BHEL 2009 Exam Experiences

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Hi Friends

BRANCH: MECHANICAL (120 QNS)

1. Euler’s load for columns (end conditions)

2. Relation b/w longitudinal stress nd Hoops stress (thin cylindrical shell)

3. First atomic power plant in India?

4. Drawing paper sizes: A0,A1,A2,A3,A4

5. In an electrolytic soln conduction takes place by.....

6. Problem in natural nd induced frequency....

7. Stud diameter for Boilers in Thermal Power plant....

8. Kinematic pair....

9. Rake angle...

10. Double bucket is used in which turbine....

11. If original size of a drawing was reduced to half, what is the scale size....

12. TIG welding process is used for which Metal....

13. Laser is produced from which of the following... (ruby, diamond, titanium, gold)

14. 8085 microprocessor is what bit....(4,8,16,32)

15. Problem in friction....

16. In shafts operating at very high temp what s the lubricant used....

17. For mass production which of the following process is preferable.. (process, product, line)

18. Dynamometer s used to measure...

19. In casting, the content of the facing sand used is...

20. Boundary layer property...

21. Formula for two springs in series....

22. Nu=f(Pr,Gr)

23. First law of thermodynamics... (Q=W+dE)

24. Transistors-(CE,CB) qns2

25. npn diodes.. dopin(2qns)

26. Power Factor(2 problems)

27. 1 qn from IC chip

28. Which s the universal gate among the following (AND, OR, NAND, Ex-OR)

29. Semiconductor Material among following... (germanium, gold, copper, silica)

30. Current, 2 resistance in series... find voltage...

31. In car battery Voltage used was...

32. Material used for making high speed bearings...

60 questions from mechanical and other 60 questions from electrical nd electronics. Generally there
will not be too many question from electrical&electronics in previous year qn papers, this one s
exception. Concentrate in Theory of M/C, Thermodynamics, Prodn, FM, Strength of Matl, Materials
and Metallurgy, Eng Mech..

Section-2 (Quants & Reasoning-85, English-35, Total-120)

1. Problems in Geometry and Mensuration(10-15qns)

2. SI, CI and Shares (3qns)

3. Time Distance (2qns)

4. Ratio and Proportion (4qns)

5. Venn diag (1+1+2Qns)

6. Mixtures and Alligations (2qns)

7. Clock and Calendar (2qns)

8. Time cistern and Work (3qnsP)

9. Time and Distance (2qns)

10. Arithmetic Calc-square roots, cubes, etc (2qns)

11. Age (1qn)

12. Coding and Decoding

13. Analogy, direction, Blood Relations

14. GMAT model qns-(25 qns)

Col-A Col-B
5X8 6X7
a) col A > col B (b) col A < col B (c) col A= col B (d) no Relation (e) Answer not in option

15. Comprehension Reading-1 (5qns)

16. Antonyms& Synonyms (5+5)

17. Spelling Mistake (5qns)

18. Sentence correction (5qns)

19. Jumbled Paragraph formation (5qns)

20. Fill in the Blanks (5qns)

For reasoning Verbal and Non verbal reasoning by R. S. Aggarwal is more than sufficient. For
aptitude R. S Aggarwal is not sufficient. Learn more easy solving methods, Shortcuts-Refer TIME
material.
Time is the main constraint-2.5hrs (240qns)... Multiple choice (5 options).. 1/5 negative mark..
Concentrate more on section-2..

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Hi Friends

BRANCH: ELECTRICAL

Technical Questions

1. SCR of an alternator is ____ (Ans: inversely proportional to Xs adjusted in P.U)

2. In Synchronous Impedance method the regulation is ____ (Ans: Higher than actual)

3. Thyristor which is in forward blocking method will conduct if ___ (Ans: Positive gate pulse to
Cathode)

4. SC test of T/F will give _____ (Copper lossers)

5. 741 IC is an ______ (OP amp)

6. For ideal Op amp ____ (Zin =infinite and Zout = 0)

7. S^2-5s+20/S^2+5S-20 ______ (All pass or Band Eliminator or....)

8. Memory allocated for LIFO is ____ (Stack)

9. A register which stores the address of the instruction to be executed is ____ (Program Counter)

10. MHO relay is a ___ (Directional Over current relay)

11. A directional relay has _____ type of characteristics

12. MC is used for ___ (measuring DC)

13. A Converter can be operate as inverter if ___ (Ans Full converter (may be) Commutation circuit
also)

14. Coupling used when the shafts are not inline ______ (Universsal)

15. first Nuclear Power plant in India is _____ (Tarapur)

16. Nuclear and Thermal are used as _____ (Base Load plants)

17. Which Plant has max No. of auxillaries ______ (Thermal)

18. In T/L to transfer max power ______ (---)

19. An Cascade amplifier has which type of intermediate stages ___ (CE-CB)

20. Syn M working @ UPF if Exc is increased it operates at ____ (Lead PF)

21. Current corresponding to max Efficiency in a T/f given Pi and R ____ (Sqr Rt of(Pi/R)

22. Input to Stator of I/M is 40 KW slip is 5% then Torque in Syn Watts when Stator Cu losses & Iron
losses are Neg _______ (38 W)

23. Blocked Rotor Test givs ______ (Cu losses)

24. N type impurity is _____ (Phosporous)

25. An Eg of Semi Conductor _____ (Germenium)

26. Cable insulation resistance is _______ (inversely proportional to length)

27. Hand driven tools use _____ (Shaded pole induction motor)

28. A Hysteresis Motor runs at _____ (Sync, Sub- Syn & Super Syn Speed)
29. Octal 56 to Binary _____ (46)

30. Sinusoidal Pulse width Modulation what can be controlled ____ (freq, Volt & Harmonic)

31. A nullator is a _____ (find out)

32. First law of Thermodynamics ____ (Q=dU+W)

33. In watches which type of oil is used _____ (find out)

34. In shafts for operating at high temp type of lubricant used is ____ (find out)

A couple of questions on Thevenin.

Some questions on Control systems (Basics)
Some on Alternator and T/f parallel operations (6 Qs)

Non Technical::

Quants:
Questions on Venn diagrams (10), Percentages-Ratios-averages, Speed and Work, Kinematics,
Shares, Time and Distance, Calendars, Geomentry (20 Q from Basics)..

English:
Sentence correction( 5), Vocab(Syn n Ant10 Q), Jumbled sentences (5), RC (5 Q), Spellling
Mistakes (5Q)

Reasoning:
Blood relations(2), Odd men out(3), Arrange in proper order (3 Q eg: Plant, cloth, Yarn, saree,
cotton.) Deductions,

For all these topics R.S Agarwal is more than sufficient.

Thats it Folks hope this will help u out.

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Hi Friends

Exam date: 29th NOV

Results announced on: 15th Oct
Branch: EEE
No of que: 240 questions total(120 technical + 120 aptitude)
Duration: 150 mins (2.50 Hrs)
-ve marking: 1/5th (each Question has 5 options) we have to mark the OMR with pen so no question
of changing the answer once marked it.

Aptitude: It includes both Verbal and Quantitative aptitude.

English: 5 Que: A sentence was broken into 6 parts, out of which 1st and last parts were given and
we need to find out the remaining sequence.
5 Que : choosing the correct word for the given sentence.
5 Que : Spelling correction
5 Que : comprehences
5 Que : verbal reasoning.
Some questions on clock, time and work, numbers, hcf & lcm, proportions, ages, areas, partnership,
reasoning etc. I felt it covered almost all the concepts of Verbal & Quantitative Aptitude.

Technical: Weight age of the technical subjects(no of questions) approximately are below:
Power systems: 12 (mainly from PS-II HVDC, load flow analysis)
Measurements: 5
Power plants: 2-3
Power electronics: 10
Control systems: 5
DC M/c: 6 – 7 (mainly on e.m.f eq, tests and speed control)
1ph m/c: 4-5
3ph IM & alternators: 15
Mechanical: 10 -12
Generic: < 5
Microprocessor: 2-3
Signals and sys: 3-5
Digital electronics: 10
EDC: more than 10
Syllabus: GATE syllabus

Below are the some of the tech questions I remember

1) Impedance measured in the synchronous Impedance method is _ _ _
(i) less than the actual (ii) grater than the actual (iii) near to actual bcz it considers the magnetic
saturation (iv) near to actual bcz it doesn't conceders the mag saturation (v) none of these

(2) What happens if the turbine I/p is increased _ _ _(real power will increase, reactive power will
increase, reactive power will increase but power angle will decrease, reactive power will increase
and power angle will increase)

(3) if a shunt capacitor is added to the he bus which is driven by a syn m/c _ _ _ (stability increases,
stability decreases, remains same)

(4) when will the 2 diff T/Fs working in parallel will share the load acc to the their KVA rating_ _
_ (in terms of leakage imp)

(5) Moving coils instruments are used to measure_ _ _ (Dc only)

(6) If a 100mA instrument has a accuracy of +/- 2%, what is the accuracy if it reads 50mA_ _ _

(7) In blocked rotor test power drawn from the src is wasted in_ _ _ (core + copper losses)

(8) In SC test of T/F the predominant losses are _ _ _ (cu losses)

(9) In which case Thyrister converter can act as Invertor_ _ _

(10) Function of auxiliary diode in the Thyrister commutation circuit_ _ _

(11) Sinusoidal pulse width modulation is used to contro_ _ _

(i) Voltage (ii) frequency (iii) voltage & frequency

(12)in RH table no of sign changes of the first row will indicate_ _ _ (no of roots with +ve co-
efficient)

(13) one fn in S-domain was given asked to find-out the final value_ _ _ (Ans: multiply the fn with 'S'
and replace the value of s=0))

(14) Steady st and transient values of the fn v/R [1 - (e^-3t) ] _ _ _ (Ans: V/R, v*(e^-3t) /R)

(15) Some 10 -12 from mechanical engg

(16) What happens if Dc series motor started without/light load_ _ _ (speed will be dangerously
high)

(17) In a 3-ph T/F delta connection if one of the ph disconnected, then the open delta T/F can be
loaded to_ _ _ (57.7% of the capacity)

(18) which way does the reluctance motor operates_ _ _ (starts as a reactance and runs as a IM,
starts as 1ph IM …)

(19) Motor used in hand tools_ _ _

(20) Hysteresis motor can run in_ _ _ (above/below syn speeds, only above syn speed…)

(21) what is Rsh in Dc shunt m/c indicates_ _ _ (field winding, max R above which m/c fails to start,
min R above which m/c fails to start,...)

(22) What is the cut-off voltage of the Si _ _ _

(23) Which the semiconductor in the given list_ _ _ (Germanium)

(24) 8085 is a_ _ _ (8-bit processor)

(25) When will T/F regulation can be zero_ _ _ (lagging load, leading load, UPF, zero, never)

(26) Load current of the T/f at max efficiency_ _ _ (Ans: if Wi-> core loss and R-> eq resistance
(sqrt(Wi/R))

(27) Generated e.m.f depends on_ _ _ (Ans: max flux, speed, no of poles & type of wng)

(28) in flux control method of dc Motor if the flux is reduced what happens to the speed and torque _
__

(29) What is the purpose of external resistance in slip-ring IM_ _ _

(30) Op Amp will have_ _ _ (high I/P imp and zero O/p Imp)

(31) Constant amplifier and …. Both will have_ _ _ (high I/P imp)

(32) 2 generators G1, G2 are working in parallel, what is the necessary condition of the G1 has to
disconnect and the whole has to be carried out by G2_ _ _

(33) Lagging p.f load will be burden to the_ _ _ (consumer, power plant, both ...)

(34) Percentage of oxygen in the air is_ _ _ (21%)

(36) One question on Circuit brakers

(37) Nuclear & high capacity steam plants are preferred for_ _ _ (Ans: base load)

(38) N-type semi conductor can be formed by_ _ _ (option: pure Si, Si + boron, si+ phosphorous, ..)

(39) Which is correct in the below list in reverse bias operation of diode_ _ _ (Ans: very negligible
reverse current flows)

(40) in electrolytes current flows bcz of the moment of_ _ _ (electrons, protons, atoms, molecules)

(41) P-type semi -conductor will have_ _ _ (deficiency of electrons)

(42) 2 questions on Thevenin and Nortons theorems

(43) one que on A/d converters something like which of the following converts uses the internal
slope

(44) Why is BJT have Vcc at collector_ _ _

(45) Schmitt trigger can be used for_ _ _ (square wave generator)

(45) BJT characteristics_ _ _ (in terms of junction imp)

(46) Which of the below controller gives good steady st and transient stability_ _ _ ( PID, PI, PD ...)

(47) In general computer the CPU including all the busses, ALU & control unit on single chip is called
_ _ _ (hard ware, microprocessor, mother board, RAM)

(48) The component which is generally programmed after packing is_ _ _ (Ans: PROM)

(49) The most dangerous fault near the generator_ _ _ (3-ph, p-ph to grd, 2-ph ...)

(50) relation b/w stator and rotor fluxes. _ _ _

(51) max difference b/t true value and instrument reading is called_ _ _ (error, discrepancy,
accuracy, deficiency..)
(52) Corrosion is an example of_ _ _ (option: erosion, oxidation....)

(53) A transmission line has 50K-ohm for 2Km, what is resistance for 200Km ? _ _ _

(54) what happens to the armature reaction if a leading pf loaf is connected_ _ _ (only
demagnetization, only cross magnetization, both ..)

(55) In India % of voltage regulation allowed_ _ _ (+/- 5%, +/- 3%, +/- .01%,....)
Also some question infinite bus

(56) Tap changing T/F are used for_ _ _ (STEP UP, STEP DOWN, BOTH, to provide low
voltage/current to instruments)

(57) time constant of a RLC parallel circuit. _ _ _

(58) Quality factor_ _ _ (WL/R)

(59) Half adder is an equivalent of_ _ _ (options ex-or,nand,nor,ex-nor..)

(60) Which of the below is a universal gate_ _ _ (Nand, AND,OR..)

(61) 741 IC is_ _ _ (op-amp, timer....)

(62) Out-put equation of chopper_ _ _

(63) one que on muli vibrators_ _ _

(64) in thyrister Gate pulse is applied b/t_ _ _ (anode and gate)

(65) ideal voltage source src and constant amplifier will have_ _ _ (high i/p imp)

(66) The component which works on last in first out in micro-processor is called_ _ _ (Stack)

(67) Combinational circuit in the below list _ _ _ (Nand, AND, multivibrator ...)

(68) When is the MHO relay used_ _ _

(69) What is a multiplexer_ _ _ (Ans: Device which selects a single i/p from n lines and transmits to
a single o/p line depending upon the select lines)

(70) function of program counter_ _ _ (Ans: stores the address of the next instruction to be fetched)

(71) A watt meter current coil is connected in R-ph and potential coil b/t Y & B, what is reading
indicates. _ _ _

(72) In 3-ph circuit if the P.f is 0.3 then_ _ _ (one watt meter is -ve, can’t determine, both are -ve...)

Although these Questions look simple, time matters a lot. As we have to mark 240 que in 150 minuts
if candidates are not prepared well in advance I am sure they won't get a chance even to read all the
240 Que. Its better to practice the sample papers and Gate materials.