Guidance for ITI / Diploma / B.Tech. Course Passed z A ppointment & Career News z Vol. 12 z Issue No.
z A ppointment & Career News z Vol. 12 z Issue No. 42 z 29th July, 2017 z 3
Pattern of Question, Syllabus & Probable Q & A of the
Exam. for Assistant Engineer (Electrical) through PSC
The selection procedure for the post of Assistant Engineer (Electrical) conducted by Public Service Commission comprises of Written Test & Personal Interview. The
written test will comprises of 100 multiple choice objective type question of 200 marks based on Technical Knowledge of Electrical, Mechanical, Electronics & Computer.
Qualified candiates will be called for Interview of 100 marks. The important chapters of Electrical discipline are as follows : Basic Electrical Engineering (Ohms Law,
Joules Law, Battery), Field Theory, Engineering Materials, A.C. Fundamental, Measuring Instruments, Electrical Machine (D.C. Machine, Induction Machine), Alternator
& Sychronous Motor their Construction, Speed Control & Different Use, Transformer (Construction, Characteristics, Use, Condition of Parallel Operation), Illumination,
Transmission & Distribution, Switch Gear Protection (Rise of Restriking Voltage, Surge Voltage), Laplace Transform & Transfer Function, Basic Electronics. In Mechanical
discipline : Strength of Materials, Engineering Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics (Centrifugal & Reciprocating Pump), Welding. In Electronics discipline : Basic Electronics &
Power Electronics. In Computer Engineering : Basic Computer Application. In this issue the previous year question paper of 2012 & probable questions of 2017 of following
chapter Engineering Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Hydralic Mechines are discussed by Career Counsellor Subrata Kumar Sinha along with 46 questions & answers.
Engineering Mechanics
1. Factional force developed is
(a) directly proportional to area of contact (b) inversely
proportional to area of contact (c) independent of area of
contact (d) inversely proportional to the square of area of
contact
3. A displacement of a particle is given by S = (5t2 3) m,
the velocity of the particle at t = 4 sec is
77
(a) m/s (b) 40 m/s (c) 80 m/s (d) 5m/s
4 tower. The two stone will meet after
4. The unit of impulse is
(a) Kgm2/s (b) Kgm/s (c) Kgm/s2 (d) none of the above
1. Forces are called concurrent when their line of action
(a) meet in different point (b) meet in one point (c) meet
in one plane (d) none of these
2. Forces are called coplanar when all of them acting on
body
(a) lie in different point (b) lie in one point (c) lie in one
plane (d) none of these
3. Effect of a force on a body depends upon
(a) magnitude (b) direction (c) line of action (d) all of these
4. Kinematics Deals with the bodys in motion
(a) without taking into account the foces which are
responsible for such motion (b) with taking into account
the foces which are responsible for such motion (c)
without taking into account the foces which are not
responsible for such motion (d) none of these
5. Units of Distance is
(a) Angstrom (b) Light year (c) micron (d) millimetre
6. When trying to turn a key into a lock the applied force
is known as
(a) couple (b) centrifugal (c) centripetal (d) none of these
8. Which one vector quantities
(a) Velocity (b) Force (c) Moment (d) all of these
9. Which one is not vector quantities
(a) retardation (b) angular displacement (c) energy (d)
angular velocity
10. Every body has how many centre of gravity
(a) single (b) more than one (c) two (d) none of these
11. Centre of gravity of a uniform lamina lies at the
(a) start point of its axis (b) mid point of its axis (c) end
point of its axis (d) any point of its axis
15. C. G. a solid cone is a distacne
(a) 4r/3 from its base (b) 3r/8 from its base (c) h/4 from
its base along vertical axis (d) none of these
16. Unit of moment of inertia of an area
(a) m4 (b) mm4 (c) either a or b (d) none of these
17. Unit of moment of inertia of mass
(a) Kgm2 (b) m4 (c) mm4 (d) mr2
18. M. I. of a thin circular ring
(a) Kgm2 (b) m4 (c) mm4 (d) mr2
1(b). 2(c). 3(d). 4(a). 5(b). 6(a). 8(d). 9(c). 10(a). 11(b).
15(c). 16(c). 17(a). 18(d).
2. Units of power
(a) Watt (b) Horse power (HP) (c) Kcal/sec (d) Kg-m/sec
3. Brakes are applied to a car traveling at 90 km / hour
and it come to stop 5 seconds hereafter. The co-efficient
of friction between wheel and road surface is
(a) 0.18 (b) 0.25 (c) 0.36 (d). 0.5 take g = 10 m/s2
6. A body in which the relative position of any two particles
do not change under the action of force is called
(a) Resistant body (b) rigid body (c) flexible body (d)
elastic body
7. Four forces equal to P, 2P, 3P and 4P are respectively
acting along the four sides of a square ABCD, taken in
order. The magnitude of the resultant force is
(a) 10 P (b) 5 P (c) 2 2 P (d) 8 2 P
8. A tower is of height 100 m. A stone is thrown up from
the bottom of tower with a velocity of 20 m/sec and at the
same lime another stone is dropped from the top of the
(a) 10 sec (b) 5 sec (c) 2 sec (d) 7.5 sec
9. A object moves along X-axis from x = 0 to x = 16 cm
along the action of the force Fx = 24 3x. Then
(a) Work done on the object will be 384 Judles (b) Work
done on the object will be zero (c) P.E. of the object will
be maximum at x = 8 cm (d) the object will oscillate about
its new position
10. A particle, starting from rest, moves in a straight line,
whose equation of motion is given by S = t3 2 t2 + 3.
The velocity after 5 seconds is
(a) 55 m/s (b) 75 m/s (c) 30 m/s (d) 15 m/s
11. A light string passes over a smooth weightless pulley
and has weights of 50 N and 100 N attached to its ends,
the tension in the string will be
(a) 66.67 N (b) 33.33 N (c) 100 N (d) 133.33 N
14. Limiting friction is the maximum value of frictional
force, which comes into play, when a body just begins
(a) to slide over the surface of other body (b) to slide
against the surface of other body (c) either a or b (d) none
of these
15. Ball & roller possesses
(a) static friction (b) limiting friction (c) sliding friction (d)
rolling friction
16. Frictional force always acts in
(a) same direction to the movement of body (b) opposite
direction to the movement of body (c) either a or b (d) none
of these
17. Friction force depends upon
(a) the roughness of surface (b) the area of contact
between the two surface (c) both a & b (d) none of these
18. The Condition for a Reversible machine
(a) efficiency should be more than 50% (b) efficiency
should be less than 50% (c) efficiency should be 100%
(d) none of these
2(a). 3(d). 6(b). 7(c). 8(b). 9(b). 10(a). 11(a). 14(a). 15(d).
16(b). 17(a). 18(a).
Fluid Mechanics
6. If A is the cross-sectional area of a pipe and V is the
average velocity of fluid flowing through it, the rate of flow
or discharge Q is found by the following relation:
(a) A.V (b) A2.V (c) A.V2 (d) A.V
8. Reynolds number is defined as the
(a) ratio of the inertia force to gravity force (b) ratio of the
viscous force to gravity force (c) ratio of the viscous force
to elastic force (d) ratio of the inertia force to viscous force
1. The property by virtue of which a liquid opposes
relative motion between its different layers is called
(a) Surface tension (B) co-efficient of viscosity (C) 7. Pitot tube is used for measurement of
viscosity (D) Osmosis (D) Cchesion
2. The dimensions of coefficient of
viscosity are
(a) M1 L-1 T-1 (b) M1 L-1 T-1 (c) M1 L1 T-1 (d)
M-1 L1 T1 (e) M1 L-1 T1
3. Hydrometer is used to determine
(a) Specific gravity of liquids (b) Specifi
gravity of solids (c) Specific gravity of
gases (d) Relative humidity (e) density
4. Super-sonic flow means
(a) Mach number = 1.0 (b) Mach number
< 1.0 (c) Mach number > 1.0 (d) None of
these
5. Kinematic viscosity (v) is equal to
(a) x (b) / (c) / (d) None of these (a) Same (b) More (c) Less (d) More or
6. Differential manometers are used for
measuring
(a) Velocity at a point in a fluid (b)
Pressure at a point in a fluid (c) Difference
of pressure between two points (d) None
of these
7. A piezomerer tube is not suitable for
measuring ____ pressure
(a) Positive (b) Negative (c) Atmospheric
(d) None of these
8. In centrifugal pumps, cavitation is
reduced by
(a) increasing the flow velocity (b)
Reducing the discharge (c) Throtiting the
discharge (d) Reducing the suction head
10. Eulers equation of motion can be
integrated when it is assumed that
(a) The fluid is incornpressible (b)
Bernoullis equation is satified (c)
Continuity equation is satified (d) velocity
potential exists and density is constant
11. A rectangular channel will give
maximum discharge when
(a) b = d (b) b = d / 2 (c) b = 2 d (d) b = 3
d, where b = breadth of channel & d =
depth of water
12. Fatio of inertia force to elastic force
is known as
(a) Mach number (b) Froude number (c)
Reynolds number (d) Weber number
14. During the opening of a valve in a pipe
line, the flow is
(a) Steady (b) Unsteady (c) Iniform (d)
Laminar
15. Dimension of density is expressed by
(a) ML3 (b) ML1 (c) ML2 (d) ML 12. Kinematic Viscosity is the ratio
16. In turbulent flow Reynolds no in a pipe
during flow of fluid is
(a) less than 2800 (b) more than 2800 (c)
more than 4000 (d) less than 5000
1(c). 2(a). 3(a). 4(c). 5(b). 6(c). 7(b). 8(d).
10(d). 11(c). 12(a). 14(d). 15(a). 16(b).
Hydralic Mechines
(a) pressure (b) flow (c) velocity at a point
(d) discharge
9. In a reciprocating pump
(a) flow is intermittent (b) flow is uniform
(c) priming is essential (d) torque is
uniform
10. In a centrifugal pump, the static lift
means
(a) suction lift (b) delivery lift (c) sum of
suction and delivery lifts (d) difference of
suction and delivery lifts
1. The length of divergent por tion of
venturi-meter in comprison to convergent
portion is
less depending on capacity
2. Power required to drive a centrifugal
pump is proportional to
(a) Impeller diameter (D) (b) D2 (c) D3 (d)
D4
3. High specific speed of a pump implies
it is
(a) centrifugal pump (b) mixed flow pump
(c) axial flow pump (d) any one of these
4. The unit discharge through a turbine is
(a) Q / H (b) Q H (c) Q / H3/2 (d) Q / H 2
5. Impulse turbine is used for
(a) Low head (b) High head (c) Medium
head (d) High flow
7. Francis turbine is
(a) An impulse turbine (b) A radial flow
impulse turbine (c) A axial flow turbine (d)
A reaction radial flow turbine
8. Find the discharge through a
rectangular orifice 3.0 m wide and 2.0 m
deep fitted to a water tank. The water level
in the tank is 4.0 m above the top edge of
the orifice. Take Cd = 0.62
(a) 36.76 m3/s (b) 46.76 m3/s (c)56.76
m3/s (d) None of these
9. The horse power required to drive the
pump is given the relation, where Hs =
suction head, Hd = discharge head
(a) W Q (Hs) / 75 (b) W Q Hd / 75 (c) W Q
(Hs H d) / 75 (d) W Q (H s+ Hd) / 75
10. A trapezoidal channel will give
maximum discharge when
(a) Bottom width = sloping side (b) top
width = sloping side (c) Half top width =
depth (d) half of top width = sloping side
between
(a) absolute viscosity and density (b)
dynamic viscosity and density (c) either a
or b (d) none of these
13. A hollow circular plate of 2m external
and 1 m Internal dia immersed vertically
in water. The centre is 2m deep. Find
depth of centre of pressure.
(a) 2.16 m (b) 0.16 m (c) 1.16 m (d) 3.16m
1(b). 2(d). 3(b). 4(b). 5(b). 7(d). 8(a). 9(d).
10(d). 12(c). 13(a).
ANSWER
1(c). 2(d). 3(d). 4(b). 5(c). 6(c
7(a). 8(a). 9(a). 10(d). 11(a). 12(a
13(a). 14(c). 15(b). 16(c). 17(a
18(a). 19(d). 20(c). 21(c). 22(b
23(a). 24(c). 25(c). 26(c). 27(c
28(c). 29(a). 30(a). 31(d). 32(c
33(c). 34(d). 35(c). 36(c). 37(d
38(a). 39(d). 40(a). 41(b). 42(d
43(a). 44(b). 45(c). 46(a).