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Q1. If it is 0700 hours Standard Time in Kuwait (UTC+03:00), what is the Standard Time in Algeria (UTC+01:00) ?
Correct answer is – 0500 hours
Q2. An aircraft at FL 390 is required to descend to cross a DME facility at FL70. The maximum rate of descent is 2500 FT/MIN and mean GS for descent is 248 kt. The minimum range from the DME at which descent should commence is?
Correct answer is – 53 NM.
Q3. On a direct Mercator chart, a rhumb line appears as a :
Correct answer is – straight line
Q4. ## The main reason that day and night, throughout the year, have different durations is due to the:
Correct answer is – inclination of the ecliptic to the Equator
Q5. Given: Track 198°, Heading 184°, TAS 427 kt and GS 453kt, what are the W/V and Drift Angle?
Correct answer is – 087°/109kt and 14°S
Q6. ***A useful method of a pilot resolving on a visual flight, any uncertainty in the aircraft’s position is to maintain visual contact with the ground until:
Correct answer is – set heading towards a line feature such as a coastline, river or motorway.
Q7. What is the approximate course (T) and distance between Waterford VOR (WTD, 5212N 00705W) and Sligo VOR (SLG, 5417N 00836W)?
Correct answer is – 336; 137 NM
Q8. Given: FL350, Mach 0.80, OAT -55°(C), Calculate values for TAS and local
Correct answer is – 461 kt, LSS 576 kt
Q9. An aircraft at position 8500N 02000E flies a rhumb line track of 075°(T). what will be its path over the Earth?
Correct answer is – A spiral path leading towards the North Pole
Q10. An aircraft at position 0000N/S 16327W flies a track of 225°(T) for 70 NM. what is its new position?
Correct answer is – 0049S 16416W
Q11. On a particular take-off, you can accept up to 10 knots tailwind. The runway is 08, the variation is 15°E and the ATIS gives the wind direction as 210. What is the maximum wind strength you can accept?
Correct answer is – 15 knots
Q12. A fuel amount of 146 Imp Gal allows a endurance of 4 HR 26 Min. What is the corresponding fuel flow ?
Correct answer is – 39.5 US Gal / HR
Q13. You are on an ILS 3-degree glide slope which passes over the runway threshold at 50 feet. Your DME range is 25 NM from the threshold. What is your height above the runway threshold elevation? (Use the 1 in 60 rule and 6000 feet = 1 nautical mile.)
Correct answer is – 7550 feet
Q14. The term “sidereal” is used :
Correct answer is – To describe a situation or relationship concerning the stars
Q15. An Aircraft has a fuel capacity of 12000 US GAL. If fuel consumption is 18170 ltr/hr then how hr the aircraft can fly.
Correct answer is – 2.5 hr
Q16. Convert 80 metres/sec into knots.
Correct answer is – 155 knots
Q17. At 65 NM from a VOR you commence a descent from FL330 in order to arrive over the VOR at FL80. Your mean ground speed in the descent is 240 knots. What rate of descent is required?
Correct answer is – 1540 feet/min
Q18. You fly from 49N to 58N along the 180 E/W meridian. What is the distance in kilometers?
Correct answer is – 1000 km
Q19. What is the rhumb line track from A (4500N 01000W) to B (4830N 00500W)?
Correct answer is – 045°T
Q20. An aircraft is flying around the Earth eastwards along the 60N parallel of latitude at a ground speed of 360 knots. At what ground speed would another aircraft have to fly eastwards along the Equator to fly once round the Earth in the same journey time?
Correct answer is – 720 knots
Q21. An aircraft departs a point 0400N 17000W and flies 240 NM South, followed by 240 NM East, then 240 NM North, then 240 NM West. What is its final position?
Correct answer is – 0400N 170°03.5’W
Q22. The distance between two waypoints is 100 NM. To calculate compass heading the pilot used 2° magnetic variation instead of 2°W. Assuming that the forecast W/V applied, what will the off track distance be at the second waypoint?
Correct answer is – 7 NM
Q23. Given: Runway direction 083°(M), Surface W/V 035/35 kt. Calculate the effective crosswind component.
Correct answer is – 26 kt
Q24. What is the weight in kilograms of 380 US Gallons at a Specific Gravity of 0.78?
Correct answer is – 1123
Q25. Heading is 156°(T), TAS is 320 knots, W/V is 130/45 and the Variation is 10°W. What is your magnetic track?
Correct answer is – 170
Q26. An aircraft takes off from India at 1800 Standard Time on 01 May local date. After a flight of 15 HR it lands at FRANCE (+0100). What is the Standard Time of arrival ?
Correct answer is – 0430
Q27. Lines of latitude on a chart are always:
Correct answer is – Small circles except for the Equator
Q28. Given the value of ellipticity of the Earth is 1/297 and that the semi-major axis of the Earth, measured at the axis of the Equator is 6378.4 km, what is the semi-minor axis of the Earth measured at the axis of the Poles?
Correct answer is – 6356.9 km
Q29. The sensitivity of a direct reading magnetic compass is:
Correct answer is – Proportional to the horizontal component of the Earth’s magnetic field.
Q30. When GMT at Chennai 1300N 8300E is 1400 hrs, IST at the same location will be 15NRK22a
Correct answer is – 1930
Q31. The angle between the plane of the Equator and the plane of the Ecliptic is:
Correct answer is – 23.5°
Q32. An aircraft is flying at FL200, the OAT is 0°C. When the actual air pressure on an airfield at MSL is placed on the subscale of the altimeter the indicated altitude is 19 300 ft. What is the aircraft’s True Altitude?
Correct answer is – 21 300 ft
Q33. On which chart projection is it not possible to show the North Pole?
Correct answer is – Direct Mercator
Q34. 5 hours 20 minutes and 20 seconds time difference is equivalent to which change of longitude?
Correct answer is – 80°05′
Q35. The LMT at a place in India is 0400. If the position of the place is 10 N 078E, the IST at that place will be 15NRK21a
Correct answer is – 0418
Q36. Which of these is a correct statement about the Earth’s magnetic field?
Correct answer is – It acts as though there is a large blue magnetic pole in Northern Canada
Q37. You are homing to overhead a VORTAC and will descend from 7500 QNH to 1000 AMSL by 6 NM DME. Your ground speed is 156 knots and the ROD will be 1000 feet/min. At what range from the VORTAC do you commence the descent?
Correct answer is – 22.9 NM
Q38. An aircraft is at 10°N and is flying North at 444 km/hour. After 3 hours the latitude is:
Correct answer is – 22°N
Q39. What is the highest latitude listed below at which the Sun will rise above the horizon and set every day?
Correct answer is – 66°N
Q40. On a conformal chart, the standard parallels are 41° 20’N and 11° 40’N. What is the constant of the cone?
Correct answer is – 0.446
Q41. What is the reason for seasonal changes in climate?
Correct answer is – Because the Earth’s spin axis is inclined to the plane of its orbit round the Sun
Q42. The agonic line:
Correct answer is – indicates zero variation
Q43. Your pressure altitude is FL55, the QNH is 998, and the SAT is +30°C. What is density altitude?
Correct answer is – 8620 feet
Q44. Track = 090°(T), TAS = 460 knots, W/V = 360°(T) / 100, Variation = 12°E, Deviation = -2. What is compass heading and ground speed?
Correct answer is – 067° ; 450 knots
Q45. Given: True track 180°, Drift 8°R, Compass Heading 195°, Deviation -2°. Calculate the variation.
Correct answer is – 21°W
Q46. which of the following statement on sunrise and sunset is correct? 15NRK30
Correct answer is – at equator sunrise and sunset occurs at quite regular time throughout the year
Q47. At what times of the year does the length of the hours of daylight change most rapidly?
Correct answer is – Spring Equinox and Autumn Equinox
Q48. In which month does aphelion occur?
Correct answer is – July
Q49. What is the formula for conversion angle?
Correct answer is – (Change of longitude / 2) x Sine mean latitude
Q50. *** You are flying at a True Mach No. of .82 in a SAT of -45 (C). At 1000 hours you are 100 NM from the DME X and your ETA at X is 1012. ATC ask you to slow down to be at X @ 1016. What should your True Mach Number be if you reduce speed at 100 NM distance to go?
Correct answer is – M .61
Q51. An aircraft flies a great circle track from 56°N 070°W to 62°N 110°E. The total distance travelled is:
Correct answer is – 3720 NM
Q52. IST and LMT of a place can be same only when 15NRK19
Correct answer is – the longitude of the place is 8230E
Q53. The scale on a Lambert’s conformal conic chart
Correct answer is – is constant along a parallel of latitude
Q54. Position A is 55N 30W. Position B is 54N 20W. The great circle track from A/B, measured at A, is 100°(T). What is the rhumb line bearing from A to B?
Correct answer is – 104°(T)
Q55. What is the difference between UTC and GMT?
Correct answer is – UTC is slightly more accurate than GMT, but the difference between the two is so small that it has no importance in everyday navigation of aircraft
Q56. A is N55° E/W 000°. B is N54° E/W 010°. If the average true course of the great circle is 100°(T), the true course of the rhumb line at point A is:
Correct answer is – 100°
Q57. The total length of the 53°N parallel of latitude on a direct Mercator chart is 133 cm. What is the approximate scale of the chart at latitude 30°S?
Correct answer is – 1 : 26 000 000
Q58. Distance A to B is 30 Nm, and B to C is 20Nm. ATA of A is 1010. ETA at B is 1030. ETA at C is 1043. ATA at B is 1027. What is revised ETA C? Actual time of arrival (ATA), Estimated time of arrival (ETA)
Correct answer is – 1038
Q59. ISA Dev +30°C, Pressure alt = 5000 feet. What is true alt?
Correct answer is – 5600 feet
Q60. By what amount must you change your rate of descent given a 10 knot decrease in headwind on a 3° glide slope?
Correct answer is – 50 feet per minute increase
Q61. Required course 045°(T), W/V = 190/30, FL = 55 @ ISA, Variation = 15°W, CAS = 120 knots. What is mag heading and G/S?
Correct answer is – 067(M) 154
Q62. Transverse Mercator projections are used for:
Correct answer is – maps of large north/south extent
Q63. Given: Fuel flow 28 Imp Gal / HR, specific gravity 0.72, TAS 154 MPH. What is the specific range?
Correct answer is – 1.46 NM air distance / kg
Q64. The pressure alt is 29 000 feet and the SAT is -55°C. What is density altitude?
Correct answer is – 27 500 feet
Q65. Isogonal lines converge as follows:
Correct answer is – At the North and South Magnetic and both Geographical Poles
Q66. Required track from A to B is 300T, heading 315T Distance 150Nm. After flying 70 Nm Pilot pin pointed the position 7 NM LEFT of the track. find the track which must be followed to reach B.
Correct answer is – 305 T
Q67. Position of A is 1000N 07500E. When LMT at A is 1200 hr then the LMT of a location East of A (100N 09500E) is:
Correct answer is – 1320
Q68. Given : ETA to cross a meridian is 2100 UTC GS is 441 kt & TAS is 491 kt. At 2010 UTC, ATC requests a speed reduction to cross the meridian at 2105 UTC. The reduction to TAS will be approximately:
Correct answer is – 40 kt
Q69. On the 27th of February, at 52S 040E, the sunrise is at 0243 UTC on the same day at 52S 035W, the sunrise is at:
Correct answer is – 0523 LMT
Q70. The time given in the air almanac for sunrise, sunset, morning twilight and evening twilight is:
Correct answer is – in LMT
Q71. Position of Mumbai is 1905N 07300E. When IST at Mumbai is 1200 hr then the IST of a location north of Mumbai (2100N 07300E) is:
Correct answer is – 1200
Q72. Given: Direct Mercator chart with a scale of 1 : 200 000 at equator; Chart length from A to B, in the vicinity of the equator, 11 cm. What is the approximate distance from A to B?
Correct answer is – 12 NM
Q73. On a particular direct Mercator wall chart, the full length of the parallel of latitude at 53N is 133 cm long. What is the scale of the chart at 30S?
Correct answer is – 1 : 26 000 000
Q74. The term “Aphelion” is used to describe *
Correct answer is – The situation when the distance between the sun and the earth is at its longest
Q75. An aircraft starts at position 0400S 17822W and heads true north for 2950 NM, then turns 90 degrees right, and maintains a rhumb line track for 314 kilometres. What is its final position?
Correct answer is – 4500N 17422W
Q76. An aircraft leaves at 0900UTC on a 250 NM journey with a planned ground speed of 115 knots. After 74 NM the aircraft is 1.5 minutes behind the planned schedule. What is the revised ETA at the destination?
Correct answer is – 1115
Q77. An aircraft at FL370 is required to commence descent at 120 NM from a VOR and cross the facility at FL130. If the mean GS for the descent is 288 kt, the minimum rate of descent required is:
Correct answer is – 960 ft/min
Q78. An aircraft has to climb from FL50 -10°C to FL260 -25°C. The IAS for the climb is 180 kt and the WC is -30 kt. If the ROC is 900 ft/min, approximate how many miles will the climb take?
Correct answer is – 106 NM
Q79. The sun’s declination is :
Correct answer is – The sun’s position relative to the plane of the Equator
Q80. Fuel flow per HR is 22 US GAL, total fuel onboard is 83 IMP GAL. find endurance ( how long fuel will sustain).
Correct answer is – 4 HR 32 MIN
Q81. The sun rises at 50N 025E on 25 Jan at 0254UTC. on the same day what time does it rises at 50N 040W?
Correct answer is – 0714
Q82. On the Polar Stereographic projection, a great circle appears as:
Correct answer is – a curve which becomes more near to a straight line as the latitude increases
Q83. How does scale change on a normal Mercator chart?
Correct answer is – Expands directly with the secant of the latitude
Q84. You leave A to fly to B, 475 NM away, at 1000 hours. Your ETA at B is 1130. Or at 1040, you are 190 NM from A. What ground speed is required to arrive on time at B?
Correct answer is – 342 knots
Q85. In which months is the difference between apparent noon and mean noon the greatest?
Correct answer is – November and February
Q86. The value of magnetic variation on a chart changes with time. This is due to:
Correct answer is – Movement of the magnetic poles, which can cause either an increase or a decrease
Q87. Isogrivs are lines that connect positions that have:
Correct answer is – the same grivation
Q88. What is the highest latitude on the Earth at which the Sun can be vertically overhead?
Correct answer is – 23½°
Q89. Pressure Altitude is 28 000 feet, OAT -45°C, Mach No = 0.46, W/V = 270/85, Track = 200°T. What is the drift and groundspeed?
Correct answer is – 17L / 228 knots
Q90. An aircraft at position 60°N 005°W tracks 090°(T) for 315 km. On completion of the flight the longitude will be:
Correct answer is – 00°40’E
Q91. On 15 Aug at 60°N 160°W Sunrise is at 0500 UTC. On the same day at 60°N 170°E the time of Sunrise is:
Correct answer is – 0700 UTC, 14 Aug
Q92. What is the definition of magnetic variation?
Correct answer is – The angle between Magnetic North and True North.
Q93. At what latitude does the maximum difference between geodetic and geocentric latitude occur?
Correct answer is – 45°
Q94. On 26 Jan at 50°S 060°E Sunrise is at 0210UTC. On the same day at 50°S 015°W the time of Sunrise is:
Correct answer is – 0710 UTC
Q95. Grivation is the combination of
Correct answer is – Variation and Grid Convergence
Q96. Civil Twilight occurs between:
Correct answer is – Sunset and 6° below the horizon
Q97. An aircraft is at FL140 with an IAS of 210 and a true OAT of -5°C). The wind component is -35 knots. When the aircraft is at 150 NM from a reporting point, ATC request the crew to lose 5 minutes by the time they get to the beacon. How much do they need to reduce IAS?
Correct answer is – 25 knots
Q98. Given: Airport elevation is 1000 feet. QNH is 988 hPa. What is the approximate airport pressure altitude? ( use 1 hPa = 27 feet )
Correct answer is – 1680
Q99. A Lambert’s Conical conformal chart has standard parallels at 63N and 41N. What is the convergence factor?
Correct answer is – .788
Q100. The circumference of the Earth is approximately:
Correct answer is – 21 600 NM
Q101. An aircraft at position 2700N 7000W travels 3000 km on a track of 180°(T), then 3000 km on a track of 090°(T), then 3000 km on a track of 000°(T), then 3000 km on a track of 270°(T). What is its final position?
Correct answer is – 2700N 17318W
Q102. Position A is at 70S 030W, position B is 70S 060E. What is the great circle track of B from A, measured at A?
Correct answer is – 132°(T)
Q103. Which of the following differences in latitude will give the biggest difference in the initial great circle track and the mean great circle track between two points separated by 10° change of longitude?
Correct answer is – 30S and 25S
Q104. On a chart, meridians at 45N are shown every 10 degrees apart. This is shown on the chart by a distance of 14 cm. What is the scale?
Correct answer is – 1 : 5 600 000
Q105. The chart that is generally used for navigation in polar areas is based on a:
Correct answer is – Stereographic projection
Q106. When time at Chennai (INDIA) 1300N 8300E is 1100 UTC. The IST at Kolkata (INDIA) 2000N 8300E will be:
Correct answer is – 1630
Q107. What is the shortest distance between Point ‘A’ (3543N 00841E) and Point ‘B’ (5417N 17119W)?
Correct answer is – 5400 NM