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1. For a fixed supply voltage the current flowing through a conductor will increase when its
4. Iron is a
[ (a) ferromagnetic. (b) ferrimagnetic (c) paramagnetic (d) antiferromagnetic material]
5. The RMS value of sine wave is 100A. Its peak value is
[ (a) 70.7 (b) 141A (c) 150A (d) 282.2 A ]
6 (-2 –j5)/(5 + j7 ) is expressed as
[ (a)250 sine 314 t (b) 125 sine 314t (c) 250 cos314t (d) 250 cos 125t ]
[ (a) supply voltage (b) square of the supply voltage (c) square of the flux density
[ (a) speed regulation (b) iron loss (c) temperature rise (d) sparking on load ]
10. In a DC machine armature winding , the number of commutator segments equal to the
number of armature
[ (a) armature current (b) field current (c) both armature current and field current(d) none of the above ]
[ (a) a rectangular parabola (b) a drooping straight line (c) Parabola (d0 none of these ]
[ (a) zero (b) 3000 rpm (c) infinite (d) 1500 rpm ]
14. Which of the following losses occurring in a dc machine has the largest percentage
[ (a) Iron loss (b) Windage loss (c) Copper loss (d) Iron loss ]
[ (a) collector (b) base (c) emitter (d) both collector and emitter ]
[ (a) less than unity (b) greater than unity (c) unity (d) zero ]
19. The main purpose of performing open circuit test on a transformer is to measure its
[ (a) copper loss (b) core loss (c) total loss (d) insulation resistance ]
[ (a) voltage and current (b) resistance and impedance (c) active power and apparent power
23. Transformer core laminations are coated with an enamel layer in order to
(c) insulate laminations from each other (d) prevent corrosion of the laminations ]
24. The noise in a transformer caused by vibrations of laminations set by magnetic force is termed as
[ (a) voltage regulation (b) efficiency (c) all day efficiency (d) none of these ]
27. Which part of the transformer is subjected to maximum heating
[ (a) Wayanade & Kannur (b) Thiruvananthapuram & Calicut (c) Ernakulam & Thrissur
[ (a) Step up voltage (b) Step down the voltage (c) No change in voltage (d) both(a) & (b) ]
(c) has larger number of turns which allows smoother variation of voltage (d) all of the above ]
33. The maximum possible speed at which an alternator can be driven to generate 50 Hz
And 4000V is
[ (a) 4000 rpm (b) 3600 rpm (c) 3000 rpm (d) 1500 rpm ]
34. The short pitch winding is preferred over full – pitch winding for an alternator because it
[ (a) gives improved waveform of the induced emf as the distorting harmonics can be reduced or totally
eliminated (b) reduces the inductance of the winding (c) increase total induced emf (d) both (a) & (b) ]
[ (a) speed of the prime-mover, (b) nature of the load being supplied (c) armature losses (d) copper losses ]
36. The Union Government has launched which project at Ganga Gram Swachata Sammelan (GGSS-
2017)?
[ (a) Namami Gange (b) Gange Swachata Abhiyan (c) Gange Mahadev (d) Ganga Gram]
37. Which city hosted the 32nd Indian Engineering Congress (IEC-2017)?
38. Which among the following acts provided for direct control of Indian Affairs by the British
Government?
[ (a) Government of India Act 1858 (b) Pitts India Act of 1784 (c) Government of India Act 1909
(d) Indian Councils Act 1892]
39. Who among the following was the first recipient of Bharat Ratna ?
[ (a) CV Raman (b) C. Rajgopalachari (d) Dr. Radhakrishnan (d) Jawahar Lal Nehru]
40. Which among the following was India’s first Transgenic Crop?
[ (a) Carbon monoxide (b) Carbon dioxide (c) Chlorofluoro carbon (d) Mercuric oxide]
43. At which among the following places, India’s first rail coach factory was built with PPP:
[ (a) North Andaman (b) South Andaman (c) Middle Andaman (d) None of the above]
45. Which Indian umpire has been recently promoted as umpire for International Hockey
Federation (FIH)?
[ (a) Deepika Kaul (b) Nepoleon Singh (c) Satinder Sharma (d) Durga Thakur ]
47. In which of the famous temple of Tamilnadu Shiva is worshipped as” Natraja” ?
[ (a) Madurai (b) Tanjore (c) Chidambaram (d) None of the above]
48. Which among the following is the correct decreasing of bioelements in Human Body?
1. Two resistors R1 and R2 give combined resistance of 4.5 ohm when in series and 1 ohm when in parallel, the
resistances are
[ (a) 2 Ω and 2.5 Ω (b) 1(b) 1 Ω and 3.5 Ω (c) 1.5 Ω and 3 Ω (d) 4 Ω and .5 Ω ]
2 . Which of the following does not use heating effect of electric current?
[ (a) Electric furnace (b) Geyser (c) Electric iron (d) Vacuum cleaner ]
[ (a) short- circuit terminal voltage (b) open- circuit terminal voltage
(c) net voltage available in the circuit (d) emf of the battery nearest to the terminal ]
[ (a) life of the cells (b) efficiency (c) current capacity (d) voltage rating ]
6 The electric field intensity at a point situated at a distance d from a straight charged
Conductor is proportional to
[ (a) electric field potential (b) potential (c) charge (d) none of the above ]
Whenever it
[ (a) lies in magnetic field (b) lies perpendicular to magnetic field (c) cuts the Magnetic field
[ (a) zero (b) greater than 1 (c) less than 1 (d) non of these ]
[ (a) power factor of the circuit is high (b) impedance of the circuit high
[ (a) VL = Vph (b) Iph X √3 = IL (c) VL = IL X √3 (d) both (a) & (b)]
[ (a) Armature (b) Commutator (c) Field winding (d) Damping winding ]
15 A lap wound dc machine has 400 conductors and 8 poles. The voltage induced per conductor
16 The mmf necessary for establishment of flux in the magnetic circuit of a dc generator can be
[ (a) some separate source (b) the generator itself (c) either of the above method (d) none of these ]
[ (a) DC series generator (b) DC compound generator (c) Alternator (d) DC shunt generator ]
19 In order to prevent the high inrush current at start of dc motor , a resistance is connected
[ (a) across the field (b) across the armature (c) in series with armature (d) in series with field ]
20 The test that can be used for determination of no-load losses in a large dc
Shunt machine is
[ (a) brake test (b) field test (c) Hopkinson’s test (d) Swinburne ‘s test ]
[ (a) through air (b) by magnetic flux (c) through insulating medium (d) none of the above ]
22 A transformer steps up the voltage by a factor 100. The ratio of current in the primary to that in
The secondary is
23 In a power transformer iron losses remain practically constant from no load to full load .This is
Because
[ (a) core flux remains constant (b) leakage flux remains constant (c) both (a)& (b ), (d) neither (a) nor (b)]
24 The full- load copper loss and iron loss of transformer are 6400 W and 5000W respectively
The copper loss and iron loss at half load will be , respectively
[ (a) 3,200 W and 2,500W (b) 3,200W and 5,200W (c) 1,600W and 1,250W (d) 1,600 W and 5000 W]
[ (a) rated transformer voltage (b) rated transformer current (c) direct current ]
[ (a) to provide insulation & cooling (b) to provide protection against lightning
27 The salient pole rotors are not suitable for high speed turbo generators due to
[ (a) excessive bearing friction (b) undesirable mechanical oscillations (c) high
Centrifugal force and windage loss (d) large eddy current loss ]
28 For a two layer winding the number of stator slots is equal to the number of
29 The maximum possible speed at which an alternator can be driven t0 generate 50 Hz and 4000V is
[ (a) 4000 rpm (b) 3600 rpm (c) 600 rpm (d) 500 rpm ]
30 When the inductive load is thrown off of an alternator , terminal voltage will
[ (a) Lenz’s Law (b) induction law (c) Fleming’s right hand rule (d) Fleming’s left hand rule ]
32 The speed of rotating field due to rotor currents relative to rotor surface in an induction motor is
[ (a) stator reactance (b) rotor leakage reactance (c) the large reactive lagging magnetizing current
[ (a) Curie temperature (b) Neel temperature (c) Wein temperature (d) Weiss temperature ]
36. The aqueous solution of which among the following acids is called Vinegar?
[ (a) Oxalic acid (b) Citric acid (c) Acetic acid (d) Hydrochloric acid]
[ (a) February 10 (b) March 24 (c) March 28 (d) April 5]
38. Which of the following prizes is given by KK Birla Foundation for commendable work in Hindi?
[ (a) Acharya Tulsi Samman (b) Vyas Samman (c) Saraswati Samman (d) Rajahasha Samman]
39. The famous Muslim pilgrimage town “Galiakot” is located in which among the following states of
India?
41. India’s first Butterfly Park was established at which among the following National Parks?
[ (a) Mahalangur Himal (b) Dhaulagiri Himalaya (c) Baltoro Karakoram (d) Jugal Himalaya]
43. Which among the following is the largest river system among the Deccan system of rivers?
44. At which among the following places, India’s First steel factory was established?
[ (a) Tamil nadu (b) Kerala (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Odisha]
46. Which amendment of the constitution is related to reorganization of states on a linguistic basis?
47. Who among the following also launched a Home rule Movement in India, apart from Annie
Besant?
[ (a) Arubindo Ghosh (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
48 Which among the following Mughal emperor had prohibited smoking use of tobacco in 1617
AD?
49. In which of the following modern State, most of the 24 Tirthankar of Jainism attained nirvana?
50. Who among the following played a dominant role in the famous Vaikom Satyagraha of 1924–25
?
[ (a) T. K. Madhavan (b) Muloor S.Padmanabha Panicker (c) Balarama Varma (d) K. Kelappan]
QUESTION PAPER III
1. A network consists of linear resistors and ideal voltage source. If the value of the
Resistors are doubled, then voltage across each resistor is
[ (a) halved (b) doubled (c) increased four times (d) not changed ]
2. Ideal voltage source have
[ (a) zero internal resistance (b) infinite internal resistance (c) low value of current
(d) large value of current ]
(c) all independent current and voltage sources are short circuited (d) nom of the above ]
5 Two capacitors each having capacitance C and break down voltage V are connected in series
[ (a) 2C and 2V (b) C/2 and V/2 (c) 2C and V/2 (d) C/2 and 2V ]
[ (a) high current and low voltage rating (b) low current and high voltage rating
(c) high current and high voltage rating (d) low current and low voltage rating ]
[ (a) High speed (b) High starting torque (c) Low starting torque (d) High starting current ]
16 The horse power obtained from the motor shaft is called the
[ (a) IHP (b) BHP (c) useful output (d) none of these ]
[ (a) zero (b) very low (c) normal (d) very high ]
[ (a) armature and shunt field copper losses (b) iron losses (c) friction and Windage losses
[ (a) voltage (b) current (c) frequency (d) all of the above ]
[ (a) equivalent resistance and leakage reactance (b) magnetizing current and core loss at
Rated voltage (c) copper losses (d) both (b) & (c) ]
[ (a) nearly full load (b) 70 % of full load (c) 50% of full load (d) 25 % of full load]
23 The all day efficiency of a distribution transformer will be high with low
[ (a) copper loss (b) iron loss (c) operating temperature (d) copper as well as iron loss]
24 The primary and secondary winding of two winding transformer are interlaced for
[ (a) easiness of coil making (b) reduced leakage reactance (c) reduced cost (d) uniform heating]
[ (a) high dielectric strength (b) good resistance to emulsion with water (c) low viscosity
[ (a) Slip (b) direct axis reactance and quadrature axis reactance (c) positive –sequence reactance
[ (a) continuously (b) at the starting instant only (c) of stator (d) n0ne of these ]
28 The magnitude of emf induced in the armature of a synchronous motor (Eb ) depends on
[ (a) arithmetic sum (b) arithmetic difference (c) phasor difference (d) phasor sum ]
29 The value of load angle for a synchronous motor depends mainly upon
30 When does a synchronous motor operate with leading power factor current
[ (a) While it is under excited (b) While it is critically excited (c) While it is overexcited
31 Regarding skewing of motor bars in a squirrel cage induction motor which statement is false
[ (a) it prevents cogging (b) it increases starting torque (c) it produces more uniform torque
32 Which of the following quantity in squirrel cage induction motor does not depends on it slip
[ (a) reactance (b) speed (C) induced emf (d) frequency ]
33 A 3-phase , 4pole squirrel cage induction motor has 36 stator and rotor slots .The number of
Phases in the rotor is
[ (a) 3 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) 8 ]
34 A wound rotor induction motor can be distinguished from squirrel cage induction motor by
[ (a) presence of slip ring (b) size of frame (c) shaft diameter (d) any one of the above ]
35 What is the frequency of rotor current of a 50 Hz induction motor operating at 2% slip
[ (a) 1 Hz (b) 100 Hz (c) 2 Hz (d) 50 Hz]
37. In which year the Presidential rule in Kerala was enforced for the first time?
[ (a) 1960 (b) 1959 (c) 1962 (d) 1964]
39. Which among the following was main item of revenue during Maurya Period?
[ (a) Bhaga (b) Pindikara (c) Hiranya (d) None of the above]
40. At which among the following places, the famous Bull Seal of Indus Valley Civilization was
found?
41. During the reign of Krishnadev Raya which of the following famous temples were built in
Vijaynagar
Empire ?
42. During Freedom Struggle of India, which among the following movements started with Dandi ?
[ (a) Swadeshi Movement (b) Noncooperative Movement (c) Civil Disobedience Movement
(d) Quit India Movement]
[ (a) Ramkrishna Paramahansa (b) Swami Vivekananda (c) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(d) Saint Tikaram]
44. Which among the following building built by Shah Jahan at Agra is similar in pattern of the Saint
Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow?
[ (a) Taj Mahal (b) Agra fort (c) Pearl Mosque (d) Shah Jahani Mahal ]
45. Which among the following is known as Upper House?
[ (a) Loksabha (b) Rajyasabha (c) Legislative assembly (d) None of the above]
46. Who among the following was the Constitutional Advisor to the Constituent Assembly ?
[ (a) Sachidanand Sinha (b) B N Rao (c) H N Kunzuru (d) V N Menon]
48. Which of the following was the first planet to have its motions plotted across the sky during the
second millennium BC?
[ (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn]
49. Who will become the first women umpire to officiate in the ICC World Twenty20 cricket?
[ (a) Jacqueline Williams (b) Kathleen Cross (c) Clarie Polosak (d)Sue Redfern ]
[ (a) February 10 (b) April 5 (c) March 28 (d) March 24 ]
ANSWER KEY OF Q.P I
Question No Answer
1 B
2 C
3 C
4 A
5 B
6 C
7 A
8 D
9 B
10 A
11 A
12 B
13 C
14 C
15 C
16 C
17 B
18 A
19 B
20 D
21 B
22 B
23 C
24 B
25 A
26 C
27 C
28 B
29 D
30 A
31 D
32 A
33 C
34 D
35 B
36 D
37 B
38 A
39 A
40 C
41 C
42 A
43 D
44 B
45 D
46 A
47 C
48 C
49 A
50 C
5
Question No Answer
1 C
2 D
3 B
4 B
5 C
6 C
7 B
8 C
9 C
10 A
11 B
12 D
13 C
14 D
15 A
16 C
17 D
18 B
19 C
20 D
21 B
22 B
23 A
24 D
25 A
26 A
27 C
28 D
29 C
30 A
31 C
32 B
33 A
34 D
35 C
36 C
37 B
38 B
39 C
40 B
41 A
42 A
43 A
44 C
45 B
46 B
47 A
48 B
49 A
50 D
5
Question No Answer
1 D
2 A
3 B
4 D
5 D
6 A
7 C
8 C
9 D
10 D
11 B
12 A
13 D
14 B
15 B
16 B
17 C
18 D
19 D
20 C
21 B
22 A
23 D
24 B
25 D
26 B
27 A
28 C
29 B
30 C
31 B
32 C
33 B
34 A
35 A
36 A
37 B
38 A
39 A
40 C
41 B
42 C
43 A
44 C
45 B
46 B
47 C
48 A
49 B
50 D