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Sample Paper
 
CIVIL
 
1.
 Honey combing in fresh concrete is possible due to:

  1. insufficient Fines
  2. low workability
  3. excessive mixing
  4. All of the above
 
2.
 The value of compression index for a remolded sample whose liquid limit is 50% is:

  1. 0.028
  2. 0.28
  3. 0.36
  4. 0.396
 
3.
 The sequence of treatment units in a treatment plant is:

  1. Screening, sedimentation, filtration, disinfection, aeration
  2. Screening, sedimentation, disinfection, filtration, aeration
  3. Filtration, sedimentation, screening, disinfection, aeration
  4. Filtration, sedimentation, screening, disinfection, aeration
 
4.
 A liquid flows in a 30cm diameter pipe at a Reynolds number of 106. If the friction factor is 0.025, the thickness of laminar sublayer, in mm is:

  1. 0.025
  2. 1.00
  3. 0.062
  4. 0.0031
 
5.
 At shrinkage limit the degree of saturation is:

  1. 0%
  2. 50%
  3. 66.6%
  4. 100%
 
Answers: 1-4, 2-2, 3-1, 4-3, 5-4
 
Electrical
 
1.
 When a system of magnetically coupled coils convert electrical energy to mechanical work, they do so by change of:

  1. Current with time
  2. Inductance with time
  3. Current with displacement
  4. Inductance with displacement
 
2.
 The ripple content of load current of a converter feeding RL load is decided by:

  1. load resistance alone
  2. load inductance alone
  3. both load resistance and load inductance
  4. neither resistance nor inductance
 
3.
 What is the major factor for determining, whether a medium is free space, lossless, dielectric, lossy electric or good conductor?

  1. Alternation constant
  2. Constitutive parameters (δ, ξ, μ)
  3. loss tangent
  4. reflection coefficient
 
4.
 Superposition theorem can be applied only to circuits having:

  1. Resistive elements with inductance
  2. Positive elements
  3. Non-linear elements
  4. Linear bilateral elements
 
5.
 FET phase shift oscillator uses:

  1. voltage series feed back
  2. voltage shut feed back
  3. current series feed back
  4. current shut feed back
 
Answers: 1-4, 2-3, 3-3, 4-4, 5-1
 
Mechanical
 
1.
 When a system vibrates in a fluid medium, the damping is:

  1. viscous
  2. Coloumb
  3. solid
  4. zero
 
2.
 Consider the heat transfer through a rectangular slab of thickness 2.5 cm and cross-sectional area 10 sq. m is 3 kW. If the temperature of the one end of the face of the slab is 415oC, which is higher than opposite face. What is the temperature of another face of the slab? If thermal conductivity of the slab material is 0.25 W/ m K.

  1. 415oC
  2. 325oC
  3. 355oC
  4. 385oC
 
3.
 Consider two rooms that are identical except that one is maintained at 15°C and 80 percent relative humidity while the other is maintained at 40°C and 30 percent relative humidity. Noting that the amount of moisture is proportional to the vapor pressure, which room contains more moisture?

  1. the room at 15°C and 80 percent relative humidity has more moisture
  2. the room at 40°C and 30 percent relative humidity has more moisture
  3. data is insufficient
  4. none of the above
 
4.
 When two streams of metal which are too cold, meet inside the cavity and do not fuse together, it results in a defect called:

  1. Misrun
  2. Cold Shut
  3. Hot Spot
  4. Pour Short
 
5.
 Which one of the following statements is correct:

  1. Product diversification is similar as product simplification
  2. Product diversification is just reverse of product standardization
  3. Product diversification is just reverse of product simplification
  4. None of the above
 
Answers: 1-1, 2-4, 3-2, 4-2, 5-3
 
Control & Instrumentation
 
1.
 Which of the following bridge is also used as frequency meter

  1. Maxwell
  2. Hay's
  3. Desauty
  4. Wien
 
2.
 A tuned amplifier is an example of:

  1. low pass filter
  2. band pass filter
  3. high pass filter
  4. band reject amplifier
 
3.
 How many flip-flops are needed to construct a Modulo-124 counter:

  1. 3
  2. 5
  3. 7
  4. 9
 
4.
 During depolarization the cell potential is approximately:

  1. + 20 mv
  2. - 90 mv
  3. - 20 mv
  4. + 90 mv
 
5.
 CON 334 Sum of Eigon valves of matrix A is:
A=
2
0
0
-1
0
3
0
2
0
1
3
0
0
-1
0
4

  1. 12
  2. 24
  3. 06
  4. 02
 
Answers: 2-4, 2-2, 3-3,4-1, 5-1
 
Human Resource
 
1.
 Policy deployment is best achieved through -

  1. Broadcast method
  2. Pass it along method
  3. Policy Manuals
  4. MBO
 
2.
 If a Recruitment manager has to line up a large number of candidates for a Counter Sales position at low cost, he should ideally

  1. Head-hunt
  2. Contact Placement Agencies
  3. Go to Campuses
  4. Advertise
 
3.
 Last drawn wages of an employee who has worked for 20 years were Rs. 39,000/- per month. His gratuity as per the Act, will be -

  1. Rs. 4,50,000/-
  2. Rs. 3,90,000/-
  3. Rs. 3,50,000/-
  4. Rs. 7,80,000/-
 
4.
 "In motivation theory the Job Characteristics Model defines three critical psychological states. Two of these are 'experienced meaningfulness' and 'experienced responsibility'.The third is:"

  1. Expectancy Motivation
  2. Knowledge of Results
  3. Good Working Relations with Colleagues
  4. Job Satisfaction
 
5.
 What is the basic philosophy behind open-book management?

  1. Trust and commitment
  2. Trust and training
  3. Ideas and discussions
  4. Ideas and Training
 
Answers: 3-1, 2-4, 3-3,4-2, 1-1
 
Finance
 
1.
 Which of the following would not be included on a balance sheet?

  1. Accounts receivable
  2. Accounts payable
  3. Sales
  4. Cash
 
2.
 The term "net working capital" refers to:

  1. Inventories, receivables, and current notes and investments
  2. Assets divided by liabilities
  3. Current assets less short-term liabilities
  4. Net assets left over after subtracting cost of goods sold
 
3.
 Interest rates and bond prices

  1. move in the same direction.
  2. move in opposite directions.
  3. sometimes move in the same direction, sometimes in opposite directions.
  4. have no relationship with each other (i.e., they are independent).
 
4. The term "capital structure" refers to:

  1. Long-term debt, preferred stock, and common stock equity.
  2. Current assets and current liabilities.
  3. Total assets minus liabilities.
  4. Shareholders' equity.
 
5. Which of the following best describes an invoice?

  1. A document produced by a purchaser detailing items purchased
  2. A document produced by a seller detailing items sold
  3. A document produced by a seller following the return of goods
  4. A document produced by a seller listing monthly transactions
 
Answers: 1-3, 2-3, 3-2,4-1,5-2
 
Aptitude Test
 
DIRECTIONS for questions 1 to 2: Choose the alternative that is CLOSEST in meaning to the given word.
1. Lacerate      
  1] chew 2] froth 3] cut 4] flatten
2. Pathos      
  1] drudgery 2] ethics 3] woe 4] ecstasy
3. Find the missing digit in the number 16?82 so that the number is divisible by11
  1] 2 2] 1 3] 5 4] 0
4 Two numbers are in proportion 3:4 if their LCM is 72 then the greater numer is
  1] 6 2] 48 3] 12 4] 24
5 A Bag contains red, green and Black marbles. Green marbles are 50% that of Black marble and Black marbles are of 80% that of Red marble.If the Bag Contains 110 marbles then find the number of green marbles.
  1] 40 2] 20 3] 50 4] 10