| Post Name | Reader Grade II - Printing |
|---|---|
| Question Paper Code | 052/2025/OL |
| Category Code | 606/2024 |
| Date of Test | 18 June 2025 |
| Exam Type | Online Examination |
| Total Questions | 100 |
1
The apparent increase in the colourfulness and contrast of scenes with increase in illumination level is described by
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B. The Hunt effect and Stevens effect
2
The ratio of Chroma and Lightness is
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C. Saturation
3
The change of appearance of oncoming headlights can be largely explained by the processes of light adaptation described by
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C. Weber's Law
4
Which of these shows the relationship between Primary, Secondary and Tertiary colours?
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A. Color wheel
5
'Polyautography' later became known as
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C. Lithography
6
Vision served by Cone cells in Retina is referred as
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A. Photopic vision
7
A tri stimulus color measuring instrument is more suitable for measuring
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A. Color differences
8
In a spectrophotometer, the intensity spectrum of the color is processed by means of
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B. Digital filtration
9
How does a reconditioning wash up differ from a regular wash up?
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B. A reconditioning wash up follows the same procedure as a regular wash up but uses a multi-step solvent instead of a single-step solvent
10
By using a multi-step reconditioning wash up, roller maintenance can be reduced by approximately how much?
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B. By a factor of 3 or 4
11
What is the relationship between dryer temperature and press speed?
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C. Dryer temperature is directly related to press speed
12
What happens to the dryer temperature requirement when there is heavy ink coverage?
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D. It requires more drying energy
13
Which of the following is NOT a function of a plate scanner?
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D. Controlling dryer tempterture
14
In a UGRA Plate control designed to assess sensitivity, what typs of lines are included and what is the range of their measurement?
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C. Both positive and negative micro lines ranging from 4 to 70 micro meters
15
Which of the following factor contribute most to the collective strength of magazines?
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D. All of the above
16
Which association adopted a code of standards of advertising practice to promote healthy competition and a high standard of advertising?
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D. AAAI
17
In a make-ready book, the ratio of clean sheets to waste sheets is 1:5. If there are a total of 60 sheets in the book, how many of these are clean sheets?
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A. 10
18
What is the primary function of a scanning densitometer in the context of quality control?
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B. To measure and analyse printed color bars for color accuracy and density
19
What does the term "Print Production Format (PPF)" refer to in the context of printing and publishing?
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B. A standardized format for exchanging data between different print production systems
20
What is the primary purpose of CIP4 in the printing industry?
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C. To promote the automation of print production processes through standardized data exchange
21
Which of the following software requires a license for legal operation?
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C. Both 1 and 2
22
One inch is equal to how many points?
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D. 72
23
What is the full form of GIMP?
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B. GNU Image Manipulation Program
24
In India, the copyright for an original work vests with the author for a period of how many years?
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C. Authors lifespan + 60 years
25
The distance pages need to move from the spine to accommodate paper thickness and folding is known as
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A. CREEP
26
Pick out the line which will not be detected by graphic arts camera film?
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D. IMAGE GUIDE LINE
27
The feature of page layout software that allows you to place text into more than one page or column simultaneously is called
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B. AUTO FLOW
28
Which of the following is the primary purpose of imposition in prepress?
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B. To arrange pages in the correct order for printing and binding
29
Which imposition types uses one plate to print both sides of a sheet, requiring the sheet to be turned side-to-side?
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B. Work-and-Turn
30
What is the function of "RIP" in prepress workflow?
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C. It translates digital files into a format that the output device can use
31
Which of the following is NOT a component of a CTP system?
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D. Darkroom
32
Which of the following plate problems is most likely caused by "insufficient gumming or desensitizing?
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D. Scumming
33
Which of the following is NOT a factor to be considered when planning a job before imposition?
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D. Font size of the text
34
What is the function of a "light time integrator" in plate exposing?
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B. To control the amount of light reaching the plate
35
Which of the these page layout elements helps define where a line of text begins and ends?
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C. Margin
36
What is the key difference between PostScript Type 1 fonts and TrueType fonts?
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Question Cancelled
37
Which of the following is a common image format?
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C. JPEG
38
Which type of original consists of solid lines and text?
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B. Line art
39
What is a limitation of a .txt file?
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B. It does not support text formatting
40
What is a ligature?
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C. Two or more connected letters on the same type body
41
Alois snefelder made his experiments on printing by preparing planographic image on __________. Hence it is called lithographic printing.
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C. Stone
42
Additional form-rollers are employed to minimize
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A. Ghosting
43
Planographic Printing process is a ____________ process.
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B. Chemical
44
A major advantage for common impression is that the sheet is held by ___________ of grippers during passage through all printing units.
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A. One set
45
The time taken by the doctor roller to contact and receive dampening solution from the fountain pan roller to supply the dampening solution to the oscillator is called
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C. Dwell period
46
The raising and lowering of the front lays determines the amount of ___________ of the sheet.
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D. Gripper margin
47
Egyptians began making writing material called
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C. Papyrus
48
____________ supplied either wove or laid is normally cream colored.
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D. Antique paper
49
_________ are used where electronic character recognition is required for sorting and calculating as in bank cheques and business.
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B. Magnetic inks
50
All inks that contain drying oils or drying oil modified resins depend on
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A. Oxidation and polymerization
51
The ___________ gives the ink fluidity, so that it can be distributed evenly by inking rollers and properly applied as a smooth film.
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B. Vehicle
52
The dampening solution consists of ___________ and a small amount of ____________.
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A. Water and acid
53
Most blanket washes are based on _________
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C. Aliphatic hydrocarbons
54
The desensitizer serves to remove the emulsion from the __________ of the plate.
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B. Non-image areas
55
__________ balancing is a must for large diameter rollers run at very high speeds.
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C. Dynamic
56
The structural design of a roller must be such that the roller does not __________ unduly in response to the loads to which it is subjected in use.
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A. Bend
57
The surface of a Blanket must be ____________ receptive in order to transfer the inked image.
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B. Ink
58
Electrical and electronic devices are widely used for __________ systems.
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A. Tripping
59
The release of pressure is also reducing the risk of damage to printing ___________ and ___________.
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Question Cancelled
60
Sheetfed offset presses, with most other types use the ___________ register system.
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C. Three-point
61
___________ electrically charged devices that repel the charged ink back to the ink rollers.
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B. Ink mist suppressor
62
Match the columns i. Perfecting Blanket to Blanket a. Printing Business forms ii. Inline b. Large diameter impression cylinder iii. Stack c. No impression cylinder iv. Common Impression Cylinder d. Vertical blanket to blanket
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C. i-c, ii-a, iii-d, iv-b
63
___________ folder fold the web along its length using a triangular board.
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A. Former folder
64
In ___________ system, anilox roller turns directly in the ink fountain in a flexographic press.
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B. Two Roller System
65
Which of the following is not true about flexographic process?
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D. Cannot print continuous patterns
66
In which stage of sheet photopolymer platemaking process, curing of whole plate happens?
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C. Post exposure
67
____________ is a more suitable metal base for laser engraving.
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Question Cancelled
68
The process used to improves the ink transfer to the substrate in gravure process by creating an electric field in the area of the nip to assist the capillary action of the gravure process
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D. Electrostatic Assist
69
_____________ substrate are used for publication work in gravure press.
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D. Coated Paper
70
The image carrier of screen printing process has the following characteristics
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C. Image areas are open
71
Which of the following is true about screen printing process?
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D. Screen printing can be done on irregular shaped objects
72
__________ fabric for screen mesh gives better quality, uniformity and dimension stability.
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B. Nylon
73
Wood free paper is created from
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C. Chemical pulp
74
__________ process uses photoconductive material coated drum to create the latent images.
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A. Electrophotographic
75
Which of the following is true about non-impact printing?
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B. Can print variable data
76
If the upper knife is working against the lower knife, what kind of cutting principles is this?
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B. Shear cut principle
77
The process of attaching (using adhesive) a folded loose leaf into the core sheet is called as
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A. Tipping in
78
Lifting of the coating from coated stocks onto plate and blankets is called
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A. Picking
79
Ink pigment does not bind into the paper stock is called as
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B. Chalking
80
Which maintenance is carried out in the predetermined intervals?
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C. Preventive Maintenance
81
Arrange items in a proper way to increase the process efficiency is called
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D. Seiton
82
In the printing industry, machines are leveled by using which instrument?
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C. SPIRIT LEVEL
83
Guess the type of end paper?
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D. Reinforced end paper
84
What is another name for the page numbers in the book?
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C. Folio
85
1 Quire = ___________ sheets.
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Question Cancelled
86
In which type of binding, adhesive only is used as a Securing material?
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C. Perfect Binding
87
What is the term that refers to the adhesive binding of book blocks into the cover?
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D. Casing-in
88
Guess the types of fold.
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B. Gate Fold
89
This symbol represents which process?
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D. Folding
90
Which is not a securing material?
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A. Paper
91
Find out the type of carton.
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C. Auto lock-bottom cartons
92
What is the recycle code for HDPE?
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B. 2
93
Which Cap type offers the security against breakage of the product?
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D. Tamper evident caps
94
Which liquid is spreyed on the food products in the Cryogenic freezing?
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A. Nitrogen
95
Which is not a MAP gas?
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D. Ozone
96
What type of wave form is available at pin no. 2 of function generator IC 8038?
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A. Sine wave
97
The pressure and volume of a gas are inversely proportional to each other as long as the temperature and the quantity of gas are kept constant.The law is
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C. Boyle's law
98
The quantity of carbon is medium carbon steel is
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B. 0.25% to 0.50%
99
The trimmed size of A2 drawing sheet is
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C. 420 mm × 594 mm
100
A line of 50 mm length which is parallel to both HP and VP is lying on the HP, the front view will be
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B. on the reference line
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