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Solved Paper

Operator: Ken

1. Which among the following is not (a) 1-bolt

(b) Shackle
a part of suspension system?
(c) Centre bolt (d) Shackle pin
(a) trailing link (b) tie rod
19. The angle between king pin cen(c) torsion bar
(d) anti roll bar
tre line and vertical in the plane
2. The stub axle is connected to the
of wheel is called:
front main axle beam by means of: (a) Steering axis inclination
(a) Shackle pin (b) Wrist pin
King pin inclination
(c) Kingpin
(d) Tie rod
(c) Castor
3. The distance between the centre (d) Camber
of front wheel at straight ahead 20. Wear on tyre is more on one side
position and the centre of rear
is due to:
wheel is known as:
(a) Incorrect camber angle
(a) Wheel track
(b) Low tyre pressure
Thrust line of wheels
High tyre pressure
(c)Wheel base
(d) Sudden acceleration
(d) Toe-in of the wheels
21. Useful power obtained at the
4. "External pressure applied upon a
engine fly wheel is called:
confined fluid is transmitted uni- (a) Indicated power
formly in all directions". This law is:
Frictional power
(a) Pascal's law (b) Boyles law
(c) Mechanical advantage
(c) Charl's law (d) Avagadro's law (d) Brake power
5. Which of the following is not a pos- 22. The nozzle valve in the injector
sible cause of engine overheating?
unit is lifted off from its seat by:
(a) Brake binding
(a) Spring pressure
High pressure diesel
(b) Fan belt slipping
(c) Spindle pressure
Oil with less viscosity
(d) Compression pressure
(d) Over inflated tyre
6. The narrow space in the cylindri- 23. FIP is driven by;
cal air horn of the Carburettor (a) Crank shaft gear
through which the air passes is: (b) Distributor shaft
(c) Cam shaft screw gear
(a) Float chamber
(b) Ventuary
(d) Cam shaft gear
24. Which among the following tool is
(c) Mixing chamber
(d) None of the above
suitable for inserting piston with
7. Major constituent of CNG : rings into the engine cylinder?
(a) Screw driver
(Compressed Natural Gas) is:
(a) Butane
(b) Propane
Piston ring expander
(c) Piston ring compressor
Ethane
(d) Methane
8. The component of air brake sys- (d) All of the above
tern which protect reservoir from 25. The boiling point of the coolent
over loading is:
in cooling system is raised by:
(a) Brake valve
(a) Pressure cap
(b) Pump casing
(b) Unloader valve
(c) Levelling valve
(c) Thermostat valve
(d) Radiator
(d) Brake chamber
9. The larger gear wheel used in the 26. The location of Thermostat valve
final drive is called:
in cooling system is:
(a) Crown wheel (b) Sun gear
at engine inlet from radiator
(c) Pinion wheel (d) Planet gear
at engine outlet to radiator
10. The formation of air pockets inside (c) between radiator and water pump
the torque converter due to low (d) between water pump and engine
pressure is known as:
27. The viscosity of multigrade oil is
determined at:
(a) Air bleeding
(b) 100F
(b) Cavitation
(a) 0F
(d) 100C
(c) Free wheeling
(c) 0C
(d) None of the above
28. The rotor type oil pump has:
11. Which among the following fac- (a) an inner rotor with a lobe less
tor which does not affect engine
than the outer rotor
(b) an outer rotor with a lobe less
compression ratio?
(a) Thickness of cylinder head gasket
than the inner rotor
(b) Carburettor flooding
(c) an inner rotor with a lobe more
than the outer rotor
Baffles on piston
(d) Particulate deposits inside cylinder (d) two rotor with same number of
12. The process commonly used for
lobes
the manufacturing of cylinder 2.9. Theoretically the inlet valve cbsliners is:
es at BI)C during suction stroke.
Practically the inlet valve
(a) forging
(b) centrifugal casting
remains open a few more degrees
plaster mould casting
of crank shaft rotation after BDC.
The purpose of this is to:
(d) moulding
13. The material used for piston ring is: (a) Reducing frictional power
(a) Cast Iron with Silicon
(b) Increase valve overlapping period
(c) Reduce compression pressure
(b) Forged steel
(d) Increase volumetric efficiency
(c) Stainless steel
(d) Aluminium alloy
30. Catalytic converter is associated
with:
14. The component which transmit
reciprocating motion of valve (a) automatic transmission system
(b) engine intake system
lifter to rocker arm:
(c) emission control system
(a) valve guide (b) tappet
(c) push rod
(d) rocker shaft
(d) vehicle braking system
15. Valve lapping is the process of 31. Which of the following is not a
grinding:
part of primary circuit of ignition
(a) valve seat and margin
system?
valve seat and stem
(a) Battery
(b) CB points
(c) valve seat and guide
(c) Ignition coils thick wire winding
(d) valve seat and face
(d) Spark plug
16. The warpage of machined faces 32. Insufficient clutch free pedal
play causes:
of cylinder block and cylinder
head can be checked with:
(a) Difficulty in gear shifting
Dragging of clutch
(a) Dial guage
(b) Telescopic guage
(c) Clutch slipping
(d) Clutch spinning
(c) Straightedge
33. Double helical gears are known as:
(d) Trammel
17. The test for finding the chemical (a) Herring bone gear
(c) Bevel gear
conditions of the positive and (b) Spur gear
negative battery plates is:
(d) Spiral gear
(a) Open volt test
34. Which of the following device
(b) High discharge test
can bring two gears rotating at
(c) Specific gravity test
different speeds to the same
(d) Cadmium test
speed for smooth gear shifting? :
18. The leaf springs are connected (a) Throw out bearing
to axle beam by means of:
(b) Synchronizer

(c) Idler gear

(d) Inter locking mechanism
35. The type of lubrication system
suitable for racing cars is:
(a) wet sump lubrication system
(b) splash lubrication system
dry sump lubrication system
(d) petrol lubrication system
36. If the lock to lock steering wheel
rotation is four turns and the front
wheel movement is 60 degrees,
what is the steering ratio?
(a) 15:1 (b) 18:1 (c) 24:1 (d) 21:1
37. The effect of carbon deposits on
the cylinder head inside the cornbustion chamber is:
(a) increased delay period
(b) increased fuel economy
reduced compression ratio and
pre-ignition
(d) increased compression ratio and
pre-ignition
38. Which among the following
maintains a constant level of
petrol in float chamber?
(a) Petrol main jet
(b) Float and needle valve
(c) Float and throttle valve
(d) Choke valve
39. The time duration, given in
degrees of distributor rotation
that the CB points remain closed
between successive opening is:
(a) Dwell
(b) Camber angle
(c) Included angle (d) Overlap period
40. The engine power transfer mechanism that combines a transmission
assembly and differential assembly
in a single unit is known as:
(a) multi axle mechanism
(b) free wheel mechanism
(c) transfer case
(d) trans axle mechanism
41. If a new vehicle is found that the
negative terminal of the battery is
earthed. This indicates the use of
the following:
(a) DC Generator (b) AC Generator
Ignition coil (d) Inverter
42. Sweep of ceiling fan refers to:
(a) Radius of circle formed by its
rotation
(b) Double the length of the blade
(c) The distance from the centre of
motor to tip of blade
(d) Double the distance from centre
of motor to tip of blade
43. In electrical accessories the use
of silver is at:
(a) Contact points
Switch terminal
(c) Lamp terminal
(d) Wire
44. The instrument which can be
classified as an absolute instninient is:
(a) Milli ammeter
Micro ammeter
(c) Galvanometer
(d) Thngent galvanometer
45. The rating of power factor
improvement capacitor is in:
(a) Micro farads
(b) Farads
(c) KVAR
(d) KVA
46. A transistor is a ------------- operated device.
(b) Voltage
(a) Current
(c) Both voltage and current
(d) None of the above
47. DC supply is essential for the
operation of:
(a) Mercury vapour lamp
(b) Are lamp
Sodium vapour lamp
(d) Fluorescent lamp
48. Chatter in an AC relay magnet can
be eliminated by using:
(a) Laminator
(b) Shading coil
'U' shaped magnetic core
(d) Matching fixed and movable
magnetic limbs
49. In this wiring, two lamps should
be switched ON' at a time:
(a) Thnnel wiring
(b) Hostel wiring
(c) Godown wiring
(d) Corridor wiring
50. For alignment of the job in a
lathe machine, we may require
small movements (small angular
movements) of the chuck. This

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could be achieved by using a con- (a) Alternating current
troller with :
(b) Direct current
(a) Dynamic brake push-button
(c) Pulsating current
(b) Regenerative brake push-button (d) Oscillating current
(c) l)elay push-button
65. When an electric train moves
(d) Jogging push-button
down a hill, the DC series motor
51. Degaussing is the process of:
then act as:
(a) Removing gases from a material (a) DC shunt motor
(b) Removing impurities from a (b) DC shunt generator
magnetic material
(c) DC series motor
(c) Demagnetizing a metallic part
(d) DC series generator
(d) Demagnetizing a magnet
66. Wheat stone bridge works on the
52. HRC fuse is superior protective
principle of:
device as compared to circuit
Ohms Law
breaker and relay as far as:
Kirchoff 's Laws
(a) Electromagnetic stresses are (e) Joules Law
concerned
(d) Faraday's Law
(b) Thermal stresses are concerned
67. In DC machines for more voltage
(c) Both electromagnetic and therusually winding is done in:
mal stresses are concerned
(a) Lap winding
(d) None of the above
(b) Double Layer winding
53. Which of the following material (c) Wave winding
has a negative temperature co- (d) Concentric winding
efficient of resistance?
68. The curve representing ohm's
(a) Carbon
(b) Brass
law is:
(c) Copper
(d) Aluminium
(a) A parabola
(b) Line functions
54. By inserting reactance in the (c) Linear
(d) A hyperbola
rotor circuit:
69. The capacity of a Lead acid cell
(a) Reduces starting torque as well
is usually expressed in:
as maximum torque
(a) Ampere hour (b) Voltage
(b) Increases starting torque but (c) Watts
(d) Ampere
maximum
torque
remains 70. The output voltage of ignition
unchanged
coil in an automobile is given to:
(c) Increases starting torque as well (a) Battery
(b) Distributer
as maximum torque
(c) Headlight
(d) Spark plug
(d) Increases starting torque but 71. When power factor is unity, the
maximum torque reduces
phase angle between voltage and
55. In three phase power measurecurrent?
ment by two wattmeter method, (a) 45 (b) 90 (c) 60 (d) 0
reading of one wattmeter found 72. In a water turbine alternator the
negative. Then the P.F of the load
speed will be:
is:
(a) Low
(b) Medium
(a) 0.4 lagging
(b) 0.5 lagging
(c) High
(d) Very high
(c) 0.8 lagging
(d) Unity
73. The speed of a DC series motor is
56. Eposy cable joint is used where
dangerously high at no load
(a) H.T cable joints
because:
(b) Heating of the cable is not permitted (a) Back emf is high
(c) Temporary joint
Armature voltage is low
T' jointsonly
(c) Flux is very low
57. At the suction stroke in a recip- (d) Armature current is high
rocating pump, the valve closes 74. Which caliper is used for scriband valve opens.
ing line along curved edges?
(a) Foot, Non return
(a) Inside caliper
(b) Non return, Foot
Outside caliper
(c) Delivery, Suction
(c) Spring joint caliper
(d) Suction, Delivery
(d) Jenny caliper
58. Voltage stabilizers having auto 75. This is not the reason for no light
transformer in servo stabilizer is of
from the bulb in an automobile
(a) Core type
lighting system :
(b) Shell type
(a) Overcharged battery
(c) 1)istributed core type
(b) Defective light switch
(d) Toroidal type
(c) hised bulb
59. The ripple factor of a capacitor (d) Blown fuse
76. If a contactor is in the open posifilter may be decreased by
(a) Decreasing RI
tion, the armature is at its great(h) Increasing RI
est distance from the core and
Increasing C
the impedance of the coil is:
Increasing both RI and C
(a) Zero
(b) Low
60. On doubling the supply frequenHigh
cy, the eddy current will
Half the normal value
(a) Become half of their former value 77. For a given VA rating cross-secBecome four times of their former
tion area of core will be less if the
value
following metal is used:
(c) Remains unaffected
(a) Dynamo sheet
(d) Become eight times of their forHigh alloy sheet
mer value
Normal iron sheet
61. If three persons take reading in (d) Stalloy sheet
horizontally placed meter at the 78. Which of the following is not
same instant, whose reading is
used for etching?
correct?
(a) Ferric Chloride
(a) The reading taken by the left (b) Cupric Chloride
hand side person
(c) Alkaline Ammonia
(b) The reading taken by the middle (d) Carbon Tetra Chloride
79. ith AC or DC electric motor can
person
The reading taken by the right
be used to automatically:
hand side pe rson
(a) Charge the spring
The reading taken by three per- (h) To release the spring
sons simultaneously
To discharge the spring
62. If the end of the shaft of a
To load the circuit break er
grinder motor turn blue it is an 80. Air pollution is the least in this
indication of:
type of energy converter:
(a) Over heating (b) Scoring
Bio gas energy converters
(c) Freezing
(d) Burring
Diesel generating sets
63. In black cotton soil, where water
Solar cell energy converter
level is encountered within the:
Thermal electric generating stations
pole pit, it is better to use:
81. Which is the largest fresh water
lake in Kerala?
Concrete foundation
(a) Astaniudi
(b) Vembanad
Earthen foundation
Embankment only
(c) Wular
(d) Kolleru
Mass concrete and embankment 82. What is the total cost length of
64. For testing insulation resistance
Kerala?
the most suited electrical supply is: (a) 290. (b)490 (c) 590 (d) 440

Date of exam: 24.6.2015

83. Which among the following districts of Kerala receives highest
rainfall?
(a) Kozhikode
(b) Ernakulam
(c) Palakkasl
(d) ldukki
84. Which type of forest has maximum area coverage in Kerala?
(A) Tropical moist deciduous
(b) Tropical wet evergreen
(c) Tropical dry deciduous
(d) Mountains sub tropical
85. How many legislative assemblies
are there in Kerala?
(a) 120 (b) 141 (c) 114 (d) 135
86. On which river bank is Goa located?
(a) Ganga
(b) Mandovi
(c) Gomati
(D) Sabarniati
87. In which state is "Ilawa Mahal
(Palace of breeze)" located?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Karnataka
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Uttar Pradesh
88. The inception of the rebellion of
1857 was in:
(a) Meerut
(b) Ambala
(c) Barrackpore (d) Delhi
89. Gandhi started Satyagraha in
1919 to protest against the:
(a) Salt Law
(b) Act of 1909
(c) Jalianwala Bagh Massacre
(d) Rowlatt Acts
90. The concept of five years plan in
India was introduced by:
Jawaharlal Nehru
Indira Gandhi
Lord Mountbatten
Lai Bahadur Shastri
91. The type of soil which is known
locally as "Regur" soil and suitable for cotton cultivation:
(a) Alluvial soil (b) Black soil
(c) Red soil
(d) Laterite soil
92. Where was the first session of
Indian National Congress held at:
(a) Kolkatta
(b) Lahore
Mumbai
(d) Delhi
9:3. Where is the lotus temple located?
(a) Punjab
(b) Murnbai
(c) Lucknow
(d) Delhi
94. The climate of India is:
(a) Monsoonal
(b) Equitorial
Continental (d) Mediterranean
95. Which is the largest state in
India?
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Rajasthan
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Bihar
96. Who is known as "Kerala Valmiki?
(a) Vallathol Narayana Menon
(h) MT. Vasudevan Nair
(c) Thunjath Ezhuthachan
(d) Kumaran Aashan
97. Where is Edakkab caves located?
(a) Palakkad
(b) Wayanad
(c) Kazargode
(d) Kozhikode
98. Who is the founder of Sadhujana
Paripalana Yogam?
(a) Sree Narayana guru
(b) EMS Namboothiripadu
Ayyankali
Chattampi Swami
99. The number of west flowing
rivers in Kerala:
(a) 33 (b) 29 (c) 14 (d) 41
100. Smallest Taluk in Kerala:
(a) Kochi
(b) Eranad
(d) Varkala
(c) Ottapalani
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Answer Key
lB 20, 30, 4A, 5D, 6B, 7-, 8B,
9A, 10- I1B 12B 13A 14C
15D 16C 17- 18A 19D 20A
21D' 22B' 23A 24d 25A 26B'
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45C, 46A, 47B, 48B, 49 B, 50,
51C,52B,53A,54A,55A,56-,57C,
580, 59D, 600, 610, 62A, 63A,
64B, 65D, 66B, 67C, 680, 69A,
70B, 71D, 72B, 730, 74D, 75A,
76-, 77C, 780, 79A, 800, 81.No
right Answer (Sasthasnkotta),
820, 83B, 84A, 85. No right
Answer (140) 86B, 87A, 88A,
89D 90A, 9113 920 93D 94A,
95B 96A 97B 980 99D bOA
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