Tribal Areas Electric Supply (TESCO) Test

Conducted by NTS
Dated: 21-Sep-2019
Post: Junior Engineer/SDO
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1) Second Cauer's form of reactive network synthesis is the successful removal

of

a) Poles at infinity

b) Zeros at infinity

c) Poles at origin

d) Zeros at origin

2) The function of field regulator for compound motors is to (Handa)

a) limit armature current

b) demagnetize the magnetic field

c) control the flux

d) Increase armature resistance

3) In series parallel control of DC motor the torque produced in series

arrangement will be ______ of that in parallel arrangement (Handa)

a) double

b) one fourth

c) half

d) 4 times
4) The starting resistor is connected in (Handa )

a) Series with field

b) Parallel with field

c) Series with armature winding

d) parallel with armature winding

5) The physical size of resistor determines

a) Power rating

b) Temperature rating

c) current rating

d) Voltage rating

e) Pressure rating

6) The reciprocal of a network function

a) Never a transfer function

b) An immittance function, if original function is Omittance function

c) An transfer function, if original function is transfer function

d) Never an immittance function

7) The lower limit of 5% resistor is 209. Nominal value is?

a) 210

b) 215

c) 220

d) 225

e) 230
8) The conductance and susceptance components of admittance of a circuit if
elements are connected in

a) series

b) parallel

C) series parallel

d) Insufficient information

9) Electric field lines emerge from charge

a) one dimension

b) two dimension

c) three dimension

d) four dimension

10) To turn the switch off the ______ is set zero while using transistor as a
switch

a) Emitter current

b) Collector current

c) Base current

d) All of above

11) DC generator generates

a) DC Voltage

b) AC Voltage

c) DC or AC Voltage

d) Pulsating DC

12) Brushes of Commutators for 220V dc generator are generally made up of

a) Copper

b) Carbon Copper
c) Electro graphite

d) Graphite Copper

13) Which of the following helps in commutation process

a) Compensating windings

b) Poles shoes

c) Inter poles

d) All

14) The transistor is a combination of --------- pn junction devices

a) 2

b) 3

c) 4

d) 5

15) The most common semiconductor

a) Ge

b) Si

c) P

d) C

16) The atomic number of Germanium

a) 14

b) 32

c) 51

d) 48

17) When 'n' is sandwitched between two p-type region

a) p-channel mosfet

b) n-channel mosfet
c) n-p-n

d) p-n-p

18) The Bridge used to measure insulation properties of electrical equipment

a) Schering

b) Kelvin

c) Maxwell

d) Wein's

19 In case compound motor is started with open series field (Handa)

a) The fuse will blow off

b) Motor will not start

c) Motor will start with jerk

d) Motor will start with vibrations and noise

20) The armature voltage control is considered suitable for a DC motor

driven at constant

a) Speed

b) Power

c) Torque

d) Current

21 Commutator of DC machine acts as a

a) full wave rectifier

b) half wave rectifier

c) Inverter

d) Controlled Rectifier
22) The yoke in dc machine is made up of

a) cast iron

b) cast steel

c) mild steel

d) grain oriented Steel

23) An electron is moving parallel to a magnetic field , the Force experienced

by it is

a) zero

b) eVB

c) -eVB

d) 1

24) DC potentiometer is used to measure

a) Unknown emf

b) Large voltages

c) lagre power

d) direct resistances

25) Damping torque in instruments , generally not produced

a) Pneumatically

b) Electromagnetically

c) Electro-statically

d) By fluid friction

26) The function for starter of dc motor is

a) To limit the starting current

b) To limit the starting voltage

c) To increase field resistance

d) To reduce armature resistance

27) Coking is

a) Formation of lumps or masses of coke in boiler surfaces at high temperature

b) Heating of coal in absence of air , driving out CO2 and leaving behind
residue and carbon

c) burning of coal in furnace

d) Producing lumps of coal from fine powders with the help of blinder

28) Power plants using coal works closely on which cycle

a) Otto Cycle

b) Binary Vapour Cycle

c) Brayton Cycle

d) Rankine Cycle

29) Which of the following is generally not a constituent of coal

a) Chromium

b) Sulphur

c) Moisture

d) Hydrogen

30) The speed of DC shunt motor supplying a load at its rated speed, its speed
can be reduced by

a) Increasing the applied voltage

b) Connecting an additional resistance in the armature circuit

c) Connecting an additional resistance in the field circuit

d) Decreasing the applied voltage

31) A 120RJ resistor has a value of

a) 1.2 +- 1%
b) 12 +- 10%

c) 120 +- 5%

d) 1200 +- 2%

32) In a Compound DC motor, the shunt field winding as compared to series

field winding will have

a) More turns and smaller cross-section of wire

b) Less turns and large cross-section of wire

c) More turns and large cross-section of wire

d) Less turns and smaller cross-section of wire

33) In ideal diesel cycle the working substance is

a) Air

b) Diesel

c) Mixture of air and diesel

d) Any combustible gas.

34) Three amplifiers are cascaded, each have gain 30, Then total Gain is ?

a) 30

b) 90

c) 2700

d) 27000

35) Which of the following is a Perfect insulator?

A. Porcelain

B. Steel

C. Ebonite

D. Copper
36) Convert 470 μ V is equal to how many mV?

a) 0.47mV

b) 0.047 mV

c) 4.7mV

d) None

37) In a nuclear power station moderator is used to

a) Absorb neutrons

b) Reduce the speed of neutrons

c) Accelerate the speed of neutrons

d) Stop the chain reaction

38) A Coil is Supplied 220V and 2 Ampere Current 45 degree lagging, the Q
of Coil is....?

a) 100

b) 1

c) 25

d) 10

39) Peak value of power angle curve of a transmission line is 50MVA. If two
such identical lines are added in parallel the resulting peak value is _______

a) 100MVA

b) 25MVA

c) 50MVA

d) 200MVA

40) In order to reduce skin effect at UHF

a) Conductors are painted

b) Conductors are anodized

c) Copper tubes with silver plating are used

d) Copper rods with silver plating are used

41) The surge resistance of transmission lines is about

a) 50 ohm

b) 75 ohm

c) 400 ohm

d) 800 ohm

42) The output of the solar cell is of the order

a) 0.1W

b) 0.5W

c) 1W

d) 5W

43) The moving system in indicating instrument is subjected to

a) Deflecting torque

b) Controlling torque

c) Damping torque

d) All

44) The number of cycles in which high speed circuit breaker complete its
operation is

a) 3 to 8

b) 10-18

c) 20-30

d) 40-50
45) The letter DPDT is a

a) Switch

b) Conductor

c) Thick wire

d) Fuse

46) Due to burning of 1 Kg of pure carbon with a minimum quantity of air

required, the percentage of carbon dioxide in the exhaust gas would be

a) 10%

b) 19%

c) 29%

d) 39%

47) DC motor is easily identified by

a) Commutator

b) Yoke

c) size of conductor

d) Winding

48) Output of PV cell is

A. 60V

B. 0.6V

C. 1V

D. None

49) In air craft using gas turbine, the cycle used is

A. Simple

B. Regeneration
C. Reheating

D. Reheating with regeneration

50) Steam engine used in locomotives is

A. Single acting, condensing type

B. Single acting, non-condensing type

C. Double acting, condensing type

D. Double acting, non -condensing type

51) A graphical representation between discharge m³/s and time is known as

A. Monograph

B. Water Discharge Graph

C. Topograph

D. Hydrograph

52) Ash content of most of the indian coal is around

A. 1%

B. 5%

C. 10%

D. 20%

53) Power transformer are usually designed to have maximum efficiency at

a) A little more than full load

b) Near full load

c) Half loaf

d) Quarter load

54) Which instrument has same calibration for AC and DC Values

a) Induction type

b) Hot wire type

c) Moving coil type

d) Moving iron type

55) The magnetizing current of a transformer is usually small because it has

a) Laminated silicon steel core

b) Small air gap

c) No rotating part

d) Large leakage flux

56) Two Resistances 40 ohm and 60 Ohm given in Parallel.the Equivalent

Resistance Will be

a) 24 Ohm

b) 25 Ohm

c) 26 Ohm

d) 27 Ohm

57) The error ratio of current transformer is due to

a) Exciting current

b) Stray magnetism

c) Corona effects

d) Lagging power factor

58) Which of the following instruments does not use the effect of current for
measurement purposes?

a) Electrostatic ammeter

b) Hot wire ammeter

c) Rectifier ammeter

d) Moving coil ammeter

59) Retardation test in case of shunt motors and generators is used to

determine
a) Friction losses

b) Eddy current losses

c) Copper losses

d) Stray losses

60) Which of the following forms an energy convertor?

a) Piezo-electric effect

b) Magneto-striction effect

c) Hall Effect

d) All of these

61) Sparking between contacts can be reduced by

a) Inserting Resistance in a Line

b) Inserting Reactor in a Line

c) Inserting a capacitor in series with the contacts

d) Inserting a capacitor in parallel with the contacts

62) Deuterium oxide is used in nuclear reactor as

a) Fuel

b) Moderator

c) Shield

d) Regulator

63) Which type of output voltage is formed in Full wave rectifier?

a) Pulsating DC

b) Pulsating AC

c) Pure DC

d) No ripple voltage
64) The SI unit of time ?

a) Second

b) Hour

c) Minute

d) Week

e) Day

65) Parallel resonance circuit magnifies (Exam Veda)

a) Current

b) Voltage

c) power

d) All

66) ) In a permanent magnet DC motor , which of the following method of

Speed control cannot be used ? (Handa)

a) Armature voltage Variation

b) Field Voltage control

c) Field current variation

d) Armature current variation

67) The direction of rotation of rotation of Compound DC motor can be

effectively reversed by interchanging

a. Shunt Field Connections

b. Series Field Connections

c. Armature Connections

d. Line Leads

68) Force = 10N , displacement = 0.8m , Calculate Work done ?

Ans. 8 Joules
69) 𝟏𝟔𝟓𝟐 − 𝟏𝟔𝟒𝟐 = ?

Ans. 329

70) Zakat on 60,000 at the rate of 2.5% ?

Ans. 1500
𝟐+√𝟓
71) =?
𝟐−√𝟓

Ans. -9-4√𝟓

72) Two hydrogen and one oxygen molecules form

Ans. Water

73) x+y=10, x-y = 5 then 𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 = ?

Ans. 50

74) The voltage of a single solar cell is

a) 0.5 V

b) 1 V

c) 1.1 V

d) 5 W.

75) What happens when the diode is forward biased?

76) When resistor is connected between base and positive supply

77) Which is not important in transformer design (High Permeability, Low

hysteresis, ?, ?

78) The fact that how closely the instrument reading follows the measured
variables is termed as

a) Fidelity

b) Precision

c) Accuracy

d) Sensitivity
79) One question related to shunt generator protection ….

Options: Thermal relay , over-current relay (Not remembered exact

question)

General Knowledge Section + English

80) What is the meaning of Iman-e-Mufassal?

a) The belief in detail

b) The belief in brief

c) The belief in all things

d) The belief in uncertain things

81) Zulfiqar Ali bhutto was______ in general ayub’s cabinet

a) Foreign Minster

b) Defense Minster

c) Finance Minister

d) Interior Minister

82) We ________ our work yesterday.

a) Did

b) Does

c) Do

d) Done
83) It is not true. I------ believe (?)

a) Do not

b) Does

c) Did

84) Sun ______ in my bedroom Windows every morning

a) Shine

b) Shines

c) Shone

d) Shining

85) Parliament or Majlis-e-Shoora of Pakistan

a) Parliament, senate, President

b) Parliament, senate, PM

c) Parliament, senate, PM and President

d) National Assembly and Senate

86) Joint chief of selection committee is By

a) President

b) PM ( I think it should be because President just confirms the appointment)

c) All officers of 3 army

87) Reading Darood is Called

a) Salat

b) Unity

c) Faith

88) Bangladesh Separated From Pakistan

a) 14 December 1971
b) 15 December 1971

c) 16 December 1971

d) 17 December 1971

89) Initial budget of CPEC is

a) 46 billion

b) 48 billion

c) 56 billion

d) 68 billion

90) Who was the Second Governor General Of Pakistan as well as the second
Prime Minister Of Pakistan

a) Quaid e Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah

b) Khuwaja Nazimudin

c) Liaqat Ali Khan

d) Ch.Mohammad Ali

91) Jannat is Reward for

a) Good deeds

b) Hidden deeds

c) Worse deeds

d) bad deeds

92) By right clicking on a theme applies it on which slides

a) Current slide

b) first slide

c) last slide

d) all slides
93) Style, font and color are preset in

a) theme

b) heading

c) tools

94) How can you edit a chart

a) by dragging

b) by right click

c) by left click

d) by double click

95) Which one is not a word layout

a) Print layout

b) Final layout

c) Web layout

d) draft

96) Our friends often comes to ------ us ?

a) see

b) saw

c) seen

Compiled by: Engr. Nauman Zafar