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GENERAL APTITUDE
Q. No. 1 - 5 Carry One Mark Each
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2. The people _____________ were at the demonstration were from all sections of society.
(A) whose (B) which (C) whom (D) who
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4. For a regular polygon having 10 sides, the interior angle between the sides of the polygon, in degrees, is:
(A) 396 (B) 144 (C) 216 (D) 324
Answer: (B) Click here to watch video explanation
6. Let X be a continuous random variable denoting the temperature measured. The range of temperature is
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[0, 100] degree Celsius and let the probability density function of X be f(x) = 0.01 for 0 X 100.
The mean of X is _______.
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In the figure shown above, each inside square is formed by joining the midpoints of the sides of the next
larger square. The area of the smallest square (shaded) as shown, in cm2 is:
(A) 6.25 (B) 3.125 (C) 1.5625 (D) 12.50
Answer: (B) Click here to watch video explanation
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8. The important of sleep is often overlooked by students when they are preparing for exams. Research has
consistently shown that sleep deprivation greatly reduces the ability to recall the material learnt. Hence,
cutting down on sleep to study longer hours can be counterproductive.
Which one of the following statements is the CORRECT inference from the above passage?
(A) To do well in exam, adequate sleep must be part of the preparation
(B) Students are efficient and are not wrong in thinking that sleep is a waste of time
(C) If a student is extremely well prepared for an exam, he needs little or no sleep
(D) Sleeping well alone is enough to prepare for an exam. Studying has lesser benefit
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The number of students passing or failing in an exam for a particular subject is presented in the bar chart
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above. Students who pass the exam cannot appear for the exam again. Students who fail the exam in the
first attempt must appear for the exam in the following year. Students always pass the exam in their
second attempt.
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The number of students who took the exam for the first time in the year 2 and the year 3 respectively,
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are________.
(A) 65 and 53 (B) 55 and 53 (C) 60 and 50 (D) 55 and 48
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10. Seven cars P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are parked in a row not necessarily in that order. The cars T and U
should be parked next to each other. The cars S and V also should be parked next to each other, whereas
P and Q cannot be parked next to each other. Q and S must be parked next to each other. R isparked to
the immediate right of V. T is parked to the left of U.
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Based on the above statements, the only INCORRECT option given below is:
(A) There are two cars parked in between Q and V
(B) Q and R are not parked together
(C) V is the only car parked in between S and R
(D) Car P is parked at the extreme end
Answer: (A) Click here to watch video explanation
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
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Let p and q be real numbers such that p 2 q 2 1. The eigen values of the matrix
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(A) All the roots cannot be real
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(D) The complex roots of the equation p(z) = 0 come in conjugate pairs
Answer: (A) Click here to watch video explanation
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3. Two single-cover power cables have total conductor resistances of 0.7 and 0.5 , respectively, and
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their insulation resistance (between core and sheath) are 600 M and 900 M respectively. When the
two cables are joined in series, the ratio of insulation resistance to conductor resistance is _______ 106.
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4. Two generators have cost functions F1 and F2 . Their incremental-cost characteristics are
dF1
40 0.2P1
dP1
dF2
32 0.4P2
dP2
They need to deliver a combined load of 260 MW. Ignoring the network losses, for economic operation,
the generations P1 and P2 (in MW) are
(A) P1 P2 130 (B) P1 160, P2 100
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(A) n n 1 n 2 n 1 (B) n 2 n 1
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7. In the given circuit, the value of capacitor C that makes current I = 0 is ______ F.
8. In the BJT circuit shown, beta of the PNP transistor is 100. Assume VBE 0.7V. The voltage across
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R2 RC
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Suppose the circles x 3 y 2 1 and x 1 y 1 r 2 intersect each other orthogonally at the point
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10. A 16-bit synchronous binary up-counter is clocked with a frequency f CLK . The two most significant bits
are OR-ed together to form an output Y. Measurement show that Y is periodic, and the duration for
which Y remains high in each period is 24ms. The clock frequency fCLK is ______ MHz.
(Round off to 2 decimal places).
Answer: (C) Click here to watch video explanation
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11. The bode magnitude plot for the transfer function of the circuit is as shown.
Vi s
Magnitude [dB]
26dB
Vi 250F Vo
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Answer: (0.1) Click here to watch video explanation
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12. In the circuit shown, a 5V Zener diode is used to regulate the voltage across load R 0 . The input is an
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unregulated DC voltage with a minimum value of 6V and a maximum value of 8V. The value of R S is
6 . . The zener diode has a maximum rated power dissipation of 2.5 W. Assuming the zener diode to be
ideal, the minimum value of R 0 is _______ .
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13. A signal generator having a source resistance of 50 is set to generate a 1 kHz sinewave. Open circuit
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terminal voltage is 10V peak-to-peak. Connecting a capacitor across the terminals reduces the voltage to
8V peak-to-peak. The value of this capacitor is ___________ F. (Round off to 2 decimal places).
Answer: (C) Click here to watch video explanation
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16. An alternator with internal voltage of I1 p.u and synchronous reactance of 0.4 p.u is connected by a
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transmission line of reactance 0.1 p.u to a synchronous motor having synchronous reactance 0.35 p.u
and internal voltage of 0.852 p.u. If the real power supplied by the alternator is 0.866 p.u, then
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If the input x(t) and output y(t) of a system are related as y t max 0, x t , then the system is
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18. In the given circuit, for voltage Vy to be zero, the value of should be (Round off to 2 decimal places).
1 Vx 2 Vy 3
6V 2A Vx
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19. In the circuit shown, the input Vi is a sinusoidal AC voltage having and RMS value of 230V 20%. The
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worst-case peak-inverse voltage seen across any diode is __________V. (Round off to 2 decimal places).
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20. For the closed-loop system shown, the transfer function is
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21. Let f x be a real-valued function such that f ' x 0 0 for some x 0 0,1 , and f '' x 0 for all
x 0,1. The f x has
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(C) exactly one local minimum in (0, 1) (D) two distinct local minima in (0, 1)
Answer: (C) Click here to watch video explanation
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22. For the network shown, the equivalent Thevenin voltage and Thevenin impedance as seen terminals „ab‟
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23. Consider a power system consisting of N number of buses. Buses in this power system are categorized
into slack bus, PV buses and PQ buses for load flow study. The number of PQ buses is N L . The
balanced Newton-Raphson method is used to carry out load flow study in polar form. H, S, M and R are
sub-matrices of the Jacobian matrix J as shown below.
P H S
Q J V where J M R
The dimension of the sub-matrix M is
(A) NL N 1 NL (B) N 1 N 1 NL
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24. The power input to a 500V, 50 Hz, 6-pole, 3-phae induction motor running at 975 RPM is 40 kW. The
total stator losses are 1 kW. If the total friction and windage losses are 2.025 kW, then the efficiency is
as
__________%.
Answer: (90) Click here to watch video explanation
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25. A 1 C point charge is held at the origin of a Cartesian coordinate system. If a second point charge of
10 C is moved from (0, 10, 0) to (5, 5, 5) and subsequently to (5, 0, 0), then the total work done is
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Take 9 109 in SI units. All coordinates are in meters.
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26. A counter is constructed with three D flip-flops. The input-output pairs are named D0 ,Q0 , D1 ,Q1
and D2 ,Q2 where the subscript 0 denotes the least significant bit. The output sequence is desired to be the
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Gray-code sequence 000, 001, 011, 010, 110, 111, 101 and 100 repeating periodically. Note that the bits are
listed in the Q2 Q1Q0 format. The combinational logic expression for D1 is
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27. In a single-phase transformer, the total iron loss is 2500 W at nominal voltage of 440V and frequency
50Hz. The total iron loss is 850W at 220V and 25 Hz. Then, at nominal voltage and frequency, the
hysteresis loss and eddy current loss respectively are
(A) 900 W and 1600 W (B) 250 W and 600 W
(C) 1600 W and 900 W (D) 600 W and 250 W
Answer: (A) Click here to watch video explanation
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28. A 100 Hz square wave, switching between 0V and 5V, is applied to a CR high-pass filter circuit as
shown. The output voltage waveform across the resistor is 6.2V peak-to-peak. If the resistance R is
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820 , then the value C is ___________ F. (Rounded off to 2 decimal places).
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29. Let f(t) be an even function, i.e., f t f t for all t. Let the Fourier transform of f(t) be defined as
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F f te
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dt. Suppose F for all , and F 0 1. Then
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30. Suppose IA ,IB and IC are a set of unbalanced current phasors in a three-phase system. The phase-B zero-
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sequence current IB0 0.10 p.u. If phase-A current IA 1.10 p.u and phase-C current
IC 1120 0.1 p.u. then I B in p.uis
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31. Consider the boost converter shown. Switch Q is operating at 25 kHz with a duty cycle of 0.6. Assume
the diode and switch to be ideal. Under steady-state condition, the average resistance R in as seen by the
source is ___________ (Round off to 2 decimal places).
1mH
15V
Q 100F 10
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32. Consider the buck-boost converter shown. Switch Q is operating at 25 kHz and 0.75 duty-cycle. Assume
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diode and switch to be ideal. Under steady-state condition, the average current flowing through the
inductor is ____________A.
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33. Let A be a 10 × 10 matrix such that A 5 is a null matrix, and let I be the 10 × 10 identity matrix. The
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determinant of A + I is ____________.
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34. In the figure shown, self-impedance of the two transmission lines are 1.5j p.u each, and Zm 0.5j p.u is
the mutual impedance. Bus voltage shown in the figure are in p.u. Given that 0, the maximum
steady-state real power that can be transferred in p.u from Bus-1 to Bus-2 is
Transmission
Line-1
Bus-1 Zm =0.5j Bus-2
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35. In the given circuit, for maximum power to be delivered to R L , its value should be _________ .
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36. Suppose the probability that a coin toss shown “head” is p, where 0 < p < 1. The coin is tossed
repeatedly until the first “head” appears. The expected number of tosses required is
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38. A single-phase full-bridge inverter fed by a 325 V DC produces a symmetric quasi-square waveform
across „ab‟ as shown.
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To achieve a modulation index of 0.8, the angle expressed in degrees should be ________ (Round off
to 2 decimal places).
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(Modulation index is defined as the ratio of the peak of the fundamental component of Vab to the applied
DC value).
Answer: (51.07) Click here to watch video explanation
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Answer: (1) Click here to watch video explanation
40. One coulomb of point charge moving with a uniform velocity 10 X ˆ m/s enters the region x 0 having a
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magnetic flux density B 10yxˆ 10xyˆ 10zˆ T. The magnitude for force on the charge at x 0 is
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42. A belt-driven DC shunt generator running at 300 RPM delivers 100 kW to 200V DC grid. It continues to
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run as a motor when the belt breaks, taking 10 kW from the DC grid. The armature resistance is
0.025 , field resistance is 50 , and brush drop is 2V. Ignoring armature reaction, the speed of the
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43. A three-phase balanced voltage is applied to the load shown. The phase sequence is RYB. The ratio
IR
is ____________.
IR
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Answer: (1) Click here to watch video explanation
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44. In the circuit, switch „S‟ is in the closed position for a very long time. If the switch is opened at time
t = 0, then i L (t) in amperes, for t 0 is
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45. An air core radio-frequency transformer as shown has a primary winding and a secondary winding. The
mutual inductance M between the windings of the transformer is ___________ H. (Round off to 2
decimal places). M
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46. Consider a closed-loop system as shown. G p s is the plant transfer function and
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Gc s 1 is the compensator. For a unit-step input, the output response has damped oscillations. The
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47. An 8-pole, 50 Hz, three-phase, slip-ring induction motor has an effective rotor resistance of 0.08 per
phase. Its speed at maximum torque is 650 RPM. The additional resistance per phase that must be
inserted in the rotor to achieve maximum torque at start is ___________ . (Round off to 2 decimal
places). Neglect magnetizing current and stator leakage impedance. Consider equivalent circuit
parameters referred to stator.
Answer: (0.52) Click here to watch video explanation
48. Consider a large parallel plate capacitor., The gap d between the two plates is filled entirely with
dielectric slab of relative permittivity 5. The plates are initially charged to a potential different of V volts
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and then disconnected from the source. If the dielectric slab is pulled out completely, then the ratio of
the new electric field E 2 in the gap to the original electric field E1 is _________.
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49. A 3-Bus network is shown. Consider generators as ideal voltage sources. If rows 1, 2 and 3 of the YBus
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4 4 4
Answer: (D) Click here to watch video explanation
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51. The waveform shown in solid line is obtained by clipping a full-wave rectified sinusoid (shown dashed).
The ratio of the RMS value of the full-wave rectified waveform to the RMS value of the clipped
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The external disturbance input is D(s). It is desired that when the disturbance is a unit step, the steady-
error should not exceed 0.1 unit. The minimum value of K is ___________. (Round off to 2 decimal
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places).
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R s
Gc s Gp s
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53. In the open interval (0, 1), the polynomial p x x 4 4x3 2 has
(A) two real roots (B) three real roots
(C) one real root (D) no real roots
Answer: (C) Click here to watch video explanation
54. Let 1 j , 3 j , 3 j and 1 j be the vertices of a rectangle C in the complex plane. Assuming
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(A) 0 (B) (C) (D)
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Answer: (B) Click here to watch video explanation
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55. A CMOS Schmitt-trigger inverter has a low output level of 0V and a high output level of 5V.
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The input capacitance and output resistance of the Schmitt-trigger are negligible. The frequency of the
oscillator shown is _________Hz.
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