BASIC ELECTRONICS

FILL IN THE BLANKS

1 Atomic number of Silicon is ____________ 1
2 Atomic number of Germanium is ____________ 1
3 The charge on an atom is __________ 1
4 The charge on nucleus is ___________ 1
5 The charge on a proton is ___________ 1
6 The charge on an electron is ________ 1
7 The charge on a neutron is _________ 1
8 The magnitude of charge on a proton is _________ 1
9 The magnitude of charge on an electron is _________ 1
10 The formula for distribution of electrons in various orbits of atom is 1
___
11 The first orbit of an atom can accommodate a maximum of ____ in 1
no. electrons
12 The second orbit of an atom can accommodate a maximum of ____ 1
in no. electrons
13 The third orbit of an atom can accommodate a maximum of ____ in 1
no. electrons
14 The fourth orbit of an atom can accommodate a maximum of ____ in 1
no. electrons
15 The valency of Arsenic atom is _______ 1
16 The valency of Antimony atom is _______ 1
17 The valency of Gallium atom is _______ 1
18 The valency of Indium atom is _______ 1
19 The number of electrons in the outermost orbit is called its _________ 1
20 Electrons move around the nucleus in definite ___________ 1
21 Electrons in a particular orbit has a fixed _________ 1
22 There is ______ of the valence and conductance band of a conductor 1
23 The energy gap between valence band and conductance bands of an 1
insulator is ________
24 The energy gap between valence band and conductance bands of a 1
semiconductor is ________
25 The energy gap between valence band and conductance bands of a 1
conductor is ________
26 The separation between conduction band and valence band on the 1
energy level diagram is known as _________________
27 The separation between conduction band and ________________ on 1
the energy level diagram is known as forbidden energy gap
28 The separation between ________________ and valence band on the 1
energy level diagram is known as forbidden energy gap
29 The ___________ possessed by conductance band electrons is 1
known as conduction band
30 The ___________ possessed by valence band electrons is known as 1
valence band
31 The range of energies possessed by conductance band electrons is 1
known as ______________
32 The range of energies possessed by valence band electrons is known 1
 as
33 The range of energies possessed by an electron in a _________ is 1
known as energy band
34 The range of energies possessed by an electron in a solid is known as 1
_____________
35 The valency of Silicon atom is __________ 1
36 The valency of Germanium atom is __________ 1
37 When an electron jumps from higher orbit to a lower orbit , it ______ 1
energy
38 When an electron jumps from lower orbit to a higher orbit , it ______ 1
energy
39 A semiconductor has almost empty conductance band ________ 1
40 The electrons in the valance band is known as _________ electrons 1
41 The greater the energy of an electron, the ______ is its orbit 1
42 When an electron is lifted to a higher orbit, it is said to be in a state of 1
____________
43 Germanium is a ___________ 1
44 Silicon is a ___________ 1
45 The electrical conductivity of a semiconductor __________ with the 1
rise of temperature
46 Semiconductors has ___________ temperature co-efficient of 1
resistance
47 The resistivity of semiconductors is ___________ 1
48 The resistivity of a semiconductor is _________ than insulators 1
49 The resistivity of a semiconductor is _________ than conductors 1
50 The bonds in a semiconductor is called __________ bond 1
51 Covalent bond in a semiconductor is formed by _________ of 1
electrons
52 A substance in which the atoms or molecules are arranged in an 1
oderly pattern is known as a _______________
53 The energy required to break the co-valent bonds in Germaniun is 1
____ eV
54 The energy required to break the co-valent bonds in Silicon is ____ eV 1
55 Silicon and Germanium are very commonly used semiconductor 1
materials because the energy required to break their covalent bonds
is ________
56 A ____________ is a substance that has almost filled valence band 1
and nearly empty conduction band
57 A semiconductor in its pure form is known as an ______ 1
semiconductor
58 The process of adding impurities to a semiconductor is known as ____ 1
59 A doped semiconductor is known as __________ semiconductor 1
60 An extrinsic semiconductor is also known as _______ semiconductor 1
61 An impurity semiconductor is also known as ________ semiconductor 1
62 Doping improves the ____________ of a semiconductor 1
63 __________ impurity has five valence electrons 1
64 __________ impurity has three valence electrons 1
65 Pentavalent impurity has _______ in no. valence electrons 1
66 Trivalent impurity has _______ in no. valence electrons 1
67 Generally for ____in no. atoms of semiconductor, one impurity is 1
 added
68 When as small amount of trivalent impurity is added to a pure 1
semiconductor, it is known as _________ semiconductor
69 When as small amount of pentavalent impurity is added to a pure 1
semiconductor, it is known as _________ semiconductor
70 When as small amount of ________ impurity is added to a pure 1
semiconductor, it is known as p-type semiconductor
71 When as small amount of ________ impurity is added to a pure 1
semiconductor, it is known as n-type semiconductor
72 The current conduction in an n-type semiconductor is predominantly 1
by ____________
73 The current conduction in an p-type semiconductor is predominantly 1
by ____________
74 The current conduction in an _______ semiconductor is 1
predominantly by free electrons
75 The current conduction in an _______ semiconductor is 1
predominantly by holes
76 The charge on p-type semiconductor is ____________ 1
77 The charge on n-type semiconductor is ____________ 1
78 The majority carriers in a p-type semiconductor are ___________ 1
79 The majority carriers in a n-type semiconductor are ___________ 1
80 The majority carriers in a ________ semiconductor are electrons 1
81 The majority carriers in a _________ semiconductor are holes 1
82 The minority carriers in a p-type semiconductor are ___________ 1
83 The minority carriers in a n-type semiconductor are ___________ 1
84 The minority carriers in a ________ semiconductor are electrons 1
85 The minority carriers in a ________ semiconductor are holes 1
86 _________ is a common method of making a pn junction 1
87 When a p-type semiconductor is suitably joined to n-type 1
semiconductor, the contact surface is called ____________
88 The potential barrier of a pn junction made up of Germanium is ____ 1
89 The potential barrier of a pn junction made up of Silicon is ____ 1
90 The emitter base of a transistor is __________ biased 1
91 The collector base junction of a transistor is __________ biased 1
92 The _____________ junction of a transistor is forward biased 1
93 The _____________ junction of a transistor is reverse biased 1
94 The resistance of input circuit of transistor is very __________ 1
95 The resistance of output circuit of transistor is very __________ 1
96 The emitter in a transistor is ___________ doped 1
97 The base in a transistor is ___________ doped 1
98 The collector in a transistor is ___________ doped 1
99 The base current is only about __________ percent of emitter current 1
100 The collector current is about __________ percent of emitter current 1
STATE TRUE OF FALSE
1 The valency of Silicon is 3 1
2 The valency of Germanium is 3 1
3 The number of electrons and protons of an atom is called its atomic 1
number
4 The number of electrons and protons of an atom is called its atomic 1
weight
5 The number of electrons or protons of an atom is called its atomic 1
number
6 The number of electrons orprotons of an atom is called its atomic 1
number
7 SCR is also called thyristor 1
8 SCR is a four terminal semiconductor 1
9 SCR is a three terminal semiconductor 1
10 SCR can be used as a switch 1
11 SCR can not be used as a switch 1
12 SCR is a solid state equivalent of thyratron 1
13 SCR can change alternating current into direct current 1
14 SCR can not change alternating current into direct current 1
15 SCR can control the amount of power fed to the load 1
16 SCR can not control the amount of power fed to the load 1
17 SCR is a two state device 1
18 SCR can be used as a swiitch 1
19 SCR can not be used as a swiitch 1
20 SCR is a three state device 1
21 In case of a full wave rectifier PIV=2Vm 1
22 The atomic number of Silicon is 14 1
23 The valency of Germanium is 4 1
24 The valency of Germanium is 4 1
25 The atomic number of Silicon is 18 1
26 The atomic number of Germanium is 32 1
27 The atomic number of Germanium is 24 1
28 An atom is neutrally charged 1
29 An atom is negatively charged 1
30 An atom is positively charged 1
31 The charge on nucleus is neutral 1
32 The charge on nucleus is positive 1
33 The charge on nucleus is negative 1
34 An electron is neutrally charged 1
35 An electron is positively charged 1
36 An electron is negatively charged 1
37 A proton is neutrally charged 1
38 A proton is positively charged 1
39 A proton is negatively charged 1
40 A neutron is neutrally charged 1
41 A neutron is positively charged 1
42 A neutron is negatively charged 1
43 Indium is a trivalent impurity 1
44 Indium is a pentavalent impurity 1
45 Gallium is a trivalent impurity 1
46 Gallium is a pentavalent impurity 1
47 Arsenic is a trivalent impurity 1
48 Arsenic is a pentavalent impurity 1
49 Antimony is a trivalent impurity 1
50 Antimony is a pentavalent impurity 1
51 First orbit of an atom can accommodate only four electrons 1
52 First orbit of an atom can accommodate only two electrons 1
53 Electrons in a particular orbit has fixed energy 1
54 Electron in a particular orbit have different energies 1
55 The valance and conductance bands of solids are overlapping 1
56 There is a very wide forbidden gap between valance and conductance 1
bands of an insulator
57 There is less forbidden energy gap between valance and conductance 1
bands of a semiconductor
58 There is no forbidden energy gap between valance and conductance 1
bands of a conductor
59 The range of energies possessed by valance band electrons is known 1
as valance band
60 The range of energies possessed by conductance band electrons is 1
known as conductance band
61 The separation between conductance and valance bands on the 1
energy level diagram is known as forbidden energy gap
62 Germanium is a very poor conductor of electricity 1
63 Silicon is a very poor conductor of electricity 1
64 Germanium is a very good conductor of electricity 1
65 Silicon is a very good conductor of electricity 1
66 Semiconductors have negative temperature co-efficient of resistance 1
67 Semiconductors have positive temperature co-efficient of resistance 1
68 When an electron jumps from higher to lower orbit, it emits energy 1
69 A semiconductor has almost empty conductance band 1
70 The electrical conductivity of a semiconductor increases with increase 1
in temperature
71 The electrical conductivity of a semiconductor decreases with increase 1
in temperature
72 A semiconductor in pure form is called intrinsic semiconductor 1
73 A semiconductor in impure form is called intrinsic semiconductor 1
74 A semiconductor in pure form is called extrinsic semiconductor 1
75 A semiconductor in impure form is called intrinsic semiconductor 1
76 At room temperature the electrical conductivity of intrinsic 1
semiconductor is better than extrinsic semiconductor
77 At room temperature the electrical conductivity of extrinsic 1
semiconductor is better than intrinsic semiconductor
78 The resistivity of semiconductors is between conductors and 1
insulators
79 The energy required to break co-valent bonds in Germanium is 0.7V 1
80 The energy required to break co-valent bonds in Germanium is 1.1V 1
81 The energy required to break co-valent bonds in Silicon is 0.7V 1
82 The energy required to break co-valent bonds in Silicon is 0.7V 1
83 Doping improves the electrical conductivity of semiconductors 1
84 Doping deteriorates the electrical conductivity of semiconductors 1
85 Doping improves the electrical conductivity of insulators 1
86 Generally, for 108 in no. atoms semiconductors, one impurity is added 1
87 Generally, for 102 in no. atoms semiconductors, one impurity is added 1
88 The current conduction in p-type semiconductor is predominantly by 1
holes
89 The current conduction in n-type semiconductor is predominantly by 1
holes
90 The current conduction in p-type semiconductor is predominantly by 1
free electrons
91 The current conduction in n-type semiconductor is predominantly by 1
free electrons
92 The majority carrier in a p-type semiconductor is hole 1
93 The majority carrier in a p-type semiconductor is free electron 1
94 The majority carrier in a n-type semiconductor is hole 1
95 The majority carrier in a n-type semiconductor is free electron 1
96 The minority carrier in a p-type semiconductor is hole 1
97 The minority carrier in a p-type semiconductor is free electron 1
98 The minority carrier in a n-type semiconductor is hole 1
99 The minority carrier in a n-type semiconductor is free electron 1
100 The emitter of a transistor is heavily doped 1
101 The emitter of a transistor is lightly doped 1
102 The emitter of a transistor is moderately doped 1
103 The collector of a transistor is heavily doped 1
104 The collector of a transistor is lightly doped 1
105 The collector of a transistor is moderately doped 1
SHORT QUESTIONS
1 What is Knee voltage? 2
2 What is breakdown voltage? 2
3 What is potential barrier? 2
4 What is peak inverse voltage? 2
5 What is rectifier efficiency? 2
6 What is feed back? 2
7 What is positive feed back? 2
8 What is negative feed back? 2
9 What is electron emission? 2
10 What is thermionic emission? 2
11 What is field emission? 2
12 What is secondary emission? 2
13 What is photoelectric emission? 2
14 What is cold cathode emission? 2
15 What is a rectifier? 2
16 What is transistor? 2
17 What is faithful amplication? 2
18 What is a class A power amplifier? 2
19 What is a class B power amplifier? 2
20 What is a class C power amplifier? 2
21 What is a forward current? 2
22 What is a reverse current? 2
23 What is a filter circuit? 2
24 What is a SCR? 2
25 What is break over voltage? 2
26 What is peak reverse voltage? 2
27 What is holding current? 2
28 What is forward current rating? 2
29 List down the applications of SCR 2
30 What is a field effect transistor? 2
31 What is a zener diode? 2
32 What is a Schottky diode? 2
33 What is a Tunnel diode? 2
34 What is a Varactor diode? 2
35 What is a LED? 2
36 What is ripple factor? 2
37 What are the disadvantages of a centre-tap full wave rectifier? 2
38 What are the disadvantages of a half wave rectifier? 2
39 What are the disadvantages of a full wave bridge rectifier? 2
40 What are the advantages of a full wave bridge rectifier? 2
41 What is work function of a metal? 2
42 What is surface barrier? 2
SHORT QUESTIONS
1 What are the properties of thermionic emitter? 3
2 Differentiate between directly and indirectly heated cathode 3
3 What is the difference between calss A and class B power amplifier? 3
4 What is the difference between calss A and class C power amplifier? 3
5 What is the difference between calss C and class B power amplifier? 3
6 What is the difference between positive and negative feedback? 3
7 Draw the diagrams of different transistor connections 3
8 What are the characteristics of a zener diode? 3
9 Briefly explain a vacuum diode 3
10 Briefly explain a triode 3
11 Briefly explain a tetrode 3
12 Briefly explain a pentode 3
13 What is a MOSFET? Draw its diagram and symbol 3
14 What is a SCR? Draw its diagram and symbol 3
15 What are the applications of a SCR? 3
16 With the help of a diagram show the biasing of a p-channel MOSFET 3
17 With the help of a diagram show the biasing of a n-channel MOSFET 3
ESSAY TYPE QUESTIONS
1 Explain half wave rectifier with the help of a diagram 5
2 Explain full wave rectifier with the help of a diagram 5
3 Explain full wave bridge rectifier with the help of a diagram 5
4 Explain the working of a PNP transistor with the help of a diagram 5
5 Explain the working of a NPN transistor with the help of a diagram 5
6 Explain the working of a SCR with the help of a diagram 5
7 Explain the working principle of a MOSFET with the help of a diagram 5
8 Explain negative feed back with the help of a diagram 5
9 Explain RC coupled amplifier with the help of a diagram 5
10 Explain direct coupled amplifier with the help of a diagram 5
11 Explain transformer coupled amplifier with the help of a diagram 5
12 Explain push pull power amplifier with the help of a diagram 5
13 Explain choke input filter with the help of a diagram 5
14 Explain capacitor input filter with the help of a diagram 5
15 Explain pie filter with the help of a diagram 5
16 Briefly explain about the charge on a p-type and n-type semicontuctor 5
17 Briefly explain about the charge on a n-type semicontuctor 5
18 Draw the symbol of the following :- (a) Zener diode (b) Varactor diode 5
(c) Schottky diode (d) pn junction diode (e)Tunnel diode
19 Briefly explain the structure of an atom with the help of a diagram 5
20 Briefly explain the V-I characteristics of a pn junction diode 5
21 Briefly explain the conductivity in a p-type semicnductor with the help 5
of a diagram
22 Briefly explain the conductivity in a n-type semicnductor with the help 5
of a diagram
23 What is electron emission and briefly explain the different types of 5
electron emissions
24 Explain transistor lead identification with the help of a diagram 5
25 What is a FET and briefly explain its construction with the help of a 5
diagram
26 Differentiate between FET and Bipolar transistor 5
27 Briefly explain the working of a FET as an amplifier with the help of a 5
diagram
28 List down the advantages of FET 5
29 What is baising? With the help of diagram show the different types of 5
transistor biasing
30 Briefly explain transistor as an amplifier with the help of a diagram 5
31 What are the limitations in the operating conditions of a pn junction 5
32 Explain the formation / properties of a pn junction 5
33 Draw the symbol of the following :- (a) Zener diode (b) Varactor diode 5
(c) PNP Transistor (d) SCR (e)Tunnel diode
34 Draw the symbol of the following :- (a) NPN Transistor (b) Varactor 5
diode (c) Schottky diode (d) pn junction diode (e) FET
35 Draw the symbol of the following :- (a) Zener diode (b) LED (c) 5
Schottky diode (d) Pentode (e)Tunnel diode
1 FILL IN THE BLANKS 05
(a)The charge on an electron is ________
(b)The majority carriers in a P-type semiconductor are ___________
(c)Trivalent impurity has _______ in no. valence electrons
(d)The process of adding impurities to a semiconductor is known as ____
(e)The emitter base junction of a transistor is __________ biased

2 STATE TRUE OF FALSE 05

(a) The number of electrons or protons of an atom is called its atomic number
(b) SCR is a three terminal semiconductor
(c) The base of a transistor is lightly doped
(d) At room temperature the electrical conductivity of intrinsic semiconductor is better than extrinsic
semiconductor
(e)The separation between conductance and valance bands on the energy level diagram is known as
forbidden energy gap

3 What is peak inverse voltage? 2

4 What is feed back? And list its types 3
5 What are the conditions to achieve faithful amplication? 2
6 What is knee point of a diode? 2
7 What is work function of a metal? 2
8 What are the advantages of a full wave bridge rectifier? 3
9 What is a filter circuit List the various types of filter 3
10 What is electron emission? List the types of electron emission 3
11 What is biasing of a transistor Explain voltage divider bias 5
12 Briefly explain a vacuum diode 3
13 Briefly explain transistor as an amplifier with the help of a diagram 5
14 What are the types of amplifier according to its biasing briefly explain with wave form 5
15 Explain full wave rectifier using centre tapped transformer with the help of a diagram 5
16 Explain the working of a PNP transistor with the help of a diagram 5
17 Explain capacitor input filter with the help of a diagram 5
18 Explain the working principle of a MOSFET with the help of a diagram 5
19 Draw the symbol of the following :- (a) Zener diode (b) Light emitting diode (c) NPN 5
Transistor (d) SCR (e)Tunnel diode
20 Differentiate between FET and Bipolar transistor 2