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Previous Year Details

Assistant Engineer Sub Engineer Electrical Inspectorate

Exam held 15.11.2014 20.07.2013 07.08.2014

Shortlist Published on 30.12.2015 30.09.2014 18.03.2016

Rank list Published on 30.12.2016 01.12.2015 29.03.2017

Total Candidates in Main list 969 899 90

Last advice 03.12.2019 14.01.2019 28.12.2019

Total advice 225 768 95

39.33 42.67 51.33

Cutoff Mark 100 100 100

Syllabus Comparison
KSEB -
Lecture in Poly KSEB Sub
Subjects Assistant
(Electronics) Engineer
Engineer
Digital Electronics   
Microprocessors   
Analog Electronics   
Power Electronics   
Measurements   
Circuit Theory   
Signals   
Communication   
Control System   
EMFT   
Machines   
Power System   
Electrical System Design   
Basic Civil   
Basic Mechanical   
Technical Mathematics   

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 KSEB - Assistant Engineer – Detailed Syllabus

 MODULE I:
 Electric Circuits: Network graph. KCL,KVL, node and mesh analysis, transient response of dc and ac networks; sinusoidal
steady state analysis, resonance, basic filter concept; ideal current and voltage sources, Thevenin's, Norton's,
superposition and Maximum power transfer theorems, two port network, three phase circuits:
 Electromagnetics: Gauss Theorem, electric field and potential due to point, line, plane and spherical charge distribution;
Ampere's and Biot-Savart 's law; inductance; dielectrics; capacitance.
 Signals and systems: Representation of continuous and discrete time signals; shifting and scaling operation; liner time
invariant and causal systems: Fourier, Laplace and Z transforms.
 Instrumentation: Insulation megger, earth megger, Kelvin's Double bridge, Quadrent electrometer, Rotating sub
standard, TOD meter.
 MODULE II:
 Electrical Machines: Single phase transformer - equivalent circuit, phasor diagram, tests, regulation and efficiency; three
phase transformers - connections, parallel operation; auto-transformer; energy conversion principles; DC machines -
types, windings, generator characteristics, armature reaction and commutation, starting and speed control of motors;
three phase induct ion motors - principles, types, performance characteristics, starting and speed control single phase
induction motors; synchronous machines - performance, regulation and parallel operation of generators, motor starting,
characteristics and applications; servo and stepper motors.
 Electrical Machine Design: Design of transformers - single phase and three phase transformers - distribution and power
transformers - output equation - core design – window area - window space factor - overall dimensions of core. Windings -
no. of turns – current density) - conductor section - Design of DC machines: output equation - specific loading - choice of
speed and no of poles - calculation of main dimensions - choice of type of winding - number of slots - number of
conductors per slot - length of air gap - design of field winding - conductor cross section - design of inter pole - flux density
under inter pole - calculation of turns of inter pole winding – design of compensating winding.
 Design of synchronous machines: specific loading - output equation - main dimensions – types of winding - number of
turns - number of slots and slot design - field design for water wheel and turbo alternators - cooling of alternators. Design
of three phase induction motors: main dimensions - stator design - squirrel cage and slip ring types - number of stator and
rotor slots - rotor bar current - design of rotor bar – end ring current -design of end ring - design of slip ring rotor winding.

 MODULE III:
 Power Systems: Basic power generation concepts; transmission line models and performance; cable performance,
insulation; corona and radio interference; distribution systems; per-unit quantities; bus impedance and admittance
matrices; load flow; voltage control; power factor correction; economic operation; symmetrical components; fault
analysis; principles of over-current, differential and distance protection; solid state relays and digital protection; circuit
breakers; system stability concepts, swing curves and equal area criterion; HDVC transmission.
 Control Systems: Principles of feedback; transfer function; block diagrams; steady-state errors; Routh and Niquist
techniques; Bode plots; root loci; lag, lead and lead-lag compensation; state space model; state transition matrix,
controllability and observability.
 Electrical and Electronic Measurements: Bridges and potentiometers; PMMC, moving iron, dynamometer and induction
type instruments; measurement of voltage, current, power, energy and power factor; instrument transformers; digital
voltmeters and multi meters; phase, time and frequency measurement; Q-meters; oscilloscopes; potentiometric recorders;
error analysis.
 MODULE IV: (A)
 Analog and Digital Electronics: Characteristics of diodes. BJT, MOSFET, amplifiers – biasing, equivalent circuit and
frequency response; oscillators and feedback amplifiers; operational amplifiers - characteristics and applications; simple
active filters: VCOs and timers; combinational and sequential logic circuits; multiplexer; Schmitt trigger; multi vibrators;
sample and hold circuits; A/D and D/A converters; 8-bit microprocessor basics, architecture, programming and interfacing.
 Power Electronics and Drives: Semiconductor power diodes, transistors, thyristors, triacs, GTOs, MOSFETs and IGBTs -
static characteristics and principles of operation; triggering circuits; phase control rectifiers; bridge converters - fully
controlled and ha l f controlled; principles of choppers and inverters; basis concepts of adjustable speed dc and ac drives.
 MODULE IV: (B)
 Electrical system Design: Medium and HV installations - selection of cables and cable glands, guidelines for cable
installation, Installation of induction motors, Design of distribution systems with light power and motor loads, Selection
and installation of transformers, switchgears and protective devices - Design of indoor and outdoor 11 KV substation up to
630. KVA - Design of earthling system - Pipe, plate and mat earthling - lightning arresters. Metering and protection. HT
and LT breaker control panels. Selection of standby generator - installation and its protection. Pre-commissioning tests of
cables, transformers and generators.

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 Electrical Circuits and Networks-: Electric current, Voltage, Resistance- Definition and units, Laws of resistance- Sp: resistance-
Conductance and Conductivity, Effect of temperature on resistance- Temp. coefficient,D. C. Circuits- Ohm’s law- series, parallel,
series- parallel circuits, Network theorems- Kirchoff’s Law, Super position theorem, Thevenin’s theorem, Norton theorem-
Electric power and Energy in DC circuits, their units etc…, Heating effect of electric current- Joules law
 Electrostatics Magnetism-: Static electricity- Absolute and relative permittivity of a medium, Dielectric constant- Laws of
electrostatics. Electric field, Field strength, Electrostatic Induction- Electric flux density- potential and potential difference-
potential of a charged sphere- Equipotential surfaces, Potential gradient- Breakdown voltage and dielectric strength. Capacitor
and Capacitance- Capacitance of an isolated sphere, spherical capacitor and parallel plate capacitor, variable capacitors,
capacitors in series and parallel, Energy stored in a capacitor. Faraday’s Laws of Electrolysis, Electroplating, primary and
secondary cells, comparison of lead acid and alkaline cells, Initial charging and commissioning of new batteries, Charging
methods, Ampere hour, and Watt hour efficiencies, Galvanizing and Anodizing, Extraction of zinc and aluminium, field
application of Electrolysis. Absolute and relative permeability, Field strength magnetizing force, flux and flux density, Relation
between flux density and magnetizing force, B. H. curve, Methods of magnetization. Force on a current carrying conductor in a
magnetic field- Magnetizing force of a long straight conductor, long solenoid. Magnetic circuit- magneto-motive force,
reluctance, Ampereturns, Permeanence, Reluctivity. Comparison of magnetic and electrical circuits- Faraday’s laws of
electromagnetic induction direction of induced emf and current, statically and dynamically induced emf. Expression for
dynamically and statically induced emf, self and mutual inductance, Coefficient of coupling, Energy stored in a magnetic field.
 AC Fundamentals-: Generation of alternating voltage and current- instantaneous values of voltage and current, Simple and
complete waveforms, Definition of cycle, frequency, time period, amplitude value, average value, R. M. S value, form factor,
peak factor, phase difference, relation between frequency, poles and speed. AC through R, L and C- voltage, current, power, P.
F in pure resistive, inductive, capacitive, single phase circuits- active, reactive and apparent power, Q- factor, Resonance in R-
L- C circuits- parallel AC single phase circuits- vector, phasor method, resonance in parallel circuit- Q- factor. Generation of
poly phase voltage- advantages, Phase sequence. Interconnection of three- phases, star and delta connection. Relation
between phase and line voltages and current in star and delta-power in three- phase system in star and delta. Power, current
and power factor in a three- phase balanced system. Balanced and unbalanced three- phase system. Balanced star- delta and
deltastar conversion, Three- phase power measurement- single, three and two- watt meter methods.
 Design Estimating and Costing-:Domestic Wiring, Define estimate- essential elements- calculation of conductor size- current
rating of copper and aluminium cables- simple core- wiring accessories- layout preparation, wiring, diagram and estimates for
house, office building, schools, cinema theatre. Define terms used in illumination- Laws of illumination- various lighting
schemes- illumination level for various places- space height ratio- utilization factor- Depreciation factor- Maintenance factor-
Design of lighting schemes for various rooms- arrangements of lamps- design of flood lighting schemes. Types of lamps-
incandescent- gas filled lamps, advantages over vacuum lamps- types of gases used- Arc lamps- Principle and uses- Hlaogen
lamps- CFL working and uses- discharge lamps- sodium lamps- HMPV and LMPV lamps- neon lamps- fluorescent lamps and the
field application of each. Earthing- purpose- I. S. rules regarding earthing- Types of earthing, rules regarding power circuit
wiring- estimates and cost of materials regarding wiring pump set in single phase and three phase systems- estimation and
costing of control panel and wiring of small workshops- estimate and costing of service connection wiring using U G cables and
O H lines. Mechanical aspects of O H lines- electrical aspects of O H lines, Types of U G cables. Extension of overhead lines-
estimate and cost for extending single phase low tension distribution lines- three phase distribution lines- street lighting using
O H lines- U G cables estimate and costing of 11 kV OH line extension. Sub-station- I E rules regarding spacing of conductor-
distance from building etc- materials used for erecting 11 kV sub-station- preparation of the distribution sub- station- 4 pole
mounted substation- P length mounted sub- stations. Define installation scheme for 2 large industry. Designs of ratings of
back- up fuse, ACBS, MCCB, busbar, cables, capacitor banks, generator, change over mechanism, transformer etc as per rules.
 Utilization of Electrical Power
 Electrical Heating-: Electric heating and welding- advantages and types of electric heating- properties of resistance
heating materials- design of heating elements- Resistance ovens- methods of temperature controls. Induction heating-
Principle- factors affecting induction heating- induction furnace- coren type and core less type- high frequency eddy
current heating- dielectric heating- equivalent circuit loss angle application of dielectric heating- Arc furnace- direct and
indirect types. Electric welding- types- resistance welding- spot welding- pre welding- seam welding- electric arc welding-
electrical properties of negative resistance- types of arc welding- requirements of welding generators and transformers-
use of reactor for control of welding current- third brush and bipolar welding generators- description.
 Electrical Drives in Industry-: Mechanical features of electric motor- frame size- relation between speed and frame size-
types of enclosures. Electric drives- classification of electric drives- group, individual and multi-motor drives matching the
drive with load- basic classes of duty- continuous- short time- intermittent periods duty, selection of electric drives- steel
mills, paper mills, cement mills. Electric traction- system of electric traction- direct electric traction- diesel electric traction
merits and demerits- factors affecting specific energy consumption. Traction motors- DC and AC motors- properties and
characteristics- control of DC motors series parallel control systems of electric traction- DC single and three phase systems
of supply brief description.
 DC Machines-: Basic electro magnetic laws- EMF generation in a rotating machine- production of torque concepts of electric
machines- common features of electric machines- types of electrical machines- torque balance- power losses and efficiency-
methods of ventilation and cooling machines. Principle and working of a practical generator and construction details-
commutator assembly emf equation- classification of generators based on methods of excitations, Armature windings
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 equalizer connections. Armature reaction- effects- commutation- methods of improving commutation. Generator
characteristics critical field resistance and critical speed- uses of DC generators. DC motor principle- back emf- voltage
equation- torque equation- Types of motors- motor characteristics for DC shunt, series and compound motors. Factors
controlling motor speed methods of speed control of shunt, series and compound motors. Starting of DC motors- Starters
Types and necessity. Testing of DC motors- losses in DC machines- determination of efficiency- Swineborne testadvantages and
disadvantages.
 Renewable Sources of Energy-: Conventional sources of energy- non conventional source of energy description of photovoltaic
effect- Electro characteristics- Application of solar energy devices. Wind energy basics- classifications- wind energy turbines-
conversion of wind energy to electrical energy brief idea. Application of wind energy devices. Concepts of ocean energy-
concepts of wave energy- methods hybrid cycles- physical principles fixed devices and floating devices.
 Generation, Transmission and Distribution, Switch Gear and Protection-: Electrical power generation-economic power-power
factor improvement-transmission line elements-underground cables-sag in transmission lines-distribution system(ac and dc)
Short circuit current calculation and fuses-circuit breakers-relays-protection of alternators, transformers, transmission line-
earthing and lightning arresters
 AC Machine, Transformers, Electrical Measurement and Measuring Instrument-: Synchronous generator-characteristics and
parallel operation of alternators-voltage regulation synchronous motors -single phase induction motors -fractional horse
power motors-transformer principle-testing of transformers-special purpose transformers-principles of induction motors speed
control of induction motors-theory of measuring instrument-measurement of power and energy-measurement of R,L,C-
commercial measuring instrument-CRO and transducers
 Basic Electronics, Electronic Devices and Circuits & Digital Electronics-: Resistor, capacitors , inductors, transformers (Types
and their applications),basic network theorems, fundamentals of alternating current (Define waveform, time period, frequency
and amplitude, phase difference, r.m.s. value, average value) A.C. through resistors, inductors and capacitors, Q-factor of a
coil, resonance in R-L-C -Series & parallel circuits, inductive reactance, capacitive reactance and impedance Semiconductor
materials, devices and circuits : Conductors, insulators & semiconductors, intrinsic & extrinsic semiconductors Diodes &
Rectifiers, different types of diodes, transistors, UJT,FET, integrated circuit, up to electronic devices, Power devices – SCR, diac
& triac,
 Transistor Amplifiers : methods of inter stage coupling, tuned voltage amplifier, Audio power amplifiers, feedback amplifiers,
Oscillators and Multi vibrators, Schmitt trigger, wave shaping circuits. Digital electronics and Op-Amps : Number systems &
Digital Circuits, Boolean algebra, Introduction to logic theory, switching functions AND, OR, NOT,NAND NOR, EXOR operations,
Logic families, Combinational Logic Circuits, Sequential Logic Circuits, Operational amplifiers(Circuits, Applications) Memories,
Programmable Logic Devices. Communication systems. Modulation AM, FM, & PM, Radio Transmitters, Demodulation and
Radio Receivers, Antennas, Microwave Communication, Satellite Communication, Fiber Optic communication, Mobile
Communication.
 Power Electronics-: Power electronics: Power control devices, Converters and inverters , Speed control of machines,
Programmable Logi Controllers, Voltage Regulators and Power Supplies. Microprocessors and Micro controller family – 8051 :
Micro Controller Architecture, Micro Controllers-interrupts & operation, Micro Controller Programming, Micro Controller
Interfacing & Applications. Application, classification and working of computers : Functions of hardware and software
components, working of memory and input – output devices, provisions of windows o s and word processing, Flow chart,
Algorithm, Data Processing and Programming Methodology

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 Previous Year - KSEB AE (2008) Question Paper

1. The CPU of a computer consists of 15. Steady state stability of a power system is improved
a) None of the above by
b) Memory and ALU a) reducing fault clearing time
c) INPUT and OUTPUT Unit b) single pole switching
d) ALU and Control Unit c) using double circuit line
2. The capacitance connected between the I/P and O/P d) decreasing generator inertia
of an amplifier affects its high frequency response due 16. Base modulation is used in TV transmission because
to a) All of the above
a) MILMAN effect b) MILLER effect b) Large power O/P and better efficiency
c) COLPIT effect d) COLLINS effect c) High degree of linearity
3. Which instrument is used to measure low values of d) Power required is small
resistance ? 17. The most commonly used detector in AM receiver is
a) Maxwell Bridge b) Kelvin Double Bridge a) Coherent detector b) Ratio detector
c) Wheatstone Bridge d) Anderson Bridge c) Discriminator d) Envelope detector
4. An ideal OP-AMP has 18. Which one of the following is a synchronous optical
a) infinite gain network ?
b) infinite input impedance a) TELNET b) INTERNET
c) infinite bandwidth b) DELNET d) SONET
d) all of the above 19. The Hall effect voltage in intrinsic silicon
5. The number of flip flops required in a decade counter a)changes sign on application of magnetic field
is b) is positive
a) 3 b) 4 c) 10 d) 2 c) is zero
6. For stability and economic reasons we operate the d) is negative
transmission line with power angle in the range 20. The value of coefficient of coupling is always
a) 10° to 25° b) 65° to 80° a) greater than 1 b) none of the above
c) 60° to 75° d) 30° to 45° c) equal to 1 d) less than 1
7. The transfer function is defined for 21. An analog computer used for resolving a vector into
a) Linear and time-variant system two mutually perpendicular components has a
b) Linear and time-invariant system device called
c) Non-linear and time-variant system a) Register b) Resolver
d) All of the above c) Subroutine d) None of these
8. A dc cumulatively compounded motor delivers rated 22. Which one of the following devices is not used for
torque at rated speed. If the series fields is short net working ?
circuited then the armature current and speed will a) Cub b) Hub c) Switch d) Router
a) decrease and increase respectively 23. The residual magnetism of a self-excited dc
b) both increase generator is lost. To build up its emf again
c) increase and decrease respectively a) the field winding must be replace
d) both decrease b) the field winding connection must be reversed
9. The collector current of transistor is always c) its armature connection must be reversed
a) less than emitter current d) field winding should be excited by low voltage DC
b) none of the above voltage
c) greater than emitter current 24. In an EXCLUSIVE-OR gate, when the O/P is zero, the
d) equal to emitter current inputs are
10. Which one of the following is not an image file format a) 1,0 b) 0,1 c) 1,x d) 1,1
a) image.png b) image.pdf 25. Silicon devices are used for high temperature
c) image.jpg d) image.bmp application compared to germanium because
11. When resonance occurs in a circuit, the pf is a) silicon is more thermally stable
a) 1 b) less than 1 b) none of the above
c) 0 d) greater than 1 c) silicon can dissipate more power
12. Two devices commonly used to generate light for fiber d) reverse saturation current is less in silicon
optic communication system 26. Ferranti effect is experienced on long transmission
a) LED and LCD b) LED and TFT lines when it is
c) All of the above d) LED and ILD a) lightly loaded
13. While drawing the phasor diagram of a parallel circuit, b)on full load at upf
which one is taken as the reference c) on full load at 0.8 pf lag
a) None of the above b) Voltage d) all of the above
c)Power d) Current 27. Which region of the transistor characteristic is used
14. A voltmeter gives 120 oscillations per minute when for amplification
connected to the rotor of an induction motor. When a) active b) cut off
the stator frequency is 50Hz, slip of the motor is c) saturation d) passive
a) 5% b) 4% c) 2.5% d) 2% 28. The ASCII code is
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 a) 7 bit code b) 9 bit code a) pf of the circuit is 1 b) pf is zero
c) 5 bit code d) 11 bit code c) pf is 0.6 d) when the pf is 0.5
29. An automatic iron box is an example of 43. Which of the following is used for serial access
a) none of the these storage only?
b) an open loop control system a) Core memory b) RAM
c) a multi feedback control system c) Maganetic disk d) Magnetic tape
d) a single feedback control system 44. Transmission lines are transposed to
30. A series circuit containing passive elements has the a) prevent interference with neighboring
following voltage and current telephone lines
a) v = 100 sin (314t + 50 ) and b) reduce copper loss
b) i = 4 cos (314t + 13 ). c) reduce skin effect
c) The circuit elements d) prevent short-circuit between any two lines
d) must be L, C and R 45. The decimal equivalent of binary 10111 is
could be either R and C or R, L and C a) 4 b) 23 c) 16 d) 20
must be R and L 46. The outstanding characteristic of a direct coupled
must be R and C amplifier is its
31. A cache in a computer is a) temperature stability
a) used to hold more date b) bavoidance of frequency sensitive components
b) used to improve the storage capacity c) economy
c) used to increase the speed of execution d) ability to amplify DC and low frequency signals
d) none of the above 47. The major application of Zener diode is
32. Which one of the following is not related to a) Voltage regulation b) Rectifier
modems? c) Amplifier d) Chopper
a) DCE b) data phone 48. For rural electrification in a country like India with
c)Telephone d) data-set complex network it is preferable to use
33. When two capacitors C1 and C2 are connected in a) Air break CB b) MOCB
series, the equivalent value of capacitance is c) Oil CB d) Vacuum CB
a) C1C2/(C1 + C2) b) C1C2 49. BJT can be used in the following mode for
c) C1 + C2 d) C1 – C2 amplification applications
34. When the supply frequency is decreased the a) All of the above b) CE
capacitive reactance c) CC d) CB
a) increases b) decreases 50. KVL states that the algebraic sum of the voltage drop
c) unpredictable d) remains the same around a closed loop in an electric circuit is
35. Rise time of an under damped system is a) equal to 1
a) Time taken by the response to reach 50 % b) equal to the input voltage
b) time taken by the response to reach 95% c) equal to 2
c) time taken by the response time to rise from 0 to d) equal to zero
100% 51. A computer can execute only programs written in
d) None of the above a) High level language b) Assembly language
36. Main disadvantage of FM is c) Machine language d) None of the above
a) Complex circuits 52. An amplifier can be converted to an oscillator using
b) Adjacent channel interferrence a) positive feedback b) null feedback
c) Limited line of sight range c) zero feedback d) negative feedback
d) Low operating voltage 53. PUSH and POP operations are connected with
37. An instantaneous change in voltage is not possible in a) PROCESSOR b) ALU
a) a current source b) a capacitor c) MEMORY d) STACK
c) an inductor d) resistor 54. In a computer program, the process of executing the
38. Which one of the following power semiconductors same instruction over and over is called
can be turned on and turned off using the gate ? a) None of these b) Circulating
a) Power MOSFET b) GTO c) Branching d)Looping
c) SCR d) Power transistor 55. The form factor is the ratio of
39. The roots of the characteristic equation are called a) average value to rms value
a) Poles b) Eigen vectors b) peak value to average value
c) Eigen values d) Zeroes c) peak value to rms value
40. Which of the following terms is not associated with a d) rms value to average value
sample and a hold circuit? 56. A CLASS C power amplifier is one in which the
a) Sample mode b) Aperture time operating point is chosen such that the output
c) Conversion time d) Acquisition time current
41. The rms value of sine wave is a) never flows
a) 0 b) 0.5 c) 1 d) 0.707 b) always flows
42. While measuring power in a three phase circuit using c) zero for less than one half of I/P cycle
two wattmeters, one of the meter reads zero when d) zero for more than one half of I/P cycle
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57. The full scale input voltage to an ADC is 10V. The a) Class C b) Class AB
resolution required is 5mV. The minimum number of c) Class B d) Class A
bits required for ADC is 72. www stands for
a) 8 b) 12 c) 10 d) 11 a) Wide world web b) World wide web
58. Star delta starter is used for starting c) Wide world weight d) World wide weight
a) Synchronous motor 73. Modulation is a process to vary
b) Squirrel Cage Motor with delta connected stator a) Carrier signal by the signal to be transmitted
winding b) Signal to be transmitted as well as to vary carrier
c) DC Motor signal by the signal to be transmitted
d) Universal Motor c) none of the these
59. Which amplifier configuration has the lowest output d) Signal to be transmitted
impedance ? 74. For a given cross-sectional area of transformer core,
a) CC b) CE c) CO d) CB stepped cores are used
60. When a 3-phase synchronous motor is running at a) to reduce the magnetizing current
synchronous speed, the damper winding produces b) to provide more mechanical strength to the core
a) Torque aiding developed torque c) to reduce the core loss
b) Eddy current torque d) to reduce the conductor material
c) Damping torque 75. Thyrites are used for protection against
d) Zero torque a) corona b) damping
61. How many layers are available in OSI ? c) surge current d) over current
a) 7 b) 4 c) 6 d) 5 76. Which one of the following is not a power
62. The surge impedance of 50 km long underground semiconductor device ?
cable is 50 ohms. For a 25 km length it will be a) SCR b) GTO
a) 100 b) 25 c) 50 d) 75 c) IGBT d) CRS
63. The energy stored in the magnetic field is given by 77. While finding the Thevenin equivalent circuit
a) 1/2 L²I² b) 1/2 LI² between two terminals, Vth is equal to
c) 1/2 LV² d) 1/2 L²V² a) Open circuit terminal voltage
64. The voltage gain of an emitter follower is always b) emf of the battery nearest to the terminals
a) more than 1 b) less than 1 c) Short circuit terminal voltage
c) 1 d) greater than equal to 1 d) Net voltage available in the circuit
65. The insulation of modern EHV line is designed based 78. The most important part of an operational amplifier
on is
a) RI b) Corona a) Differential amplifier b) Substractor
c) Switching voltage d) Lightning voltage c) Adder d) Integrator
66. A resistance is connected in series with an inductive 79. The following protocol is used used for accessing
coil. The phase difference between the current and web pages
applied voltage a) SMTP b) FTP
a) decreases with increase in frequency c) PTTP d) HTTP
b) remains constant 80. Input impedance of a transmission line at any
c) none of the above distance from the load can be determined using
d) increases with increase in supply frequency a) Gant chart b) one of the above
67. A 3-phase breaker is rated at 2000 MVA, 33 kV. Its c) Smith chart d) Ben chart
making current will be 81. Micro-programming is a technique for
a) 49 kA b) 35 kA a) programming input and output
c) 89 kA d) 70 kA b) programming the control steps of a computer
68. A 3-phase synchronous generator is operating at c) programming the microprocessors
constant load while the excitation is adjusted to give d) writing small programs
unity pf current. If the excitation is now increased 82. How many state equations are required to represent
the pf will become a system described by a third order differential
a) Unity b) Leading equation ?
c) Zero d) Lagging a) 2 b) 4 c) 2 d) 3
69. The impulse ratio of a rod gap is 83. A + AB is equal to
a) between 1.2 and 1.5 b) between 1.6 and 1.8 a) AB b) A c) A + B d) B
c) 1 d)between 2 and 2.2 84. Transformer cores are laminated to reduced
70. For a closed loop system to be stable, the poles of a) Ohmic loss
the CLTF must lie b) Eddy current loss
a) none of the above c) Both eddy current and hysteresis loss
b) on the left half of the S plane d) Hysteresis loss
c) on the right half of the S plane 85. The following mark up is used for creating web pages
d) at the origin a) HTPP b) COBOL
71. Which amplifier configuration is used by a push-pull c) PASCAL d) HTML
configuration
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86. A 3-phase synchronous motor is operating at a load a) using 3 ammeters
angle of 20° and with excitation voltage equal to the b) using one wattmeter
applied voltage. The synchronous reactance drop in c) using 3 volltmeters
terms of excitation voltage d) using all the above 3 methods
a)38.2% b) 69.46% 100. The peak overshoot of a second order system is
c) 34.73% d) 32.9% a) depends on damping ratio
87. For maximum transfer of power, internal resistance b) is zero
of the source should be c) is a constant
a) less than load resistance d) independent on damping ratio
b) more than load resistance
c) Zero
d) equal to the load resistance
88. The transfer function of a system is given by T(S) =
K/[ s³(1+sT) ]. The type and the order of the system
are
a) 3 and 2 b) 3 and 4
c) 2 and 3 d) 3 and 3
89. The zero point characteristics for the Potier diagram
can be obtained by loading the alternator using
a) Lamp load b) Water load
c) DC motor d) Synchronous motor
90. What is the value of modulation index in AM?
a) above 100 b) between 0 and 1
c) between -1 and 0 d) above 1
91. The specification for a standard 74 series TTL gate
reads propagation delay as 33ns and power
dissipation is 1mV. This circuit is
a) Low speed TTL
b) Standard Schottky TTL
c) Low power Schottky TTL
d) High speed TTL
92. Three identical impedances are connected in delta to
a 3-phase supply of 400 Volts. The line current is
34.65 A and the total power taken is 14.4 kW. The
resistance of the load in each phase is
a) 10 ohms b) 16 ohms
c) 12 ohms d) 20 ohms
93. Donor type impurities
a) all of the above
b) have five valence electrons
c) used to make n-type semiconductors
d) create excess free electrons
94. Which one of the following is not a method of power
generation?
a) MHD b) CHD
c) Thermal d)Hydroelectric
95. The phase shift between the output and input of a
CE amplifier configuration is
a) 270° b) 360°
c) 90° d) 180°
96. The gain of the amplifier is usually expressed in
a) Amperes b) mho
c) Decibels d) Volts
97. Superposition theorem is applicable only for circuits
which are
a) Linear and Bilateral b) Bilateral
c) Linear d) Non-linear
98. Which of the following is not a programming
language
a) ALGOL b) EIFFEL
c) ADA d) SUSE LINUX
99. Power in a single phase circuit can be measured
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11.A 12.D 13.B 14.B 15.C 16.A 17.D 18.D 19.A 20.D

21.B 22.A 23.D 24.D 25.A 26.A 27.A 28.A 29.D 30.D

31.C 32.C 33.A 34.A 35.B 36.A 37.B 38.B 39.C 40.C

41.D 42.D 43.D 44.A 45.B 46.D 47.A 48.D 49.C 50.B

51.C 52.A 53.D 54.D 55.D 56.D 57.D 58.B 59.B 60.D

61.A 62.C 63.B 64.B 65.C 66.D 67.C 68.D 69.A 70.B

71.C 72.B 73.A 74.D 75.C 76.D 77.A 78.A 79.D 80.C

81.B 82.D 83.B 84.B 85.D 86.C 87.D 88.B 89.D 90.B

91. * 92.C 93.A 94.B 95.D 96.C 97.A 98.D 99.D 100.A

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1. Who among the following is known as grandfather of 12. The revolt held to wear upper cloth for lower caste women
Indian Nation in Kerala is…
A. Raja Ram Mohan Ray A. Channar agitation
B. DayanandaSaraswathi B. Guruvayursatyagraha
C. Swami Vivekananda C. Paliyamsatyagraha
D. BalaGanhadharTilak D. Malabar riot
2. Which Indian river is known as sorrow of Orissa 13. Which district of Kerala speaks more of languages?
A. Mahanadi A. Kozhikode
B. Narmatha B. Malappuram
C. Tapti C. Kannur
D. Padma D. Kasaragod
3. Dr. BabasahebAmbedkarInternational Airport is in 14. Which of the following team are behind the Malayali
A. Ahammadabad Movement?
B. Hyderabad A. K.P.Shankaramenon, Dr. Palpu, G.P.Pillai
C. Indore B. ChattambiSwamikal, C.V. Ramanpillai, V.T.
D. Nagpur Bhattathirippad
4. Lord Curzon’s Partition of Bengal came to effect on C. T.K Madhavan, Dr. Palpu, K.Kelappan
A. 18 October 1905 D. MannathPathmanabhan, K.P.kesavamenon, P.
B. 16 October 1905 Krishnapillai
C. 19 October 1905 15. Which among the following is known as first college in
D. 17 October 1905 India?
5. Sangai is the state animal of A. CMS College Kottayam
A. Tripura B. BCM College Kottayam
B. Meghalaya C. University college
C. Manipur D. Maharajas college
D. Arunachal Pradesh 16. Cochin stock exchange came in to being…
6. Who was the commissioner of India Census 2011 A. 1959
A. VinodRai B. 1969
B. C. Chandramouli C. 1979
C. Suryaprakash D. 1989
D. K.T.M. Iqbal (Question cancelled)
7. Ajantha cave paintings depict scenes from the 17. The largest back water in Kerala is ….
A. Ramayana A. Ashtamudi
B. Mahabharatha B. Chaliyar
C. Rigveda C. Vembanad
D. Jataka tales D. Punnamada
8. The SansadAdarsh Gram Yojana was launched on the birth 18. The total number of wildlife sanctuaries in Kerala is…
anniversary of A. 12
A. SardarVallbai Patel B. 13
B. Syamaprasad Mukherjee C. 14
C. Mahathma Gandhi D. 15
D. Jayaprakash Narayan 19. The gold medalist among malayalees in Asian Games 2014
9. Who among the following published the daily namely is…
‘voice of India’ A. Preejasreedaran
A. W.C. Banarjee B. Dipikapallikkal
B. Annie Basant C. O.P. Jaisha
C. Dada BaiNavaroji D. Tintu Luka
D. Firoz Shah Mehta 20. The co-operative dairy products entrepreneurship MILMA
10. Name the India sports woman selected as the brand was established in the year..
ambassador of Telengana state A. 1980
A. SaniaMirza B. 1970
B. SainaNehwal C. 1960
C. P.V.Sindhu D. 1950
D. KoneruHampi 21. A free electron means?
11. J.C. Daniel award 2014 was awarded to …. A. All the electrons in an atom.
A. AdoorGopala Krishnan B. The electron not belongs to the atom itself.
B. M.T. Vasudevan Nair C. Valance electrons which are loosely attached to the
C. Amalneerad nucleus.
D. Ashique Abu D. All the above.
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22. The speed with which the effect of emf is experienced at A. A deflecting torque
all parts of a conductor resulting the flow of current is B. Controlling torque
A. Velocity of charge C. Damping torque
B. Velocity of propagation of electric field D. All the above
C. Speed of response 33. The most efficient damping employed in electrical
D. None of above instrument is
23. When a potential difference is applied to a resistor the A. Air friction
heat is produced by B. Fluid friction
A. Due to the collision of free electrons with the C. Eddy current
molecules or atoms of the resistor D. None of the above
B. Power dissipation 34. In thermocouple ammeter the heat produced is
C. Speed of response proportional to
D. None of above A. Current
24. On application of heat on electrolyte it exhibit B. Square root of current
A. Positive temp. coefficient C. Square of current
B. No change in its resistance D. Voltage
C. Resistance will increase 35. In a cross coil megger, when two current are passing
D. Negative temp. Coefficient. through them the torque acting up on the coil
25. An operational amplifier is a A. Opposite direction
A. Dependent source B. Same directions
B. Independent source C. tan 𝜙
C. Model source D. None of the above
D. None of above 36. The frequency error in induction type ammeter is
26. A wire of resistance of 6 ohms is bent in the form of a compensated by
circle, the effective resistance between two points on any A. Self-compensated
diameter is B. Not required
A. 6 ohm C. Non inductive shunt
B. 12 ohm D. Inductive shunt
C. 1.5 ohm 37. An induction watt meter consist of
D. 9 ohm A. Series electromagnet
27. A wire of resistance R ohm is stretched to double its B. Shunt electromagnet
length, then its resistance become C. Permanent magnet
A. R/4 D. Series and shunt electromagnet
B. R/2 38. The efficiency of a solar cell is
C. 2R A. High
D. 4R B. Very high
28. Two parallel wires carrying current in opposite direction C. Low
A. Attracts each other D. Very low
B. Repel each other 39. In core type transforms the number of flux paths are
C. Cancel each other A. 2
D. None of the above B. More than 2
29. A coil has a resistance of 25 ohm and inductance of 5H is C. Half of the path
connected to a DC source of 50V is suddenly switched off D. Single
what will be the value of current at the time of switching 40. The relation between the excitation current and magnetic
off flux of a transformer is
A. 2A A. Current leads flux
B. 10A B. Flux leads the current
C. 1.96A C. They are in phase
D. 0.05A D. None of the above
30. The inductive reactance of an inductor in a DC circuit is 41. The equivalent resistance and leakage reactance of a
A. 2Π𝑓𝐿 transformer can be found out by
B. Zero A. Open circuit test
C. 𝜔𝐿 B. Short circuit test
D. ∞ C. Polarity test
31. In a circuit element if the p.d higher than the applied D. None of the above
voltage of the sources then it will be 42. Hydro generator is the commercial name of
A. DC circuit A. Round rotor generator
B. Neither ac nor dc circuit B. Cylindrical rotor synchronous generator
C. AC circuit C. Salient pole synchronous generator
D. For both circuit D. All the above
32. The moving system of an indicating type of electrical 43. An electrical machine with lower efficiency will have
instrument is subjected to A. Less losses
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 B. More losses C. Number of turns
C. No losses D. Number of commentator segments
D. Low operating cost 55. A moving iron instrument can measure
44. The effect of armature reaction under the pole shoes can A. AC
be limited by B. AC & DC
A. Inter poles C. DC
B. High reluctance pole tips D. Pulse
C. Compensating windings 56. The emf developed in any physical system act in such a
D. All the above direction to tend to
45. DC motors are started by using starters because A. Decreases co energy at constant mmf
A. To increase the starting current B. Decrease the co energy at constant flux
B. To reduce the starting current C. Increase the co energy at constant mmf
C. To increase the speed D. Increase the co energy at constant flux
D. None of the above 57. The factor to be considered while selecting the site hydel
46. Swinburne’s test cannot be performed on power plant
A. Shunt motor A. Quantity of water available
B. Compound motor B. Head of water
C. Series motor C. Accessibility of the site
D. All the above D. All the above
47. Which of the following are used as constant speed drive 58. Specific speed of a turbine is the speed at which it develop
A. DC shunt motor 1 metric HP under the head of
B. DC series motor A. 1 metric meter
C. DC compound motor B. 1 meter
D. All the above C. 1 feet
48. No load slip of an induction motor is D. 1 cubic meter
A. Large 59. The active recovery voltage depends on
B. No slip A. Power factor
C. Very small B. Armature reaction
D. None of the above C. Circuit condition
49. The relative advantage of a cage motor over a wound rotor D. All the above
motor of same power is 60. The highest current that a circuit breaker is capable of
A. Cage motor is more efficient breaking at recovery and re striking voltage is
B. Cage motor is less cost A. Breaking capacity
C. Better operating power factor B. Making capacity
D. All the above C. Recovery current
50. The maximum torque of an induction motor is D. Recovery voltage
proportional to 61. Circuit breaker intended for rapid auto re closing with
A. Square of supply voltage rated operating duty o-m-co in which m represents
B. Supply voltage A. Making
C. Reciprocal of the square of supply voltage B. Breaking
D. None of the above C. Dead time
51. A synchronous motor runs on D. Re closing
A. AC only 62. The heat produced by an electric heating element is
B. DC only according to
C. Both ac and dc A. Ohm’s law
D. None of the above B. Stefan’s law
52. If the armature coil of a machine is N turns then Number C. Snell’s law
of conductors of any coil side D. Faraday’s law
A. 2N 63. Ajax Wyatt furnace make use of crucible in
B. N/2 A. Horizontal
2
C. N B. At an angle of 120°
D. N C. Vertical
53. The distance between two consecutive and similar top coil D. None of the above
side is called 64. High frequency capacitance heating method is employed
A. Back pitch for heating
B. Front pitch A. Plastic
C. Winding pitch B. Wood
D. Commentator pitch C. Dehydration of foods
54. In lap wound machine the number of brushes used is equal D. All the above
to 65. In carbon arc welding the carbon electrode with respect to
A. Number of poles work is
B. 2 A. Negative
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 B. Positive B. 20/ 3𝐴
C. As positive or negative C. 20 A
D. None of the above D. 10 A
66. The filament lamp work at a pf of 77. The armature core of a DC machine is laminated to
A. 5 minimize
B. 1 A. Hysteresis loss
C. 7 B. Eddy current loss
D. 0 C. Mechanical loss
67. Which lamp has the highest luminous efficiency D. Temperature loss
A. Filament 78. Which part of a DC motor has the maximum flux
B. Neon A. Pole core
C. Mercury vapor B. Inter pole
D. Sodium vapor C. Leading pole tip
68. In illumination space to height ratio of D. Trailing pole tip
A. 1 to 2 79. The air blast circuit breaker have best application in system
B. 1 of operating voltage
C. Less than 1 A. Below 132KV
D. None of the above B. 132KV to 400KV
69. The induction motor cannot run at synchronous speed C. Above 400KVA
because if so D. None of this
A. Rotor emf would be zero 80. The cheapest shielding material used in nuclear plant is
B. Rotor current would be zero A. Concrete
C. Rotor torque would be zero B. Brick
D. All the above C. Boron
70. Semi closed or totally closed slots are used in 3∅ induction D. Cadmium
motor essentially to 81. Superposition theorem is essentially based on the concept
A. Reduce magnetizing current of
B. Increase efficiency A. Reciprocity
C. Improve starting torque B. Linearity
D. Increase magnetizing current C. Duality
71. In DC machine the armature windings are placed on the D. Non linearity
rotor for effective 82. From the factor for DC supply voltage is always
A. Generation of voltage A. Zero
B. Development of torque B. Unity
C. Commutation C. Infinity
D. Energy conversion D. Any value between zero and one
72. The most powerful electromagnet in a normal DC machine 83. In purely resistance circuits
operating at full load condition is A. Power factor is unity
A. Field winding B. Power consumed is zero
B. Armature winding C. Heat produced is zero
C. Inter pole winding D. Power factor is zero
D. Compensating winding 84. In a series resonant circuit, the impedance below resonant
73. Which of the following is called as stray flux frequency is
A. Armature flux A. Capacitive
B. Field flux B. Inductive
C. Leakage flux C. Resistive
D. None of the above D. Depend on values of circuit components.
74. When a coil moves through a time varying flux the induced 85. The figure of merit of RLC circuit will increase if
emf present in the coil is A. R decreases
A. Dynamically induced B. R increases
B. Statically induced C. Voltage increases
C. Motional emf D. Voltage decreases
D. Both dynamically and statically induced 86. In an intrinsic Semiconductor, Fermi Level represents the
75. A 3∅ SCIM stator rewound for 6 poles without any energy, with probability of its occupation of
alteration in the rotor will run at a speed A. 0%
A. <1000 rpm B. 25%
B. <1500 rpm C. 50%
C. <1200 rpm D. 100%
D. 0 rpm 87. An infra-red LED is usually fabricated from
76. A 3∅ star connected IM takes 20 A from supply. When A. Ge
connected in delta the motor will take a current of B. Si
A. 20 3𝐴 C. GaAs
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 D. GaAsP B. 150 volts
88. Avalanche Photo diodes are preferred oven PIN diodes in C. 500 volts
optical communication systems because of D. 250 volts
A. Speed of operation 99. An interrupt in which the external device supplies its
B. Higher sensitivity address as well as the interrupt is known as
C. Larger bandwidth A. Vectored interrupt
D. Larger power handling capacity B. Maskable interrupt
89. Power Transistors are invariably provided with C. Non-maskable interrupt
A. Heat sink D. Designated interrupt
B. Metallic casing 100.Logic 1 in negative logic system is represented by
C. Soldered connections A. Zero level
D. Fan for heat removal B. Lower voltage level
90. In a JFET, beyond pinch off voltage, as the drain voltage C. Higher voltage level
increases, the drain current D. Negative voltage
A. Decreases
B. Remains constant
C. Increases 1.B 2.A 3.D 4.B
D. May increase or decrease 5.C 6.B 7.D 8.D
91. After firing an SCR, if the gate pulse is removed, the SCR
9.C 10.A 11.B 12.A
current
A. Remains the same 13.D 14.A 15.A 16.__
B. Reduces to zero 17.C 18.B 19.D 20.A
C. Rises up
21.C 22.B 23.A 24.D
D. Rise a little, then falls to zero
92. One of the characteristic of the Emitter Flower is its 25.A 26.C 27.D 28.B
A. Low input resistance 29.A 30.B 31.C 32.D
B. Low current gain 33.C 34.C 35.A 36.C
C. Low voltage gain
37.D 38.C 39.D 40.A
D. High output resistance
93. Cross over distortion in class B push pull amplifier is 41.B 42.C 43.B 44.C
eliminated by 45.B 46.C 47.A 48.C
A. Class C operation 49.D 50.A 51.A 52.D
B. Class AB operation
C. Elimination of output transformer 53.C 54.A 55.B 56.C
D. Reducing transistor bias 57.D 58.B 59.D 60.A
94. A high Q tuned circuit in a tuned amplifier permits it to 61.C 62.B 63.C 64.D
have high
65.A 66.B 67.D 68.A
A. Selectivity
B. Fidelity 69.D 70.A 71.C 72.A
C. Sensitivity 73.C 74.D 75.A 76.A
D. Frequency range 77.B 78.C 79.B 80.A
95. Which of the following Op-Amp system is non-liner?
A. Current to voltage converter 81.B 82.B 83.A 84.A
B. Logarithmic Amplifier 85.A 86.C 87.C 88.D
C. Active Filter 89.A 90.B 91.A 92.C
D. Delay Equalizer
93.B 94.A 95.B 96.D
96. At microwave frequencies, the size of the antenna
becomes 97.D 98.B 99.A 100.B
A. Very large
B. Large
C. Small
D. Very small
97. In a single phase full converter, the number of SCRs
conducting during overlap is
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
98. A sinusoidal voltage of amplitude 1 kV is amplitude
modulated by another sinusoidal voltage to produce 30%
modulation. The amplitude of each sideband term is
A. 300 volts
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