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 Electronics
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For the following questions answer them individually

Question 1

If a counter having 10 FFsis initially at 0, what countwill it hold after 2060 pulses?

A 000 000 1100

B 000 001 1100

C 000 001 1000

D 000 000 1110

Answer: E

Question 2

Amemory system of size 16 K bytes is required to be designed using memory chips which have 12 address lines and 4 datalines each.
Then the numberofsuch chips required to design the memory system is

A 3

B 4

C 8

D 16

Answer: E

Question 3

Consider the following program for 8085

XRAA
LXI B, 0007H
LOOP: DCXB
JNZ LOOP
The loop will be executed

A 8 times

B once

C 7 times

D infinite times

Answer: E

Question 4

Acertain JK FF has tpd=12 ns. The largest MOD counter that can be constructed from such FFs and still operate up to 10 MHz is

A 16

B 256

C 8

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D 128

Answer: E

Question 5

Convolution of x(t+5) with impulse function δ (t-7) is equal to

A x(t - 2)

B x(t + 12)

C x(t - 12)

D x(t + 2)

Answer: E

Question 6

The purpose of a Cassegrain feed in a parabolic reflector antenna is to

A Achieve higher antenna gain

B Reduce the antenna size

C Reduce the beamwidth

D Ease of locating the feed at convenient point

Answer: E

Question 7

A transfer function G(s) has pole-zero plot as Im "shown in the figure. Given that the steady state function gain is 2,, the transfer
function A G(s) will be given by

5(s+1)
A s2 +4s+4

2(s+1)
B s2 +4s+5

10(s+1)
C s2 +4s+5

10(s+1)
D (s+2)2

Answer: E

Question 8

The impedance of a series RLC circuit is

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A R2 + Xl + Xc2

2 2
B R 2 + Xl − Xc

C R2 + (Xl + Xc)2

D R2 + (Xl − Xc)2
Answer: E

Question 9
π
The advantage of 4 QPSK compared to conventional QPSKis ?

π
A 4 QPSK requires less bandwidth compared to conventional QPSK

π
B 4 QPSKproduces lower envelope variation compared to conventional QPSK

π
C 4 QPSKreceiverdesign is simple compared to» conventional QPSK

D There is no advantageA movingcoil iron ammeter may be compensated for frequency errors by

Answer: E

Question 10

A movingcoil iron ammeter may be compensated for frequency errors by

A Series inductance

B Shuntresistance

C Series resistor.

D Shunt capacitor

Answer: E

Question 11

Find the value of Vo in the figure.

1
A 2 V

−1
B 2 V

C 0V
−3
D 2 V

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 Answer: E

Question 12

What is the approximate skin depth in copper at 100 MHz?

A 0.1 micron

B 10 microns

C 10 mm

D 100 mm

Answer: E

Question 13

While designing a low noise amplifier, what is the importanceof the noise resistance of a transistor?

A It gives the effective impedance offered by the input with respectto noise current

B It defines the criterion for conjugate matching of input impedance

C It tells us the resistance that would generate the same amountof noise at room temperature

D It tells us how rapidly the noise figure increases as we move away from the optimum source impedance

Answer: E

Question 14

Unattenuated radiation field at the surface of the earth of a quarter-wave monopole will exist if the earth surfaceis

A Lossy dielectric

B Perfectly conducting

C Perfect insulator

D None of these

Answer: E

Question 15

⎡1 0 0⎤
⎢0 2 0⎥
⎣ 3⎦
Given that 0 0

Evaluate A3 − 6A2 + 11A − 10I

A Null matrix

B Identity matrix

C -4I

D None of the above

Answer: E

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Question 16

limx→0 x log sin(x) is

A 0

1
B 2

C 1

D 2

Answer: E

Question 17

A12 bit ADC is operating with a 1 ps clock period and the total conversion time is seen to be 14 μ s. The ADC must be of

A Flash type

B Counting type

C Integrating type

D Successive Approximation type

Answer: E

Question 18

Which of the following types of devices is not field programmable?

A FPGA

B ASIC

C CPLD

D PLD

Answer: E

Question 19

Which is the correct orderofdifferent process steps for a typical FPGA design?

A Functional simulation, Synthesis, Place & Route, Timing Verification

B Functional simulation, Timing Verification, Synthesis, Place & Route

C Timing Verification, Synthesis, Functional simulation, Place & Route

D Synthesis, Functional simulation, Timing Verification, Place & Route

Answer: E

Question 20

The theoretical dividing line between Reduced Instruction Set computing (RISC) microprocessor and Complex Instructions Set
Computing (CISC) microprocessoris

A Instruction execution rate to be one instruction per clock cycle

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 Numberof address and data lines
B

C Numberofpinsin the chip

D None of the above

Answer: E

Question 21

Ina pulsed radar, the peak radar transmitter poweris increased by a factor of 81 keeping all other radar parameters unchanged. The
maximum range capability of the radar increases by a factor of

A 81

B 9

C 27

D 3

Answer: E

Question 22

A radar transmitter has a PRF of 1500 PPSand a pulse width of 1 micro second. Its duty cycle is

A 0.0075

B 0.015

C 0.6015

D 6.00075

Answer: E

Question 23

Whichofthe following technology results in least power dissipation 2

A CMOS

B ECL

C TTL

D NMOS

Answer: E

Question 24

A power MOSFET is a

A Current controlled device

B Frequency controlled device

C Voltage controlled device

D None of the above

Answer: E

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Question 25

The advantage of differential PSK (DPSK) over coherent PSKis

A DPSK requires less bandwidth compared coherent PSK

B DPSKreceiver design is simple compared to coherent PSK

C DPSK Bit Error rate is lower than coherent PSK

D For same bandwidth, DPSKbit rate is higher compared to coherent PSK

Answer: E

Question 26

An ideal current meter should have

A Zero resistance

B Finite resistance

C Infinite resistance

D Very large resistance

Answer: E

Question 27
I (s)
For the network shown in the figure V;(t) is the input and i(t) is the output. The transfer function vi(s) of the network is

C
A RCs2 +LCs+1

C
B LCs2 +RCs+1

Cs
C RCs2 +LCs+1

Cs
D LCs2 +RCs+1

Answer: E

Question 28
1
The length of a lossy shorted stub is 32 λ he Whatwill be the natureof its input impedance?

A A low inductive reactance in series with a low resistance

B A low capacitive reactance in shunt with a high resistance

C A high capacitive reactance in series with a low resistance

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D

Answer: E

Question 29

Refer to the circuit in the figure. Which of the following statements is NOT true about this circuit?

A It is a low passfilter

B It has a finite attenuation at infinite frequency

C Its phase shift varies monotonically with the frequency

D It has one pole and one zero

Answer: E

Question 30

Which of the followingis the correct continuity equation:

∂ρ
A ▽● J = ∂t

∂ρ
B ▽●J = − ∂t

C ▽●J = 0
∂E
D ▽●J = − ∂t
Answer: E

Question 31

α, β are the roots of the equation x2 + x + 1 = 0. Then α 3n + β3n is

A 1

B 2

C 0

D 3
Answer: E

Question 32
2
A point moving in the complex plane satisfies the following relation z2
+ z∗ = 8, where z∗ stands for the complex conjugate of z.
The difference of the distances of the moving point from (2 2, 0) and (−2 2, 0) is

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A 8

B 2

C 4

D 6

Answer: E

Question 33

The greatest negative number which can be stored ina computer that has 8-bit word length and uses 2’s complementarithmeticis

A -256

B 255

C -128

D -127

Answer: E

Question 34

Which of the following ADCs uses over sampling in its operation

A Sigma — delta ADC

B Counter ramp convertor

C Successive Approximation Register ADC

D Flash Convertor

Answer: E

Question 35

A mealy state machine’s output depends on

A State and outputs

B Inputs

C State

D State and inputs

Answer: E

Question 36

The characteristic equation of the T − F F is given by

A Q+ = T Q
B Q+ = T Q

C Q+ = T Q

+
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D

Answer: E

Question 37

Percentage modulation of an AM wave having a powercontent of 8 KW at carrier frequency and 2 KW in each of its side bandsis

A 60 %

B 70 %

C 100 %

D 80 %

Answer: E

Question 38

Approximate equivalent noise temperature (deg. K) of an amplifier with a noise factor of 1.04 is

A 301.6

B 11.6

C 278.4

D 5.8

Answer: E

Question 39

A differential amplifier is used in the input stage of Op-Ampsto achieve very high

A open —loop gain

B bandwidth

C slew rate

D CMRR

Answer: E

Question 40

Which two-port parameters are best suited for analyzing a series-shunt feedback circuit?

A Z-Parameters

B H-Parameters

C Y-Parameters

D S-Parameters
Answer: E

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Question 41

For the circuit shown in the figure, the switch is closed at t = 0. After some time when the current in the inductor was 6A,the rate of
change of current through the inductor was 4 A/sec. The value of the inductor is

A 0.5 Hf

B 1.5H

C 1.0H

D Indeterminate

Answer: E

Question 42

In the circuit shown in the above figure, the value of output V0 is

A +6V

B -9V

C -6V

D +9V

Answer: E

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Question 43

The characteristics equation of a closed loop control system is given as s2 + 4s + 16 = 0. The resonant frequency in radian/sec of
the system is

A 2

B 2 3

C 4

D 2 2
Answer: E

Question 44

Which point in the Smith Chart is labeled with the WRONG impedance?

A 10 + j10

B 50 + j50

C 200 - j200

D 25 - j50

Answer: E

Question 45

If a line is terminated in an opencircuit, the VSWRis

A ∞

B 0

C 1

D -1

Answer: E

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Question 46

Unitof relative permeability is

Henry
A meter

B Henry

C Henry-meter

D It is dimensionless

Answer: E

Question 47

f(x) = [tan2 x]
([ ] stands for greatest integer function)

A f(x) continuous at x = 0

B limit f(x) does not exist as x tend to 0

C f'(0)=1

D f(x) not derivable at x = 0

Answer: E

Question 48
1 1
Number of real values of (a + ib) n + (a − ib) n

A 0

B 1

C n

D None of the above

Answer: E

Question 49

A 5 bit DAC has a current output. For a digital input of 10100, an output current of 10 mA is produced. What will be the output current
for a digital input of 11101?

A 14.5 mA

B = 10mA

C = 100 mA

D Not possible to calculate

Answer: E

Question 50

The ethernet protocol uses

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 CSM A
A CA

B SCPC

CSM A
C CD

D Slotted ALOHA

Answer: E

Question 51

A micro controller differs from a microprocessor in terms of

I
A O interfaces and instruction decoding

I
B Memory configuration and O interfaces

C Data bus width and clock speed

D Memory configuration and instruction decoding

Answer: E

Question 52

An 8-bit microcontroller has an external RAM with the memory map from 8000H to 9FFFH. The number of bytes this RAM can storeis

A 8193

B 8192

C 8191

D 8000

Answer: E

Question 53

An audio frequency of 15 KHz is frequency modulated with a deviation of 75 KHz. The resulting bandwidthis

A 180 KHz

B 150 KH

C 210 KHz

D 240 KHz

Answer: E

Question 54

A 1kW carrier is Amplitude Modulated to a depth of 60%. The total power in the modulated carrier is

A 1 kW

B 1.06 kW

C 1.6 kW

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D 1.18 kW

Answer: E

Question 55

The y21 parameter of the network shown in the given figure will be

1
A 6

1
B −6
1
C 3

1
D −3
Answer: E

Question 56

An inductance of 1 His realized using air core with 100 turns. Whatwill be the inductanceif the numberof turns are doubled ?

A 1H

B 0.5H

C 2H

D None of these

Answer: E

Question 57

An inductor of inductance 0.1 H, carrying current of 6 Amps will store energy of

A 6 Joules

B 36 Joules

C 1.8 Joules

D 3.6 Joules

Answer: E

Question 58

A coil has self resistance of SΩ and inductance of 1 μH. The value of Q at 1 MHz frequency is

A 200

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B 100

C 40

D None of these

Answer: E

Question 59
1
The closed loop transfer function of a unity feedback control system is G(s) = (s+2)2 .The closed loop transfer function will have

poles at

A −2, ±j

B −2, −1

C −2, −2

D −2, 2
Answer: E

Question 60

The dominant modeof propagation in microstrip line in low frequency approximation is

A T M11

B Quasi-TEM

C TEM

D T E01
Answer: E

Question 61

Consider a transmission line of characteristic impedance 50 ohms and theline is terminated at one end by +j50 ohms, the
VSWRproducedin the transmission line will be

A +1

B zero

C -1

D infinity

Answer: E

Question 62

The divergence of magnetic flux density is

A j

B ρ

C 0

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D ∞
Answer: E

Question 63

A straight line and a circle of radius a are given. A chord is drawn at random to this circle parallel to the given line. Expected length of
the chordis

A 2a

B πa
πa
C 2

D None of the above

Answer: E

Question 64

There is a function f(x), such that f(0) = 1 and f ′(0) = −1 and f(x) is positive for all values of x. Then,

A f"(x) < 0 for all x

B −1 < f"(x) < 0 for all x

C −2 < f"(x) < −1 for all x

D None of the Above

Answer: E

Question 65

Interrupt latencyis the time elapsed between:

A Occurrence of an interrupt and its detection by.the CPU

B Assertion of an interrupt and the start of the associated ISR

C Assertion of an interrupt and the completion of the associated ISR

D Start and completion of associated ISR

Answer: E

Question 66

Inverse Fourier transform of signal

X(jω) = 2πδ(ω) + πδ(ω − 4π) + πδ(ω + 4π)

A 1 + cos 4πt

B π(1 − cos 4πt)

C 2π(1 − cos 4πt)

D 2π(1 + cos 4πt)

Answer: E

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Question 67

Determine the discrete-time Fourier Transform for the signal

x[n] = [−2, −1, 0, 1, 2]

A 2j(2 sin 2ω + sin ω)

B −2j(2 sin 2ω + sin ω)

C 2(2 cos 2ω − cos ω)

D −2(2 cos 2ω − cos ω)

Answer: E

Question 68

Auto-correlation of a sinusoid s(t) = A sin(ωt) is

A2
A ( 2 ) sin(ωτ )

A
B ( 2 ) sin(ωτ )

A2
C ( 2 ) cos(ωτ )

A
D ( 2 ) cos(ωτ )
Answer: E

Question 69
1 1 1 1
A source produces 4 symbols with probabilities 2 , 4 , 8 , 8 For this source, a practical coding scheme has an average codeword
length of 2 bits/symbol. The efficiency of the code is

A 1

7
B 8

1
C 2

1
D 4

Answer: E

Question 70

When signal frequency is 2000 KHz and IF is 455 KHz,the image frequency could be

A 2910 KHz

B 1645 KHz

C 2455 KHz

D 2090 KHz

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Question 71

The Q of RLC tuned circuit with source voltage V in the figure is 100 at resonant freuquency of 100 KHZ What is the voltage VL
across inductor at resonance ?

A 50V

B VL − VC

C 100V

D VR − VC
Answer: E

Question 72

A 5 V reference is drawn from the circuit shown in the figure. Zener diode of 400 mW and 5V with firing current of 5 mA is used. The
value of Rs is

A 50 ohms

B 500 ohms

C 75 ohms

D 470 ohms

Answer: E

Question 73

Find the equivalent resistance 200 Q R for the network shown in the figure.

A 200 ohms

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B 101 ohms

C 220 ohms

D 100 ohms

Answer: E

Question 74

The Voltage across last resistor is V. All resistors are unity. Then Vs is given by

A 13V

B 8V

C 4v

D None of these

Answer: E

Question 75
10
Natural frequency of a unity feedback control system of transfer function G(s)= s(s+1)

A 0.5 rad/sec

B 3.16 rad/sec

C 4.6 rad/sec

D None of these

Answer: E

Question 76

Which ofthe following conditions will not guarantee a distortionless transmission line?

A R=0, G=0

B Very low frequency range (R >> ωL, G >> ωC)

R G
C L = C

D Very high frequency range (R << ωL, G << ωC)

Answer: E

Question 77

For a line of characteristic impedance Zo terminated in a load ZR such that ZR > Z0 , the Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR)is
given by

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A ZR
Z0

B Z0

C ZR
Z0
D ZR

Answer: E

Question 78

The beam width of a reflector antenna of diameter = 70 cm at 30 GHz is

A 3.7 degree

B 0.5 degree

C 1.1 degree

D 1 degree

Answer: E

Question 79
r
Tr = 1+r2 +r4
∞
∑1 T r =

1
A 4

B 1

C None of the aove

1
D 2

Answer: E

Question 80

A man with n keys wants to open a lock. He tries his keys at random. The expected number of attempts for his success is (keys are
replaced after every attempt)

n
A 2

B n

C n

D None of the above

Answer: E

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