NTDCL Junior Engineer (BPS-17)

Test on 22 August, 2021

General Knowledge Portion:

1-Kosovo is in which country?

A. Yugoslavia
B. Albania
C. Romania
D. Bulgaria
2- Which of the following worship requires proper cleanliness compulsory?
A. Fasting
B. Zakat
C. Prayer
3- General Ayub Khan deposed _________ in 1958?
A. Iskander Mirza
B. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
C. Yahya Khan
D. Ghulam Muhammad
4-If an action has consequences more favorable, rather than unfavorable. Then action is called?
A. Neutral
B. Right
C. Wrong
D. Bad
5-Which ethics deal more practical task and moral standard that regulate right and wrong?
A. Meta NTDCL Test 2021 by NTS
B. Simple
C. Epistomology
D. Normative
6-The level at which an individual judges, “what is right and what is wrong” has been called the
level of?
A. Consciousness
B. Morality
C. Conduct
D. Ethics

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7-Cherry is harvested in and around?
A. Quetta
B. Bolan Hills
C. Lasbella
D. Loralai
8-When Liaqat Ali Khan joined All India Muslim League?
A. 1920
B. 1923
C. 1933
D. 1936
9-When Quaid-e-Azam presented his fourteen points?
A. 1926
B. 1929
C. 1932
D. 1940
10-Which Kalma recited after Wuzu?
A. First Kalma Tayyab
B. Second Kalma Shahadat
C. Third Kalma Tamjeed
D. Fourth Kalma Tauheed
11-The title of Quaid-e-Millat was given to?
A. Quaid-e-Azam
B. Liaqat Ali Khan
C. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
D. Allama Muhammad Iqbal
12-Before partition of Pakistan, NA session held in Dhaka in March,1971 was boycotted by?
A. Iskandar Mirza
B. Ayub Khan
C. Yahya Khan
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13-Recitation of Darood is called?
A. Fasting
B. Salat
C. Tauheed
D. Namaz
14-The most coldest place in the world is located in?
A. Norway
B. Greenland

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 C. Australia
D. Antarctica
15-Allah SWT will reward Jannah for good?
A. Salat
B. Ethics
C. Deeds
D. Morals
16-Which one is cultural capital of Pakistan?
A. KPK
B. Balochistan
C. Sindh
D. Punjab
The exact answer is Lahore, which is not given. So it should be considered as a grace mark.
17-When Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah Joined Muslim League?
A. 1903
B. 1910
C. 1913
D. 1923

Technical Portion

18- Common mode rejection ratio (CMRR) is defined as:

A. Common mode gain to differential mode gain
B. Differential mode gain to common mode gain
C. Common mode gain at input to differential mode gain at input
D. Common mode gain at output to differential mode gain at output
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19- The convergence characteristics of the Newton-Rophson method of solving a load flow
problem is:
A. Cubic
B. Linear
C. Geomatric
D. Quadratic
On some websites, its correct answer is “Linear”.

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Reference: https://www.sanfoundry.com/numerical-analysis-questions.../
https://mathsgee.com/.../rate-convergence-newton-raphson...
https://itseassyy.blogspot.com/2021/04/newton-raphson.html

20- The sum of all potential differences in a complete loop through the circuit should be:
A. Equal to zero
B. Equal to individual currents
C. Equal to individual voltages
D. Equal to individual resistances
21- Transient state stability is generally improved by:
A. Using high speed governors on machines
B. Using low inertia machines
C. Dispensing with neutral grounding
D. Any of the above
Its correct answer is “A”. If NTS has chosen another option, then kindly correct it.
22- The number of cycles in which a high speed circuit breaker can complete its operation is:
A. 3 to 8
B. 10 to 18
C. 20 to 30
D. 40 to 50
23- If the firing angle in an SCR rectifier is decreased, output will be?
A. Maximum
B. Increased
C. Decreased
D. Unaffected
24- Fourier series are infinite series of elementary trignometric functions i.e. Sine and?
A. Cosine
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C. Cosec
D. Tan
25- A copper oxide _______________ allows current to flow through a meter in only one
direction?
A. DIAC
B. Transistor
C. Rectifier
D. Voltmeter

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26- Stepper motor is a/an _______________ which divides full rotation into large number of
steps?
A. Direct Current
B. Alternating current
C. Powerless
D. Small
27- Which instrument has calibrations for both AC and DC values?
A. Induction type
B. Hot wire type
C. Moving coil type
D. Moving iron type
28- As compared to oscillators, inverters provide?
A. Low voltage output
B. Low frequency output
C. Distortion less output
D. Noise less output
29- A ________ can be used to make automated potentiometer in comparison measurements?
A. Analog to digital converter
B. Digital to analog converter
C. Electrometer
D. Electrostatic Voltmeter

30- The potential difference between the two similar charges?

A. Opposite
B. Same
C. Nill
D. Infinite
31- In a power plant, coal is carried from storage place to boiler generally by means of?
A. Buckets
B. V-Belts
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C. Trolleys
D. Manually
32- Noise in resistance depends upon?
A. Sampling rate
B. Operating temperature
C. Material
D. All of these
33- In a parallel resonance circuit, at resonance?

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 A. Impedance is zero
B. Current is maximum
C. Voltage is maximum
D. Impedance is minimum
34- The radius of curvature of the path of a charged particle in a uniform magnetic field is
directly proportional to?
A. Flux density of the field
B. Particle’s energy
C. Particle’s momentum
D. Particle’s charge
35- The elements which absorb the energy are called “Passive Elements” like Resistance,
inductance and?
A. Voltage
B. Current
C. Capacitance
D. Power
36- A bridge which is used for the measurement of capacitance of an insulator?
A. Maxwell bridge
B. Wheatstone bridge
C. Wein’s bridge
D. Shearing bridge
37- If the oscillations per minute of a rotor are 50 with a stator frequency of 50 Hz. Its slip will
be?
A. 10%
B. 12%
C. 4%
D. 8%
38- A large size alternator is protected against overloads by providing?
A. Over current relays
B. Over voltage relays
C. Thermal relays
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D. Temperature sensitive relays
39- The ratio error of a current transformer is due to the presence of?
A. Stray magnetism
B. Corona effects
C. Exciting currents
D. Lagging power factor
40- In a radio receiver

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 A. All stages contribute equally to noise
B. RF stage has no effect on S/N ratio
C. Mixer stage contributes most of the noise generated
D. RF stage has effect on S/N ratio
41- Hot wire anemometers are used to measure?
A. Velocity of air stream
B. Pressure of fluids
C. Variable voltage
D. Leakage reactance
42- The letter DPDT is for?
A. Switch
B. Thick wire
C. Conductor
D. Fuse
43- In transmission lines, the curve between discharge in m3/sec and time is called?
A. Discharge duration curve
B. Load curve
C. Hectograph
D. Hydrograph
44- Power plants using coal work closely which of the following cycle?
A. Otto cycle
B. Binary vapor cycle
C. Brayton cycle
D. Rankine cycle
45- The air standard efficiency of a diesel engine depends upon?
A. Compression ratio
B. Speed
C. Torque
D. All of these
46- Coking is NTDCL Test 2021 by NTS
A. Formation of lumps or masses of coke in boiler surface at high temperatures
B. Heating of coal in absence of air, driving out CO2 and leaving behind the residue
and carbon
C. Burning of coal in furnace
D. Producing lumps of coal from fine powders with the help of blinder
47- Deuterium oxide is used in nuclear reactors as?
A. Fuel
B. Moderator

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 C. Shield
D. Regulator
48- The output of a solar cell is of the order of?
A. 1W
B. 0.5 W
C. 0.5 W
D. 1.5 W
49- The surge resistance of transmission lines is about?
A. 50 ohm
B. 100 ohm
C. 400 ohm
D. 800 ohm
50- In high voltage transmission lines, the top most conductor is?
A. R-phase conductor
B. B-phase conductor
C. Y-phase conductor
D. Earth conductor
51- Skin effect in transmission line is proportional to?
A. Diameter of conductor
B. (Diameter of conductor)2
C. (Diameter of conductor)1/4
D. (Diameter of conductor)4
52- Shunt capacitance is usually neglected in the analysis of?
A. Short transmission lines
B. Medium transmission lines
C. Long transmission lines
D. Medium and Long Transmission lines
53- In order to reduce the skin effect at UHF?
A. Conductors are painted
B. Conductors are anodized
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C. Copper tubes with silver plating are used
D. Copper rods with silver plating are used
54- Transmission lines link
A. Service mains to consumer premises
B. Distribution transformer to consumer premises
C. Receiving end station to generating end station
D. Generating station to receiving end station

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55- The square law of photo detector gives current. This current is proportional to_______ of
combined optical field?
A. Square
B. Square root
C. Cube
D. None of these
56- The _________ is an electromagnetic carrier wave which is modulated to carry
information?
A. Air
B. Sound
C. Light
D. Electricity
57- Out of the following which one is not the unconventional source of energy?
A. Geothermal energy
B. Tidal power
C. Nuclear energy
D. Wind power
58- In case the height of transmission tower is increased
A. The line capacitance and inductance will not change
B. The line capacitance will decrease and line inductance will increase
C. The line capacitance and inductance both are increased
D. The line capacitance will decrease but line inductance will remain unaltered
59- The instrument which used for DC measurement alone is?
A. Moving Iron type
B. Induction type
C. Electrodynamic type
D. Permanent magnet type
60- Conductors have an excess of?
A. Free electrons
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C. Electrons
D. Neutrons
61- Super heated steam is always?
A. At a temperature higher than the saturation temperature corresponding to a steam
pressure
B. At a pressure more than the boiler steam pressure
C. Separated from water particles before being supplied to turbine
D. At a pressure less than the maximum cycle pressure

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62- ___________ is the source which gives constant voltage (V=E) no matter how much
current is drawn from it?
A. Real voltage source
B. Ideal current source
C. Ideal resistance store
D. Real voltage and current source
Kindly make a correction here.
As per NTS data bank its correct answer is "Real current and voltage source" which NTS has
corrected in first key, now its option has changed.
The other suitable answer of this question is Ideal Voltage Source (this option was not given , so
correct answers should be real current and voltage source as per book or this question should be
awarded marks to everyone.)
Reference: Screenshot of book is attached.

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63- A tunnel diode is
A. A heavily doped PN junction device
B. A lightly doped PN junction device
C. Has a small tunnel in its junction
D. Is a gallium arsenide device
64- Potential has unit?
A. Farad
B. Watt
C. Volt
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 D. Ampere

65- The turn on voltage of germanium diode is?

A. 0.7 V
B. 0.3 V
C. 0.1 V
D. 1.0 V
66- Steam engine used in locomotive is?
A. Single acting, condensing type
B. Single acting, non-condensing type
C. Double acting, condensing type
D. Double acting, non-condensing type
67- Pressure of steam in condenser is?
A. Atmospheric pressure
B. More than pressure
C. Slightly less than pressure
D. Much less than pressure
68- Which comparison is correct between fluorescent lamp and filament bulb?
A. Average life of fluorescent lamp is five to seven times higher
B. Fluorescent lamp produces more brightness
C. Fluorescent lamp produces more sharp shadows
D. Fluorescent lamp has higher dazzle
69- To carry a current of 100 RMS area of Aluminum bus bar must be at least?
A. 25 mm2
B. 1 mm2
C. 10 mm2
D. 50 mm2
70- A short transmission line has equivalent circuit consisting of?
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B. Series resistance R and shunt capacitance G
C. Series resistance R and shunt capacitance C
D. Series resistance R and series inductance L
71- The characteristics impedance of a transmission line depends upon which of the following?
A. Geometrical configuration of conductors
B. Conductivity of the material
C. Surface treatment of conductors
D. Shape of the conductors

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72- The peak value of power angle curve of a transmission line is 50 MVA. If two such identical
lines are added in parallel, the resulting peak value is?
A. 100 MVA
B. 25 MVA
C. 50 MVA
D. 200 MVA
73- Phase modifier is normally installed in case of?
A. Short transmission lines
B. Medium transmission lines
C. Long transmission lines
D. All length lines
74- For stability and economic reason we operate the transmission line with power angle in the
range of?
A. 10 to 20
B. 300 to 450
C. 60 to 75
D. 65 to 80
75- How many roots a quadratic equation have?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
76- Which operation is not performed on independent variables?
A. Time shifting
B. Time reversal
C. Time scaling
D. Amplitude scaling
77- How many interrupts 8085 microprocessor have?
A. 2
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B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
NTS not clearly mentioned which interrupts either Hardware or Software. (Hardware has
5 interrupts while software has 8)
78- The ratio of collector current to the reverse saturation current is known as?
A. Efficiency of transistor
B. Transistor stability factor

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 C. Operating point of transistor
D. Amplification factor of transistor
79- Conductivity of the wire depends upon?
A. Resistance
B. Free Electron density
C. Area of conductor
D. All of these
80- For what purpose a moderator is used in nuclear power plants?
A. Stop the chain reaction
B. Accelerate the speed of neutrons
C. Reduce the speed of neutrons
D. To absorb neutrons
81- Silicon has its atomic number 14, its valency is?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
82- Memory locations which are used temporarily during program execution from R/W
memory?
A. Register
B. Program pointer
C. Stack pointer
D. None of these
83- Semiconductors belong to which group of periodic table?
A. Group III
B. Group IV A
C. Group IV B
D. Group V A
84- Which of the following does not use the effect of current for measurement purpose?
A. Electrostatic ammeter
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B. Moving coil ammeter
C. Hot wire ammeter
D. Rectifier ammeter
85- DC equivalent circuit of an amplifier can be obtained by considering the capacitance?
A. Open circuited
B. Short circuited
C. Partially short circuited
D. None of these

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86- AC motors are of two types, induction motor and?
A. Asynchronous motor
B. Synchronous motor
C. Shunt motor
D. Both A and B
87- A system which can recover its input from its output signal is known as?
A. Invertible system
B. Discrete system
C. Transient system
D. None of these
88- If a dice is rolled 20 times, what is the probability of getting 15 or more heads?
A. 0.024
B. 0.046
C. 0.241
D. 0.427

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89- As steam expands in turbine

A. Its pressure increases
B. Its specific volume increases

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 C. Its boiling point increases
D. Its temperature increases
90- Step-up substations are associated with?
A. Distributors
B. Consumer location
C. Concentrated load
D. Generating stations
91- Which of the following is not installed in a substation?
A. Shunt reactors
B. Exciters
C. Voltage transformers
D. Series capacitors
92- DC generators have ________ on rotating shafts that convert AC into DC?
A. Diodes
B. Commutators
C. Brushes
D. Rotor
93- Which of the following is stationary part of electrical machines?
A. Stator
B. Rotor
C. Commutator
D. None of these
94- Schmitt trigger produce ___________ at output when input applies is sine wave?
A. Triangular wave
B. Square wave
C. Sawtooth wave
D. Non-sinusoidal wave
95- If a network is satisfied homogeneity condition as well as superposition condition, then it is
said to be?
A. Linear system
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B. Non-linear system
C. Both A & B
D. None of these
96- Piezo-electric crystal is used to measure?
A. Temperature
B. Velocity
C. Acceleration
D. Flow of charge

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97- Precision measurement of resistance is measured is generally carried out by?
A. Voltmeter method
B. CRO method
C. Potentiometer method
D. AC bridge method
98- How many basic types of generators?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
99- Which of the following transducer does not convert velocity to pressure?
A. Orifice
B. Venturi
C. Pilot tube
D. Vanes

Errors & omissions are possible. This file has prepared according to NTS Key. If anyone
finds any mistake then he can comment.

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