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Objective Paper-II-2010

1. In how many different modes a universal shift register operates?

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5

2. Which of the following counter results in least delay?

(A) Ring counter (B) Ripple counter
(C) Synchronous counter (D) Asynchronous counter

3. The average output voltage of a fly-back converter is VO = 24V at a resistive load of

R  0.8  . The duty cycle ratio is   50% and the switching frequency is f = 1 kHz. The
on-state voltage drop of transistors and diodes are Vt  1.2V and Vd  0.7 V respectively.
The turn ratio of the transformer is a = NS / NP  0.25 . What is the efficiency of the
converter?
(A) 86.5% (B) 96% (C) 75% (D) 90%

4. A shift register with the serial output connected back to the serial input is a
(A) Feedback shift register (B) Shift register counter
(C) Universal shift register (D) Serial parallel converter

5. Consider the following statements:

The suitable configuration of HVDC converter is decided on the requirements of
(1) High pulse number
(2) Converter transformer utilization factor should be near to unity.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(A) 1 only (B) Both 1 and 2 (C) Neither 1 nor 2 (D) 2 only

6. Fibre optic cables are used in power system applications mainly for
(A) SCADA
(B) Communication between power station and sub station
(C) Communication between power station and load control centre
(D) All of the above

7. Circuit shown below is a

X Z
J Q1 J Q2 J Q3
(A) Shift register

(B) Binary counter

K Q1 K Q2 K Q3
(C) Ripple counter

(D) Sequence detector Clock

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8. In push-pull type DC-DC converter the output voltage VO is given by


D1

N1
N2
V0
Vd N1 N2


D2

T1 T2


N2  t ON  N2  t ON 
(A) VO  2 .Vd   (B) VO  .Vd  
N1  t ON  t OFF  N1  t ON  t OFF 
N2 t  N2 t 
(C) VO  2 .Vd  ON  (D) VO  .Vd  ON 
N1  t OFF  N1  t OFF 

9. Under voltage relays are mainly used for

(A) Motor protection (B) Transformer protection
(C) Transmission line protection (D) All of these

10. If a line of surge impedance ZO is terminated in an impedance Z then the reflection for
current and voltage surges at the termination are given respectively by
ZO  Z 2z ZO  Z Z  Z o
(A) , (B) ,
ZO  Z Z 0  Z ZO  Z Z 0  Z
2ZO 2z 2Zo Z  Zo
(C) , (D) ,
ZO  Z Z 0  Z ZO  Z Z 0  Z

11. A squirrel cage induction motor having a rated slip of 2% on full load has a starting torque of
50% of full load torque. The starting current is
(A) Two times the full load current (B) Four times the full load current
(C) Five times the full load current (D) Equal to the full load current

12. In a PWM inverter, f o and f are the frequencies in Hz for the carrier signal and reference
signal respectively. Then the number of pulses per half cycle is
f f fo fo
(A) N  (B) N  (C) N  (D) N 
fo 2f o 2f f

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13. The restriking voltage is measured in

(A) RMS value (B) Peak value
(C) Instantaneous value (D) Average value

14. The MMF produced by the rotor currents of a 3-phase induction motor
(A) Rotates at the speed of rotor in the air gap
(B) Is at stand with respect to stator MMF
(C) Rotates at slip speed with respect to stator MMF
(D) Rotates at synchronous speed with respect to rotor

15.
LXI SP 7FFFH
MVI A 25H
XRI 02H
PUSH PSW
POP H
MOV A, L
ORI 10H
HLT
What are the contents of A, H, L, SP and PSW registers after executing the above set of
instructions? Assume undefined flags always remain cleared.
(A) 10H, 25H, 00H, 7FFFH, 00H respectively
(B) 14H, 27H, 04H, 7FFFH, 04H respectively
(C) 14H, 25H, 00H, 7FFFH, 04H respectively
(D) 10H, 27H, 04H, 7FFFH, 00H respectively

16. The power factor of an induction motor operating at no load will have a value around
(A) 0.9 lag (B) 0.2 lead (C) 0.2 lag (D) 0.9 lead

17. Match List – I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List – I List – II
(a) All types of faults (1) Negative sequence currents are present
(b) All unsymmetrical faults (2) Zero sequence currents are present
(c) Fault involving ground with neutral (3) Zero sequence current are absent
of the system grounded
(d) Fault involving ground with floating (4) Positive sequence currents are present
neutral

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Codes:
a b c d
(A) 3 1 2 4
(B) 4 1 2 3
(C) 3 2 1 4
(D) 4 2 1 3

18. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

List I List
A X
 a B (1) AB

A X
b  B (2) AB

A X
c B (3) A+B

A X
 d B (4) A+B

Codes:
a b c d
(A) 3 1 4 2
(B) 2 1 4 3
(C) 3 4 1 2
(D) 2 4 1 3

19.
x
y

The circuit shown above generates the function of

(A) x  y (B) 0 (C) xy  yx  yx (D) x . y

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20. In a 3-phase induction machine, motoring, generating and braking operations take place in the
range of slip “S” is:
(A) 1  S  0, 0  S  2 and S  1 (B) S  1, 1  S  1 and 0  S  1
(C) S  1, 0  S  1 and 1  S  0 (D) 0  S  1, S  1 and 1  S  0

21. On receiving an interrupt the CPU of an 8085 microprocessor

(A) Completes the current instruction and then goes to the interrupt service routine
(B) Branches off to the interrupt service routine immediately
(C) Hand over control of address bus and data bus to the interrupting device
(D) Goes to HALT state for pre-determined period

22. Which one of the following is not a characteristic of RTL logic families?
(A) High switching speed (B) Poor noise immunity
(C) Low power dissipation (D) Fan out is 5

23. For what value of damping parameter, the transient stability is assured by equal area
criterion?
(A) Independent of systems damping
(B) If only damping is exactly zero
(C) For all values of damping parameters
(D) If only damping is positive and finite

24. Armature reaction AT of a synchronous generator supplying power at rated voltage with zero
power factor lagging is
(A) Magnetizing
(B) Demagnetizing
(C) Cross-magnetizing
(D) Both magnetizing and cross-magnetizing

25.

The digital circuit using two inverters as shown above acts as

(A) A bistable multivibrator (B) A astable multivibrator
(C) A monostable multivibrator (D) An oscillator

26. Power factor of an alternator driven by constant prime mover input can be changed by
changing its
(A) Speed (B) Load
(C) Field excitation (D) Phase sequence

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27. Which of the following power stations is mainly used to cover peak load on the system?
(A) Coal based thermal power plant
(B) Nuclear power plant
(C) Gas based thermal power plant
(D) Pumped storage hydro power plant

28. For the given sinusoidal input to the circuit as shown below, the voltage waveform at point
„P‟ of the clamper circuit is

 VCC


RL


Vin ~ VCC

B 
A

C  VCC D  0.7V

0.7 V VCC

29. A constant current source inverter supplies 20A to a load resistance of 1  . If the load
resistance is changed to 5  , then the load current
(A) Remains same at 20 A whereas the load voltage changes to 100V
(B) Changes to 4 A from 20 A and the load voltage changes to 20V
(C) Changes to 4 A from 20 A and the load voltage changes to 80V
(D) And load voltage stay at 20 A and 20V, respectively

30. What is the assigned bandwidth of each of the channels in the AM broadcast band?
(A) 5kHz (B) 10kHz (C) 15kHz (D) 200kHz

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31. A 3-phase, 11kV, 5MVA alternator has synchronous reactance of 10 per phase. Its
excitation is such that the generated e.m.f. is 14kV. If the alternator is connected to infinite
bus bar, the maximum output at the given excitation is
(A) 15,400 kW (B) 8,000 kW (C) 6,200 kW (D) 5,135 kW

32. For low pass RC circuit, the input waveform is as shown below. What will be the output
waveform if the time constant of the circuit is equal to the time period of the input signal
 RC  T1  T2  ?

v1 T1 T2
t
v2

Ea T1 T2
A B 
Eb

C  D 

33. Consider the following statements:

The armature torque in a dc motor is a function of
(1) Field flux
(2) Armature current
(3) Speed
(4) Damping
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (B) 3 and 4 only
(C) 1 and 2 only (D) 4 only

34. Sixty-four number of 256 x 1 bit RAM IC is arranged in 8 rows and 8 columns to get memory
of
(A) 1kB (B) 2kB (C) 4kB (D) 8kB

35. For a graph of power system network shown in figure, where bus numbers and impedances
are marked, assuming equal R/X of impedances, find the bus impedance matrix element Z22.

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1 3
2.0 2
1.0 1.5

(A) 2.0 (B) 3.5 (C) 0.5 (D) 4.5

36. 4
Speed/Torque

3
2

O Armature current

Consider the following statements:

In the above figure, the curves pertain to the dc motor.
(a) Speed Vs armature-current characteristic of a dc shunt motor.
(b) Torque Vs armature-current characteristic of a dc shunt motor.
(c) Speed Vs armature-current characteristic of a dc series motor.
(d) Torque Vs armature-current characteristic of a dc series motor.
What is the correct sequence of characteristics?
Code:
a b c d
(A) 4 1 3 2
(B) 2 1 3 4
(C) 4 3 1 2
(D) 2 3 1 4

37. For a non-uniform quantizer, more quantizing steps are used for signals of
(A) Low frequency (B) High amplitude
(C) Low amplitude (D) High frequency

38. The armature MMF waveform of a dc machine is

(A) Pulsating (B) Rectangular (C) Triangular (D) Sinusoidal

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39. For a sinusoidal input of peak value VP, the output waveform VO will be

D
Vi Vo
 VR


Vo Vo

VR VR
t t

Vo Vo

VR
t t
VR

40. Consider the following

(1) EMF
(2) Reversal
(3) MMF
(4) Direct
Which methods among these are for the determination of voltage regulation of an alternator?
(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (B) 1 and 2 only (C) 2 and 3 only (D) 1 and 3 only

41. In the difference amplifier as shown above, the differential output

V c2 
 Vc1 for V1  5V, V2  0V is

1K 1K
(A) 0V
VC1 VC2

(B) 5V
V2
V1
(C) 10V
IO  10m A
(D) 15V

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42. Consider the following parts of a dc machine:

(1) Yoke
(2) Armature core
(3) Brushes
(4) Pole core
Which of the above parts are subjected to iron loss?
(A) 1 and 2 only (B) 2 only
(C) 1 only (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4

43. The figure (a) shows an inverter circuit with a dc source voltage VS . The semi-conductor
switches of the inverter are operated in such a way that the pole voltages of V10 and V20 are
shown in the figure (b). What is the RMS value of the pole voltage V12?

VC
Vg 1 2



 a b 
V5    V8
(A) (B) V8 (C) VS (D)
2  2 

44. Which one of the following pulse communications systems is digital?

(A) PAM (B) PCM (C) PPM (D) PWM

45. The input resistance Ri and output resistance R0 of an ideal current amplifier, in ohms, are
(A) 0 and 0 (B) 0 and  (C)  and 0 (D)  and 

46. MVI A, AAH

ORI FFH
RRC
RRC
CMC
INR A
What are the contents of A and PSW registers after executing the above set of instructions in
sequence?
(A) AAH and 00H (B) FFH and 66H
(C) 00H and 54H (D) 00H and 00H

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47. What will happen if a short circuit fault occurs in a switched capacitor controlled reactor?
(A) Oscillation (B) Capacitor discharge
(C) Over voltage (D) Noise

48. For Y transformer, connections and terminal markings are shown in the below figure. If 1
and 2 represents positive and negative sequence, then the correct solution in per unit values
for VA1 and VA2 is

A
c

a
C

B b
(A) jVa1 and  jVa 2 (B) Va1 and  jVa 2
(C) jVa1 and  Va 2 (D) Va1 and  Va 2

49. For a P-pole machine, the relation between electrical and mechanical degrees is
2 4 P
(A) elec  mech (B) elec  mech (C) elec  mech (D) elec  mech
P P 2

50. Consider the following devices:

(1) Synchronous condenser
(2) Saturable reactor
(3) SCCR
(4) FCCR
In which of these devices, the accuracy of compensation is very high and noise level is very
low?
(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (B) 3 and 4 only (C) 3 only (D) 2 and 3 only

51. For a function F, the Karnaugh map is shown above. Then minimal representation of F is

BC
A BC BC BC
BC

A 1 1 1

A 1 1

(A) AB  C (B) C  A B (C) A  B  C (D) A  BC

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52. Which one of the following statements incorrect about the matched filter?
(A) The maximum output SNR depends on the input signal energy
(B) The impulse response is reversed delayed version of the input signal
(C) The error probability depends on the wave shape of the signal.
(D) Matched filter and correlator gives identical reception performances.

53. The smallest valid signed integer that can be stored in a memory location of a 4k x 8 bit RAM
is
(A) 0 (B) -128 (C) -2048 (D) -65536

54. A 10kVA, 400V/200V single-phase transformer with 10% impedance, draws a steady short
circuit current of
(A) 50A (B) 150A (C) 250A (D) 350A

55. For the parallel operation of transformers, which of the following conditions must be
satisfied?
(A) Same voltage ratios
(B) Must be connected in proper polarities
(C) Re/Xe ratio should be the same
(D) Same kVA rating

56. Static VAR controllers are used to provide dynamic voltage regulation. These controllers are
primarily of
(A) Thyristor switched inductors
(B) Thyristor controlled capacitors
(C) Thyristor switched resistors
(D) Thyristor controlled inductors and thyristor switched capacitors

57. Consider the following statements:

When Darlington circuit and normal single stage emitter followers are compared
(1) Both have near unity voltage gain
(2) Both have equal current gain
(3) Darlington circuit has higher output resistance
(4) Emitter follower has lower input resistance
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(A) 1 only (B) 1 and 4 only (C) 2 and 4 only (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4

58. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List – I List – II
(a) Source encoder (1) Reduce ISI
(b) Channel encoder (2) Synchronization
(c) Line coder (3) Message protection

(d) Equalizer (4) Maximization of information transmitted

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Code:
a b c d
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 4 2 3 1
(C) 1 3 2 4
(D) 4 3 2 1

59. Handshaking mode of data transfer is

(A) Synchronous data transfer (B) Asynchronous data transfer
(C) Interrupt driven data transfer (D) Level mode of DMA data transfer

60. Three individual 3-phase 400kV power systems, each one of which consists of a generator
transformer and a radial line having 3   symmetrical fault level of 20 GVA for fault at the
remote end of lines, are now reinforced by interconnecting the remote end lines by three lines
each of reactance j12 so that the fault level at each remote end of the radial lines on
ignoring resistance becomes
(A) 10 GVA (B) (20/3) GVA
(C) 24 GVA (D) 20 GVA

61. In Scott connection, if the turns ratio of main transformer is K, then the teaser transformer has
turns ratio of
2K 3K K K
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 2 3 2

62. A 3-phase thyristor controlled rectifier is feeding a purely resistive load on the DC side. The
firing angle of the 6 thyristor of the converter is 90O. AC side is connected to a balanced 3-
phase supply. Considering only the fundamental of the input current, active power P and
reactive power Q estimated at the AC side of the rectifier are
(A) P  0, Q  0 (B) P  0, Q  0 (C) P  0, Q  0 (D) P  0, Q  0

63. The JFET in the circuit shown below has an IDSS = 10 mA, VP = 5V. The value of the
resistance RS for a drain current of IDS = 6.4 mA is

IDS
+
10 V
-

RS

(A) 1.06k (B) 560 (C) 470 (D) 156

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64. In mode „0‟ (Zero) operation of 8255, the port can be used as port:
(A) A as input port only (B) B as output port only
(C) A as output port only (D) A as input or output port

65. Which one of the following modulation techniques has got maximum SNR?
(A) AM-SSB (B) AM-DSB (C) FM (D) AM-SC

66. Load frequency controllers are carried out with

(A) P controllers only (B) I controllers only
(C) D controllers only (D) PID controllers

67. Three identical generators supply power in a system having lossless transmission lines.
Generator 1 is equipped with a speed governor that maintains its speed constant at the rated
value while generators 2 and 3 have governors with droops of 5% and 4% respectively. For a
given increase in system load in the steady state
(A) Generators 1, 2, 3 will share the increased load in the ratio of 0 : 5 : 4
(B) Generators 1, 2, 3 will share the increased load equally
(C) Generators 1, 2, 3 will share the increased load in the ratio of 0 : 4 : 5
(D) Generators 1 will alone take the entire increased load and the output of generators 2 and 3
will remain unchanged

68. A  /  connected transformer is connected to V/V connected transformer. The ratio of VA

rating of V/V connected transformer and  /  connected transformer is
(A) 57.7% (B) 100% (C) 50% (D) 75%

69. A dc motor operated from a type A chopper is switched to type B chopper. How does the
motor operate when type A and B are in operation respectively?
(A) Plugging and motoring
(B) Motoring and plugging
(C) Regenerative braking and motoring
(D) Motoring and regenerative braking

70. The efficiency of a class B amplifier is 72% when the supply voltage is 24V. The peak to
peak output voltage is
(A) 20V (B) 22V (C) 25V (D) 16V

71. If the probability of a message is ¼, then the information in bits is

(A) 1 bit (B) 2 bit (C) 4 bit (D) 8 bit

72. A 16 bit memory address register can address memory locations of

(A) 16K (B) 32K (C) 64K (D) 128K

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73. Load flow studies must be made on a power system before

(A) Making short circuit studies but not for transient stability studies on the power system
(B) Making transient stability studies but not for short circuit studies on the power system
(C) Making both short circuit and transient stability studies on the power system
(D) For neither making short circuit studies nor transient stability studies on the power
system

74. A conventional telephone line with 3 kHz bandwidth and having 30dB signal-to-noise ratios
can carry information at a rate of
(A) 30kbps (B) 15kbps (C) 3kbps (D) 16Mbps

75. A dc to dc transistor chopper supplied from a fixed voltage dc source feeds a fixed resistive
inductive load and a free wheeling diode. The chopper operates at 1 kHz and 50% duty cycle.
Without changing the value of the average dc current through the load, if it is desired to
reduced the ripple content of the load current, the control action needed will be to
(A) Increase the chopper frequency keeping its duty cycle constant
(B) Increase the chopper frequency and duty cycle in equal ratio
(C) Decrease only the chopper frequency
(D) Decrease only the duty cycle

76. Neglecting losses, if the power transformed inductively is equal to power transformed
conductively in an auto-transformer, then the secondary to primary ratio of transformer is
(A) 0.5 (B) 2 (C) 1.5 (D) 1.25

77. In modelling, the equivalent circuit of a short length overhead transmission line, the line
resistance and inductance are only considered because line capacitance to ground is
(A) Equal to zero (B) Finite but very small
(C) Finite but very large (D) Infinite

78. A separately excited dc motor is started using a 3-phase ac/dc controlled rectifier using „Soft
starting‟. For limiting the starting current, it is required that firing angle should be
(A) Gradually increased from 0O to 180O
(B) Fixed at 30O
(C) Gradually reduced from 180O to 30O
(D) Gradually increased from 30O to 180O

79. The field, which is never present in an assembly language statement, is

(A) Opcode (B) Operand (C) Continue (D) Comment

80. A JFET is set up as a follower, with   200 , rd  100k and source load resistor RL = 1KΩ.
The output resistance RO is
(A) 1000 (B) 500 (C) 333 (D) 666

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81. A 3000 Hz bandwidth channel has a capacity of 30kbps. The signal – to – noise of the
channel is
(A) 20dB (B) 25dB (C) 30dB (D) 40dB

82. The content of the programme counter of an 8085 microprocessor is

(A) The total number of instructions in the program already executed
(B) The total number of times a subroutine is called
(C) The memory address of the instruction that is being currently executed
(D) The memory address of the instruction that is to be executed next

83. A 10km long lossless transmission line has a reactance of 0.3  / km and negligible shunt
A B 
capacitance. The value of   is
 C D
 1 0  1 0 1 j3  j3 0 
(A)   (B)   (C) 
1 
(D)  
 j3 1  0.3 1  0  1 1

84. The most noise immune system is

(A) SSB (B) PCM (C) PDM (D) PWM

85. Consider the following statements:

(1) Nuclear fission occurs whenever Uranium reacts with a neutron.
(2) Nuclear fission is accompanied by the release of neutrons and gamma rays.
(3) About 200 MeV of energy is released in the fission of a U235 nucleus.
(4) Energy from the fission of U235 nucleus is released mainly as kinetic energy
of the neutrons and the energy of gamma radiations.
Which of the above statements are correct?
(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (B) 3 and 4 only
(C) 2, 3 and 4 only (D) 1, 2 and 4 only

86. The FET shown below is a

D OUTPUT

INPUT S

(A) Common drain (B) Common gate

(C) Common source (D) Common source follower

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87. The opcode for the instruction “Add Immediately to Accumulator with carry” in 8085
microprocessor is
(A) ADI (B) ACI (C) ADC (D) ADD

88. Thermal runaway is not encountered in FETs because

(A) IDS has a zero temperature coefficient
(B) IDS has a negative temperature coefficient
(C) IDS has a positive temperature coefficient
(D) The mobility of the carriers increases with increase in temperature

89. It is advisable to use auto-transformer if the transformation ratio is

(A) Greater than 1 (B) Near to 1 (C) 0.25 (D) 0.5

90. Consider the following devices:

(1) SCR
(2) GTO
(3) BJT
(4) MOSFET
(5) IGBT
Which of these devices do not belong to the family of transistors?
(A) 1 and 2 only (B) 1, 2 and 3 only
(C) 2, 3 and 5 only (D) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

91. Consider the following statements:

Pumped storage plants when operated in interconnected power systems serve to
(1) Increase load factor of steam plant
(2) Provide added capacity to meet peak loads
(3) Decrease load factor of steam plant.
(4) Provide added capacity to meet base loads.
Which of the above statements are correct?
(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (B) 1 and 3 only
(C) 1 and 2 only (D) 3 and 4 only

92. If a fixed amount of power is to be transmitted over certain length with fixed power loss, it
can be said that volume of conductor is
(A) Inversely proportional to magnitude of the voltage and that of power factor of the load
(B) Inversely proportional to square of the voltage and square of power factor of the load
(C) Proportional to square of voltage and that of power factor of the load
(D) Proportional to magnitude of the voltage only

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93. The de-emphasis filter in an FM receiver comes

(A) Before FM demodulator
(B) After FM demodulator and before baseband filter
(C) After baseband filter
(D) Before RF amplifier

94. In 8085 microprocessor, the order of priority for hardware interrupts, are
(A) INTR, RST 7.5, RST 6.5, RST 5.5, TRAP
(B) TRAP, RST 7.5, RST 6.5, RST 5.5, INTR
(C) TRAP, INTR, RST 5.5, RST 6.5, RST 7.5
(D) INTR, RST 5.5, RST 6.5, RST 7.5, TRAP

95. For a 3-element feed water control in a coal fixed thermal power station, measurements of
level of water in the boiler drums is made so that the water level does not
(A) Exceed a specified upper limit (B) Fall below a specified lower limit
(C) Violate specified upper and lower limits (D) Restrict to a specified limit

96. In an auto-transformer, power is transferred through

(A) Conduction process only (B) Induction process only
(C) Both conduction and induction processes (D) Mutual coupling

97. In an LC series circuit connected to a dc supply of E volts via a thyristor when it turns off, the
voltage that appears across the thyristor is
(A) +E (B) +2E (C) -E (D) -2E

98. The Fermi function for an electron is f(E), where E is energy. Then, the Fermi function for a
hole is
(A) f(E) (B) 1-f(E) (C) 1/f(E) (D) 1+f(E)

99. Consider the following statements about FM:

(1) Modulation index determines the number of significant side band components
(2) Theoretical bandwidth is infinite
(3) Carrier suppression is not possible
(4) Sidebands are not symmetric about carrier
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (B) 1 and 2 only (C) 3 and 4 only (D) 3 only

100. An example of 8085-instruction that uses direct addressing is

(A) RLC (B) STA (C) RRC (D) CMA

Directions:
Each of the next twenty (20) items consists of two statements, one labelled as the „Assertion
(A)‟ and the other as „Reason (R)‟. You are to examine these two statements carefully and
select the answers to these items using the codes given below:

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Codes:
(A) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
(B) Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(C) A is true but R is false
(D) A is false but R is true

101. Assertion (A) : A key specification of any memory device is its access time.
Reason (R) : The access time of the memory must be more than the access
time of the microprocessor.

102. Assertion (A) : Port B of 8255A can only be used as input port
Reason (R) : Port B can only be operated in Mode 0 or Mode 1.

103. Assertion (A) : In a transformer, open circuit (OC) test is conducted from low
voltage side and short circuit (SC) test is conducted from high
voltage side.
Reason (R) : OC test gives iron loss and SC test gives copper loss.

104. Assertion (A) : When large currents are required, it is necessary to use lap
winding
Reason (R) : In lap winding, equalizing connections are definitely needed.

105. Assertion (A) : A synchronous motor is not inherently self starting

Reason (R) : At standstill the rotor of a synchronous motor is subjected to
alternate forces of repulsion and attraction.

106. Assertion (A) : The diameter of the shaft of a synchronous condenser is very
small
Reason (R) : The synchronous condenser is a machine which is not expected
to deliver any mechanical power output as per its design.

107. Assertion (A) : In normal operation, the non-inverting and inverting input
terminals of an operational amplifier are at almost same
potential.
Reason (R) : The two terminals are connected together

108. Assertion (A) : FM systems employ pre-emphasis and de-emphasis

Reason (R) : Pre-emphasis and de-emphasis are measured in micro-sec

109. Assertion (A) : In mobile radio communication, vertically polarized wave is

preferred over horizontally polarized wave
Reason (R) : Receiving antenna is always placed vertically

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110. Assertion (A) : The L and C components of the communication circuit in

McMurray inverter are chosen such that the peak value of
resonant current pulse during communication is sufficiently
greater than the load current
Reason (R) : A thyristor will successfully turn off, if the current is
maintained below holding value for a time greater than the turn
off time of the device.

111. Assertion (A) : In HVDC systems, the voltage should be as high as possible
and the rectifier control angle  should be as low as possible.
Reason (R) : Control of dc voltage is exercised by the rectifier and inverter
control angles  and  respectively.

112. Assertion (A) : Frequency of the system is the same, for synchronously
connected machines.
Reason (R) : Frequency can be controlled by synchronous generators only

113. Assertion (A) : D flip-flops are used to construct a buffer register.

Reason (R) : Buffer registers are used to store binary word temporarily

114. Assertion (A) : An I/O device connected to microprocessor in I/O mapped I/O
mode has an 8 bit port address.
Reason (R) : Microprocessor based system design uses concept of zero
paging

115. Assertion (A) : The port address in IN/OUT instruction is 8 bit.

Reason (R) : The address byte is duplicated in machine cycle for IN/OUT
instruction

116. Assertion (A) : A frequency mixer is used in the Armstrong indirect FM wave
generator.
Reason (R) : It is required to increase the carrier frequency by a very larger
factor than that needed for the frequency deviation increase.

117. Assertion (A) : Address bus is unidirectional

Reason (R) : Data bus is bidirectional

118. Assertion (A) : SIM instruction cannot be used to disable or change priority of
INTR pin.
Reason (R) : INTR is a pseudo-vectored interrupt pin.

119. Assertion (A) : Load flow studies are usually carried out using YBUS
Reason (R) : YBUS is a sparse matrix and is generally matching with
topology of the p.s network

120. Assertion (A) : The frequency of 8085 system is 1/2 of the crystal frequency.
Reason (R) : Microprocessor (8085) requires a two phase clock.

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