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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
1. An electric current of 5 A is same as
(a) 5 J / C (b) 5 V / C (c) 5 C / sec (d) 5 w / sec.
2. A circuit contains two un-equal resistances in parallel
(a) current is same in both
(b) large current flows in larger resistor
(c) potential difference across each is same
(d) smaller resistance has smaller conductance.
3. Which kind of rotor is most suitable for turbo alternators which arc designed to run at high speed ?
(a) Salient pole type (b) Non-salient pole type
(c) Both (a) and (b) above (d) None of the above.
4. If two machines are running in synchronism and the voltage of one machine is suddenly increased
(a) the machines will burn
(b) both machines will stop
(c) synchronising torque will be produced to restore further synchronism.
(d) none of these
5. The maximum power developed in the synchronous motor will depend on
(a) rotor excitation only
(b) maximum value of coupling angle
(c) supply voltage only
(d) rotor excitation supply voltage and maximum value of coupling angle.
6. The hunting in a synchronous motor takes place when
(a) friction in bearings is more (b) air gap is less
(c) load is variable (d) load is constant.
7. The speed regulation of a 3 phase synchronous motor is
(a) 5% (b) 1% (c) 0.4% (d) zero.
8. The motor used in household refrigerators is
(a) dc series motor (b) dc shunt motor
(c) universal motor (d) single phase induction motor
9. In portable tools the speed of the driven shaft is reduced by
(a) Gearing (b) Belt drive (c) Chain drive (d) Fluid coupl
10. In a shaded pole motor, shading coils are used to
(a) reduce windage losses (b) reduce friction losses
(c) produce rotating magnetic field (d) to protect against sparking
11. Cost of operation of which plant is least ?
(a) Gas turbine plant (b) Thermal power plant
 (c) Nuclear power plant (d) Hydroelectric plant
12. The load of a consumer is generally measured in terms of
(a) Volts (b) Amperes (c) Ampere hour (d) kW.
13. Transmission efficiency increases as
(a) voltage and power factor both increase
(b) voltage and power factor both decrease
(c) voltage increases but power factor decreases
(d) voltage decreases but power factor increases.
14. Corona effect can be detected by
(a) hissing sound (b) faint luminous flow of bluish color
(c) presence of ozone detected by odor (d) all of the above.
15. A good dielectric should have all the following properties EXCEPT
(a) high mechanical strength (b) high dielectric loss
(c) high resistance to thermal deterioration (d) freedom from gaseous inclusions.

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16. In a rotary converter

(a) armature currents are dc only (b) armature currents are ac only
(c) partly ac and partly dc. (d) All of the above.
17. Candela is the unit of
(a) Luminous flux (b) Luminous intensity (c) Wavelength (d) None of the
18. Maximum horse power of steam locomotive is
(a) 100 (b) 500 (c) 1500 (d)2500.
19. Diamagnetic : Paramagnetic::
(a) Water: Air (b) Iron: Steel (c) Perm alloy: Super-alloy (d) Nickel: Cobalt.
20. Which type of drive can be used for hoisting machinery
(a) AC slip ring motor (b) Ward Leonard controlled DC shunt motor
(c) DC compound motor (d) Any of the above.

ANSWER KEYS (ELECTRICAL ENGG)

1 c 6 c 11 d 16 c
2 c 7 d 12 d 17 b
3 b 8 d 13 a 18 c
4 c 9 a 14 d 19 a
5 d 10 c 15 b 20 d

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

21. When a liquid boils at constant pressure, which of the following parameter increases?
(a) Temperature (b) Heat of vapourisation (c) Kinetic energy (d) Entropy
22. If maxT and minT be the maximum and minimum temperatures in an otto cycle, then for the ideal
conditions, the temperature after compression should be :
T max + T min Tma
(a) (b) T (c) T max × Tmin (d) T min +
2 max /T min
 23. Low pour point temperature are recommended for internal combustion engines operating :
(a) on four stroke cycle (b) one two stroke cycle
(c) as air cooled engines (d) in low temperature regions
24. A carburetor property adjusted at sea level will supply :
(a) too rich mixture at high altitude (b) too lean mixture at high altitude
(c) same mixture at high altitude (d) stoichiometric mixture at high altitude
25. Match list-I with-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.
List-I List-II
(A) Pre-combustion chamber 1. Compression swirl
(B) Turbulent chamber 2. Masked inlet valve
(C) Open combustion chamber 3. Spark ignition
(D) F-head combustion chamber 4. Combustion induced swirl
5. M - chamber
Codes A B C D
(a) 4532
(b) 1352
(c) 2315
(d) 4123
26. Internal loss in a turbine is :
(a) nozzle loss (b) blade friction loss (c) wheel friction loss (d) all of these

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27. In cross compounding, the cylinders are arranged :

(a) side by side and each cylinder has separate piston, connecting rod and crank
(b) side by side each cylinder has common piston, connecting rod and crank
(c) at 900 and each cylinder has common piston, connecting rod and crank
(d) at 900 and each cylinder has separate piston, connecting rod and crank
28. A lungstrom turbine is :
(a) impulse turbine (b) reaction turbine
(c) outward radial flow turbine (d) inward flow impulse reaction turbine
29. A simply supported beam of length (a+b) carries a concentration load W at a distance a from one end. If
EI is flexural rigidity of the bar, the deflection under the load will be :
2 2 22 22
W a W b W ba W ba
(a) (b) (c) (d)
EI 6 (ba+ ) EI 6 (ba+ ) EI 4 (ba+ ) EI 3 (ba+
30. A ball is allowed to fall freely from a height of 3 metres on a fixed plate. If the successive rebound heights
are hhh
1
,, 32 ...... etc, the distance covered by the ball before coming to rest, if the coefficient
of restitution e = 5.0 will be :
(a) zero (b) 1 metre (c) 4.25 metres (d) 5 metres
31. Which of the following is a copper free alloy?
(a) Brass (b) Phosphor bronze (c) Invar (d) Muntz metal
32. Thrust force will increase with increase in :
(a) side cutting edge angle (b) tool nose radius (c) rake angle (d) end cutting e
33. Consider the following statements :
In forward extrusion process
1. the ram and the extruded product travel in the same direction
 2. the ram and the extruded product travel in the opposite direction
3. the speed of travel of the extruded product is same as that of the ram
4. the speed of travel of the extruded product is greater than that of the ram
Which of these statements are correct?
(a) 1 and 3 (b) 2 and 3 (c) 1 and 4 (d) 2 and 4
34. In metal cutting operation, the approximate ratio of heat distributed among chip, tool and work in that
order is :
(a) 80 : 10 : 10 (b) 33 : 33 : 33 (c) 20 : 60 : 10 (d) 10 : 10 : 80
35. The value engineering technique in which experts of the same rank assemble for product development is
called :
(a) Delphi (b) brain storming
(c) morphological analysis (d) direct expert compassion
36. Interchangeability can be achieved by :
(a) standardization (b) better process planning (c) bonus plan (d) better produc
37. A 50 kW motor using six vee belts is used in a pulp mill. If one of the belts breaks after a month of
continuous running, then :
(a) the broken belt is to be replaced by a similar belt
(b) all the belts are to be replaced
(c) the broken belt and two adjacent belts are to be replaced
(d) the broken belt and one adjacent belt are to be replaced
38. The flow rate from the nozzle attached to the tank can be doubled by (hold all other variables constant)

(a) doubling D (b) doubling T (c) doubling A (d) doubling W

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39. A shaft rotating in anticlockwise direction at slow speed inside a bearing will be :
(a) at bottom most of bearing
(b) towards left side of bearing and making metal to metal contact
(c) towards right side of bearing and making metal to metal contact
(d) any one of these
40. Stress concentration factor is a function of
(a) geometry of the metallic component
(b) material of the machine component
(c) geometry and material of the component
(d) none of these

ANSWER KEYS (MECHANICAL ENGG)

21 d 26 a 31 c 36 a
22 c 27 a 32 a 37 b
23 d 28 a 33 c 38 c
24 a 29 d 34 a 39 b
25 d 30 d 35 b 40 c
 ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
41. Which of the following diode will produce, the highest pulsed power output?
(a) Varactor (b) Gunn (c) RIMPATT (d) Schottky ba
42. A diac is a
(a) 2 terminal unidirectional switch (b) 2 terminal bidirectional switch
(c) 3 terminal bidirectional switch (d) 4 terminal bidirectional switch
43. Which of the following type of noise does not occur in transistors
(a) Shot noise (b) Flicker noise (c) Partition noise (d) Resistance n
44. Which of the following is a unipolar device?
(a) FET (b) Zener diode (c) PNP transistor (d) All of the ab
45. In a full wave voltage doubler circuit the output has a ripple frequency
(a) of 50 Hz
(b) half the ripple frequency of input
(c) same as the ripple frequency of input
(d) double the ripple frequency of input
46. Indicate the noise whose source is in a category different from that of the other three.
(a) Solar diode (b) Galactic noise (c) Cosmic noise (d) Atmospheri
47. Which of the following is a unipolar diode?
(a) Zener diode (b) Step recovery diode
(c) Schottky diode (d) All of the above
48. Which of the following is a bipolar device?
(a) Tunnel diode (b) Gunn diode (c) FET (d) UJT
49. Which of the following diode has negative resistance region?
(a) Tunnel diode (b) PIN diode (c) Zener diode (d) Gas diode
50. Which of the following diode does not show negative resistance region?
(a) Gunn diode (b) Zener diode (c) Tunnel diode (d) All of the ab
51. The IF stage of a receiver employs
(a) capacitive coupling (b) impedance coupling
(c) double- tuned transformer coupling (d) single- tuned transformer coupling.
52. Transistors are free from which type of noise?
(a) Resistance noise (b) Partition noise (c) Flicker noise (d) Shot noise

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53. Which of the following noise becomes or great importance at high frequencies?
(a) Transit- time noise (b) Shot noise (c) Flicker noise (d) Agitation no
54. Which of the following circuit cannot be used to demodulate SSB?
(a) Phase discriminator (b) Product detector
(c) Balanced modulator (d) Beat frequency oscillator
55. Modulated carrier power in FM
(a) increases with modulating signal power
(b) decreases with modulating signal power
(c) is independent of the modulating signal power.
(d) None of these
56. Which of the following constitutes an active element?
(a) A resistor (b) A capacitor (c) An inductor (d) R-L-C netw
 57. Which of the following constitutes a passive circuit element?
(a) FET (b) BJT (c) Diode (d) A current so
58. The most noticeable effect of a small increase in temperature in the CE transistor is the
(a) increase in the AC current gain (b) decrease in the AC current gain
(c) increases in ICEO (d) increases in the output resistance
59. The configuration which provides both high current gain and high voltage gain of transistor amplifier is
(a) common base (b) common collector (c) common emitter (d) None of the
60. A transistor- terminal current is positive when the
(a) current is due to flow of electrons
(b) current is due to flow of holes
(c) electrons flow into the transistor at the terminal
(d) electrons flow out of the transistor at the terminal
ANSWER KEYS (ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGG)
41 c 46 d 51 c 56 b
42 b 47 c 52 b 57 c
43 c 48 a 53 a 58 c
44 a 49 a 54 a 59 c
45 d 50 b 55 c 60 d

CIVIL ENGINEERING
61. General shrinkage in cement concrete is caused by
(a) carbonation
(b) stressed due to external load
(c) drying with starting with a stiff consistency
(d) drying with starting with a wetter consistency
62. In paints, linseed oil is used as
(a) a thinner (b) a drier (c) a vehicle (d) a water –pro
63. Ferro-concrete is another name given to
(a) plain cement concrete (b) reinforced cement concrete
(c) prestressed cement concrete (d) none of these
64. Efflorescence in cement is caused due to an excess of
(a) Alumina (b) Iron oxide (c) Silica (d) Alkalies
65. Load on connection is not eccentric for
(a) lap joint
(b) single cover butt joint
(c) double cover butt joint
(d) all the joints mentioned in (a), (b) and (c) of the question

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66. The serviceability criterion for a plate girder design is based upon
(a) width of flange (b) depth of web
(c) minimum thickness of web (d) stiffness of web
67. The average BOD5 of domestic sewage is
(a) 80kg/day/person (b) 8 kg/day/person (c) 0.8 kg/day/person (d) 0.08 kg/day
68. The standard turbidity produced by one mg of silicon dioxide (silica) in one litre of distilled water, is
 called
(a) one Jackson turbidity unit (JTU) (b) one Formazin turbidity unit (FTU)
(c) one Nephelometry turbidity unit (NTU) (d) None of the above
69. A document containing detailed description of all the items of work (but their quantities are not
mentioned) together with their current rates is called
(a) tender (b) schedule of rates (c) analysis of rate (d) abstract esti
70. For laminar flow in circular pipes, the Darcy’s friction factor f is equal to
(a)16/Re (b) 32/Re (c) 64/Re (d) None of the
71. What shall be the maximum area of reinforcement (i) in compression and (ii) in tension to be provided in
an RC beam, respectively as per IS:456?
(a) 0.08% and 2% (b) 2% and 4% (c) 4% and 2% (d) 4% and 4%
liquid limit - water content
72. The ratio for a soil mass is called :
plasticity index
(a) Liquidity index (b) Shrinkage ratio (c) Consistency index (d) Toughness i
73. Which of the following statements in respect of a map A having scale 1: 1000 and another map B having
scale 1: 5000 is true?
(a) Map A is a large scale map compared to map B
(b) Map B is a large scale map compared to map A
(c) Map B is a more detailed map compared to map A
(d) None of the above
74. The reaction time for calculation of stopping distance may be assumed as :
(a) 5 secs (b) 2.5 secs (c) 0.5 secs (d) 10.0 secs
75. The Lacey’s slit factor for a particular alluvium is 2.0. this alluvium would comprise
(a) medium sand of size 0.5 mm (b) coarse sand of size 0.75 mm
(c) medium bar is of size 1.3 mm (d) coarse bar is of size 2.4 mm
76. The standard project flood is
(a) smaller than the probable maximum flood
(b) the same as the probable maximum flood
(c) the same as the design flood
(d) larger than the probable maximum flood by a factor implying safety factor
77. Of the various empirical formulae relating the flood peak to the catchment area
(a) Ryves formula is used all over the country
(b) Dickens formula is used all over the country
(c) Inglis formula is in use in a large part on North India
(d) Dickens formula is in use in large part of North India
78. The shape of S.F. D for a cantilever subjected to a couple at its free end is
(a) No. S. F in any part of beam (b) Rectangular
(c) Linearly varying (d) Parabolic
79. Excess of silica in the clay
(a) makes the brick brittle and weak
(b) makes the brick crack and warp on drying
(c) changes colour of the brick from red to yellow
(d) improves impermeability and durability of the brick

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80. Tensile strength of concrete is measured by

 (a) direct tension test in the universal testing machine
(b) applying compressive load along the diameter of the cylinder
(c) applying third point loading on a prism
(d) applying tensile load along the diameter of the cylinder

ANSWER KEYS (CIVIL ENGG)

61 c 66 d 71 d 76 a
62 c 67 d 72 c 77 d
63 b 68 a 73 a 78 a
64 d 69 b 74 b 79 a
65 c 70 c 75 c 80 c

GENERAL AWARENESS
81. Lord Mountbatten came to India as Viceroy along with specific instruction to :
(a) Balkanize the Indian sub-continent
(b) Keep India united if possible
(c) Accept Jinnah’s demand for Pakistan
(d) Persuade the Congress to accept partition
82. Geographically, which is the oldest part of India?
(a) The Deccan Plateau (b) The Coastal Plains
(c) The Peninsular Plateau (d) The North Indian Plains
83. The temperature increases rapidly in the
(a) Exosphere (b) Ionospher (c) Stratosphere (d) Tropospher
84. Under which article, a National Commission for scheduled castes is provided in India?
(a) Article 338 (b) Article 338A (c) Article 333 (d) Article 334
85. Who presides over the Lok Sabha if neither the speaker nor the deputy speaker is available permanently?
(a) A member of the house of people appointed by the President.
(b) A member chosen by council of ministers
(c) The senior most member of the Rajya Sabha
(d) The senior most member of Lok Sabha appointed by the President.
86. Election to the house of the people and the legislative assemblies of states in India are conducted on the
basis of:
(a) Single transferable vote (b) Proportional representation
(c) Limited suffrage (d) Universal adult franchise
87. Which of the following was the most popular budgetary approach during the post-world war II time?
(a) Line item budget (b) Lump sum budget
(c) Performance budgeting (d) Zero base budgeting
88. Conduction band electrons have more mobility than holes because they :-
(a) Air lighter (b) Experience collision less frequently
(c) Have negative charge (d) Need less energy to move them
89. Which of the following not correctly matches?
(a) Galena: Lead Sulphide (b) Green vitriol: Copper sulphate
(c) Plaster of paris : Calcium sulphate (d) Calomel : Mercurous chloride
90. Somatostatin was first isolated from :-
(a) Liver (b) Pancreas (c) Hypothalamus (d) Stomach
91. Who among the following said “My boy, no, you are an Indian first and then a Muslim”?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Mohammad Iqbal
(c) Mohammad Ali Jinnah (d) Syed Ahmad Khan

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92. A device that connects to a network without the use of cables is said to be :
(a) Distributed (b) Wireless device (c) Centralized (d) Open sourc
93. What is the theme of 2019 Taj Mahotsav ?
(a) Sanskriti (b) Dharohar (c) Parampara (d) Virasat
94. Which of the following Railways has created history by converting a diesel locomotive into electric
locomotive for the first time in the world?
(a) Indian (b) American (c) Germany (d) Canadian
95. The Foundation Day of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes was observed on which date?
(a) 18th February,2019 (b) 15th February,2019
(c) 16th February,2019 (d) 19th February, 2019
96. Football Delhi has conferred with first ever "Football Ratna" Award to whom?
(a) Sourabh Pant (b) Sunil Chhetri (c) Vivek Halward (d) Kishor Kum
97. What is the reason for the declaration of emergency by US President Donald Trump?
(a) Terror attack
(b) Wall construction on Mexico border
(c) Students Strike
(d) Increasing government control of the Judiciary
98. Who won the women’s singles title for 4th times at the Yonex-Sunrise 83rd Senior Nationals?
(a) PV Sindhu (b) Ratchanok Intanon (c) Nozomi Okuhara (d) Saina Nehw
99. Andhra Pradesh will give Rs 9000 each to the farmers with less than 5 acres land under which scheme?
(a) KALIA (b) Annadata Sukhibhava scheme
(c) PM Kisan Samman Nidhi (d) Annadata Samman Yojana
100. Who is hosting the multi-nation Cobra military exercise this year?
(a) United States and Thailand (b) United States and Malaysia
(c) Pakistan and China (d) USA and China

ANSWER KEYS (GENERAL AWARENESS)

81 b 86 d 91 c 96 b
82 a 87 b 92 b 97 b
83 b 88 b 93 c 98 d
84 a 89 b 94 a 99 b
85 d 90 b 95 d 100 a

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