Q.1 - Q.20 Carry One Mark Each. 1. The rank of the matrix
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3
3. � � P ds , where P is a vector, is equal to
� � (A) P dl �
� � (B) P dl � � �
� � (C) P dl � �
��� (D) Pd �
4. A probability density function is of the form
The value of K is
(A) 0.5
(B) 1
(C) 0.5 a
(D) a
5. A solution for the differential equation
6. A low-pass filter having a frequency response H j A e = does not f j
produce any phase distortion if
7. The values of voltage across a tunnel-diode corresponding to peak and valley V currents are and respectively. The range of tunnel-diode voltage for
I V - which the slope of its characteristics is negative would be
8. The concentration of minority carriers in an extrinsic semiconductor under equilibrium is:
(A) directly proportional to the doping concentration
(B) inversely proportional to the doping concentration
(C) directly proportional to the intrinsic concentration
(D) inversely proportional to the intrinsic concentration
9. Under low level injection assumption, the injected minority carrier current for an extrinsic semiconductor is essentially the
(A) diffusion current
(B) drift current
(C) recombination current
(D) induced current
10. The phenomenon known as �Early Effect" in a bipolar transistor refers to a reduction of the effective base-width caused by
(A) electron-hole recombination at the base
(B) the reverse biasing of the base-collector junction
(C) the forward biasing of emitter-base junction
(D) the early removal of stored base charge during saturation-to-cutoff
switching.
11. The input impedance and the output impedance of an ideal trans-
conductance (voltage controlled current source) amplifier are
Z Z = = (A) 0, 0
Z Z = = 8 (B) 0,
Z Z = 8 = (C) , 0
Z Z = 8 = 8 (D) ,
12. An n-channel depletion MOSFET has following two points on its curve:
V I mA = = (i) 0 at 12 and
V I = - = (ii) 6 Volts at 0
Which of the following Q-points will give the highest trans-conductance gain for small signals?
V = - (A) 6 Volts
GS
V = - (B) 3 Volts
GS
V = (C) 0 Volts
GS
V = (D) 3 Volts
GS
13. The number of product terms in the minimized sum-of-product expression obtained through the following K-map is (where �d" denotes don't care states)
1 0 0 1
0 d 0 0
0 0 d 1
1 0 0 1
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
14. Let be Fourier Transform pair. The Fourier Transform of the signal
15. The Dirac delta function t is defined as
16. If the region of convergence of x n x n + is 1 2 , < < z then the region of /
17. The open-loop transfer function of a unity-gain feedback control system is given by
The gain margin of the system in dB is given by
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 20
(D) 8
18. In the system shown below, x t t u t = sin . In steady-sate, the response
19. The electric field of an electromagnetic wave propagating in the positive z-direction is given by The wave is
(A) linearly polarized in the z-direction
(B) elliptically polarized
(C) left-hand circularly polarized
(D) right-hand circularly polarized
20. A transmission line is feeding 1 Watt of power to a horn antenna having a gain of 10 dB. The antenna is matched to the transmission line. The total power radiated by the horn antenna into the free-space is:
(A) 10 Watts
(B) 1 Watt
(C) 0.1 Watt
(D) 0.01 Watt
21. The eigenvalues and the corresponding eigenvectors of a 2 � 2 matrix are given by Eigenvalue Eigenvector
The matrix is:
22. For the function of a complex variable ln W Z =
u = (where, and ), W u j Z x jy = + = + the constant lines get mapped in Z-plane as
(A) set of radial straight lines
(B) set of concentric circles
(C) set of confocal hyperbolas
(D) set of confocal ellipses
23. The value of the contour integral in positive sense is
25. Three companies, X, Y and Z supply computers to a university. The percentage of computers supplied by them and the probability of those being defective are
tabulated below.
Company % of computers supplied Probability of being defective
X 60% 0.01
Y 30% 0.02
Z 10% 0,03
Given that a computer is defective, the probability that it was supplied by Y is:
(A) 0.1
(B) 0.2
(C) 0.3
(D) 0.4
26. For the matrix 4 2 the eigen value corresponding to the eigenvector 101 is: �
(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 6
(D) 8
28. Consider the function f t having Laplace transform
The final value of f t would be:
(A) 0
(B) 1
29. As x is increased from to , -8 8 the function
(A) monotonically increases
(B) monotonically decreases
(C) increases to a maximum value and then decreases
(D) decreases to a minimum value and then increases
30. A two port network is represented by ABCD parameters given by
If port-2 is terminated by , R the input impedance seen at port-1 is given by
31. In the two port network shown in the figure below, z z are, respectively and
32. The first and the last critical frequencies (singularities) of a driving point
impedance function of a passive network having two kinds of elements, are a
pole and a zero respectively. The above property will be satisfied by
(A) RL network only
(B) RC network only
(C) LC network only
(D) RC as well as RL networks
33. A 2mH inductor with some initial current can be represented as shown below, where s is the Laplace Transform variable. The value of initial current is:
34. In the figure shown below, assume that all the capacitors are initially uncharged.
35. Consider two transfer functions
The 3-dB bandwidths of their frequency responses are, respectively
36. A negative resistance R is connected to a passive network N having driving
37. In the circuit shown below, the switch was connected to position 1 at 0 t and at = t 0 , it is changed to position 2. Assume that the diode has zero voltage drop and a storage time . t For 0 , t t is given by (all in Volts)
38. The majority carriers in an n-type semiconductor have an average drift velocity v in a direction perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field B. the electric field E induced due t o Hall effect acts in the direction
� (A) v B
� (B) B v
(C) along v
(D) opposite t o v
39. Find the correct match between Group 1 and Group 2:
Group 1 Group 2
(E) Varactor diode (1) Voltage reference
(F) PIN diode (2) High frequency switch
(G) Zener diode (3) Tuned circuits
(H) Schottky diode (4) Current controlled attenuator
(A) E - 4 F - 2 G - 1 H - 3
(B) E - 2 F - 4 G - 1 H - 3
(C) E - 3 F - 4 G - 1 H - 2
(D) E - 1 F - 3 G - 2 H - 4
- 40. A heavily doped n type semiconductor has the following data:
Hole-electron mobility ratio : 0.4
� 3 Doping concentration : 4.2 10 atoms/m 8
� 3 Intrinsic concentration : 1.5 10 atoms/m 4
- The ratio of conductance of the n type semiconductor to that of the intrinsic semiconductor of same material and at the same temperature is given by
(A) 0.00005
(B) 2,000
(C) 10,000
(D) 20,000
41. For the circuit shown in the following figure, the capacitor C is initially uncharged.
At 0, t = the switch S is closed. The voltage V across the capacitor at
C = t 1 millisecond is:
C=1 F
42. For the circuit shown below, assume that the zener diode is ideal with a
breakdown voltage of 6 Volts. The waveform observed across R is:
43. A new Binary Coded Pentary (BCP) number system is proposed in which every digit of a base-5 number is represented by its corresponding 3-bit binary code.
For example, the base-5 number 24 will be represented by its BCP code 010100. n this numbering system, the BCP code 100010011001 corresponds to the
following number in base-5 system
(A) 423
(B) 1324
(C) 2201
(D) 4231
44. An I/O peripheral device shown in figure (b) below is to be interfaced to an 8085 microprocessor. To select the I/O device in the I/O address range D4 H � D7 H, its chip-select CS should be connected to the output of the decoder shown in
figure (a) below:
45. For the circuit shown in figure below, two 4-bit parallel-in serial-out shift registers loaded with the data shown are used to feed the data to a full adder. Initially, all
the flip-flops are in clear state. After applying two clock pulses, the outputs of the full-adder should be
46. A 4-bit D/A converter is connected to a free-running 3-bit UP counter, as shown in the following figure. Which of the following waveforms will be observed at ? V
47. Two D-flip-flops, as shown below, are to be connected as a synchronous counter that goes through the following Q Q sequence
The inputs D D respectively should be connected as and
48. Following is the segment of a 8085 assembly language program:
LXI SP, EFFF H
CALL 3000 H
3000 H : LXI H, 3CF4 H
PUSH PSW
SPHL
POP PSW
RET
On completion of RET execution, the contents of SP is:
(A) 3CFO H
(B) 3CF8 H
(C) 3FFD H
(D) EFFF H
49. The point P in the following figure is stuck-at-1. The output f will be
(A) ABC
(B) A
(C) ABC
(D) A
50. A signal m t with bandwidth 500 Hz is first multiplied by a signal g t where The resulting signal is then passed through an ideal lowpass filter with bandwidth 1 kHz. The output of the lowpass filter would be:
51. The minimum sampling frequency (in samples/sec) required to reconstruct the following signal from its samples without distortion.
52. A uniformly distributed random variable X with probability density function Where u is the unit step function is passed through a transformation given in
the figure below. The probability density function of the transformed random variable Y would be
53. A system with input
(A) linear, stable and invertible
(B) non-linear, stable and non-invertible
(C) linear, stable and non-invertible
(D) linear, unstable and invertible
54. The unit-step response of a system starting from rest is given by
The transfer function of the system is:
55. The Nyquist plot of G j H j for a closed loop control system, passes through - 1, 0 j point in the GH plane. The gain margin of the system in dB is equal to
(A) infinite
(B) greater than zero
(C) less than zero
(D) zero
56. The positive values of �K" and �a" so that the system shown in the figure below oscillates at a frequency of 2 rad/sec respectively are
(A) 1, 0.75
(B) 2, 0.75
(C) 1, 1
(D) 2, 2
57. The unit impulse response of a system is:
For this system, the steady-state value of the output for unit step input is equal to
(A) -1
(B) 0
(C) 1
8 (D)
58. The transfer function of a phase-lead compensator is given by
The maximum phase-shift provided by such a compensator is:
59. A linear system is described by the following state equation
The state-transition matrix of the system is:
60. The minimum step-size required for a Delta-Modulator operating at 32 K
samples/sec to track the signal (here u t is the unit-step function)
So that slope-overload is avoided, would be
61. A zero-mean white Gaussian noise is passed through an ideal lowpass filter of bandwidth 10 kHz. The output is then uniformly sampled with sampling period = t 0.03 msec. The samples so obtained would be
(A) correlated
(B) statistically independent
(C) uncorrelated
(D) orthogonal
62. A source generates three symbols with probabilities 0.25, 0.25, 0.50 at a rate of 3000 symbols per second. Assuming independent generation of symbols, the most efficient source encoder would have average bit rate as
(A) 6000 bits/sec
(B) 4500 bits/sec
(C) 3000 bits/sec
(D) 1500 bits/sec
63. The diagonal clipping in Amplitude Demodulation (using envelope detector) can be avoided if RC time-constant of the envelope detector satisfies the following condition, (here W is message bandwidth and is carrier frequency both in
rad/sec)
64. In the following figure the minimum value of the constant �C", which is to be
65. A message signal with bandwidth 10 kHz is Lower-Side Band SSB modulated with carrier frequency f 10 Hz. The resulting signal is then passed through a Narrow-Band Frequency Modulator with carrier frequency f 10 Hz.
The bandwidth of the output would be:
� (A) 4 10 Hz
� (B) 2 10 Hz
� (C) 2 10 Hz
� (D) 2 10 Hz 1
66. A medium of relative permittivity 2 forms an interface with free-space. A
point source of electromagnetic energy is located in the medium at a depth of 1 meter from the interface. Due to the total internal reflection, the transmitted beam has a circular cross-section over the interface. The area of the beam cross-section at the interface is given by
67. A medium is divided into regions I and II about 0 x plane, as shown in the figure below. An electromagnetic wave with electric field
incident normally on the interface form region-I. The electric field E in region-II at the interface is:
68. When a plane wave traveling in free-space is incident normally on a medium
e = having 4.0, the fraction of power transmitted into the medium is given by
69. A rectangular waveguide having TE mode as dominant mode is having a cutoff frequency of 18-GHz for the TE mode. The inner broad-wall dimension of the rectangular waveguide is:
70. A mast antenna consisting of a 50 meter long vertical conductor operates over a perfectly conducting ground plane. It is base-fed at a frequency of 600 kHz. The radiation resistance of the antenna in Ohms is:
Common Data Questions:
Common Data for Questions 71, 72, 73:
In the transistor amplifier circuit shown in the figure below, the transistor has the following parameters:
The capacitance C can be assumed to be infinite.
In the figure above, the ground has been shown by the symbol
71. Under the DC conditions, the collector-to-emitter voltage drop is:
(A) 4.8 Volts
(B) 5.3 Volts
(C) 6.0 Volts
(D) 6.6 Volts
72. If is increased by 10% , the collector-to-emitter voltage drop
(A) increases by less than or equal to 10%
(B) decreases by less than or equal to 10%
(C) increases by more than 10%
(D) decreases by more than 10%
73. The small-signal gain of the amplifier is:
(A) -10
(B) -5.3
(C) 5.3
(D) 10
Common Data for Questions 74, 75:
74. The impulse response of filter matched t o the signal s t g t t g t 2 * is
given as:
75. An Amplitude Modulated signal is given as One set of possible values of t he modulating signal and modulation index would be
(A) , 0.5 t
(B) , 1.0 t
(C) , 2.0 t
(D) t , 0.5 2
Linked Answer Questions: Q.76 to Q.85 Carry Two Marks Each.
Statement for Linked Answer Questions 76 & 77:
A regulated power supply, shown in figure below, has an unregulated input (UR) of 15
Volts and generates a regulated output V Use the component values shown in the figure.
In the figure above, the ground has been shown by the symbol
76. The power dissipation across the transistor Q1 shown in the figure is:
(A) 4.8 Watts
(B) 5.0 Watts
(C) 5.4 Watts
(D) 6.0 Watts
77. If the unregulated voltage increases by 20%, the power dissipation across the transistor Q1
(A) increases by 20%
(B) increases by 50%
(C) remains unchanged
(D) decreases by 20%
Statement for Linked Answer Questions 78 & 79:
The following two questions refer to wide sense stationary stochastic processes
78. It is desired to generate a stochastic process (as voltage process) with power spectral density
By driving a Linear-Time-Invariant system by zero mean white noise (as voltage process) with power spectral density being constant equal to 1. The system which can perform the desired task could be:
(A) first order lowpass R-L filter
(B) first order highpass R-c filter
(C) tuned L-C filter
(D) series R-L-C filter
79. The parameters of the system obtained in Q.78 would be
(A) first order R-L lowpass filter would have R = 4 L = 4H
(B) first order R-C highpass filter would have R = 4 C = 0.25F
(C) tuned L-C filter would have L = 4H C = 4F
(D) series R-L-C lowpass filter would have R = 1 , L = 4H, C = 4F
Statement for Linked Answer Questions 80 & 81:
< Consider the following Amplitude Modulated (AM) signal, where : f B
m = + p p x t f t f t 10 1 0.5 sin2 cos2
80. The average side band power for the AM signal given above is:
(A) 25
(B) 12.5
(C) 6.25
(D) 3.125
81. The AM signal gets added to a noise with Power Spectral Density S f given in the figure below. The ratio of average sideband power t o mean noise power
would be:
Statem ent for Linked Answer Questions 82 & 83:
Consider a unity-gain feedback control system whose open-loop transfer function is:
82. The value of �a" so that the system has a phase margin equal to 4 is
approximately equal to
(A) 2.40
(B) 1.40
(C) 0.84
(D) 0.74
83. With the value of �a" set for a phase-margin of , the value of unit-impulse = response of the open-loop system at 1 t second is equal to
(A) 3.40
(B) 2.40
(C) 1.84
(D) 1.74
Statem ent for Linked Answer Questions 84 & 85:
A 30-Volts battery with zero source resistance is connected to a coaxial line of = characteristic impedance of 50 Ohms at 0 t second terminated in an unknown resistive load. The line length is that it takes 400 s for an elect romagnetic wave to travel from = � source end to load end and vice-versa. At 400 , t s the voltage at the load end is found to be 40 Volts.
84. The load resistance is
(A) 25 Ohms
(B) 50 Ohms
(C) 75 Ohms
(D) 100 Ohms
85. The steady-state current through the load resistance is:
(A) 1.2 Amps
(B) 0.3 Amps
(C) 0.6 Amps
(D) 0.4 Amps
