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Section A
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(A) the smallest change in input which can be detected
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(B) a measure of linearity of the system
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(C) the smallest input which can be detected
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(D) a measure of precision of the system
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International temperature acale in the range 0 - 630c C is defined by meass of a
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(A) mercury pressure spring thermometer
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(B) platinum-platinum, 10% rhodium thermocouple
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(C) platinum resistance thermometer
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(D) total radiation pyrometer.
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A sound intensity level of 60 dB corresponds to
(A) 10 - 6 W/cm 2 (B) 10 - 10 W/cm 2
(C) 10 - 16 W/cm 2 (D) 10 - 10 W/cm 2
Q.1.8 In a differential micrometer, the main screw has pitch of 0.48 mm and the smaller
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screw has pitch of 0.40 mm. The thimble has 50 divisions marked on it. The
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(A) 0.0016 mm (B) 0.0176 mm
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(C) 0.08 mm (D) 0.88 mm
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Q.1.9 The refractive indices of glass and water are 1.50 and 1.33, respectively. If the
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(A) 0.89 (B) 1.13
(C) 1.99
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Light is incident on a glass plane of refractive index 1.732. It is plane polarized
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on reflection when the incidence angle is
(A) 30c (B) 45c
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(C) 60c (D) 75c
Q.1.15 The final value of a function y (t) whose Laplace transform Y (s) = 4 is
s 2 + 2s + 2
(A) 4 (B) 2
(C) 1 (D) 0
Q.1.16 A second order feedback system is found to be oscillating with a high frequency.
The oscillations
(A) can be reduced by increasing the proportional action
(B) can be reduced by increasing the integral action
(C) can be reduced by increasing the derivative action
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Q.1.17 The discrete LTI system with the following impulse response is non-causal.
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(A) an u (n - 2) (B) an - 2 u (n)
(C) an + 2 u (n)
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(C) 3 A (D) 7 A
Q.1.19 Two identical 2-port networks with y -parameters y11 =- y12 =- y21 = y22 I.S. are
connected in cascade. The overall y - ammeters will satisfy the condition.
(A) y11 = 1S (B) y12 =- 1 S
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(C) y21 =- 2S (D) y22 = 1S
Q.1.20 A sample-and hold circuit has two buffers, one at the input and the other. The
primary requirements for the buffers are
(A) the input buffer should have high slew rate and the output buffer should
have low bias current
(B) the input buffer should have low bias current and the output buffer should
have high slew rate
(C) both the buffers should have low bias currents
(D) both the buffers should have high slew rate
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Q.1.21 A twisted pair of wires is used for connecting the signal source with the
instrumentation amplifier, as it helps reducing
(A) the effect of external interference
(B) the crror due to bias currents in the amplifier
(C) the loading of the source by the amplifier
(D) the common mode voltage
Q.1.22 In a microprocessor with 16 address and 12 data lines, the maximum number of
opcodes is
(A) 26 (B) 28
(C) 212 (D) 216
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(A) flag register
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(B) instruction register
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(C) data counter
(D) program counter
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(A) SUB
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(C) CMA
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(A) immediately after HOLD goes low
(B) immediately after HOLD goes high
(C) after half-clock cycle after HLDA goes low
(D) after half-clock cycle after HLDA goes high
Q.2.3 A seismic vibration sensor, having natural frequency wn and damping ratio z ,
used for measuring amplitude of vibration with frequency w, should have
(A) wn << w and z
(B) wn = w and z slightly less than 1
(C) wn >> w and z slightly less than 1
(D) wn << w and z slightly less than 1
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Q.2.4 In a spirit level, 2.5 mm of movement of the bubble corresponds to a tilt angle of
25 seconds. the radius of curvature of the tube of the spirit level is
(A) 52.1 m
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(C) 26.3 m (D) 15.6 m
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Q.2.5 An optical flat is tested against a standard reference flat in a Newton’s interferences.
If the optical flat is as good as the reference, the fringes observed are a a set of
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(A) concentric rings (B) elliptical rings
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(C) hyperbolic fringes (D) straight and parallel fringes
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Identify the correct matches:
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(a) spirometer
(b) sphygmomanometer
(p) electricity activity of the heart
(q) respiratory volume measurement
(c) plathysmograph (r) measurement of change in volume of a body part
(d) electrocardiograph (s) blood pressure measurement
(A) a-p, b-s, c-r, d-q (B) a-q, b-r, c-s, d-p
(C) a-s, b-p, c-q, d-r (D) a-q, b-s, c-r, d-p
Q.2.7 The typical maximum output powers associated with the lasers are given below.
Identify the correct matches
a He-Ne laser p 10 mW
b Argon ion laser q 100 mW
c Carbon dioxide laser r 10 W
d Diode laser s 500 W
(A) a-p, b-q, c-r, d-s (B) a-q, b-p, c-s, d-r
(C) a-r, b-s, c-p, d-q (D) a-q, b-r, c-s, d-p
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sin 2`x - p j
Q.2.8 lim 4 equals
x" p x- p
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(A) 0 (b) 1/2
(C) 1 (D) 2
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signal 0.5 sin wc t, the output will have a phase shift of
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(A) - p/2 (B) - p/4
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(C) p/4 (D) p/2
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the modulating inputs are xc (t) = cos wc t and xm (t) = 0.5 sin wm t, respectively.
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(A) sin (wc + wm) t - sin (wc - wm) t (B) sin (wc + wm) t + cos (wc - wm) t
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(C) (1 + 0.5 sin wm t) cos wc t (D) (1 - 0.5 sin wm t) cos wc t
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In a frequency modulated system, the carrier and the output signals are
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xc (t) - cos wc t and y (t) = cos (wc t + sin 2t - cos t) , respectively. The modulating
input xm (t) is proportional to
(A) 2 cos 2t + sin t (B) sin 2t - cos t
(C) cos 2t + sin t (D) 2 cos 2t - sin t
Q.2.13 An analog LTI system has a negative phse shift which varies linearly with
frequency. Its magnitude response is frequency independent. The system transfer
function is
(A) 1 - st (B) e - st
1 + st
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(C) 1 - s2 t2 (D) 1 - st e - st
1+s t 1 + st
Q.2.14 A process in a feedback loop with a proportional controller with ultimate gain
Ku = 10 is oscillating at a frequency of Pu = 8 Hz. The Ziegler-Nichols setting for
the proportional controller is
(A) 8 (B) 5
(C) 1.25 (D) 10
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Q.2.15 The impulse response of a discrete LTI system is u (n). The system
(A) is unstable in the sense of bounded input bounded output
(B) produces bounded ouputs for all bounded inputs
(C) produces bounded outputs for all bounded inputs
(D) stability properties cannot be commented upon
Q.2.16 A discrete time transfer function has a pole-zero plot shown in Fig. 2.16 It is a
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(B) high pass filter
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(C) band pass filter (D) notch filter
Q.2.17
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The impulse response of a discrete LTI system is an u (n). Its response is given by
(A)
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1-a
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(A) 0 (B) 2 mV
(C) 11 mV (D) 22 mV
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(A) 50 Hz (B) 5 kHz
(C) 10 Hz
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(D) 50 Hz
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(A) c = 0, d = 1 or c = 1, d = 0 (B) c = 1, d = 1 or c = 0, d = 0
(C) c = 1, d = 0 (D) c = 0, d = 1
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In the logic circuit shown in Fig. 2.23, the output x is
(A) AB + BC + CA (B) A + B + C
(C) AB + BC + CA (D) AB + BC + CA
Q.1.25 In Figure, identify the circuit which is appropriate for as a power-on reset for a
microprocessor.
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Section B
This section consists of Twenty questions of Five marks each. Any Fifteen out of
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these questions have to be answered on the Answer Book provided.
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Q. 3 A random variable x has a probability density function p (x) = ae - lx - 10t
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(A) Sketch p (x)
(B) Find the value of a
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(C) Find the probability of 9 being in the range [5, 15]
Q. 4 Viscosity, m, is given by
pr 4 (p1 - p2)
m=
8QL
where
r (radius of capillary tube) = 0.5 ! 0.01 mm
p1 (pressure at the inlet) = 200 ! 3 kPa
p2 (pressure at the exit) = 150 ! 2 kPa
L (length of the capillary tube) = 3m
Q (volume flow rate) = 4 # 10 - 7 m 3 /s
(A) Calculate the viscosity and specify the unit
(B) Calculate absolute error
(C) Calculate root sum square error
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Q. 7 A thermopile having a resistance of 100 W and consisting of 20 copper-constantan
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thermocouples is used to measure temperature difference between two points.
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The temperature of the first point measured separately is 25cC. EMF generated
measured by a voltage measuring device having an internal resistance of 1000 W
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EMF - temperature relationship for copper-constantan thermocouple with
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reference junction at 0c is as follows.
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Temperature ^cCh EMF ^mV h
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10 0.389
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27 1.071
29 1.153
31 1.235
33 1.318
35 1.401
37 1.485
39 1.568
41 1.652
43 1.737
45 1.821
Determine the temperature difference between the two points after applying
correction for loading effect in the measurement of the EMF.
Q. 8 A certain pressure transducer measures the stagnation pressure (the total
pressure). The density of the fluid is 1.03 g/cm 3 and the velocity of flow is 100
cm/s.
(A) Calculate the dynamic pressure (pressure due to the velocity of flow) in N/m2
(B) If the total pressure measured by the transducer is 10000 N/m 2 , find the
static pressure in mm of Hg.
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Q. 9 Light of wavelength 546 nm is used to view an object under the microscope. The
aperture of the objective is 0.9 cm.
(A) Calculate the limiting angle of resolution
(B) Using visible linght, what is the maximum limit of resolution for ths microscope.
Q. 10 For a narrow beam of X-ray radiation of wavelength 62 pm, the mass absorption
co-efficients for adminum and lead are 3.48 cm 2 /g and 72 cm 2 /g respectively. The
densities of aluminium and lead are 2.7 g/cm 3 and 11.3 g/cm 3 , respectively.
(A) By how much is the beam attenuated in an aluminium screen 2.6 cm thick?
(B) How thick must a lead screen be to attencuate the beam just as much ?
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(A) If the angle of the groove is A, derive an expression for the width w of the
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V-groove.
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(B) Given: d = 30 mm, H = 50 mm, h = 45 mm and a = 60c, calculate w .
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s (s - 1)
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the closed contour C shown in Fig. 12. Note the indention of this this contour at the
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(B) What is the encirclement criterion for stability of this system with the type
of contour chosen?
(C) Using this criterion, determine the range of the gain K of the proportional
controller over which the closed loop system will be stable.
Q. 13 The relation between the input x (n) and the output y (n) of a system is given by
y (n) - 1 y (n - 1) = x (n)
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y (n) = 0
(A) Evaluate the outputs for the inputs
(i) x (n) = 0 for all n
1, n $ - 2
x (n) = =
0, n < - 2G
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(A) Draw the actual amplifier circuit using a pnp transistor.
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(B) Find input resistance Ri and gain V0 /Vb
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Q. 16 In the circuit shown in Fig. 16, transistors Q1 and Q2 have b = 100 . Zener diode
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has Vz = 4 V. Given IL = 2 mA, Iz = 5 mA, VEBI = VEB2 = 0.7 V, find
(A) R1
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(C) the range of RL
Q. 18 In the circuit shown in Fig. 18, V1 and V2 are the input signals.
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(C) Find CMRR (Common mode rejection ratio) at the output V0
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Q. 19 In the circuits shown in Fig. 19, R1 = R2 = 220 kW, R3 = 100 kW, C = 0.1 mF .
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(A) the output voltage, if vi = 1 V dc,
(B) the transfer function V0 (s)/ Vi (s),
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(C) the impulse response.
Q. 20 Determine the value of r such that the circuit shown in Fig. 20 acts as a 4-bits
digital-to-analog converter.
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Q. 21 In the circuit shown in Fig. 21, C is a capacitor formed by two parallel plates
each of area A, with air as the dielectric separating the two plates by a distance
x . One of the plates is fixed while the outer is free to move. Derive an expression
for output v0 in terms of the velocity, dx/dt , of the moving plate.
Q. 22 A block diagram for measuring the power frequency # based on the period
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measurement is shown in Fig. 22(a). The detailed circuit diagram for the block Y
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is shown in Fig. 22(b) where T-FF, SR-FF and monostables M1 and M2 operate
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on the negative going edges and Vstart is a narrow pulse. The clock frequency fc is
adjusted such that the display is 50.00 for f = 50.00 Hz
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(A) Draw the waveforms appearing at A,B,C,D,E and F.
(B) Determine fc
(C) What would be the reading displayed when f = 49.00 Hz?
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ANSWER KEY
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1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10
(A) (D) (A) (D) (A) (C) (B) (B) (A) (C)
1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20
(D) (A) (A) (D) (D) (B) (A) (B) (A) (C)
1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25
(C) (C) (C) (A) (B)
2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10
(B) (D) (D) (B) (A) (D) (D) (D) (C) (B)
2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20
(B) (A) (D) (B) (D) (B) (B) (D) (C) (C)
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