TECHNICAL PAPER II 1. Resistance of a wire is r ohms.

The wire is stretched to double its length, then its resistance in ohms is (A) r / 2 (B) 4 r (C) 2 r (D) r / 4. 2. The charge on an electron is known to be 1.6 x 10-19 coulomb. In a circuit the current flowing is 1 A. How many electrons will be flowing through the circuit in a second? (A) 1.6 x 1019 (B) 1.6 x 10-19 (C) 0.625 x 1019 (D) 0.625 x 1012. 3. Two bulbs marked 200 watt-250 volts and 100 watt-250 volts are joined in series to 250 volts supply. Power consumed in circuit is (A) 33 watt (B) 67 watt (C) 100 watt (D) 300 watt. 4. Three resistance of 6 ohm each are connected as shown in Figure given below. The equivalent resistance between X1 and X2 is

(A) 2 A (B) 0.5 A (C) 0.4 A (D) 0.2 A. 6. Refer to figure given below. Calculate the value of VDS.

(A) 2 ohm (B) 4 ohm (C) 8 ohm (D) 12 ohm. 5. For the circuit shown in figure given below, the reading in the ammeter A w ill be

(A).0 V (B). 2 V (C). 4 V (D).2 V 7. A self-biased n-channel JFET has a VD = 6 V. VGS = 3 V. Find the value of VDS. (A).3 V (B). 6 V (C). 3 V (D).6 V 8. On the drain characteristic curve of a JFET for VGS = 0, the pinch-off voltage is (A).below the ohmic area. between the ohmic area and the constant (B). current area. between the constant current area and the (C). breakdown region. (D).above the breakdown region. 9. Refer to the given figure. This circuit operates at

a ________ frequency, and its efficiency is ________.

(A).Monostable multivibrator (B). Astable multivibrator (C). Bistable multivibrator (D).Free-running multivibrator 14. This figure is a block diagram of a(n) ________.

(A).low, low (B). low, high (C). high, high (D).high, low 10. Zener diodes with breakdown voltages less than 5 V operate predominantly in what type of breakdown? (A). Avalanche (B). Zener (C). Varactor (D). Schottky 11. A 339 IC is an example of a fourteen-pin DIP that can be made to function as a ________. (A).comparator (B). 555 timer (C). D to A converter (D).ladder network 12. What is the maximum conversion time of a clock rate of 1 MHz operating a 10-stage counter in an ADC? (A).1.024 s (B). 102.3 ms (C). 10.24 ms (D).1.024 ms 13. Which application best describes this 555 timer circuit?

(A).ADC (B). DAC (C). Comparator (D).555 timer 15. A 311 IC is an example of an eight-pin DIP that can be made to function as a ________. (A).comparator (B). 555 timer (C). D to A converter (D).ladder network 16. A ACSR conductor has central core of steel surrounded by a bunch of aluminium wires. In such conductors (A) Current flows through aluminium conductors only (B) Current flows through steel wire only (C) Current flows through both steel as well as aluminium conductors (D) Majority of current flows through aluminium and negligible amount flows through steel. 17. If yb is the back pitch and u is the no. of coil sides per slot, then split coils can be avoided if the following quantity is an integer (A) (yb + 1)/ (B) (yb + 1 ) (C) (yb - 1)/ (D) (yb - 1) 18. When I is the current in amperes, the temperature rise at which fuse wire will melt is proportional to (A) I (B) I 2 (C) 1/ I (D) 1/ I2

19. In lap windings, the equalizer rings arc used to save (A) armature winding from carrying circulating currents (B) commutator from carrying circulating currents (C) brushes from carrying circulating currents (D) armature core from eddy currents. 20. For a 3 fractional slot winding with P poles the number of parallel paths is (A) P (B) 2P (C) P/2 (D) none of these. 21. The average value of specific electric loading of induction motors is in the range (A) 5 to 50 ampere conductors/meter (B) 50 to 450 ampere conductors/meter (C) 500 to 4500 ampere conductors/meter (D) 5000 to 45000 ampere conductors/meter. 22. Losses due to harmonic currents produced in the cage rotor winding can be reduced by (A) using skewed rotor (B) using chorded stator winding (C) proper slot combination of rotor and stator (D) any of the above. 23. Which test is conducted on transformers to check its ability to withstand the transient voltages due to lightening etc. ? (A) Induced over voltage test (B) Partial discharge test (C) Impulse test (D) Any of the above. 24. A machine is specified as 50 kW maximum continuous rating. The machine (A) cannot be overloaded (B) can be overloaded 10% only (C) can be overloaded 20% for half an hour only (D) can be overloaded 20% for two hours only 25. The rate of temperature rise as measured from a temperature time curve of a transformer is 0.0803 C per minute and 00605 C per minute, when the temperature rise is 20.5 C and 28.5 C respectively. The temperature rise at any time t is given by

(A) = f ( 1- e -t/T ) (B) = f ( 1+ e -t/T ) (C) = f ( 1+ e t/T ) (D) = f ( 1+ e -t/T ) 26. For the device shown here, let all D inputs be LOW, both S inputs be HIGH, and the input be LOW. What is the status of the Y output?

(A).LOW (B). HIGH (C). Don't Care (D).Cannot be determined 27. A 74HC147 priority encoder has ten active-LOW inputs and four active-LOW outputs. What would be the state of the four outputs if inputs 4 and 5 are LOW and all other inputs are HIGH? (A). (B). (C). (D). 28. The simplest equation which implements the K-map shown below is:

(A). (B). (C). (D). 29. Which of the following statements accurately represents the two BEST methods

of logic circuit simplification? Karnaugh mapping and circuit waveform (A). analysis. (B). Boolean algebra and Karnaugh mapping Actual circuit trial and error evaluation (C). and waveform analysis Boolean algebra and actual circuit trial and (D). error evaluation 30. As a technician you are confronted with a TTL circuit board containing dozens of IC chips. You have taken several readings at numerous IC chips, but the readings are inconclusive because of their erratic nature. Of the possible faults listed, select the one that most probably is causing the problem. A defective IC chip that is drawing (A). excessive current from the power supply A solar bridge between the inputs on the (B). first IC chip on the board An open input on the first IC chip on the (C). board A defective output IC chip that has an (D). internal open to Vcc 31. When referring to instruction words, a mnemonic is: a short abbreviation for the operand (A). address a short abbreviation for the operation to be (B). performed a short abbreviation for the data word (C). stored at the operand address (D).shorthand for machine language 32. The register in the 8085A that is used to keep track of the memory address of the next op-code to be run in the program is the: (A).stack pointer (B). program counter (C). instruction pointer (D).accumulator 33. Which of the following are the three basic sections of a microprocessor unit? operand, register, and arithmetic/logic unit (A). (ALU) control and timing, register, and (B). arithmetic/logic unit (ALU) (C). control and timing, register, and memory

arithmetic/logic unit (ALU), memory, and input/output 34. I/O mapped systems identify their input/output devices by giving them a(n) ________. (A).8-bit port number (B). 16-bit port number (C). 8-bit buffer number (D).8-bit instruction 35. Because microprocessor CPUs do not understand mnemonics as they are, they have to be converted to ________. (A).hexadecimal machine code (B). binary machine code (C). assembly language (D).all of the above 36. If a DAC has a full-scale, or maximum, output of 12 V and accuracy of 0.1%, then the maximum error for any output voltage is ________. (A).12 V (B). 120 mV (C). 12 mV (D).0 V 37. A binary-weighted-input digital-to-analog converter has an input resistor of 100 k . If the resistor is connected to a 5 V source, current through the resistor is ________. (A).50 mA (B). 50 A (C). 5 mA (D).500 A 38. In a digital reproduction of an analog curve, accuracy can be increased by ________. (A).sampling the curve more often (B). sampling the curve less often decreasing the number of bits used to (C). represent each sampled value (D).all of the above 39. Which term applies to the maintaining of a given signal level until the next sampling? (A).Holding (B). Aliasing (C). Shannon frequency sampling (D)."Stair-stepping" 40. What do we call the manipulation of an (D).

analog signal in a digital domain? (A).Analog-to-digital conversion (B). Digital-to-analog conversion (C). Digital signal processing (D).Signal filtering 41. With same maximum voltage to earth, which ac system (with p.f. 0.8) will require more copper as compared to dc 2 wire system (A) single phase. 2 wire (mid point earthed) (B) single phase. 3 wire (neutral=1/2 outer) (C) three phase three wire (D) three phase-four wire (neutral = outer). 42. When alternating current passes through a conductor (A) it remains uniformly distributed throughout the section of conductor (B) portion of conductor near the surface carries more current as compared to the core (C) portion of conductor near the surface carries less current as compared to the core (D) entire current passes through the core of the conductor. 43. Skin effect results in (A) reduced effective resistance but increased effective internal reactance of the conductor (B) increased effective resistance but reduced effective internal reactance of. the conductor (C) reduced effective resistance as well as effective internal reactance (D) increased effective resistance as well as effective internal reactance. 44. In overhead transmission lines the effect of capacitance can be neglected when the length of line is less than (A) 200 km (B) 160 km (C) 100 km (D) 80 km. 45. The sag of the conductors of a transmission line is 1.5 m when the span is 100 m. Now if the height of supporting towers is increased by 20%, the sag will (A) increase by 20% (B) increase by 10% (C) reduced by 20% (D) remain unchanged.

46. A diode placed in parallel across a relay coil serves what function? (A).to regulate input voltage (B). to protect the coil from arcing to ensure most of the current passes (C). through the coil (D).to reduce arcing across the relay contacts 47. What is the period of a clock waveform that has a frequency of 15.4 kHz? (A).649 s (B). 6.49 s (C). 64.9 s (D).0.649 s 48. Why is the below given circuit called an inverter?

The output is the opposite (inverse) of the input. (B). The output is in phase with the input. (C). The output is the same as the input. (D).There is no output. 49. For safety, the fuse wire used in the mains for household supply of electricity must be made of metal having (A).low melting point (B). high resistance (C). high melting point (D).low specific heat 50. Why, in most applications, are transistor switches used in place of relays? (A).They consume less power. (B). They are faster. (C). They are quieter and smaller. (D).all of the above (A).