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RRB Gorakhpur ESM-II Exam. held on 11.10.2009

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1. The nearest meaning of the word COARSE is........ A) Impolite B) Rough C) Polish D) Improper The insulation resistance of a cable wire is 300 mega ohm per km. Its value for the length of 500 metre is........ A) 600 mega ohm B) 300 mega ohm C) 75 mega ohm D) 150 mega ohm In a certain code language RUSH is written as 66. How will GIRL be written in the same code language? A) 75 B) 64 C) 47 D) 46 In a row of 25 children, Nayan is fourteenth from the right end. In the row, Arun is third to the left of Nayan. What is the place of Arun from the left in the row? A) Tenth B) Seventh C) Eighth D) Ninth Four wires each of resistance 100 form a square. The effective resistance along the diagonal PR is........ Q R1=100 R2=100 A) 100 B) 220 C) 18 D) 440 Directions (Qns. 6 & 7) : Choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word : 6. Aggressive A) Assertive B) Proud C) Timid D) Miser 7. Significant A) Distinct B) Extreme C) Alive D) Unimportant 8. Indias longest sea-bridge connects : A) Bandra - Worli B) Dadar - Worli C) Bandra - Wasi D) Bandra - Haji Ali 9. Who is the President of Trinamool Congress Party? A) Mamta Banerjee B) Subodh Banerjee C) Prakash Karat D) None of these 10. The Union Finance Minister is A) P. Chidambaram B) Dr. Manmohan Singh C) Pranab Mukherjee D) None of these 11. The law which states that induced EMF and current always oppose the cause of their generation, is.......... A) Maxwells law B) Faradays law C) Lenis law D) Flemings law

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12. A pure resistor circuit has power factor equal to.......... A) Zero B) One C) Lagging D) Leading 13. The simplified form of motor controller is.......... A) Drum switch B) Magnetic switch C) Relay D) Toggle switch 14. When a transformer of 400 hertz is used at 50 hertz, its KVA rating 1 A) Decreases by 8 B) Increases 8 times C) Remains unchanged D) Is determined by load on the secondary 15. If the complete rating of a transformer at 0.9 power factor is 90 KW, its Kilowatt ampere rating is.......... A) 81 B) 100 C) 90 D) 120 16. An object of mass M collides with a wall with velocity V and returns with the same velocity. The change in momentum is.......... A) 2 MV B) 0 C) MV D) MV 17. The velocity of sound is maximum in.......... A) Water B) Air C) Mercury D) Iron 18. After passing through a prism, the most deviated colour of light is.......... A) Green B) Red C) Yellow D) Violet

19. The example of secondary fuel is.......... A) Water gas B) Natural gas C) Petrolium D) Coal 20. The temperature of the surface of the sun is approximately.......... A) 4000C B) 2000C C) 1000C D) 5800C 21. Who of the following is the deputy speaker of the Lok Sabha? A) Mrs. Meira Kumar B) Mrs. Ambika Soni C) Mr. Karia Munda D) Mr. Jaswant Singh 22. Two wires A and B of same metal and equal cross section have resistances RA = 600 and RB = 100.The length of wire A is how many times more than that of wire B? A) 6 B) 2 C) 4 D) 5 23. Which of the following is used to block d.c. in an electronic circuit? A) Ohmic resistance B) Capacitor C) Inductor D) Diode 24. Which of the following vitamins is insoluble in fat? A) Vitamin A B) Vitamin B C) Vitamin E D) Vitamin D 25. Mahatma Gandhi started civil disobedience movement in........ A) 1930 B) 1931 C) 1932 D) 1933

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26. The big Imambada is located in........ A) Lucknow B) Agra C) Patna D) Amritsar 27. The world AIDS Day is celebrated on........ A) January 1 B) April 1 C) September 1 D) December 1 28. The atmospheric pressure is measured by........ A) Hydrometer B) Barometer C) Hygrometer D) Altimeter 29. The radio isotope used in the treatment of cancer is........ A) P-30 B) C-14 C) Co-60 D) P-32 30. I met him only a week........ A) Old B) Past C) Ago D) Previous 31. Lord Buddha delivered his first sermon at........ A) Gaya B) Sarnath C) Patliputra D) Vaishali 32. No-confidence motion against the union cabinet is brought in........ A) Council of state only B) House of People only C) Council of States and House of People both D) None of these 33. Anemometer is used to measure........ A) The direction of wind B) The speed of wind C) The pressure gradient of wind D) The speed and time of wind

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A) Is attractive and constant B) Is attractive and depends on the position of the point with respect to the centre C C) Is zero D) Is repulsive and constant 37. 540g of ice at 0C is mixed with 540g of water at 80C. The final temperature of the mixture at 0C is.......... A) 0 B) 40 C) 80 D) 25 38. A monoatomic gas initially at 17C is suddenly compressed to one-eighth of its original volume. The temperature after compression is.......... A) 887 K B) 36.25 K C) 2320 K D) 1160 K

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34. How many valves are there in human heart? A) Four B) Three C) Two D) One 35. Which of the following states has no sea coast? A) Gujarat B) Goa C) Maharashtra D) Rajasthan 36. The force between a hollow sphere and a point mass at P inside it as shown in the figure:

39. In the following circuit diagram, the value of secondary voltage is .......... volt. V2=? V1=16V A) 8 B) 4 C) 32 D) 16 40. The turn-on voltage of germaniam (Ge) junction diode is.......... A) 0.7 B) 0.3 C) 1.0 D) 0.1 41. The diameter of a wheel is 70 cm. What will be the distance covered in 350 revolutions? A) 77 metre B) 770 metre C) 570 metre D) 970 metre 42. A rectangular paper of dimensions 6 cm and 3 cm is rolled to form a cylinder with height equal to the width of the paper, then its base radius is........ 6 3 A) cm B) cm 6 9 cm cm C) D) 2 2

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44. The product of two numbers 1 is 0.008 and one is of the 5 other, then the smaller number is.......... A) 0.002 B) 0.004 C) 0.2 D) 0.04 45. The HCF and LCM of 77, 99 and X are 11 and 3465 respectively, the greatest value of X is........ A) 55 B) 56 C) 57 D) 58 46. In a reverse biased p-n junction, there is.......... A) A thin depletion layer B) A total hole current C) A total electron current D) Approximately zero current 47. The weight of body in air is 100N. What will be its weight in water if it displaces 400 cc of water? A) 2 KW B) 5 W C) 200 W D) 1 KW 48. A car moves at constant speed of 20 ms1 against a frictional resistance of 100N. The power used is.......... A) 2 KW B) 5 KW C) 200 W D) 1 KW 49. The sum of 15.7 and 2.0347 is.......... A) 17.7347 B) 17.73 C) 17.734 D) 17.7 50. When Zenner diode is used in power supply its function is to keep..........constant. A) Output voltage B) Input voltage C) Output current relative to load resistance D) Supply current

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51. In the last One-Day International Cricket match series between India and WestIndies, who was adjudged the Man of the Series? A) M.S. Dhoni B) Yuvraj Singh C) Virender Sehwag D) Gautam Gambhir 52. Who is the Womens Singles champion of Wimbledon 2009? A) Venus Williams B) Serena Williams C) Saina Nehwal D) Sania Mirza 53. Who is the Vice-President of India? A) Nazma Heptullah B) Bhairon Singh Shekhawat C) Omar Abdullah D) Hamid Ansari 54. The earth is the third planet from the Sun and is located between.......... A) Venus and Mars B) Mars and Jupiter C) Venus and Jupiter D) Mercury and Venus 55. The largest single commodity carried by the Indian Railways is.......... A) Coal B) Wheat C) Iron D) Cotton 56. Headquarters of Asian Development Bank is located in........ A) Jakarta B) Manila C) Singapore D) Bangkok 57. Nadirshah invaded India in........ A) 1740 B) 1739 C) 1745 D) 1746

58. Bel is the unit of........ A) Intensity of sound B) Pitch C) Velocity of sound D) None of these 59. Operation Flood is related to........ A) Milk production B) Wheat production C) Flood control D) None of these 60. A boy of weight 50kg descending in a lift with downward acceleration 9.8 m/sec2.The apparent weight of boy is........ 50 A) N 9.8 B) 50 9.8 N C) 50 N D) 0 N 61. Who is the author of the book Das Capital? A) Karl Marx B) Lenin C) Stalin D) John Milton 62. Who among the following annulled the partition of Bengal? A) Lord Chelmsford B) Lord Curzon C) Lord Minto D) Lord Hardinge 63. An ohm meter is connected between the terminals A and B. The reading will be 2 A 2 2 B A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 6

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