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Post NameINDUSTRIES EXTENSION OFFICER-INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE
Question Paper Code067/2019
Date of Test3 December 2019
Medium of QuestionENGLISH
Exam TypeOMR Examination
Total Questions100
1
What is a bullnose brick?
Answer
A. Brick with a rounded angle
2
Among the tests for bricks, which test is done with the help of finger nail?
Answer
C. Hardness test
3
Which among the following sections contain only one flange and one web?
Answer
B. T-sections
4
Which of the following is taken as fine aggregate?
Answer
B. Particles passing through 4.75 mm IS sieve
5
Which mix is a M20 concrete mix?
Answer
A. 1 : 1 12 : 3
6
Which pile is designed to take up the stresses during both driving and handling?
Answer
D. pre-cast concrete pile
7
Which of the following is the feature of English bond?
Answer
A. header course starts with a header followed by a queen closer
8
What type of stone masonry is constructed using square or rectangular blocks?
Answer
D. Ashlar masonry A 3
9
Which of the following instruments is used in chain surveying?
Answer
C. Cross staff
10
Which of the following is usually not considered as a survey station?
Answer
C. point at which dumpy level is set up
11
What is the area of a land plot of length 140 m and width 100 m?
Answer
D. 1.4 hectares
12
Which among the following is a satellite based navigation system that can be used to locate positions?
Answer
B. GPS
13
Among the following, which is a parameter that can not be measured using a total station?
Answer
D. Stopping Sight Distance
14
What is a dry rubble masonry?
Answer
A. Rubble masonry without mortar
15
Which test is carried out to determine the workability of concrete?
Answer
C. Compaction Factor test
16
Which of the following rules is used to calculate area of a plot?
Answer
B. Simpson’s Rule
17
Among the following types of aggregates, which is preferred for concrete?
Answer
B. Well graded aggregates
18
In triangulation, what should be the included angle for a well conditioned trianlge?
Answer
D. between 30ο‚° and 120ο‚°
19
Which of the following statement is incorrect?
Answer
C. Grillage foundation is a deep foundation
20
Which is a plain bar section?
Answer
A. Fe 250 grade steel
21
If the procurement cost become half and the carrying cost doubles the Economic Order Quantity become :
Answer
A. half
22
The wage plan which guarantees minimum wage is :
Answer
D. All of the above
23
As per ABC analysis, the item which consists more than 70% of total item with 5% to 10% inventory cost will come under :
Answer
C. C type
24
The terms that is not included in the PERT terminology is :
Answer
Question Cancelled
25
The control chart based on variables is :
Answer
C. R Chart
26
The reversible engine has thermal efficiency of 20%. What will be the COP if it is used as a refrigerator with other conditions unchanged :
Answer
C. 4
27
The property which is valid for prediction but not valid for forecasting is :
Answer
D. None of the above
28
The component which is not always in contact with fly wheel is :
Answer
B. friction plate
29
Draft tube is not mandatory for the following turbine :
Answer
B. Pelton turbine
30
The wet bulb depression decreases as :
Answer
A. Humidity increases
31
The method of forecasting which is used when past data is not available is :
Answer
A. Delphi method
32
When the water level falls below the safe limit the following device will extinguish the fire in the furnace of the boiler?
Answer
A. fusible plug
33
The ability of the material to withstand shock is called :
Answer
B. toughness
34
The following alloying element will increase the corrosion resistance of steel :
Answer
C. Chromium
35
The part used to support the core in mould is called :
Answer
A. Chaplet
36
The angle at the point of drill bit is :
Answer
B. 118ο‚°
37
The process of embossing the diamond shaped pattern on work piece is called :
Answer
D. knurling
38
The process of reducing activity time by adding resources resulting in the increase of cost is called :
Answer
D. crashing
39
The PERT has an optimistic time of 4 days pessimistic time of 16 days and expected time of 10 days. The likely time of activity is :
Answer
C. 10
40
The octane number of following fuel is 100 :
Answer
D. iso octane
41
Two equal resistance are connected in series across a constant voltage source the total power consumed is P. If the same resistance are connected in parallel the new total power is given by :
Answer
A. 4P
42
The equivalent resistance across AB for Fig. 1 is: [Circuit topology: Aβ€”100 Ξ©β€”node Cβ€”100 Ξ©β€”node D; Bβ€”100 Ξ©β€”node Eβ€”100 Ξ©β€”node F; C and E are connected by a 100 Ξ© resistor; D and F are connected by a wire, with another 100 Ξ© resistor connected in parallel between D and F.]
Answer
Question Cancelled
43
The axial field strength of a solenoid increases :
Answer
C. with decrease in length
44
Aluminium can be classified as
Answer
C. Paramagnetic material
45
Two long single layer solenoids have the same length and same number of turns but are placed co-axially one within other. The diameter of inner coil is 4 cm and that of outer coil is 8 cm. The coefficient of coupling between the coils is :
Answer
A. 0.5
46
The current changing at 0.1 A/sec induces an e.m.f. of 5 V. The self inductance of the coil is :
Answer
Question Cancelled
47
The total inductance across AB for the Fig. 2 is : Fig. 2
Answer
D. 0.5 mH
48
The alternating voltage v ο€½ 230 sin (314 t   3) is applied across AC circuit draws a current of i ο€½10 sin (314 t ο€­  6) . The power absorbed by the circuit is :
Answer
B. 0w
49
Two voltage sources 10025 V and 10025 V are connected in parallel across 50  resistance. The currents through the resistance is :
Answer
Question Cancelled
50
Three 100 Ξ© resistances are connected in delta across 400 V, 50 Hz, 3-phase line. If one of the resistor is disconnected, the power taken by the load is :
Answer
A. 3.2 kW
51
The input voltage, current and power to a balanced 3-phase system is measured as 415 V, 16.4 A and 6 kW respectively. The power factor of the system is approximately :
Answer
D. 0.5
52
This among the following is not a renewable source of energy :
Answer
Question Cancelled
53
A fuel cell, in order to produce electricity, burns :
Answer
B. Hydrogen
54
The most nuclear fuel used in the world is :
Answer
C. Uranium-235
55
If the supply frequency to the transformer is increased, the iron loss will :
Answer
C. Increase
56
The transformer ratings are usually expressed in :
Answer
D. kVA
57
Buchholz’s relay gives warning and protection against :
Answer
A. Fault inside transformer
58
The ratio of starting torque to full load torque is least in :
Answer
C. Differential compound motor
59
Salient poles alternators are generally used on :
Answer
D. Low and medium speed prime movers
60
The main disadvantage of using short-pitch winding in alternators is that it :
Answer
B. Reduces the total voltage around the armature coils
61
The current in a 5 ΞΌH inductor is given by 6 t  3 A . What is the value of inductor voltage at t ο€½ 3 sec?
Answer
B. 30 ΞΌV
62
When the charge on a capacitor is doubled, the energy stored, :
Answer
B. increases by a factor of 4
63
When a p-n junction is reverse biased, :
Answer
B. holes and electrons move away from the junction
64
In the circuit given below, C1 ο€½ 3 F , C2 ο€½ 6 F and V1 ο€½ 4 V . Find the value of V : C1 C2 + V1 – V
Answer
D. 6V
65
A zener diode with high breakdown voltage has :
Answer
A. both p and n regions are lightly doped
66
In a zener diode, the current is controlled by :
Answer
C. external circuits
67
For resistance measurement using a digital multimeter, it contains :
Answer
B. Low current source
68
AC voltages are measured using a digital multimeter using :
Answer
C. Rectifiers and Filters
69
Material used for making solar cells is :
Answer
B. Silicon
70
The type of output generated in a thermocouple sensor is :
Answer
B. Voltage
71
Pressure can be measured using :
Answer
D. Manometer
72
GPRS stands for :
Answer
C. General Packet Radio Service
73
Bluetooth operates around the frequency :
Answer
D. 2.4 GHz
74
Type of stack used in 8085 is :
Answer
Question Cancelled
75
Type of switch shown in the figure is
Answer
C. DPDT
76
If an amplifier produces an output power 10 times greater than its input power, what will be the gain in decibels?
Answer
C. 10 dB
77
Type of microphone which converts acoustic signals to change in capacitance is :
Answer
A. Condenser microphone
78
For a parallel plate capacitor with circular cross section, if the radius of the plate surface is halved, then the capacitance value :
Answer
B. reduces by a factor of 4
79
Consider the following 8085 program : LDA 3000 H 2000 52 MOV B, A  3000 38 LDA 4000 H  STA 3000 H 4000 29 MOV A, B STA 4000 H After execution of the program, the contents of location 4000 H is
Answer
C. 38 H
80
If the following program is executed in an 8085 microprocessor, the contents in location 4000 H is : LX1 H, 2000 H 2000 52 MOV A, M  3000 38 LX1 H, 3000 H  ADD M 4000 29 LX1 H, 4000 H  MOV M, A 5000 74 HLT
Answer
D. 8A H
81
The –––––––––– protocol is used for updating the main memory when a word is removed from the cache memory.
Answer
C. Write-back
82
The operation of reading instructions from the memory is called :
Answer
D. Fetch Cycle
83
The process of buffering data into the disk area for the later use by slower peripheral devices :
Answer
B. Spooling
84
The static RAM consumes –––––––––– power and –––––––––– the dynamic RAM.
Answer
Question Cancelled
85
The 8’s complement of the number 240 is :
Answer
B. 538
86
What is the range of values that can be represented with an n-bit binary integers in signed 1’s complement form?
Answer
A. ο€­ (2n ο€­1 ο€­ 1) to  (2n ο€­1 ο€­ 1)
87
The division operation of a number (110.01101)2 by (1.01)2 gives :
Answer
B. 101.001
88
If (11X 1Y )8 ο€½ (12C 9)16 , then the values of X and Y are :
Answer
D. 3, 1
89
The binary equivalent of the decimal number (5.4375)10 is :
Answer
B. 101.0111
90
–––––––––– is the base of the numbers for which the operation ο€½13 is correct. 4
Answer
A. 8
91
Which system software translates the instructions in mnemonic form into the machine language equivalent?
Answer
D. Assembler A 13 67/2019
92
–––––––––– permits the programmer to develop a program with size larger than the size of the main memory.
Answer
C. Virtual Memory
93
Portability of a software refers to the ability :
Answer
B. to run on different hardware platforms
94
–––––––––– is a preemptive scheduling algorithm.
Answer
D. Round Robin
95
An interpreter will :
Answer
C. execute a source program without generating object program
96
Which of the following is an example of divide and conquer algorithm?
Answer
A. Merge, Sort
97
In which addressing mode, the effective address of the operand is calculated by adding a constant value to the content of register?
Answer
C. Index Mode
98
The time complexity of a linear search algorithm is :
Answer
D. O (n)
99
The way a card game player arrange his cards as he picks them up one by one is an example of :
Answer
B. insertion sort
100
Memory protection of a computer is normally done by :
Answer
A. Operating System

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