NTS TEST MCQS

1. Oscilloscope is a---------------measuring device?

A) Current B) Frequency C) Voltage D) None of these
2. In superposition theorem voltage sources are converted into-----------circuit?
A)Open B) Short C) Current Source D) None of these
3. ------------- phase like 3 phase provide constant power transfer to linear loads?
A)Single B) 02 C) Poly D) HV DC
4. Super position theorem converts a circuit into its --------- equilent?
A)Norton B) Thevenin C)Both D) None Of these
5. In IM requirement of variable speed can be met by using-------------?
A)Variable Freq device B)Wound rotor C)Traction Motor D) Shunt motor
6. Transformer are designed to have----------leakage inductance?
A)zero B) Low C) High D) Unity
7. Difference between synchronous speed and----------speed is called slip?
A)Shunt B) Series C) Actual Or Rotor D)None
8. Fourier transform imposes---------parity to fourier cosines ?
A)Odd B) Even C) Negative D) None
9. Clamping circuit adds------------level?
A)AC B) DC C) Smooth D) None
10. Device used to measure refraction of Eye is called--------?
A)Drumometer B) Ellipsograph C) Dioptometer D)None
11. CRO has two calibrations volt/div and------------------?
A)Freq/Div B) Current/Div C) Time/Div D)None
12. Ampere circuital law is electrically equilent to ---------- law?
A) Lens B)Biot-Savarts C)Faraday D) Gauss
13. Current density of armature winding in DC motors is in the range of--------?
A) 1 amp-5 amp B)10 amp-20amp C) 20amp-30amp D) None
14. which cell is rechargeable ?
A)Primary B) Secondary C) Galvanic D) None
15. If current is decreased by 2% then power decreases by---------%?
A)2 B)4 C)8 D) 16
16. 33Kv-66Kv is referred as-----------transmission voltages?
A)Primary B) Secondary C) Variable D) None
17. Polarization is caused by---------------nature of EM waves?
A)Longitudinal B)Transverse C) Reflex D) None
18. DIAC is a-----------terminal-----------layer device?
A) 02,04 B)03,02 C)02,03 D)02,05
19. Electric lines of force tends to---------------------- each other?
A)Move Parallel to B) Move Orthogonal to C) Move Away from D)None
20. Critical value of resistance in large transmission lines is------------ohm?
A)500 B)1000 C)2000 D)None
21. Thermal power station moderate------------kv?
A)11 B)33 C)66 D)None
22. Efficiency of thermal power station is-----------%?
A)33 B)40 C)50 D)60
23. Insulation in high voltage transmission is--------type?
A)Pin B)Disk C)Suspension D)None
24. Above 220Kv transmission line is called-----------?
 A)Moose (400kv) B)Zebra C)Panther(132kv) D)Dog(66KV)
25. Diversity Factor of a group is always----------?
A)Unity B)Zero C)Greater than 1 D)Less than 1
26. Load factor is given by --------?
A)max load/avg load B)Avg load/max load C)Avg load/Connected load D)None
27. Minimum Transmission voltage is------------KV?
A)33 B)66 C)110 D)120
28. Active devices are those which --------------?
A)Delivers power B) Absorbs power C) Both D)None
29. If electrons are moving towards the +ve terminal then power is --------------?
A)Delivered B)Absorbed C)Both D)None
30. In IM when air gap increases then the short circuit current----------------?
A)Decreases B)Increases C)Remain the same D)First increases then decreases
31. Simplest active device is-------------------?
A)Inverting amp B)Non inverting amp C)Half wave rectifier D)Full wave rectifier
32. Rectifier using Oscilloscope to stop diode drop is called------------rectifier?
A)Active B)Passive C)Saturating D) Non-Saturating
33. For non repetitive signals--------------transform is used?
A)Fourier B)Wavelet C)Laplace D)Z-
34. For discrete stability of characteristic polynomial equation,--------- method is used?
A)Nyquest B)Hurwitz C)Bode plot C)Root locus
35. Delta service is cheap because of----------------?
A)No Ground Wire B)No Neutral wire C)No Phase wire D)No Line wire
36. In Analog intensity modulation,---------------applied to the LED is increased?
A)Current B)Voltage C)Frequency D)Amplitude
37. For Multiple video channels, --------- diodes are required?
A)Zener B)LED C)Schottky D)None
38. Logic gates are made of-----------?
A)Diodes B)Simple Transistor C)FET D)None
39. For 02 inputs, ----------- Boolean functions are required ?
A)04 B)02 C)08 D)16
40. Advantages of open loop system are simplicity & ---------- ?
A)Construction (COST) B)Noise Reduction C)Accuracy D)Reliability
41. Open loop system is also called------------?
A)Manual B)Automatic C)Stable C)Passive
42. Circuit Breakers-----------on fault detection?
A)Opens B)Closes C)No Action D)Triggers alarm
43. Curl of a vector is ------------?
A)Vector B)Scalar C)Gradient of That vector D)All of the above
44. Voltage is closed -------------integral of E?
A)Surface B)Line C)Volume D)Area
45. Aero turbine don't have ---------?
A)Stator B)Compressor C)Fan D) Fuel Intake System
46. Disadvantages of non inverting amplifier is -------------?
A)Limited speed B)Noise (Distortion) C)Error D)Unpredictability
47. Voltage is a Difference between -------------- Pressure?
A)Magnetic B)Electric C)Ohamic D)Lorentz
48. For zero surface charge density, normal component of -------------- is continuous?
A)EMF B)MMF C)EF Intensity D) MF Intensity
49. Number of state variables are ------------ the order of the Differential equation?
A)Greater Than B)Equal To C)Smaller Than D)None
50. Resistivity of a material depends on----------?
A)Length B)Area C)Material D)None
51. When a resistor is removed from star connection, total power ------------?
A)Reduce by Under root 3 B)Increase by Under root 3 C)Remain the same D)None
52. Holding current is--------------latching current?
A)3 Times B)1/3 times C)2 Times D)1/2 Times
53. Stepper motor is a ------------- Motor?
A)DC B)AC C)Synchronous D)None
54. O/P voltage in voltage dividing rule is---------------?
A)R1/R2 B)(R1+R2)Vin/R1 C)R1 Vin/(R1+R2) D)None
55. Cu oxide ------------- is used for passing currents through meter in one direction?
A)Transistor B)Diode C)Voltmeter C)Rectifier E)Diac
56. Match Filter is used to improve ----------?
A)Impedance Matching B)SNR C)BER D)Design
57. Ipv4 is a -------------bits?
A)8 B)16 C)32 D)24
58. Diff Amp is basically used as -------------?
A)Current amp B)BW amp C)Push Full amp D)Voltage amp
59. Coupling used in Diff Amp is-------------- coupling?
A)RC B)Direct C)RL D)Transformer
60. In closed loop transient function, different variables are represented as ---------?
A)Scalar B)Vector C)Arrow diagram D) None
61. Impedance is given by -----------?
A)R/L B)R/C C)Phasor V/ Phasor I
62. In OSI Model Link layer is also called ----- Layer?
A)Network B)Transport C)Physical D)None
63. Natural Uranium contains ---------------% U235?
A)Zero B)0.2 C)0.5 C)0.7
64. Green function is used to solve ----------- order differential equation?
A)1st B)2nd C)3rd D)4th
65. Emission of photo electrons depends on -------------- of light?
A)Wavelength B)Frequency C)Intensity D)None
66.  Voltages above 230 kV are considered as -------------voltages?
A)High B)Low C)Extra High D)None
67. Lactometer is used to find specific gravity of milk and ----------- in Milk?
A)Impurity B)Water C)proteins D)None (Density is best suitable if given)
68. Null detector used in Wheat Stone bridge is a/an
A) Ammeter B) Voltmeter C) Galvanometer D) Wattmeter
69. A signal can be reconstructed from its samples if the sampling period is........... the signal period
A) Equal B) Twice C) Thrice D) Half
70. There are 02 types of over current protections, Instantaneous over current and .................... over current?
A)Variable Time B)Constant (Definite) Time C)Delay feedback D)None
71. Which of the following is not a purpose of disturbance monitor?
A) Model Validation B)Disturbance Investigation C)Increase Protection Settings D)Assessment Of performance
72. ............ voltage is a small voltage (less than 10) that can be measured between two points ?
A)Dim B)Tame C)Stray D)Ground
73. .............. is used to sense fault and initiate a trip?
A)Circuit Breaker B) Alternator C)Protection Relay D)Cut Outs
74. The Principal of ............ can be used to analyze faults in power systems?
A)Thevenin B)Norton C)Superposition D)Jordon
75. The ripple frequency for bridge rectifier is.....................?
A)Same as I/P B)Twice of I/P C)Half of I/P D)None
76. For conversion high impedance to low impedance .................. amplifier is used?
A)Inverting B)Non Inverting C)Summation D)Voltage Follower
77. It is desirable to avoid differentiator because,................?
A)It is costly B)It High Impedance C)It creates Noise/Distortion D)None
78. Speed of rotation of stepper motor can be determined from..........?
A) B) C) D)
79. ............... is based on heating effect of current? (Check Hot Wire Instrument On Net)
A)Hot wire Instrument B)Megger C)Watt meter D)Voltmeter
80. The motor in which Primary windings is stationary and secondary rotates, also called transformer motor is .................. Motor?
A)Magnetically coupled B)DC Motor C) Asynchronous D)Induction
81. Types of generators are..................?
A)01 B)05 C)03 D)02
82. In synchronous motor current is provided by ................ ?
A)Rotor B)DC Current source C)AC I Source D)None
83. Circuit current is ........................ at resonance?
A) Minimum B)Maximum C)Zero D)Infinite
84. At parallel resonance the Impedance is ........................ ? (Check parallel resonance On Web)
A)Min B)Max C)Zero D)Unity
85. If all the conductors in a power system are grounded to the same location, then the risk of electric shock will be..................?
A)Max B)Min C)Zero D)Neglected
86. For charging batteries we have................Generators?
A)Shunt B)Series C)Compound D)None
87. Transmission lines mostly use High Voltage.....................Phase AC?
A)Single B)Two C)Three D)Neutral
88. In submarine power systems, power is transmitted through ................... cables?
A)HV DC B)LV DC C)Under Ground D)Over Head
89. The electric force on a test charge in an electric field is proportional to...................?
some questions from frequency allocation board test NTS answers these 
(1) Digital signal can be represented......
(a) 8 (b) 16 (c)32 (d)ALL
(2)____________ Are typical design type of filter.
(a) causal (b) Stable (c)Localized (d) All
(3) Digital signal is ___________
(a) discrete time (b)continuous time (c) discrete signal (d) continuous signal
(4) modulation of data through set of orthogonal is code of 
(a) TDMA (b) FDMA (c) CDMA (D) All
5) Motto of pemra (a) Education (b) entertainment (c) information (d) All
6) Amper's Circuit Law is also known as..? Ans=
7) Power attenuation Formula= ?
8) The electric flux passing through close surface proportional to total charge enclosed this law relates to=? Ans= 
10) ITU members =?

I am posting some questions of the test just for knowledge. And only some questions with answers. If
someone has answers to these question plz post
1. increase directivity of antenna depends on high gain high bandwidth,low gain low bandwidth, high
gain low bandwidth, low gain high bandwidth
2. gsm uses tdma, fdma
3. orthogonal means two line perpendicular to each other
4. amps uses fm,fsk,psk
5. Which modulation has higher data rates fm,am,qam,qpsk
6. fly back converter for dc/dc,ac/dc,dc/ac,ac/ac conversion
7. large phase mercury rectifier advantage
8. cmrr ratio of powers of differential gain over common mode gain 
9. series capacitance in transmission line for steady state stability,protection
10. shunt reactors used for 
11. In a transfer function k=0 root loci roots are
12. For System stability roots must be __ right half of s plane,left half of s plane, jw 
axis
13. TDMA uses 
14. Output occurring due to only input with zero initial conditions called
15. The maximum loads attached to a device called fan in , fan out
16. (Only choices) gauss law, farady law, ampere circuital law, biot-savart law
17. Calculate voltage of toaster with joules=7500 ,i=13.64A ,t=5, v?
18. Differential amplifier amplifies
19. link layer design also called
20. tcp/ip address 32 bits
21. multiply two 16 bit numbers result is 4 bytes
22. power factor true power/apparent power
23. differential amplifier coupling transistors coupling
24. 2 bjt,s replaced with Darlington pair what happens
25. Fault current 1500A zero sequence current 500A
26. Induction motor torque proportional to slip, inversely to slip , square of slip current,
27. waves reach at the antenna which modulated digital, modulated analog, aligned waves
28. Dc motor pole tip chamfered to reduce armature reaction effect
29. Primary and secondary voltages in transformer are in 180 out of phase
30. Definition of Electrical flux density, magnetic flux density, magnetic induction 
31. Why Impedance matching performed for signal transferring to reduce noise,reduce attenuation, 
32. At no load losses occurring in transformer are due to
33. At no load transformer the applied voltage _ leads by 90/lags by 90/lags somewhat by 90 to
current 
34. laplace transform of unit step function 1/s
35. for 8 pole generator how much hz respond to one revolution
36. Why hollow conductors are used in transmission line
Reduction of the corona
37. What limits design of long transmission line thermal considerations/conductor area
38. How load is modeled in load flow analysis constant power,constant impedance,constant load,
variable load

PSO TEST
Electrical

1. ____ is defined as the measure of instrument by which it is error free

A. Accuracy
B. Precision
C. Resolution

Ans: Precision

2. A _____ meter is used a null detector in wheatstone bridge

A. Ammeter
B. Voltmeter
C. Galvanometer

Answer: Galvanometer

3. A moving iron ammeter coil has few turns of thick wire in order to have:
A. Low resistance
B. High sentivity
C. Effective damping
D. Large scale

Answer: A
4. A permanent magnet coil meter has which features
A. Low power consumption
B. no hysteresis loss
C. reduced eddy current
D. reduced damping
E. all

Ans: E

5. The EM field and current are concentrated close to the surface of the conductor. The phenomenon is
called? 

Ans: Skin Effect 

6. The wavelength of an EM wave after reflection at an angle on a surface

Ans: Increases in the actual direction of propagation

7. When electric field is parallel to the plane of incidence, the electromagnetic wave is said to be

Ans: Parallel polarized

8. Δ x H = J + D is
Ans: Maxwell equation

9. Bucholz relay is used in 

Ans: Transformer Protection

10. Solid grounding is used for voltages

a. above 220 kV
b. above 11 kV
c. below 660 V
d. below 115 V
Answer: C

11. Maximum Cross over distortion in 

Answer: Class B

12. The channel of a JFET is between the

A. Gate and drain
B. Drain and source
C. Gate and source
D. Input and output

Answer: B

13. Velocity saturation in MOSFET is ?

14. Which type of engine uses maximum air fuel ratio

A. Petrol engine
B. Gas engine
C. Diesel engine
D. Gas turbine
E. Hydro turbine

Ans: Gas turbine 

15. If ROC (Region of Convergence) does not converge

Ans?

16. In LTI system is characterized by

A. Impulse input
B. Step input

Ans: Impulse Response

17. Which thing happens in gas discharge lamps

Answer: Ionization in vapor or gas

18. Continuous signal in the time domain in frequency domain

Ans?

19. Which of the following relay is used in Motor for protection

Answer: Thermal relay

20. In z transform cos pi/4 is the period is equal to

Ans: N=8 

21. Which system used dc to dc high voltage gain

A. Solar system
B. Battery backup

22. Power plant the availability of power is least for

A. Wind
B. Solar
C. Tidal
D. Geothermal
E. Bio gass

Ans: ?

23. A diode that has a negative resistance characteristics is the 

A. Schottkey diode 
B. Tunnel diode 
C. Hot-carrier diode
D. Laser diode
E. Zener Diode
Answer: B

24. We built control systems for _______

1) remote control,
2) stability, 
3) overcomingdisturbances, 
$) All of above

Ans: All 

25. Natural frequency of a system gives

1) nature of transient
2) overshoot
3) oscillations 
4) speed of response

Ans: Oscillations

26. Hay bridge is used for the measurement of

Ans: Inductance

27. ____ bridge used for the measurement of resistance

Ans: Wheatstone bridge

28. _____ acts as voltage controlled variable capacitor

Ans: Varactor

29. By which a meter after checking with no current returns to its previous state

Ans: Controlling Torque

30. By connecting a shunt of higher value in ammeter what will decrease

Ans: Current sensitivity decreases

31. If z transform lies in ROC then 

A. System is stable
B. Inverse of system is stable
C. Both system and its inverse are unstable
D. Both system and its inverse are stable

32. Under damped response have 

1) damping ratio>1
2) 0>damping ratio<1
3)damping ratio =1
4)damping ratio =0

Ans

33. The rotor winding has resistance 85 ohms at temptature 22 degee,ifresistence increases to 100
ohms with temptature coefficient 0.004, what would be the temperature 
1) 20 degrees 
2) 50 degrees 
3) 70 degrees 
4)100 degrees 
5) 120 degrees

Ans: 70 degree (not sure)

34. At Unity Power Factor, Armature Flux is??

1) Cross Magnetizing
2) Demagnetizing
3) zero
Ans: ?

35. If ROC does not lie inside unit circle, then

1) FFT converges
2) Z-Transfrom converges

Ans: ? 

36. ROC converges if poles and zeros lies inside

1) origin
2) z=1

Ans: z=1 (not sure)

37. Fastest achievable Response without overshooting

1) under damped
2) overdamped
3) critically damped

Ans: critically damped

38. z transform is used when the system is not

Ans: Diverges (Not sure)

39. The main feature of crystal oscillator is

Ans: Stability

40.period of infinite continuous fourier series

.1).n
2)n+m
3) 2*pi/n

Ans?

Math’s (IQ) Portion

1. Waleed is 1/3 minus 5 of his father age. Waleed age is 7, What is his father age?
Ans: 36
2. Which one is odd? 12,15,18,20,24,27
Ans: 20

3. Name the eighth letter of alphabet from last?

Ans: S

4. What is letter of 3 alphabet before last vowel?

Ans: R

5. if 34+35=15 63+78=24 then 24+24=?

Ans: 12 (2+4+2+4)

6. 20-2=10, 30-6=10, 40-8=

Ans: 10

7. 6554=
Ans: FEED

8 .if A=2,B=3,C=4 and so on...

Ans: Major

9. A women pointing out a girl and said "She was the only daughter of my mother" Tell relation of that
girl with women?
Ans:

10. If FAIR is to FARE then HAIR is to?

Ans: HARE (Not Sure)

General Knowledge Portion

1. Where is attock oil refinery located??

Ans: Rawalpindi

2. Where was arsenic found??

Ans: Kohat (Not Sure)

3. Where and when oil was discovered???

Ans: 1759, USA(Not Sure)

4. The Coal & petroleum are found in what type rock? 

Ans: Sedimentary Rocks

5. Which mineral is most found in Pakistan??

Ans: Coal

6. The chief source of water in Pak is?

Ans: River water

7. ……is a heavier residual fuel oil used in a Ship’s boiler?

Ans: Bunker fuel (Not sure)
8. …..is a renewable fuel synthesized from soyabean,other oil corps or animal tallow?
Ans: Biodiesel (Not sure)

9. …is a substance containing methane & Co2, produced fromanerobic decomposition of organic
material in a landfill?
Ans: BioGas

10. …… is a light petroleum distillate that is used inj space heaters,cook stoves & water heater & is
suitable for use as a light source where burned in wike-fed analysis? 
Ans: 

PSO Current Affairs 

1. How many Divisions of PSO?

Ans: 14

2. Retail Outlets of PSO???

Ans: 3500 (3612)

3. PSO is supplying petroleum to IPP’s??

Ans: ?

4. PSO is supplying petroleum to

Ans: All of above

5. PSO started LPG business in which year

Ans: 1981 (http://www.psopk.com/products_servic...eous_fuels.php) 

6. In Pakistan, who started first CNG supply

Ans: PSO (http://www.psopk.com/products_servic...eous_fuels.php) 

7. PSO is supplying petroleum to …. Airports

Ans: 

8. All divisional satation are linked by resource planing

Ans: SAP

9. & 10 Question related to Bulk Terminal

 1:power system-------- is a word used in connection with AC current power system condition?
a)range b)loop c)gaind) stability .

Q 2:the terminal of an element is called ------? a)edge b)limit c) zero d)node(not sure) d)rim? 

Q 3: transformer contains primary ,secondar and? core

Q 4:which analysis deals with the effect of disturbances on power system? a)fault trend analysis
b)sinusoidal analysis c)stability analysis d)line power analysis e)load flow analysis 

Q 5:sinusoidal voltage and current at constant frequency is characterized by 2 parameters,a max

value and --------? Minimum value, phase

Q 6:reactive power can be generated at L load is determined by -----? a)field current cooling limit
b) Field Current Heating Limit d)peak load c)potential difference d)rate of variable output. 

Q 7------interepting contacts of circuit breaker is a set of contancts which enable cicuit break to be
removed ? a)widrawal b)discontinue c)plug in d)current limiter (not sure) e)moulded case. 

Q 8:what are examples of semi controlled switches ? Diode, thyristor 

Q10:stability of LC tuned circuit depends on what ? Q factor

Q11 figuration of high impedance to low impedance depends on what criterion ? voltage follower

Q12:which bridge is used to measure low resistance accurately? Kelvin bridge

voltage less than 10 volts is called----? a)dim b)Tame c)STray d)ground voltage. 

Q 13:which theorem is used to analyse fault power?superposition

Originally Posted by Aized Amin 

i am posting few question from today test:

1) Required air pressure in air blast circuit breaker?

2)lower voltages such as 66kv and 33kv is known as_____ voltages.

3) Nuclear unit rated 100MW require _____ tons urinium oxide.

4) Impedence through which negative sequence currrent flow in known as_____

5)in closed loop feed back strategy :

a) input dependent b) error driven c) none

6)In dc generator eddy current is________

7) Stability of dynamic system having no input is described with_______

8) baseband analog intensity modulation is done by modulating ______ applied to LED.

9)For input function of 2 boolean variables there are ______ boolean algebra functions.

10) Partial derivative of fxy and fyx are ______ derivatives.

11) y'+2y = 4( x + y )2 is _____ order equation.

12) Function is ______ if lies in open interval.

13) For multiple video channel digital modulation and ____ diode are necessary.

14) Intel MC-51 is referred as ______

Answers:

1) 20-30 kg/cm2
2) sub transmission voltages
3) 30-35 tons
4) negative sequence impedence
5) error driven
6)directly proportional to square of thickness
7) Layaponv stability
8) current
9) 16
10) mixed derivatives
11) 1st
12) diffrentiable
13) schottky 
14) 8051