Basic Electrical and Electronics Engineering(BEEE)(I Year I Sem)

UNIT – I

Short Questions

1. What is meant by electric potential?

2. Define the electric current?
3. Draw the characteristics of the resistance and symbol of it?
4. Write the formulas of the star to delta and delta to star connections ?
5. Define Form factor and Peak factor?

Long Questions

6. Find the voltage across terminals ‘a’ and ‘b’ of the circuit as shown in figure using source
transformation?

7. For the circuit shown in the figure, find the current flowing in all branches ?

8. A coil takes a current of 2.5A at 0.8 lagging power factor from a 220 Volt 60 Hz single
phase source. If the coil is modeled by a series RL circuit, find i) the complex power in
the coil and ii) the values of R and L?
9. Derive an expression for power in a single phase circuit contains R, L elements in series
across sinusoidal voltage?
10. Define the following
i) Alternating Quantity ii) RMS Value iii) Average Value iv) Form Factor ?
UNIT – II

Short Questions

1. What is meant by resonance ? What is the condition of it ?

2. Draw the characteristic of a series resonance circuit ?
3. A 40 micro farad capacitor is connected in series with the coil whose inductance is 8 milli
henries. Determine resonant frequency ?
4. Write any two limitations of superposition theorem ?
5. What is meant by thevenin’s theorem?

Long Questions

6. An inductance of 0.5 H, a resistance of 5 ohm and a capacitance of 8 micro farad are in

series across a 220 V ac supply. Calculate the frequency at which the circuitresonates.
Find the current at resonance, band width, half power frequencies and the voltage across
capacitance at resonance ?
7. In the network shown in the figure, the load consists of fixed capacitive reactance of 15
ohms and a variable resistance R1. Determine i) the value of R1 for which the power
transferred is a maximum and ii) the value of maximum power ?

8. A coil having resistance of 10 ohms and an inductance of 0.2 H is connected in series

with a 100 micro farad capacitor across a 230 V, 50 Hz supply. Calculate
i) The active and reactive components of the current
ii) The voltage across the coil. Draw the phasor diagram. ?
9. State and explain compensation theorem ?
10. In the given figure below, find the current flowing through R1 using Thevenin’s
Theorem.
UNIT – III

Short Questions

1. Define ripple factor. What is the value of ripple factor for FWR and HWR?
2. What is diffusion capacitance?
3. Define static and dynamic resistance of PN diode.
4. Define rectification efficiency and form factor?
5. Explain the principle of rectifier and filter?

Long Questions

6. Derive diode equation?

7. Explain the operation of bridge rectifier with neat diagrams?
8. Derive the ripple factor of a capacitor filter?
9. Write notes on diode equivalent circuits and diode resistances?
10. A full wave rectifier has a centre-tap transformer of 100-0-100V and each one of the
diodes is rated at Imax=400mA and Iavg=150mA. Neglecting the voltage drop across the
diodes, determine (a) the value of Rl that gives largest Pdc output (b) dc load voltage and
current (c)PIV of each diode.

UNIT – IV

Short Questions

1. What is an NPN transistor?

2. What do you mean by early effect?
3. Define α,β, ϒ and mention relation between them?
4. Why transistor is called current controlled device?
5. What is thermal runaway in transistor amplifier circuit?

Long Questions

6. Explain the operation of PNP and NPN transistors with construction?

7. Explain how the transistor acts as an amplifier?
8. Explain common emitter configuration with input and output characteristics?
9. Determine h-parameters common base configuration using transistor characteristics?
10. For the self bias circuit Ic=2mA, Vce=3V, β=100, R2=10KΩ, Re=500Ω and Vbeact=0.5V.
Calculate Rc and R1?
UNIT – V

Short Questions

1. List some applications of Varactor diode?

2. What is mean by avalanche break down?
3. Differentiate between BJT and JFET?
4. Obtain the relation between µ, gm and rd?
5. Define amplification factor and mutual conductance?

Long Questions

6. Derive pinch-off voltage for JFET?

7. Explain the operation of JFET?
8. Explain V-I characteristics of Zener diode in detail?
9. Explain how Zener diode acts as regulator?
10. Explain the operation of SCR?