179. If a 75 MVA, 10 KV synchronous generator 183.

A 3 phase alternator rated at 50 MVA, 22 KV

has  d = 0.4 p.u. Then  d value (in p.u) to a has a synchronous reactance per phase, of 5
base of 100 MVA, 11 KV is P.U on its thermal rating. The P.U value of this
A) 5.78 B) 0.279 r e a c t a n c e o n a b a s e o f 1 0 0 M VA a n d
C) 0.412 D) 0.44 220 KV is
E) Answer not known A) 25 P.U B) 12.5 P.U
C) 1 P.U D) 0.1 P.U
180. In a three unit insulator string, voltage across E) Answer not known
t h e l o w e s t u n i t i s 1 7 . 5 K V a n d s t r in g
efficiency is 84.28%. The total voltage across 184. The open-loop transfer function of a feedback
the string will be equal to system G(s) H(s) = d. The open loop poles
A) 8.825 KV B) 44.25 KV for the system are
C) 88.25 KV D) 442.5 KV i) s = 0, s = –4
E) Answer not known ii) s = –2 – j4 and s = –2 + j4
iii) s = –3 – j4 and s = –3 + j4
181. Match the following : iv) s = –4 – j4 and s = –24+ j4
a) Pin type insulator 1) Used for low A) (i) and (iii) only
voltage over head B) (i) and (iv) only
lines C) (i) and (ii) only
b) Suspension type 2) Used at dead ends D) (ii) and (iii) only
insulator and anchor towers E) Answer not known
c) Strain type 3) Used up to 80 KV
insulator 185. The magnitude criterion of root-locus is given
d) Shackle type 4) Flexib ility of the by
insulator line is improved A) The ratio of the product of the magnitude of
(a) (b) (c) (d) vectors of open loop zeros and product of the
A) 4 2 1 3 open-loop gain and magnitude of vectors of
B) 1 3 2 4 open loop poles must be equal to unity
C) 3 4 2 1 B) The ratio of the product of the magnitude of
D) 2 1 3 4 vectors of open loop poles and open loop zeros
E) Answer not known must be equal to unity
C) The product of the magnitude of vectors of
182. Current density is higher at the surface of the open-loop poles and zeros must be equal to
conductor compared to the current density unity
at its center. This is called D) The product of the magnitude of vectors of
A) Proximity effect open-loop poles and zeros must be equal to zero
B) Skin effect E) Answer not known
C) Ferranti effect
D) Coulomb’s Law 186. Phase margin is used to specify
E) Answer not known A) Absolute stability

183 ........ B 184 ......... B 185 ........ A 186 ......... A 187 ......... B 188 ........ B 189 ........ B 190 ......... D 191 ......... A 192 ......... B

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 B) Relative stability 191. The closed loop transfer function of a second
C) Time response ord er system is (s + 1) / (s + 2)(s + 3). The
D) Frequency response steady state output of the system to a step
E) Answer not known input of 5 is
 10 5
A) + e2t + 5e 3t
187. A unity feedback (negative) system has open 3 3
k 8 9 5
loop tr ans fer fu nc tion G( s) = s  s + 2  . B) + e2t + e3t
6 2 3
Calculate the value of gain k so that the 5 5 10 3t
C) + e 2t  e
closed loop system has a steady state unit 6 2 3
ramp error of 0.1 9 5 8
D) + e2t + e3t
A) 0.5 B) 10 2 3 6
C) 20 D) 100 E) Answer not known
E) Answer not known
192. The transfer function d for the following
188. T h e t r a n s f e r f u n c t i o n o f a s y s t e m i s mechanical system is
100 1 + 0.25 s 
. The phase angle of the
1 + 0.5 s 
system at w = 0 and w =  are
A) 0° and 0°
B) 0° and 90°
C) 90° and -90°
D) 90° and 180°
E) Answer not known
A) (k 2 + sf) / (k 1 + k 2 + sf)

189. Signal flow graph is used to obtain the B) (k 1 + sf) / (k 1 + k 2 + sf)

A) Observability of a system C) (k 1 + k 2 + sf) / (k 1 + k 2 )
B) Controllability of a system D) (k 1 + k 2 + sf) / (k 1 + sf)
C) Transfer function of a system E) Answer not known
D) Stability of a system
E) Answer not known 193. Consider a type-1 system with open loop
k
transfer function G f (s) = s  s + 1  s + 4  with
190. An open loop system represented by the
s  2 damping ratio  = 0.5 settling time t s =
transfer function G(s) = s + 1 s + 3 is
   10 sec. Find the undamped natural frequency.
A) Unstable and of non minimum phase type A) 0.5 rad/sec B) 0.7 rad/sec
B) Unstable and of minimum phase type C) 0.8 rad/sec D) 0.6 rad/sec
C) Stable and of minimum phase type E) Answer not known
D) Stable and of non minimum phase type
E) Answer not known 194. Assertion [A] : A C a p a c i t o r c a n s t o r e
charge.

193 ........ A 194 ......... A 195 ........ C 196 ......... C 197 ......... D 198 ........ B 199 ........ C 200 ......... D

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 Reason [R] : The plates of the condenser 198. The divergence of a vector in rectangular
are conductive. coordinates is given as div A =  . A
A) Both [A] and [R] are true and [R] is a correct  Ax d Ay  Az
explanation of [A] = x + y + z

B) Both [A] and [R] are true but [R] is not a correct The operator  is
explanation of [A]   
C) [A] is true but [R] is false A)  x +  y +  z
D) [A] is false but [R] is true
  
E) Answer not known B)  x dx +  y dy +  z dz

C) Both (A) and (B)

195. A capacitor is made with a dielectric having
D) Zero
 r = 1.98 and dielectric breakdown strength
E) Answer not known
of 40 kv/cm.  0 = 8.8 pF / m. The capacitor
plates have a length of 60 cm and width of
199. Match List I with List II and select the
30 cm, then maximum electric charge in the
correct answer using the codes given below
capacitor is
the lists.
A) 8.232 c B) 4.862 c
List I List II
C) 12.545 c D) 10.46 c
(Law / Quantity) (Mathematical
E) Answer not known
expression)
a) Gauss’s Law 1)  . D = 
196. A wire of length L is bent in the form of
B
circular loop and current is passed through b) Ampere’s law 2)   E = 
t
the loop. The magnetic field induction at the
c) Faraday’s law 3) S = E  H
centre of the loop is B. Find the current
passing through the loop D
d) Poynting vector 4)   H = J c +
B L BL t
A) 0 B)  
0 
5) F = q E + V  B 
B BL Codes :
C) L  D)
0  (a) (b) (c) (d)
E) Answer not known A) 1 2 4 3
B) 3 5 2 1
197. A multilayer coil of 3000 turns of fine wire is C) 1 4 2 3
10 mm long and has thickness of 5 mm D) 3 2 4 1
winding. If the coil carries a current of 5 mA, E) Answer not known
the mmf generated is
A) 750 AT B) 15 AT 200. Gauss’s Law is an alternative statement of
C) 600 AT D) 5000 AT A) Stoke’s Theorem
E) Answer not known B) Coulomb’s Law
C) Faraday’s Law
D) Green’s Theorem
E) Answer not known

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 1 ........ A 2 ......... D 3 ........ A 4 ......... B 5 ......... A 6 ....... D 7 ........ D 8 ......... A 9 ......... B 10 ......... C
11 ........ B 12 ......... B 13 ........ A 14 ......... A 15 ......... B 16 ........ B 17 ........ A 18 ......... A 19 ......... B 20 ......... A
21 ........ B 22 ......... B 23 ........ A 24 ......... A 25 ......... B 26 ........ A 27 ........ A 28 ......... B 29 ......... B 30 ......... B
31 ........ B 32 ......... C 33 ........ B 34 ......... D 35 ......... B 36 ....... C 37 ........ A 38 ......... A 39 ........ C 40 ......... A
41 ........ C 42 ......... C 43 ........ D 44 ......... A 45 ......... B 46 ........ B 47 ........ C 48 ......... B 49 ......... B 50 ......... A
51 ........ C 52 ......... A 53 ........ B 54 ......... C 55 ......... B 56 ....... D 57 ........ A 58 ......... A 59 ......... A 60 ......... B
61 ........ C 62 ......... B 63 ........ C 64 ......... A 65 ......... A 66 ........ B 67 ........ C 68 ......... C 69 ......... B 70 ......... D
71 ........ B 72 ......... D 73 ........ B 74 ......... D 75 ......... D 76 ........ A 77 ........ A 78 ......... A 79 ......... A 80 ......... C
81 ........ A 82 ......... B 83 ........ B 84 ......... A 85 ......... B 86 ....... C 87 ........ B 88 ......... B 89 ........ C 90 ......... B
91 ........ D 92 ......... B 93 ........ D 94 ......... A 95 ......... D 96 ....... D 97 ........ C 98 ......... B 99 ......... A 100 ......... A
101 ........ B 102 ......... D 103 ........ D 104 ......... C 105 ......... C 106 ....... C 107 ........ B 108 ......... A 109 ......... B 110 ......... B
111 ........ B 112 ......... A 113 ........ B 114 ......... D 115 ......... A 116 ....... D 117 ........ B 118 ......... C 119 ........ C 120 ......... A
121 ........ B 122 ......... B 123 ........ C 124 ......... B 125 ......... D 126 ........ B 127 ........ A 128 ......... B 129 ......... A 130 ......... A
131 ........ B 132 ......... A 133 ........ B 134 ......... A 135 ......... C 136 ....... C 137 ........ A 138 ......... A 139 ........ C 140 ......... C
141 ........ C 142 ......... B 143 ........ B 144 ......... A 145 ......... B 146 ........ A 147 ........ D 148 ......... A 149 ........ C 150 ......... B
151 ........ B 152 ......... B 153 ........ A 154 ......... B 155 ......... C 156 ........ A 157 ........ A 158 ......... A 159 ......... B 160 ......... C
161 ........ D 162 ......... C 163 ........ A 164 ......... C 165 ......... A 166 ........ B 167 ........ C 168 ......... C 169 ......... A 170 ......... B
171 ........ D 172 ......... A 173 ........ B 174 ......... A 175 ......... D 176 ........ A 177 ........ A 178 ......... C 179 ........ D 180 ......... B
181 ........ C 182 ......... B 183 ........ D 184 ......... C 185 ......... A 186 ........ B 187 ........ C 188 ......... A 189 ........ C 190 ......... D
191 ........ C 192 ......... A 193 ........ C 194 ......... B 195 ......... C 196 ........ B 197 ........ B 198 ......... B 199 ........ C 200 ......... B

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