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For the following questions answer them individually

Question 1

The approximate O/P Frequencyof 555 Oscillator for RA = Rb = 2.2kΩ and C = 2000 pF

A 110 kHZ

B 109.3 kHZ

C 120.5 kHZ

D 108.9 kHZ

Answer: B

Question 2

A counter is designed using J-K Flip-Flop as shown in fig. Define its count sequence

A 000, 001, 010, 011, 100 & repeats

B 100, 011, 010, 001, 000 & repeat

C 010, 011, 100, 000, 001 & repeats

D 101, 110, 111, 000, 001, 010, 011, 100 & repeats

Answer: B

Question 3

A 1 MHz clock signal is applied to a J-K Flip Flop with J = K = 1. What is the frequency of the Flip-Flop O/P signal?

A 2 MHz

B 500 kHz

C 250 kHz

D 500 MHz

Answer: B

Question 4

How many inputs & outputs does a full adder have?

A 3, 2

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B

C 3, 3

D 2, 2

Answer: A

Question 5

Which shift register counter requires the most decoding circuitry?

A Johnson Counter

B Ring Counter

C Ripple Counter

D MOD counter

Answer: A

Question 6

A 10-bit DAC hasa step size of 10mV. What is its Full scale O/P voltage and the percentage resolution?

A 10.24V, 0.2%

B 10.238V, 0.5%

C 10.23V, 0.1%

D 10.24V, 0.1%

Answer: C

Question 7

If the input signals (A & B) and output signals are as below then the circuit element is

A AND Gate

B OR Gate

C NOR Gate

D XOR Gate

Answer: C

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Question 8

For a 10-bit digital ramp ADC using 500kHz clock, the maximum conversion time is

A 2048μS

B 2064μS

C 2046μS

D 2084μS
Answer: C

Question 9

In Digital Filters, how many interpolated data points are inserted between samples when performing 4X over sampling?

A 2

B 3

C 4

D 5

Answer: B

Question 10

A PAM source generates four symbols 3 V, 1 V, -1 V and —3 V with probability of p(3) = 0.2, p(1) = 0.3, p(-1) = 0.3, p(—3) = 0.2
respectively. The variance for this source will be

A 4.2 V

B 3.2 V

C 3.6 V

D 4.6 V

Answer: A

Question 11

The output equivalent circuit of following circuit is

A INVERTER

B AND

C OR

D NOR

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 Answer: C

Question 12

A binary source in which 0s occurs 3 times as often as 1s. Then its entropy in bits/symbol will be

A 0.75 bits/symbol

B 0.25 bits/symbol

C 0.81 bits/symbol

D 0.85 bits/symbol

Answer: C

Question 13

Maximum value of signal to noise ratio of an 8-bit ADC with an I/P range of 10 V will be

A 50 dB

B 43.8 dB

C 48.9 dB

D 49.8 dB

Answer: D

Question 14

The available power required at a receiving antenna is 10−6 Watts. Transmitting and receiving antennas have gain of 40dB each. The
carrier frequency is 4GHz and the distance between them is 30 miles. The required transmitter power is

A 0.64 W

B 0.74 W

C 0.78 W

D 0.32 W

Answer: A

Question 15

An FM signal at 10.7 MHz IF needsto be digitized for demodulation in a digital domain. If the bandwidth of this signal is 200 kHz, the
maximum usable sampling frequency is

A 200 kHz

B 600 kHz

C 400 kHz

D 800 kHz

Answer: C

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Question 16

A satellite system employs QPSK modulation with 40% excess bandwidth per carrier including guard band. The voice channels use
64 kbps PCM coding. The no. of channels supported by 36 MHz bandwidth of the transponder in bandwidth limited case will be

A 1000

B 800

C 900

D 600

Answer: B

Question 17

Hamming codes are used for

A Burst error correction

B Signal error correction

C Both (a) and (b)

D None of the above

Answer: B

Question 18

Which statement is correct for Schottkey diode?

A Current Voltage characteristics is totally different than that of a p-n junction diode

B The currentis controlled by the diffusion of minority carriers

C The current results from the flow of minority carriers

D The storage time ts is almost zero

Answer: D

Question 19

Photodiodes operate at

A Forward bias

B Breakdown region

C Reverse bias

D Saturation region

Answer: C

Question 20

The dynamic resistance of diode varies as

1
A I2

1
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B I

C I

D I2
Answer: B

Question 21

In a p-n diode, with the increase reverse bias, the reverse current

A increases

B decreases

C remain constant

D uncertain

Answer: C

Question 22

The Nyquist filter has impulse response given by

πt
sin( T )
A h(t) = ( )
πt
T

1 sin(πt)
B h(t) = 2 ( (πt) )

sin(πt)
πt
C h(t) = ( T )

cos(πt)
πt
D h(t) = ( T )

Answer: A

Question 23

Shown signal space diagram is for

A Quadrature QPSK

B Binary FSK

C Bi-Phase PSK

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D MSK

Answer: B

Question 24

Negative feedback in amplifiers

A improves the signal to noise ratio at the I/P

B improves the signal to noise ratio at the O/P

C Doesn't affect the Signal to Noise ratio at the O/P

D All of these

Answer: B

Question 25

Output response of a diode clipper circuit shown in figure will be

C Both (a) & (b)

D None of the above

Answer: A

Question 26

For an n-channel MOSFET,if condention parameter (kn) is 0.249 mA/V 2 , gate to source voltage VQS, is 2VT N , where VT N =
0.75V . The current will be

A 0.160 mA

B 0.150 mA

C 0.140 mA

D 0.170 mA

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 Answer: C

Question 27

If α = 0.98, Ico = 6μA, &IR = 100μA for a transistor, then the value of IC will be

A 2.3 mA

B 3.1 mA

C 4.6 mA

D 5.2 mA

Answer: D

Question 28

A unit step voltage 2u(t − θ) is applied in a series RC circuit with R = 2Ω, C = 1F . Assuming zero initial conditions, find i(t)

A i(t) = u(t)e−0.5(t)A

B i(t) = u(t − 2θ)e−0.5(t−2θ)A

C i(t) = u(t − θ)e−O.5(t−θ)A

D i(t) = u(t − θ)e−(t−θ)A

Answer: C

Question 29

The autocorrelation of a wide-sense stationary random process is given by e−2∣r∣. The peak value of the spectral density is

A 2

B 1
−1
C e 2

D e

Answer: C

Question 30

Which of the following gives piezo electric effect?

A μ metal

B PVDF

C Saphire

D Ferrite

Answer: B

Question 31

The mean free path for electron drift increases with

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A Purity

B Strain Hardening

C Elastic modules

D None of the above

Answer: A

Question 32

Pure Metals generally have

A High Conductivity & Low temperature coefficient

B High Conductivity & High temperature coefficient

C Low Conductivity & zero temperature coefficient

D Low Conductivity & High temperature coefficient

Answer: B

Question 33

A typical optical fiber has

A high refractive index core & low refractive index cladding

B Low refractive index core & high refractive index cladding

C Uniform refractive index core surroundedby variable refractive index cladding

D None of the above

Answer: B

Question 34

The ceramic materials are

A Inorganic substances

B Brittle

C Good Thermal insulators

D All of the above

Answer: A

Question 35

The best definition of a superconductor is

A It is a material showing perfect conductivity and Meissner effect below a critical temperature

B It is conductor having zero resistance

C It is a perfect conductor with highest diamagnetic susceptibility

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D It is a perfect conductor but becomes resistive when the current density through it exceeds a critical value

Answer: A

Question 36

A periodic function of half wave symmetry is necessarily

A an even function

B an odd function

C neither odd nor even

D both odd and even

Answer: C

Question 37

The Fourier transform of a Gaussian time pulse is

A Uniform

B A pair of impulses

C Gaussian

D Rayleigh

Answer: C

Question 38

The covariance function Cx(τ ) of a stationary stochastic process x(t) is said to be positive definite. This means that

A Cx(τ ) ≥ 0forallτ
∞
B ∫−∞ Cx(τ )dτ ≥ 0
∞
C ∫−∞ Cx(τ )exp(−jωτ )dτ ≥ 0

D Cx(0) ≥ 0
Answer: A

Question 39

If a vertical dipole antenna is used in conjunction with a loop antenna for direction finding, the field pattern obtained will be

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D

Answer: A

Question 40

The coding system typically used in digital telemetry is

A PPM (Pulse Position Modulation)

B PAM (Pulse Amplitude Modulation)

C PCM (Pulse Code Modulation)

D PDM (Pulse Duration Modulation)

Answer: C

Question 41

The temperature coefficient of resistance for a thermister is

A low and negative

B low and positive

C high and negative

D high and positive

Answer: C

Question 42

Compared to field effect photo transistor, bipolar photo transistors are

A more sensitive and faster

B less sensitive and slower

C more sensitive and slower

D less sensitive and faster

Answer: A

Question 43

A uniform plane wave in air impinge at 45∘ angle on a lossless dielectric material with dielectric constant ϵr. The transmitted wave
propagates in a 30∘ direction with respect to the normal. The valueof ϵr is

A 1.5

B 1.5

C 2

D 2
Answer: C

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Question 44

If a donor type impurity is added to the semiconductor, then at a given temperature, the Fermi Level

A Moves towards the center of the energy gap

B Moves towards the valence band

C Moves towards the conduction band

D Doesn't change

Answer: C

Question 45

Which of the following statement is correct?

A In semiconductors, electron and holes move in an electric field and in the same direction

B Electric field density is exactly equal to the sum of electric field intensity and polarization

Ampere's circuital law states that the line integral of H about any closed path is exactly equal to the direct current enclosed by that
C
path

D None of the above

Answer: C

Question 46

Magnetic field intensity (H), within a magnetic material where, M = 150A/m, μ = 1.5 × 10−5 H/m, μr = 30;

A 14.921 A/m

B 14.138 A/m

C 1.82 A/m

D 13.715 A/m

Answer: D

Question 47

A steel pipe is constructed of a material for which μr = 200 and σ = 5 × 106 mho/m. The outer and inner radii are 8 and 6 mm
respectively and the length is 80 m. If the total current carried by the pipe is 2 cos 104 πtA, Then the skin depth will be

A 0.225 × 10−3 m

B 0.300 × 10−3 m

C 0.352 × 10−3 m

D 0.125 × 10−3 m
Answer: A

Question 48

2.5 × 1017 conduction electrons per cubic meter and 9.0 × 1014
A small amount of phosphorus is added to silicon so that there are
holes per cubic meter. Let μe = 0.13m2 /V .s and μh = 0.05m2 /V .s. The resistivity in Ω − m will be

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A 5.2072

B 192.042

C 129.02

D 0

Answer: B

Question 49

Silicon dioxide is used in ICs

A Because it facilitates the penetration of diffurants

B Because of its high heat conduction

C To control the location of diffusion and to protect and insulate the Si Surface

D To control the concentration of diffurants

Answer: C

Question 50
1 1+x2 dx.dy
Evaluate ∫0 ∫0 1+x2 +y2

π
A 2 [ log(1 + 2 )]
π
B 4 [ log(1 + 2 )]
π
C 2 [ log(1 − 2 )]
π
D 4 [ log(1 − 2 )]
Answer: B

Question 51

Both transistor T1 and T2 in figure have a threshold voltage of 1V. The device parameters K1 and K2 of T1 and T2 are 36μA/V 2 and
9μA/V 2 respectively. The o/p voltage V0 is

A 1V

B 2V

C 3V

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D 4V

Answer: C

Question 52

A ramp input applied to a unity feedback system results in 5% steady state error. The type number andzero frequency gain of the
system are

A 1 and 20

B 0 and 20

1
C 0 and 20

1
D 1 and 20

Answer: A

Question 53
10
The magnitude of frequency response of an under-sampled second order system is 5 at 0 rad/sec and peaks to 3 at5 2rad/sec.
The transfer function of the system is

500
A (s2 +10s+100)

375
B (s2 +5s+75)

720
C (s2 +12s+144)

1125
D (s2 +25s+225)

Answer: A

Question 54
1
The system with the open loop transfer function G(s)H(s) = s(s2 +s+1) has a gain margin of

A -6dB

B zero

C 3.5dB

D 6dB

Answer: B

Question 55
3s+1
Given f(t) = L−1 [ s3+4s2+(k−3) ], if limx→π f(t) = 1, then the value of k is

A 1

B 2

C 3

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D 4

Answer: D

Question 56

A person on trip has a choice between private car and public transport. The probability of using a private car is 0.45. While using
public transport, further choice available are bus and metro. Out of which the probability of commuting by a bus is 0.55. In such a
situation, the probability (rounded upto two decimals)of using a car, bus and metro respectively would be

A 0.45, 0.30 and 0.25

B 0.45, 0.25 and 0.30

C 0.45, 0.55 and 0

D 0.45, 0.35 and 0.20

Answer: A

Question 57

Areal root of equation x2 − 5x − 7 = 0 by the method of false position correct to three decimal places is

A 2.7472

B 2.084

C 2.077

D None of these

Answer: A

Question 58

Find the z- transform of cos h(nθ)

z(z−cos hθ)
A (z2 −2z cosh θ+1)

z(z−cos hθ)
B (z2 −2z cosh θ)

(z−cos hθ)
C (z2 −2z cosh θ+1)

z(z−cot hθ)
D (z2 −2z coth θ+1)

Answer: A

Question 59
3
Newton-Raphton iteration formula for finding C , where C > 0 is

3 3
2xn+ C
A xn+1 =
2
3xn

3 3
2xn− C
B xn+1 =
2
3xn

2
2xn+C
C xn+1 = 3xn
2

2
2x −C
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2xn−C
2
D xn+1 = 3xn

Answer: C

Question 60
1
x 3 −2
The value of limx→8 ( x−8 ) is

1
A 16

1
B 12

1
C 8

1
D 4

Answer: B

Question 61

Find the values of KP , K1 andKD for PID controller whose characteristics equation has real roots at 10, ϵ = 0.8andωn = 2rad/s

A KD = 1.8, KP = 8, K1 = 10

B KD = 1.8, KP = 4, K1 = 5

C KD = 3.6, KP = 8, K1 = 20

D KD = 1.8, KP = 8, K1 = 20
Answer: A

Question 62
1+0.5s
The transfer function ( 1+s ) represents a

A lag network

B lead network

C lag-lead network

D proportional controller

Answer: A

Question 63

The wavelength of emitted radiation by electron while transiting from one energy state of -15eV to other energy state of -5eV is

A 1000 A

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B 1240 A

C 1280 A

D 1300 A

Answer: B

Question 64

According to maximum power transfer theorem, maximum power transfer occurs when

A Load R is equal to the half the R of network

B Load R is equal to twice the R of network

C Load R is equal to the R of network looking back at it from voltage terminal

Load R is equal to the R of network looking back at it from load terminals with all sources being replaced by their respective internal
D
resistance

Answer: D

Question 65

How does the dynamic resistance of diode vary with temperature?

A Directly proportional

B Inversely proportional

C Independent

D Directly to the square of temperature

Answer: A

Question 66

The electric field component of a time harmonic plane EM wave traveling in a non-magnetic lossless dielectric medium has
amplitude of 2V/m. If the relative permittivity of the medium is 4, the magnitude of the time-average power density vector
(inW /m2 ) is

1
A 30π

1
B 120π

1
C 60π

1
D 240π

Answer: A

Question 67

The force on a point charge +q kept at a distance d from the surface of an infinite grounded metal plate in a medium of premittivity ϵ
is

A 0

B q2
16πϵd2 away from the plate

q2
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C 16πϵd2 towards the plate

q2
D 4πϵd2 towards the plate

Answer: C

Question 68

A material has conductivity of 10−2 mho/m and a relative permittivity of 4. The frequency at which the conduction current in the
medium is equal to the displacement current is

A 45 MHz

B 90 MHz

C 450 MHz

D 900 MHz

Answer: A

Question 69

A system has fourteen poles and two zeros. Its high frequency asymptote in its magnitude plot having a slope of

A -40 dB/decade

B -240 dB/decade

C -280 dB/decade

D -320 dB/decade

Answer: B

Question 70

A 1 mW video signal having a bandwidth of 100 MHz is transmitted to a receiver through a cable that has 40 dB loss. If the effective
one-sided noise spectral density at the receiver is 10−20 Watt/Hz, then the signal-to-noise ratio at the receiver is

A 50 dB

B 30 dB

C 40 dB

D 60 dB

Answer: A

Question 71

When the 8051 is reset and the line is HIGH, the program counter points to the first program instruction in the

A internal code memory

B external code memory

C internal data memory

D externa l data memory

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Question 72

How is the status of the carry, auxiliary carry and parity flag affected if write instruction?
MOV A,#9C
ADD A,#64H

A CY = 0, AC = 0, P = 0

B CY = 1, AC = 1, P = 0

C CY = 0, AC = 1, P = 0

D CY = 1, AC = 1, P = 1

Answer: B

Question 73

In given Combinational logic, X is given by

A X = ABC + ABC + ABC + ABC

B X = ABC + ABC + ABC + ABC

C X = AB + BC + AC

D X = AB + BC + AC
Answer: A

Question 74

Each Transistor in Darlington pair (as shown in Fig.) has hfe = 100. Overall hFE of composite transistor neglecting leakage current
is,

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A 10000

B 10001

C 10100

D 10200

Answer: C

Question 75

In a given network (shown in Figure), a steady state is reached with switch k open. At t = 0, which is closed. Determine the valuesof
I1 , I2 andI3 at t = 0+.

A 1 A, 1/3 A, 0 A

B 1/3 A, 1/3 A, 1/3 A

C O A, O A, O A

D 1 A, 1 A, O A

Answer: A

Question 76

Simplify Boolean function represented in sum of product of min-terms,

F (x, y, z) = ∑(0, 2, 4, 5, 6)

A z′ + xy′

B x′y′z′ + xyz + xy′z′

C xyz + x′ + y′ + z′

D xy + yz + zx
Answer: A

Question 77
1
A system described by the transfer function H(s) = s3 +as2 +ks+3 is stable. The constraints on α and k are

A α > 0, αk < 3

B α > 0, αk > 3

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C α > 0, αk > 0

D α > 0, αk < 0
Answer: B

Question 78
k
Consider a unity feedback system whose open loop transfer function is G(s) = s(s2 +2s+2) The Nyquist plot for this system is

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D

Answer: B

Question 79

Eye Diagram gives an idea of

A Modulation scheme

B Clock jitter

C SNR

D All of the above

Answer: D

Question 80

The signal flow diagram for a certain feedback control system is shown in figure.

Now consider the following set of equations for the nodes

1. x2 = a1 × 1 + a9 × 3
2. x3 = a2 × 2 + a8 × 4
3. x4 = a3 × 3 + a5 × 2
4. x5 = a4 × 4 + a6 × 2

Which of the following are correct?

A 1, 2 and 3

B 1, 3 and 4

C 2, 3 and 4

D 1, 2 and 4

Answer: D

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