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Interviewer: Why is a thicker conductor necessary to
carry a current in A.C.as compared to D.C. ? 
Candidate: An AC current goes up and down (drawing a
sinusoid) and requires more space inside the wire, 
so the wire has to be thicker. 
Interviewer: How will you tell if that wall outlet
carries AC or DC? 
Candidate: I will put my finger in. If it is pushed
away, it is AC. If it gets stuck, it was DC. 
Interviewer: How will you reverse direction of an
Induction motor? 
Candidate: I will remove the four bolts at the base,
turn the motor around, and put back the bolts. 
Interviewer: How do you start a synchronous motor? 
Candidate: Vrrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm (in rising
pitch) 
Interviewer: Stop! Stop! 
Candidate: rrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm (in falling
pitch) 
Interviewer: How do you limit surge current within
an integrated circuit? 
Candidate: By using a miniature circuit breaker. 
External (to student) : "Why does a capacitor block DC
but allow AC To pass through ? 
Student: See, a capacitor is like this ---| |--- , 
OK. DC comes straight, like this ----------, 
and the capacitor stops it. But AC,goes UP, 
DOWN, UP DOWN and jumps right over the capacitor!" 
Examiner: "What is a step-up transformer?" 
Student: "A transformer that is put on top of electric
poles." 
Examiner (smiling): "And then what is a step-down
transformer?" 
Student (hesitantly):"Uh - A transformer that is put
in the basement or in a pit?" 
Examiner (pouncing): "Then what do you call a
transformer that is installed on the ground?" 
(Student knows he is caught-can't answer) 
Examiner (impatiently): "Well?" 
Student (triumphantly): "A stepless transformer,
sir!" 
TOP FACTS ABOUT ENGINEERS 
Engineers at work: 
Assignments solved by one and then carry out mass
transfer operations throughout the class 
The most important machine for Engineers: Xerox 
Machine (Without which assignment Completion wouldn't
be possible) 
Engineers Anthem: 
Hum hoge all clear Ek din, Mann me hai vishwas, pura
hai vishwas, 
hum hoge all clear ek din 
Top two Engineering Rumours: 
Did you hear the results are being put up today at
5:30pm'?? 
Did you hear the exams are postponed by two weeks??? 
The most dreaded acronym for Engineers: ATKT ( After
Trying Keep Trying) 
Common Engineering Dialogues after a paper: 
'What is this pal, 60% of the paper was out of the
syllabus' 
'This was the worst paper set in the entire
engineering history' 
'I am failing'