CIL (Coal India Limited) Paper II — Previous Year Questions
170 Paper II questions asked in past CIL (Coal India Limited) papers, split into 17 timed practice sets — every question with its answer and explanation.
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About CIL (Coal India Limited) Paper II previous year questions
This page collects every Paper II question that has appeared in past CIL (Coal India Limited) papers on AajExam — 170 questions in total, organised into 17 short, timed practice sets. Each question is shown with its four options, the correct answer, and an explanation of the reasoning, so you can use the page either as a self-test or as a revision reference.
Why previous year questions are the highest-value Paper II preparation you can do for CIL (Coal India Limited): recruitment boards reuse a stable pool of concepts across cycles. The wording changes, the underlying idea rarely does. Working through a few hundred genuine past Paper II questions teaches you which sub-topics the paper actually rewards, how the examiner likes to frame distractors, and roughly how long each question type should take — none of which a syllabus document can tell you.
How to use this page: attempt questions in blocks of ten without looking at the answers, then review every question you got wrong or guessed. Read the explanation for the concept, not just the answer letter. When a concept keeps catching you out, open the related topic page linked below and drill that single area before returning here. Repeat across the full bank, and track how your accuracy on the second pass compares with your first — a 15-20% improvement is normal and is the clearest sign your preparation is working.
What is in this bank: the questions are transcribed from actual CIL (Coal India Limited) question papers, kept in the original order and wording, with solutions written by subject specialists. Sets are free to attempt, work on mobile, and need no login to read. If you would rather practise a complete paper end to end under exam conditions, the full CIL (Coal India Limited) previous-year papers are linked below as well.
Paper II PYQs asked in CIL (Coal India Limited)
A sample of 30 questions from the full bank of 170. Try each one before opening the solution — the remaining questions are in the timed practice sets below.
Q1.Select the ANTONYM of the given word.
- A.COINCIDE
- B.Disappear
- C.Disappoint
- D.Disbelieve
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Answer: D. Disbelieve
Q2.Find the appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom. Que. 88 Find the appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.
- A.Option
- B.Option
- C.Option
- D.Option
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Answer: D. Option
Q3.Find the appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.
- A.Option
- B.Option
- C.Option
- D.Option
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Answer: A. Option
Q4.Select the option that completes the sentence CORRECTLY. I haven't met Mr. Kapoor January.
- A.from
- B.between
- C.since
- D.for
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Answer: C. since
Q5.Read the following passage and answer the given questions.
- A.If we walk back to the past, sensitivity to the torture of any kind is a rather contemporary phenomenon, showing up first in the 19th century. Till then, worldwide, the torture of both humans and animals was accepted as normal.
- B.During 1807-50, as if making up for past injustices, our collective consciousness suddenly woke up to ethically question the torture of all living beings. Around this time, in Britain for example, slave trade was abolished, the 1832 Reform Act was passed, and bear-baiting, even dog fights, became illegal.
- C.With the increase in democratic awareness, we also became mindful of animal life. 19th-century attitudes were inclined towards accepting humans and animals as somewhat continuous creations. Therefore, what applied to us was now being extended to include other living creatures too.
- D.Again, it was in the mid-19th century that the hangman's rope was lengthened so that death would be quick; the earlier short drop left the condemned person dangling for long Crucifixion and stoning were no longer considered civilized.
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Answer: D. Again, it was in the mid-19th century that the hangman's rope was lengthened so that death would be quick; the earlier short drop left the condemned person dangling for long Crucifixion and stoning were no longer considered civilized.
Q6.Which of these is NOT an example of Britain's awakening consciousness?
- A.Declaring dog fights illegal
- B.Lethal injection
- C.Abolition of slave trade
- D.Banning bear baiting
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Answer: B. Lethal injection
Q7.The writer's tone in the passage is that of sarcasm.
- A.Which sentence depicts it most predominantly?
- B.And if they have to die because we must punish, or we must eat, let us deliver the blow as softly as we can
- C.As if making up for past injustices, our collective consciousness suddenly woke up to ethically question the torture of all living beings.
- D.Though we still continue with capital punishment, yet we strive to make it as pain free as modern medical knowledge will allow.
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Answer: B. And if they have to die because we must punish, or we must eat, let us deliver the blow as softly as we can
Q8.What is a contemporary phenomenon according to the passage?
- A.banning of torture
- B.acceptance of torture
- C.insensitivity towards torture
- D.condemnation of torture
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Answer: D. condemnation of torture
Q9.The passage:
- A.makes a case for Jalikattu and bullfight as cultural events
- B.describes various kinds of tortures used through the ages
- C.stresses the changing attitude towards inflicting pain on humans and animals
- D.explains why there is a resistance against banning sports involving man and beast
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Answer: C. stresses the changing attitude towards inflicting pain on humans and animals
Q10.Match list I (Fourier series and Fourier transform) with list II (their properties) and select the answer using codes given below: Que. 101 Match list I (Fourier series and Fourier transform) with list II (their properties) and select the answer using codes given below:
- A.Option
- B.Option
- C.Option
- D.Option
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Answer: A. Option
Q11.In 8085 microprocessor instruction XCHG is:
- A.3-byte instruction
- B.2-byte instruction
- C.5-byte instruction
- D.1-byte instruction
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Answer: D. 1-byte instruction
Q12.A three-phase synchronous motor connected to ac mains is running at full load and unity power factor. If its shaft load is reduced by half and field current is held constant then its new power factor
- A.will be
- B.Unity
- C.Leading
- D.Lagging
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Answer: B. Unity
Q13.Let A and B be feed-forward and feedback paths in a control system to control the voltage. The overall voltage gain of this closed loop system is:
- A.(1 + AB)/A
- B.A/(1 + AB)
- C.(1 + AB)/B
- D.B/(1 + AB)
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Answer: B. A/(1 + AB)
Q14.For dynamic equalizing circuit used for series-connected SCRs, the choice of C is based on:
- A.rise time characteristics
- B.turn-on characteristics
- C.turn-off characteristics
- D.reverse recovery characteristics
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Answer: D. reverse recovery characteristics
Q15.The transfer function of a system is defined as:
- A.Laplace transform of the step response
- B.Laplace transform of the sinusoidal input
- C.Laplace transform of the ramp response
- D.Laplace transform of the impulse response
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Answer: D. Laplace transform of the impulse response
Q16.The length of the air gap under the poles of DC machines is not kept uniform so as to:
- A.Obtain a suitable main field flux
- B.Obtain better cooling
- C.Obtain sinusoidal armature mmf wave
- D.Minimize the effect of armature mmf on main field
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Answer: A. Obtain a suitable main field flux
Q17.A conducting SCR can be opened by reducing to zero.
- A.supply voltage
- B.gate voltage
- C.gate current
- D.anode current
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Answer: D. anode current
Q18.If a system is critically damped and the gain is increased, the system
- A.become over damped
- B.become underdamped
- C.become oscillatory
- D.remains critically damped
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Answer: B. become underdamped
Q19.Which statement BEST describes the operation of a negative-edge-triggered D flip-flop?
- A.The Q output is always identical to D input
- B.The logic level at the D input is transferred to Q on NGT of CLK
- C.The Q output is always identical to the CLK input if the D input is high
- D.The Q output is always identical to D input when CLK = PGT
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Answer: B. The logic level at the D input is transferred to Q on NGT of CLK
Q20.A zero to 300 V voltmeter has an error of 1.2% on full scale deflection. If the true voltage is 30 V then the range of readings on this voltmeter will be:
- A.26.4 V to 33.6 V
- B.20 V to 40 V
- C.24 V to 36 V
- D.29.4 V to 30.6 V
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Answer: A. 26.4 V to 33.6 V
Q21.In a three phase controlled bridge rectifier with an increase of overlap angle, the output DC voltage
- A.decreases
- B.increases
- C.does not change
- D.depends upon load inductance
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Answer: A. decreases
Q22.Norton’s theorem when applied to DC circuit results in:
- A.A voltage source alone
- B.A voltage source with a resistance in series
- C.A current source with resistance in parallel
- D.A current source alone
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Answer: A. A voltage source alone
Q23.Which load flow method is sensitive to initial guess in respect of reliability of convergence of solution?
- A.Gauss Seidel method
- B.Runge Kutta method
- C.Newton Raphson method
- D.Gauss elimination
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Answer: A. Gauss Seidel method
Q24.Which of the points below correctly complete(s) the given statement?
- A.The Lissajous patterns help in the measurement of
- B.Phase difference between two sine waves only
- C.Frequency of one waveform only, if the frequency of other waveform is known
- D.Neither 1 nor 2
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Answer: B. Phase difference between two sine waves only
Q25.A transformer having a turns ratio 1 : 5 and a resistance of 500 Ω is connected across the secondary terminals. What is the equivalent resistance for the current flowing in the primary?
- A.20 Ω
- B.50 Ω
- C.10 Ω
- D.100 Ω
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Answer: A. 20 Ω
Q26.A circuit contains two unequal resistances in parallel, then:
- A.Large current flows in larger value resistance
- B.Smaller current flows in smaller value resistance
- C.Potential difference across each is same
- D.Current is same in both
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Answer: C. Potential difference across each is same
Q27.For an alternating square wave, the form factor is
- A.1. 3.14
- B.2. 1.414
- C.3. 1.11
- D.4. 1.00
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Answer: D. 4. 1.00
Q28.The Fourier series coefficient of signal x(t) is CK, then what will be Fourier series coefficient of the signal, x(0.5t) + x(t – 0.5) + x(-2t)?
- A.CK (1 + e-jω0.5k) + C-K
- B.CK (2 + e-jω0.5k) + 0.5 C-K
- C.CK (1 + e-jω0.5k) + CK
- D.CK (2 + e-jω0.5k) + 0.5 CK
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Answer: A. CK (1 + e-jω0.5k) + C-K
Q29.Which type of distance relay is not affected by fault arc resistance?
- A.Differential
- B.Reactance
- C.Mho
- D.Impedance
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Answer: B. Reactance
Q30.The sweep generator of a CRO is used to produce:
- A.Sinusoidal voltage for the vertical deflection of electron beam
- B.Saw tooth voltage for the horizontal deflection of electronic beam
- C.Saw tooth voltage for the vertical deflection of electronic beam
- D.Sinusoidal voltage for the horizontal deflection of electron beam
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Answer: B. Saw tooth voltage for the horizontal deflection of electronic beam
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many CIL (Coal India Limited) Paper II previous year questions are available?
170 Paper II questions from past CIL (Coal India Limited) papers are available on AajExam, split into 17 practice sets. New questions are added as fresh papers are released.
Are the answers and explanations free?
Yes. Every question on this page shows its correct answer and explanation free of charge, and you do not need an account to read them. A free account only adds attempt tracking and performance analytics.
Do CIL (Coal India Limited) repeat questions from previous years?
Exact repeats do occur, but the more reliable pattern is conceptual: the same Paper II sub-topics reappear cycle after cycle with reworded questions. That is why working through past questions raises your score more reliably than reading theory alone.
How should I use these questions in my CIL (Coal India Limited) preparation?
Attempt a set of ten cold, review every wrong and guessed question with its explanation, then drill the weak sub-topic on its topic page before moving on. Revisit the same set after a few days — your second-attempt accuracy is the honest measure of whether the concept stuck.
CIL (Coal India Limited) Paper II practice sets
Each set is a timed 10-question drill drawn from the same question bank.
- CIL (Coal India Limited) - Paper II PYQ Quiz 9
- CIL (Coal India Limited) - Paper II PYQ Quiz 17
- CIL (Coal India Limited) - Paper II PYQ Quiz 16
- CIL (Coal India Limited) - Paper II PYQ Quiz 15
- CIL (Coal India Limited) - Paper II PYQ Quiz 14
- CIL (Coal India Limited) - Paper II PYQ Quiz 13
- CIL (Coal India Limited) - Paper II PYQ Quiz 12
- CIL (Coal India Limited) - Paper II PYQ Quiz 11
- CIL (Coal India Limited) - Paper II PYQ Quiz 10
- CIL (Coal India Limited) - Paper II PYQ Quiz 1
- CIL (Coal India Limited) - Paper II PYQ Quiz 8
- CIL (Coal India Limited) - Paper II PYQ Quiz 7
- CIL (Coal India Limited) - Paper II PYQ Quiz 6
- CIL (Coal India Limited) - Paper II PYQ Quiz 5
- CIL (Coal India Limited) - Paper II PYQ Quiz 4
- CIL (Coal India Limited) - Paper II PYQ Quiz 3
- CIL (Coal India Limited) - Paper II PYQ Quiz 2