and more efficient internal operations. Statement (Il) : IcTs can create new opportunities for the marginalized and the vulnerable of society but do not represent a panacea for all development problems. Statement (I) : Long-term sustainability of e-Governance projects. doesnot "depend on financial viability, especially ‘they are to be implemented in the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode. Scanned by CamScanner