NLC Mini-Mock 2 for ESE & GATE EE Exams

Question 1

The respective ratio between the present ages of Ram, Rohan & Vinay is 3 : 4 : 5. If the average of their present ages is 28 years then what would be the sum of the ages of Ram and Rohan together after 5 years?

Question 2

Point B is 3 metres north of point A. Point C is 3 metres west of point B. Point D is 5 metres south of point C. Point E is 7 metres east of point D. In which of the following directions is point E, with reference to point B?

Question 3

Pointing to a boy, Mira said, "He is the only son of my grandfather's only child." How is the boy related to Mira?

Question 4

When is World Malaria Day, recognized by the WHO observed?

Question 5

World AIDS Day is observed on which of the following days?

Question 6

In the following question, a sentence is given with a blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

I have been ______ about the case all evening.

Question 7

The ratio between the present ages of a girl and a boy is 5:4. Four years ago, the boy’s age was 24 years. What will be the girl’s age after five years?

Question 8

A, B and C divide Rs. 24000 amongst themselves such that for every Rs. 300, A gets Rs. 100, B gets Rs. 80 and C gets Rs. 120. So, what is the share of C?

Question 9

Direction: Study the following information to answer the given questions.

In a certain code,

‘more money in market’ is written as ‘zo li aa to’,
‘share in market profit’ is written as ‘vo to je li’,
‘making more profit now’ is written as ‘su je zo ka’,
‘now the market gains’ is written as ‘do li yo su’.

Which of the following is the code for ‘gain’?

Question 10

In a class of 20 students, Mridul's rank is 12^th from the top and Veena's rank is 17^th from the bottom. If Rohan's rank is exactly between Mridul and Veena's rank, what is Rohan's rank from the top?

Question 11

The famous book 'Anandmath' was authored by

Question 12

The first Jain council was held in

Question 13

In the following question, a sentence is given with a blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

The boys were _________ to hear that we were going to build a bridge.

Question 14

Ram got married 8 years ago. His present age is 6/5 times his age at the time of his marriage. Ram’s brother was 10 years younger to him at the time of his marriage. What is the present age (in years) of his brother?

Question 15

Direction: Study the sets of numbers given below and answer the questions which follows.

352 575 669 339 883

If in each number, the first and the last digits are interchanged, then how many numbers are odd?

Question 16

Direction: Study the following data carefully and answer the questions accordingly.

In a certain code language,

“attend your school today” is coded as “um pt to hi”
“school today the drive” is coded as “rm mc hi to”
“car on school road” is coded as “xe to bp em”
“paying attend through on” is coded as “bp ut um es”

What is the code for “school” in the given code language?

Question 17

The only Indian to win the Nobel prize in physics is___.

Question 18

Where is the headquarter of Food and Agriculture Organisation?

Question 19

In the following question, the sentence is given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

The head of the sparrow had been______ away with the gun.

Question 20

Direction: Study the following bar graph and answer the given question.

In the bar graph, number of cakes sold by 5 bakeries – A, B, C, D and E in the week I is given.

Number of cakes sold by bakery C is approximately what percent of the number of cakes sold by bakery E?

Question 21

In a synchronous motor, the magnitude of stator back emf, E_b depends on

Question 22

The HVDC system uses which of the following converters at sending and receiving end?

Question 23

Earthing or grounding cable is:

Question 24

A second order system with ξ = 0.5 and ω_n = 10 rad/sec will have approximate band width of

Question 25

Voltage sags results due to problem in power:

Question 26

Match List-I (Machine characteristic) with List-II (Quantity) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List-I
A) Open-circuit characteristic
B) V-curve
C) Internal characteristic
D) Inverted V-curve
List-II
1) p.f. vs. I_f
2) E_a vs. I_a
3) E_g vs. I_f
4) I_a vs. I_f

Question 27

In the full wave midpoint circuit with resistive load, if both Thyristors are fired with angle ᾴ, then:

Question 28

Transfer Function:

Question 29

Static sensitivity of an instrument is defined as

Question 30

which of the following component is not present in block diagram of standard signal generator?

Question 31

The condition of operation of synchronous condenser is given by

Question 32

The breakdown strength or electrostatic stress in the air around the conductor when corona occurs is

Question 33

Which of the following is not a distance relay?

Question 34

The rating of the circuit breaker depends on

Question 35

Zener effect is defined as

Question 36

Find the voltage V_ab for the circuit shown below,

Question 37

Coulomb’s Law depicts that

Question 38

When a current enters in a parallel network consisting of several values of resistance, then

Question 39

A digital voltmeter has a read-out range from (0 – 9,999) counts. Determine the resolution of the instrument in Volt when the full-scale reading is 9.999 V.

Question 40

A 5 A ammeter has a resistance of 0.01 Ω. Determine the efficiency of the instrument.

Question 41

Which of the following is correct about the Inter-poles in DC machines?

Question 42

Which of the following test is used to determine the inertia of the rotor?

Question 43

Universal motors has wide and easily controllable speed range, typically of

Question 44

A 3-wire system requires only 5/16^th (or 31.25%) as much copper as a 2-wire system. The above calculation is carried out using assumptions. Which of the following assumption is incorrect?

Question 45

Ampere circuital law is analogous to

Question 46

Which among the following is true?

Question 47

Due to hysteresis affect, the reading of the moving iron type instruments is not measured correctly. We can we eliminate this

Question 48

Which of the following statement is correct in regard to Electrostatic Instruments.

Question 49

Which of the following requirement about the type of material used in transformer core?

Question 50

For the economic conditions, Buchholz relay is provided in the transformer having rating

Question 51

The time at which rate of rise of recovery voltage is maximum.

Question 52

In early effect, when V_CB increases,

Question 53

The present output Q_n of an edge triggered JK Flip-Flop is logic Q_{n + 1} will be

Question 54

For an SCR, during turn-on and turn-off, the quantities responsible, respectively, are

Question 55

In an adjustable speed dc drive operated by an ac-dc converter with armature voltage control upto base speed,

Question 56

What will be the raise in the capacitor voltage per second?

Question 57

The dielectric loss of a capacitor can be measured by

Question 58

ADC preferred for digital panel meters and multi-meters

Question 59

The time constant of the circuit shown in the figure below is

Question 60

A lap wound DC machine has 480 conductors and 6 poles. The voltage induced per conductor is 3 V. The machine generates a voltage of