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GEPCO SDO Test by NTS

Conducted on 10th December, 2022

General Knowledge Portion

Computer (IT)
1: What is database:
A. Consists of many different files linked with each other for the retrieval of
information
B. Consists of integers
C. Consists of alphanumeric characters
D. None of the above
2: A data arranged in intelligible form is called:
A. Program
B. Software
C. Information
D. Alphanumeric data
3: 1 kilo bytes = __________ bytes?
A. 1000
B. 1024
C. 1032
D. 1036
4: What is a byte?
A. Combination of more than one charters
B. Combination of more than one alphabets
C. Combination of 8 bits from a byte
D. None of the above
5: Which of the following is not hardware?
A. Compiler
B. Chip
C. RAM
D. CPU

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Pakistan Studies
6: In recognition for his high standard of poetry, Allama Iqbal was knighted by the British in:
A. 1907
B. 1916
C. 1922
D. 1931
7: Pakistan, the Fatherland of the Pak Nation was the publication of?
A. Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
B. Chaudhry Rehmat Ali
C. Khaliq-uz-Zaman
D. Hussain Shaheed Suharwardi
8: Zia became president in:
A. July 1977
B. December 1977
C. September 1978
D. February 1979
9: By the early Eighteenth century, the East India Company had three main bases:
A. Bombay, Calcutta and Madras
B. Bengal, Behar and Madras
C. Orissa, Madras and Calcutta
D. None of the above
10: Quaid-e-Azam called himself the ___________ of the religious minorities.
A. Great Leader
B. Savior
C. Constitutional Guide
D. Protector General
11: Ritcher scale is used for measuring:
A. Water Level of Dam
B. Magnitude of Earthquake
C. Magnitude of velocity
D. Rainfall
12: Nuclear Energy is obtained from:
A. Silicon
B. Platinium
C. Uranium

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D. None of the above

13: Silk airline belongs to:
A. Switzerland
B. China
C. Norway
D. France
Correct option was not given, which was Singapore.
14: Neelam valley is situated:
A. Azad Kashmir
B. Occupied Kashmir
C. NWFP
D. Gilgit
15: Which of the following country are called “land of free peoples”_______?
A. Thailand
B. Japan
C. Norway
D. Canada
16: The meaning of Kauthar is?
A. The abundance
B. The camel
C. The shortage
D. The stars
17: The meanings of Baqarah is:
A. The Ox
B. The Cow
C. The Goat
D. The Sheep
18: According to the Holy Quran, Hazrat Musa (AS) was granted ___________ miracles?
A. 9
B. 11
C. 10
D. 8
19: The meaning of Asr is:
A. The Harmony
B. The Dawn

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C. The Dusk
D. The Time
20: Ahadith were collected by the:
A. Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
B. Companions of the Holy Prophet (PBUH)
C. Hazrat Musa (A.S)
D. All of these

21: Which country recently launched the ‘’International Religious Freedom Alliance” for
protecting religious freedom across the world?
A. Russia
B. United States
C. Japan
D. India
22: Pakistan is said to have decided to elevate which region to a full fledged province status?
A. Gilgit Baltistan
B. Skardu
C. Karimabad
D. Bandipora
23: India signed Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) with which country?
A. Russia
B. France
C. United States
D. Brazil
24: Which International organization has released USD 100 million to seven countries at risk of
famine?
A. World Bank
B. United Nations
C. International Monetary Fund
D. Asian Development Bank
25: Which space agency has recently launched a new batch of 60 Starlink Internet satellites into
orbit?
A. NASA
B. JAXA
C. SpaceX
D. Blue Origin

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Subjective Portion

26: Complex electronic circuit can be analyzed by passive models as resistance, inductance and
________?
A. Current
B. Voltage
C. Capacitance
D. Both current and voltage
27: Fundamental property used in single node pair circuit analyzer is that _________ across all
elements is same?
A. Current
B. Voltage
C. Resistance
D. Inductance
28: If we have two points ‘A’ and ‘B’ on node and the voltage is represented by Vab then
_______ is taken as reference?
A. Node “A”
B) Node “B”
C) Origin point
D) Both A & B
29: Preferring a ___________ consists of using OHMs law to take an existing voltage source in
series with the resistance and replace it with a current source in parallel with same resistance
A. Voltage Transformation
B. Current Transformation
C. Source Transformation
D. Resistance Transformation

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30: There are _________ type of dependent sources depending upon the controlling variable and
output of the source:
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. Five

31: Natural Uranium contains __________ of U-235?

A. Zero%
B. 0.1%
C. 0.7%
D. 0.5%
32: Transmission lines mostly are high voltage _______alternating current?
A. Single Phase
B. Three Phase
C. Two Phase
D. Neutral Phase
33: In submarine power systems, power is transmitted through ___________ cables?
A. High voltage direct current
B. Low voltage direct current
C. Under current
D. Under ampere
34: If all conductive objects are bonded to same earth grounding system the risk of electric shock
is:
A. Maximized
B. Minimized
C. Zero
D. Neglected
35: ____________ is small voltage less than 10 V) that can be measured between two possible
constant points:
A. Dim Voltage
B. Tame Voltage
C. Stray Voltage
D. Ground Voltage
36: ____________ are used to sense the fault and initiate a trip?
A. Circuit Breakers

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B. Alternators
C. Protective Relays
D. Cut outs
37: There are two types of overload protection instantaneous overcurrent and ___________?
A. Variable over current
B. Time over current
C. Constant overcurrent
D. Delay feedback current
38: Which of the following is not a purpose of Disturbance Monitoring Equipment?
A. Model validation
B. Disturbance Investigation
C. Incorrect Protection Setting
D. Assesment of System Protection performance
39: The principle of __________ can be used to analyze fault in power system/network?
A. Thevenin
B. Norton
C. Superposition
D. Jordan
40: Discrete device field effect transistors are classified on the basis of their ___________?
A. Resistive state
B. Conducting State
C. Voltaic state
D. Control gate construction
41: In open loop control system, input is _________ of output?
A. Dependent
B. Independent
C. Equal
D. Exponent
42: In close loop transfer function variables are represented by:
A. Vectors
B. Scalars
C. Arrow diagrams
D. Pareto chart
43: The stability of a dynamical system having no input is described with:
A. PID controller
B. Harold S. block mode

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C. Lyapunov stability
D. Power formula
44:__________ stability is a form of stability for linear signals and systems that take inputs.
A. Bounded input bounded output (BIBO)
B. Input to state
C. Absolute
D. Asymptotical
45: A system is______________, if the natural response neither decays nor grows, but remains
constant or oscillates.
A. Asymptotically stable
B. Marginally stable
C. Fully stable
D. Absolute stable
46: For repetitive signals and oscillating systems, we use__________.
A. Laplace transform
B. Oscillation detector
C. Fourier transform
D. Z-transform
47: Which of the following is NOT a basic category of measurement?
A. Null
B. Validity
C. Direct
D. Indirect
48:____________ of measurement is a statement of its consistency.
A. Accuracy
B. Precision
C. Validity
D. Reliability
49: A copper-oxide_________ allows current to a flow through a meter in only one direction.
A. Diac
B. Transistor
C. Rectifier
D. Voltmeter
50: A____________ can be used to make automated potentiometer in comparison measurements.
A. Analog to Digital Converter
B. Digital to Analog Converter

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C. Electro meter
D. Precision meter
51: Output variables are known as:
A. Dependent variables
B. Independent variables
C. Constant variables
D. Zero variables
52: For rectification, we use_____________ as a rectifier.
A. Capacitor
B. Inductor
C. Diode
D. Resistor
53: The output voltage of operational amplifier is defined as Vout __, where AOL is the open
loop gain:
a) V+ x AOL
b) AOL (V+ - V-)
c) AOL (V- / V+)
d) AOL x (V+ / V-)
54: Input offset current is defined as Ib (off) = ___________?
a) I-B – I+B
b) I+B – I-B
c) I+B / I-B
d) I+B x I-B
55: Common mode Rejection ratio is the ratio of:
a) Common mode to Differential gain
b) Differential to common mode gain
c) Input to output gain
d) Output to input gain
56: Low signal attenuation & __________ bandwidth are contributors to current optical fiber
transmission system?
A. Low
B. Medium

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C. Large
D. Null
57: Coherent detection of optical signals are of two types homodyne and __________?
A. Mixed dyne
B. Composite dyne
C. Hetro dyne
D. Mono dyne
58: The basic idea behind coherent light wave system is to mix the received signal coherently
with a _____________ wave?
A. Stable
B. Changing
C. Continuous
D. Discrete
59: The __________ forms an electromagnetic carrier wave that is modulated to carry
information?
A. Sound
B. Light
C. Electricity
D. Air
60: The square law of photo detector gives current which is proportional to _________ of
combined optical field?
A. Cube
B. Square root
C. Square
D. Cube root
61: Bilateral switches are MOSFET circuits providing ON/OFF switching for a variety of
electrical signal types (analog and digital), controlled by ___________ voltage signals:
A. Only output level
B. Logic level
C. Only input level
D. Variable
62: An electronics communication system need input and output blocks to connect them to the
outside world, such blocks are called:
A. Peripherals
B. Processors
C. Integrated circuits
D. Buffers

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63: Microphone converts sound waves into:

A. Alternating current or alternating voltage
B. Direct current or direct voltage
C. Mechanical vibrations
D. All of the above
64: Which type of modulation is used to transmit or receive the information in communication
system?
A. Amplitude modulation
B. Frequency modulation
C. Amplitude modulation as well as frequency modulation
D. Pulse code modulation
65: Transmission systems generally make use of:
A. Coaxial Cables
B. Optical Fiber Cable
C. Radio Waves
D. All of the above
66: Consider a coil of N turns of wire carrying current I and the flux passing through each turn is
ϕm. The total magnetic flux passing through the coil is:
A. Inversely proportional to the current carrying the coil
B. Directly proportional to the current carrying the coil
C. Equal to the current carrying the coil
D. None of the above
67: The direction of a magnetic field within a magnet is:
A. From north to south
B. From south to north
C. Back to front
D. All of the above are true
68: A signal is said to be power signal if and only if it has:
A. Finite but zero power for all time
B. Finite but non-zero power for all time
C. Infinite but non-zero power for all time
D. Infinite but zero power for all time
69: A current measuring instrument is usually called an ammeter. The heart of an ammeter is:
A. Wattmeter
B. Galvanometer
C. Wheatstone bridge

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D. Ammeter
70: If one volt is needed to cause a current of one ampere to flow in a conductor, its resistance is
one:
A. Erg
B. Henry
C. Ohm
D. Ampere
71: A primary cell has EMF 2V. When short circuited it gives a current of 4 A, its internal
resistance will be:
A. 8Ω
B. 5Ω
C. 2Ω
D. 0.5 Ω
72: A shunt wound-generated rated at 35 KW, 125 V is to be converted into a series generator to
produce the same terminal rated load. The machine has six poles and each field spool has 480
turns and carries 11 A current. Neglecting drop in series field the output current is:
A. 480 A
B. 280 A
C. 125 A
D. 11 A
73: A 12 mA current source has an internal resistance RS, of 1.2 k ohm. The equivalent voltage
source is:
A. 144 V
B. 14.4 V
C. 7.2 V
D. 72 mv
74: Compare the total cross sections in terms of current carrying capacity for a single-phase and
a three-phase 120 V system with effective load resistance of 15 ohm
A. Single-phase 32 A; three-phase 16 A
B. Single- phase 16 A; three-phase 8 A
C. Single-phase 8 A; three-phase 4 A
D. Single- phase 16 A; three-phase 0 A
75: To transmit a single-phase line 16.1 km long over a solid copper wire (0.164 Ω/km) having
1.17 cm diameter, a load of 1200 Kw 0.85 power factor lagging current and the loss not
exceeding 7.5% of the power delivered is established. The conductors are spaced 45.72 cm. The
voltage at the load is 1100 V 50 cycles. The sending end voltage is:
A. 11.00 kV

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B. 11.22 kV
C. 12.22 kV
D. 13.00 kv
76: All electronic systems have building blocks called:
A. Input blocks
B. Output blocks
C. Processor blocks
D. All of the above
77: An electronic system consists of:
A. Digital components
B. Analog components
C. Hybrid components
D. All of the above
78: The devices that convert the processed electrical information coming out of electronics
system into a form which can be read, heard or stored are called:
A. Processors
B. Transducers
C. Integrated circuits
D. Converters
79: The group of components are manufactured ………………………
A. Transistors
B. Resistors
C. Diodes
D. Integrated circuits
80: When a part of output signal of an amplifier is fed back into the input so that the output is
reduced. It is called?
A. Positive feedback
B. Negative feedback
C. Sometimes Positive feedback and sometime negative feedback
D. Open loop given
81: Minimum height of electric traction power supply
A. 3 meters
B. 10 meters
C. 5 meters
D. 1 meter

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82: The Number of tubes at the back side of home refrigerator are:
A. Evaporator tubes
B. Condensor tubes
C. Capillary tubes
D. Refrigerant cooling tube
83: Type of drive which is most suitable for mines exploration where explosive gas exists
A. Steam Engine
B. battery Operated locomotives
C. Diesel Engine
D. All of the above
84: The Main advantage of electric traction over other methods is:
A. Faster movement
B. Smooth movement
C. No Pollution Movement
D. All of the above
85: Different ratings refrigerator for industrial/home usage are available. The Capacity of
domestic refrigerator tube is?
A. 40 tons
B. 30 tons
C. 10 tons
D. 0.1 ton
86: Which of the following is not the transmission voltage level of Pakistan?
A. 66 kV
B. 132 kV
C. 264 kV
D. 400 kV
87: When a conductor carries more current on the surface as compared to core, it is due to:
A. Permeability variation
B. Corona
C. Skin Effect
D. Unsymmetrical fault
88: For constant voltage transmission, voltage drop is compensated by installing:
A. Synchronous motors
B. Inductors
C. Capacitors
D. All of the above

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91: In which one the resistance decreases with rise in temperature?

A. NTC Thermistors
B. Nichrome Conductors
C. LDR
D. ASCR Conductors
92: Which one of the following methods will be used for the absolute measurement of
resistance?
A. Lortentz Method
B. Raleigh Method
C. Wheatstone Bridge Method
D. Ohm’s Law Method
93: A network which contains one or more than one sources of EMF is known as:
A. Non-linear network
B. Active network
C. Electric network
D. Passive network
94: An inductor can store energy. This energy is stored in
A. Core
B. Magnetic Field
C. Electrostatic Field
D. Electromagnetic field
95: Superposition theorem is applicable to
A. Linear response only
B. Non-Linear Response only
C. Linear and non-linear response only
D. Linear, nonlinear and time variant responses
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A. Voltage
B. Magnetic Field
C. Current
D. Direction of Force on conductor
97: The decrease in the terminal voltage of the shunt generator is due to
A. Armature Leakage
B. Armature Resistance
C. Armature Reactance
D. None of above
98: The easiest way to shift load of one generator to the other, when two shunt generators are
running in parallel is?
A. To adjust the speed in proportion to loads
B. To use equalizer connections
C. To insert resistance in their armature circuits
D. To adjust their field rheostats
99: What kind of generator will be used for the arc welding purpose?
A. Shunt Generator
B. Series Generator
C. Cumulatively compounded Generator
D. Differentially Compounded Generator
100: A Photoelectric transducer element converts:
A. Potential energy of electron into kinetic energy
B. Electrons to current
C. Light Intensity to voltage
D. None of Above

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