Question 1

A good current buffer has

 Alow input impedance and low output impedance

 Blow input impedance and high output impedance
 Chigh input impedance and low output impedance
 Dhigh input impedance and high output impedance

Question 2

The desirable characteristics of a transconductance amplifier are

 Ahigh input resistance and high output resistance

 Bhigh input resistance and low output resistance
 Clow input resistance and high output resistance
 Dlow input resistance and low output resistance

Question 3

If the emitter resistance in a common-emitter voltage amplifier is not bypassed, it will

 Areduce both the voltage gain and the input impedance

 Breduce the voltage gain and increase the input impedance
 Cincrease the voltage gain and reduce the input impedance
 Dincrease both the voltage gain and the input impedance

Question 4

In the differential amplifier shown in the figure, the magnitudes of the common-mode and
differential mode gains are and , respectively. If the resistance is increased, then

 A increase
 Bcommon-mode rejection ratio increases
 C increase
 Dcommon-mode rejection ratio decreases
Question 5

For the common collector amplifier shown in the figure, the BJT has high β, negligible

and The maximum undistorted peak-to-peak output voltage V0 (in

Volts) is _________.

 A7.4
 B8.0
 C9.4
 D6.3

Question 6

A cascade connection of two voltage amplifiers and is shown in the figure. The open-
loop gain input resistance and output resistance for and are as follows :

The approximate overall voltage gain is _________ .

 A34.72
 B35.72
 C36.72
 D36.72

Question 7
Given that the op-amps in the figure are ideal, the output voltage V0 is

 A(V1 – V2)
 B2(V1 – V2)
 C(V1 – V2) /2
 D(V1 + V2)

Question 8

In the figure shown, assume the op-amp to be ideal. Which of the alternatives gives the

correctBode plots for the transfer function

 A

 B
  C

 D

Question 9

The trans conductance gm of the transistor shown in figure is 10 mS. The value of the input
resistance RIN is

 A10.0 kΩ
 B8.3 kΩ
 C5.0 kΩ
 D2.5 kΩ

Question 10

In an open circuited p-n junction diode space charge density at the junction is

 AMaximum
 BZero
 CPositive
 DNegative

Question 11
What are the states of the three ideal diodes in the circuit as shown below?

 AD1 - On; D2 - Off; D3 - Off

 BD1 - Off; D2 - On; D3 - Off
 CD1 - On; D2 - Off; D3 - On
 DD1 - Off; D2 - On; D3 - On

Question 12

In the circuit given below, D1 and D2 are ideal. Which one of the following represents the
transfer characteristics of the circuit?

 A

 B
  C

 D

Question 13

In the voltage regulator circuit shown in the figure, the op-amp is ideal. The BJT has
and and the zener voltage is 4.7 V. For a regulated output of 9 V,
the value of R (in Ω) is _________.

 A940
 B950
 C960
 D970

Question 14

A diode whose terminal characteristics are related as , where IS reverse

saturation current and VT is the thermal voltage (=25mV), is biased at ID = 2 mA = Its
dynamic resistance is:

 A25 ohms
 B12.5 ohms
 C50 ohms
 D100 ohms
Question 15

Calculate the power efficiency in Class B amplifier circuit

 A70%
 B77%
 C80%
 D85

Question 16

The block diagrams of two types of half wave rectifiers are shown in the figure. The transfer
characteristics of the rectifiers are also shown within the block.

It is desired to make full wave rectifier using above two half-wave rectifiers. The resultant
circuit will be

 A

 B
  C

 D

Question 17

The minimal product of sums function described by the following K-map is

 A
 B
 C
 DAC

Question 18

The unit impulse response of a second order under-damped system starting from rest is given
by
c (t) =12.5e–6t sin 8t, t ≥ 0
The steady-state value of the unit step response of the system is equal to

 A0
 B0.25
 C0.5
 D1.0

Question 19

For a tachometer if θ(t) is rotor displacement is radians, e(t) is the output voltage and Kt is the

tachometer constant in V/rad/sec, then the transfer function, will be

  A

 B

 C

 D

Question 20

The system shows in figure below

can be reduced to the form

with

 A

 B

 C ,

 D

Question 21
Which is correct about control system block diagram?

 AY(s) = GP(s) x [W(s) - VT(s)]

 BY(s) = GP(s) x [GC(s)E(s) - VT(s)]
 CY(s) = GP(s) x [GC(s)(U(s) - GS(s)Y(s)) - VT(s)]
 DAll of these

Question 22

The block diagram of a closed loop control system is given by figure. The values of K and P
such that the system has a damping ratio of 0.7 and an undamped natural frequency ωn of 5
rad/sec, are respectively equal to

 A20 and 0.3

 B20 and 0.2
 C25 and 0.3
 D25 and 0.2

Question 23

Match List-I (Compensation) with List-II (Characteristic) and select the correct answer using
the code given below the Lists:
List-I
A) Lag
B) Lead
C) Lag- Lead
D) Rate
List-II
1) Increases bandwidth
2) Attenuation
3) Increases damping factor
4) Second order

 AA-3; B-1; C-4; D-2

 BA-2; B-4; C-1; D-3
 CA-3; B-4; C-1; D-2
 DA-2; B-1; C-4; D-3
Question 24

Which one of the following is a disadvantage of proportional controller?

 AIt destabilizes the system

 BIt produces offset.
 CIt makes response faster.
 DIt has very simple implementation.

Question 25

A composite R-C network yielded the following transfer function when calculated from its
components:

This network can be used as which one of the following?

 APhase lead compensator

 BPhase lag compensator
 CLag lead compensator
 DNone of the above.

Question 26

The total number of oscillations of a system before it reaches to the steady state is

 A

 B

 C

 D

Question 27

The characteristic equation for a feedback control system is

The condition for stability is

 A
 B
  C
 D

Question 28

The open loop transfer function of a unity feedback control system is given by

If the system becomes critically damped, then the system gain ‘K’ tends
to become _____.

 A0.18
 B0.22
 C0.25
 D0.26

Question 29

A unit step response of a second order linear system with zero initial state is given by
c(t) = 1+1.25 exp(-6t) sin(8t-tan-1 1.33); t>=0.
The damping ratio and undamped natural frequency of oscillation are respectively.

 A0.6 and 8 rad/sec

 B0.8 and 10 rad/sec
 C0.6 and 10 rad/sec
 D0.8 and 8 rad/sec

Question 30

Consider the circuit given below.

The full scale reading of Digital to Analog converter is 10.5 V. Each bit of Gray code
converter output is given to digital to analog converter through an invertor. If input to the
circuit is 110011, then corresponding output voltage is ________ Volts.

 A10 V
 B1 V
 C3.45V
 D10.25V

Question 31

A binary weighted resistor digital to analog converter has 6 bits as input and a reference
voltage of 10 volts. If resistance of MSB is 2 kΩ. Then smallest quantized value of output
current is _____ μA.
  A156.25
 B165.25
 C154.25
 D155.25

Question 32

as a current output. For a digital input of 10100, an output current of 10 mA is produced.

What will be the output current for a digital input of 11101?

 A14.5 mA
 B10 mA
 C100 mA
 DNot possible

Question 33

Which of the following statements is/are correct about Analog to Digital converters (ADCs).
(i) Flash type ADCs are fastest
(ii) In successive approximation type ADCs conversion time depends on magnitude of analog
voltage.
(iii) Counter type ADCs has fixed conversion time
(iv) Dual-slope type ADCs are slowest

 AAll of these
 B(ii) and (iii)
 C(i) and (iv)
 D(i) only

Question 34

For a 4-bit digital to analog convertor, analog voltage varies from 0 to 1.5 volts. The
resolution of DAC is

 A10%
 B6.25%
 C6.67%
 D9.375%

Question 35

The analog output voltage of a 6 bit DAC with reference voltage as 15 V for the digital input
011101 is ________ Volts.

 A6.59
 B6.69
 C6.79
 D6.89

Question 36
Minimum number of "4 line to 16 line decoders" required to realize "8 line to 256 line
decoder" are

 A8
 B9
 C17
 D16

Question 37

The minimum number of multiplexers required to implement a half adder circuit are
[when only basic inputs are available, compliments are not available].

 A4
 B2
 C3
 D5

Question 38

Which one of the following statements is correct? Removing the small resistance (

) in the collector lead of the pull-up transistor of a totempole output gate, will
result in

 Areduced switching time from Vout(1) to Vout(0)

 Bincorrect operation of the gate
 Clower power dissipation
 Dmore noise generation in the power supply distribution at high frequency

Question 39

What is the output of the gate circuit shown in the below figure?
  A(A + B) (C + D)
 BAB + CD

 C

 D

Question 40

In standard TTL, the ‘totem pole’ referes to

 AMulti-emitter input stage

 BThe phase slitter
 COpen collector output stage
 DThe output buffer

Question 41

The AND function can be realized by using only n number of NOR gates. What is n equal to?

 A2
 B3
 C4
 D5

Question 42

In order to retrieve the relearn address from the stack memory, what instruction is used by
every interrupt?

 APUSHCS, PUSHIP
 BPUSHCS, PUSHFD
 CPUSHCS, PUSHBK
 DPUSHCS, PUSHID

Question 43

The first machine cycle of an instruction is always

 AA memory read cycle

 BA fetch cycle
 CAn I/O read cycle
 DA memory write cycle

Question 44
A digital circuit, which compares two numbers, A3, A2, A1, A0, B3B2B1B0 is shown in figure.
To get output Y = 0, choose one pair of correct input numbers

 A1010, 1010
 B0101, 0101
 C0010, 0010
 D0010, 1011

Question 45

The digital circuit shown in the following figure works as a

 AJK flip-flop
 BClocked RS flip-flop
 CT flip-flop
 DRing counter

Question 46

In a cross-sectional view of two-pole, salient-rotor, three-phase synchronous machine as

shown, the Park’s transformation is applied to:
  AVoltage
 BCurrent
 CFlux linkage
 DAll of above

Question 47

Assertion (A): AC armature windings are short chorded by selecting value of coil span more
than the pole pitch.
Reason (R): Short chording is done to eliminate harmonics in the induced e.m.f.

 ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

 BBoth A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
 CA is true but R is false
 DA is false but R is true

Question 48

What does the SCR (short circuit ratio) of a synchronous machine yield?

 A

 B

 C

 D

Question 49

At starting, the windings of a 230 V. 50 Hz, split-phase induction motor have the following
parameters:

The current in the main winding is

 A11. 5 A
 B22 A
 C9 A
 D27 A

Question 50
Why is a centrifugal switch used in a single-phase induction motor?

 ATo protect the motor from overloading

 Bto improve the starting performance of the motor
 CTo cut off the starting winding at an appropriate instant
 DTo cut in the capacitor during running conditions

Question 51

A rotating electrical machine having its self-inductances of both the stator and the rotor
windings, independent of the rotor position will be definitely not develop

 Astarting torque
 Bsynchronizing torque
 Chysteresis torque
 Dreluctance torque

Question 52

In hand-tool applications, which one of the following single-phase motors is used?

 AShaded pole motor

 BCapacitor start motor
 CCapacitor run motor
 DAC series motor

Question 53

The value of current Is in capacitor-start motor shown in Fig. is ………………… the current
Im.

 Aequal to
 Bless than that of
 Cmore than that of
 Dnone of the above

Question 54

The function of compensating winding in a. c. series motor (universal motor) is to

 Aprovide starting torque

  Bimprove motor efficiency
 Cconvert it into 2-phase motor
 Dreduce armature reactance

Question 55

What is the load at which maximum efficiency occurs in case of a 100 kVA transformer with
iron loss of 1 kW and full-load copper loss of 2 kW?

 A100 kVA
 B70.7 kVA
 C50.5 kVA
 D25.2 kVA

Question 56

Cores of large power transformers are made from which one of the following?

 AHot-rolled steel
 BCold-rolled non-grain oriented steel
 CCold-rolled grain oriented steel
 DFerrite

Question 57

For the parallel operation of transformers, which of the following conditions must be
satisfied?

 ASame voltage ratios

 BMust be connected in proper polarities

 C ratio should be same

 DSame kVA rating

Question 58

A transformer has full-load copper loss of The copper loss at half full-load will
be………………..

 A
 B
 C
 Dnone of the above

Question 59

A transformer does not posses………………. Changing property.

  Aimpedance
 Bvoltage
 Ccurrent
 Dpower

Question 60

A transformer is an efficient device because it………………………

 Ais a static device

 Buses inductive coupling
 Cuses capacitive coupling
 Duses electric coupling

Question 61

In Fig., the component of velocity that does not induce any e.m.f. in the conductor is………

 A
 B
 C
 Dnone of the above

Question 62

If the Number of turns or a coil is increased its inductance………..

 A remains the same

 Bis increased
 Cis decreased
 Dnone Of the above

Question 63

A current of 2 A through a coil sets up flux linkages of 4 Wb-turn. The inductance of the coil
is…………
  A8H
 B0.5 H
 C2 H
 D1 H

Question 64

If in Fig. Wb, and , then mutual inductance between the coils

is……….

 A 200 H
 B 20 H
 C4 H
 D2 H

Question 65

In Fig., the inductance of coil 1 is……….

 A2H
 B5H
 C50 H
 Dnone of the above

Question 66

The infinite series

corresponds to

 Asinx
 Bcosx
 Ctanx
  D

Question 67

When the Newton-Raphson method is applied to solve the equation = x3 +2x - 1 = 0, the
solution at the end of the first iteration with the initial guess value as x0 = 1.2 is

 A-0.82
 B0.49
 C0.705
 D1.69

Question 68

The successive approximation A/D output for a 4-bit converter to a 8.217 volt input (if the
reference is 5 V) will be

 A1101
 B0110
 C1010
 D1001

Question 69

Triangular PWM control, when applied to a three phase, BJT based voltage source inverter,
introduces

 Alow order harmonic voltages on the dc side

 Bvery high order harmonic voltages on the dc side
 Clow order harmonic voltages on the ac side
 Dvery high order harmonic voltage on the dc side

Question 70

For the circuit shown in figure, the voltage and current expressions are v(t) = E1sin (ωt) + E3
sin (3ωt) and i(t) = I1 sin (ωt - Φ1) + I3 sin (3ωt - Φ3) + I5 sin (5ωt). The average power
measured by the Wattmeter is

 A
  B

 C

 D

Question 71

Consider the following functions:

1)

2)

3)

4)
Which of the above functions are LC driving point impedance?

 A1, 2, 3 and 4
 B2 and 3 only
 C1 and 2 only
 D3 and 4 only

Question 72

A network has a zero at and poles at the multiplier being unity. If

the input is unit-step function, then what is the steady state response?

 A

 B

 C

 D

Question 73

A dc chopper is used for regenerative braking of a separately excited dc motor. The dc supply
voltage is 400 V. The motor has The average armature current
during regenerative braking is kept constant at 300 A with negligible ripple. If the duty cycle
of chopper is 60% then the minimum and maximum permissible braking speeds are
respectively

 A477 rpm and 3660 rpm

 B314 rpm and 4126 rpm
 C512 rpm and 3660 rpm
 D477 rpm and 4126 rpm

Question 74

In sinusoidal PWM, there are ‘m’ cycles of the triangular carrier wave in the half cycle of
reference sinusoidal signal. If zero of the reference sinusoid coincides with zero of the
triangular carrier wave, then number of pulses generated in each half cycle are

 A
 B
 C
 D

Question 75

In the circuit shown below,

If duty cycle frequency of switch is 25 kHz and average load current is 1.25 A then
the peak current of the transistor is

 A0.96 A
 B1.84 A
 C1.21 A
 D2.06 A

Question 76

Calculate the rms value of fundamental component in a single phase half bridge having
resistive load of 10Ω and dc input voltage of 50V.

 A11V
 B9 V
 C15 V
 D28 V
Question 77

The currents in a 3-phase unbalanced system are:

The phase sequence is RYB. The positive phase sequence component of current in R-phase is

 A
 B
 C
 D

Question 78

Which one of the following is not true regarding HVDC transmission?

 ACorona loss is much more in HVDC transmission.

 BThe power transmission capability of bipolar line is almost the same as that of single
circuit ac line.
 CHVDC link can operate between two ac system whose frequencies need not be
equal.
 DThere is no distance limitation for HVDC transmission by underground cable.

Question 79

The corona loss on a particular system at 50 Hz is 2 KW/km/ph. The corona loss at 60 Hz

would be ________ KW/km/ph.

 A2.26
 B3.12
 C4.11
 D5.24

Question 80

The Laplace transform of the signal

is

 A

 B
 C

 D