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OF SPACE
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA : : DEPARTMENT
INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION
ISRO Centralised Recruitment Board
2014
Recruitment Entrance Test for scientisuEngineer'sc'
MaY 24,20'14 SaturdaY
Test Duration 90
(Minutes)
No of Questions
No of Pages
80
ELECTRICAL D
(Other than cover 13
sheet)
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come back to the difficult ones later
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the candidate should write the Booklet
11. Before signing the attendance sheet'
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1. A 6 pole, 50 Hz, 3-<D inductjon
is experienced when it is
10. Fe2anti effect on long overhead lines ,
used to,
't 1. ln a nuclear power station, moderator is
t
(A) Square wave (B)!ine wave
wave
(C) triangle wave/ $f{frtooth
13. A pony motor is used for the starting
of which of the following motor
16. The ripple factor of a full-wave rectifier circuit compared to that of a half wave rectifier
circuit without filter is
,/
(A) half of that for a half 'wave rectifier (d,"r, than half that for a half-wave rectifier
circuit
(C) equal to that of a half wave rectifier (D) more than half that for a half-wave rectifier
circuit
17.1n a highly inductive circuit , a small capacitance is added in series. Then the angle
between applied voltage and resultant current will be
19. A voltage source inverter is used to control the speed of a three-phase, 50 Hz squirrel
cage in-duction motor. lts slip for rated torque is 4o/o. The flux is maintained at rated
vaiue. lf the stator resistance and rotational losses are neglected, then the impressed
voltage to obtain twice the rated torque at starting should be
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21.A|hTnalprotectionswitchisusedtoprovideprotectionagainst:
(B) TemPerature
toad
\r,' vYvr rvvv
(U{over
(c) Short circuit (D) over voltage
voltage .t\d
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f(n)= 1:. is \\
l-L even
when n is
d- I
(A) one-one and but not on to
(B) onto but not one-one
(D) neither one-one nor onto
t*ne_one and onto both ]-i,'
24. lf the sum of the roots of the
quadraticequation sf +bx + c = 0 is equaltothe sum of .' )
9 in
:' I* t
are
the squares of their reciprocals' then f ' ! '"0 .- fi.
-r,.#-'
h : lr-
prosression (8) oron:-"t:l^": '-lf'
(A) arithmetic 9omet1't *o "h
pfharmonic progrpsstoq
(C) arithmetic-geometric-progression
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Lr' ''
= 1, then
Lrr'rr tj+- {-: {rr*
t/,. \
[t-i) S. \ %t" at .\
posrtrvc (B)
any positive
is anv r' !r' - - n is any positive integer ,:,.),i'
x = 2n,where
1. where n rs
N T = 2n + 1,
(A)
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c) x = 4n + 1, there
where n is any por
positive
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Mr=4n,wherenisanypositive \';)a ,
integer -i
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(A) A is azero matrix 6 o'=,
(C) A-1does not exist (D) A = (-1)1, where I is a unit matrix
,t4 (B)4
(c) 3
r1
(A) 60 m
.(C) 40 m
3*ieMit*lou*"vfromAtoCandresultantaVeragevelocitydirectfromAto
(B) km/h and ! x*h
,2.2(,n,^o 19 rn/r, f
(c) 1# km/h and 11 t*/r,
(D)fkm/hand1{v^h
(B)8/15
(D) 17 t15
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34. A Single-phase Energy meter is operating on 230V, 50 Hz supply with a load of Z)Afor
two hours at UPF. The meter makes 1380 revolutions in that period. The meter constant
is
35. ln case of power measurements by two wattmeter method in a balanced 3-phase system
with pure inductive load s
,r/
'*$f Ootnwattmeters will indicates the same (B) both wattmeters will indicate zero
value but with opposite signs
(C)both the wattmeters will indicate the (D) one wattmeter will indicate zero and the
same value same sign other will indicate some non-zero value
36. lt is required to measure temperature in the range of 13000C to 15000C. The most
suitable thermocouple to be used as transducer would be
37. Which dc motor will have highest percentage increase in input current for given
percentage increase in torque
38.lnathreephasedeltatransformer,onephaseburnsup.Thetransformerwillsupply
,/ r (B) zero output
W{sz.t"t"of its rating
(D) at full output rating
(c) 63% of its output rating
44.ltisneveradvisabletoconnectastationaryatternfrtolivebus-barbecauseit
synchronous V*U' get short circuited
(A) is likely to run as a
motor
other
(C) will decrease bus-bar voltage (D) will disturbs generated emfs of
alternators connected in parallel
though momentarilY
(A) magnetizing current to suPPlY (B) open circuit voltage to short circuit current
vpltage for the same excitement
4g.lnthecirclediagramfora3-phaseinductionmotor,thediameterofthecircleis {
determined bY
while conducting short-circuit test on a transformer the following side is short circuited
50.
/
(A) High voltage side 1Ef tow voltage'side
(C)producesasymmetryinthethree(D)lncreasesCuofendconnections:,
Phase windings
54.Armaturereactioninanalternatormainlyaffects
(B) terminalvoltage Per Phase
(A) rotor sPeed
voltage Per Phasd
(C) frequencY of armature current fllgenerated
56.lfthefieldgllasynchronousmgjgj.isunderexcited,thepowerfactorwillbe #
(g(agging , (B) leading
(D) more than unitY
(C) UnitY
(A) rrn
{'
(B)
(c)
resonates
't
60. The following circuit (shown in Figure)
at
rl
a
\
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iX,-,'.
tr.v{ "
^t'
d",^o / sec ,t, fi
(A) allfrequencies .",s$'Y
r,rJ
(D) 1 rad / sec +'t$' .,i,'' l$'*
(C)5rad/sec J * {;,d al'{
a;'
of i,
61. The distribution
protection
system shown
1
in Figure is to be protected bY over current sYstem
2 33KV
t
33KV
Supply
SuPPIY
Load
Forproperfaultdiscriminationdirectionalovercurrentrelayswillberequiredatlocations
-t' and 3
4
(A) 1 and <B)2
(c)1,4and5 62',3and5
64. For an unbalanced fault with paths for zero sequence cunents, at the point of fault
(A) the negative & zero sequence voltages are (B) lhe negative sequence voltage in maximum
minimum & zeto sequence voltage is minimum
(C) the negative sequence voltage in minimum Pffiegative & zero sequence voltages are
maximum ( maximum
& zero sequenc6 voltage is
ideal OPAMP is used to make an inverting amplifier. The two input terminals of the
MP are at the sarne potential because,
(A) tne two input terminals are directly (B) the input impedance of the OPAMP is
' shorted internally infinity and CMRR is infinitY
(C) the open loop gain of the OPAMP is (D) slew rate is very high
infinity
67. lf the poles of a sYstem lie on the imaginary axis, the system will be:
l
68. Which one of the following is the most likely reason for large overshoot in a control
system
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High gain in a sYstem (B) Presence of dead time delaY in a
,(A) sYstem
(C) Switch ON and OFF a circuit alternately at (D) Switch OFF a circuit when output
becomes zero
a Particular rate
71. out of the foHowing methods of heating the one which is independent of supply
frequencY is
(A)electricarcheating(B)inductionheating{
/\ (D) dielectric heating
lcy'ercaricresistance
( t{/},*'
a ,.{,{
OFF t/ A *
22. AnSCR triggered by current pulse applied to gate-cathode
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75" The current carrying capacity of cables in DC is more than that in AC mainly due to
76. fhe fact that a conductor carries more cunent on the surface as compared to core, is
known as
'/ ffirkin
_-2
effect (B) corona
(c) permeability (D) unsymmetricalfault
TZ.ln Gauss-Sidel load flow method, the number of iterations may be reduced if the
conection in voltage at each bus is multiplied by,
/r/
-''----..... (A) Gauss constant (6)Acceleration factor
(c) Blocking factor (D) Lagrange multiplier
7g. For a fault in a power system, the term critical clearing time is related to,
,/,/
141f limit
Transient stability (B) Reactive power limit
(C) Short circuit current limit (D) Steady state stability limit
,./
/ (C) capacitance of the system only Qfidu"t^nce and capacitance of the system
(A) is applicable both to shunt and compound (B) Needs one running test
motors :
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G)r{svery economical and convenient (D) ignores any-, change
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in iron loss