BSNL JTO 2009 QUESTION PAPER

BSNL Junior Telecom Officers-JTO 2009 Paper

Examination Duration: 3 Hour

Total Marks : 160

Wrong Penalty : 1/3rd

Section-I (Technical- Engineering Stream): 50 Questions MCQ

Total Marks : 80 ( 20Question-1Mark, 30Question-2Marks)
Section-II (Technical- Engineering Stream): 50 Questions MCQ
Total Marks : 80 ( 20Question-1Mark, 30Question-2Marks)
Section-II (General Ability Test): 20 Questions MCQ
Total Marks : 20 ( 20Question-1Mark)

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Technical Section - I
Question number 1-20 carry 1 mark each
1.

2.

3.

4.

Q-meter works on the principle of

(A)

series resonance

(C)

mutual inductance

(B)

parallel resonance

(D)

self inductance

The bridge circuit shown in Fig. Q2-I

(A)

cannot be balanced

(B)

can be balanced but the frequency of excitation must be known

(C)

can be balanced for only one frequency

(D)

can be balanced at any frequency

Which one of the following statements is TRUE for an 'ideal' power diode?
(A)

Forward voltage drop is zero and reverse saturation current is non-zero.

(B)

Reverse recovery time is non-zero and reverse saturation current is zero.

(C)

Forward voltage drop is zero and reverse recovery time is zero.

(D)

Forward voltage drop is non-zero and reverse recovery time is zero.

In a MOSFET, the pinch-off voltage refers to

(A)

drain-to-source voltage at which drain-to-source current is zero

(B)

gate-to-source voltage at which gate-to-source current is zero

(C)

drain-to-source voltage at which gate-to-source current is zero

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(D)
5.

6.

7.

gate-to-source voltage at which drain-to-source current is zero

Which of the following statements is TRUE for DC switched mode power supply?
(A)

It cannot provide isolation between input and output as in rectifiers.

(B)

It cannot remove ripple as in DC switching mode regulators.

(C)

It has two stage conversions: dc-ac and ac-dc.

(D)

It is a type of chopper circuit

Which one of the following is a ceramic insulator?

(A) Mica

(B) Porcelain

(C) Liquid costal

(D) Synthetic fiber

Which one of the following represents a direct band-gap material?

(A) Si

8.

(B) Ge

(C) GaP

(D) GaAs

Which one of the following statements is NOT true?

(A)

Rochelle salt exhibits ferroelectric property.

(B)

Spontaneous polarization is a characteristic property of ferroelectric material.

(C)

Spontaneous polarization of ferroelectric materials usually vanishes below ferroelectric

Curie temperature.

(D)
9.

10.

11.

Ferroelectric materials exhibit hysteresis effect.

Which one of the following diodes contains a metal-semiconductor junction?

(A) Tunnel diode

(B) Zener diode

(C) Schottky diode

(D) Gunn diode

Which one of the following statements is NOT true?

(A)

Ferrites can be used in transformer cores only at very low frequencies.

(B)

Ferrites are ferromagnetic material.

(C)

Ferrites show spontaneous magnetization below certain temperature.

(D)

DC resistivity of ferrites is many orders often higher than that of iron.

Which one of the following statements is NOT true?

(A)

In an intrinsic semiconductor, concentration of electrons in the conduction band is same

as the concentration of holes in the valance band.

(B)

The probability of an energy state at the Fermi level being occupied by an electron is 1/2.

(C)

Mobility of electrons is higher than that of holes.

(D)

In an n-type semiconductor, concentration of holes is equal to that of the intrinsic

concentration.

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12.

V A B V2
ABCD parameters of a two-port network is defined as 1
. If the port-2 is

I1 C D I 2

terminated by a resistance R L , the admittance looking into the port-1 is

(A)

13.

14.

C DRL
A BRL

(B)

CRL D
ARL B

(C)

CRL D
A BRL

(D)

C DRL
ARL B

The phenomenon of injection electro-luminescence is the basis of working of

(A) photodiodes

(B) light emitting diodes

(C) phototransistors

(D) solar cells

A parallel combination of N resistances is connected across an ideal current source of I

Amperes. The expression for the current in the kth resistor Rk is

15.

Rk
(A)
I
R1 R2 ... RN

Rk
(B)
I
1 1 ... 1
R R
RN
1
2

Rk
(C)
I
1 1 ... 1
R R
RN
1
2

Rk
(D)
I
R1 R2 ... RN

In the circuit shown in Figure below, the voltage across the terminals A-B (in Volt) is

Fig. Q. 15-I
(A) 530
16.

(B)

12.530

(C) 17300

(D) 25300

A half wave (i.e., /2) lossless transmission line of characteristic impedance Z0 is terminated to
a load of impedance ZL as shown in the Figure below. The input impedance as seen at the other
end is

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(A)

17.

ZL
Z0

(B) ZL

(C) Z L Z0

(D)

Z L2
Z0

A microstrip line has a strip width W and a grounded dielectric substrate of thickness d and
relative permittivity r . Which one of the following statements is NOT true?

18.

(A)

The effective dielectric constant e f f satisfies 1 < eff < r

(B)

The effective dielectric constant e f f is a function of W/d

(C)

The characteristic impedance of the line is a function of W/d

(D)

The line can support pure TEM mode of wave propagation.

For a rectangular waveguide of internal dimensions a cm b cm, a > b, the mode of wave
propagation with the lowest cut off frequency is
(A) TE01

19.

(B) TE10

(C) TE11

(D) TM11

The most appropriate value (in ) of the radiation resistance of a quarter wave monopole
antenna is
(A) 36.5

20.

(B) 50

(C) 73

(D) 120

Which one of the following is an active transducer?

(A) Photo-voltaic cell

(B) Strain gauge

(C) Photo-emissive cell

(D) Synchro

Question number 21-50 carry 2 marks each

21.

A 0.1 A ammeter having a resistance of 10

is to be converted to a 1A ammeter

by using a shunt resistance. Which one of the followings is the most appropriate
shunt resistance?
(A) 0.1

(B) 1.0

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(D) 1.2

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22.

The forward voltage drop of a power diode is V0 = 1.0 V at the diode current
ID

= 200 A. Assuming the emission coefficient = 2 and thermal voltage

VT =25.7mV, the reverse saturation current I s (approximate) is

(A) 71.08 A
23.

(B) 51.20 A

(C) 21.09 A

(D) 41.09 A

In the circuit shown in figure, the voltage across 25 k resistor is to be measured by using a
voltmeter of sensitivity of 1 k/V. The magnitude of percentage error in the measurement is

(A)
24.

10

(B)

20

(C)

30

(D) 40

Figure shows some load voltage versus load current plots. Which one of them is NOT
valid for the classification of dc-dc converters?

25.

(A) P
(B) Q
(C) R
(D) S
Two single phase inverters, one half-bridge and the other full-bridge, operating
with equal inputs delivering power to identical loads. The ratio of, the power
delivered,

the

first

harmonic

voltage

and

the

total

harmonic

distortion,

for

full-bridge inverter to half-bridge inverter, respectively, are

(A) 4, 2, 1
26.

(B) 4, 2, 2

(C) 4, 1, 1

(D) 2, 1, 1

The correct match between Column A and Column B is

Column A

Column B

1. DC Switch

P. Boost converter

2. Regulated DC-DC

Q. Cycloconverter

3. AC to AC

R. Inverter

4. DC-to-AC

S. MOSFET

(A) l-R, 2-Q, 3-P, 4-S

(B)

1-S, 2-P, 3-Q, 4-R

(C) 1-P, 2-R, 3-Q, 4-S

(D)

1-S, 2-Q, 3-P, 4-R

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27.

For the power transistor circuit shown in figure VCE(sat) = 1.0 V, VBE(sat) = 1.5 V and = 9. With
an overdrive factor of 2.5, the required resistance RB for saturation is

(A) 2.73
28.

(B) 6.83

(C) 17

(D) 22.5

For a lossless air-filled cubical cavity of internal dimension 5 cm on each sides, the
resonant frequency for the TE101 mode is
(A) 5 2 GHz

29.

(B) 5 GHz

(C) 3 2 GHz

(D) 3 GHz

Which one of the following statements is NOT true?

(A)

For SCRs to be in the conduction state, the forward anode current must be greater than
the latching current.

(B)

For SCRs to be in the forward blocking state, the forward anode current must be lower
than the holding current.

(C)

When SCRs are in the conduction state, they can be turned off by applying suitable
gate pulses.

(D)

When avalanche breakdown takes place, SCRs enter into the conduction
state.

30.

Consider two metallic wires W 1 and W 2 . They are made up of same material and each has
circular cross section. The diameter of W 2 is twice that of W1 and the length of W2 is four
times that of W 1 . Which one of the following statements is TRUE?
(A)

Resistanceof W 1 is half that of W 2

(B)

Resistance of W1 is equal to that of W2

(C)

Resistance of W1 is twice that of W2

(D)

Resistance of W1 is eight times that of W 2

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31.

32.

A current of 1 A flows through a circular loop of superconducting wire having mean diameter
of 1 m, cross section area of 1 mm2 and self inductance of 4 107 H. The current reduces to
0.99 A after 1 year. The resistivity of the wire is
(A)

1.275 1026 m

(B)

1.275 1025 m

(C)

1.275 1024 m

(D) 1.275 1023 m

An npn transistor is operating in CE mode and carries a collector current Ic = 1 mA when the
collector to emitter voltage VCE = 1 V. If the early voltage for the transistor is 74 V and base to
emitter voltage VBE is kept constant, at VCE = 11 V the collector current is
(A) 15/19 mA

33.

(B) 1mA

(C) 19/15 mA

(D) 19/12 mA

Two parallel plate capacitors shown in figure (a) and (b) have capacitances C 1 and C 2 ,
respectively. If C 2 = 2 C 1 , which one of the following relations is TRUE? (Neglect fringing
effect)

(a)
(A) x
34.

L
4

(b)
(B) x

L
2

(C) x

L
3

(D) x

2L
3

A doped semiconductor specimen has Hall coefficient 3.6104m3 C1 and the resistivity
9103 m. Assuming single carrier conduction, the mobility and density of carriers in the
specimen, respectively, are (approximately)
(A) 0.04 m2 V1 s1 and 1.741022 m-3
(B) 0.4 m2 V1 s1 and 1.741022 m-3
(C) 0.04 m2 V1 s1 and 1.741018 m-3
(D) 4.0 m2 V1 s1 and 1.741018 m-3

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35.

If n, ni, n and p respectively denote electron concentration, intrinsic concentration,

mobility of electrons and mobility of holes, the minimum conductivity of a semiconductor
sample occurs at

(A) n ni

(B) n ni

(C) n ni n p
36.

n
p

(D) n ni n p

GaAs has bandgap energy of 1.42 eV. The material would produce photon output at a
wavelength of (Planck's constant = 6.6251034 J-s, q = 1.6 1019C)
(A) 0.553 m

37.

(B) 0.653 m

(C) 0.875 m

(D) 0.953 m

At a frequency of 1 GHz, the equivalent inductance between the terminals of a /8

( represents wavelength) short-circuited lossless 50 .line is
(A)

38.

5/ nH

(B)

15/ nH

(C)

25/ nH

(D) 50/ nH

For the circuit shown in figure, the transistor parameters are VBE = 0.7 V, = 99. If V c is to be
set at 7.5 V, the required value (in k) of R B is

(A) 172

39.

(B) 136

(C) 100

(D) 82

A quarter wave matching transformer is used to match a 30 load to a line having

characteristic impedance 120 . The characteristic impedance of the quarter wave matching
section is
(A) 50

(B) 60

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(D) 150

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40.

10

If the average power delivered to a load terminated to a lossless transmission line is 75% of
that of the incident power, the VSWR on the line is
(A)

41.

1/3

(B)

(C)

(D) 3

For the circuit shown in figure, a value of R (in Q), to which the voltage source would deliver
50% of the maximum deliverable power, is

(A)

42.

(B)

(C)

0.25

(D)

3 8

In the circuit shown in Figure (a), the current I1 = 2 A. The current I2 in figure (b) is

(A) 6A
43.

0.5

(B) 4A

(C) 4A

(D) 6A

In the circuit shown in figure, the current I through 2 resistor is

(A) 94.34 mA

(B) 70.34 mA

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(D) 94.34 mA

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44.

11

For the circuit shown in figure, the Thevenin's voltage and resistance at terminals A and B,
respectively, are

45.

(A) 8 V and 5 k
(B) 8 V and 10 k
(C) 4 V and 5 k
(D) 4 V and 10 k
In the circuit shown in figure, the switch closes at t = 0. Assuming steady state condition for t =
0 , the current iL at t = 0.15 sec is (approximately)

(A) 0.04 A
46.

(B) 0.5 A

(C) 0.76 A

(D) 1.60 A

A PMMC instrument has a coil of dimensions 10 mm 10 mm and the flux density

in the air gap is 2 mW/m2. The coil has 100 turns. If a current of 5 mA produces an angular
deflection of 90, the spring constant of the instrument is

2
108 N-m/rad

(B)

108 N-m/rad
2

(C) 10 8 N-m/rad

(D)

1
108 N-m/rad

(A)

47.

In the circuit shown in figure, assume the diodes are ideal and the ammeter is an average
indicating meter with zero internal resistance. The ammeter reading is

(A)

0.4
mA

(B)

0.8
mA

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(C)

0.4
mA
2

(D)

0.8
mA
2

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48.

12

A capacitive transducer uses two quartz diaphragms of area 550 m2 each separated by a
distance of 3.7 mm. A pressure of 750 kN/m2 applied to the top diaphragm produces a
displacement of 0.7 mm. The capacity is 390 pF when no pressure is applied to the diaphragm.
The value of the capacitance after the application of pressure of 750 kN/m2 is
(A) 400 pF

49.

(B) 451 pF

(C) 481 pF

(D) 500 pF

A thermistor has a resistance of 500 at 30C and has a temperature coefficient of 5 /C.
This thermistor is used to measure the temperature of a system by the arrangement shown in
figure. If the system temperature falls to 20C, the VAB measured by the voltmeter is

(A) 10/29 V
50.

(B) 15/29 V

(C) 10/29 V

(D) 15/29 V

For the circuit shown in figure, if the current I = 3A, then the voltage V2 is
(A) 2.5V

(B) 5V

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(D) 10V

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Technical Section - II
Question number 1-20 carry 1 mark each
1.

Which one of the following statements is NOT true for a TWT?

(A)

The interaction region usually consists of a slow wave helix structure.

(B)

A static axial magnetic field keeps the electron beam focused.

(C)

Continued interaction takes place between the waves on a traveling wave structure and
the electron beam.

(D)
2.

The minimized form of the Boolean expression F (A, B, C) = M(0,2,3) is

(A)

3.

A BC

13

(B)

12

AC B

(D) ABC A B

14

(C)

15

(D) 16

(B) GRAY

(C) BCD

(D) Excess-3

(B)

13

(C)

14

(D) 15

In the op-amp circuit shown in figure, the voltage ratio V 0 /V i is

(A) 2
7.

(C)

The 2's complement of the binary number 1101100 in BCD is

(A)

6.

A BC

The standard binary code for alpha numeric characters is

(A) ASCII

5.

(B)

Number of address lines required to address 8 k bytes of memory is

(A)

4.

TWT amplifiers are suitable only for narrowband microwave communication systems.

(B) 1

(C) 0.5

(D) 0.5

For the Schmitt trigger circuit shown in figure. Assuming diodes and op-amp are ideal, the
values of lower and upper threshold points of voltage transfer characteristics, respectively, are

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(A) 8 V , +5V
8.

(B) 5 V, +5 V

10.

(C) 5 V, +8 V (D) 8 V, +8 V

Which one of the following Boolean expressions is NOT correct?

(A) x y x y

9.

14

(B) x y x y

(C) x y x y

(D) x y x y

A Boolean function can be expressed

(A)

as sum of maxterms or product of minterms

(B)

as product of maxterms or sum of minterms

(C.)

partly as product of maxterms and partly as sum of minterms

(D)

partly as sum of maxterms and partly as product of minterms

Among the following logic families, the one having the lowest power dissipation
and highest noise margin is
(A) Schottky TTL

(B) TTL

(C)

(D) CMOS

ECL

11. The characteristic equation of a level triggered T flip-flop, with T as input and Q as output is

12.

(A) Q(n 1) T Q T Q

(B) Q(n 1) T

(C) Q(n 1) Q

(D) Q(n 1) T Q T Q

The Nyquist plot of G (j) H ( j) of a closed loop control system encloses the point (-1, j0) in
GH-plane. The gain margin of the system in dB, is
(A) greater than zero

(B) less than zero

(C) zero

(D) infinite

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13.

15

For the LTI system described by 2

d 2 y (t )
dt

initial conditions, the transfer function

(A)
14.

1 2e s

(B)

2 s 2 3s 4

dy (t )
4 y (t ) r (t ) 2r (t 1) and having zero
dt

Y (s)
is
R(s)

2 s 2 3s 4
1 2e s

(C)

1 2e s

(D)

2 s 2 3s 4

2 s 2 3s 4
1 2e s

An amplitude modulated double sideband suppressed carrier signal is given by

[1 am cos 2 f a t ]cos 2 f m t cos 2 f c t , where fc is the frequency of the carrier signal. The

modulating signal is

15.

16.

(A) am cos 2 f a t

(B) am cos 2 f a t cos 2 f m t

(C) [1 am cos 2 f a t ]cos 2 f m t

(D) 1 am cos 2 f a t

Which one of the following expressions represents a frequency modulated signal?

(A) Ac cos 2 [ f c t m(t )]

(B) 1 m( ) d cos 2 f c t
0

(C) Ac m (t ) cos 2 f c t

(D) Ac cos 2 f c t m( ) d

A binary pulse communication system transmits a normalized pulse p(t) over bit duration T b .
If the pulse p(t) has Fourier transform P ( f ) , the condition for zero intersymbol interference in
the absence of noise is

(A)

n
P f T 1
b
n

(C)

n 1

b Tb

P f T

17.

(B)

(D)

n
Tb
b

P f T

n 0

n
Tb
b

P f T

The magnitude response of an ideal equalizer for rectifying a distortion characterized by

T sin c( f T )e j fT is

18.

(A) | T sin c ( f T ) |

(B) T / sin c ( f T )

(C) f / sin( f T )

(D) sin( f T )/T

If the minimum sampling frequency required to reconstruct a band limited analog signal from
its samples is 8 kHz, the maximum frequency present in the signal is
(A)

16 kHz

(B) 16 kHz

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(D)

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19.

Which one of the following statements is NOT true?

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

20.

16

The two cavity klystron tube is used as an amplifier.

A reflex klystron uses only a single cavity and operates as an oscillator.
In klystron tubes, the bunching of electrons is caused by velocity modulation.
Klystrons belong to the category of crossed-field tubes.

In a microprocessor, the program counter points to the address location from where the
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

current byte is to be fetched

next byte is to be fetched
next byte is to be stored
current byte is to be added

Question number 21-50 carry 2 marks each

21.

22.

23.

A microwave link operates under free space conditions at a frequency of 1 GHz and uses
identical antennas at the transmitter and the receiver ends. The transmitter and the receiver are
separated by a distance of 30 km. If 30 dBm power is to be received when the transmitted
power is 1 W, the antenna gain should be
(A) 100
(B) 200
(C) 300
(D) 400
In connection with memory mapped I/O which one of the following statements is NOT true?
(A)

The processor treats an interface register as a part of the memory system.

(B)
(C)

It reduces the memory space available.

The processor cannot manipulate I/O data residing in interface registers with the same
instructions that are used to manipulate memory location.

(D)

Arithmetic or logical operation can be directly performed with I/O data.

After execution of the following C program, the value of the sum printed is
Main( )
{
int i , n;
f l o a t x , dx,
sum;
sum = 0;
x = 2;
f o r ( i = 1 ; i <= 1 0 0 ;
{
dx = x * (i - 1) ;
sum = sum + dx;
x = 2 * x;
if
(sum > x )
break;
}
printf( " % f " , s u m ) ;
end;
}
(A) 68.0

(B) 20.0

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(C) 16.0

(D) 4.0

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If selection sort takes 3 ms to run an array of 200 elements, for a similar array of 4000
elements the selection sort is expected to take
(A) 1.2 s

25.

(B) 600 ms

(D) 60 ms

In a stack based processor organization, postfix notation is used for evaluating arithmetic
expressions. The postfix expression ABC*/D-EF/+ for A = 6, B = 2, C = 3, D = 3, E = 4 and
F = 2 evaluates to
(A) 0

26.

(C) 300 ms

(B) 1

(C) 2

(D) 3

In a 8085 microprocessor system, the active low chip select (CS ) signal is generated by
passing address lines A15, . , A10 through a 6 inputs NAND gate. For selecting the address
range CC00 to CFFF, the inputs to the NAND gate are

27.

(A) A10 , A11 , A12 , A13 , A14 , A15

(B) A10 , A11 , A12 , A13 , A14 , A15

(C) A10 , A11 , A12 , A13 , A14 , A15

(D) A10 , A11 , A12 , A13 , A14 , A15

In the context of 8085 microprocessor, the correct matching combination between Column A
and Column B is
Column A

28.

Column B

P.

ALE

1.

Rotate accumulator left

Q.

PSW

2.

Compare with accumulator

R.

CMA

3.

Program status word

S.

RLC

4.

Address latch enable

5.

Program stack word

6.

Arithmetic logic enabled

7.

Complement accumulator

8.

Rotate accumulator left through carry

(A) P6, Q5, R2, S8

(B) P4, Q3, R2, S8

(C) P4, Q3, R7, S1

(D) P6, Q5, R7, S1

The content of the memory location 2070 H after the execution of the following 8085 program
is
LXIB

2070H

MVI

A, 8FH

MVI

C, 68H

SUB

ANI
STAX

OFH
B

HLT
(A) 0.4H

(B) 07 H

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A 8085 microprocessor program uses all available Jump instructions, each

only once. For this program, the total memory (in Bytes) occupied by the
Jump instructions is
(A) 30

30.

(B) 27

(C) 24

(D) 18

The circuit shown in figure oscillates at an angular frequency of at a particular R. The values
of (in rad/sec) and R (in k), respectively, are

(A) 105 and 20

31.

32.

(B) 2 105 and 20

(C) 2 105 and 10

(D) 105 and 10

A combinational circuit accepts a 2 bit binary number and outputs its square in binary. To
design this circuit using a ROM, the minimum size of ROM required is
(A) 2 2
(B) 4 2
(C) 4 4
(D) 8 4
In the op-amp circuit shown in the figure below. Assume the diode current follows the equation

I I s eV /VT . If V0 V01 for Vi 2V and V0 V02 for Vi = 4 V, the relation between V01 and V02
is

(A) V02 V01 2

(B) V02 V01 e2

(C) V02 V01 ln 2

(D) V02 V01 VT ln 2

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In the 2-stage amplifier circuit shown in figure, if the transconductances of transistor Q1 and
transistor Q2 are g m1 and g m2 respectively, the overall transconductance g m 0 i0 /Vi of the
amplifier is

34.

(A) g m 0 g m1

(B) g m 0 g m 2

(C) g m 0 g m1 g m 2

(D) g m 0 g m1 g m 2

For the system with G ( s ) H ( s )

K ( s 4)
, the breakaway points in the root-loci plot
s ( s 1)

approximately are
(A) 7.46 , 1
35.

(B) 0.54 , 1

(C) 7.46 , 0.54

(D) 7.46 , 0.54

For the circuit shown in figure, the p-channel JFET transistor

parameters are IDSS = 6 mA and Vp = 4 V. The source-to-drain
voltage VSD and the region of operation of the transistor,
respectively, are
(A) 2.09 V and active region
(B) 2.09 V and saturation region
(C) 2.47 V and active region
(D) 2.47 V and saturation region

36.

For the truth table given in figure, the minimized Boolean expression is
X

0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1

Input
Y

0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1

0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1

(A) P xyz xyz x yz x yz

(C) P x( y z ) x( y z )

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P
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
0

(B) P x y z
(D) P x y z

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For a linear system having the characteristic equation s4 + s3 + 2s2 + 2s + 3 = 0, the number of
roots in the right-half of s-plane is
(A) 4

38.

20

(B) 3

(C) 2

(D) 1

The Boolean function F(A, B, C) = (0, 2, 4, 7) is to be implemented using a 4 1 multiplexer

shown in figure. Which one of the following choices of inputs to multiplexer will realize the
Boolean function?

39.

(A)

(I0 , I1 , I2 , I3 , s1 , s0 ) (1, 0, A, A, C, B)

(B)

(I0 , I1 , I2 , I3 , s1 , s0 ) (1, 0, A, A, B, C)

(C)

(I0 , I1 , I2 , I3 , s1 , s0 ) (0, 1, A, A, C, B)

(D)

(I0 , I1 , I2 , I3 , s1 , s0 ) (0, 1, A, A, B, C)

An edge triggered synchronous binary counter is provided with a clock ( C L K ) and control
inputs; active low clear (CLR) , active high load ( L ) and active high count (C). The correct
matching combination between Column A and Column B is
Column A

Column B

1.

(CLK , CLR , L , C ) ( , 1, 1, X )

P.

No change

2.

(CLK , CLR , L , C ) ( , 1, 0, 1)

Q.

Load inputs

3.

(CLK , CLR , L , C ) ( X , 0, X , X )

R.

Count next binary state

4.

(CLK , CLR , L , C ) ( X , 1, 0, 0)

S.

Clear outputs

Where X = dont care

40.

(A) 1Q, 2R, 3S, 4P

(B) 1P, 2Q, 3R, 4S

(C) 1Q, 2R, 3P, 4S

(D) 1P, 2Q, 3S, 4R

A 5-bit serial adder is implemented using two 5-bit shift registers, a full adder and a D flipflop. The two binary words to be added are 11011 and 11011. The sum of the two numbers
is stored in one of the shift registers and the carry in the D flip-flop. Assuming that the D
flip-flop is set initially, the content of the sum shift register and the D flip-flop, respectively,
are
(A) 10111 and 0
(C) 11101 and 0

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21

For the flow diagram shown in figure, the transfer function

(A)

3
s 6s 11
2

(B)

3
s 5s 4
2

(C)

Y (s)
is
R( s)

3
s 6s 8
2

(D)

3
s 6s 11
2

42. The compensated system shown in figure has a phase margin of 60 at the crossover frequency
of 1 rad/sec. The value of K is

(A) 0.366
43.

(B) 0.732

(C.) 1.366

(D) 2.732

A time division multiplex system samples 96 voice channels at a rate of 8 kHz and
encodes into 8 bits per sample. If one synchronization bit per frame is added, the
transmitted data rate (Mbps) is
(A) 6.208

44.

(B) 6.152

(C) 6.144

(D) 0.768

A geostationary satellite located at 36,000 km from the surface of the earth. The
uplink free space loss is 1.583 dB higher than the downlink free space loss. If the
downlink frequency is 10 GHz, the uplink free space loss (in dB) is
(A)

45.

46.

10.25

(B) 20.5

(C)

102.5

(D) 205

In a uniform quantizer, the quantization noise is

(A)

independent of the number of levels of the quantizer

(B)

proportional to square of the peak-to-peak voltage range of the quantizer

(C)

independent of the peak-to-peak voltage range of the quantizer

(D)

proportional to square of the number of levels of the quantizer

In a digital communication system, the transmitted pulse is shown in figure.

The matched filter output at the sampling instant (i.e., t = 1 sec) is

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(A)
47.

3
2

(B) 1

22

(C)

1
2

(D)

1
6

An optical link uses a fiber having a power loss of 1 dB/km. A typical photo detector has
responsivity 0.5 A/W. If the link is 3 km long and the detector is required to produce a current
of 25 A, the required transmitted power is
(A) 0 dBm

48.

(B) 10 dBm

(C) 30 dBm

(D) 50 dBm

For the directional coupler shown in figure, the coupling is 20 dB and the directivity is 30 dB.
If 10 W power is incident in port-1, power out of port-4 is

(A) 0.1 mW
49.

(B) l m W

(C) 0.01 W

(D) 0.1 W

In a microwave measurement with slotted rectangular waveguides, the distance between

successive minima is found to be 2.5 cm. If the measurement has been carried out at a
frequency of 10 GHz and the guide operates in TE10 mode, the
cut off frequency f c10 for the guide is
(A) 6 GHz

50.

(B) 8 GHz

(C) 10 GHz

(D) 12 GHz

An antenna having a directivity of 2 at a frequency of 300 MHz will have a maximum effective
aperture of
(A)

1 2
m
8

(B)

1 2
m
4

(C)

1 2
m
2

(D)

1 2
m

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General Ability Test Section - III

All questions carry 1 mark each

1.

Chandrayaan-I, India's first mission to the moon, has 11 scientific instruments that are being
released on the surface of the moon. These instruments are together known as

2.

3.

(A) Moon Impact Probes

(B) Terrain Mapping Cameras

(C) Scientific Payloads

(D) Spectrometers

The World Wide Web was invented by

(A) Tim Berners-Lee

(B) Narayanmurthy

(C) Sabeer Bhatia

(D) Charles Babbage

How many diagonals does a quadrilateral have?

(A) One

4.

5.

6.

7.

(C) four

(D) eight

ISO 14000 standards deal with

( A ) quality management

(B) production management

(C) human resource management

(D) environmental management

Which Indian politician's autobiography is titled The Story of My Life?

(A) Morarji Desai

(B) Mahatma Gandhi

(C) Lai Krishna Advani

(D) Atal Behari Vajpayee

The phrase 'through thick and thin' means

(A) big and small

(B) thin and fat

(C) large object

(D) under all conditions

Picturesque means
(A) photogenic

8.

(B) two

(B) simple

(C) simulating

(D) ugly

(B) energetic

(C) modest

(D) industrious

Diligent means
(A) intelligent

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The opposite of miserly is

(A) spendthrift

10.

11.

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(B) generous

(C) liberal

(D) charitable

The opposite of ingratitude is

(A) sympathy

(B) reward

(C) thankfulness

(D) stimulation

The appropriate missing word in the blank space in the sentence "I prefer coffee
___________ tea. is
(A)

12.

than

(B)

over

(C)

for

( D ) to

The appropriate missing word in the blank space in the sentence Many relatives
attended ________ him during his illness.
(A) of

13.

(B)

on

( C ) for

(D) with

The article required before the word one-eyed in the sentence There was ___________
one-eyed beggar by the multiplex. is
(A) the

14.

(B)

(C)

an

(D) nil

The article required before the word University in the sentence She met Professor
Shah at___________ University. is
(A)

15.

16.

17.

18.

(B)

an

(C) the

(D)

nil

Which one is the correct sentence amongst the following sentences?

(A)

Mr. Gupta, accompanied by his friends, were assembled on the lawns.

(B)

Mr. Gupta, accompanied by his friends, are assembled on the lawns.

(C)

Mr. Gupta, accompanied by his friends, assembled on the lawns.

(D)

Mr. Gupta, accompanied by his friends, have assembled on the lawns.

Who was the first woman to be elected as the President of the Indian National Congress?
(A) Sarojini Naidu

(B) Sonia Gandhi

(C) Indira Gandhi

(D) Annie Besant

Which political leader delivered the famous I have a dream' speech?

(A) Jawaharlal Nehru

(B) Winston Churchill

(C) Martin Luther King

(D)

Rabindranath Tagore

Who established the organization 'Khudai Khidmatgar'?

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20.

25

(A) Hyder Ali

(B)

Gopal Krishna Gokhale

(C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

(D) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Analgesics are drugs used to prevent or relieve

(A)

aches and pain

(B) fever and high body temperature

(C)

hormone deficiency

(D) stress and anxiety

The abbreviation CD stands for

(A)

Circular Disc

(B)

Computer Device

(C)

Compact Disc

(D)

Code-Demodulator

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