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Subject electrical engineering
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Organization Uttarakhand Public Service Commission
Position assistant engineer
Exam Date 2013
City, State uttarakhand,


Question Paper

1. Which block replacement algorithm is not generally used in cache operation:­

LIFO

FIFO

LRU

Random

2. The microprograms provided by a manufacturer to be used on his microprogrammed computer are generally called:­

Software

Netware

Firmware

Hardware

3. The software that transfers the object program from secondary memory to the main memory is called:­

Assembler

Loader

Linker

Task builder

4. A major advantage of active filters is that they can be realized without using:­

Op-amps

Inductors

Resistors

Capacitors

5. The order of convergence of Newton-Raphson method

1

1.618





6. If is a polynomial of degree then . n is equal

0

Constant



None of these

7. Newton Raphson method is suitable in the cases where:­

is large

is small

is negative

is positive

8. Value of
(unity being the interval of differencing)

-180

-90

-45

0

9. The relation between E and







2

10. The value of E2x2 when the value of x vary by a constant increment of

x2-8x+16

x2+8x+16

x2-8x+8

x2+8x+8

11. ACK indicates reception

Correct data

Incorrect data

Insufficient data

Sufficient data

12. 8085 Microprocessor does not have:­

Zero flag

Parity flag

Over flag

Auxiliary carry flag

13. Which of the following is used for serial access storage only:­

RAM

Magnetic tape

Magnetic disk

Core memory

14. The Runge Kutta method of second order is nothing but:­

Euler method

Taylor method

Modified Euler method

Improved Euler method

15. Which byte of an instruction is loaded into IR register?

Last

First

Both of above

None of above

16. In an instruction of 8085 microprocessor, how many bytes are present?

One only

One or Two

Two or Three

One, Two or Three

17. Zero address instruction format is used for:­

RISC architecture

CISC architecture

Von Neuman architecture

Stack- organised architecture

18. Which bus is a bidirectional bus:­

Address bus

Data bus

Address bus and data bus

None of the above

19. Which one of the following is not a vectored interrupt?

INTR

TRAP

RST 3

RST 7.5

20. The total number of pins in 8085 are:­

20

30

40

50

21. Which of the following instructions have only one operand?

Multiply

Add

Shift

Subtract

22. In a microprocessor, the address of the next instruction to be executed is stored

Stack pointer

Address latch

Program counter

General purpose register

23. In 8085 microprocessor, after the execution of XRA A instruction

The carry flag is set

The accumulator contain FFH

The zero flag is set

The accumulator contents are shifted left by one bit

24. In 8085 microprocessor the contents of the accumulator, after the following instruction executed will become:-X RA A MVIB FOH SUB B

01 H

0F H

F0 H

10 H

25. Decimal number is represented in compliment form

0 1 0 0

1 0 1 1

1 1 0 0

1 0 1 0

26. The instruction that exchanges stack top with HL pair

PUSH H

S P H L

X T H L

P C H L

27. In 8255, port C can work as 8 bit port

Mode 0 only

Mode 1 only

Mode 2 only

None of the above

28. The chip 8255 A is connected as peripheral I/O. The chip is selected when address lines A2 to A7 are all the address of control register

FC H

FD H

FE H

FF H

29. The ADC that has maximum clock periods equal to number of bits

Dual slope ADC

Counter ramp ADC

Successive approximation ADC

Flash converter ADC

30. The 8259 A programmable Interrupt controller in cascade mode can handle interrupts

8 priority level

16 priority level

32 priority level

64 priority level

31. Boolean expression y z xy z x z xyz can be simplified

xz z yz

xz z yz

y xyz xz

xyz z

32. The minimum number of NAND gates required to implement is equal

Zero

1





33. Decimal equivalent of the hexadecimal number E5

279

229

427

3000

34. What overall accuracy could one reasonably expect from construction of a 10 bit A/D converter?

0.1%

0.2%

0.3%

0.4%

35. At s the torque of an induction motor

Zero

Equal to full load torque

Very high

Very low

36. The least expensive protection for over current in low voltage system

Rewirable fuse

Isolator

Circuit breaker

Air Break switch

37. The Air Blast circuit breakers for 400 kV system are designed to operate

0.1 s

0.5 s

50 ms

100 µs

38. Which of the following circuits come under the class of sequential logic circuits:­

Full adder

Full subtractor

Half adder

J-K flip counter

39. What are the output bit s and c (carry) of a Half adder having Input A=1 and

1

0

1

0

40. The motor normally used for crane travel

AC slip ring motor

Ward Leonard controlled DC shunt motor

Synchronous motor

DC differentially compounded motor

41. What are the number of Memories required of size 16x4 to design a Memory of size 64x8









42. The device commonly used for triggering a triac

Diode

Transistor

Zener diode

Diac

43. The r.m.s. value of a Half-wave Rectified symmetrical square wave current of 2A

route 2A

1 A

route 2A

route 3A

44. In d.c choppers, per unit ripple is Maximum, when duty cycle a

0.2

0.5

0.7

0.9

45. For separating the channels in FDM, one has to use:­

Differentiator

Integrator

Band pass filter

AND gates

46. Modulation is Primarily accomplished

Produce side bands

Mix two-waves of different frequencies

Improve transmission efficiency

Transmit audio-frequency signal over long distance

47. In an AM wave, V max=10V and V min =5V The percentage of Modulation

20.00

33.33

50.00

75.00

48. A type of chopper has a source voltage load resistance and duty cycle . For this chopper, the rms value of the output voltage may





route alpha

alpha)· V

49. The software used to drive microprocessor based system is called:­

Assembly language

Firm ware

High level language

Basic interpreter instructions

50. How may switches are used to construct a 3-to 3-cycloconverter?





12

18

51. How many bits are used in data bus of 8085?









52. A register in the microprocessor that keeps track of the answer or result of any arithmatic or logic operation is the:­

Stack pointer

Program counter

Instruction pointer

Accumulator

53. Ready pin of a Microprocessor is used:­

To indicate that the µ is ready to receive I/P

To indicate that the µ is ready to receive O/P

To introduce wait states

To provide direct memory access

54. In which T-state does the CPU sends the address to memory or I/O the ALE signal for demultiplexing:­

T1

T2

T3

T4

55. is equivalent



ABC

A B C

A. B. C.

56. The figure of merit is minimum

I2L

NMOS

ECL

TTL

57. In a thyristor, holding current

More than latching current

Less than latching current

Equal to latching current

Cannot compare with latching current

58. The PIV of a half wave rectifier circuit with a shunt capacitor filter

(a) 2V m

V m

V 2

3Vm

59. The ripple factor of a Power supply is a measure

Its filter efficiency

Its voltage regulation

Diode rating

Purity of Power output

60. In a three phase half wave rectifier, each diode conducts for a duration

30°

60°

120°

180°

61. A step up chopper has V as the source voltage and a as the duty cycle. The output voltage s for this chopper is given



Vs



None of these

62. In single pulse modulation of PWM inverter, third harmonic can be eliminated if pulse width is equal

30°

60°

120°

None of these

63. In dc chopper, the waveforms for input and output voltage are respectively:­

Discontinuous, Continuous

Both continuous

Both discontinuous

Continuous, discontinuous

64. If in a rectifier the ripple voltage is 150 mV and the dc value is 15V, then ripple factor is given

0.01

0.02

0.001

0.002

65. If two ends of rods are to be welded, the method of welding

Spot welding

Projection welding

Seam welding

Butt welding

66. A three phase diode bridge rectifier is fed from a 400V RMS, 50Hz, three phase AC source. If the load is purely resistive, then peak instantaneous voltage is equal

400 V

400 V

400 route2/3v

400/ route3 V

67. In a 3-ph bridge inverter with 180° conduction, the number of switches that are at any instant of time









68. A 1-ph full bridge inverter can have load commutation only if the load

R-L

underdamped

overdamped

critically damped

69. A 3-ph induction motor under dc dynamic braking work

Induction generator

dc generator

dc motor

synchronous generator

70. A chopper circuit is operating on TRC principle at a frequency of 2kHz on 230 V supply. If the load voltage is 184V, the on time and off time (Toff of chopper are respectively:­

Ton=0.3 msec, Toff=0.2 msec

Ton =0.38 msec, Toff=0.12 msec

Ton =0.2 msec, Toff=0.3 msec

Ton =0.4 msec, Toff=0.1 msec

71. The number of terms in a logic function of three variables are:­









72. Which of the following is an invalid state in Binary coded Decimal counter:­

1 0 0 0

1 0 0 1

0 0 1 1

1 1 0 0

73. Which of the following is a sequential circuit?

AND gate

NAND gate

Bistable multivibrator

EX-OR gate

74. The output X of the OR gate show in figure

<img src='./qimages/3399-74.jpg'>


0

2

3

75. The Boolean expression A is equal

1

B

A

A+B

76. If the J-K Flip flop's output is zero, then in order to change its output to the input combination

J K X

J K X

J K=1

J K 0

77. How many 3-line to 8-line decoders are required for a 1 of 32 decoder?









78. The output Y of the logic circuit given below





X



79. When a BJT is used as a switch, its mode of operation switches between:­

Cut-off and active regions

Cut-off and saturation regions

Active and saturation regions

Different operating points in the active region

80. The most suitable gate for comparing two bit

AND gate

OR gate

NAND gate

EX-OR gate

81. Which of the following finds application in pocket calculator?

TTL

CMOS

ECL

Both and

82. Which has the lowest propagation delay time?

ECL

TTL

CMOS

DMOS

83. De Morgan's second theorem

A .

A

.



84. The minimum number of NOR gates A required to implement is equal









85. In a 6 bit Johnson counter sequence, there are a total of how many states or bit patterns?





12

24

86. The most powerful solid state microwave device

GUNN diode

IMPATT diode

MESFET

Varactor

87. The following wave does not exist in wave guides:­

TE waves

TM waves

TEM

TE TEM

88. The characteristic Impedance of a lossless transmission line is given

Z

Z routeC/L

Z routeL/C

Z LC

89. The characteristic impedance of a cable is about:­

300 omegha

50





90. As frequency is increased, the skin effect:­

Increases

Decreases

Remains the same

Either or

91. The most noise immune system

SSB

PCM

PDM

PWM

92. Human ears can detect sound intensity of order

10-4 W/m2

10-8 W/m2

10-13 W/m2

10-18 W/m2

93. An AM wave is given by 0.5 cos 103 t 0.3 cos 104t. cos 106t), the modulation index of the envelope

0.5

0.58

0.3

0.8

94. A phase locked loop is a feedback circuit consisting of

Phase detector

Low pass filter

VCO

All of the above

95. An antenna has a resistance of 50 and an equivalent noise resistance of 30 . The noise figure in decibels

1.6 dB

2 dB

3.6 dB

6 dB

96. A carrier is modulated by two modulating waves A and B having modulation index of 0.6 and 0.8 respectively. The overall modulation index

1.0

0.7

0.2

1.4

97. In transistor radio receiver, the number of IF amplifier stages are:­









98. For an ideal 3000Hz channel, S/N ratio

3

1.5





99. A waveguide section in microwave circuit acts

Low pass filter

Band pass filter

High pass filter

Band stop filter

100. Which TM mode in rectangular waveguide has lowest cut-off frequency?

TM11

TM01

TM10

TM21

101. A line has Z0=300 O . If ZL= 150 O reflection coefficient

0.5

0.333

-0.333

-0.5

102. Which of the following lines is non-radiating?

Open two wire

Co-axial

Both of the above

None of the above

103. Which of the following devices uses a helix?

Klystron Amplifier

Klystron Oscillator

TWT

Both and

104. A 6-pole, 50Hz, 3-phase induction motor has rotor resistance of 0.25 ohm and develops the maximum torque at 875 rpm. The rotor reactance and slip at the maximum torque respectively are:­

2 0.125 pu

2 0. 25 pu

1 0. 25 pu

1 0.125 pu

105. The field excitation of 20A results in a short circuit armature current of 400A and open circuit terminal voltage of 2000V in an alternator. The magnitude of the internal voltage drop within the machine at a load current of 200A is

1 V

10 V

100 V

1000 V

106. What is the ratio of starting torque and maximum torque of a 3-phase, 50Hz, 4-pole induction motor when the maximum torque occurs at 1200 rpm?

0.384

0.421

0.5

0.6

107. A balanced three phase induction motor runs at slip If is the synchronous speed, what is the relative speed between the stator mmf and the rotor mmf?

s s

s

s

Zero

108. The supply voltage to a 3-phase induction motor is reduced by 10 percent. By what percentage will the maximum torque decrease?

12.1%

19.0%

21.0%

40.0%

109. Wide speed control range of three phase squirrel cage induction motor is obtained

Variable voltage constant frequency control method

Slip power recovery method

Pole changing method

Constant voltage to frequency ratio method

110. A 6-pole, 3-phase alternator running at 1000 rpm supplies to an 8-pole, 3-phase induction motor which has a rotor current of frequency 2 Hz. The speed at which the motor operates

1000 rpm

960 rpm

750 rpm

720 rpm

111. A synchronous motor is operating on no load at unity power factor, if the field current is increased, the power factor will become:­

Leading and the stator current will decrease

Lagging and the stator current will increase

Lagging and the stator current will decrease

Leading and the stator current will increase

112. A synchronous motor is operated from a bus voltage of 1.0 pu and is drawing 1.0 pu zero power factor leading current. Its synchronous reactance is 0.5 pu What is the excitation emf of the motor?

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

113. Damper in a large generator is used

Increase stability

Reduce Voltage fluctuation

Reduce frequency fluctuation

All above

114. A 10 pole AC generator rotates at 1200 rpm. The frequency of AC voltage in cycle per second will

120

110

100

50

115. Speed of a repulsion motor at No load

Low

Very low

High

Dangerously high

116. What is the ratio of No-load speed to full load speed of a 200 kVA, 12 pole, 220V, 3 phase, 60 Hz synchronous motor?

1

1.1

1.21

Infinite

117. The motor used in household refrigerators

dc series motor

dc shunt motor

universal motor

Single phase induction motor

118. An ideal transformer does not-change:­

Voltage

Power

Current

None of the above

119. The slip of an induction motor normally does not depend

Rotor speed

Synchronous speed

Shaft torque

Core-loss component

120. Skewing is used in induction motors in order to reduce torque due

Time harmonics

Space harmonics

Slot harmonics

Reverse rotating fields

121. Which type of motor is most suitable for computer printer device?

Reluctance motor

Hysterisis motor

Shaded pole motor

Stepper motor

122. In a circle diagram of a three phase induction motor the point where tangent to the circle is parallel to the horizontal line represents:­

Maximum torque

Maximum output power

Maximum input

Stator loss

123. In a split phase motor, the ratio of number of turns for starting winding to that for running winding

2.0

More than 1.0

1.0

Less than 1.0

124. A 3 3 stack, variable reluctance step motor has 20 poles on each rotor and stator stack. The step angle of this step motor







18°

125. Which of the following is an unexcited single phase synchronous motor?

A.C. series motor

Reluctance motor

Universal motor

Repulsion motor

126. A 60 Hz induction motor runs at 1150 rpm, its synchronous speed

1300 rpm

1500 rpm

1200 rpm

1000 rpm

127. The common type of servo motor is different from normal induction motor as it has:­

Lower rotor resistance

Higher rotor resistance

Higher power rating

Larger inertia

128. When a 3-phase alternator is suddenly short circuited at its terminals, the initial value of short circuit current is limited by which one of the following?

Subtransient reactance

Transient reactance xd

Synchronous reactance x s

Sum of xd xd and x s

129. The domestic mixer uses an electric motor of type:­

Universal motor

Shaded pole motor

Synchronous motor

Induction motor

130. The rotor power output of three phase induction motor is 15kW. The rotor copper loss at a slip of will

600W

625W

650W

700W

131. The change in speed of a 3 f induction motor from No load to full load is about:­





15%

50%

132. A three phase induction motor takes A ampere on full load at a power factor of cos f . The component responsible for producing magnetization is approximately:­

A sin

A tan

A cos

A cos

133. Synchronous motor can run

Leading power factor

Lagging power factor

Unity power factor

Any of above

134. As the load on a synchronous motor is increased, the torque angle:­

Increases

Decreases

Remains same

None of these

135. If a dc series motor is connected to AC supply, then:­

It will not run

It will run

It will burn out

It will pulsate

136. Which type of connection is employed for current transformers for the protection of star- delta connected 3-phase transformer

Delta Delta

Star Star

Star Delta

Delta Star

137. The relay used for protection of high voltage a.c. transmission line against power swing

Instantaneous overcurrent relay

Impedance relay

Mho relay

Reactance relay

138. The restriking voltage in circuit breaker is measured

RMS value

Peak value

Instantaneous value

Average value

139. The most suitable circuit breaker for interrupting short line fault without resistance switching

Minimum oil circuit breaker

SF6 circuit breaker

Bulk oil circuit breaker

Air blast circuit breaker

140. Which one of the following is not a routine test of a circuit breaker?

Short circuit test

Dielectric test

Thermal test

DC resistance voltage drop test

141. What is the approximate value of the surge impedance loading of a 400kV, 3-phase, 50Hz overhead single circuit transmission line?

230 MW

400 MW

1000 MW

1600 MW

142. How many relays are used to detect interphase fault of a three phase system?

One

Two

Three

six

143. Circuit breaker is used for which of the following:­

Voltage control

Power control

Frequency control

Over current protection

144. Which is preferred type of C.B to be installed in EHV system?

Vacuum C.B.

Air blast C.B.

Bulk oil C.B.

None of these

145. If the fault current is 2000 the relay setting is 50% and CT ratio is 400 the plug setting multiplier will

25 A

15 A

50 A

10 A

146. In an open ended line, the reflection coefficient of current









147. Resistance switching is normally employed

All breakers

Bulk oil breakers

Minimum oil breakers

Air blast breakers

148. In an Indoor substation for 220 kV, the circuit breakers will be of the type:­

Oil

Air break

SF6

Vacuum

149. The term critical clearing time in protection of Power system is related

Reactive power limit

Steady state stability limit

Short circuit current limit

Transient stability limit

150. The rate of rise of restriking voltage depends

Resistance and inductance of the system only

Inductance of system only

Capacitance of the system only

Inductance and capacitance of the system only

151. A relay with inherent directional characteristic

Mho relay

Impedance relay

Reactance relay

Differential relay

152. Loss of excitation in an alternator can be detected by using:­

Earth fault relay

IDMT relay

Reactance relay

Offset Mho relay

153. In a circuit breaker, the time duration form the instant of the fault to the extinction of arc is known

Total clearing time

Operation time

Protection time

Recovery time

154. The making current of a 3-phase circuit breaker with rating 2000 MVA, 33kV will

35 kA

50 kA

70 kA

89 kA

155. If the percentage reactance of the system upto the fault point is 20% and the base kVA is 10,000 then the short circuit VA

10 MVA

20 MVA

50 MVA

60 MVA

156. Impedance relay can be used for:­

Earth fault only

Phase fault only

Both earth and phase fault

None of these

157. Merz Price Protection is used to protect:­

Transmission line and transformers

Transformers and generators

Motors only

Transformers only

158. For a fault at terminals of the synchronous generator, the fault current is maximum for

3 Phase fault

3 to ground fault

Line to ground fault

Line to line fault

159. A three phase, 33kV oil circuit breaker is rated for 1200 2000 MVA, 3s. The symmetrical breaking current

1200A

3600 A

35 kA

104.8 kA

160. A thermal protection switch provides protection against:­

Over load

Under voltage

Short circuit

Over voltage

161. Using Euler's method, the value of y after 1st iteration for the differential equation

with y=1 when x=0 and h=0.1

1.0

1.1

1.2

Cannot be obtained due to insufficient data

162. The circuit shown

<img src='./qimages/3399-162.jpg'>

Inverting amplifier

Non inverting amplifier

Voltage to current convertor

Voltage follower

163. A unit positive step is applied at the input of the circuit shown below. After 15 seconds, the output Vo will

<img src='./qimages/3399-163.jpg'>

164. For the following analog simulation, the dynamic equation

<img src='./qimages/3399-164.jpg'>


165. Which one of the following methods is used for numerical integration?

Newton Raphson method

Lagrange's method

Trapezoidal rule

None of above

166. For solving equation x3-3x+1 0 by Newton Raphson method, the initial guess be next estimate x1 will

0.212

0.333

0.40

0.425

167. An op-Amp has a slew rate of 5V/ µ s. The largest sine wave o/p voltage possible at a frequency of 1MHz

10 V

5 V

V

5 2 V

168. To fit y=abx in linear form

y=cx+a

y=ax+c

ay=cx

y=x where x=xb

169. Interpolation is a technique of estimating the value of a function for any:­

Minimum value of a variable

Intermediate value of a variable

Maximum value of a variable

None of these

170. A differential amplifier has a differential gain of 20,000 and CMRR=80db. The common mode gain is given

2

1

1/2

2.5

171. An ideal differential amplifier has CMRR equaling:­

Unity





Zero

172. Using Runge Kutta fourth order method, the approximate value of y when x 0.2, given

that x+y when x 0 is given

1.3428

1.2421

1.2428

1.4345

173. The general solution of the differential equation

dx/dy x/y x/tany

sin

sin

cos

cos

174. Which of the following formula is most accurate for numerical integration?

Simpson's rule

Trapezoidal rule

Weddle's formula

Gauss's Quadrature formula

175. The value of

<img src='./qimages/3399-175.jpg'>

176. The differential equation t2 0 is called:­

Fourier's equation

Laplace equation

Bessel's equation of index n

Hamiltonian equation

177. Effective address is calculated by adding or subtracting displacement value

Intermediate address

Relative address

Absolute address

Base address

178. If two stages with noise figure F1 and F2 and gains G1 G2 are cascaded, the resultant noise F will









179. The input resistance Ri and output resistance Ro of an Ideal current amplifier in Ohms are:­

0 and 0

0 and infinity

and 0

and

180. If the input to an antilog amplifier is the output is proportional

<img src='./qimages/3399-180.jpg'>


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