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SECTION ENGINEERING (SYSTEM)

BMRCL COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2019
Time: 150 Minutes Version code - B Marks: 100

1. 11001, 1001, 111001 correspond to the 6. Which of the following statements for
2’s complement represent of which one 8085 uP is correct?
of the following sets a number? a) PC specifies the address of the
a) 25, 9 and 57 instruction last executed
b) – 6, - 6 and – 6 b) PC specifies the address of the
c) – 7, -7 and 7 instruction being executed
d) – 25, - 9 and – 57 c) PC specifies the address of the
instruction to be executed
2. The logic function implemented by the d) PC specifies the number of instruction
following circuit at the terminal out is executed so far.

7. The cycle required to fetch and execute

an instruction in a 8085 microprocessor
is which one of the following?
a) Clock cycle b) Memory cycle
c) Machine cycle d) Instruction cycle
a) P NOR Q b) P NANDQ
c) P OR Q d) P AND Q 8. The main advantage of Schottky TTL
Logic family is its least
3. PAM signals can be demodulated by a) Power dissipation
using a b) Propagation delay
a) Differentiator followed by and LPF c) Fan – in and fan – out
b) Low pass filter (LPF) alone d) Noise margin
c) Schmitt trigger followed by an LPF
d) Clipper ckt followed by an LPF 9. Strain gauge is a ___________transducer.
a) Mechanical b) Magnetic
4. A message signal band limited to 5 kHz c) Thermocouple d) copper
is sampled at the minimum rate as
dictated by the sampling theorem. The 10. _________________represents magnetic
number of quantization levels is 64. If transducer.
samples are encoded in binary form, a) LVDT
then transmission rate is b) Strain gauge
a) 32 kbps b) 64 kbps c) Thermocouple
c) 60 kbps d) 10 kbps d) Photoconductive cell

5. Four messages band limited to w, w, 2w 11. If the data is pushed on to the stack,
and 3w respectively are to be then the stack pointer
multiplexed using Time Division a) Increases with every push
Multiplexing (TDM). The minimum BW b) Decreases with every push
required for transmission of this TDM c) Increases and decreases with every
signal is push
a) W b) 6 w d) None of these
c) 7w d) 3 w

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12. When the microcontroller executes

some arithmetic operations, then the 18. Positive edge dislocation is denoted as
flag bits of which register are affected?
a) Register A and B b) PSW
c) PC d) SP

13. The magnitude plot of a rational

transfer function G (S) with real
coefficients is shown below. Which of
the following compensators has such a
magnitude plot?

19. In thermit welding, aluminium and iron

oxides are mixed in the proportion of
a) 1:1 b) 1 : 2
c) 1 : 3 d) 3 :1

20. The pressure at the in – gate will be

a) Lead compensator maximum with the gating system
b) Lag compensator a) 4 : 8 : 3 b) 1: 3 : 3
c) PID compensator c) 1: 2 : 4 d) 1: 2 :1
d) Lead – lag compensator
21. A gear wheel of 20 teeth drives another
14. Pelton wheels are used for minimum gear wheel having 36 teeth running at
heads of 200 rpm. Find the speed of the driving
a) 20 m b) 125 m wheel.
c) 100 m d) 180 m a) 360 rpm b) 380 rpm
c) 370 rpm d) None of these
15. If ‘P’ is the gauge pressure within a
spherical droplet, then gauge pressure 22. The most efficient section of channel is
within a bubble of the same fluid and of a) Triangular b) Rectangular
same size will be c) Square d) Trapezoidal
a) P/4 b) P/2
c) P d) 2P 23. The air – fuel ratio in gas turbine is
a) 15 :1 b) 30 :1
16. In Hartnell governor, the compression c) 45 :1 d) 50 :1
of the spring as compared to lift of the
sleeve is 24. Column – I represents Maxwell’s
a) More b) Less equations in differential form. Match
c) Same d) None of these the corresponding integral form of
Maxwell’s equation from column – II
17. In terms of Poisson’s ratio (n) the ratio Column – I Column – II
of Young’s Modulus (E) to Shear
Modulus (G) of elastic materials is
a) 2 1    b) 2 1   
c) 1/ 2 1    d) 1/ 2 1   

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c) Permittivity d) Wavelength
27. Intrinsic impedance of copper at high
frequencies is
a) Purely resistive
b) Purely reactive
c) Complex with inductive component
d) Complex with capacitance component

28. A magnetic field B  a x  2a y  4a z exists

at a point. If a test charge moving with
a velocity of 
v  v 0 3a x  a y  2a z 
experiences no force at a certain point,
the electric field E at that point will be

a) E  
v0

14a x  7a y 
A b c d 
b) E   v0 14a x  7a y 
a) ii I iv iii
b) I ii iii iv c) E   v0 14a x  7a y 
c) iii i iii iv
d) ii i iii iv d) E 
v0

14a x  7a y 
25. Special cases of Maxwell’s equations
are 29. Two conducting shells of radii R 1 and
B B R 2  R1  R 2  each with charge Q, are
a)  0 for static field,  0, J   B = 0
t t placed apart in a uniform external
for steady field   0 & J   E  0 for electric field. The space surrounding
perfect dielectric each shell is filled with same dielectric
B material. Which of the following is true
b)  0 for steady field, in this situation?
t
a) Shells will experience identical forces.
B
 0, J   E  0 for static field b) Shells with radius R 1 will experience
t
greater force
  0, J   E  0 for perfect conductor.
c) Shell with radius R 2 will experience
B
c) 0 for perfect dielectric, greater force
t d) Shells will not experience any force
B
 0,  E  0 for perfect dielectric,
t 30. When a lossy capacitor with a dielectric
  0, J    E  0 for static field permittivity (e) and conductivity (a)
d) None of these operates at a frequency of co. The loss
tangent of the capacitor is given by
26. The depth of penetration of wave in a 
a) b)  
lossy dielectric increases with 
increasing  
c) d)
a) Conductivity b) Permeability  
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31. If n is the polarization vector and k is 35. The voltage across the inductance at
the direction of propagation of a plane t=0when the switch is closed at t = 0 is
electromagnetic wave, then
a) n  k b) n  k  0
c) n  k d) n  k  0

32. Three insulated spheres are charged

106 C each are placed at the vertices of
an equilateral triangle. The sides of the a) 4 V b) 8 V
triangle is 10 cm each. A charge of c) 2 V d) – 8 V
q 2  20  10 6 C is placed at the centroid
36. In the two wattmeter method of
of the triangle. What is the net force
measuring three phase power the first
experienced by the charge q2?
wattmeter reads twice as that of the
b) 17.98 10 N
3
a) Zero second, then the load impedance angle
c) 53.93 10 N d) 35.95 10 N
3 3
is
a) 15 b) 30
33. A hollow metal sphere of 10 cm
c) 60 d) 90
diameter is uniformly charged with
10 1012 coulomb. The electric field at 37. Millman’s theorem yields in
the center of the sphere is a) Equivalent Resistance
10 1012 10  10 12 b) Equivalent Voltage
a) b)
4 10 102  0 4 0 10 10 2  c) Equivalent Current
2

d) Equivalent Current or voltage Source

c) Zero d) None of these
38. An R – L – C series circuit is excited by
34. A part of a circuit is shown in fig. a step voltage of E volts. At t = 0 + the
where, VR  5V, Vc  4sin 2t volts. The current in the circuit is
voltage VL is E E
a) b)
R LC
c) zero d) Infinity

39. Torque/weight ratio is minimum in

a) Dynamometer
b) Moving iron
c) Moving coil
d) Induction type instruments

40. Standard resistance is made up of

a) Silver b) Gold
c) Manganin d) Platinum

41. LVDT works on the principle of

a) 2-4sin2t b) 16 cos 2t
a) Resistance effect b) Inductive effect
c) 32 sin 2t d) 16sin 2t

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c) Eddy effect d) Magnetization 48. An induction motor when energized by

42. Relative permittivity can be measured a 400 V, 3 phase, 50 Hz supply, runs at
using a speed of 1/7 of rated speed.The motor
a) Hay’s Bridge is said to be
b) Wheatstone Bridge a) Plugging b) Blocking
c) Schering Bridge c) Cogging d) Crawling
d) Kelvins Bridge
49. The frequency of rotor currents in a 4
43. A differential transformer is a pole. 50 Hz, 3 phase induction motor
a) Variable inductance transducer runs at 1450 rpmis
b) Variable pressure transducer a) 2 Hz b) 1 Hz
c) Constant pressure transducer c) 1.67 Hz d) 2.67 Hz
d) Constant displacement transducer
50. In a synchronous machine X d , X 'd and
44. In an induction motor if the air gap is
X"d are short circuit reactance at
increased, then its
a) Speed reduces steady, transient and sub – transient
b) P.F increases states respectively. They have the
c) Efficiency reduces relationship as
d) P.F. decreases a) X d  X 'd  X"d b) X d  X 'd  X"d
c) X"d  X 'd  Xd d) X d  X 'd  X"d
45. The reason for skewing the rotor slots
in squirrel cage induction motor is
a) To reduce the noise and vibrations 51. A 4 pole generator with 16 coils has a
b) To reduce starting torque & current two layer lap winding. The pole pitch is
c) To increase rotor resistance a) 4 b) 32
d) All of these c) 8 d) 16

46. In a 3 phase, 6 pole, 50 Hz, induction 52. For a given load the efficiency of an
motor, 5th harmonic is dominant due to alternator is maximum at
its winding distribution. This may a) 0.8 pf lag b) 0.8 pf lead
cause the motor to crawl at a speed of c) u.p.f d) None of these
approximately
a) 200 rpm b) 5000 rpm 53. The voltage regulation of an alternator
c) 100 rpm d) 500 rpm depends on
a) Load current only
47. The stator or a 4 pole induction motor b) Load p.f only
is fed from 3 phase, 50 Hz supply, c) Both load current and p.f.
which contains predominant 7th d) None of these
harmonic. The speed of the rotor is
approximately 54. A turbine having rated speed of 300
a) 215 rpm b) 200 rpm rpm drives a synchronous generator. To
c) 100 rpm d) None of these produce power at 50 Hz the number of
poles required in the synchronous
generator is
a) 20 b) 25
c) 15 d) 10

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55. The power factor at which an alternator c) Roopa Mallik

operates depends on d) Kavitha Singh
a) Speed of the prime mover 61. The capital of Chola dynasty is
b) Armature losses a) Madurai b) Karur
c) Copper losses c) Kaveripattanam d) Uraiyaur
d) Nature of load
e) 62. India’s longest rail – road bridge
56. The phasor diagram of a synchronous ‘Bogibeel Bridge’ has built over the
machine connected to an infinite bus is river is
given below. The machine is acting as a) Ganga b) Brahmaputra
c) Godavari d) Yamuna

63. The following do not come under the

purview of Right to Education
a) Madrasas
a) Generator operating at lagging p.f. b) Government Schools
b) Generator operating at leading p.f. c) Private schools
c) Motor operating at leading p.f. d) Government Schools funded in private
d) Motor operating at lagging p.f funds

57. Three phase alternators are connected 64. One minute of arc of latitude along any
in star to meridian is also known as
a) Reduce the size of the alternator a) One degree b) one mile
b) Reduce the magnetic losses c) One mach d) One nautical mile
c) Increases terminal voltage
d) All of these 65. The following rulers of Delhi Sultanates
faced maximum number of Mangol
58. The relative speed between magnetic attacks:
fields of stator and rotor under steady a) Alauddin Khilji
state operation is zero for b) Mohammed Bin Tughlaq
a) A D.C. machine c) Feroz Shah Tughlaq
b) A synchronous machine d) Bahlol Lodi
c) Induction motor
d) All of these 66. The Mandal system introduced in
Andhra Pradesh during
59. Hombill festival celebrated on 1st a) 1980 b) 1985
December in c) 1983 d) 1989
a) Bihar b) Rajasthan
c) Nagaland d) Odisha 67. Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee
International School for students to
60. Infosys Award – 2018 for Professor rural areas was launched by
Award in the field of science and a) Uttar Pradesh b) Jharkhand
research. Name the professor received c) Haryana d) Maharashtra
this award in the field of Physical
Science 68. The centre for cellular and molecular
a) S.K. Satheesh biology is situated at
b) Nalini Anantharman a) Patna

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b) Jaipur resource. The probability that no

c) Hyderabad requests are made in 30 minutes is
d) New Delhi a) e
5
b) e
10

69. Laser printer is an example of 15 20

c) e d) e
a) Electro – thermal printer
b) Electro – static printer
75. The same data is stored in B tree and B
c) Electro – magnetic printer
+ tree
d) None of these
a) The height of B+ tree is larger than the
70. The program segment.
yxy height of B tree
x  yx b) The height of B + tree is smaller than
y  yx the height of B tree.
c) The relative heights of both trees vary
Where x, y are integers
depending on the nature of data
a) Transforms x value to y value
d) None of these
b) Retains x, y as they are
c) Interchanges x and y values
76. The postfix notation for the in fix
d) Sum x and y values and stores in y
notational expression
(a/(b – c + d)) * (e – a)* c is
71. The following program fragment:
a) abc  d  /ea  c **
If (a = 0)
b) ab / c  d  ea **c *
Printf(“a is zero”) else
c) abc  d  /eac *  *
Printf(“a is not zero”)
d) None of these
Gives the output
a) a is zero b) a is not zero
77. The minimal spanning tree is a
c) nothing d) Garbage
a) Connected acyclic graph with least
weight
72. The following program fragment:
b) Connected cyclic graph with least
Int i  110, x  5
weight
Printf((x > 5)? “%d”: “%c”, i); gives the c) Connected binary tree
output d) None of these
a) Execution error b) prints n
c) Syntax error d) prints 110 78. The functional dependencies between
attributes of a relation are
73. The program fragment
A  B, BC  D, D  E, F  DE, DE  H
i=6720;j=4
Then it implies
While i%j  0 a) BC  H b) BE  F
ii/ j c) BC  A d) None of these
j  ji
) 79. In the circuit show below Si diode with
On termination j will have the value rd  0 is used. The voltage across 1k
a) 4 b) 8 resistor is
c) 9 d) 6720

74. In a multiuser operating system, 20

requests per hour are made on a

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A A
a) b)
1  A 1  A
1 A A 1
c) d)
1  A 1  A

86. The best bias circuit for a transistor

amplifier is
a) Voltage divider bias circuit
a) 9.3 V b) 10 V b) Fixed bias circuit
c) 0.7 V d) 10.7 V c) Collector feedback circuit
80. Ripple factor for an FWR without filter d) None of these
is 87. The maximum possible conversion
a) 1.21 b) 0.48 efficiency of a class B push – pull
c) 0.42 d) 1.02 amplifier is
81. The main characteristics of a a) 50% b) 25%
Darlington pair amplifier are c) 78.5% d) 75%
a) High R1 , high R 0 and high A 1
88. When amplifiers are cascaded, the
b) High R1 , low R 0 and low A V result is
c) High R1 , low R 0 and high A 1 a) Increases gain and increases
bandwidth
d) High R1 , low R 0 and high A 1
b) Decreases gain and decreases
bandwidth
82. Space charge region around P – N c) Increases gain and decreases
junction bandwidth
a) Contains only free electron d) Decreases gain and increases
b) Contains only free holes bandwidth
c) Contains both free electrons and holes
d) None of these 89. The AC voltage controllers are used in
_________application
83. In a reverse biased semi – conductor a) Power generation
diode b) Electric heating
a) No current flows c) Conveyor belt motion
b) Current flows due to majority carriers d) Power transmission
c) Current flows due to minority carriers
d) Current flows due to both type of 90. The finger voltage of an SCR is
carriers
a) Minimum value of VAK to turn on device

84. Negative feedback in amplifiers with gate triggering.

a) Decreases the gain b) Minimum value of VAK to turn on the
b) Increases the bandwidth device with gate triggering.
c) Decreases distortion and noise c) Minimum value of VAK to turn on the
d) All of these device without gate triggering.
d) Maximum value of VAK to turn on the
85. The formula for gain of an amplifier
with negative feedback is device without gate triggering

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91. Which transmission medium has 98. UJT has

highest transmission speed in a a) Two PN junctions
network? b) One PN junctions
a) Co – axial cable c) Three PN junctions
b) Twisted pair cable d) None of these
c) Optical fiber
d) Electrical cable 99. Di/dt protection is provided to
thyristor by
92. Entropy of random variable is a) Connecting an inductor parallel across
a) 0 the load
b) 1 b) Connecting an inductor in series with
c) 00 load
d) Cannot be determined c) Connecting an inductor in parallel
93. The forward dv/dt rating of an SCR across gate terminal.
a) Increases with increase in junction d) Connecting an inductor in series with
temperature gate terminal
b) Decreases with increase in junction 100. The number of product terms in the
temperature minimized sum – of – product
c) Increases with decrease in the rms expression obtained through the
value of anode to cathode voltage following K – Map (where “d” denote
d) Decreases with decreases in the rms don’t care state)
value of anode to cathode voltage
1 0 0 1
0 d 0 0
94. In MOSFET, 1dx depends on 0 0 d 1
a) VG b) Vds 1 0 0 1
a) 2 b) 3
c) Vdd d) VSS c) 4 d) 5

95. In N – MOS device, gate material could KEY ANSWERS

be 1–c 2–d 3–a 4–c 5–c
a) Silicon b) Polysilicon 6–c 7–d 8–b 9–a 10 – a
c) Boron d) Phosphorous 11 – a 12 – b 13 – c 14 – d 15 – d
16 – c 17 – a 18 – a 19 – c 20 – c
21 – a 22 – d 23 – d 24 – a 25 – a
z pu
96. The ratio of in an N – MOS inverter 26 – d 27 – c 28 – G 29 – c 30 – d
z pd 31 – b 32 – a 33 – c 34 – c 35 – a
is 36 – b 37 – d 38 – c 39 – a 40 – c
41 – b 42 – c 43 – a 44 – d 45 – a
1 4
a) b) 46 – a 47 – a 48 – d 49 – c 50 – c
4 1 51 – G 52 – c 53 – c 54 – a 55 – d
c)
1
d)
2 56 – b 57 – d 58 – d 59 – c 60 – a
2 1 61 – d 62 – b 63 – a 64 – d 65 – a
66 – b 67 – d 68 – c 69 – b 70 – c
97. TRIAC is equivalent to two SCRs 71 – b 72 – b 73 – c 74 – b 75 – b
76 – a 77 – a 78 – a 79 – a 80 – b
a) In parallel
81 – c 82 – d 83 – c 84 – d 85 – a
b) In series
86 – a 87 – c 88 – c 89 – b 90 – a
c) In inverse parallel 91 – c 92 – c 93 – a 94 – b 95 – b
d) None of these 96 – b 97 – c 98 – b 99 – b 100 -a

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