Booklet No.

A
VSS4
Electronics & Communication Engineering
Duration of Test : 2 Hours Max. Marks : 100

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1. This Question Booklet consists of 100 multiple choice objective type questions to be answered
in 2 hours.

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VSS4-A
 ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING (EC)
PART A

1. Nortons theorem states that a complex network connected to a load can be replaced
with an equivalent impedance
(A) in series with a current source (B) in parallel with a voltage source
(C) in series with a voltage source (D) in parallel with a current source
2. The average power delivered to an impedance 4 j3 by a current 5 cos100t 100A
is
(A) 44.2 W (B) 50 W (C) 62.5 W (D) 125 W
3. In the circuit shown, the voltage Vx (in Volts) is

(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 11

4. The damping ratio of a series RLC circuit is
R 2C 2L R C 2 L
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2L R 2C 2 L R C

5. In the circuit shown, at resonance, the amplitude of the sinusoidal voltage (in Volts)
across the capacitor is

(A) 40 (B) 35 (C) 25 (D) 30

6. In the given circuit, the maximum power (in Watts) that can be transferred to the load
R L is

(A) 2.45 (B) 4.56 (C) 1.66 (D) 6.78

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7. An LC tank circuit consists of an ideal capacitor C connected in parallel with a coil of
inductance L having an internal resistance R . The resonant frequency of the tank circuit
is
1 1 C
(A) (B) 1 R2
2 LC 2 LC L
1 L 1 C
(C) 1 2
(D) 1
2 LC R C 2 LC R2L

8. The voltage Vc across the capacitor (in Volts) in the network shown is

(A) 100 (B) 90 (C) 110 (D) 120

9. For the circuit shown in the figure, the Thevenin equivalent voltage (in Volts) across
terminals a-b is

(A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 11

10. In the given circuit, the values of V1 and V2 respectively are

(A) 5V, 25V (B) 10V, 30V (C) 15V, 35V (D) 0V, 20V

11. Liquid flow rate is measured using

(A) a pirani gauge (B) a pyrometer
(C) an orifice plate (D) a bourdon tube

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12. The differential pressure transmitter of a flow meter using a venturi tube reads 2.5105 Pa
for a flow rate of 0.5 m3/s. The approximate flow rate in m3/s for a differential pressure
0.9 105 Pa is
(A) 0.30 (B) 0.18 (C) 0.83 (D) 0.60

13. The Semiconductor strain gauges typically have much higher gauge factors than those
of metallic strain gauges, primarily due to :
(A) higher temperature sensitivity (B) higher Poissons ratio
(C) higher piezoresitive coefficient (D) higher magnetostrictive coefficient

14. A piezo-electric type pressure sensor has a sensitivity of 1 mV/kPa and a bandwidth of
300 Hz to 300 kHz. For a constant (dc) pressure of 100 kPa, the steady state output of
the sensor in millivolt is
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 6

15. The voltage E 0 developed across a glass electrode for pH measurement is related to the
temperature T by the relation
1 1
(A) E 0 (B) E 0 (C) E 0 T (D) E 0 T 2
T2 T

16. The torque transmitted by a cylindrical shaft is to be measured by using two strain
gauges. The angles for mounting the strain gauges relative to the axis of the shaft for
maximum sensitivity are
(A) 45 (B) 60 (C) 90 (D) 180

17. The most suitable pressure gauge to measure pressure in the range of 10 4 to 10 3 torr is
(A) Bellows (B) Barometer (C) Strain gauge (D) Pirani gauge

18. An accelerometer has input range of 0 to 10g, natural frequency 30 Hz and mass 0.001
kg. The range of the secondary displacement transducer in mm required to cover the
input range is
(A) 0 to 2.76 (B) 0 to 9.81 (C) 0 to 11.20 (D) 0 to 52.10

19. For a rotameter, which one of the following statements is TRUE?

(A) The weight of the float is balanced by the buoyancy and the drag force acting on
the float
(B) The velocity of the fluid remains constant for all positions of the float
(C) The measurement of volume flow rate of gas is not possible
(D) The volume flow rate is insensitive to changes in density of the fluid

20. The pressure and velocity at the throat of a Venturi tube, measuring the flow of a liquid,
are related to the upstream pressure and velocity, respectively, as follows:
(A) Pressure is lower but velocity is higher
(B) Pressure is higher but velocity is lower
(C) Both pressure and velocity are lower
(D) Pressure and velocity are identical

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21. The bridge most suited for measurement of a four-terminal resistance in the range of
0.001 to 0.1
(A) Wiens bridge (B) Kelvin double bridge
(C) Maxwells bridge (D) Shering Bridge

22. When the voltage across a battery is measured using a D.C potentiometer, the reading
shows 1.08 V. But when the same voltage is measured using a Permanent Magnet
Moving Coil (PMMC) voltmeter, the voltmeter reading shows 0.99 V. If the resistance
of the voltmeter is 1100 , the internal resistance of the battery, in , is
(A) 150 (B) 100 (C) 50 (D) 200

23. Identify the instrument that does not exist

(A) Dynamo-meter type ammeter (B) Dynamo-meter type wattmeter
(C) Moving-iron voltmeter (D) Moving-iron wattmeter

24. A periodic voltage waveform observed on an oscilloscope across a load is shown in

figure. A Permanent Magnet Moving coil (PMMC) meter connected across the same
load reads

(A) 4 V (B) 5V (C) 8V (D) 10 V

25. A 3 digit DMM has an accuracy specification of 1 % of full scale (accuracy class
1). A reading of 100.0 mA is obtained on its 200 mA full scale range. The worst case
error in the reading in milli ampere is
(A) 8 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 2

26. The bridge method commonly used for finding mutual inductance is
(A) Heaviside Campbell bridge (B) Schering bridge
(C) De Sauty bridge (D) Wien bridge

27. The term hysteresis is associated with

(A) On-Off control (B) P-I control
(C) Feed forward control (D) Ratio control

28. The number of times the Nyquist plot of G s s 1 s 1 will encircle the origin
clockwise is
(A) zero (B) one (C) two (D) three

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29. In a Bode magnitude plot, which one of the following slopes would be exhibited at high
frequencies by a 4th order all-pole system?
(A) 80 dB/decade (B) 40 dB/decade
(C) +40 dB/decade (D) +80 dB/decade

30. The phase margin (in degrees) of the system Gs 10 ss 10 is

(A) 85.32 (B) 84.32 (C) 86.32 (D) 87.32

31. The standard for long distance analog signal transmission in process control industry is
(A) 4-20 mV (B) 0-20 mA (C) 4-20 mA (D) 0-5 V

32. Two systems with impulse responses h1 (t ) and h2 (t ) are connected in cascade. Then the
overall impulse response of the cascaded system is given by
(A) Product of h1 (t ) and h2 (t ) (B) Sum of h1 (t ) and h2 (t )
(C) Convolution of h1 (t ) and h2 (t ) (D) Subtraction of h1 (t ) from h2 (t )

33. A lead compensator network includes a parallel combination of R and C in the feed-
forward path. If the transfer function of the compensator is G c ( s ) s 2 s 4 , the
value of RC is
(A) 0.8 (B) 0.7 (C) 0.6 (D) 0.5

34. Negative feedback in a closed-loop control system DOES NOT

(A) reduce the overall gain (B) reduce bandwidth
(C) improve disturbance rejection (D) reduce sensitivity to parameter variation

35. The polar plot of the transfer function G s 10s 1 s 10 for 0 will be in the
(A) first quadrant (B) second quadrant
(C) third quadrant (D) fourth quadrant

36. A unity negative feedback system has an openloop transfer function Gs K ss 10 .

The gain K for the system to have a damping ratio of 0.25 is
(A) 400 (B) 300 (C) 200 (D) 100
37. By performing cascading and/or summing/differencing operations using transfer
function blocks G1 ( s ) and G2 ( s) , one CANNOT realize a transfer function of the form
G1 ( s )
(A) G1 ( s)G2 ( s ) (B)
G 2 ( s)
1 1
(C) G1 ( s ) G2 ( s ) (D) G1 ( s ) G2 ( s )
G1 ( s ) G1 ( s )
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38. A unity negative feedback system has the open-loop transfer function
G s K . The value of the gain K (>0) at which the root locus crosses the
s s 1s 3
imaginary axis is
(A) 14 (B) 15 (C) 12 (D) 11

39. A thin P-type silicon sample is uniformly illuminated with light which generates excess
carriers. The recombination rate is directly proportional to
(A) the minority carrier mobility
(B) the minority carrier recombination lifetime
(C) the majority carrier concentration
(D) the excess minority carrier concentration

40. In a time-of-flight mass spectrometer if q is the charge and m the mass of the ionized
species, then the time of flight is proportional to
m q m q
(A) (B) (C) (D)
q m q m

41. The responsivity of the PIN photodiode shown is 0.9 A/W. To obtain Vout of 1 V for an
incident optical power of 1 mW, the value of R to be used is

(A) 0.9 (B) 1.1 (C) 0.9 k (D) 1.1 k

42. An LED emitting at 1m with a spectral width of 50nm is used in a Michelson

interferometer. To obtain a sustained interference, the maximum optical path difference
between the two arms of the interferometer is
(A) 200 m (B) 20 m (C) 1m (D) 50 nm

43. The resolving power of a spectrometer consisting of collimator, a grating and a

telescope can be increased by
(A) increasing the angular magnification of the telescope
(B) increasing the period of the grating
(C) decreasing the period of the grating
(D) decreasing the slit-width of the collimator

44. When the optical power incident on a photodiode is 10 W and the responsivity is
0.8 A/W, the photocurrent generated (in A ) is
(A) 6 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 12

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45. Which of the following does not show non-linear V-I characteristics?
(A) Schottky diode (B) Tunnel diode
(C) Thermistor, at a fixed temperature (D) p-n Junction diode.

46. In a half-wave rectifier, if an a.c supply is 60 Hz. Then what is the a.c ripple at output?
(A) 30 Hz (B) 60 Hz (C) 20 Hz (D) 15 Hz

47. A transistor has parameters as hie = 10 k, hre = 20 104 , hfe = 100 , hoe = 25 s. The
hib for this transistor will be
(A) 100 (B) 99.01 (C) 5M (D) 101 K

48. For the junction transistor, which of the following relation is true?

(A) = (B) = (1 + ) (C) = (D) =
1 1 1

49. An FET is a better chopper than a BJT because it has

(A) lower offset voltage (B) higher series ON resistance
(C) lower input current (D) higher input impedance

50. In a 741 Op-Amp, there is 20 dB/decade fall-off starting at a relatively low frequency.
This is due to the
(A) applied load (B) internal compensation
(C) impedance of the source (D) power dissipation in the chip

51. The effect of a finite gain of an operational amplifier used in an integrator is that
(A) it would not integrate
(B) the slope of the output will vary with time
(C) the final value of the output voltage will reduce
(D) there will be instability in the circuit

52. A Hartley Oscillator is used for generating

(A) very low frequency Oscillation (B) radio-frequency Oscillation
(C) microwave Oscillation (D) audio-frequency Oscillation

53. A 1ms pulse can be stretched to 1 s pulse by using

(A) an astable multivibrator (B) a monostable multivibrator
(C) a bistable multivibrator (D) a Schmitt trigger circuit
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54. In a PLL, lock occurs when the

(A) input frequency and the VCO frequency are the same
(B) Phase error is 1800
(C) VCO frequency is double the input frequency
(D) Phase error is 900

55. The following logic families have their propagation delay. Arrange them from lowest
propagation delay to highest propagation delay.
1. TTL (Standard)
2. ECL
3. Low power CMOS
4. DTL
(A) 2, 1, 4 and 3 (B) 2, 4, 1 and 3 (C) 4, 2, 3 and 1 (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4

56. In successive approximation converter input to the comparator is through

(A) DAC (B) Latch
(C) Flip-flop (D) Sample and hold circuit

57. Read the following statements:

i. Gate is a combinational logic.
ii. JK Flip-flop in toggle mode is not combinational logic.
iii. MSJK Flip-flop suffers from race-around.
iv. Counters are sequential circuits.
Which choice is correct?
(A) i, ii (B) i, ii, iv (C) ii, iii, iv (D) i, ii, iii

58. Which of the following peripherals provide I/O facilities?

i. 8279 ii. 8155 iii. 8259 iv. 8255
(A) i, ii (B) ii, iii (C) iii, iv (D) ii, iv

59. In standard TTL gates, the totem pole output stage is primarily used to
(A) increase the noise margin of the gate
(B) decrease the output switching delay
(C) facilitate a wired OR logic connection
(D) increase the output impedance of the circuit

60. Which of the following is error correcting code?

(A) EBCDIC (B) GRAY (C) Hamming (D) ASCII

61. The number of switching functions of 3 variables is

(A) 8 (B) 64 (C) 128 (D) 256
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62. The complement of the Boolean expression AB.(BC AC) is
(A) (A B) (B C)(A C) (B) (A.B) (BC AC)
(C) (A B).(B C)(A C) (D) (A B).(B C)(A C)

63. The resolution for N bit system D/A converter is

1 1
(A) (B) (C) 2N 1 (D) 2N
2 N
2 1
N

64. The signal x[n] = 2ej3n is

(A) an energy signal
(B) a power signal
(C) neither an energy nor a power signal
(D) an even signal

65. Consider a continuous-time system with input x(t) & output y(t) are related by
y(t) = x (sin t). This system is
(A) causal & linear (B) non-causal & linear
(C) causal & non-linear (D) non-causal & non-linear

66. For half-wave (odd) symmetry, with T0 = period of x(t), which one of the following is
correct?
(A) x(t To/2) = x(t) (B) x(t To/2) = x(t)
(C) x(tTo) = x(t) (D) x(tTo) = x(t)

67. The group delay function () is related to phase function () as

d () d ()
(A) () (B) ()
d d 2
d 2 () d 2 ()
(C) () (D) ()
d 2 d

68. Fourier transform F(j) of an arbitrary real signal has the property,
(A) F(j) = F(j) (B) F(j) = F(j)

(C) F(j) = F (j) (D) F(j) = F(j)

d 2 ( t )
69. If (t) denotes a unit impulse, then the Laplace transform of will be
d t2
(A) 1 (B) s2 (C) s (D) s2

70. What is the inverse Laplace transform of ?
(A) eat (B) u (t a) (C) (t a) (D) (t a) u (t a)

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71. A sum of ` 700 has to be used to give seven cash prizes to the students of a school for
their overall academic performance. If each prize is ` 20 less than its preceding prize,
then what is the least value of the prize?
(A) ` 30 (B) ` 40 (C) ` 60 (D) ` 80

72. In a class of 45 students, a boy is ranked 20th. When two boys joined, his rank was
dropped by one. What is his new rank from the end ?
(A) 25th (B) 26th (C) 27th (D) 28th

73. Three views of the cube are given below:

What is letter opposite to A?

(A) H (B) P (C) B (D) M

74. With reference to the figure given below, the number of different routes from S to T
without retracing from U and/or V, is

(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 9 (D) 18

75. Two sets of 4 consecutive positive integers have exactly one integer in common. The
sum of the integers in the set with greater numbers is how much greater than the sum of
the integers in the other set ?
(A) 4 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 12

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76. X can do a work in 10 days and Y in 20 days. If they work on it together for 4 days,
then the fraction of the work that is left is
(A) 1/5 (B) 2/5 (C) 3/5 (D) 4/5

77. Youre giving someone verbal feedback about some work they have completed which
isnt up to standard. What should you do ?
(A) Point out everything that they did wrong
(B) Base your feedback on what you have heard from others
(C) Criticize them for their poor work
(D) Suggest where improvements can be made and agree on a plan

78. Which of the following will NOT help you to be more persuasive ?
(A) Mirror body language and tone
(B) Use words that the other person agrees with
(C) Talk about your own interests and goals
(D) Make your aims appear to put the other person at an advantage

79. 5, 12, 17, 29, 46, 75, 121, ?

(A) 185 (B) 196
(C) 192 (D) 188

80. ?

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

81. Verve: Enthusiasm

(A) Loyalty : Duplicity (B) Devotion : Reverence
(C) Intensity : Colour (D) Eminence : Anonymity

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82. Out of the natural numbers upto 127, how many are even numbers ?
(A) 62 (B) 63
(C) 64 (D) 65

83. Nurse Kemp has worked more night shifts in a row than Nurse Rogers, who has worked
five. Nurse Miller has worked fifteen night shifts in a row, more than Nurses Kemp and
Rogers combined. Nurse Calvin has worked eight night shifts in a row, less than Nurse
Kemp. How many night shifts in a row has Nurse Kemp worked?
(A) Eight (B) Nine (C) Ten (D) Eleven

84. Find the odd number among the following :

(A) 7 (B) 11 (C) 27 (D) 29

85. The school principal has received complaints from parents about bullying in the school
yard during recess. He wants to investigate and end this situation as soon as possible, so
he has asked the recess aides to watch closely. Which situation should the recess aides
report to the principal ?
(A) A girl is sitting glumly on a bench reading a book and not interacting with her
peers.
(B) Four girls are surrounding another girl and seem to have possession of her
backpack.
(C) Two boys are playing a one-on-one game of basketball and are arguing over the
last basket scored.
(D) Three boys are huddled over a handheld video game, which isnt supposed to be
on school grounds.

86. n is a natural number. If n5 is odd, which of the following is true ?

(I) n is odd. (II) n3 is odd. (III) n4 is even.
(A) I only (B) II only (C) III only (D) I and II

87. What will be the next number in the sequence 6, 11, 21, 36, 56, ___ ?
(A) 76 (B) 72 (C) 81 (D) 91

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88. Here are some words translated from an artificial language.
dionot means oak tree
blyonot means oak leaf
blycrin means maple leaf
Which word could mean maple syrup?
(A) blymuth (B) hupponot (C) patricrin (D) crinweel

89. A is B's sister. C is B's mother. D is C's father. E is D's mother. Then, how is A related
to D ?
(A) Grandfather (B) Grandmother (C) Daughter (D) Granddaughter

90. Two bus tickets from city A to B and three tickets from city A to C cost ` 77 but three
tickets from city A to B and two tickets from city A to C cost ` 73. What are the fares
for cities B and C from A?
(A) ` 4, ` 23 (B) ` 13, ` 17 (C) ` 15, ` 14 (D) ` 17, ` 13

91. There are six persons A, B, C, D, E and F. C is the brother of F. B is the brother of E's
husband. D is the father of A and grandfather of F. There are two fathers, three brothers
and a mother in the group. Who is the mother?
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) E

92. If Z = 52 and ACT = 48, then BAT will be equal to

(A) 39 (B) 41 (C) 44 (D) 46

93. A tailor had a number of shirt pieces to cut from a roll of fabric. He cuts each roll of
equal length into 10 pieces. He cuts at the rate of 45 per minute. How many rolls would
be cut in 24 minutes ?
(A) 32 rolls (B) 54 rolls (C) 108 rolls (D) 120 rolls

94. 4 men & 6 women can complete a work in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women can
complete it in 10 days. In how many days will 10 women complete it ?
(A) 35 days (B) 40 days (C) 30 days (D) 25 days
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95. In a class of 100 students, 50 students passed in Mathematics and 70 passed in English,
5 students failed in both Mathematics and English. How many students passed in both
the subjects ?

(A) 50 (B) 40 (C) 35 (D) 25

96. A man on tour travels first 160 km at 64 km/hr and the next 160 km at 80 km/hr. The
average speed for the first 320 km of the tour is

(A) 71.11 km/hr (B) 36 km/hr (C) 71 km/hr (D) 36.33 km/hr

97. The length of a rectangular field is thrice its breadth. If the cost of cultivating the field at
` 367.20 per square metre is ` 27,540, then what is the perimeter of the rectangle ?

(A) 47 m (B) 39 m (C) 52 m (D) 40 m

98. In an examination, a student was asked to find 3/14 of a certain number. By mistake, he
found 3/4 of it. His answer was 150 more than the correct answer. Find the given
number.

(A) 190 (B) 250 (C) 280 (D) 350

99. A cube with all the sides painted was divided into small cubes of equal measurement.
The side of a small cube is exactly one fourth as that of the big cube. Therefore, the
number of small cubes with only one side painted is

(A) 64 (B) 36 (C) 24 (D) 12

100. Shyam walks 5 km towards East and then turns left and walks 6 km. Again he turns
right and walks 9 km. Finally he turns to his right and walks 6 km. How far is he from
the starting point ?

(A) 26 km (B) 21 km (C) 14 km (D) 9 km

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