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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA : : DEPARTMENT
INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION
ISRO Centralised Recruitment Board
2014
Recruitment Entrance Test for scientisuEngineer'sc'
MaY 24,20'14 SaturdaY

Test Duration 90
(Minutes)
No of Questions
No of Pages
80
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(Other than cover 13
sheet)

1. The question paper is in the form of test


booklet with 80 questions'

provided for answering'


A;,
2. A separate OMR answer sheet is
figure wherever applicable with multiple answer
3. Each question is provided with a text and
one of them is correct'
t"f , {b), (c) and (d}' only
"t.i""ft writing on oMR
sheet carefully' use only HB pencil for
4. Read the instructions on the oMR
sheet and marking Your answers' ;
5. AllquestionscarryequalmarksofTHREEforacorrectanswer,zERofornoanswerand
minus ONE for a wrong answer'
regarded as a wrong answer'
6. Multiple answers for a question will be
you to use your time
more than speed' it is important for
7. Although the test stresses on accuracy
as effectivelY as Possible'

B. Donotwastetimeonquestions,whicharetoodifficultforyou'Goontootherquestionsand
come back to the difficult ones later

9. QuestionbookletshavebeenmarkedwithAorEoig.otPorEgltF'iiqlt-!::9-topcorner'
otr,,-n snEet in-tne uox rrd uuootu appropriately,
failing
which is manoatory L-[" *iitt", on
the
be evaluated'
which, the answer sheet will not

10 spaceavailableinthebookletcouldbeusedforroughwork'ifrequired'Noseparatesheetwill
be provided.
code in the
the candidate should write the Booklet
11. Before signing the attendance sheet'
attendance sheet
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rd i * r/'u)
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1. A 6 pole, 50 Hz, 3-<D inductjon

.r {a{r. r' &o'. -":"$k;,(\'


-r\f".,.! th
\--..'
(B)10 9s o
*or'
"S.CIo f . ;*r'n
(D) 5'3 -' ' t" }' ", '1* e '
lortt"h -*1*Tl,-* "'P 'u'gi* rx'rr
1
{g\g5
,) 0'g, t '"t7 motoitfre
,,"Jol'r, in the shaded part always
hii
induction
2. ln the shaded pole squirrel cage
t ?lq'd
pole {a7fi^s"-tn in the un-shaded pole 1
(A) Leads the ftux in the un-shaded ' / segmentflux
segment
(C)isinoutofphasewiththefluxinthe(D)isinphasewiththefluxinthe
un-shaded pole segment
un-shaded pole segment
a
3. A saturable core reactor is basically
(B) steP down transformer
(A) variable resistor
F
1_ &ariaor- imPedance
(C) thermal relaY
t,
(
4.lfabodyreflectsentireradiationincidentonitthenitisknownas'
(B) GreY bodY
(A)
,,/ Black bodY
(D) Transparent body
wnite uooy
Z-lC)
made by the normal to
5. The illumination is directly
the iruminated surface
proportional to the cosine of the angle
with tn" o'ir""tion of the incident irux. Above
statement is t
associated with
(B) Macbeth's law of illumination
(A) PlancKs law ,/
(C) Bunsen's law of illumination
(p(t *o.rt's cosine law'
under equi*brium is
The concentration of minority carriers in an extrinsic semiconductor
6.
./
(V{tnversely proportional to the doping
(A) DirectlY ProPortionalto the
concentration
doPing concentration
(D) lnversely proportionalto the intrinsic
(C) DirectlY ProPortionalto the
' ''
intrinsic concentration
concentration

preferred for protection against


7. Reactance relay is normally

onlY (B) Phase faults onlY


(A)pver load currents
(D) High voltage Protection onlY
1fier*n faults onlY

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is used, the c'B' operates for


B. lf a combination of HRC fuse and circuit breaker
,/ (B) short circuit current
W{to* overload cunents
(C) Under all abnormalcurrent (D) The combination is never used in practice

9. Lightning arrestor should be located

(B) near the circuit breaker


(A) awaY from the circuit breaker
(p7Yne ar th e tra nsf o rm e r
(D) awaY from the transformer

is experienced when it is
10. Fe2anti effect on long overhead lines ,

(6 Lightly loaded ' (B) On full load at unitY P' f'


(D) overloaded condition
(C) On full load at 0.8 P' f' lag

used to,
't 1. ln a nuclear power station, moderator is

(A) absorb neutrons \6 reducn the sPeed of neutrons'


(D) stoP chain reactions
(p) acceterate the speed of neutrons

12. What is the output waveform when


Vin is given square wave?

t
(A) Square wave (B)!ine wave
wave
(C) triangle wave/ $f{frtooth
13. A pony motor is used for the starting
of which of the following motor

(A) Sqgirrelcage lnduction motor (B) Schrage Motor

onous Motor'r (D) Hysteresis Motor


tgKn"n

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14. A PWM switching scheme is used with three phase inverter to


,/
(e)Educe low order harmonics and (B) minimize the load on the DC side'
{ increase high order harmonics
(C) increase the life of the batteries. (D) reduce the total harmonic distortion with
modest filtering

15. The earth wire should not be thinner than a

(A) 20 SWG wire (B) 16 SWG wire


(C) 10 SWG wire IP)-6WG wire

16. The ripple factor of a full-wave rectifier circuit compared to that of a half wave rectifier
circuit without filter is
,/
(A) half of that for a half 'wave rectifier (d,"r, than half that for a half-wave rectifier
circuit
(C) equal to that of a half wave rectifier (D) more than half that for a half-wave rectifier
circuit

17.1n a highly inductive circuit , a small capacitance is added in series. Then the angle
between applied voltage and resultant current will be

(A) increase decrease


(c) remains absolutely unaltered (D) alter insignificantly
#
1g. The inertia constant of the two machines which are not swinging together are Ml and
M2. The equivalent inertia constant of the system is:

fr*,-*, (B) M1+M2


(C) M1M2(M1 +M2) t (D) M1Mz(M1-M2)

19. A voltage source inverter is used to control the speed of a three-phase, 50 Hz squirrel
cage in-duction motor. lts slip for rated torque is 4o/o. The flux is maintained at rated
vaiue. lf the stator resistance and rotational losses are neglected, then the impressed
voltage to obtain twice the rated torque at starting should be

(A) 10 Hz (B) SHz

(c\ 2Hz 9{*=

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to be 1'6 x 10-1e coulomb' ln a circuit the


current
20.The charge on an electron is known
*irio" flowing through the circuit in a second? ^bl
flowing is 1 A. now many electrons +Y,Y,re
/ s/:
/\L
*dl t.o x 1o-1e ,*
s;'1^
(A) 1.6 x 101e
(D) 0.625 x 1012 1d,.'
$rfr.azs x 1o1e \','k"

21.A|hTnalprotectionswitchisusedtoprovideprotectionagainst:

(B) TemPerature
toad
\r,' vYvr rvvv
(U{over
(c) Short circuit (D) over voltage
voltage .t\d
LI "

is decreased below the base.Y"l': ,.*mflt


-:lj (to't''
A*un V/F ratio keeping constant, if the frequency
tf,e vottage ], ;;;;r"teO proportionally'
ii teO io lnduction motor' its starting torque
t-Z 'n
"Ya--"-r & voltages will
vqrrqvrv trequency be
and Ing
ano rvr variabfe
[urque for
the peaK torque
./ )z t:
\ ;61
f

(A) both starting torque and peak


- '/ ' torque
uv (q'6tarting
torque ioroue will increase -"- the
increase and -' -
,,#-f'
/
'7p"'k constant
tJ'oue'remains '
witl remain constant
l(^\
remain constant (D) both.starting torque and peak torque "#
f.(C)starting torque will the will decrease '{"
\--z sn6 peak torqu;;ll ,;;y and "" [
,ij' .
d

:I
$

f(n)= 1:. is \\
l-L even
when n is
d- I
(A) one-one and but not on to
(B) onto but not one-one
(D) neither one-one nor onto
t*ne_one and onto both ]-i,'
24. lf the sum of the roots of the
quadraticequation sf +bx + c = 0 is equaltothe sum of .' )
9 in
:' I* t
are
the squares of their reciprocals' then f ' ! '"0 .- fi.
-r,.#-'
h : lr-
prosression (8) oron:-"t:l^": '-lf'
(A) arithmetic 9omet1't *o "h
pfharmonic progrpsstoq
(C) arithmetic-geometric-progression
^ *
\** J F''}
&
):ii"
*
zi. ff" f1!)-
Lr' ''
= 1, then
Lrr'rr tj+- {-: {rr*
t/,. \
[t-i) S. \ %t" at .\
posrtrvc (B)
any positive
is anv r' !r' - - n is any positive integer ,:,.),i'
x = 2n,where
1. where n rs
N T = 2n + 1,
(A)
;i:i '"'7-' ;r:i
"
""t
_-:a:.
r-
_ ^ 'irl
c) x = 4n + 1, there
where n is any por
positive
/ 'intege' "''
Mr=4n,wherenisanypositive \';)a ,
integer -i

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26. lf avertex of a triangle is (1, 1) and the mid-points of two sides through this vertex are
(-1,2) and (3, 2), then the centroid of the triangle is

(A) (-r,7l3l (B) (-U3,7/3\


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1$6,tlzl ,i.;
/
(o o -1)
27. Let R=l o -1 ol. The only correct statement about
the matrix A is

[-,' o o)
(A) A is azero matrix 6 o'=,
(C) A-1does not exist (D) A = (-1)1, where I is a unit matrix

*' * px + 12 = 0 is 4, while the equation *' * px + q = 0 has


28. lf one root of the equation
equal roots, then the value of 'q' is
i

,t4 (B)4

(c) 3
r1

2g. A person standing on the bank of a river observes that


the angle of elevation of the top of
a tree on the opposite bank of the river is 60o and when
he retires 40 meter away from
of the river is
the tree the angle of elevation becomes 30". The breadth

(A) 60 m

.(C) 40 m

p9l1t B at the rate of 4 km/h and then


30. A particle moves towards east from a point A to ?
12 km and BC = 5 km' then its
towards north from B to C at the rate Of 5 km/h' lf AB =

3*ieMit*lou*"vfromAtoCandresultantaVeragevelocitydirectfromAto
(B) km/h and ! x*h
,2.2(,n,^o 19 rn/r, f
(c) 1# km/h and 11 t*/r,
(D)fkm/hand1{v^h

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31. lf tan 6 = 8 / 15 and 0 is acute, then cosec 0

(B)8/15
(D) 17 t15

32. A student is to answer 10 out of 13 questions in an examination such that he musl


choose at least 4from the first five questions. The number of choices available to him is

(A) 140 ,l#nu


(c) 280 (D) 346
33. A Meter has a full scale deflection of g0o at a current of 14. The respo-nse of the meteg is '
square law. Assuming spring control,the current for a deftection at 450 will be fiqp g
,ot" -,
,r.i
, rt' -.'*' t.

{nf .zs 50 .n[.,"

+h
.

(B) 0 ' t /i' ''


@) 0.707 (D)
",
0.67 .,.. ',0.,
qfr
^.' ,, '
rn
(/
\'

34. A Single-phase Energy meter is operating on 230V, 50 Hz supply with a load of Z)Afor
two hours at UPF. The meter makes 1380 revolutions in that period. The meter constant
is

(A) 695 rev/kWh ,drrevlkwh


(C) 0.15 rev/k\trr/h (D) 1/150 rev/kWh

35. ln case of power measurements by two wattmeter method in a balanced 3-phase system
with pure inductive load s
,r/
'*$f Ootnwattmeters will indicates the same (B) both wattmeters will indicate zero
value but with opposite signs
(C)both the wattmeters will indicate the (D) one wattmeter will indicate zero and the
same value same sign other will indicate some non-zero value

36. lt is required to measure temperature in the range of 13000C to 15000C. The most
suitable thermocouple to be used as transducer would be

(A)Chromel - constantan (B)lron-constantan


(C)Chromel - alumel
szYftrtinum-rhodium

37. Which dc motor will have highest percentage increase in input current for given
percentage increase in torque

'(A) Series motor/" Aunmotor


(C) cumulatively compound motor (D) separately excited motor

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38.lnathreephasedeltatransformer,onephaseburnsup.Thetransformerwillsupply
,/ r (B) zero output
W{sz.t"t"of its rating
(D) at full output rating
(c) 63% of its output rating

power is transferred through


39. ln an auto transformer,
(B) induction Process alone
(A) conduction Process alone
induction (D) mutualcouPling
Plrdotn conduction and
'{ Processes

40. Buchholz relaY is a


(B) current sensitive device
(A) voltage sensitive device
(Vfgas actuated device
(C) frequencY sensitive device 1
the teaser transformer
Scott connection' if the ratio of the main transformer is k, then
4'1. ln
has transfoTnation ratio of
/ (B) \,3k /2
tKl zxt'ls
(D)K/2
(c)K/{3

42. With core type transformers'


the limbs are stepPed so as to

(A) reduce the iron material and


therefore iron loss
(B) Provide better cooling I
to the
(D) provide more mechanical strength
(C) Sdducethe conductor material and
core
ltnerefore l'R loss
synchronous' the damper
when the speed becomes super
43. ln alternator, during hunting
bars develoP
(B) prseudo-stationary torque
(A) reluctance torque
gene rato r torq ue
(C) eidY current torque YV{inauction

44.ltisneveradvisabletoconnectastationaryatternfrtolivebus-barbecauseit
synchronous V*U' get short circuited
(A) is likely to run as a
motor
other
(C) will decrease bus-bar voltage (D) will disturbs generated emfs of
alternators connected in parallel
though momentarilY

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45. under no road^condition, the angre between
the induced vortage and the suppry voltage
in synchronoy's motor is
/
(6 =ero (B) 450

. p) soo (D) 18oo

46. Synchronous motors are not self starting because

(A) Stator not used (B) Starting winding not Provided


(Dffne direction of instantaneous torque on
(C) There is no sliP
b' n" rotor reverses after half cYcle

motor running at 1440 rpm on rated supply will run at the


'' A three phase induction
47.
fuse of one phase oets burnt
toffowing rpm when -r/
(A) 1440 t4 fiao
(C) 1500 (D) zero

48. Dispersion coefficient o is the ratio of

(A) magnetizing current to suPPlY (B) open circuit voltage to short circuit current
vpltage for the same excitement

(C/magnetizing current to ideal short (D) short circuit current to magnetizing


,/ circuit current current

4g.lnthecirclediagramfora3-phaseinductionmotor,thediameterofthecircleis {
determined bY

(A) total stator current (B) exciting current


(D) rotor current referred to stator
1&frotor current

while conducting short-circuit test on a transformer the following side is short circuited
50.
/
(A) High voltage side 1Ef tow voltage'side

(C) primary side (D) secondary side

51. Thrust developed by a linear induction


motor depends on

(A) synchronous sPeed (B) rotor inPut

g,/6tor input and synchronous speed (D) number of poles

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52. The crawling in an induction motor
is caused by

(B) loy voltage suPPlY


(A) improPer design of machine
develoPed in the motor
(C) high loads ff.r*onics
53.Themaindisadvantagesofusingshortpitchwindinginalternatorsisthatit
/
the
(A) reduces harmonics in the generated
- 1/reduces the total voltage around
voltage / armaturecoils

(C)producesasymmetryinthethree(D)lncreasesCuofendconnections:,
Phase windings

54.Armaturereactioninanalternatormainlyaffects
(B) terminalvoltage Per Phase
(A) rotor sPeed
voltage Per Phasd
(C) frequencY of armature current fllgenerated

55. A universal motor is one which

(B) can be marketed internationally


(A)p available universallY
(D) runs dangerously high speed on no
(6 n be oPerated either on dc or ac
/ "
suPPlY
load

56.lfthefieldgllasynchronousmgjgj.isunderexcited,thepowerfactorwillbe #
(g(agging , (B) leading
(D) more than unitY
(C) UnitY

57. Synchrono( caPacitor is


(B) An over excited synchronous motor
w{nnover excited synchronous motor
z' running without mechanical load
driving mechanical load
(D) A rotating dynamic capacitor bank
(Q) An ordinary static capacitor bank

in series and 440V


one 250V, 100 W and second 250V' 25 W are connected
-
58.
- Two bulbs,
two bulbs' Which of the following will haPPen'
AC, 50Hz is applied across the

(B) both 100 W bulb & 25 W bulb willglow


(A) 100 W bulb glows bright compare to
normal
25 W bulb
.,/
Q)25w bulb will burn-out fil zSW bulb glows bright compare to
100 W bulb

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which has
A wave form shown as lnput is applied across primary of a pulse transformer
5g.
;;;;;J;,side will bs as shown in the Fisure--
1:1 turns ratio. r"# oiiouffi th.
lnPut

(A) rrn
{'
(B)

(c)

resonates
't
60. The following circuit (shown in Figure)
at

rl
a
\
\,.i/ '
"'(*f,
iX,-,'.
tr.v{ "
^t'
d",^o / sec ,t, fi
(A) allfrequencies .",s$'Y
r,rJ
(D) 1 rad / sec +'t$' .,i,'' l$'*
(C)5rad/sec J * {;,d al'{
a;'
of i,
61. The distribution
protection
system shown

1
in Figure is to be protected bY over current sYstem

2 33KV
t
33KV
Supply
SuPPIY

Load

Forproperfaultdiscriminationdirectionalovercurrentrelayswillberequiredatlocations
-t' and 3
4
(A) 1 and <B)2
(c)1,4and5 62',3and5

ws 500 turns' The secondary supplies 5 A


62. A 50 Hz bar primary cT has a secondaryQ' The pnase angle between the primary and
current into a purely resistive OurOen
oi t
secondaryPurrent is
,/
./q.6" {B) ) 85.40
6 (D) ) 175.40
(c) 94.60

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moving coil in a dynamometer wattmeter is connecrlgd


,/
A) the two input terminals are directly
(A) directly (e) the open loop gain of the OPAMP is
shorted internally infinity and CMRR is infinitY
(C) the inpgt impedance of the OPAMP is (D) slew rate is verY high
infinity

64. For an unbalanced fault with paths for zero sequence cunents, at the point of fault

(A) the negative & zero sequence voltages are (B) lhe negative sequence voltage in maximum
minimum & zeto sequence voltage is minimum

(C) the negative sequence voltage in minimum Pffiegative & zero sequence voltages are
maximum ( maximum
& zero sequenc6 voltage is

ideal OPAMP is used to make an inverting amplifier. The two input terminals of the
MP are at the sarne potential because,

(A) tne two input terminals are directly (B) the input impedance of the OPAMP is
' shorted internally infinity and CMRR is infinitY
(C) the open loop gain of the OPAMP is (D) slew rate is very high
infinity

,'swamping" resistance which is connected in series with the working coil of a


66. What is the
voltmeter to drasticaliy reduce the error in measurement caused due to variation in
temperature is made uP of?
#
(A) Constanlan .'r' (B) Eureka
-/ (D) Nichrome
,. (yManganin

67. lf the poles of a sYstem lie on the imaginary axis, the system will be:
l

(A) Stable (BlConditionallY stable


./
(C) MarginallY stablez /.+Ol Unstable

68. Which one of the following is the most likely reason for large overshoot in a control
system
,/
./,/1
High gain in a sYstem (B) Presence of dead time delaY in a
,(A) sYstem

(C) High positive correcting torque (D) High retarding torque

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of isolator circuit
6g. which of the following conectly represents the sequence of operations
breaker and earthing iwitch while opening a circuit '

^. I ..,, .:^:^- ^^^:isolator - onen isolator


(B) Open ctose circuit or"rt
isotator - clost -
t^/;5;
(Avopen circuit breaker - open
switch ",.\
Jrnn'ng switch open ear$ring
(C) Close earthing switch - open circuit (D) Close circuit breaker - close isolator -
breaker oPen isolator open earthing switch.

70. A comparStor circuit is used to


/ (B) Mark the-instant when the input
rRy'Mark the instant when an arbitrary
'/' waveform attains some reference level voltage becomes constant

(C) Switch ON and OFF a circuit alternately at (D) Switch OFF a circuit when output
becomes zero
a Particular rate

71. out of the foHowing methods of heating the one which is independent of supply
frequencY is

(A)electricarcheating(B)inductionheating{
/\ (D) dielectric heating
lcy'ercaricresistance
( t{/},*'
a ,.{,{

OFF t/ A *
22. AnSCR triggered by current pulse applied to gate-cathode

(A) by applying a putse tocathode


can be turned
V}
(B) by applying a pulse to the anode V{

by applying another pulse of opposite tgfO' reversing


the,polarity of the anode #)
(C)
' ' potarity io ti" gate-cathode4 and cathode voltage

governor action, the increase in load


73. ln the loaded-frequency control system with tree
demand under steady condition is met,
. ,/
demand (fu{only by increased generation due to
(A) only by decrease of load
duetodropinsystemfrequencyopeningofsteamvalve
(C) parily by increased generationand (D) partly by increased generation and partly
partly oy oe"tease o-f load demand by increased generator excitation
74. Power transmission tines are transposed to reduce

(B) Ferranti effect


/ (A) skin effect
(C) Transmission loss lplarterence with nei g h bori ng
communication lines
,./

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75" The current carrying capacity of cables in DC is more than that in AC mainly due to

(A) Absence ofharmonics (B) non -existence of any stability limit

{ lpffitter dielectric loss (D) absence of ripple

76. fhe fact that a conductor carries more cunent on the surface as compared to core, is
known as

'/ ffirkin
_-2
effect (B) corona
(c) permeability (D) unsymmetricalfault

TZ.ln Gauss-Sidel load flow method, the number of iterations may be reduced if the
conection in voltage at each bus is multiplied by,
/r/
-''----..... (A) Gauss constant (6)Acceleration factor
(c) Blocking factor (D) Lagrange multiplier

7g. For a fault in a power system, the term critical clearing time is related to,
,/,/
141f limit
Transient stability (B) Reactive power limit
(C) Short circuit current limit (D) Steady state stability limit
,./

79. The rate of rise of re-striking voltage (RRRV) is dependent upon,

only (B) lnductance of the system only


#
(A) Resistance of the system

/ (C) capacitance of the system only Qfidu"t^nce and capacitance of the system

80. One of the main advantages of Swinburne's test is that it,

(A) is applicable both to shunt and compound (B) Needs one running test
motors :
,/
G)r{svery economical and convenient (D) ignores any-, change
-r^ ---- :- :-^- l^^^
in iron loss

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