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Paper Pattern:
Subject Questions Marks Duration
General Awareness
General Intelligence 50 50
Reasoning Ability 2 Hours
Numerical Ability
Hindi and English Language 50 50
Total 100 100

DRDO CEPTAM Old Question Paper (Computer Science)
1. In MICR, C stands for
(a) Character
(b) Colour
(c) Computer
(d) Code

2. Process is
(a) Program in High level language kept on disk
(b) Contents of main memory
(c) A program in execution
(d) A job in secondary memory

3. A development stategy whereby the executive control modules of a system are coded and tested first, is known as
(a) Bottom-up development
(b) Top-down development
(c) Left-Right development
(d) None of the above

4. Which of the following performs modulation and demodulation.
(a) Coaxial cable
(b) Modem
(c) Satellite
(d) Optical fiber

5. A complete electronic circuit with transistors and other electronic components on a small silicon chip is called a(n)-
(a) Integrated circuit
(b) Workstation
(c) CPU
(d) Magnetic disk

6. How many digits of the DNIC (Data Network Identification Code) identify the country.
(a) First six
(b) First five
(c) First three
(d) First four

7. How much power (approx.) a light-emitting diode can couple into an optical fiber.
(a) 10 miliwatts
(b) 440 microwatts
(c) 100 picowatts
(d) 100 microwatts

8. The pattern of printed lines on most products are called
(a) OCR Code
(b) MICR
(c) MICR Codes
(d) Barcodes

9. Which provides the fastest access to large video files.
(a) Optical drives
(b) IDE hard drives
(c) SCSI hard drives
(d) EIDE hard drives

10. What allows you to print on both sides of the printer
(a) Duplexer
(b) Toner Cartride
(c) Fuser
(d) Paper Swapping unit
Ans. 1 (a) 2 (c) 3 (b) 4 (b) 5 (a) 6 (c) 7(d) 8 (d) 9 (c) 10.(a)

DRDO CEPTAM Old Question Paper (Electrical Engineering)
1. Which of the following is the best inverter?
(a) square wave inverter
(b) sine wave inverter
(c) pure sine wave inverter
(d) triangular wave inverter

2. For driving a motor in a tape recorder or record player, the motor used is generally:
(a) a synchronous motor
(b) a hydraulic motor
(c) an induction motor
(d) a dc series motor

3. The DC motor starter used with a constant speed shunt motor is:
(a) 2 point starter
(b) 3 point starter
(c) 4 point starter
(d) 5 point starter

4. A commutator in a DC motor converts
(a) AC to DC
(b) DC to AC
(c) Both AC to DC and DC to AC
(d) None of these

5. Two transformers running in parallel will share the load according to their:
(a) leakage reactance
(b) pu impedance
(c) efficiency
(d) rating

6. The size of the Earth Wire is determined by:
(a) the ampere capacity of the service wires
(b) the atmospheric conditions
(c) the voltage of service wires
(d) none of these

7. The function of lightning arrester is:
(a) to limit the short circuit fault current
(b) to provide path to high voltage surge to earth
(c) to reduce arcing
(d) none of these

8. Surge protector provide:
(a) high impedance to normal voltage
(b) low impedance to surge
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) none of these

9. Earthing is necessary to give protection against
(a) voltage fluctuation
(b) overloading
(c) danger of electric shock
(d) high temperature of conductors

10. The primary function of fuse is to
(a) protect the appliance
(b) open the circuit
(c) prevent excessive current
(d) protect the line

DRDO CEPTAM Old Question Paper (Automobile Engineering)
1. Which of the following symptom is caused as a result of brake disc run out?
(a) Ineffectiveness of the brackes
(b) Judder during braking
(c) Localized wearing of the brake pads
(d) Rapid wearing of the brake pads

2. If the engine coolant leaks into the engine oil, then engine oil
(a) Appears milky
(b) Becomes foamy
(c) Turns black
(d) None of these

3. The torque available at the contact between driving wheels and road is known as
(a) Brake effort
(b) Tractive effort
(c) Clutch effort
(d) None of these

4. The oil pump is driven by the
(a) Camshaft
(b) Alternator shaft
(c) Crankshaft via drive belt
(d) Crankshaft directly

5. The petrol engines are also known as
(a) Spark ignition engines
(b) Compression ignition engines
(c) Steam engines
(d) None of these

6. The cetane rating of Diesel fuel is in the order of
(a) 90
(b) 45
(c) 70
(d) 25

7. If the air fuel mixture in a spark ignition engine is too rich, then air fuel ratio is about
(a) 13:1
(b) 17:1
(c) 15:1
(d) 10:1

8. The natural gas is compressed in a CNG cylinder at a pressure of
(a) 300 bar
(b) 200 bar
(c) 220 bar
(d) 250 bar

9. The aluminium alloy is used in cylinder blocks because
(a) It is lighter and have good heat dissipation characteristics
(b) Material cost is low
(c) It does not require any cylinder liners
(d) The piston is also made of aluminium alloy

10. What type of bearing is used for main bearings and connecting rod bearings?
(a) Ballbearings
(b) Plain bearings
(c) Needle roller bearing
(d) Taper roller bearing
Ans- 1 (b) 2 (a) 3 (b) 4 (d) 5(a) 6(b) 7(d) 8 (b) 9(a) 10 (b)