| 1 |
A dc potentiometer is designed to measure up to
about 2 V with a slide wire of 800 mm. A standard cell of emf 1.18 V
obtains balance at 600 mm. A test cell is seen to obtain balance at
680 mm. The emf of the test cell is |
| Options |
| A) 1.00V |
B) 1.34V
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| C) 1.50V |
D) 1.70V
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| Correct Answer |
B |
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| 2 |
High Voltage DC (HVDC) transmission is mainly
used for
|
| Options |
A) bulk power transmission over very long distances
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B) inter-connecting two systems with the same
nominal frequency |
| C) eliminating reactive power requirement in the
operation |
D) minimizing harmonics at the converter stations
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| Correct Answer |
A |
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| 3 |
A bipolar junction transistor (BJT) is used as
a power control switch by biasing it in the cut-off region (OFF
state) or in the saturation region (ON state). In the ON state, for
the BJT |
| Options |
| A) both the base-emitter and base-collector
junctions are reverse biased |
B) the base-emitter junction is reverse biased, and
the base-collector junction is forward biased |
| C)
the base-emitter junction is forward biased, and the
base-collector junction is reverse biased
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D) both the base-emitter and base-collector
junctions are forward biased |
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|
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| Correct Answer |
D |
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| 4 |
The Q - meter works on the principle of |
| Options |
| A) mutual inductance |
B) self inductance
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| C) series resonance |
D) parallel resonance |
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|
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| Correct Answer |
C |
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| 5 |
A 800 kV transmission line is having per phase
line inductance of 1.1 mH/km and per phase line capacitance of 11.68
nF/km. Ignoring the length of the line, its ideal power transfer
capability in MW is |
| Options |
| A) 1204 MW |
B) 1504 MW |
| C) 2085 MW |
D) 2606 MW |
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|
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| Correct Answer |
C |
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| 6 |
If the following program is executed in a icroprocessor, the
number of instruction cycles it will take from START to HALT is
START MVI A, 14H ; Move 14H to register A
SHIFT RLC
; Rotate left without carry
JNZ
SHIFT ; Jump on non-zero to SHIFT
HALT |
|
| Options |
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| Correct Answer |
C |
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| 7 |
A moving iron ammeter produces a full scale
torque of 240 mNm with a deflection of
120° at a current of 10 A. The rate of change of self inductance (mH/radian)
of the instrument at full scale is |
| Options |
| A) 2.0 mH/radian |
B) 4.8 mH/radian |
| C) 12.0 mH/radian |
D) 114.6 mH/radian |
|
|
|
| Correct Answer |
B |
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| 8 |
At an industrial sub-station with a 4 MW load,
a capacitor of 2 MVAR is installed to maintain the load power factor
at 0.97 lagging. If the capacitor goes out of serivce, the load
power factor becomes |
| Options |
| A) 0.85 |
B) 1.00
|
| C) 0.80 lag |
D) 0.90 lag |
|
|
|
| Correct Answer |
C |
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| 9 |
The conduction loss versus device current
characteristic of a power MOSFET is best approximated by |
| Options |
A) a parabola
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B) a straight line
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C) a rectangular hyperbola
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D) an exponentially decaying function |
|
|
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| Correct Answer |
A |
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| 10 |
If P and Q are two random events, then the
following is TRUE
|
| Options |
A) Independence of P and Q implies that probability
(P  Q
) = 0
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B) Probability (P 
Q ) 
Probability (P) + Probability (Q)
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C) If P and Q are mutually exclusive, then they
must be independent
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D) Probability (P 
Q ) 
Probability (P)
|
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| Correct Answer |
D |