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Q. 1 - Q. 25 carry one mark each.

Q.1

Match list - I (State of operation of an N-MOSFET) with List - II (Required condition) and choose the correct option. List - I P. Q. R. S. OFF Linear region Non - linear Saturation region List - II 1. 2. 3. 4. Vgs > Vth and Vds < ^Vgs - Vthh Vgs > Vth and Vds > ^Vgs - Vthh Vgs > Vth Vgs < Vth (B) P-4, Q-1, R-3, S-2

(A) P-2, Q-3, R-1, S-4 (C) P-2, Q-1, R-3, S-4

(D) P-4, Q-3, R-1, S-2

Q.2

The transition capacitance of a diode is proportional to 1 Re verse bias (B)

(A)

(C) Re verse bias

Q.3

In the oxidation process, growing a thin film of SiO 2 on the surface of silicon wafer is

used

(A) To serve as a mask against implant (B) To provide surface passivation (C) To isolate one device from another (D) All of the above

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The first column terms of Rouths array of characteristic equation of a system are 4, 6, - 5 , 8 and 10. What will be the number of roots of characteristic equation in the right half of s -plane ? (A) 1 (C) 4 (B) 2 (D) 3

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Consider the pole-zero configurations shown in figure below.

Which of the following networks correspond to above shown pole zero configuration ? (A) Phase lead network (B) Phase lag network (C) Phase lead-lag network (D) Non minimum phase network

Q.6

Consider the architecture of a two stage op-amp shown below.

The stage marked X is (A) Direct coupled amplifier (C) Level shifter

(B) Buffer amplifier

The probability of picking 3 symbols are respectively P0 , P1 and P2 respectively. To achieve the maximum entropy the probabilities P0 , P1 , and P2 will be respectively (A) 1 , 1 , 1 3 2 3 (C) 1 , 1 , 1 3 3 3
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(B) 1 , 1 , 1 4 4 2 (D) 0, 1, 0

Consider a circuit shown in the figure below. The voltage across 5 W resistor is measured to be Vo . If a finite resistance is connected in series with 5 A source, then value of Vo .

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Q.9

Which of the following has driving point impedance equal to Z (s) = 1/ ^2s + 0.25h

Q.10

Which of the following signal is not periodic?

(A) sin (10t) (C) sin (10pt) u (t)

Q.11 The time convolution of two functions f1 (t) and f2 (t) in frequency domain is equivalent to

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(B) 2 cos (5pt)

(D) none of these

(A) f1 (t) * f2 (t) (C) F1 (jw) F2 (jw)

(B) 1 6f1 (t) * f2 (t)@ 2p (D) 1 6F1 (w) * F2 (w)@ 2p X (e jW) = 5 + 3e-jW + 7e-j2W , then sequence x [n] is (B) {5, 3, 7}
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Let x [n]
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(A) {5, 7, 3} (C) {7, 3, 5}

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(D) {5, 3, 7}
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The tips of three vectors A, B and C drawn from a point define a plane. A : ^B # C h equals to (A) +1 (B) - 1 (C) zero (D) cant be determined as A, B and C are not given

Q.14

Path of a charged particle A that enters in a uniform magnetic field B (pointing into the page) is shown in the figure.

The deflection in the path of the particle shows that the particle is (A) positive charged (B) negatively charged (C) uncharged

Q.15

The Simplified form of the expression a + ab + abc + abcd + ... is

(A) b

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(B) 1 (D) a

Q.16

A J-K Flip-flop can be made from an S-R Flip-flop by using two additional

(A) NAND gates (B) OR gates (C) AND gates (D) NOR gates

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2 6 3 x If A = = G and B = = , then in order that AB = 0 , the values of x and y will 3 9 y 2G (B) 6 and 1 (D) 5 and 14

be respectively (A) - 6 and - 1 (C) 6 and - 3

Q.18

Let P and Q be square matrices such that PQ = I, then zero is an eigenvalue of (B) Q but not of P (D) neither P nor Q

(A) P but not of Q (C) Both P and Q

Q.19

lim e + e 2 - 2 is equal to x"0 x

-x

(A) 1 (C) 1/2

(B) - 1 (D) - 1/2

Q.20

The value of integral

#0

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cos2 xdx is

(A) p (C) 4p

Q.21

The residue of z cos 1 at z = 0 is z (B) - 1/2 (A) - 1/3 (D) 1/2

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(D) p/4

(C) 1/3

Q.22

In the circuit shown below average power absorbed by resistor is

(A) 16 W (C) 8 W

(B) 6.4 W (D) 10 W

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Consider the BJT circuit shown below. The type of feedback present in circuit is

(A) Voltage series (C) Current series

(B) Voltage shunt (D) Current shunt

Q.24

The DTFS coefficients of a signal x [n] are shown in figure below.

The value of x [0] is (A) 5 (C) 1

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(B) 2 (D) 3

Q.25

In Boolean algebra, the value of 1 + 1 is (B) 0 (D) 11

(A) 10 (C) 1

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Q. 26 - Q. 55 carry two marks each.

Q.26 Consider the logic circuit with input x and '1' shown below. If the number of XOR gates connected in the circuit is 21, then output y will be

(A) X (C) 1

(B) X (D) 0

Q.27

Asynchronous counter shown in figure below is

(A) Mod-21 counter (C) Mod-20 counter

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(B) Mod-22 counter (D) Mod-19 counter

Consider a stationary stochastic signal sequence "x ^n h, with zero mean and auto correlation sequence Z 1 ^n = 0h ] ] f ^n h = [ 1 ^n = ! 1h ]2 0 ^otherwiseh \ What will be the prediction coefficient ^a1h of the 1st order minimum mean square error t^n h = a1 x ^n - 1h predictor for x (A) 0.25 (B) 0.5
Q.28

(C) 0.75

(D) 0.85

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Consider the MOSFET circuit shown below. The transconductance of M1 and M2 are respectively gm and gm . If the channel length modulation and body effect for the given topology is neglected, then the voltage gain AV will be
1 2

gm R D (A) 1 + gm R P
1 2

gm R P (B) 1 + gm R D
1 2

(C)

gm R P 1 + gm R D
2 1

(D)

gm gm R P R D 1 + gm R P
1

Consider a black and white television picture consisting of approximately 3 # 105 elements, each of which may occur one of 10 distinct brightness levels with equal probability. If the transmission rate is 30 picture frames/second and SNR is 30 dB, then the minimum bandwidth required to support the transmission of the resulting video signal will be
Q.30

(A) 3 MHz (C) 7 MHz

Q.31

A magnetic core of uniform cross section having two coils (Primary and secondary) wound on it as shown in figure. The no. of turns of primary coil is 5000 and no. of turns of secondary coil is 3000. If a voltage source of 12 volt is connected across the primary coil then what will be the voltage across the secondary coil ?

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(B) 5 MHz

(D) 9 MHz

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Q.32

A uniform plane wave in region 1 is normally incident on the planner boundary sepa3 3 rating regions 1 and 2. Both region are lossless and er1 = mr 1 , er2 = mr2 . If the 20% of the energy in the incident wave is reflected at the boundary, the ratio er2 /er1 is (B) 17.9 (D) 58.3

(A) 1.48 (C) 25.6

An infinitely long lossy transmission line with characteristic impedance Z 01 = 200 W is feeded by a l/2 section of 100 W lossless transmission line as shown in figure. If a voltage generator Vsg = 4 V with an internal resistance Zg = 100 W is applied to the whole configuration then the average power transmitted to the infinite transmission line will be
Q.33

(A) 2.2 mWatt (C) 17.8 mWatt

MCQ 34

Consider the filter and the waveform of input Vi shown in figure below.

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(B) 22.2 mWatt (D) - 2.2 mWatt

The waveform of output V0 is

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(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

Q.35

Consider the MOSFET configuration shown below.

Which of the following waveform shows the correct relation between input and output voltage for body bias effect.

(A)

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(C)

(D)

Q.36

The signal space diagram of coherent QPSK is shown below. The expression for QPSK transmitted signal will be (Assume bit duration = 0.25 m sec )

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(A) 9.48 cos d 2pfc t + ^2i - 1h p n 4 (C) 18.9 cos d 2pfc t + ^2i - 1h p n 4
Q.37

(B) 9.48 cos c 2pfc t + ^2i - i h p m 2

(D) 13.4 cos d 2pfc t + ^2i - 1h p n 4

If a matched filter is defined as

s ^ t h = f ^ t h + 2f ^ t h d ^t - 0.5h + f ^t - 2.5h * d ^t + 0.5h where f ^ t h is shown in figure below, then what will be the impulse response of matched filter h ^ t h; 2 # t < 3 ? (Note: d is delta function and * is convolution operator)

(A) t - 3 (C) 2t - 3
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(B) - 2t + 6 (D) - 2t - 6

Consider the two binary random variables X and Y distributed according to the joint distributions such that

P ^x = y = 0h = P ^x = 0, y = 1h = P ^x = y = 1h = 1 3 The entropy H ^x h will be (B) 0.9327 (A) 0.9183 (C) 0.9651 (D) 0.9832

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Consider the two circuits shown below. In circuit-I, M1 is biased in saturation with a drain current equal to I1 and the current source IS = 0.75 I 1 . If the gain of circuit-II is AV , then the gain of circuit-I will be

(A) 4 AV (C) AV

(B) 2 AV (D) 3 AV

Q.40

A random bit string of length is constructed by tossing a fair coin times and setting a bit to 0 or 1 depending on outcomes head and tail, respectively. The probability that two such randomly generated strings are not identical is (A) 1/2

(C) 1 ! n
Q.41

If the geometric mean of x, 20 and 40 be 20, then the value of x is

(A) 4 (C) 20

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Q.42

The DT system shown in the figure below is stable if

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Numerical Answer Questions

The signal x [n] = (0.5) n u [n] is when applied to a digital filter, it yields the following output y [n] = d [n] - 2d [n - 1]. If impulse response of the filter is h [n], then what will be the value of sample h [1] ?
Q.43

Q.44

Let u (x, t) be the bounded solution of 2u - 22 u = 0 with u (x, 0) = e2x - 1 2t 2x 2 e 2x + 1

Then what will be the value of lim u (1, t) ?

t"3

Q.45 Let A be a 3 # 3 matrix with eigen values, 1, - 1, 0 . then what will be the determinant of I + A100 ?

Q.46

Consider the op-amp circuit shown below. If the op-amps are ideal, then what will be the output voltage V0 (in volt) ?

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Q.47

In the circuit below the switch closes at t = 0 after being open for a long time. What will be the value of voltage v (t) (in volt) at t = 0+ ?

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Common Data Questions

Common Data for Questions 48 and 49:
A function with dont care condition is defined as f ^w, x, y, z h = PM ^2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14h + dc ^1, 9h
Q.48

The minimized expression for this function without redundant term in SOP (sum of product) form is (A) wx + yz + xy + wxz
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(B) wy + yz + xy + wxz (D) wy + xy + wxz

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(C) xy + wy + wxz

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Q.49

The number of implicants ^I h, prime implicants ^PI h, and essential prime implicants ^EPI h are respectively

(A) I = 8 , PI = 4 & EPI = 4 (C) I = 6 , PI = 4 & EPI = 5

Common Data for Questions 50 and 51:

Consider the signal flow graph of a system shown below.

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(B) I = 8 , PI = 4 and EPI = 3 (D) I = 8 , PI = 5 and EPI = 3

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The number of feedback loops in the SFG is (B) 2 (D) 4

(A) 1 (C) 3

Q.51

The number of forward paths in the SFG is (B) 2 (D) 4

(A) 1 (C) 3

Linked Answer Questions

Statement For Linked Answer Questions 52 and 53:

In the circuit below, two series connected capacitors of 3 mF and 6 mF having initial voltage of 4 V and 6 V are connected across a black box at t = 0 .

For t $ 0 , it is given that i (t) = 20e-t mA .

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The total energy delivered to the black box will be (B) 100 mJ (D) 200 mJ

(A) 300 mJ (C) 400 mJ

Q.53

The energy trapped in the ideal capacitors will be equal to (B) 268 mJ (D) 132 mJ

(A) 32 mJ (C) 68 mJ

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Statement For Linked Answer Questions 54 and 55:

Consider a semiconductor having following parameters Electron mobility, mn = 7500 cm2 /V-s Hole mobility, Intrinsic concentration
Q.54

mp = 300 cm2 /v-s ni = 13.6 # 1011 /cm3

The conductivity of the semiconductor will be minimum if hole concentration is (B) 6.8 # 1015 /cm3 (D) None of these

(A) 68 # 1011 /cm3 (C) 9.8 # 1019 /cm3

Q.55

What will be the maximum value of resistivity ? (B) 1.531 W-cm (D) 1531.8 W-cm

(A) 25 W-cm (C) 15.31 W-cm

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General Aptitude (GA) Questions

Q. 56 - Q. 60 carry one mark each.

Q.56 The HCF and the LCM of two numbers are 35 and 272 respectively. If one of the numbers is divided by 6, then the quotient is 11 and the remainder is 4. What is the other number ?

(A) 90 (C) 124

(B) 102 (D) 136

Q.57

Find the sentence that has a mistake in grammar or usage. If you find no mistakes, mark choice d. (A) The dogs barking woke us. (B) Ursula has broke one of your plates.

(C) The sun rose from behind the mountain. (D) No mistakes.

Q.58

Throughout the trial, the ________ was placed on scientific evidence.

(A) enphasis (C) emphasis

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(B) emphisis (D) emfasis

Q.59

son : nuclear :: ______ : extended (B) mother (D) daughters

(A) father (C) cousin

Q.60

general (B) total (D) substantial

(A) specific (C) insignificant

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Q. 61 - Q. 65 carry two marks each.

Q.61

Choose the sentence that best combines the given sentences.

The federal government has diversity of jobs and geographic locations. The federal government offers flexibility in job opportunities that is unmatched in the private sector. (A) In spite of its diversity of jobs and geographic locations, the federal government offers flexibility in job opportunities that is unmatched in the private sector. (B) No matter its diversity of jobs and geographic locations, the federal government offers flexibility in job opportunities that is unmatched in the private sector. (C) Because of its diversity of jobs and geographic locations, the federal government offers flexibility in job opportunities that is unmatched in the private sector. (D) The federal government has diversity of jobs and geographic locations, so it offers flexibility in job opportunities that is unmatched in the private sector.

Q.62

The value of
112 2025

7............ 6 times is equal to ? (B) 7

(A) 7 (C) 7

2025 4096

The first term of an AP is equal to the sum of common ratio of a GP and the first term of the GP is equal to the common difference of the AP . If the sum of the first two terms of the GP is equal to the sum of the first 2 terms of the AP , then the ratio of the first term of the GP to the first term of an AP is ? (A) > 1

Q.63

(B) Independent of first term of GP (C)< 1 (D)Independent of first term of AP

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Q.64

For any two numbers m , n ; ^m + n h : ^m - n h:mn = 7 : 1 : 60 . Find the value of 1 : 1 ? m n (A) 3 : 4 (B) 5 : 7 (C) 7 : 10 (D) 10 : 13

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Ramu is planning to get wireless Internet service at his house. Two service providers, A and B, offer different rates as shown in the table below. If Ramu plans on using 25 hours of Internet service per month, which of the following statements is true? Internet Service Rates Provider A B Free Hours 17.5 20 Base Charge $20.00 $20.00 Hourly Charge $1.00 $1.50

(A) Provider A will be cheaper. (B) Provider B will be cheaper. (C) The providers will cost the same per month.

(D) The answer cannot be determined from the information given.

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