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1.Which semiconductor device acts like a diode and two transistor?

A. UJT

B. Diac

C. Triac (Answer)

D. SCR

2.Under over voltage condition impedance offered by the voltage clamping device is----------?

A. low (Answer)

B. High

C. moderate

D. infinity

3.The latching current of GTO should be of order

A. 100 mA

B. 500 mA (Answer)

C. 1 A

D. 2 A

4.The maximum di/dt in a SCR is------------?

A. Directly proportional to supply voltage

B. Directly proportional to inductance in the circuit

C. Inversely proportional to supply voltage

D. Both A and B (Answer)

5.Example of a voltage clamping device--------------?

A. fast acting fuse

B. snubber circuit

C. metal oxide varistor (Answer)

D. aluminium block

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6.Switching frequency of SITH is------------?

A. 5 KHz

B. 10 KHz

C. 60 KHz

D. 100 KHz (Answer)

7.Practical way of obtaining static voltage equalization in series connected SCRs is by the use of------------
?

A. One resistor across the string

B. Resistors of the same value across each SCR (Answer)

C. Resistors of different values across each SCR

D. One resistor in series with each SCR

8.Thyristor can be protected from over voltages by using------------?

A. voltage clamping device. (Answer)

B. fuse.

C. heat sink.

D. snubber circuit.

9.Thyristor can be protected from over voltages by using

A. 23 mA.

B. 40 mA.

C. 10 mA. (Answer)

D. 60 mA.

10.A single phase full bridge inverter can operate in load commutation mode in case load consists of------
------?

A. RL.

B. RLC underdamped. (Answer)

C. RLC overdamped.

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D. RLC critically damped.

11.The function of snubber circuit connected across the SCR is to-----------?

A. Suppress dV / dt. (Answer)

B. Increase dV / dt.

C. Decrease dV / dt.

D. Decrease di / dt.

12.For an SCR gate – cathode characteristic is a straight line of 130. For triggered source
volume of 15 V and allowable gate power dissipation of 0.5 W compute the gate source resistance-----?

A. 111.9 Ω. (Answer)

B. 11.19 Ω.

C. 108 Ω.

D. 115 Ω

13.In forward blocking mode of a thyristor--------?

A. junction J2 is in reverse bias and J1, J3 is in forward bias. (Answer)

B. junction J3 is in forward bias and J1, J2 is in reverse bias.

C. Junction J1, J3 is in reverse bias and J2 is in forward bias.

D. Junction J1 and J2 is in forward bias and J3 is in reverse bias.

14.In reverse blocking mode of a thyristor------?

A. junction J2 is in reverse bias and J1, J3 is in forward bias.

B. junction J3 is in forward bias and J1, J2 in reverse bias.

C. junction J1, J3 is in reverse bias and J2 is in forward bias. (Answer)

D. junction J1 and J2 is in forward bias and J3 is in reverse bias.

15.If holding current of a thyristor is 2 mA then latching current should be-----?

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A. 0.01 A.

B. 0.002 A.

C. 0.009 A.

D. 0.004 A. (Answer)

16.Which statement is true for latching current -----------?

A.It is related to turn off process of the device.

B. It is related to conduction process of device.

C. It is related to turn on process of the device. (Answer)

D. Both C and D.

17.A step up chopper has input voltage 110 V and output voltage 150 V. The value of duty cycle is-----?

A. 0.32.

B. 0.67. (Answer)

C. 0.45.

D. 0.27.

18.A single phase one pulse controlled circuit has a resistance R and counter emf E load 400 sin(314 t) as
the source voltage. For a load counter emf of 200 V, the range of firing angle control is -----?

A. 30° to 150°. (Answer)

B. 30° to 180°.

C. 60° to 120°.

D. 60° to 180°.

19.A single phase full bridge inverter can operated in load commutation mode in case load consist of-----
-?

A. RL.

B. RLC underdamped. (Answer)

C. RLC overdamped.

D. RLC critically damped

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20.An SCR is considered to be a semi controlled device because-------?

A. it can be turned OFF but not ON with a gate pulse.

B. it conducts only during one half cycle of an alternating current wave.

C. it can be turned ON but not OFF with a gate pulse. (Answer)

D. it can be turned ON only during one half cycle of an AC.

21.The typical value of SCR for modern alternator is------------?

A. 1.5.

B. 0.5. (Answer)

C. 1.0.

D. 1.2.

22.An SCR has half cycle surge current rating of 3000 A for 50 Hz supply. One cycle surge current will be-
----?

A. 1500 A.

B. 6000 A.

C. 2121.32 A. (Answer)

D. 4242.64 A.

23.A Triac has three terminals viz -----------?

A. Drain, source, gate

B. Two main terminal and a gate terminal (Answer)

C. Cathode, anode, gate

D. None of the above

24.A thyristor is basically--------?

A. PNPN device (Answer)

B. A combination of diac and triac

C. A set of SCRs

D. A set if SCR,diac and triac

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25.A PNPN device having two gates is -----------?

A. Diac

B. Triac

C. SUS

D. BCS (Answer)

26.A silicon controlled racitifier (SCR) is a ------------?

A. Unijunction device

B. Device with three junction (Answer)

C. Device with four junction

D. None of the above

27.A thyristor equivalent of a thyratron tube is a ---------?

A. Diac

B. Triac

C. Silicon controlled-rectifier SCR (Answer)

D. None of above

28.A Triac is a --------------?

A. 2 terminal switch

B. 2 terminal bilateral switch

C. 3 terminal bilateral switch

D. 3 terminal bidirectional switch (Answer)

29.Einstein was born in which country ?

A. USA

B. UK

C. France

D. Germany (Answer)

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30.Sana’a is Capital of---------?

A. Hungary

B. Austria

C. Malta

D. Yemen (Answer)

31.What is Currency of Mongolia ?

A. Euro

B. Pound Sterling

C. Mongolian togrog (Answer)

D. Peso

32.What is the old name of Tomato?

A. Tomato

B. Red Ball

C. Union

D. Love Apple (Answer)

33.w many Players in Polo Team on each side?

A. 4 Players (Answer)

B. 6 Players

C. 8 Players

D. 10 Players

35.How many Players are in a Volleyball Team?

A. 5 Players

B. 6 Players (Answer)

C. 7 Players

D. 8 Players

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36.How much players are in basketball on the court at one time?

A. 5 Players (Answer)

B. 7 Players

C. 9 Players

D. 11 Players

37.How many Players on a field Hockey Team?

A. 12 Players

B. 10 Players

C. 11 Players (Answer)

D. 8 Players

38.How many Players are there on a Football Team?

A. 10 Players

B. 12 Players

C. 11 Players (Answer)

D. 13 Players

39.Most Populous City in the World is-------------?

A. Delhi

B. Tokyo

C. Karachi

D. Shanghai (Answer)

40.What is the full form of ECL?

A. Exit Cancellation List

B. Exit Control List (Answer)

C. Exit Common List

D. Excutive Crime List

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41.Mirza Ghalib was born on-----------?

A. 20 Dec 1790

B. 27 Dec 1797 (Answer)

C. 21 Dec 1799

D. 25 Oct 1802

42.Who built Badshahi Masjid ?

A. Zaheer Uddin Babar

B. Naseer Uddin Humayun

C. Aurangzeb Alamgir (Answer)

D. Shehnshah Akbar

43.Worlds biggest irrigation scheme ?

A. Lansdowne Pull

B. Lloyd Barrage

C. Sukkur barrage

D. All of these (Answer)

ubmitted by: Shazia SM (Answer)

44.First ever Chinese Newspaper was launched in Pakistan is------------?

A. China Daily

B. Hushang (Answer)

C. Xinmin

D. Shinghai Daily

45.Who was the 1st Woman Judge of International Court of justice?

A. Rosa E. Otumbiyeva

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B. Rosalyn Higgins (Answer)

C. Gertrude Mongella

D. Sadako ogata

46.The First Urdu Newspaper was-------------?

A. Jam-e-Jahan Numa (Answer)

B. Nawai-e-waqt

C. Imroz

D. Indian Gazette

47.Fleet Street is famous for----------?

A. Newspapers & Press agencies offices (Answer)

B. Stock Exchange

C. Cinema Halls

D. Shipping Centers

48.Fleet Street is situated in ----------?

A. New York

B. London (Answer)

C. Karachi

D. Mumbai

49.Who was the acting President of Gilgit Baltistan before joining Pakistan?

A. Hasan khan

B. Mirza Ali

C. Malik Muhammad Miskeen

D. Shah Raees khan (Answer)

50.A man who’s eighty years old?

A. Centenary

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B. Septuagenarian

C. Octogenarian (Answer)

D. Immortal

51.What is the name of Longest Bridge in the world?

A. Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway

B. The Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge (Answer)

C. Lake Pontchartrain Causeway

D. King Fahd Causeway Bridge

52.The highest sand dunes are found is---------?

A. The Sahara desert (Answer)

B. Thar desert

C. Thank desert

D. Gobi desert

53.UN Security Council has-------------Permanent Members?

A. 4

B. 5 (Answer)

C. 6

D. 7

54.Headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organization is in-------------?

A. New York (USA)

B. Doha (QATAR)

C. Jakarta (Indonesia)

D. Montreal (Canada) (Answer)

55.Real is the Currency of which Country?

A. Argentina

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B. Brazil (Answer)

C. Denmark

D. Mangolia

56.National Fish of Pakistan is ------------?

A. Blue Marlin

B. Hogfish

C. Flounder

D. Mahseer (Answer)

57.The world’s narrowest street is------?

A. Fleet Street

B. Vicolo della Virilita (Answer)

C. Wall Street

D. Yonge Street

58.The Top Five most Populous Cities of Pakistan are ------- ?

A. Lahore, Islamabad, Karachi, Hyderabad, Rawalpindi

B. Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala (Answer)

C. Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Lahore, Karachi

D. Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Gujranwala, Dera Ghazi Khan

59.ow many years the 1st Constituent Assembly lasted?

A. 8

B. 9

C. 7 (Answer)

D. 10

60.In Japan, Tuesday is known as---------?

A. Black day

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B. Fire day (Answer)

C. Day of jews

D. None of these

61.World’s shortest woman is ---------?

A. Jyoti Amge (Answer)

B. Zainab Bibi

C. Madge Bester

D. Bridgettle Jordan

62.World tallest man is from which country?

A. Turkey (Answer)

B. India

C. Pakistan

D. Africa

63.World’s tallest man is ---------?

A. Alam Channa

B. Nawaz Sharif

C. Sultan Kosen (Answer)

D. Che Guera

64.What is the advantage of HRC fuses over Rewirable fuses?

A. High speed operation

B. High rupturing capacity

C. No ageing effect

D. All of the above (Answer)

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65.The name of UNO was coined by?

A. George washington

B. Frank Rosevelt (Answer)

C. John kennedy

D. Wickshell

66.Who has the honour to address thrice the Joint Sitting of the Parliament of Pakistan?

A. Yasser Arafat

B. Xi Jingping

C. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (Answer)

D. Joko Widodo

67.Largest District of Pakistan by population is ------------?

A. Chaghi

B. Lahore (Answer)

C. Karachi Central

D. Peshawar

68.he biggest District of Pakistan by area is -----------?

A. Mastung

B. Chaghi (Answer)

C. Kalat

D. Noski

69.When was Nobel Prize in economics started?

A. 1951

B. 1969 (Answer)

C. 1967

D. 1901

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70.Which is the largest Mobile service in Pakistan ?

A. Mobilink (Answer)

B. Ufone

C. Warid

D. Telenor

71.The Tallest women born in Pakistan is---------?

A.Shaista Bibi

B.Zainab Bibi (Answer)

C.Uzma Bibi

D.Balqees Bano

72.Kirkuk famous for its oil fields is the city of----------?

A.Saudi Arabia

B.Syria

C.Iran

D.Iraq (Answer)

73.Eva airline is the name of airline of----------?

A.Korea

B.Japan

C.Taiwan (Answer)

D.China

74.Which Country led a boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games held in Moscow?

A. Great Britain

B. China

C. United States (Answer)

D. South Korea

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75.ow many feathers in shuttle in badminton?

A. 12 feathers

B. 15 feathers

C. 10 feathers

D. 16 feathers (Answer)

76.Which Country did oriented Basketball?

A. Canada

B. Brazil

C. USA (Answer)

D. England

77.Founder of Exam is ----------?

A. Pythagoras

B. Sergy brin

C. Henry A Fischel (Answer)

D. Wilhelm Wundt

78.World snake-less country is -------------?

A. Australia

B. Germany

C. New Zealand (Answer)

D. Japan

79.Currency of New Zealand is -------------?

A. Pound

B. Euro

C. Dollar (Answer)

D. Yen

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80.Which city of Pakistan once known as “City of Maple Trees”?

A. Lahore

B. Abbottabad (Answer)

C. Hyderabad

D. Multan

81.Honduras is a --------- Country?

A. North American

B. South American

C. South African

D. Central American (Answer)

82.Which waves are discovered in 2017 in the LIGO conference?

A. Chromium waves

B. Heat waves

C. Gravitational waves (Answer)

D. sedenctary waves

83.Which Country became 25th country to recognize same sex/gay and lesbian couples to legally wed?

A. Australia (Answer)

B. South Africa

C. New Zealand

D. India

84.Angola Parliament name is------------?

A. National Assembly (Answer)

B. Parliament

C. Shrua

D. NonE of these

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85.Pakistan officially joined the United Nations (UN) on -----------?

A. 30 October 1947

B. 30 September 1947 (Answer)

C. 30 August 1947

D. 30 March 1948

86.Angela Merkel is the chancellor of -----------?

A. Belgium

B. Germany (Answer)

C. France

D. America

87.Who was the first Governor of state bank Pakistan?

A. Qasim parekh

B. V.A Jaffery

C. Abdul Qadir

D. Zahid Hussain (Answer)

88.Which City of Pakistan is famous for sports goods?

A. Peshawar

B. Lahore

C. Sialkot (Answer)

D. Islamabad

89.The river Indus flows from which city?

A. Gilgit

B. Tibat (Answer)

C. peshawer

D. kabul

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90.Radio was invented by-------------in 1895?

A. Philo taylor

B. Motorola martia

C. Robert

D. Guglielmo marconi (Answer)

91.Lebanon Currency is----------?

A. Lebanese Pound (Answer)

B. Lebanese Dollar

C. Lebanese Rupee

D. None of these

92.How many Countries are there Landlocked in the world?

A. 37 Countries

B. 41 Countries

C. 44 Countries (Answer)

D. 42 Countries

93.Nanga parbat the second highest peak of pakistan is located in which district of gilgit baltistan?

A. Astore

B. Diamer (Answer)

C. Gizar

D. Nagir

94.Which one of these is the longest cave in the world?

A. Jewel Cave

B. Wind Cave

C. Sistema Ox Bel Ha

D. Mammoth Cave (Answer)

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95.The Palk Strait separates which two countries?

A. India and Indonesia

B. India and Sri Lanka (Answer)

D. Sri Lanka and Maldives

D. Pakistan and Iran

96.The book Emile or “On Education” on the nature of education and man is written by----------?

A. Aristotle

B. Plato

C. John Dewey

D. Rousseau (Answer)

97.First gulf nations to introduce VAT (Value added Tax) ?

A. Oman and Qatar

B. UAE and Saudi Arabia (Answer)

C. Kuwait and Iraq

D. None of These

98.Which country first introduced the world’s first photovoltaic road fitted with solar panels?

A. China

B. Japan

C. US

D. France (Answer)

99.Who Conquered The Constantinople In 1453?

A. Sultan Mehmood Ghaznavi

B. Sultan Salahudin Ayubi

C. Sultan Muhammad Fateh (Answer)

D. Sultan Sulaiman Khan

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100.World Highest Polo Ground Shandur (3,734 meters) is in Pakistan, It is in ----------- District?

A. Lahore

B. Swat

C. Chitral (Answer)

D. Gilgit

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