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Choose the appropriate word/phrase, out of the four options given below, to
complete the following sentence :
Frogs ______________
(a) croak
(c) hiss
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Q.2
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Q.3
(b) roar
(d) patter
(a)
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Q.5
(b) 1
(d) 2
(c)
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a b
a +b
; ab =
; a b = ab.
a +b
a b
(b) Educate
(d) Extend
(c)
Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the
following sentence.
The principal presented the chief guest with a ___________, as token of appreciation.
(a) momento
(b) memento
(c) momentum
(d) moment
Ans.
(b)
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Q.7
(a)
Humpty Dumpty sits on a wall every day while having lunch. The wall sometimes
breaks. A person sitting on the wall falls if the wall breaks.
Which one of the statements below is logically valid and can be inferred from
the above sentences?
(a) Humpty Dumpty always falls white having lunch
(b) Humpty Dumpty does not fall sometimes while having lunch
(c) Humpty Dumpty never falls during dinner
(d) When Humpty Dumpty does not sit on the wall, the wall does not break
Ans.
Q.8
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Q.9
(b)
A cube side 3 units is formed using a set of smaller cubes of side 1 unit. Find
the proportion of the number of faces of the smaller cubes visible to those which
are NOT visible.
(a) 1 : 4
(b) 1 : 3
(c) 1 : 2
(d) 2 : 3
(c)
Ans.
(3)
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(b)
Ans.
Q.2
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Q.3
A silicon sample is uniformly doped with donor type impurities with a concentration
of 1016/cm3. The electron and hole mobilities in the sample are 1200 cm2/V-s and
400 cm2/V-s respectively. Assume complete ionization of impurities. The charge
of an electron is 1.6 1019 C. The resistivity of the sample (in -cm) is________.
(0.520)
In the network shown in the figure, all resistors are identical with R = 300 .
The resistance Rab (in ) of the network is ______________.
a
R
Rab
R
R
R = 300
R
Ans.
(100)
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Q.4
In the circuit shown, at resonance, the amplitude of the sinusoidal voltage (in
Volts) across the capacitor is ____________.
4
0.1 mH
+
1 F
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Q.5
(25)
Suppose A and B are two independent events with probabilities P(A) 0 and
P(B) 0. Let A and B be their complements. Which one of the following
statements is FALSE?
(a) P(A B) = P(A) P(B)
(b) P(A/B) = P(A)
(c) P(A B) = P(A) + P(B)
Ans.
Q.6
Ans.
Q.7
(d) P ( A B ) = P ( A )P ( B )
(c)
C z 2dz = 0
1
1
C z dz = 1
2i
(d) z (complex conjugate of z) is analytical function
(c)
Ans.
(d)
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Q.8
Consider a straight, infinitely long, current carrying conductor lying on the zaxis. Which one of the following plots (in linear scale) qualitatively represents the
dependence of H on r, where H is the magnitude of the azimuthal component
of magnetic field outside the conductor and r is the radial distance from the
conductor?
H
(a)
(b)
r
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
r
(c)
Ans.
Q.9
(d)
(c)
1
1
4
2
t 1
A signal g(t) is defined by g(t) = x
. The average power of g(t) is ___________.
2
Ans.
Q.10
Ans.
(6)
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Q.11
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Q.12
A function f(x) = 1 x2 + x3 is defined in the closed interval [1, 1]. The value
of x, in the open interval (1, 1) for which the mean value theorem is satisfied,
is
(a) 1/2
(b) 1/3
(c) 1/3
(d) 1/2
(b)
(a)
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Q.13
(b)
(d)
(a)
2
the wave is___________.
Ans.
Q.14
(8.89)
5A
(a) 5 V, 25 V
(c) 15 V, 35 V
Ans.
2I
+
V1
(b) 10 V, 30 V
(d) 0 V, 20 V
(a)
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Q.17
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Q.18
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Q.19
In an 8085 microprocessor, the shift registers which store the result of an addition
and the overflow bit are, respectively
(a) B and F
(b) A and F
(c) H and F
(d) A and C
(b)
(c)
10( s + 1)
for < will be in the
s + 10
(b) second quadrant
(d) fourth quadrant
(a)
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Q.20
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Q.21
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Q.22
For the circuit with ideal diodes shown in the figure, the shape of the output (vout)
for the given sine wave input (vin) will be
+
+
0
0.5 T
vout
vin
(a) 0
(c)
0.5 T
0.5 T
(b)
(d)
0
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Q.23
0.5 T
0.5 T
(c)
4 1 2
1
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(17)
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Q.24
In the circuit shown below, the Zener diode is ideal and the Zener voltage is 6
V. The output voltage V0 (in volts) is____________.
1 k
+
10 V
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Q.25
1 k
V0
(5)
Ans.
Q.26
(12)
For the NMOSFET in the circuit shown, the threshold voltage is Vth, where Vth
> 0. The source voltage VSS is varied from 0 to VDD. Neglecting the channel length
modulation, the drain current ID as a function of VSS is represented by
VDD
Vss
ID
ID
(a)
(b)
VDD VTh
Vss
VTh
ID
ID
(c)
(d)
VDD VTh
Ans.
Vss
Vss
VDD VTh
Vss
(a)
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Q.28
(c)
The input X to Binary Symmetric Channel (BSC) shown in the figure is 1 with
probability of 0.8. The cross-over probability is 1/7. If the received bit Y = 0, the
conditional probability that 1 was transmitted is ____________.
X
0
P [X = 0] = 0.2
Y
0
6/7
1/7
7
1/
P [X = 1] = 0.8
1
Ans.
Q.29
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Q.30
6/7
(0.4)
The transmitted signal in a GSM system is of 200 kHz bandwidth and 8 users
share a common bandwidth using TDMA. If at a given time 12 users are talking
in a cell, the total bandwidth of the signal received by the base station of the
cell will be at least (in kHz)___________.
(*)
Ans.
s+2
,
s+4
(0.5)
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Consider a uniform plane wave with amplitude (E0) of 10 V/m and 1.1 GHz
frequency travelling an air, and incident normally on a dielectric medium with
complex relative permittivity (r) and permeability (r) as shown in the figure.
Air
= 120
Dielectric
r = 1 j2
r = 1 j2
10 cm
E = ?
E0 = 10 V/m
Freq. = 1.1 GHz
The magnitude of the transmitted electric field component (in V/m) after it has
travelled a distance of 10 cm inside the dielectric region is____________.
Ans.
Q.32
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Q.33
(0.1)
For a silicon diode with long P and N regions, the accepter and done impurity
concentrations are 1 1017 cm3 and 1 1015 cm3, respectively. The lifetimes
of electrons in P region and holes in N region are both 100 s. The electron and
hole diffusion coefficients are 49 cm2/s and 36 cm2/s, respectively. Assume
kT/q = 26 mV, the intrinsic carrier concentration is 1 1010 cm3, and
q = 1.6 1019 C. When a forward voltage of 208 mV is applied across the diode,
the hole current density (in nA/cm2) injected from P region to N region is _______.
(286.17)
K
1
s s( s + 2)
operates in a unity feedback configuration, the condition for the stability of the
closed loop system is
KI
>0
2
(c) 2KI < KP
(a) K P >
Ans.
(a)
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Q.34
Which one of the following graphs describes the function f(x) = ex(x2 + x + 1)?
f (x )
f (x )
(a)
(b)
x
f (x )
f (x )
(c)
(d)
x
Ans.
Q.35
(b)
Q.36
(b)
In the system shown in Figure (a), m(t) is a low-pass signal with bandwidth W
Hz. The frequency response of the band-pass filter H(f) is shown in Figure (b).
If it is desired that the output signal z(t) = 10 x(t), the maximum value of W (in Hz)
should be strictly less than ____________.
x(t) = m(t) cos(2400t )
Amplifier
H(f )
Band-pass
filter
z(t )
1700
f (Hz)
Fig. (a)
H (f )
1700
700
700
Fig. (b)
Ans.
(350)
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Q.38
For the discrete-time system shown in the figure, the poles of the system transfer
function are located at
(a) 2, 3
x[n]
1
,3
(b)
2
1 1
,
(c)
2 3
(d) 2,
Ans.
Q.39
1
6
5
6
Z
y[n]
1
3
(c)
A vector P is given by P = x 3 yax x 2 y 2a y x 2 yz az Which of the following
statements is TRUE?
(b) P is irrotational, but not solensoidal
(c) P is neither solenoidal nor irrotational
Q.40
(a)
In the circuit shown, assume that the opamp is ideal. The bridge output voltage
V0 (in mV) for = 0.05 is ____________.
100
250 (1 )
250 (1 )
250 (1 + )
+
V0
250 (1 + )
100
Ans.
50
(250)
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Q.41
The circuit shown in the figure has an ideal opamp. The oscillation frequency
and the condition to sustain the oscillations, respectively, are
R1
R2
Vo
2C
Ans.
Q.42
2R
(a)
1
and R1 = R2
CR
(b)
1
and R1 = 4R2
CR
(c)
1
and R1 = R2
2CR
(d)
1
and R1 = 4R2
2CR
(d)
I1
V2
T2
Ans.
Q.43
Ans.
V1
V12
T1
(83.15)
The built-in potential of an abrupt p-n junction is 0.75 V. If its junction capacitance
(CJ) at a reverse bias (VR) of 1.25 V is 5 pF, the value of CJ (in pF) when VR = 7.25 V
is_______.
(2.5)
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Q.45
The electric field intensity of a plane wave traveling in free space is given by the
following expression
E(x, t) = ay 24 cos(t k0x) (V/m)
In this field, consider a square area 10 cm 10 cm on a plane x + y = 1. The
total time-averaged power (in mW) passing through the square area is___________.
(53.29)
K ( s + 4)
( s + 8)( s2 9)
locus is __________.
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Q.46
(25.54)
SW
10 V
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Q.47
Q.48
Ans.
+
vC(t)
(2.528)
Ans.
5
F
6
d2 y
dy
+ y = 0 with y(0) = y(0) = 1 is
dt
dt
(b) (1 + 2t)et
(d) (1 2t)et
2
+2
(b)
The maximum area (in square unit) of a rectangle whose vertices lies on the ellipse
x2 + 4y2 = 1 is_______
(4)
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Q.49
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(a)
Q.50
Ans.
R2C
2L
(b)
2L
R2C
(c)
R C
2 L
(d)
2 L
R C
(c)
Q.51
0.5
Re (z)
0.5
(c)
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Q.52
1
1
1
1
W32
1 W3
2
W34
1 W3
a
2
b where W = e j 3
3
c
1 1 0
0 A / 3
1 1
1
2
2
0 B / 3
1 W3 W3 0 W3
2
4
4
1 W3 W3 0 0 W3 C / 3
Q.53
(c)
All the logic gates shown in the figure have a propagation delay of 20 ns. Let
A = C = 0 and B = 1 until time t = 0. At t = 0, all the inputs flip (i.e. A = C = 1 and
B = 0) and remain in that state. For t > 0, output Z = 1 for a duration (in ns) of
A
B
Ans.
Q.54
(40)
In the given circuit, the maximum power (in Watts) that can be transferred to
the load RL is
2
40 Vrms
Ans.
j2
RL
(1.649)
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1
2
and bit with probability . The emitted
3
3
bits are communicated to the receiver. The receiver decides for either 0 or 1 based
on the received value R. It is given that the conditional density functions of R
as
1
1
, 3 x 1
, 1 x 5
fR0 (r ) = 4
and fR0 (r ) = 6
0, otherwise
0, otherwise
1
12
1
(d)
6
(a) 0
(c)
Ans.
(b)
1
9
(b)