Model Questions§

M.Tech. in Electronics Design and Technology

1. A battery is connected to a resistance causing a current of 0.5 A in the circuit. The

current drops to 0.4 A when an additional resistance of 5 is connected in series. The
current will drop to 0.2 A when the resistance is further increased by
(A) 30 Ω
(B) 25 Ω
(C) 12 Ω
(D) 40 Ω

2. Power consumed in an ac circuit will be minimum when phase difference between

current and applied voltage is,
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

3. A 10 µF capacitor is connected across a 10 V source. The steady state value of current is

(A) 10 µA
(B) 106 A
(C) 1A
(D) zero A

4. If , and then,

(A) leads by

(B) lags by

(C) lags by

(D) leads by

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5. A 150 V dc motor of armature resistance 0.4 Ω has back emf of 142V. The armature
current is
(A) 10 A
(B) 20 A
(C) 150 A
(D) 100 A

6. A good voltage regulation of a transformer means

(A) difference between primary and secondary voltage is maximum
(B) difference between primary and secondary voltage is least
(C) difference between no load output voltage to full load output voltage is
maximum
(D) difference between no load output voltage to full load output voltage is
least

7. A resistor of 10 kΩ with 5% tolerance is connected in series with a 5 kΩ resistor of 10%

tolerance. What is the tolerance limit for the series network?
(A) 5%
(B) 6.67%
(C) 10%
(D) 8.33%

8. The full load copper loss of a transformer is 1600W. At half-load the copper loss will be
(A) 6400W
(B) 1600W
(C) 800W
(D) 400W
9. The maximum rectification efficiency for a full wave rectifier is
(A) 100%
(B) 81.2%
(C) 66.6%
(D) 40.6%
10. Ripple factor is the ratio of
(A) value to value
(B) value to value
(C) value to value
(D) value value

11. In a bipolar transistor the

(A) base is thick and lightly doped
(B) base is thick and highly doped
(C) base is thin and lightly doped
(D) base is thin and highly doped

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12. If ! is the electric field intensity, ! ! " ! is equal to

(A) !
(B) !

(C) null vector

(D) zero

13. Which one of the following is the exact expression for ICEO (i.e. collector to emitter
current with base open)?
(A) ! !$ !"#
!
(B) !$ !"#
""!
$ !"#
(C)
!"!
(D) (! " ! ) "$!"#
14. On applying an electric field of intensity 10V/cm across a semiconductor at a certain
temperature the average drift velocity of free electrons is measured to be 70 m/s. Then
the electron mobility is
(A) 7x 104 cm2/Vs
(B) 700 cm2/Vs
(C) 7m2/Vs
(D) 700 cm/Vs

15. A dipole antenna of ! length has an equivalent total loss resistance of 1.5 Ω. The
!
efficiency of the antenna is
(A) 0.89159%
(B) 8.9159%
(C) 89.159%
(D) 891.59%

16. If the supply frequency of a purely inductive circuit is doubled, the circuit current will be
(A) halved.
(B) doubled
(C) same.
(D) one-fourth.
17. The steady state error for the feedback control system shown in the figure, when
subjected to a unit step input is

! ! !
"!
! + "!

(A) Zero
!
(B)
! + "" !

"" !
(C)
! + "" !

(D) Infinite.
18. The output F of the multiplexer circuit shown below expressed in terms of the input A, B
and C is

! !!
! !" ! !"
!
! !# #$%

! !$
!! !"
(A) !! " !#
(B) ! ! ! "" " # ! "

(C) !" + "# + #!

(D) !! " !#

19. Full scale deflection current of an ammeter is 5A. Ammeter resistance is 3Ω. In order to
measure a circuit current of 6A, the value of shunt must be
(A) 15 Ω.
(B) 150 Ω.
(C) 18 Ω.
(D) 9 Ω.

20. The information in an analog waveform with maximum frequency component 3 KHz is
to be transmitted over a 16 level PCM system. The transmitted band width is
(A) 8 KHz.
(B) 6 KHz.
(C) 12 KHz.
(D) 24 KHz.

21. If the X and Y logic inputs are available and their complements are not available, the
minimum number of 2-input NAND gate required to implement X ⊕ Y is
(A) 4.
(B) 5.
(C) 6.
(D) 7.
22. A clamper
(A) changes the signal shape but preserves the DC level.
(B) preserves the signal shape but changes the DC level.
(C) preserves the signal shape as well as DC level.
(D) changes the signal shape as well as DC level.

23. An SCR triggered by a current pulse applied to the gate cathode can be turned off
(A) by applying a pulse to the cathode.
(B) by applying a pulse to the anode.
(C) by applying another pulse of opposite polarity to the gate cathode.
(D) by reversing the polarity of the anode and cathode voltage.

24. VSB modulation is preferred in TV because

(A) A. it reduces the bandwidth requirement to half

(B) B. it avoids phase distortion at low frequencies
(C) C. it results in better reception
(D) D. it increases the bandwidth requirement to double

25. To increase Q factor of a coil, the wire should be

(A) long.
(B) thin.
(C) thick.
(D) long and thin.

26. A basic S-R flip-flop can be constructed by cross-coupling which basic logic gates?

(A) NOR or NAND gates

(B) XOR or XNOR gates
(C) AND or NOR gates
(D) AND or OR gates
27. A moving coil instrument has a resistance of 0.6 Ω and full scale deflection at 0.1 A. To
convert it into an ammeter of 0-15 A range, the resistance of shunt should be

(A) 0.6 Ω
(B) 0.06 Ω
(C) 0.1 Ω
(D) 0.004 Ω

28. An LVDT is used to measure displacement. The LVDT feeds a Voltmeter of 0-5 V range
through a 250 gain amplifier. For a displacement 0.5 mm the output of LVDT is 2 mV. The
sensitivity of instrument is

(A) 0.1 V/mm.

(B) B. 0.5 V/mm.
(C) 1 V/mm.
(D) 5 V/mm.

29. The coil of a moving coil meter has 100 turns, is 40 mm long and 30 mm wide. The
control torque is 240 x 10-6 N-m on full scale. If B = 1 Wb/m2, range of meter is

(A) 1 mA.
(B) 2 mA.
(C) 3 mA.
(D) 4 mA.

30. In a resistance strain gauge, G = 2, stress = 1050 kg/cm2, R = 1000 Ω. The value of ΔR
will be
(A) 2 Ω.
(B) 3 Ω.
(C) 4 Ω.
(D) 1 Ω.