Model Paper with answer

Q1 Which of the following has high

electrical resistivity

(a) Copper (b) Gold (c) Carbon (d) Silver

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

(12) Basic charge measuring instrument is
(a) Duddel's oscillograph
(b) Cathode ray oscillograph
(c) Vibration Galvanometer
(d) Bailastic Galvanometer
(e) Battery Charging equipment

(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