SAIL EXAM PATTERN AND MODEL PAPER

SAIL PAPER ON 10th February 2008 AT Bangalore

HI every body !!!

Recently I gave the paper of SAIL from ELECTRICAL Branch the paper which included 250 questions.of which I attempted 160 questions

Negative marking -1/4 th

Total questions-250 Duration – 2.5 Hrs

Technical-100

Apti + English+ Gen awareness -150 questions.

Technical was ok and the questions mainly came from Psu book published by Galgotia Publications near about 50 questions came from it. They mainly concentrated on Electrical Machines. Some questions based on power system came from C.L. WADHWA (ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM). However some of the questions which came in exam are as follows.

(1) Which type of motor is used is used for self balanced machines

(a)dc servo motors (b)dc shunt motors (c)ac servo motors (d)ac shunt motors.

(2) Which type of motors has two types of constants in it

(a)Reluctance motors (b)Pole shaded motors (c)dc shunt motors (d)ac shunt motors.

(3) Which type of power plant requires maximum expenditure

(a)Hydel power plants (b)Nuclear power plants (c)Thermal power plants (d)Gas based power plants.

(4) Base load of a power station stands for

(a)2-4 hours/day (b)4-8 hours/day(c)8-12 hours/day (d)12-24hours/day

(5) Bode plot is used to

(a)analyze lead-lag points (b)know maximum stability (c)know relative stability(d)know absolute stability

(6) A wire is placed on the top of a transmission line to

(a)surge high voltage (b)acts as neutral (c)acts as a transmission wire (d)acts as ground wire.

APTI+G.K was simple. For more R.S AGARWAL However some of the questions which I remember are as follows :-

(1) 1/0.05 equals

(a)5 (b)20 (c)50 (d)100

(2) If the radius of a circle is increased by 100% how will then the area increase

(a)100% (b)200% (c)300% (d)400%

(3) If the length, height and breadth of a cuboid is increased by 100%,200%&300% then the volume of the cuboid will increase by (a)3 times (b)6 times (c)12 times (d)24 times

(4) A shopkeeper buys 30 pens .He sells 27 pen at the marked price of the 30 pens. Then what is his profit

(a)31/3% (b)23/6% (c)10% (d)111/9%

(5) After seeing the picture person says his mother is the wife of my father’s son.Then how is the person in the picture and the person
is related?

(a)Nephew (b)Uncle (c)Grandfather (d)Grandson

(6) A can do work in 30 days,B can do it in 40 days. A and B started the work and then A leaved it after 14 days then how much
time did it take for B to complete the work

(a)5 days (b)6 days (c)3 days(d)2 days

(7) When did the Burma was separated from india?

(a)1937 (b)1905 (c)1912 (d)1926.

5 questions on passage & questions based on it.

4 questions on similar words.

5 questions on fill in the blanks with correct words

5 proper words.

All the Best

By,

Surya Banoth