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Q. 1 - Q. 25 carry one mark each.

Q.1

Unit step signal u (t) is

(A) an energy signal (B) a power signal (C) neither power signal nor energy signal (D) both

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Poles of the Laplace transform are those complex points at which the transfer function will be (A) Zero (C) Infinity (B) 1 (D) None

in . o c Q.3 A signal x (t) is the sum of two sinusoids, one at frequency of 400 Hz and the other . at a frequency of 600 Hz . What should be the sampling ia rate of the signal x (t) so that the d discrete time signal has a sinusoid of only one o frequency ? n . 500 Hz (A) 600 Hz (B) w (C) 1000 Hz ww(D) none of the above
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A 5 kV/400 V , 75 kVA single-phase transformer has a series reactance of 0.12 pu. The reactance in ohms referred to LV and HV sides are to be (A) 40 , 0.256 (B) 8 , 0.64 (D) 8 , 0.16

(C) 0.05 , 7.8125

Q.5

Trigger pulses in the CRO are used

(A) to generate high voltage required for the CRT (B) to synchronize the input with the time base generator (C) to synchronize the input and the vertical amplifier (D) to generate low voltages required for the CRT

Practice Paper-I 2x 0 1 0 If A = = and A - 1 = then the value of x is G x x 1 2G (A) 1 (B) 2

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(C)

1 2

(D) 4

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The maximum value of

log x is x (B) e (D) 1/e

(A) 1 (C) 2/e

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Identify the Newton-Raphson iteration scheme for finding the square root of 2. (B) xn + 1 = 1 cxn 2 m 2 xn (D) xn + 1 =

(A) xn + 1 = 1 cxn + 2 m 2 xn 2 (C) xx + 1 = xn Let i = i

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sin ( 2) is "0 (B) 1 (D) Not defined

(A) 0.5 (C) 2

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The interval in which the Lagranges theorem is applicable for function f (x) = 1 is x (B) [2, 3] (A) [ 1, 1] (D) [ 2, 2]

(C) [ 3, 3]

Q.12

The differential equation y" + (x3 sin x) 5 y' + y = cos x3 is

(A) Homogeneous

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If a 3 V battery supplies 5 A of current, then the amount of energy delivered in one hour will be equal to
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(A) 54 kJ (C) 15 kJ

(B) 90 kJ (D) 60 kJ

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Consider the following circuits :

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(B) 2 and 3 (D) 4 and 1

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When the load on a transmission line is a equal to the surge impedance loading

(A) the receiving end voltage is less than the sending end voltage. (B) the sending end voltage is less than the receiving end voltage. (C) the receiving end voltage is equal to the sending end voltage. (D) none of these.

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Which one of the following statements is correct ? Normally Z BUS matrix is a (B) Sparse matrix (D) Unity matrix

(A) Null matrix (C) Full matrix

Q.17

The conduction loss versus device current characteristic of a power MOSFET is best approximated by (A) a parabola (C) a rectangular hyperbola (B) a straight line (D) an exponentially decaying function

Q.18

Which of the following amplifiers has low input and output resistance ?

(A) Common base and common collector (B) Common collector and common base

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(C) Common base and common emitter

(A) inductive load (C) dc motor

(B) resistive load (D) capacitive load

Q.20

For a given system, transfer function has symmetric pole and zero about the imaginary axis function s-plane. This system is (A) Minimum phase (B) All pass

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Q.21

A lot has 10% defective items. Ten items are chosen randomly from this lot. The probability that exactly 2 of the chose items are defective is (A) 0.0036 (C) 0.2234 (B) 0.1937 (D) 0.3874

A root of the equation x3 3x 5 = 0 lies between 2 and 2.5. Its value after first iteration as obtained by using Newton-Raphson method is
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(A) 2.45 (C) 2.33

(B) 2.35 (D) 2.25

A magnetic circuit with a cross-sectional area of 20 cm2 is to be operated at 50 Hz from a 120 V rms supply. The number of turns required to achieve a peak magnetic flux density of 1.8 T in the core is
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(A) 942 (C) 150

(B) 106

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In the voltage regulator circuit shown below, what will be the maximum value of load current ?

(A) 2.5 mA (C) 1.6 mA

(B) 0.9 mA (D) 3.4 mA

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For VBE = 1 V in the given circuit, what will be the current gain ^ h ?

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(A) 20 (C) 49

(B) 14.5 (D) 30

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Q. 26 - Q. 55 carry two marks each.

Q.26

Consider the Zener regulator circuit shown below. If the cut in voltage for Ge is 0.2 V and Si is 0.7 V. What will be the output voltage ^V0h ?

(A) 10 V (C) 9.8 V

(B) 10.2 V (D) 0.2 V

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If the transistor shown below is operating at saturation region, then what will be the base current IB ?

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(B) IB > 20 A (D) IB > 20 mA

Q.28 For circuit shown below, if VCE = 5 V under quiescent condition, then the value of R will be

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(A) 5 M (C) 3 M

(B) 130 k (D) 4 M

Q.29

The test data obtained at the rated speed on a three-phase, Y-connected, synchronous generator are given as follows: Short-circuit test:

Field current = 10 A Short-circuit current = 200 A Open-circuit test: Field current = 10 A Open-circuit voltage = 1150 V The per-phase winding resistance is 0.6 . The per phase synchronous reactance of the generator is equal to (A) 3.26 (B) 5.72

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(C) 3.37

(D) 3.92

Q.30

A 2.4 kV, 60 Hz, 3-phase synchronous motor operates at unity power factor. Now, the line voltage suddenly falls to 1.8 kV keeping the exciting current constant. Consider the following statements 1. 2. 3. 4. Torque angle decreases Developed mechanical power remains unchanged. Torque angle increases Developed mechanical power increases

Which of the following statements is/are true ? (A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 1, 3 and 4 (C) 1 and 2 (D) 2 and 3

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A 120 V, 60 Hz, -connected, three-phase induction motor has following stator and rotor impedances at standstill

Rstator = (0.1 + j0.15) /phase Rrotor = (0.2 + j0.25) /phase The maximum power developed by the motor and the slip at which it occurs are respectively (A) 28.8 kW, 0.66 (B) 43.2 kW, 0.25 (C) 9 kW, 0.25 (D) 27 kW, 0.286

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For the linear network shown below, V - I characteristic is also given in the figure. The value of Norton equivalent current and resistance respectively are

(A) 3 A, 2 (C) 6 A, 0.5

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The circuit shown in the given figure is in steady state with switch S open.

If S closes at t = 0 , then current i (t) for t > 0 , will be (A) a decreasing exponential (B) an increasing exponential (C) oscillatory (D) constant

Q.34

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer : List I List II

Practice Paper-I P. Precision Q. Accuracy R. Resolution S. Static Sensitivity Codes: P Q (A) 2 3 (B) 3 2 (C) 3 2 (D) 2 3 1. The smallest change in the input quantity which can be detected with its certainty 2. Closeness of the reading with its true value 3. Measure of reproductibility of the measurements 4. Ratio of infinitesimal change sensitivity in output to infinitesimal change in input R 1 4 1 4 S 4 1 4 1

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A wattmeter is connected as shown in figure. The wattmeter reads.

(A) Zero always

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(B) Total power consumed by Z1 and Z 2 (C) Power consumed by Z1 (D) Power consumed by Z2

A 50 Hz, bar primary CT has a secondary with 300 turns. The resistance and reactance of secondary circuits are 1.3 and 0.8 respectively and it supplies a current of 5 A. The core requires an equivalent of mmf of 90 AT for magnetization and 45 AT for core losses. The actual ratio will be
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(A) 317.1 (C) 320

(B) 307.6 (D) 309.4

Q.37

Consider the programming codes fed to a 8085 microprocessor.

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LDA 4201H RLC RLC RLC RLC ANI F0H MOV C, A LDA 4200H ADD C STA 4300H STA 4300H HLT If the memory contents of 4200H is 09 and 4201H is 04, then the content of 4300H will be (A) OCH (B) COH (C) 49 H (D) 94 H

Q.38

Consider the following equations which can be derived from the ac bridges shown in the fig. I and fig. II by assuming L/L = 0.1 and R = L : 2. Vo1 = 0.05Vs

1. Vo1 = Vo2 3. Vo1 = 0.1Vs 5. Vo2 = 0.1Vs

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The correct derived equations from these figures of ac bridges are (A) 1, 2 and 4 (B) 2, 4 and 5 (C) 2 and 5 (D) 1, 3 and 5

Q.39

A chopper operating at a fixed frequency is feeding an R-L load. As the duty ratio of the chopper is increased from 25% to 75%, the ripple in the load current

Practice Paper-I (A) remains constant (B) Decreases, reaches a minimum at 50% duty ratio and then increases (C) Increases, reaches a maximum at 50% duty ratio and then decreases (D) Keeps on increasing as the duty ratio increase

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Q.40

Consider the system shown in figure below. The transfer function of the system will

be

(A) (C)

1 1 + s s 1 + s

(B) (D)

s ^1 + s h2

no . Q.41 The open loop transfer function w of a unity feedback system is G^s h = w is increased to infinity, then the w corresponding damping ratio will be
(A) 2 (B) 1 (D) 0 (C) 3

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3 4 The eigen values of A = = are 4 5G (B) + 2, 2 (A) 2, 2 (D) + 1, 1

(C) 1, 1

Numerical Answer Questions

The value of integral

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#0

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In the Laurent series expansion of f (z) = 1 1 valid in the region z > 2 , z1 z2 What is the coefficient of 1 in the series? 2 z Consider the circuit shown in figure below. What will be the output voltage V0 (in volt) ?
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A single phase fully controlled bridge converter feeds an inductive load. Assume the load current to be constant and the firing angle is 45c. What is the input harmonic factor ?

Common Data Questions

Common Data for Questions 48 and 49:
Consider a two port network as shown in figure below.

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The ABCD -parameter matrix for this network is 4 (B) > 2 6 (D) > 4 6 4H 4 2H

5 8 (A) > 8 13H 7 12 (C) > 4 7H

Q.49

If the output terminal (2 2l) is short circuited then input impedance of the network (B) 1.6 (D) 0.33

is (A) 1.71 (C) 1.5

Common Data for Questions 50 and 51:

Consider a discrete time signal x [n] and its z -transform X (z) given as 2 X (z) = 2 z + 5z z 2z 3

in . o c Q.50 If ROC of X (z) is z < 1, then signal x [n] would be . ia[2 (3) ( 1) ] u [n] (B) (A) [ 2 (3) + ( 1) ] u [ n 1] d o n . (C) 2 (3) u [ n 1] ( 1) u [n] (D) [2 (3) + 1] u [n] w w w
n n n n n n n

Q.51

If ROC of X (z) is z > 3 , then signal x [n] would be (B) [ 2 (3) n + ( 1) n] u [ n 1] (D) [2 (3) n + 1] u [n]

(A) [2 (3) n ( 1) n u [n] (C) 2 (3) n u [ n 1] ( 1) n u [n]

Linked Answer Questions

Statement For Linked Answer Questions 52 and 53:
The system shown in figure is supplying 50 MVA at 11 kV, 0.8 lagging power factor into an infinite bus. The specifications of various system components are given as following Generator : 60 MVA, 12 kV, Xl d = 0.35 pu Transformers (each) : Line : 80 MVA, 12/66 kV, X = 0.08 pu Reactance 12 ohms, resistance negligible

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Q.52

If the base is chosen as 100 MVA, 12 kV, then per unit reactance diagram of the system is

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The post fault current through circuit breaker A is (B) 1.35 k,A (D) 4.81 kA

(A) 9.57 kA (C) 6.52 kA

Statement For Linked Answer Questions 54 and 55:

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Two generators G1 and G2 are to be operated in parallel to deliver a total current of 60 A. Generator G1 has a terminal voltage of 280 V on no-load and 240 V when supplying 40 A current. Similarly the second generator has a voltage of 300 V when on no-load and 240 V when supplying 50 A of current.

Q.54

The output voltage of each generator will be (B) 238.2 V (D) 256.4 V

(A) 240 V (C) 271.7 V

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The output power PG and PG delivered by generator G1 and G2 will be

1 2 1 2

(A) PG = 5.6 kW, PG = 8.7 kW (C) PG = PG = 9.3 kW

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(B) PG = 9.6 kW, PG = 12 kW

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(D) PG = 6 kW, PG = 9.3 kW

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General Aptitude (GA) Questions

Q. 56 - Q. 60 carry one mark each.

The angles of a polygon are in arithmetic progression. If the smallest angle is 120c and the common difference is 10c, then how many sides does the polygon have ?
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(A) 5 (C) 8

(B) 6 (D) Either (B) or (C)

Q.57

A corporation created by the federal government during the Great Depression, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is responsible for flood control, must generate electric power, and soil conservation. (A) flood control, must generate electric power, and soil conservation. (B) flood control, generating electric power, and for soil conservation.

in . osoil conservation. c (C) controlling floods, generating electric power, and . a i d (D) flood control, the generation of electric o power, and soil conservation. n . w w Q.58 Choose the sentence that is w the most clearly written and has the best construction.
(A) All the children got out their rugs and took a nap. (B) All the children have gotten out their rugs and took a nap. (C) All the children got out their rugs and have taken a nap. (D) All the children gotten out their rugs and taken a nap.

Q.59

Choose the sentence that best combines the given sentences.

The airport is called the Glynco Jetport. The airline reservations and travel systems refer to its location as Brunswick, Georgia. (A) Where the airport is called the Glynco Jetport, the airline reservations and travel systems refer to the location as Brunswick, Georgia. (B) But the airport is called the Glynco Jetport, the airline reservations and travel systems refer to the location as Brunswick, Georgia.

Practice Paper-I (C) Even though the airline reservations and travel systems refer to the location as Brunswick, Georgia, the airport is called the Glynco Jetport. (D) When the airport is called the Glynco Jetport, the airline reservations refer to the location as Brunswick, Georgia, and the travel systems.

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Q.60

Choose the best word to fill the blank.

Being able to afford this luxury car will ______ getting a betterpaying job. (A) maximize (B) recombinant (C) reiterate (D) necessitate

Q. 61 - Q. 65 carry two marks each.

Q.61

When we were learning to read, most of us learned to sound out words by syllables in order to pronounce them. Syllables are parts of words that carry separate sounds, though those sounds may be comprised of several letters. Every syllable must have a vowel sound. That vowel sound may be made up of more than one vowel letter. For instance, in the word arraignment, the a and i together make the long a sound. The g is silent. Breaking words into syllables is one of the best (18) ________ to divide and conquer longer words. Based on the context of this passage, what is the best synonym for comprised? (A) excluded (B) composed (C) fashioned

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(D) produced

Q.62

If 20 litres of chemical X are added to 80 litres of a mixture that is 10% chemical X and 90% chemical Y , then what percentage of the resulting mixture is chemical X ? (B) 28% (D) 40%

(A) 15% (C) 33 1 3%

In a group, the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls is P . The ratio of the number of girls to the number of boys is Q , then P + Q is always ?
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(A) $ 1 (C) $ 2

(B) # 1 (D) > 2

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1 Walking at 1 10 th of his usual speed, a man reaches his destination two minutes early. What is the time taken by him to cover the same distance at his usual speed?

(A) 20 minutes (C) 24 minutes

(B) 22 minutes (D) 18 minutes

Q.65

During the year 2007 at Deluxe Vacuum Co., the East and West divisions had equal sales and the North sold the most. Which graph could be the graph of Deluxes yearly sales for 2007?

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ANSWER KEY 1 2 (B) (C) 11 12 (B) (C) 21 22 (B) (C) 31 32 (D) (C) 41 42 (D) (C) 51 (A) 61 (B) 52 (A) 62 (B)

3 (C) 13 (A) 23 (C) 33 (D) 43 13/10 53 (C) 63 (C)

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8 (A) 18 (A) 28 (C) 38 (A) 48 (C) 58 (A)

9 (D) 19 (C) 29 (A) 39 (C) 49 (A) 59 (C)

10 (A) 20 (B) 30 (D) 40 (D) 50 (A) 60 (D)

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