PAKISTAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION

ENTRANCE TEST FOR POST GRADATE TRAINING AT

CHASCENT AND KINPOE
FEBRUARY 6, 2011
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• Write your full name and all other information asked at the top of this page
and at the Answer sheet attached.
• Encircle the letters A, B, C or D in the Answer Sheet
corresponding to the correct answer from the given five options
• Each correct answer carries THREE marks while ONE mark will be
deducted for each incorrect answer.
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sheet.
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all.
(Note: Sample paper does not contain 100 questions)

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Section A
1. Which of the following is equal to ( b2 + 2 )0 in value

A) ( b + 2 2 )0
B) ( b 0 + 20 )
C) 0
D) None of above

2. Which of the following is equal to 23 x 22 x 23 in value

A) 218
B) 44
C) 68
D) 618

3. A bag contains 3 white and 5 black balls. One ball is drawn at random then the probability that it is black or
white is :
A) 3/8
B) 5/8
C) 1/5
D) 1

4. A bird flies from the top of a 5 m tall tree to the top of a 30m tall tree at a speed of 10 m/s. The trees are 30 m
apart from each other. If the sun is exactly overhead, the speed of the shadow of the bird would be nearer to
A) 9.7 m/s
B) 8.7 m/s
C) 7.7 m/s
D) 6.7 m/s

5. A cricket ball was hit by a batsman with an angle of 60 degrees with the horizontal. It remained 4 seconds in
the air before it was caught by a fielder. Which of the following figures is nearer to the speed of the ball when
it left the bat?
A) 13 m/s
B) 23 m/s
C) 33 m/s
D) 45 m/s

6. A ground is oval shape as shown. Its width is 50 meters and length is 120 meters when measured passing
through the centre of the ground. Which of the following is estimated cost of paving one meter wide track
around the ground if it costs approx Rs. 25.00 per square meter.
A) Rs. 1178
B) Rs. 6754
C) Rs. 8901
D) Rs. 3400

7. A package is dropped from a plane flying horizontally at a speed of 900 km/hr, 1 km above the ground. What
will be the net speed of the package while touching the ground? (take the value of g = 10 in SI units)
A) 109 m/s
B) 141 m/s
C) 287 m/s
D) 391 m/s

8. A stone was dropped into a quiet lake, and waves move in circles outward at a constant velocity of 7/22 feet
per second. The rate at which the area of the circle with the radius of 4 feet, is increasing (in square feet per
second) :
A) 2
B) 4
C) 6
D) 8

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9. A team of 4 players is to be selected from a group of 10 students. 4 students are injured and can not be selected
in the team. One student has already been chosen as a captain of the same team. The rest of the players can
play at any position. In how many ways can the team be selected?
A) 210
B) 150
C) 15
D) 10

10. An airplane taking off from a landing field has a run of 2.5 kilometers. If the plane starts from rest, moves with
constant acceleration, and makes the run in 50 seconds, with what speed does it take off?
A) 500 km/h
B) 360 km/h
C) 250 km/h
D) 100 km/h

11. An equilateral triangle 30-cm on a side is cut into smaller equilateral triangles 10 cm on a side. What is the
greatest number of such triangles that can be formed?
A) 3
B) 6
C) 9
D) 12

12. Choose one answer from following which has the same meaning as the word INVALID.
A) careless
B) motionless
C) without a form
D) not true

13. Gray (Gy) is a unit used in radiation doses. Which of the following is dimensionally equal to Gray
A) Joule/Kg
B) Joule/s
C) Kg/Joule
D) Earg/min

14. How much gold will be required to make 4 bangles of mean diameter 12 cm from a circular gold wire which
has 3mm diameter. Suppose the density of gold is 20 gram per cubic centimeter.
A) 193.2 g
B) 213.2 g
C) 233.2 g
D) 263.2 g

15. If Sin(x) x Cos(x) gives negative number , then

A) x is not in second quadrant
B) x is not in third quadrant
C) x is not in fourth quadrant
D) x may be in first quadrant

16. It takes a man 4 hours to reach a destination of 1100 miles. He drives to airport by Car at an average speed of
50 miles per hour and then by plane at 500 miles per hour. Time consumes by mode of Car Travel was:
A) 1 hour
B) 1.5 hours
C) 2 hours
D) 2.5 hours

17. A 1 kg and a 4 kg bodies have the same kinetic energies. The ratio of their momenta will be :
A) 1 : 16
B) 1:2
C) 1.41 : 1
D) 4:1

18. LASER stands for

A) Low Amplitude Strong Energy Radiation

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B) Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
C) Less Absorption Special Electromagnetic Radiation
D) Level And Size Enlarged Radiation
19. Let m = 2004!, n = 2002 x 2003 x 2004. The LCM of m and n is
A) mn
B) m
C) n
D) 2002m
20. You have a field which is circular and has a diameter of 5km. You want to place a rope around the field which
is 100 meters out from the edge all the way round. How long will the rope have to be?
A) 16.33 km
B) 35.23 km
C) 37.33 km
D) 41.22 km

21. A 5 HP electrical motor was run on full load for 4 hours. Consider the efficiency of the motor to be 100%, how
much energy was spent?
A) 20 Joule
B) 72 kilo Joule
C) 53.7 kilo Joule
D) 53.7 Mega Joule

22. The quadratic equation by x2 – 2x–2 = 0 has

A) complex roots
B) real roots
C) equal roots
D) rational roots

23. There are 12 students in a class. A teacher wants to make groups each comprising of three students. How many
different combinations can he make?
A) 4
B) 36
C) 220
D) 1320

24. Two bodies m1=5kg & m2=10kg are dropped from a height of 500cm. The velocity of m 2 as it touches the
ground will be:
A) same as m1
B) double of m1
C) half of m1
D) quarter of m1

25. Two cars of m1 and m2 mass are moving in the circular paths of r 1 and r2 radius, their speed is such that they
travels one cycle in the same time, the ratio of their angular velocities is :
A) m1:m2
B) r1:r2
C) m1r1:m2r2
D) 1:1

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Section B (Subject Concerned)

Electrical /Electronics
26. Mobilities of electrons and holes in a sample of intrinsic germanium at 300K are 0.36 m 2/V.s and 0.17 m2/V.s
respectively. If the electron and hole densities are each equal to 2.5×1019/m3, its conductivity would be
A) 2.12 S/m
B) 5.30 S/m
C) 53 S/m
D) 21.2 S/m
27. An amplifier has gain without feedback as 10. To make it oscillate β must be
A) 0.2
B) 0.1
C) 0.5
D) 0.8
28. The maximum efficiency of a half wave rectifier is
A) 20.3%
B) 40.6%
C) 81.2%
D) 100%
29. A linear resistor is one which obeys
A) Ampere law
B) Lenz’s law
C) Ohm’s law
D) Kirchhoff’s law
30. The resistance of a conductor having length l, area of cross–section a and resistivity ρ is given as
ρa
A) R=
l
ρl
B) R=
a
C) R = ρl a
l
D) R=
ρ
31. A 200 watt 230 volt lamp is connected across 115 volt supply. The lamp will draw power
A) 200 W
B) 100 W
C) 50 W
D) 25 W
32. The number of 2µF, 400 V capacitors needed to obtain a capacitance value of 1.5 µF rated for 1600 V is
A) 12
B) 8
C) 6
D) 4
33. A parallel plate air capacitor has plates of 1500 cm2 separated by 5mm. If a layer of dielectric 2 mm thick and
relative permittivity 3 is now introduced between the plates, then the new separation in mm between the plates,
so that the capacitance value is unchanged, will be
A) 7.0
B) 6.33 vin
C) 5.67
D) 5.00
34. In the given SCR circuit if the firing angle is decreased from 90 to 0
degrees, average power delivered to the load :
A) Will decrease vA
B) Will Increase K
C) Remains constant
D) First increase then decrease IG
35. A salient pole synchronous motor is running on no–load. If its excitation is made off, it will RL
A) Continue running at synchronous speed.
B) Continue running but at a speed slightly less then synchronous one.
C) Continue running at speed more than synchronous speed
D) Stop

Civil
36. The main constituent of a Portland cement is:
A) Alumina

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B) Lime
C) Silica
D) Gypsum
37. Wrought Iron is used for:
A) Structural work in Beam
B) Small sized water pipes
C) Columns & Struts
D) None of all above
38. The ratio of Volume of voids to the volume of soil is termed as:
A) Density
B) Porosity
C) Specific Gravity
D) Permeability
39. A branch of surveying in which the horizontal and vertical distances of a point are obtained by instrumental
observations is known as:
A) Chain Surveying
B) Tacheometric Surveying
C) Plain Table Surveying
D) Hydrographic Surveying
40. Moment of inertia of a rectangle (width 'b' & height 'h') about its centroidal x-axis, is:
A) bh³/3
B) b³h/6
C) bh³/12
D) b³h/12
Chemical
41. Cavitation can be prevented by
A) Suitably designing the pump
B) Maintaining the suction head sufficiently greater than the vapor pressure
C) Maintaining suction head= developed head
D) By increasing the temperature of the liquid
42. How much O2 can be obtained from 90 kg of water
A) 32kg
B) 80kg
C) 64kg
D) 90kg
43. Use of baffles in agitators help in minimizing …….. tendency
A) Swirling
B) Vortexing
C) Both A) & B)
D) Baffles are not used in agitators
44. A unit process is exemplified by
A) Distillation
B) Hydrogenation of oils
C) Absorption
D) Humidification
45. Dry ice (solidified CO2) is used for the
A) Storage and shipment of frozen foods and ice-creams
B) Liquefaction of permanent gases
C) For artificial rain
D) Both A) & C)

Mechanical
46. The velocity of a fluid particle at the centre of the pipe section is
A) Maximum
B) Minimum
C) Average
D) r.m.s
47. A 2 cm dia pipe transports water at 20m/s. If it exits out 100 small 2mm dia holes, the existing velocity, in m/s
will be
A) 120
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B) 80
C) 40
D) 20
48. Tensile stress is
A) Stress due to any force
B) Stress due to change in length under a load
C) Stress caused by varying load
D) Stress measured by the ratio of the increase or decrease in length of the unloaded piece under
tensile force
49. If a cantilever beam of diameter D, cross section A, length L is subjected to uniformly distributed load W, it
will have maximum bending moment equal to
A) WL2/2
B) WLA/2
C) WL²/2A
D) WL/2
50. A particle is moving in simple harmonic motion in a simple pendulum with some period of oscillation. Now in
order to double the period of oscillation
A) The mass of the bob should be doubled
B) The mass of the bob should be halved
C) The length of pendulum should be doubled
D) The length of pendulum should be quadrupled

Chemistry
51. If a salt bridge is removed between the two half cells, the voltage
A) Drops to zero
B) Does not change
C) Increases gradually
D) Increases rapidly
52. A cell constant is generally found by measuring the conductivity of aqueous solution of
A) BaCl2
B) KCl
C) NaCl
D) MgCl2
53. Oleum is
A) Castor oil
B) Oil of vitriol
C) Fuming of H2SO4
D) none of the above
54. Which is the most volatile compound?
A) HI
B) HCl
C) HBr
D) HF
55. Chlorine acts as a bleaching agent only in the presence of
A) Dry air
B) Moisture
C) Sun light
D) None of the above

Computer
56. Which of the following have not external fragmentation problem
A) paging
B) segmentation
C) MFT
D) None of the above

57. Which of the following gate is two-level logic gate

A) OR gate
B) AND gate
C) NAND gate
D) NOT gate

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58. What layer of the OSI model does data compression
A) Network
B) Data link
C) Presentation
D) Physical
E)
59. The ability of interpret a message using its own methods is called
A) Polymorphism
B) Encapsulation
C) inheritance
D) message
E)
60. In the set of integers, a relation R is defined as aRb, if and only if b= |a|. This relation is
A) Reflexive
B) Irreflexive
C) Symmetric
D) Anti-symmetric

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