Q2 The resistance of 200 m. long circular copper wire is 21.If its thickness is 0.44mm,What is the resistivity(ohm-m) of the copper is
(a) 1.597*10-8 (b) 2.507*10-8 (c) 5.597*10-6 (d) None of these
Q3 Metals have temperature coefficient of resistance
(a) Positive (b) negative (c) May be positive or Negative (d) None of these
Q4 The resistance of two wire is 25 when connected in series and 6 when connected in parallel.The resistance of each wire is
(a) 12 &13 (b) 15&10 (c) 20& 5 (d) 24&1
Q5 A current of 3A flows through 10 resistor. The energy dissipated in 5sec.is
(a) 450J (b) 150J (c) 250J (d) None of these
Q6 Ideal current source has its internal resistance equal to
(a)1. (b)2. (c) 0 (d) Infinite
Q7 If resistance of all three branches of star connected load is 1 each, then the resistance of each branch of equivalent delta load would be
(a) 3 (b) 9 (c) 0.3 (d) 1/3
Q8 A p.d. of 300V is maintained across the terminals of the capacitor. The electric field strength(kV/m) between the plate gap of (0.3mm) is
(a) 1000 (b) 2000 (c) 3000 (d) 4000
Q9 An 8micro-farad capacitor is connected in series with 0.5M resistor. The time constant of the RC circuit is
(a) 16sec. (b) 6sec (c) 5sec (d) 4sec
Q10 An 8micro-farad capacitor is charged from a 100V supply. The energy stored in the capacitor is
(a) 0.004J (b) 0.0016J (c) 0.008 J (d) None of these
Q11 A conductor carries a current of 100A at right angle to a magnetic field having density of 0.5 T. The force on per unit lengh of the conductor is
(a) 50N (b) 500N (c) 150N (d) 5.0N
Q12 A magnetic flux of 200wb passing through a coil of 1200 turns is reversed in 0.2sec.The induced emf in the coil is
(a) 12V (b) 2.4V (c) 2.2V (d) 1.2V
Q13 The value of 1/(0 0) is equal to
(a) Speed of light (b) 1/ Speed of light (c) (Speed of light )2 (d) None of these
(a) N/I (b) NI/ (c) I /N (d) None of these
Q15 A coil of 200 turns is wound on a non- magnetic circular core of area 500mm2& the mean circumference of 400mm.The inductance of coil is
(a) 628H (b) 6.28H (c ) 62.8H (d) None of these
Q16 An alternating voltage is given by the equation v = 200Sin 314t the rms value of the voltage is
(a) 141.42V (b) 282.82V (c) 14.142V (d) None of these
Q17 In a transformer the induced emf in the winding is given by (notation used have their usual meaning)
(a) E = 1.11 N f m (b) E = 2.22 N f m (c) E = 4.44 N f m (d) None of these
Q18 A dc motor takes an armature current of 10A at 220V.The armature resistance of the machine is 0.2, flux per pole is .01wb, the no of poles are 6,and the armature has wave wound 480 conductors. The torque developed in armature is
(a) 100Nm (b) 25Nm (c) 44Nm (d) 22.91Nm
Q19 A,3-phase, synchronous generator has 4 pairs of pole is running with the speed of 900 rpm.The frequency of the supply would be
(a) 50Hz (b) 60Hz (c) 25Hz (d) 150Hz
Q20 The advantage of permanent magnet moving coil(PMMC) instrument is
(a)Low power consumption (b) No hysteresis loss (c) Efficient eddy current damping (d) All of the above
Q21 The majority charge carrier in p- type semiconductor are
(a) Electrons (b) Holes (c) Both Electrons and Holes (d) None of these
Q22 An n-type semiconductor as a whole is
(a) Electrically +ve (b) Electrically ve (c) Electrically neutral (d) None of these
Q23 The out put of the logic gate is one, only when all the inputs are one. Then logic gate is
(a) AND (b) OR (c) NAND (d) NOR
Q24 In a transistor which of the following region is very lightly doped
(a) Emitter (b) Collector (c) Base (d) None of these
Answers
1 c 2
3 a 4 b 5 a 6 d 7 a 8 9 d 10 d 11 a 12 d 13 a 14 a 15 16 a 17 c 18 d 19 b 20 21 b 22 c 23 a 24 c
No. General Knowledge Question Answer 1 The first Prime minister of Bangladesh was Mujibur Rehman 2 The longest river in the world is the Nile 3 The longest highway in the world is the Trans-Canada 4 The longest highway in the world has a length of About 8000 km 5 The highest mountain in the world is the Mount Everest 6 The country that accounts for nearly one third of the total teak production of the world is Myanmar 7 The biggest desert in the world is the Sahara desert 8 The largest coffee growing country in the world is Brazil 9 The country also known as "country of copper" is Zambia 10 The name given to the border which separates Pakistan and Afghanistan is Durand line 11 The river Volga flows out into the Caspian sea 12 The coldest place on the earth is Verkoyansk in Siberia 13 The country which ranks second in terms of land area is Canada 14 The largest Island in the Mediterranean sea is Sicily 15 The river Jordan flows out into the Dead sea 16 The biggest delta in the world is the Ganges Delta 17 The capital city that stands on the river Danube is Belgrade 18 The Japanese call their country as Nippon 19 The length of the English channel is 564 kilometres 20 The world's oldest known city is Damascus 21 The city which is also known as the City of Canals is Venice 22 The country in which river Wangchu flows is Myanmar 23 The biggest island of the world is Greenland 24 The city which is the biggest centre for manufacture of automobiles in the world is Detroit, USA 25 The country which is the largest producer of manganese in the world is China & South Africa 26 The country which is the largest producer of rubber in the world is Malaysia 27 The country which is the largest producer of tin in the world is China 28 The river which carries maximum quantity of water into the sea is the Amazon River 29 The city which was once called the `Forbidden City' was Peking 30 The country called the Land of Rising Sun is Japan 31 Mount Everest was named after Sir George Everest 32 The volcano Vesuvius is located in Italy 33 The country known as the Sugar Bowl of the world is Cuba 34 The length of the Suez Canal is 162.5 kilometers 35 The lowest point on earth is The coastal area of Dead sea 36 The Gurkhas are the original inhabitants of Nepal 37 The largest ocean of the world is the Pacific ocean 38 The largest bell in the world is the Tsar Kolkol at Kremlin, Moscow 39 The biggest stadium in the world is the Strahov Stadium, Prague 40 The world's largest diamond producing country is South Africa 41 Australia was discovered by James Cook 42 The first Governor General of Pakistan is Mohammed Ali Jinnah 43 Dublin is situated at the mouth of river Liffey 44 The earlier name of New York city was New Amsterdam 45 The Eiffel tower was built by Alexander Eiffel 46 The Red Cross was founded by Jean Henri Durant 47 The country which has the greatest population density is Monaco 48 The national flower of Britain is Rose 49 Niagara Falls was discovered by Louis Hennepin 50 The national flower of Italy is Lily 51 The national flower of China is Narcissus 52 The permanent Kathmandu secretariat of the SAARC is located at 53 The gateway to the Gulf of Iran is Strait of Hormuz 54 The first Industrial Revolution took place in England 55 World Environment Day is observed on 5th June 56 The first Republican President of America was Abraham Lincoln 57 The country famous for Samba dance is Brazil 58 The name of Alexander's horse was Beucephalus 59 Singapore was founded by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 60 The famous British one- eyed Admiral was Nelson 61 The earlier name of Sri Lanka was Ceylon 62 The UNO was formed in the year 1945 63 UNO stands for United Nations Organization 64 The independence day of South Korea is celebrated on 15th August 65 'Last Judgement' was the first painting of an Italian painter named Michelangelo 66 Paradise Regained was written by John Milton 67 The first President of Egypt was Mohammed Nequib 68 The first man to reach North Pole was Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary 69 The most famous painting of Pablo Picasso was Guermica 70 The primary producer of newsprint in the world is Canada 71 The first explorer to reach the South Pole was Cap. Ronald Amundson 72 The person who is called the father of modern G.Garibaldi Italy is 73 World literacy day is celebrated on 8th September 74 The founder of modern Germany is Bismarck 75 The country known as the land of the midnight sun is Norway 76 The place known as the Roof of the world is Tibet 77 The founder of the Chinese Republic was San Yat Sen 78 The first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize was Abdul Salam 79 The first woman Prime Minister of Britain was Margaret Thatcher 80 The first Secretary General of the UNO was Trygve Lie 81 The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was Frederick Auguste Bartholdi 82 The port of Baku is situated in Azerbaijan 83 John F Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald 84 The largest river in France is Loire 85 The Queen of England who married her brother-in-law was Catherine of Aragon 86 The first black person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was Ralph Johnson Bunche 87 The first British University to admit women for degree courses was London University 88 The principal export of Jamaica is Sugar 89 New York is popularly known as the city of Skyscrapers 90 Madagascar is popularly known as the Island of Cloves 91 The country known as the Land of White Elephant is Thailand 92 The country known as the Land of Morning Calm is Korea 93 The country known as the Land of Thunderbolts is Bhutan 94 The highest waterfalls in the world is the Salto Angel Falls, Venezuela 95 The largest library in the world is the United States Library of Congress, Washington DC 96 The author of Harry Potter Books is JK Rowling 97 Nickname of New York city is Big Apple 98 What do you call a group of sheep? A Flock of Sheep 99 In which sport do players take long and short corners? Hockey 100 Who was the youngest President of the USA? Theodore Roosevelt 101 How many legs do butterflies have? 6 Legs & 2 Pair of Wings 102 Who invented the Nintendo Wii? Kashi Kabushiki 103 What year does the Nintendo Wii come out? Late 2006 104 Who invented the Light Bulb? Humphry Davy 105 Who invented the washing machine? James King 106 Who invented the first electric washing machine? Alva Fisher 107 Who invented the safety pin? Walter Hunt 108 Who invented the Vacuum Cleaner? Hubert Booth 109 Who won the Football World Cup in 2006? Italy 110 Which country hosted the Football World Cup in 2006? Germany 110 Who is the new Prime Minister of the United David Cameron Kingdom? 111 Who won Men's Singles title in French Open 2010? Rafael Nadal (Spain) 112 Who won Women's Singles title in French Open 2010? Francesca Schiavone (Italy) 113 Who won Men's Doubles title in French Open 2010? Daniel Nestor (Canada) & Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia) 114 Who won Women's Doubles title in French Open 2010? Serena & Venus Williams (USA)
(1) Instrument is a device for determining (a) the magnitude of a quantity (b) the physics of a variable (c) either of the above (d) both (a) and (b)
(2) Electronic instruments are preferred because they have (a) no indicating part (b) low resistance in parallel circuit (c) very fast response (d) high resistance in series circuit (e) no passive elements.
(3) A DC wattmeter essentially consist of (a) two ammeters (b) two voltmeters (c) a voltmeter and an ammeter (d) a current and potential transformer
(4) Decibel is a unit of (a) power (b) impedance (c) frequency (d) power ratio
(5) A dc voltmeter may be used directly to measure (a) frequency (b) polarity (c) power factor (d)power
(6) An accurate voltmeter must have an internal impedance of (a) very low value (b) low value (c) medium value (d) very high value
(7) The insulation resistance of a transformer winding can be easily measured with (a) Wheatstone bridge (b) megger (c) Kelvin bridge (d) voltmeter
(8) A 100 V voltmeter has full-scale accuracy of 5%. At its reading of 50 V it will give an error of (a) 10% (b) 5% (c) 2.5% (d) 1.25%
(9) You are required to check the p. f. of an electric load. No p.f. meter is available. You would use: (a) a wattmeter (b) a ammeter, a voltmeter and a wattmeter (c) a voltmeter and a ammeter (d) a kWh meter
(10) The resistance of a field coil may be correctly measured by using (a) a voltmeter and an ammeter (b) Schering bridge (c) a Kelvin double bridge (d) a Maxwell bridge
(11) An analog instrument has output (a) Pulsating in nature (b) Sinusoidal in nature (c) Which is continuous function of time and bears a constant relation to its input (d) Independent of the input quantity
(13) A.C. voltage can be measured (using a d.c. instrument) as a value obtained (a) by subtracting the d.c. reading from it's a.c. reading. (b) Using the output function of the multimeter (c) By using a suitable inductor in series with it (d) By using a parallel capacitor with it (e) None of the above
(14) A moving coil permanent magnet ammeter can be used to measure (a) D. C. current only (b) A. C. current only (c) A. C. and D. C. currents (d) voltage by incorporating a shunt resistance (e) none of these
(15) Select the wrong statement (a) the internal resistance of the voltmeter must be high (b) the internal resistance of ammeter must be low (c) the poor overload capacity is the main disadvantage of hot wires instrument (d) the check continuity with multimeter, the highest range should be used.
(e) In moving iron voltmeter, frequency compensation is achieved by connecting a capacitor across its fixed coil. (16) Which of the following instrument is suitable for measuring both a.c. and d.c. quantities. (a) permanent magnet moving coil ammeter. (b) Induction type ammeter. (c) Quadrant electrometer. (d) Moving iron repulsion type ammeter.
(e) Moving iron attraction type voltmeter. (17) Swamping resistance is used in moving coil instruments to reduce error due to
(a) thermal EMF (b) temperature (c) power taken by the instrument (d) galvanometer sensitivity.
(18) A power factor meter is based on the principle of (a) electrostatic instrument b) Electrodynamometer instrument (c) Electro thermo type instrument (d) Rectifier type instrument.
(19) A potentiometer recorder is used for (a) AC singles (b) DC signals (c) both (a) and (b) (d) time varying signals (e) none of these.
(20) Transformers used in conjunction with measuring instruments for measuring purposes are called (a) Measuring transformers (b) transformer meters (c) power transformers (d) instrument transformers (e) pulse transformers.
(21) Leakage flux in an electrical machine is measure by (a) Ballistic galvanometer (b) Flux meter (c) Either (a) or (b) (d) Vibration galvanometer (e) CRO
(22) A C.R.O. is used to indicate (a) supply waveform (b) magnitude of the applied voltage (c) B.H. loop (d) all of these (e) Magnitude of the current flowing in it.
(23) An oscillator is a (a) an amplifier having feedback network (b) a high gain amplifier (c) a wide band amplifier (d) a untuned amplifier (e) None of these
(24) Distortion can be measured by (a) Wave meter (b) Digital filters (c) Wein bridge circuit (d) Bridge T filter circuit
(25) Series connected Q- meter is preferable for measurement of components having (a) high impedance (b) low impedance (c) both (a) and (b) (d) high frequency (e) low capacitance
(26) A potentiometer is (a) an active transducer (b) a passive transducer (c) a secondary transducer (d) a digital transducer (e) a current sensing transducer
(27) The basic components of a digital voltmeter are: (a) A/D converter and a counter (b) A/D converted and a rectifier (c) D/A converter and a counter (d) Ramp generator and counter (e) Comparator
(28) Which of the following electrical equipment cannot convert ac into dc (a) diode (b) converter (c) transformer (d) mercury arc rectifier
(29) Voltage measurement are often taken by using either a voltmeter or (a) an ammeter (b) an ohmmeter (c) an oscillator (d) a watt-meter
(30)The electric device which blocks DC but allows AC is called: (a) capacitance (b) inductor (c) an oscilloscope (d) a watt-meter
(31 ) The range of an ammeter can be extended by using a (a) shunt in series (b) shunt in parallel (c) multiplier in series (d) multiplier in parallel
(32)A device that changes one form of energy to another is called (a) rheostat (b) oscillator (c) transducer (d) varicap
(33) Aquadag is used in CRO to collect (a) primary electron (b) secondary electron (c) both primary and secondary (d) none of above
(34) A vertical amplifier for CRO can be designed for (a) only a high gain (b) only a broad bandwidth (c) a constant gain time bandwidth product (d)all of the above
(35) One of the following is active transducer (a) Strain gauge (b) Selsyn (c) Photovoltic cell (d) Photo emissive cell
(36) The dynamic characteristics of capacitive transducer are similar to those of (a) low pass filter (b) high pass filter (c) band pass filter (d) band stop filter
(37) Thermocouples are (a) passive transducers (b) active transducers (c) both active and passive transducers (d) output transducers
(38) The size of air cored transducers as compare to iron core counter part are (a) bigger (b) smaller (c) same
(39) From the point of view of safety, the resistance of earthing electrode should be: (a) low (b) high (c) medium (d) the value of resistance of electrode does not effect the safety
(40) In CRT the focusing anode is located (a) between pre accelerating and accelerating anodes (b) after accelerating anodes (c) before pre accelerating anodes (d) none of above
(41) Which transducer converts heat energy into electrical energy (a) I. V. D. T. (b) thermocouple (c) photoconductor (d) none of the above
(42) Which of photoelectric transducer is used for production of electric energy by converting solar energy (a) photo emission cell (b) photo diode (c) photo transistor (d) both (b) and (c)
(43) Which of the following instruments consumes maximum power during measurement? (a) induction instruments (b) hot wire instruments (c) thermocouple instruments
(d) electrodynamometer instruments (44) Which of the following meters has the best accurancy (a) moving iron meter (b) moving coil meter (c) rectifier type meter (d) thermocouple meter
(45) The function of the safety resistor in ohm meter is to (a) limit the current in the coil (b) increase the voltage drop across the coil (c) increase the current in the coil (d) protect the battery
(46) Which of the following instruments is free from hysteresis and eddy current losses? (a) M.l. instrument (b) electrostatic instrument (c) electrodynamometer type instrument (d)all of these
(47) The dielectric loss of a capacitance can be measured by (a) Wien bridge (b) Owen bridge (c) Schering bridge (d) Maxwell bridge
(48) Reed frequency meter is essentially a (a) recording system (b) deflection measuring system (c) vibration measuring system (d) oscillatory measuring system
(49) In measurements made using a Q meter, high impedance elements should preferably be connected in (a) star (b) delta (c) series (d) parallel
(50) A digital voltmeter measures (a) peak value (b) peak-to-peak value (c) rms value (d) average value
1. In order for a 30 volt, 90 watt lamp to work properly in a 120 volt supply the required series resister in ohm is (A) 10 (B) 20 (C) 30 (D) 40 2. According to Theremins theorem, any linear active network can be replaced by a single voltage source (A) in series with a single impedance (B) in parallel with a single impedance (C) in series with two impedances (D) in parallel with two impedances 3. The internal resistance of ammeter is (A) very small (B) very high (C) infinite (D) zero 4. Hay bridge is used mainly for the measurement of (A) resistance (B) inductance (C) conductance (D) capacitance 5. Which of the following is true about series resonance (A) The reactance becomes zero and impedance becomes equal to resistance (B) The current in the circuit becomes maximum (C) The voltage drop across inductance and capacitance cancels each other (D) All of the above statements are correct 6. A 3-, 4 wire, 400/230 v feeder supplies 3-phase motor and an unbalanced lighting load. In this system (A) all four wires will carry equal current (B) neutral wire will carry no current (C) neutral wire will carry both motor current and lighting load current (D) neutral wire will carry current only when lighting load is switched on 7. Equalizing connections are required when paralleling two (A) alternators (B) compound generators (C) series generators (D) both (B) and (C) 8. An ideal transformer is one which (A) has a common core for its primary and secondary windings (B) has no losses and magnetic leakage (C) has core of stainless steel and windings of pure copper metal (D) has interleaved primary and secondary windings 9. The principle of operation of a 3- phase induction motor is most similar to that of a (A) synchronous motor (B) repulsion-start induction motor (C) transformer with a shorted secondary (D) capacitor-start, induction-run motor 10. In the forward region of its characteristic, a diode appears as (A) an OFF switch (B) a high resistance (C) a capacitor (D) an ON switch 11. The common-emitter forward amplification factor dc is given by (A) IC/IE (B) IC/Ib (C) IE/IC (D) IB/IF 12. A common emitter amplifier is characterized by (A) low voltage gain (B) moderate power gain (C) signal phase reversal (D) very high output impedance 13. After VDS reaches pinch-off value VP in a JFET, drain current IO becomes (A) zero (B) low (C) saturated (D) reversed 14. An electronic oscillator (A) needs an external input (B) provides its own input (C) is nothing but an amplifier (D) is just a dc/ac converter 15. In an SCR, the function of the gate is to (A) switch it off (B) control its firing (C) make it unidirectional (D) reduce forward breakdown voltage 16. NAND and NOR gates are called universal gates primarily because they (A) are available everywhere (B) are widely used in IC packages (C) can be combined to produce AND, OR and NOT gates (D) are the easiest to manufacture 17. Registers and counters are similar in the sense that they both (A) count pulses (B) store binary information (C) are made from an array of flip-flops and gates integrated on a single chip (D) are in fact shift register 18. A flip-flop (A) is a sequential logic device (B) is a combinational logic device (C) remembers what was previously stored in it (D) both (A) and (C) 19. An operational amplifier (A) can be used to sum two or more signals (B) can be used to subtract two or more signals (C) uses to principle of feed back (D) all of the above 20. TTL logic is preferred to DRL logic because (A) greater fan-out is possible (B) greater logic levels are possible (C) greater fan-in is possible (D) less power consumption is possible An electron rising through a potential of 250 V will acquire an energy of : (A) 250 eV (B) 800 eV (C) 250 J (D) 800 J If the amount of impurity, either donor type or acceptor type added to the intrinsic semiconductor is controlled to 1 part in one million, the conductivity of the sample : (A) increases by a factor 103 (B) reduces by a factor 103 (C) increases by a factor 106 (D) reduces by a factor 106 4. Laplace transform and Fourier integrals are related through : (A) frequency domain (B) time domain (C) both frequency and time domain (D) none A clamper circuit : (i) adds or subtracts a dc voltage to or from a waveform (ii) does not change the shape of the waveform (iii) amplifies the waveform (A) (i) and (ii) are correct (B) (i) and (iii) are correct (C) (ii) and (iii) are correct (D) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct A ring counter consisting of five flip flop will have : (A) 5 states (B) 10 states (C) 32 states (D) infinite states Which one of the following can be used as parallel to series converter ? (A) Decoder (B) Encoder (C) Digital counter (D) Multiplexer An interrupt in which the external device supplies its address as well as the interrupt request, is known as : (A) vectored interrupt (B) maskable interrupt (C) polled interrupt (D) non-maskable interrupt An instruction that can be recognized and used without translation must be written in : (A) Source code (B) Machine code (C) Basic language (D) Assembly code The angle for which there is no reflection and the incident wave is vertically polarized is known as : (A) Steradian angle (B) Reflection angle (C) Brewsters angle (D) Critical angle A PLL can be used to demodulate : (A) PAM signals (B) PCM signals (C) PM signals (D) DSB-SC signals The main function of balanced modulator is to : (A) produce balanced modulation of a carrier wave (B) produce 100 percent modulation (C) suppress carrier signal in order to create a single side band or double side band (D) limit noise picked up a receiver An SCR can be termed as : (A) DC switch (B) AC switch (C) Both DC and AC switch (D) Square wave switch Fiber optics communication offers the largest bandwidth in the range of : (A) 1010 Hz (B) 106 Hz (C) 1014 Hz (D) 1020 Hz Silicon photosensors have their maximum spectral response in the : (A) infrared region (B) ultraviolet region (C) visible region (D) X-ray region
Question Bank on Control Systems 1. An open loop control system has its (a) control action independent of the output or desired quantity (b) controlling action, depending upon human judgment (c) internal system changes automatically taken care of (d) both (a) and (b) (e) all (a),(b) and (c)
2. A servo system must have (a) feedback system (b) power amplifier to amplify error (c) capacity to control position or its derivative (d) all of these (e) none of these
3. The major disadvantage of a feedback system may be (a) Inaccuracy (b) inefficiency (c) Unreliability (d) instability (e) Insensitivity
4. Properties of a transfer function (a) It is ratio of two polynomials is S and assumes zero initial conditions (b) It depends on system elements and not input and output of the system (c) Coefficients of the powers of S in denominator and numerator are all real constant. The order of denominator is usually greater than or equal to the order of numerator (d) All of these (e) It is a function which transfer one physical system into another physical system.
5. The classical analogous of a simple lever is (a) Capacitor bridge (b) transformer (c) mutual inductor (d) either of these
6. Two blocks G1(s) and G2(s) can be cascaded to get resultant transfer function as (a) G1(s) + G2(s) (b) G1(s) / G2(s) (c) G1(s) G2(s) (d) 1+G1(s) G2(s) (e) 1-G1(s)G2(s) (f) two blocks cannot be cascaded
7. The principles of homogeneity and super position can be applied to (a) linear time invariant system (b) non-linear time invariant system (c) digital control system (d) both (a) and (b)
8. Pick up the nonlinear system (a) automatic voltage regulator (b) d.c. servomotor with high field excitation (c) temperature control of a furnaces using thermistor (d) speed control using SCR (e) all of these
9. Signal flow graph (SFG) is a (a) polar graph (b) semi log graph (c) log log graph (d) a special type of graph for analyzing modem control system (e) a topological representation of a set of differential equations
10. Disadvantages of magnetic amplifier (a) time lag, less flexible, non-sinusoidal waveform (b) low power consumption and isolation of the active circuit (c) saturation of the core (d) all of these
11. Pick up false statement regarding magnetic amplifiers (a) The gate coil of an ideal magnetic amplifier has either zero or infinite inductance (b) Resistance of control and gate winding is very small (c) Magnetic amplifier gas dropping load characteristics (d) Magnetic amplifiers are not used to control the speed of d.c. shunt motor (e) Magnetic amplifiers can be used in automatic control of electric drivers of higher rating.
12. High power amplification is achieved by using (a) push pull amplifier (b) amplidyne (c) magnetic amplifier (d) DC amplifier (e) D.C. generator
13. Pick up false statement regarding servomotors (a) The d.c. servomotors are lighter than equivalent a.c. servomotors (b) The d.c. servomotors develops higher starting and reversing torque than equivalent a.c. servomotor. (c) A drag cup a.c. servomotor has one windings on stator and other on rotor (d) Output power of servomotors varies from 1/20 W to 100 W
14. To reduce steady state error (a) decrease natural frequency (b) decrease damping (c) increase damped frequency (d) increase time constant (f) increase gain constant of the system
15. A good factor for Mp should be (a) less than 1 (b) lying between 1.1 and 1.5 (c) more than 2.2 (d) zero (e) infinity
16. Pick up false statement. Routh-Hurwitz criterion (a) is used for determining stability of a system (b) is an algebraic procedure (c) gives the exact location of roots of the characteristic equation (d) does not indicate relative degree of stability or instability
17. Which of the following is the time domain method of determining stability of a control system (a) Bode plot (b) Nyquist plot (c) Nicholos chart (d) Routh-Hurwitz array (e) Constant M and (fy) locus (f) Root locus technique
18. The technique which gives transient response quickly as well as stability information is (a) Nyquist plot (b) Routh-Hurwitz criteria (c) Bode plot (d) Root locus plot (e) Nichols plot
19. The bandwidth can be increased by use of (a) phase lag network (b) phase lead network (c) both (a) and (b) in cascade (d) both (a) and (b) in parallel (e) none of these
20. Nyquist plot is drawn on (a) semi log graph paper (b) log log graph paper (c) polar graph paper (d) centimeter graph paper
21. If the gain margin is positive and the phase margin is negative the system is
(a) stable
(b) unstable
(c) indeterminist
22. The Bode plot is applicable to
(a) all phase network
(b) minimum phase network
(c) maximum phase network
(d) lag lead network
(e) none of these
23. The valid relation between setting time ts and rise time tr is
(a) tr>ts
(b) ts>tr
(c) ts=tr
(d) none of these
24. As a root moves further away from imaginary axis the stability
(a) increases
(b) decreases
(c) not affected
(d) none of these
25. Flat frequency response means that the magnitude ratio of output to input over the bandwidth is
(a) variable
(b) zero
(c) constant
(d) none of above
26. How many octaves are between 200 Hz and 800 Hz
(a) Two octave
(b) One octave
(c) Four octave
(d) None of above
27. Human system can be considered as
(a) open loop system
(b) close loop system with single feedback
(c) close loop system with multivariable feedback
(d) none of these
28. In a feedback system the transient response
(a) Decays at constant rate
(b) gets magnified
(c) decays slowly
(d) decays more quickly
29. Transfer function of a system is used to calculate
(a) the steady state gain
(b) the main constant
(c) the order of system
(d) the output for any given input
(e) all of the above
30. Transfer function of a system is defined as the ratio of output to input in
(a) Laplace transform
(b) Z-transform
(c) Fourier transform
(d) Simple algebraic form
31. Introduction of feedback decreases the effect of
(a) disturbances
(b) noise signals
(c) error signals
(d) all the above
32. The system response of a system can be best tested with
(a) unit impulse input signal
(b) ramp input signal
(c) sinusoidal input signal
(d) exponentially decaying input signal
33. Which of the following is a closed loop system
(a) electric switch
(b) car starter
(c) de generator
(d) auto-pilot for an aircraft
34. Which of the following is used as an error detector
(a) potentiometer
(b) field controlled ac motor
(c) amplidyne
(d) armature controlled ac motor
35. The break away point of root loci are
(a) open loop poles
(b) closed loop poles
(c) open loop zeros
(d) closed loop zeros
36. Noise in a control system can be kept low by
(a) reducing the bandwidth
(b) attenuating such frequencies at which external signals get coupled into the system
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) none of these
37. Main cause of absolute instability in the control system is
(a) parameters of controlling system
(b) parameters of controlled system
(c) parameters of feedback system
(d) error detector where the two signals are compared
38. Basically a controller is
(a) a amplifier
(b) a clipper
(c) a comparator
(d) a summer
39. A system with gain margin close to unity or a phase margin close to zero is
(a) highly stable
(b) highly oscillatory
(c) relatively stable
(d) none of these
40. Which of following elements is not used in an automatic control system
(a) sensor
(b) error detector
(c) oscillator
(d) final control element
41. AC systems are usually preferred to the DC systems in control applications because
(a) AC systems are cheaper
(b) AC systems are more stable
(c) AC systems have better performance characteristics and smaller in size
(d) all of these
42. A system has the transfer function (1-s)/(1+s); It is known as
(a) low pass system
(b) high pass system
(c) all pass system
(d) none of the above
43. In control systems, excessive bandwidth should be avoided because
(a) noise is proportional to bandwidth
(b) it leads to low relative stability
(c) it leads to slow speed of response
(d) none of these
44. In most systems, an increase in gain leads to
(a) larger damping ratio
(b) smaller damping ratio
(c) constant damping ratio
(d) none of these
45. A step function is applied to the input of a system and output is of the form y = t, the system is
(a) stable
(b) unstable
(c) not necessarily stable
(d) conditionally stable
46. Which of the following can be magnified by magnetic amplifier
(a) voltage
(b) current
(c) power
(d) none of above
47. The inductance is not used in lag network because of
(a) big size
(b) time delay and hysteresis losses
(c) high reactance
(d) none of these
48. Saturation in a stable control system can cause
(a) conditional stability
(b) over damping
(c) low level oscillations
(d) high level oscillations
49. Excessive noise in control systems can cause
(a) reduction in bandwidth
(b) reduction in gain
(c) saturation in amplifying stages
(d) oscillations
50. The type-0 system has
(a) net pole at the origin
(b) no pole at the origin
(c) simple at one origin
(d) two poles at the origin
No. General Knowledge Question Answer 1. Which strait separates the North and South islands of New Zealand? Cook Strait 2. In which city is the Doges Palace? Venice 3. Who plays Johnny Depps uncle in the 1993 flm Arizona Dream? Jim Carrey 4. Which New Zealand golfer won the 2000 Australian Masters in Melbourne? Michael Campbell 5. Which continent has the larger land mass: Africa or North America? Africa 6. Aston, Aston, Rizzo, Stevenson, Gilvear: which 1980s group? Gene Loves Jezebel 7. What name is given to the art of preparing, stuffng and mounting the skins of animals to make lifelike models? Taxidermy 8. Which artist was appointed court painter to Charles IV of Spain in 1786? Goya 9. The name of which Roman god means shining father' in Latin? Jupiter 10. What is the name of the dog in Punch and Judy shows? Toby
11. What was the name of the Addams Family butler? Lurch 12. Who directed the 1995 flm Heat, which starred Al Pacino? Michael Mann 13. Which theoretical temperature corresponds to minus 273.15 degrees on the Celsius scale? Absolute zero 14. Which seven-a-side ball game is played in a swimming pool? Water polo 15. Which Roman Catholic organization takes its name from the Latin for God's work? Opus Dei 16. Bamboozled is a flm by which controversial US director? Spike Lee 17. Which word meaning rebirth describes the period in European history which began in the 14th century? Renaissance 18. Who starred opposite Pierce Brosnan in the remake of The Thomas Crown Affair? Rene Russo 19. Of which French overseas region in South America is Cayenne the capital? French Guiana 20. In which year did David Koresh and the Branch Davidians Christian cult hold a siege in Waco, Texas? 1993 21. Who wrote Bleak House? Charles Dickens 22. Which actors real name was Marion Michael Morrison? John Wayne 23. What would a costermonger sell? Fruits & Vegetables 24. Which actress played the title role in the flm adaptation of Bridget Joness Diary? Renee Zellweger 25. George is an informal name for which feature of an aircraft? Automatic Pilot
26. Who wrote The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner? Alan Sillitoe 27. How is Sarah Michelle Gellar better known to millions? Buffy 28. Ganymede is a satellite of Jupiter which planet? 29. What nationality was the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? Austrian 30. For which element is Co the chemical symbol? Cobalt 31. The German port of Hamburg lies near the mouth of which major European river? Elbe 32. In Arctic regions, what kind of features are sastrugi? Wind-formed patterns in ice and snow 33. In the Americas, what is a mesa? Flat-topped mountain 34. Which city was the frst in the world to have a population of more than one million? London (circa 1811) 35. The Taj Mahal is located near to which Indian city? 5 Agra 36. St Michaels Mount lies off the coast of which English county? Cornwall 37. To where would you have to travel in order to stand by the Marsh of Decay? Moon 38. What is the English name for the Bayern region of Germany? Bavaria 39. In Lord of the Rings, what was the name of Gandalfs white horse? Shadowfax 40. Which famous Nazi-hunter died in Vienna in 2005, aged 96? Simon Wiesenthal 41. The 1956 film 'Reach for the Sky' is based on whose life story? Douglas Bader 42. Who voiced Stinky Pete in the flm 'Toy Story 2'? Kelsey Grammer 43. How many times did Bobby Jones win the US Amateur Championship in golf? Five 44. In which sport is the 'Conn Smythe Trophy' awarded? Ice hockey 45. Which female singer recorded the 2001 album Read My Lips? Sophie Ellis Bextor 46. Which singer recorded the Marilyn 2000 album 'Holy Wood' (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)? Manson 47. Which was the frst element to be created artifcially? Technetium 48. In which European capital city is the Institut Pasteur based? Paris 49. Which condition does the acronym AIDS stand for? Acquired Immune Defciency Syndrome 50. In computing, what does ISDN stand for? Integrated Services Digital Network