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SUB: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (EE)
Time: 1 Hour 30 minutes
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5. Use of non -programmable scientific calculator is allowed

1. Schmitt trigger can be used as

(A) Flip flop (B) Comparator
(C) Square wave generator (D) All of these
2. A 1 mA ammeter has a resistance of 100 ohm. It is to be converted to a 1 A
ammeter. The value of shunt resistance is
(A) 0.001 ohm (B) 100 ohm
(C) 0.100 ohm (D) 100000 ohm
3. For Op-Amps, the ratio of change in input offset voltage when variation in supply
voltage is made is called
(A) PSRR (B) CMRR
(C) Transient Response (D) Input Offset voltage stability
4. In control system integrator is represented by
(A) s (B) s2
(C) 1/ s2 (D) 1/s
5. Four identical alternators each are rated for 20 MVA, 11 KV having a subtransient
reactance of 16% are working in parallel. The short circuit level at the busbar is
(A) 500 MVA (B) 400 MVA
(C) 125 MVA (D) 100 MVA
6. In a dc machine 4 pole lap winding is used. The number of parallel paths is?
(A) 4 (B) 2
(C) 1 (D) 8
7. A starting torque of 40 Nm is developed in an induction motor by an auto
transformer starter with a tapping of 30%. If the tapping of auto transformer is
60%, then what is the starting torque?
(A) 160 N-m (B) 100 N-m
(C) 240 N-m (D) 80 N-m
8. Specified quantities of slack bus are
(A) P and Q (B) V and δ
(C) P and δ (D) P and V
9. The BCD code of 38 is
(A) 00111000 (B) 10000010
(C) 10000100 (D) 10000011
10. In DC Machine, Which of the following are variable losses?
(A) eddy current loss (B) hysteresis loss

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 (C) shunt field copper loss (D) armature copper loss
11. A solid iron cylinder is placed in a region containing a uniform magnetic field such
that the cylinder axis is parallel to the magnetic field direction. The magnetic field
lines inside the cylinder will
(A) Bend farther away from the axis (B) Bend closer to the cylinder axis
(C) Remain uniform as before (D) Cease to exist inside the cylinder
12. A Pelton wheel turbine having a rated speed of 300 rpm is connected to an alternator
to produce power at 50 Hz. The number of poles required in the alternator is
(A) 4 (B) 20
(C) 8 (D) 10
13. A 10 bit A/D converter is used to digitize an analog signal in the 0 to 5 V range. The
maximum peak to peak ripple voltage that can be allowed in the dc supply voltage is
(A) Nearly 100 mV (B) Nearly 50 mV
(C) Nearly 25 mV (D) Nearly 5 mV
14. Two identical first order systems have been cascaded non interactively. The unit
step response of the system will be
(A) Overdamped (B) Underdamped
(C) Critically damped (D) Undamped
15. Proximity effect is more in case of
(A) Power cables (B) Overhead lines
(C) Same for both A & B (D) None of the above
16. Maxwell’s divergence equation for the magnetic field is given by
(A) ∇ ᵗ (B) ∇ ᵗ
(C) ∇ ᵗ (D) ∇ ᵗ
17. A second order control system has a transfer function 16/(s² + 4s + 16). Find the
settling time for 2% tolerance?
(A) 10 sec (B) 4 sec
(C) 5 sec (D) 2 sec
18. A transmission line has impedance of (0.005 + j0.05) pu. Find the line at which
maximum value of negative DC off set current is produced, if it is applied with
Vm cosωt?
(A) 4.68 msec (B) 9.68
(C) 1.47 msec (D) 2.63 msec
19. Slip test is performed to determine
(A) (B) direct axis reactance and
slip
quadrature axis reactance
(C) positive sequence reactance and (D)
all of the above
negative sequence reactance
20. Universal motor have which of the following application?
(A) Domestic pump. (B) Food mixer.
(C) Traction. (D) Lift.
21. A 230 volt dc motor has an armature winding resistance of 0.5 ohm. Calculate the
emf induced by the motor if the full load armature current is 23 ampere.
(A) 120 volt. (B) 218.5 volt.
(C) 220.4 volt. (D) None of these.
22. In a commutation circuit employed to turn-off an SCR, satisfactory turn-off is
obtained when
(A) Circuit turn-off time < device (B) Circuit turn-off time > device
turn-off time turn-off time

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 (C) Circuit time constant > device (D) Circuit time constant < device
turn-off time turn-off time
23. When a program is being executed in an 8085 microprocessor, its program counter
contains
(A) The number of instructions in (B)
The total number of instruction in
the current program that have
the program being executed
already been executed
(C) The memory address of the (D) The memory address of the
instruction that is being currently instructions that is to be executed
executed next
24. Which type of connection is employed for current transformers for the protection of
delta- star connected 3-phase transformer?
(A) delta-delta (B) star-star
(C) delta-star (D) star-delta
25. For emitter bias, the voltage at the emitter is 0.7 V less than the
(A) Base voltage. (B) Emitter voltage.
(C) Collector voltage (D) Ground voltage
26. Angle condition for complimentary root locus or inverse root locus is
(A) ± (2q + 1) 180° (B) ± (2q) 180°
(C) ± (2q + 1) 360° (D) ± (2q) 360°
27. For a stranded conductors, how to find the total number of strands (N) when number
of layers (x) are given
(A) Total number of strands (B) Total number of strands
N = 3x² + 3x + 1 N = 3x² - 3x - 1
(C) Total number of strands (D) Total number of strands
N = 3x² + 3x - 1 N = 3x² - 3x + 1
28. The inductance of a long solenoid of length 1000 mm wound uniformly with 3000
turns on a cylindrical paper tube of 60 mm diameter is
(A) 3.2 µH (B) 3.2mH
(C) 32.0mH (D) 3.2 H
29. The empty space between the plates of a capacitor is filled with a liquid of
dielectric constant K. The capacitance of capacitor
(A) Increases by a factor K2 (B) Decreases by a factor K
(C) Increases by a factor K (D) Decreases by a factor K2
30. The frequency response of a linear system G(jw) is provided in the tabular form
below.
|G(jw)| 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.3
Angle -130º -140º -150º -160º -180º -200º
(G(jw))
The gain margin and the phase margin of the system are

(A) 6 dB and 30º (B) 6 dB and -30º

(C) -6 dB and 30º (D) -6 dB and -30º
31. It is desirable to eliminate 5th harmonic voltage from the phase voltage of an
alternator. The coils should be short pitched by an electrical angle of
(A) 36º (B) 30º
(C) 18º (D) 72º
32. DIAC and TRIAC both are semiconductor devices and conduct in

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 (A) Both conducts in forward (B) DIAC conducts in forward
direction direction and TRIAC conducts in
reverse direction
(C) Both conducts in reverse (D)
Both conduct in either direction.
direction
33. The number of comparisons carried out in a 4 bit flash-type A/D convertor is
(A) 16 (B) 15
(C) 4 (D) 3
34. On the torque speed curve of an Induction motor as shown in figure, four points of
operation are marked as A, B, C and D

Which one of them represents operation at a Slip greater than 1?

(A) D (B) C
(C) B (D) A
35. Which of the following rules determines the mapping of s-plane to z-plane?
(A) Right half of the s-plane maps (B) Left half of the s-plane maps into
into outside of the unit circle in z- inside of the unit circle
plane
(C) Imaginary axis in s-plane maps (D) All of the above
into the circumference of the unit
circle
36. AC to DC circulating current dual convertors are operated with the following
relationship between their triggering angles (α1 and α2)
(A) α1 + α2= 180º (B) α1 + α2= 360º
(C) α1 - α2= 180º (D) α1 + α2= 90º
37. A stationary closed Lissajous pattern on an oscilloscope has 3 horizontal tangencies
and 2 vertical tangencies for a horizontal input with frequency 3 kHz. The frequency
of the vertical input is
(A) 1.5 kHz (B) 2 kHz
(C) 3 kHz (D) 4.5 kHz
38. An op-amp has an open-loop gain of 105 and an open loop upper cut-off frequency
of 10 Hz. If this op-amp is connected as an amplifier with a closed loop gain of 100,
then the new upper cut-off frequency is
(A) 10 kHz (B) 100 Hz
(C) 10 kHz (D) 100 kHz
39. With regard to filtering property, the lead compensator is
(A) Low pass filter (B) band pass filter
(C) high pass filter (D) band reject filter

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 40. A single phase transformer has no-load loss of 64 W, as obtained from an open-
circuit test. When a short-circuit test is performed on it with 90% of the rated
currents flowing in its both LV and HV windings, the measured loss is 81W. The
transformer has maximum efficiency when operated at
(A) 50.0% of the rated current (B) 64.0% of the rated current
(C) 80.0% of the rated current (D) 88.8% of the rated current
41. Circuit turn-off time of an SCR is defined as the time
(A) (B) Required for the SCR current to
Taken by the SCR to turn off
become zero
(C) (D) For which the SCR is reverse
For which the SCR is reverse
biased to reduce its current below
biased by the commutation circuit
the holding current.
42. The equivalent circuit of a transformer has leakage reactances X1, X’2 and
magnetizing reactance XM, their magnitudes satisfy
(A) X1 >> X’2 >>XM (B) X1 << X’2 <<XM
(C) X1 ≈ X’2 >>XM (D) X1 ≈ X’2 <<XM
43. Two capacitors of capacitances 3 µF and 6 µF in series will have a total capacitance
of
(A) 9 µF (B) 2 µF
(C) 18 µF (D) 24 µF
44. When a unit ramp input is applied to the unity feedback system having closed loop
transfer function, C(s) / R(s) = (Ks+b) / (s2 + as + b) ; (a>0, b>0, K>0), the steady
state error will be
(A) 0 (B) a/ b
(C) (a + K)/b (D) (a-K) / b
45. A 500 kVA, 3 phase transformer has iron losses of 300 W and full load copper
losses of 600 W. The percentage load at which the transformer is expected to have
maximum efficiency is
(A) 50.0% (B) 70.7%
(C) 141.4% (D) 100%
46. Consider the network graph shown in the figure. Which one of the following is NOT
a ‘tree’ of this graph?

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 (A) (B)

(C) (D)

47. When a junction diode is Reverse Biased then diode acts like .......................
(A) Short switch (B) Close switch
(C) An open switch (D) None of the above
48. The feedback factor of a Wien bridge oscillator using Op-Amp is
(A) 1/3 (B) ¼
(C) ½ (D) 1
49. The total harmonic distortion (THD) of ac supply input current of rectifiers is
maximum for
(A) Single phase diode rectifier with (B) 3 Phase diode rectifier with dc
DC inductive filter inductive filter
(C) 3 phase thyristor rectifier with (D) Single phase diode rectifier with
inductive filter capacitive filter
50. The bridge method commonly used for finding mutual inductance is
(A) Heaviside Campbell Bridge (B) Schering Bridge
(C) De Sauty Bridge (D) Wein Bridge
51. Which of the following will take least time in starting from cold condition to full
load operation
(A) Gas turbine plant. (B) Nuclear power plant.
(C) Hydroelectric power plant. (D) Thermal power plant.
52. The function of snubber circuit connected across the SCR is to
(A) Suppress dV / dt. (B) Increase dV / dt.
(C) Decrease di / dt. (D) All of the above
53. A galvanometer with a full scale current of 10 mA has a resistance of 1000 Ω. The
multiplying power (the ratio of measured current to galvanometer current) of 100 Ω
shunt with this galvanometer is
(A) 110 (B) 11
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 (C) 100 (D) 10
54. A six pulse thyristor rectifier bridge is connected to a balanced 50 Hz three phase
ac source. Assuming that the DC output current of the rectifier is constant. The
lowest frequency harmonics component of the ac source line current is
(A) 100 Hz (B) 150 Hz
(C) 250 Hz (D) 300 Hz
55. In figure, Z1 = 200∠60° ohm. Z2 = 400∠-90° ohm, Z3 = 300∠0° ohm. Then Z4 for
bridge to be balanced is

(A) 400∠-90° ohm. (B) 150∠30° ohm.

(C) 600∠-150° ohm. (D) 300∠90° ohm.
56. Which of the following factor does not contribute to decide right of way (R-O-W)
for transmission line
(A) Electric field (B) Audible noise
(C) Insulating material of isolator (D) Radio interference
string
57. A sinusoidal signal waveform, when observed on an oscilloscope, has a peak to
peak amplitude of 6 cm. If the vertical sensitivity setting is 5 v/cm, then rms value
of the voltage will be

(A) 15V (B) 12.6V

(C) 11.1V (D) 10.6V
58. The thermal, nuclear and hydro power plant alternators should have following
speeds respectively
(A) 3000, 2000, 1000 (B) 3000, 3000, 300
(C) 1000, 2000, 3000 (D) 3000, 300, 300
59. To increase Q factor of a coil, the wire should be
(A) Thick (B) Thin
(C) Long (D) Long and thin
60. A 3 phase balanced load which has a power factor of 0.707 is connected to a
balanced supply. The power consumed by the load is 5 kW. The power is measured
by the two- wattmeter method. The readings of the two wattmeters are
(A) 3.94 kW and 1.06 kW (B) 2.50 kW and 2.50 kW
(C) 5.00 kW and 0.00 kW (D) 2.96 kW and 2.04 kW
61. The instrument transformers are known to introduce magnitude and phase errors in
measurements. These are primarily due to
(A) Improper connections on the (B) Measurement errors inherent in
primary side the meter connected to the
transformer secondary
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 (C) Open and short-circuit parameters (D) None of these.
of the instrument transformers
62. The maximum percentage error in the sum of two voltage measurements when V1 =
100V ± 1% and V2 = 80V ± 5% is
(A) ± 4% (B) ± 2.8%
(C) ± 6% (D) ± 3%
63. An overhead line having a surge impedance of 400 ohm is connected in series with
an underground cable having a surge impedance of 100 ohm. If a surge of 50 kV
travels from the line towards the cable junctions, the value of the transmitted
voltage wave at the junction is
(A) 30 kV (B) 20 kV
(C) 80 kV (D) -30 kV
64. A memory system has a total of 8 memory chips, each with 12 address lines and 4
data lines. The total size of the memory system is
(A) 16 Kbytes (B) 32 Kbytes
(C) 48 Kbytes (D) 64 Kbytes
65. In an inverse definite minimum time electromagnetic type over-current relay, the
minimum time feature is achieved because of
(A) Saturation of the magnetic circuit (B) Proper mechanical design
(C) Appropriate time delay element (D) Electromagnetic Damping
66. In a residential electrical connection having load less than 5 kW, the following
rating of leakage current for ELCB is suggested
(A) 300 mA (B) 30 mA
(C) 3 mA (D) 3000 mA
67. In a thyristor dc chopper, which type of commutation results in best performance?
(A) Voltage Commutation (B) Current commutation
(C) Load Commutation (D) Supply Commutation
68. The Laplace transform of v(t) in the figure is

(A) ퟀ (B) ퟀ ퟀ

(C) ퟀ (D) ퟀ ퟀ

69. A Power system consists of 300 buses out of which 20 buses are generator bus, 25
buses are ones with reactive power support and 15 buses are the ones with fixed
shunt capacitors. All the other buses are load buses. It is proposed to perform a load
flow analysis in the system using NEWTON RAPHSON Method. The size of
Newton Raphson Jacobian Matrix is
(A) 553×553 (B) 540×540

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 (C) 555×555 (D) 554×554
70. A unity feedback system has the open loop transfer function

ᵗ
ퟀ
The Nyquist Plot of G(s) encircles the origin
(A) Never (B) Once
(C) Twice (D) Thrice
71. What should be the power factor for an Ideal Inductor?
(A) Unity (B) Zero
(C) 0.707 (D) 0.5
72. The dissipation factor of a good dielectric is of the order of
(A) 0.0002 (B) 0.02
(C) 0.1 (D) 1
73. The desirable properties of transformer core material are
(A) Low permeability and low (B) High permeability and low
hysteresis loss hysteresis loss
(C) High permeability and high (D) Low permeability and high
hysteresis loss hysteresis loss
74. A shunt-connected DC Motor operates at its rated terminal voltage. Its no-load
speed is 200 radian/second. At its rated torque of 500 Nm, its speed is 180
radian/second. The motor is used to directly drive a load whose load torque TL
depends on its rotational speed wr (in radian/second), such that TL = 2.78× wr.
Neglecting rotational losses, the steady-state speed (in radian/second) of the motor ,
when it drives this load is approximately equal to
(A) 180 (B) 90
(C) 135 (D) 225
75. The BCD code for a decimal number (874)10 is
(A) (100001110100)BCD (B) (010001111000)BCD
(C) (100001000111)BCD (D) (011110000100)BCD
76. Bundled conductors are mainly used in high voltage overhead transmission lines to
(A) Reduce transmission line losses (B) Increase mechanical strength of
the line
(C) Reduce corona (D) Reduce sag
77. A bulb in a staircase has two switches, one switch being at the ground floor and the
other one at the first floor. The bulb can be turned ON and also can be turned OFF
by any one of the switches irrespective of the state of the other switch. The logic of
switching of the bulb resembles
(A) An AND gate (B) An OR gate
(C) An XOR gate (D) An NAND gate
78. A 4 pole induction machine is working as an induction generator. The generator
supply frequency is 60 Hz. The rotor current frequency is 5 Hz. The mechanical
speed of the rotor in rpm is
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 (A) 1350 (B) 1650
(C) 1950 (D) 2250
79. Supply to one terminal of Delta-Star connected three-phase core type transformer
which is on no-load fails. Assuming magnetic-circuit symmetry, voltages on the
secondary sides will be
(A) 230, 230, 115 (B) 345, 0 , 345
(C) 345, 115, 115 (D) 230, 115, 115
80. Five resistances are connected as shown in figure below. The equivalent resistance
between the points A and B will be

(A) 2.5 ohms (B) 10 ohms

(C) 5 ohms (D) 15 ohms
81. 1
dx
Improper integral 
0 1  x2
is

A  B 
3 2

C  D
4 2

82. Determine the saddle point of x 2  xy  3 x  2 y  5 .

A  2,1 B  2,  1
C  2, 2 D None of these.
83. Find the derivative of the function f ( x, y )  3 e x cos  yz  at P (0, 0, 0) in the
direction of u  2 iˆ  ˆj  2 kˆ .

A 3 B 4
C 2 D None of these.
84. Evaluate  x  y  ds where C is the straight line segment x  t , y  1  t , z  0
C

from 0, 1, 0 to 1, 0, 0 .

A 2 B 1

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 C 3 D None of these.
85. Evaluate  6 y  x  dx   y  2 x  dy 
C
where C is the circle

 x  2  2   y  3 2  4.

A 0 B 16 

C  16  D None of these

86. General solution of 4 y   y   0 is

A B y  c1  c2 e  x / 2
y  c1  c2 e  x / 4
C y  c1  c 2 e  x D None of these

87. 1
Determine the particular integral of y   y   y  3  ex/2
4
A 1 2 x/2 B 1
y p  12  x e yp  6  x2 ex/2
2 2
C 1 D
y p  12  e x / 2 None of these
2
88. dy
Find the solution of cos x  sin x  y  1 .
dx
A y  cos x  c sin x B y  sin x  c cos x

C y  2 sin x  c cos x D None of these

89. The particular integral of y   y  cosh x

A 1 B 1
y p  x cosh x yp  x sin x
2 2
C 1 D
y p  x sinh x
2 None of these
90. The solution of x 2 y   2 y  0 is
A y  c1 x 2  c 2 x 2 B y  c1 x 2  c 2 x 3
C y  c1 x  c 2 x 2 D None of these
91. 5 2
Let A  . Find the number k such that A is the root of the
0 k 
polynomial f ( x)  x 2  25 .
A 2 B 3
C 4 D None of these
92. 2  3
Find the eigen values of A   .
 2  5 
A 1,  4 B 1,  1
C 2 1 D 2 4
93. Solve 2 x  4 y  10 , 3x  6 y  15 .
A 3  2a, a  where a  R B 5  2a, a  where a  R
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 C 5  a, a  where a  R D None of these
94. Find the derivative of f  z   3z 2  4 i z  5  i at z  2 .
A 3  4i B 9  4i
C 12  4 i D  3  4i
95. ez
Evaluate  z
C
2
 2 
2
dz where C is the circle z  4.

A 4i B i
 
C 2i D
None of these

96. Choose correct option for the series of coth z .
A 1 z z3 B 1 z z3
   ...    ...
z 3 45 z 2 45
C 1 z z3 D
   ... None of these
z 3 15
97. A card is drawn at random from an ordinary deck of 52 playing cards. Find the
probability that it is any suit except hearts.
A 1 B 1
2 13
C 1 D 3
4 4
98. Find the probability that in tossing a fair coin three times, there will appear 3
heads.
A 1 B 1
2 3
C 1 D 2
8 3
99. Determine the interval where root lies for the function f ( x )  x 4  2 x 2  x  3 .
A (0, 1) B (1, 2)
C (2, 3) D None of these
100. Which one is not the formula for numerical integration?
A False position method B Trapezoidal Rule
C Simpson’s One-Third rule D Simpson’s Three-Eighths rule

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