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May 2004 Question Paper

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(Electrical Signal Maintainer Gr-II Recruitment Exam)
May 2004 Question Paper

1. Flip-flop is a type of ______ process.
(a) one dimensional
(b) two dimensional
(c) unstable
(d) None of these
Ans: ( c ) unstable

2. General digital system operates through which of
these systems ?
(a) Binary
(b) Decimal
(c) Octal
(d) Hexadecimal
Ans: ( a ) Binary

3. Communication satellites without any manipulation
(a) remain stationary
(b) go round or revolve at their own speed
(c) are geo-stationary
(d) None of these
Ans: ( b ) go round or revolve at their own
speed

4. An object is moving at a steady speed ?v? along a
circular path of radius ?r?. The angular acceleration of
the object will be
(a) vr
(b) v/r
(c) zero
(d) v2/r
Ans: ( d ) v2/r

5. Which of the following represents monumental
reduction in atmospheric pressure?
(a) Stormy weather
(b) Clear weather
(c) Humid weather
(d) Dry weather
Ans: ( a ) Stormy weather

6. The colour of light is determined by its
(a) velocity in air
(b) amplitude
(c) state of polarization
(d) frequency
Ans: ( d ) frequency

7. Which of the following is the best conductor of
electricity ?
(a) Copper
(b) Aluminium
(c) Gold
(d) Silver
Ans: ( d ) Silver

8. The unit of inductance is
(a) Ohm
(b) Farad
(c) Henry
(d) Coloumb
Ans: ( c ) Henry

9. Absolute zero corresponds to
(a) ? 2730K
(b) ? 2730C
(c) 2730C
(d) ? 2730F
Ans: ( b ) ? 2730C

10. What is the annual dividend received from 175
shares of a stock, if the quarterly dividend per share is
Rs. 3 ?
(a) Rs. 525
(b) Rs. 2,400
(c) Rs. 2,100
(d) Rs. 1,800
Ans: ( c ) Rs. 2,100

11. The reading of a domestic energy meter is in
(a) Watt hour
(b) Joules
(c) Kilowatts
(d) Kilowatt hour
Ans: ( c ) Kilowatts

12. The unit of sound is
(a) Kelvin
(b) Decimal
(c) Newton
(d) Pascal
Ans: ( b ) Decimal

13. The normal specific density of a lead-acid batter
uses its ____ as its standard.
(a) rate of discharge
(b) status of the charge
(c) life expectance
(d) operating temperature
Ans: ( a ) rate of discharge

14. Which of the following is required for a fuse wire ?
(a) Low resistance and high melting point
(b) High resistance and high melting point
(c) Low resistance and low melting point
(d) High resistance and low melting point
Ans: ( c ) Low resistance and low melting point

15. Which of the following statements is wrong ?
(a) sin2 + cos2 = 1
(b) 1 + tan2 = sec2
(c) sin2 - cos2 = 1
(d) sin2 = 2 sin cos
Ans: ( c ) sin2 - cos2 = 1

16. Which of these is true for the speed of an electro-
magnetic wave and the speed of light ?
(a) The former is greater
(b) Both speeds are equal
(c) The latter is greater than the former
(d) None of these
Ans: ( b ) Both speeds are equal

17. _______ is an example of an insulator.
(a) Aluminium
(b) Copper
(c) Asbestos
(d) Platinum
Ans: ( d ) Platinum

18. A dress shop marked down all items as following :
Group Regular Price Sale Price
A Rs. 65 Rs. 55
B Rs. 60 Rs. 50
C Rs. 70 Rs. 60
D Rs. 75 Rs. 65
Which group of items was offered at the greatest rate of
discount ?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Ans: ( b ) B

19. Which one of the following a cellular phone uses to
operate ?
(a) Light wave
(b) Sound waves
(c) Micro waves
(d) None of these
Ans: ( c ) Micro waves

20. Name the person who is know as ?Karnataka Gandhi? :
(a) Ranganath Devakar
(b) Karnataka Sadashiva Rao
(c) Thagdur Ramchandra Rao
(d) Hadekar Manjappa
Ans: ( d ) Hadekar Manjappa

21. Superconductor is an object which has
(a) Maximum resistance
(b) Zero resistance
(c) Unlimited resistance
(d) Negative resistance
Ans: ( b ) Zero resistance

22. The particles which conduct electricity in a
solution of electrolyte are called
(a) Electrons
(b) Protons
(c) Ions
(d) Deutrons
Ans: ( c ) Ions

23. The use of which of these would you consider the
most suitable for testing the resistance of the insulator
of a cable?
(a) Ohmmeter
(b) Lamp tester
(c) Capacitor bridge
(d) Megger
Ans: ( a ) Ohmmeter

24. If a substance is a weak conductor due to the
presence of free electrons, then what is it known as ?
(a) Insulator
(b) Resistor
(c) Reactor
(d) Capacitor
Ans: ( b ) Resistor

25. According to Kirchoff?s law, all IR points and
e.m.fs in a closed loop have their original sum total as
(a) Zero
(b) Positive
(c) Negative
(d) Based on the batter of e.m.f.
Ans: ( a ) Zero

26. To get a P-type of Germanium, with which of the
following should germanium be mixed ?
(a) Trivalent impurities
(b) Tetravalent impurities
(c) Pentavalent impurities
(d) None of these
Ans: ( a ) Trivalent impurities

27. Railway tracks are banked on curves because of
(a) Necessary centrifugal force
(b) Necessary frictional force
(c) Necessary centripetal force
(d) None of these
Ans: ( c ) Necessary centripetal force

28. One horse power is equal to
(a) 746 watts
(b) 1000 watts
(c) 500 watts
(d) 750 watts
Ans: ( a ) 746 watts

29. Main metal used in soldering material is
(a) Copper
(b) Lead
(c) Aluminium
(d) Tachometer
Ans: ( b ) Lead

30. Instrument used for measuring the speed of an
engine is
(a) Multimeter
(b) Ammeter
(c) Anemometer
(d) Tachometer
Ans: ( a ) Multimeter

31. Diode is a device which
(a) Conducts in one direction and blocks in
other direction
(b) Conducts in both directions
(c) Blocks in both directions
(d) None of these
Ans: ( a ) Conducts in one direction and
blocks in other direction

32. Cable used for a cable TV network is
(a) Co-axial cable
(b) Twisted cable
(c) UTP cable
(d) None of these
Ans: ( c ) UTP cable

33. Radar system works on
(a) Electron waves
(b) Magnetic waves
(c) Electromagnetic waves
(d) None of these
Ans: ( c ) Electromagnetic waves

34. If seven men drink up fifteen bottles of water in
two days, then in seven days, four men would require how
many bottles of water?
(a) 25
(b) 30
(c) 22
(d) None of these
Ans: ( b ) 30

35. If ?A? earns 25% more than ?B? then ?B? earns how
much less than A?
(a) 30%
(b) 25%
(c) 20%
(d) None of these
Ans: ( c ) 20%

36. Which of these is non-biodegradable ?
(a) A paper bag
(b) A plastic pipe
(c) A banana leaf
(d) A leather shoe
Ans: ( b ) A plastic pipe

37. Light year is a unit of
(a) Time
(b) Speed
(c) Space
(d) None of these
Ans: ( d ) None of these

38. Which of these is not an input device?
(a) Monitor
(b) Keyboard
(c) Mouse
(d) Joystick
Ans: ( a ) Monitor

39. A train covers distances 10 km, 20 km and 20 km at
90 km/hr. The average speed of the train in km/hr is
approximately
(a) 52
(b) 60
(c) 69
(d) 66
Ans: ( d ) 66

40. India has a monopoly status amongst which of these?
(a) Bamboo
(b) Rubber
(c) Teak
(d) Sandalwood
Ans: ( d ) Sandalwood

41. Which planet is closest to the sun?
(a) Venus
(b) Mercury
(c) Uranus
(d) None of these
Ans: ( b ) Mercury

42. Which of the following is the correct sequence of
agricultural practice?
(a) Sowing, winnowing, weeding, manuring
(b) Weeding, winnowing, sowing, manuring
(c) Sowing, weeding, manuring, winnowing
(d) Winnowing, sowing, weeding, manuring
Ans: ( c ) Sowing, weeding, manuring, winnowing

43. Which of the following is not a renewable resource?
(a) Water
(b) Sunlight
(c) Wind
(d) Coal
Ans: ( d ) Coal

44. A hawker cuts a watermelon fruit into 12 pieces and
sells each piece at Rs.5. If he gains 50% then the cost
price of the fruit was
(a) Rs. 30
(b) Rs. 40
(c) Rs. 25
(d) None of these
Ans: ( b ) Rs. 40

45. The original fort in Bangalore was built in the
16th century. Later on, it was subject to the authority
of the Marathas and then the Mughals. Who amongst them
bought Bangalore in the 17th century from the Mghals for
three lakhs?
(a) Kenpagowda I
(b) Chikka Devraj Wodeyar
(c) Haider Ali
(d) Tippu
Ans: ( ? )

46. Who wrote the play ?Yashodhara?, which deals with
life of Buddha?
(a) Kuvenpu
(b) Bender
(c) Maasti
(d) None of these
Ans: ( d ) None of these

47. A Shiva Temple in a desert can be found in
(a) Mysore
(b) Nanjanguddu
(c) Talkadu
(d) None of these
Ans: ( c ) Talkadu

48. Where is Kaiga Atomic Power Plant situated?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Karnataka
(c) Kerala
(d) Orissa
Ans: ( b ) Karnataka

49. Breath control (Pranayam) improves
(a) Body co-ordination
(b) Yoga
(c) Muscle building
(d) Intake of Oxygen
Ans: ( d ) Intake of Oxygen

50. 40 percent people take tea, 50 percent take coffee
and 10 percent people drink both tea and coffee. What
percent of people drink neither tea nor coffee?
(a) 10%
(b) 20%
(c) 30%
(d) None of these
Ans: ( b ) 20%

51. Distortion caused on a telephone line by an
adjacent telephone line is called
(a) Cross link
(b) Cross fire
(c) Inductive disturbance
(d) Transposition
Ans: ( a ) Cross link

52. A short initializing program of a PC is called
(a) Subroutine
(b) Boot program
(c) Main program
(d) Branch
Ans: ( b ) Boot program

53. A byte is
(a) A group of 2 bits
(b) A group of 4 bits
(c) A group of 8 bits
(d) A group of 16 bits
Ans: ( c ) A group of 8 bits

54. Which of the following equations is correct where
I=Current, V=Voltage and R=Resistance?
(a) V = I/R
(b) R = V/I
(c) I = V/R2
(d) R = V2/I
Ans: ( b ) R = V/I

55. Which of the following statements is wrong?
(a) Ammeter must be connected in parallel
(b) Ammeter must have low resistance
(c) Voltmeter must be connected in parallel
(d) Voltmeter must have high resistance
Ans: ( c ) Voltmeter must be connected in
parallel

56. Two observations for a length are found to be 1.5
cm and 1.50 cm. Then
(a) The two are identical
(b) The first has greater accuracy
(c) The second has greater accuracy
(d) Zero in the second has no relevance
Ans: ( c ) The second has greater accuracy

57. Students line up in a queue in which Anil stands
15th from the left and Sunil is 7th from the right. If
they interchange their places, then Sunil would be 15th
from the right. How many students are there in the queue?
(a) 22
(b) 29
(c) 21
(d) None of these
Ans: ( b ) 29

58. As needle is related to clock, wheel is related to
(a) Driving
(b) Vehicle
(c) Road
(d) Walk
Ans: ( b ) Vehicle

59. Clove is a
(a) Seed
(b) Bud
(c) Fruit
(d) Stem
Ans: ( b ) Bud

60. Indian Rail wheel factory is situated in
(a) Perambur
(b) Chittaranjan
(c) Yalhanka
(d) None of these
Ans: ( a ) Perambur

61. Hemavati is a tributary of which river?
(a) Ganga
(b) Kaveri
(c) Krishna
(d) Tapti
Ans: ( b ) Kaveri

62. With which field is Ustad Zakir Hussain associated?
(a) Flute
(b) Tabla
(c) Sitar
(d) Sarod
Ans: ( b ) Tabla

63. Richter scale is used to measure
(a) Temperature of the body
(b) Intensity of wind
(c) Earthquakes
(d) Ocean depth
Ans: ( c ) Earthquakes

64. The sculpture with the three faces of Brahma,
Vishnu and Mahesh known as ?Trimurti? appears in ______
caves
(a) Kalva
(b) Ellora
(c) Elephanta
(d) Ajanta
Ans: ( c ) Elephanta

65. The minimum value of the function y = x5 ? 4x4 +
5x3 ? 1 occurs when
(a) X = 3
(b) X = 2
(c) X = 1
(d) X = 0
Ans: ( d ) X = 0

66. The shape of a cantilever for uniformly distributed
load would be
(a) Straight line
(b) Parabolic
(c) Elliptical
(d) None of these
Ans: ( b ) Parabolic

67. Circumference of a circle whose diameter is 14 cm
is _______
(a) 22 cm
(b) 44 cm
(c) 88 cm
(d) 57.4 cm
Ans: ( b ) 44 cm

68. Where is the famous historical site Hampi situated?
(a) Bijapur
(b) Bellary
(c) Gulbarga
(d) Raichur
Ans: ( b ) Bellary

69. Which of these places was never the capital of
Gangao?
(a) Talkadu
(b) Mukunda
(c) Kolar
(d) Elthanka
Ans: ( b ) Mukunda

70. Which of these explains the remarkability of Gol
Gumbaz in Bijapur?
(a) Its inner ornamentation (coloured paintaing)
(b) Its dense carving on its minars
(c) Its extraordinary acoustics
(d) None of these
Ans: ( b ) Its dense carving on its minars

71. The sum of an even and an odd number is
(a) Always even
(b) Always odd
(c) Sometimes odd and sometimes even
(d) None of these
Ans: ( b ) Always odd

72. The ruins of which dynasty can be found in Hampi?
(a) Chola
(b) Vijayanagar
(c) Pandya
(d) Chera
Ans: ( b ) Vijayanagar

73. Who amongst these was awarded the first Jnanpith
Award?
(a) Girish Karnad
(b) Kuvempu
(c) D.R. Bendre
(d) Shivaram Karanth
Ans: ( b ) Kuvempu

74. Who among these is known as the bare foot director?
(a) Dr. Raj Kumar
(b) G.V. Aiyer
(c) M.F. Hussain
(d) K.S. Sharma
Ans: ( c ) M.F. Hussain

75. The resistance of a thermistor
(a) Varies directly with temperature
(b) Varies inversely with temperature
(c) Is always constant
(d) None of these
Ans: ( a ) Varies directly with temperature

76. In pneumatic control system the medium is
(a) Air
(b) Liquid
(c) Oil
(d) Hydrogen
Ans: ( a ) Air

77. Which of the following storage devices can be
around?
(a) Floppy disc
(b) Main memory
(c) Registers
(d) Core memory
Ans: ( a ) Floppy disc

78. Insulation value of conductors with reference to
earth is mentioned in
(a) Ampere
(b) Resistance
(c) Voltage
(d) Wattage
Ans: ( b ) Resistance

79. Galvanizing is the process of coating
(a) Zinc with Copper
(b) Copper with Silver
(c) Silver with Gold
(d) Iron with Zinc
Ans: ( d ) Iron with Zinc

80. Work done against friction is
(a) Negative
(b) Positive
(c) Zero
(d) None of these
Ans: ( c ) Zero

81. An A.C. supply cannot be used for
(a) Heating
(b) Electroplating
(c) Lighting
(d) Welding
Ans: ( c ) Lighting

82. To induce an e.m.f. in a coil, the magnetic flux
linking
(a) must decrease
(b) can increase or decrease
(c) must increase
(d) must remain in constant
Ans: ( c ) must increase

83. A cuboid has __________ edges.
(a) 4
(b) 8
(c) 16
(d) 12
Ans: ( b ) 8

84. The brake of a car can provide a maximum
retardation of 10 m/sec. The least distance in which the
car can be stopped if the velocity is 30 m/sec will be
(a) 60 m
(b) 54 m
(c) 45 m
(d) 20 m
Ans: ( c ) 45 m


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