CHAPTER

10.7
EC-09

Q.1 - Q. 20 carry one mark each.

12 V
1. The order of the differential equation
3
d 2 y æ dy ö 4 -1
10 V
+ç ÷ + y = e is
dr 2 è dt ø 10 min
0
(A) 1 (B) 2
(A) 220 J (B) 12 kJ
(C) 3 (D) 4
(C) 13.2 kJ (D) 14.4 kJ
2. The Fourier series of a real periodic function has only
5. In an n-type silicon crystal at room temperature,
P. Cosine terms if it is even which of the following can have a concentration of
Q. sine terms if it is even
4 ´ 1019 cm-3?
R. cosine terms if it is odd
(A) Silicon atoms (B) Holes
S. sine terms if it is odd
(C) Dopant atoms (D) Valence electrons
Which of the above statements are correct?
(A) P and S (B) P and R 6. The full forms of the abbreviations TTL and CMOS in
(C) Q and S (D) Q and R reference to logic families are
(A) Triple Transistor Logic and Chip Metal Oxide
2
3. A function is given by f ( t) = sin t + cos 2 t. Which of Semiconductor
the following is true ? (B) Tristate Transistor Logic and Chip Metal Oxide
(A) f has frequency components at 0 and 1 / 2 p Hz Semiconductor

(B) f has frequency components at 0 and 1 / p Hz (C) Transistor Transistor Logic and Complementary
Metal Oxide Semiconductor
(C) f has frequency components at 1 / 2 p and 1 / p Hz
(D) Tristate Transistor Logic and Complementary
(D) f has frequency components at 0.1 / 2 p and 1 / p Hz Metal Oxide Silicon

4. A fully charged mobile phone with a 12 V battery is 7. The ROC of Z-transform of the discrete time sequence
p n
good for a 10 minute talk-time. Assume that, during the æ1ö æ1ö
x( n) = ç ÷ u( n) - ç ÷ u( -n - 1) is
talk-time, the battery delivers a constant current of 2 A 3
è ø è2 ø
and its voltage drops linearly from 12 V to 10 V as 1 1 1
(A) < z < (B) z >
shown in the figure. How much energy does the battery 3 2 2

deliver during this talk-time ?

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1 11. A fair coin is tossed 10 times. What is the

(C) z < (D) 2 < z < 3
3 probability that ONLY the first two tosses will yield
heads ?
8. The magnitude plot of a rational transfer function 2 2
æ1ö 10 æ1ö
G( s) with real coefficients is shown below. Which of the (A) ç ÷ (B) C2 ç ÷
è2 ø è2 ø
following compensators has such a magnitude plot ?
10 10
æ1ö 10 æ1ö
(C) ç ÷ (D) C2 ç ÷
20 dB è2 ø è2 ø

12. If the power spectral density of stationary random

process is a sinc-squared function of frequency, the
- 40 dB shape of its autocorrelation is

(A) Lead compensator (A) (B)

(B) Lag compensator

(C) PID compensator|
(D) Lead-lag compensator

9. A white noise process X ( t) with two-sided power (C) (D)

spectral density 1 ´ 10 -10 W/Hz is input to a filter whose
magnitude squared response is shown below.

1 + f ( z)
13. If f ( z) = c0 + c1 z -1 , then ò dz is given by
f z
-10 kHz 10 kHz unit circle

(A) 2 pc1 (B) 2 p(1 + c0 )

The power of the output process Y ( t) is given by (C) 2 pjc1 (D) 2 pj(1 + c0 )
-7 -6
(A) 5 ´ 10 W (B) 1 ´ 10 W
14. In the interconnection of ideal sources shown in the
(C) 2 ´ 10 -6 W (D) 1 ´ 10 -5 W figure, it is known that the 60 V source is absorbing
power.
10. Which of the following statements is true regarding
the fundamental mode of the metallic waveguides Which of the following can be the value of the
shown ? current source I ?
20 V

.P: Coaxial Q: Cylindrical

I 60 V

12 A
R: Rectangular

(A) Only P has no cutoff-frequency

(B) Only Q has no cutoff-frequency (A) 10 A (B) 13 A

(C) Only R has no cutoff-frequency (C) 15 A (D) 18 A

(D) All three have cut-off frequencies 15. The ratio of the mobility to the diffusion coefficient
in a semiconductor has the units

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(A) V -1 (B) cm. V -1 20. Two infinitely long wires carrying current are as
(C) V.cm-1 (D) V.s shown in the figure below. One wire is in the y - z plane
and parallel to the y -axis. The other wire is in the x - y
16. In a microprocessor, the service routine for a certain plane and parallel to the x -axis. Which components of
interrupt starts from a fixed location of memory which the resulting magnetic field are non-zero at the origin ?
cannot be externally set, but the interrupt can be
z 1A
delayed or rejected Such an interrupt is
(A) non-maskable and non-vectored
(B) maskable and non-vectored
(C) non-maskable and vectored y
(D) maskable and vectored

17. If the transfer function of the following network is 1A

V0 ( s) 1 x
= the value of the load resistance RL is
Vi ( s) 2 + sCR

+ + (A) x, y, z components (B) x, y components

(C) y, z components (D) x, z components

Q. 21 to Q. 60 carry two marks each.

– –
21. Consider two independent random variables X and
(A) R/4 (B) R/2 Y with identical distributions. The variables X and Y
1 1 1
take values 0, 1 and 2 with probabilities , and
(C) R (D) 2 R 2 4 4
respectively. What is the conditional probability
dx é1 0 ù P ( X + Y = 2 X - Y = 0) ?
18. Consider the system = Ax + Bu with A = ê ú
dt ë0 1 û 1
(A) 0 (B)
16
é pù
and B = ê ú where p and q are arbitrary real numbers. 1
ëq û (C) (D) 1
6
Which of the following statements about the
controllability of the system is true ? sin x
22. The Taylor series expansion of at x = p is given
x-p
(A) The system is completely state controllable for by
any nonzero values of p and q ( x - p) 2 ( x - p) 2
(A) 1 + +... (B) -1 - +...
(B) Only p = 0 and q = 0 result in controllability 3! 3!
(C) The system is uncontrollable for all values of p ( x - p) 2 ( x - p) 2
(C) 1 - +... (D) -1 + +...
and q 3! 3!
(D) We cannot conclude about controllability from the ® ®

given data 23. If a vector field V is related to another vector field A

® ®
through V = Ñ ´ A, which of the following is true? Note :
19. For a message signal m( t) = cos(2pfm t) and carrier of C and SC refer to any closed contour and any surface
frequency fc , which of the following represents a single whose boundary is C.
side-band (SSB) signal ? (A)
® ® ® ®
(B)
® ® ® ®

ò V . dl = òò A. dS
C ò A. dl = òò V . dS
(A) cos(2 pfm t) cos(2 pfc t) SC C SC

(B) cos(2pfc t) ® ®
(C) ò Ñ ´ V . dl = òò Ñ ´ A. dS
® ® ® ®
(D) ò Ñ ´ A. dl = òò V . dS
® ®

C
(C) cos[2p( fc + fm ) t ] SC C SC

(D) [1 + cos(2 pfm t) cos(2 pfc t)]

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24. Given that F ( s) is the one-sided Laplace transform

t
of f ( t), the Laplace transform of ò f ( t) dt is
0
1
(A) sF ( s) - f (0) (B) F ( s)
s 100 V
s 1
(C) ò F ( t) dt (D) [ F ( s) - f (0)]
0 s

25. Match each differential equation in Group I to its (A) 0.2 e -125t u( t) mA (B) 20 e -1250 t u( t) mA
family of solution curves from Group II. (C) 0.2 e -1250 t u( t) mA (D) 20 e -1000 t u( t) mA
Group 1 Group II
dy y 29. In the circuit shown, what value of RL maximizes
P. = 1. Circles
dx x the power delivered to RL ?
dy y
Q. =- 2. Straight lines
dx x
dy x
R. = 3. Hyperbolas
dx y
dy x
S. =-
dx y 100 V
(A) P - 2, Q - 3, R - 3, S - 1
(B) P - 1, Q - 3, R - 2, S - 1
(C) P - 2, Q - 1, R - 3, S - 3 8
(A) 2.4 W (B) W
3
(D) P - 3, Q - 2, R - 1, S - 2
(C) 4 W (D) 6 W
26. The eigen values of the following matrix are
30. The time domain behavior of an RL circuit is
é-1 3 5 ù
ê-3 -1 6 ú represented by
ê ú di
êë 0 0 3 úû L + Ri= V0 (1 + Be - Rt / L sin t) u( t).
dt
(A) 3, 3 + 5 j, 6 - j (B) -6 + 5 j, 3 + j, 3 - j V
For an initial current of i(0) = 0 , the steady state
(C) 3 + j, 3 - j, 5 + j (D) 3, - 1 + 3 j, - 1 - 3 j R
value of the current is given by
V 2 V0
27. An AC source of RMS voltage 20 V with internal (A) i( t) ® 0 (B) i( t) ®
R R
impedance Z s = (1 + 2 j)W feeds a load of impedance
V0 2 V0
Z L = (7 + 4 j)W in the figure below. The reactive power (C) i( t) ® (1 + B) (D) i( t) ® (1 + B)
R R
consumed by the load is
31. In the circuit below, the diode is ideal. The voltage V
is given by

1A
(A) 8 VAR (B) 16 VAR|
(C) 28 VAR (D) 32 VAR
(A) min( Vi ,1) (B) max( Vi 1)
28. The switch in the circuit shown was on position a
(C) min( -Vi ,1) (C) max( -Vi ,1)
for a long time, and is move to position b at time t = 0.
The current i( t) for t > 0 is given by

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32. Consider the following two statements about the (A) Positive feedback, V = 10 V.
internal conditions in an n-channel MOSFET operating (B) Positive feedback, V = 0 V
in the active region. (C) Negative feedback, V = 5 V
S1 : The inversion charge decreases from source to (D) Negative feedback, V = 2 V
drain
S2 : The channel potential increases from source to 35. A small signal source vi ( t) = A cos 20 t + B sin 106 t is
drain. applied to a transistor amplifier as shown below. The
Which of the following is correct ? transistor has b = 150 and hie = 3kW. Which expression
(A) Only S2 is true best approximates v0 ( t) ?
(B) Both S1 and S2 are false 12 V
(C) Both S1 and S2 are true, but S2 is not a reason
for S1
(D) Both S1 and S2 are true, and S2 is a reason for
S1

33. In the following a stable multivibrator circuit, which

properties of v0 ( t) depend on R2 ?

- (A) v0 ( t) = -1500( A cos 20 t + B sin 106 t)

+ (B) v0 ( t) = -150( A cos 20 t + B sin 106 t)

(C) v0 ( t) = -1500 B sin 106 t
(D) v0 ( t) = -150 B sin 106 t

36. If X = 1 in the logic equation

[ X + Z { Y + ( Z + X Y )}]{ X + Z ( X + Y )} = 1, then
(A) Y = Z (B) Y = Z
(A) Only the frequency
(C) Z = 1 (D) Z = 0
(B) Only the amplitude
(C) Both the amplitude and the frequency 37. What are the minimum number of 2-to-1
(D) Neither the amplitude nor the frequency multiplexers required to generate a 2-input AND gate
and a 2-input Wx-OR gate ?
34. In the circuit shown below, the op-amp is ideal, the (A) 1 and 2 (B) 1 and 3
transistor has VBE = 0.6 V and b = 150. Decide whether
(C) 1 and 1 (D) 2 and 2
the feedback in the circuit is positive or negative and
determine the voltage V at the output of the op-amp. 38. Refer to the NAND and NOR latches shwn in the
10 V figure. The inputs ( P1 , P2 ) for both the latches are first
made (0,1) and then, after a few seconds, made (1,1).
The corresponding stable outputs (Q1 , Q2 ) are

+
V
-

5V

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(A) NAND: first (0,1) then (0,1) NOR: first (1,0) then (
(0,0)
(B) NAND: first (1,0) then (1,0) NOR: first (1,0) then 0
(1,0)
(C) NAND: first (1,0) then (1,0) NOR: first (1,0) then
(0,0)
(D) NAND: first (1,0) then (1,1) NOR: first (0,1) then A) Causal, LP (B) BIBO, LTI
(0,1) (C) BIBO, Causal, LTI (D) LP, LTI

39. What are the counting states (Q1 , Q2 ) for the counter 42. The 4-point Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) of a
shown in the figure below? discrete time sequence {1,0,2,3} is
Q Q (A) [0,-2+2j,2,-2-2j] (B) [2,2+2j,6,2-2j]
Q (C) [6,1-3j,2,1+3j] (D) [6-1+3j,0,-1,-3j]
Clock JK
Flip Flop
JK
Flip Flop

K 1 43. The feedback configuration and the pole-zero

s2 - 2 s + 2
locations of G( s) = are shown below. The root
s2 + 2 s + 2
(A) 11, 10, 00, 11, 10,... (B) 01, 10, 11, 00, 01,... locus for negative values of k, i.e. for -¥ < k < 0, has
breakaway/break-in points and angle of departure at
(C) 00, 11, 01, 10, 00,... (D) 01, 10, 00, 01, 10,...
pole P (with respect to the positive real axis) equal to
40. A system with transfer function H ( z) has impulse Im (s)
+ O X
response h(.) defined as h(2) = 1, h( 3) = -1 and h( k) = 0 + k G(s)
-
otherwise. Consider the following statements. Re (s)
S1: H ( z) is a low-pass filter. Q P

S2: H ( z) is an FIR filter.

(A) ± 2 and 0° (B) ± 2 and 45°
Which of the following is correct?
(C) ± 3 and 0° (D) ± 3 and 45°
(A) Only S2 is true
(B) Both S1 and S2 are false s2 + 1
44. An LTI system having transfer function
(C) Both S1 and S2 are true, and S2 is a reason for s2 + 2 s + 1
S1 and input x( t) = sin( t + 1) is in steady state. The output
(D) Both S1 and S2 are true, but S2 is not a reason is sampled at a rate ws rad/s to obtain the final output
for S1 { x( k)}. Which of the following is true?
(A) y(.) is zero for all sampling frequencies ws
41. Consider a system whose input x and output y are
(B) y(.) is nonzero for all sampling frequencies ws
related by the equation
(C) y(.) is nonzero for ws > 2, but zero for ws < 2
¥
y( t)= ò x( t - t) h(2 t) dt (D) y(.) is zero for ws > 2, but nonzero for w2 < 2
-¥

where h( t) is shown in the graph. 45. The unit step response of an under-damped second
Which of the following four properties are order system has steady state value of -2. Which one of
possessed by the system ? the following transfer functions has these properties ?
BIBO: Bounded input gives a bounded output. -2.24 -3.82
(A) 2 (B) 2
s + 2.59 s + 112
. s + 191
. s + 191
.
Causal: The system is causal,
-2.24 -382
LP: The system is low pass. (C) 2
(D) 2
s - 2.59 s + 112
. s - 191
. s + 191
.
LTI: The system is linear and time-invariant.
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46. A discrete random variable X takes values from 1 to 50. A transmission line terminates in two branches,
5 with probabilities as shown in the table. A student each of length l / 4, as shown. The branches are
calculates the mean of X as 3.5 and her teacher terminated by 50W loads. The lines are lossless and
calculates the variance of X as 1.5. Which of the have the characteristic impedances shown. Determine
following statements is true ? the impedance Z i as seen by the source.

k 1 2 3 4 5

P ( X = k) 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.1

(A) Both the student and the teacher are right

(B) Both the student and the teacher are wrong
(C) The student is wrong but the teacher is right (A) 200W (B) 100W

(D) The student is right but the teacher is wrong (C) 50W (D) 25W

Q. 47 A message signal given by Common Date Questions

Common Date for Questions 51 and 52:
æ1ö æ1ö
1n( t)= ç ÷ cos w1 t - ç ÷ sin w2 t
è2 ø è2 ø Consider a silicon p-n junction at room
temperature having the following parameters:
is amplitude-modulated with a carrier of frequency
Doping on the n-side = 1 ´ 1017 cm -3
wc to generate s( t)= [1 + m( t)]cos wc t. What is the power
Depletion width on the n-side = 0.1 mm
efficiency achieved by this modulation scheme ?
Depletion width on the p-side = 10
. mm
(A) 8.33% (B) 11.11% Intrinsic carrier concentration = 1.4 ´ 1010 cm -3
(C) 20% (D) 25% Thermal voltage = 26 mV
Permittivity of free space = 8.85 ´ 10 -14 F.cm -1
48. A communication channel with AWGN operating at
Dielectric constant of silicon = 12
a signal to noise ratio SNR >> 1 and bandwidth B has
capacity C1 . If the SNR is doubled keeping B constant, 51 The built-in potential of the junction
the resulting capacity C2 is given by (A) is 0.70 V
(A) C2 = 2 C1 (B) C2 = C1 + B (B) is 0.76 V
(C) C2 = C1 + 2 B (D) C2 = C1 + 0.3B (C) is 0.82
(D) cannot be estimated from the data given
49. A magnetic field in air is measured to be
® æ x y ö 52. The peak electric field in the device is
B= B0 çç 2 2
y$ - 2 2
x$ ÷÷ (A) 0.15 MV . cm -1 , directed from p-region to n-region
è x + y x + y ø
(B) 0.15 MV . cm -1 , directed from n-region to p-region
What current distribution leads to this field ?
(C) 1.80 MV . cm -1 , directed from p-region to n-region
[ Hint : The algebra is trivial in cylindrical coordinates.]
(D) 1.80 MV . cm -1 , directed from n-region to p-region
®
B z$ æ 1 ö
(A) j = 0 çç 2 ÷, r ¹0
m 0 è x + y 2 ÷ø
Common Data for Questions 53 and 54:
®
B0 z$ æ 2 ö The Nyquist plot of a stable transfer function G( s)
(B) j = - ç ÷, r ¹0
m 0 çè x 2 + y 2 ÷ø
is shown in the figure. We are interested in the stability
of the closed loop system in the feedback configuration
®
(C) j = 0, r ¹ 0
shown.
®
B z$ æ 1 ö
(D) j = 0 çç 2 ÷÷, r ¹0
m 0 è x + y2 ø
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Im

+
+ G(s)
Re -
-1-0.5

-j

53. Which of the following statements is true?

(A) G( s) is an all-pass filter 57. For small increase in VG beyond 1 V, which of the
(B) G( s) has a zero in the right-half plane following gives the correct description of the region of
(C) G( s) is the impedance of a passive network operation of each MOSFET ?
(D) G( s) is marginally stable (A) Both the MOSFETs are in saturation region
(B) Both the MOSFETs are in triode region
54. The gain and phase margins of G( s) for closed loop
(C) n-MOSFET is in triode and p-MOSFET is in
stability are saturation region
(A) 6 dB and 180° (B) 3 dB and 180° (D) n-MOSFET is in saturation and p-MOSFET is in
(C) 6 dB and 90° (D) 3 dB and 90° triode region.

Common Data for Questions 55 and 56:

58. Estimate the output voltage V0 for VG = 15
. V.
The amplitude of a random signal is uniformly
[Hint : Use the appropriate current-voltage equation for
distributed between -5 V and 5 V.
each MOSFET, based on the anser to Q. 57.]
55. If the signal to quantization noise ratio required in
Statement for Linked Answer Questions 59 and
uniformly quantizing the signal is 43.5 dB, the step size
60:
of the quantization is approximately
(A) 0.0333 V (B) 0.05 V Two products are sold from a vending machine,
which has two push buttons P1 and P2 . When a button is
(C) 0.0667 V (D) 0.10 V
pressed, the price of the corresponding product is
56. If the positive values of the signal are uniformly displayed in a 7-segment display.
quantized with a step size of 0.05 V, and the negative If no buttons are pressed, 0 is displayed, signifying
Rs. 0.
values are uniformly quantized with a step size of 0.1 V,
If only P1 is pressed, 2 is displayed, signifying Rs.
the resulting signal to quantization noise ratio is
2.
approximately If only P2 is pressed, 5 is displayed, signifying Rs.
(A) 46 dB (B) 43.8 dB 5.
(C) 42 dB (D) 40 dB If both P1 and P2 are pressed, E is displayed,
signifying Error.
Linked Answer Questions The names of the segments in the 7-segment
Statement for Linked Answer Questions 57 and 58: display, and the glow of the display for '0', '2', '5' and 'E',

Consider the CMOS circuit shown, where the gate are shown below.
a 0 2 5 E
voltage VG of the n-MOSFET is increased from zero,
f b
while the gate voltage of the p-MOSFET is kept g
constant at 3 V. Assume that, for both transistors, the e c
magnitude of the threshold voltage is 1 V and the d
product of the trans-conductance parameter and the W
L

ratio, i.e. the quantity mCax W

L
, is 1 mA . V -2 .

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Consider
(i) push button pressed/not pressed is equivalent to ANSWER
logic 1/0 respectively
1. B 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. C
(ii) a segment glowing/not glowing in the display is
6. C 7. A 8. D 9. B 10. A
equivalent to 1/0 respectively.
11. C 12. B 13. D 14. A 15. A
59. If segments a to g are considered as functions of P1
and P2 , then which of the following is correct ? 16. D 17. C 18. C 19. C 20. D
(A) g = P 1 + P2 , d = c + 3 (B) g = P1 + P2 , d = c + e 21. C 22. B 23. B 24. B 25. A
(C) g = P 1 + P2 , e = b + c (D) g = P1 + P2 , e = b + c
26. D 27. C 28. C 29. C 30. A

60. What are the minimum numbers of NOT gates and 31. A 32. D 33. A 34. D 35. B
2-input OR gates required to design the logic of the 36. D 37. A 38. C 39. A 40. A
driver for this 7-segment display ?
(A) 3 NOT and 4 OR (B) 2 NOT and 4 OR 41. B 42. D 43. B 44. A 45. B

(C) 1 NOT and 3 OR (D) 2 NOT and 3 OR 46. B 47. C 48. B 49. C 50. D

51. B 52. 53. B 54. C 55. C

56. B 57. D 58. 59. B 60. D

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