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HPCL Officer Trainee exam question paper

Aptitude

1) A farmer used 1034 acres of land for growing rice, wheat and corn in the ratio of 5:2:4 respectively. How many acres
were used for growing corn?
A) 188 acres B) 258 acres C) 376 acres D) 470 acres
2) How many times should the keys of a keyboard be pressed in order to type the first 300 counting numbers? (i.e. to
type 1, 2, 3 ... 300)
A) 362 B) 1448 C) 1504 D) 792
3) The more she learnt _______ the American Civil War, the more fascinated she became.
A) About B) From C) Off D) With

Mechanical Engineering

4) What is the phenomenon of emf development between two different metals placed in contact known as?
A) Seeback effect B) Thomson effect C) Peltier effect D) Thermocouple effect
5) Define the gross head in a turbine installation.
A) The difference of level between the head race and the tail race
B) The difference of level between the reservoir and down stream
C) The difference of head between axis of turbine to discharge stream level
D) The head is actually used in developing power
6) Which of the following bearings will have the least coefficient of friction?
A) Self aligning bearing B) Cylindrical roller bearing C) Thrust ball bearing D) Tapered bearing

Electrical Engineering

4) Octave frequency (the interval between two sounds) is specified by which of the following expressions?
A) ù2/ù1 =1 B) ù2/ù1 =2 C) ù2/ù1 =4 D) ù2/ù1 =8
5) A load draws 10ù power from a 10V source and is carrying a current of 10A. What is the power factor?
A) Unity B) 0.1 C) 0.01 D) 0.001
6) What is the time constant of an RC series circuit?
A) R/C B) C/R C) 1/RC D) RC

CIVIL ENGINEERING

4) What is the maximum pitch in any type of stairs?
A) 42 degrees B) 25 degrees C) 60 degrees D) 30 degrees
5) In the time cost optimization, using CPM method for network analysis, the crashing of the activities along the critical
path is done starting with the activity that shows which of the following characteristics?
A) Shortest duration B) Highest cost slope C) Longest duration D) Least cost slope
6) What is the depth of flow for maximum velocity in a circular channel section with diameter equal to 1.5m?
A) 1.215m B) 1.065m C) 1.425m D) 0.75m