Directions: Find the word nearest to the meaning to the following:

1. GAPE
a. To wound
b. Open mouth wide
c. An animal
d. Act foolishly
2. VIGIL
a. Long journey
b. Young nun
c. Celebration
d. Watchful wakefulness
3. FICKLE
a. Constant
b. Tasty
c. Changeable
d. Nervous
4. PRODIGY
a. Sweet dish
b. Offspring
c. Spendthrift
d. Exceptionally talented person
5. INCREDIBLE
a. Foolish
b. Unbelievable
c. Wonderful
d. Uncertain
Directions: Choose the correct option.
6. Life history of a person written by another person
a. Autobiography
b. History
c. Biography
d. Epic
7. All __________ Dileep were present.
a. Expect
b. Accept
c. Except
d. Expected
8. What is the shortest __________ from Ranchi to Lucknow?
a. Root
b. Route
c. Rout
d. Roote
9. My father has given his _________________
a. Descent
b. Ascent
c. Accent
d. Assent
10.Tell me the reason ______________ he refused to come.
a. When
b. Why
c. What

d. Which
11.Ms. Saina Nehwal is associated with
a. Badminton
b. Table tennis
c. Lawn tennis
d. Weightlifting
12.The most recent Asian games were held in the city of
a. New Delhi
b. Guangzhou
c. Beijing
d. Kuala Lumpur
13.Sunderbuns is
a. Breed of buffalo
b. Dance form of South India
c. Song Bird
d. Part of Gangetic Delta
14.The movie Three Idiots is based on a novel by
a. Amitava Ghosh
b. Mulk Raj Anand
c. Chetan Bhagat
d. Salman Rushdie
15.Capital of Mizoram is
a. Aijwal
b. Panaji
c. Imphal
d. Ziro
16.Kuchpudi is a dance form of the state of
a. Punjab
b. Maharashtra
c. Kerala
d. Andhra Pradesh
17.The cabinet minister for Communications and IT is
a. Sh. A Raja
b. Sh. Dayanidhi Maran
c. Sh. Sachin Pilot
d. Sh. Kapil Sibal
18.Which country is as the main producer of raw diamonds?
a. USA
b. Canada
c. South Africa
d. Brazil
19.Missile testing range is at
a. Chandipur
b. Sriharikota
c. Thumba
d. Vadodara
20.Uranium mines are located in
a. Neyveli
b. Jaduguda
c. Trombay
d. Raniganj
Section II: Basic Engineering

21.The Eigen values of a matrix are also called as _________ roots.

a. Characteristic and Latent
b. Characteristic
c. Latent
d. None
22.Cayley-Hamilton is useful to find
a. Inverse and power of matrix
b. Only inverse of matrix
c. Only power of matrix
d. None
23.Every square matrix can be expressed as the sum of
a. Symmetric and skew symmetric
b. Symmetric and Hermitian
c. Skew symmetric and Hermitian
d. None
24.If AT = A then the matrix A is called
a. Symmetric
b. Skew Symmetric
c. Hermitian
d. None
25.If U = X2 + Y2 then d2U/dXdY is
a. 2
b. 0
c. 3
d. 4
26.Which of the following is a solution of X 2Y 2Y = 0?
a. Y = X2
b. Y = X
c. Y = eX
d. None
27.Laplace Transform of Sin(at) is
a. s/(s2 + a2)
b. s/(s2 - a2)
c. a/(s2 + a2)
d. none
28.electromagnetic waves are transverse in nature is evident by
a. Polarization
b. Interference
c. Reflection
d. Diffraction
29.For a wave propagating in a medium, identify the property that is
independent of others
a. Velocity
b. Wavelength
c. Frequency
d. All of the above
30.Which one of the following has the longest wavelength?
a. UV rays
b. IR rays
c. Radio Waves
d. X-rays
31.A laser beam is used for locating distant objects because
a. It is monochromatic
b. It is coherent

c. It is not absorbed
d. It has small angular speed
32.One ampere is equivalent to
a. 1 coulomb second
b. 1 coulomb per second
c. 1 joule second
d. 1 joule/second
33.When the length and area of cross section both are doubled then its
resistance
a. Will become half
b. Will be doubled
c. Will remain same
d. Will become four times
34.A solenoid is at potential difference of 60 volts and current flows through it
is 15 A, then the resistance of the coil will be
a. 4
b. 8
c. 0.25
d. 2
35.Ohms law is true for
a. Metallic conductors at low temperatures
b. Metallic conductors at high temperatures
c. For electrolytes when current passes through them
d. For diode when current flows
36.The ratio of primary to is 9:4. If power input is P. What will be the ratio of
power output to the power input?
a. 4:9
b. 9:4
c. 5:4
d. 1:1
37.In a step-up transformer, the turns ratio is 1:2. A Leclanche cell (EMF 1.5
volts) is connected across the primary. The voltage across the secondary is
a. 3.0 volts
b. 0.75 volts
c. Zero
d. 1.5 volts
38.If the voltage drops from 220 volts to 22 volts, current in the primary cell
is (given impedance of the secondary coil is 220 )
a. 0.1 A
b. 1 A
c. 10 A
d. 0.01 A
39.A 100 volts is applied across a DC motor, 5 Amp current is flowing through
the motor. The circuit has efficiency of 75%. What is the armature
resistance?
a. 25
b. 5
c. 10
d. 20
40.The induction coil works on the principle of
a. Self-induction
b. Mutual induction
c. Amperes law

d. Flemings right hand rule

41.In an AC generator, a coil with N turns, all with same area A, and total
resistance R, rotates with frequency in a magnetic field B. The maximum
value of the EMF generated in the coil is
a. NABR
b. NAB
c. NABR
d. NAB
42.A transformer is used to light a 100 W and 110 W lamps from 220 volts
mains. If the main current is 0.5 A, the efficiency of the transformer is
approximately
a. 50%
b. 90%
c. 10%
d. 30%
43.The capacitor commonly used for ceiling fan motors has value of 2.3 F.
The type of capacitor used is generally
a. Paper capacitor, oil impregnated
b. Electrolytic capacitor
c. Parallel plate capacitor with mica dielectric
d. None of the above
44.The effect of passing current through a conductor is
a. Magnetic as well as heating effect
b. Only chemical effect
c. Only magnetic effect
d. Only heating effect
45.The sign of in a plane view of conductor means
a. The current flows into the drawing area
b. The current flows out of the drawing area
c. There is a positive current in the conductor
d. The cork screw rule cannot be applied
46.The coefficient of self inductance of a coil is defines as
a. / NI
b. NI/
c. N/I
d. I/N
47.When the magnetic flux and area is known, the flux density can be given
as
a. B = XA
b. B = /A
c. B = A/
d. None
48.Decibel is defined in terms ratio of
a. Voltage
b. Current
c. Power
d. All of the above
49.Energy stored in an inductance is given by (in joules)
a. 0
b. 2 LI2
c. LI2/2
d. None
50.The relation between Irms and Imax is

a. Irms = 1.414 Imax

b. Irms = Imax
c. Irms = 0.707 Imax
d. None
51.Which of the following values of an alternating current is indicated by a
normal universal measuring instrument?
a. IRMS
b. IAVE
c. IMAX
d. None
52.The most popular types of ICs are
a. Thin film
b. Hybrid
c. Thick Film
d. Monolithic
53.The SiO2 layer in an IC acts as a/an
a. Resistor
b. Insulating layer
c. Mechanical output
d. None
54.The Q of a tuned circuit refers to the property of
a. Sensitivity
b. Fidelity
c. Selectivity
d. None
55.In parallel resonance, there is
a. Both voltage and current amplification
b. Voltage amplification
c. Current amplification
d. None
56.Hartley oscillator commonly used in
a. Radio receivers
b. Radio transmitters
c. TV receivers
d. None
57.In a phase shift oscillator, we use ____ RC sections.
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. None
58.In general, the gain of an amplifier is
a. Real
b. Imaginary
c. Complex
d. Integer
59._______ Coupling is employed in power amplifiers.
a. Transformer
b. RC
c. Direct
d. Impedance
60.Power amplifiers handle _____ signals compared to voltage amplifiers.
a. Small
b. Very small
c. Large

d. None
61.Class C amplifiers are used as
a. AF amplifiers
b. Detectors
c. RF amplifiers
d. None
62.Class ___ operation gives the maximum distortion.
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. AB
63.Negative feedback is employed in
a. Oscillators
b. Rectifiers
c. Amplifiers
d. None
64.Emitter follower is used for_____
a. Current gain
b. Impedance matching
c. Voltage gain
d. none
65.An oscillator employs ______ feedback.
a. Positive
b. Neither positive nor negative
c. Negative
d. Data insufficient
66.In transistor amplifiers, we use ______ transformer for impedance
matching.
a. Step up
b. Step down
c. Same turn ratio
d. None
67.For highest power gain, one would use _____ configuration.
a. CC
b. CB
c. CE
d. None
68.The phase difference between the output and input voltages of a CE
amplifier is
a. 180o
b. 0o
c. 90o
d. 270o
69.It is generally desired that a transistor should have _____ input impedance.
a. Low
b. Very low
c. High
d. Very high
70.In the study of transistor as an amplifier, relation between and is,
where is CB dc current gain and is CE dc current gain.
a. = (1-)/
b. = /(1-)
c. = /(1+)
d. = (1+)/

71.The three transistor currents, IE, IB, IC bear the ratio

a. 1: 1- :
b. 1: 2: 3
c. 1: :
d. : :
72.The maxmum efficienby of full wave rectifier is
a. 100 %
b. 25.20 %
c. 40.6 %
d. 81.2 %
73.The approximate ratio of resistances in forward and reverse bias of PN
junction diode is
a. 102 : 1
b. 10-2 : 1
c. 1 : 10-4
d. 1 : 104
74.If the forward voltage in a semiconductor diode is doubled, the width of
depletion layer
a. Becomes half
b. Becomes one-fourth
c. No change
d. None
75.To obtain P-type semiconductor, we need to dope pure silicon with
a. AI
b. P
c. O
d. Ge
76.The intrinsic semiconductor becomes insulator at
a. 0oC
b. 100oC
c. 300oK
d. 0oK
77.The forbidden energy gap in conductors, semiconductors and insulators
are EG1, EG2 and EG3 respectively. The relation among them is
a. EG1 = EG2 = EG3
b. EG1 < EG2 < EG3
c. EG1 > EG2 > EG3
d. EG1 < EG2 > EG3
78.When Germanium(Ge) crystals are doped with phosphorous(P), then it
becomes
a. Insulator
b. P-type
c. N-type
d. Superconductor
79.The logic family that has least power dissipation is
a. TTL
b. ECL
c. CMOS
d. DCTL
80.One of the following is an example of cyclic code
a. ASCII
b. BCD
c. Excess-3

d. Gray code
81.The code used for correcting errors in data transmission is
a. Hollerith code
b. Gray code
c. Hamming code
d. BCD
82.The typical power consumption of low power TTL is
a. 100 W
b. 1 mW
c. 10 mW
d. 2 mW
83.The typical propagation delay time of statndard TTL is
a. 10 ns
b. 16 ns
c. 35 ns
d. 6 ns
84.______ logic is mostly used in microprocessor chips.
a. TTL
b. DTL
c. CMOS
d. NMOS
85.The minimum number of NAND gates required to perform NOT operation is
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
86.The minimum number of NAND gates required to perform EX-NOR gate is
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
87.The minimum number of NOR gates required to perform EX-OR gate is
a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
d. 3
88.The EX-OR gate is also called
a. Inequality circuit
b. 1 bit comparator
c. Difference circuit
d. All of the above
89.A + (AB) equals to
a. A
b. B
c. A + B
d. A + B
90.A circuit consists of 7 NOT gates connected in cascade, it acts like
a. An inverter
b. A non-inverter
c. A controlled inverter
d. None
91.The number of inputs and outputs in a full adder are
a. 2, 3
b. 2, 2

c. 3, 2
d. 4, 2
92.The full adder can be constructed using two half adders and a ______
a. AND gate
b. NOT gate
c. OR gate
d. NAND gate
93.The digital comparators are used to compare two
a. Binary numbers
b. Octal numbers
c. Decimal numbers
d. Hexa-decimal numbers
94.The Latch can be developed using
a. AND gates
b. OR gates
c. NOT gates
d. NAND gates
95.The number of inputs and outputs of a basic RS flip-flop is
a. 2,2
b. 3,2
c. 2,3
d. 1,2
96.The forbidden input condition is present in
a. RS flip-flop
b. D flip-flop
c. JK flip-flop
d. T flip-flop
97.When both J and K inputs of edge triggered JK flip-flop are 1, then the flipflop is in
a. Race condition
b. Synchronous condition
c. Asynchronous condition
d. Toggle condition
98.The D flip-flop and T flip-flop are respectively used as
a. Toggle and Delay gate
b. Delay and Toggle switch
c. Both used as delay gates
d. Both used as toggle switches
99.A flip-flop is the fundamental building block of _________ logic circuit.
a. Sequential
b. Combinational
c. Arithmetic
d. None
100.
Generally __________ flip-flops are used in shift registers.
a. D
b. T
c. SR
d. JK
101.
One of the application of register is in
a. Delay line
b. Modem
c. Multiplexer
d. Decoder
102.
The important feature of N-bit Jhonson counter is that

a. It has 2N counts
b. It has N counts
c. It has a single 1 in each count
d. None
103.
A counter in which the output of one flip-flop acts as clock for other
is termed as
a. Synchronous counter
b. Ripple counter
c. Ring counter
d. Decoder
104.
The counter in which all flip-flops change state at the same time in
synchronism with the clock is termed as
a. Ripple counter
b. Asynchronous counter
c. Synchronous counter
d. None
105.
A register that shifts the data bits in individual flip-flops one step to
the right each time a clock pulse applied is called
a. Storage register
b. Serial shift register
c. Ring counter
d. None
106.
The minimum number of flip-flops required for a MOD-14 counter is
a. 7
b. 4
c. 5
d. 14
107.
Counters are used in measurement of
a. Frequency
b. Time
c. Distance
d. All of the above
108.
Which of the following counter results in least delay
a. Ring counter
b. Ripple counter
c. Synchronous counter
d. Asynchronous counter
109.
With on chip decoding, N-address lines can access _________
memory locations.
a. N
b. N2
c. 2N
d. 2N
110.
A TRIAC is like a
a. Unidirectional SCR
b. Bidirectional SCR
c. NPN transistor
d. PNP transistor
Section III: Specialization
111.
If P is the true power, Pr is the reactive power and Pa is the apparent
power then the power factor is given by

a. P/Pa
b. Pa/P
c. Pr/P
d. P/Pr
112.
To get 230 volts form three phase 20 KV/ 400 V supply transformer,
the three windings of its secondary side should be connected in
a. Delta
b. Parallel
c. Star
d. Series
113.
The value of the electric current dangerous to the human body is
a. 1 A
b. 1 mA
c. 10 mA
d. 35 mA
114.