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1. Removing bypass capacitor across the emitter leg resistor in a CE amplifier causes
a. 5 b. 6 c. 7 d. 8 Answer: c
6. The control terminal (pin 5) of 555 timer IC is normally connected to ground through a
capacitor (0.01F). This is to
7. The fan out of a MOS logic gate is higher than that of TTL gates because of its
a. Collector follower
b. Base follower
c. Emitter follower
d. Source follower Answer: c
11. Wien bridge oscillator can typically generate frequencies in the range of
a. 1kHz-1 Mhz
b. 1 Mhz-10MHz
c. 10MHz-100MHz
d. 100MHz-150MHz
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a. and mathematically differentiates the average of the voltages on the two input lines
b. and differentiates the input waveform on one line when the other line is grounded
c. the difference of voltages between the two input lines
d. and differentiates the sum of the two input waveform Answer: c
13. The type of power amplifier which exhibits crossover distortion in its output is
14. The lowest output impedance is obtained in case of BJT amplifiers for
a. CB configuration b. CE configuration
c. CC configuration d. CE with RE configuration Answer: c
15. The upper cutoff frequency of an RC coupled amplifier mainly depends upon
a. amplifies power b. amplifies signal current c. merely converts the signal ac power into
the dc power d. merely converts the dc power into useful ac power
17. An oscillator of the LC type that has a split capacitor in the circuit is
a. the same as that of load resistor b. to ensure a minimum current drain in the
circuit c. to increase the output dc voltage d. to increase the output current
a. increase the base storage charge b. to provide ac coupling c. to increase the speed of
response d. to provide the speed of oscillations Answer: c
20. Removing bypass capacitor across the emitter-leg resistor in a CE amplifier causes
Answer: a
22. How much inductance is needed to resonate at 5 kHz with a capacitance of 12nF?
23. The difference between the half power frequencies is called the
Answer: c
24. A parallel RLC circuit has C = 0.25F & L = 2H. The value of R which will create unity
damping factor is
a. 1 b. 2 c. 0.5 d. 4 Answer: b
a. 10 b. -1 c. -2 d. -3 Answer: b
26. On the Bode magnitude plot, the slope of the pole 1/(5 + j?) 2 is
Answer: c
Answer: d
Answer: a
29. In a series RLC circuit, which of these quality factors has the steepest curve at resonance?
a. Q = 20 b. Q = 12 c. Q = 8 d. Q = 4 Answer: d
Answer: d
Answer: b
3. Generally, the gain of a transistor amplifier falls at high frequencies due to the
3. Skin effect
Answer: a
Answer: c
5. A constant current signal across a parallel RLC circuits gives an o/p of 1.4V at the signal
frequency of 3.89kHz. At the frequency of 4 kHz, the o/p voltage will be
1. 1 V
2. 2 V
3. 1.4 V
4. 2.8 V
Answer: b
Answer: c
4. Q-factor of the O/P and I/P circuits as well as quiescent operating point
Answer: a
8. Most of the linear ICs are based on the two-transistor differential amplifier because of its
4. High CMMR
Answer: d
1. Reduces gain
3. Reduces bandwidth
4. Increase Noise
Answer: a
10.A dc power supply has no-load voltage of 30V and a full-load voltage of 25V at full-load
current of 1A. Its output resistance and load regulation respectively are
3. 5 ohm &16.7%
Answer: b
3. high loads
Answer: d
Answer: c
3. The effect of increasing the length of the air gap in an induction motor will increase
1. power factor
2. speed
3. magnetising current
4. air-gap flux
Answer: c
4. the difference between the synchronous speed and the actual speed of an induction
motor is known as
1. Regulation
2. back lash
3. slip
4. lag
Answer: c
3. dc series motor
4. ac series motor
Answer: b
2. Mild steel
4. Soft wood
Answer: c
Answer: d
1. High
2. Medium
3. Low
4. Zero
Answer: d
1. Synchronous speed
2. Rotor input
3. Number of poles
4. both A and B
Answer: d
10.A 3-phase squirrel cage induction motor supplied from a balanced 3-phase source drives
a mechanical load.
The torque-speed characteristics of the motor (solid curve) and of the load (dotted curve) are
shown. Of the two equilibrium points A and B, which of the following options correctly describes
the stability of A and B? [GATE 2009]
1. A is stable B is unstable
2. A is unstable B is stable
Answer: b
1. non inverter
2. voltage follower
3. summer
4. difference amplifier
Answer: c
1. instrumentation amplifiers
2. voltage followers
3. voltage regulators
4. buffers
Answer: a
Answer: c
Answer: c
1. a ramp.
2. a sinusoidal wave.
3. a rectangular wave.
Answer: a
6. For an op-amp having differential gain Av and common-mode gain Ac the CMRR is given
by
1. Av + Ac
2. Av/Ac
3. 1 + (Av/Ac)
4. Ac/Av
Answer: b
3. devices in the circuit should be allowed time for saturation and desaturation.
4. it would prevent noise from causing false triggering.
Answer: c
is
1. -6V
2. -5V
3. -1.2V
4. -0.2V
Answer: b
1. 0.6 A
2. 0.5 A
3. 0.2 A
4. 1/12 A
Answer: b
Answer: b
2. 100KHz
3. 1000/17KHz
4. 1000/7.07KHz
Answer: a
3. An amplifier using an opamp with slew rate SR = 1v/sec has a gain of 40db. If this
amplifier has to faithfully amplify sinusoidal signals from dc to 20KHz without introducing
any slew-rate induced distortion, then the input signal level exceed
1. 795mV
2. 395mV
3. 795mV
4. 39.5mV
Answer: c
1. Ri = A = R0 = 0
2. Ri = 0, A = R0 = 0
3. Ri = A = R0 =
4. Ri = 0, A = R0 =
Answer: b
5. The approximate input impedance of the opamp circuit which has Ri = 10k, Rf = 100k,
RL = 10k
1.
2. 120k
3. 110k
4. 10k
Answer: c
6. An opamp has a slew rate of 5V/S. The largest sine wave o/p voltage possible at a
frequency of 1MHz is
1. 10 V
2. 5 V
3. 5V
4. 5/2 V
Answer: a
7. Assume that the op-amp of the fig. Is ideal. If Vi is a triangular wave, then V0 will be
1. square wave
2. Triangular wave
3. Parabolic wave
4. Sine wave
8. A differential amplifier is invariably used in the i/p stage of all op-amps. This is done
basically to provide the op-amps with a very high
1. CMMR
2. bandwidth
3. slew rate
4. open-loop gain
Answer: c
9. A differential amplifier has a differential gain of 20, 000. CMMR = 80dB. The common
mode gain is given by
1. 2
2. 1
3.
4. 0
Answer: c
10.In the differential voltage gain & the common mode voltage gain of a differential
amplifier are 48db & 2db respectively, then its common mode rejection ratio is
1. 23dB
2. 25dB
3. 46dB
4. 50dB
Answer: b
1. A non inverting closed loop op amp circuit generally has a gain factor
3. Of zero
4. Equal to one
Answer: b
2. Be virtual ground
3. Have high reverse current
Answer: b
Answer: c
Answer: b
5. Calculate the cutoff frequency of a first-order low-pass filter for R1 = 2.5 k and C1 =
0.05 F
1. 1.273kHz
2. 12.73kHz
3. 127.3 kHz
4. 127.3 Hz
Answer: a
1. 4
2. 3
3. 2
4. 1
Answer: d
7. An OPAMP has a slew rate of 5 V/S. The largest sine wave O/P voltage possible at a
frequency of 1 MHZ is
1. 10 volts
2. 5 volts
3. 5/3 volts
4. 5/2 volts
8. Which of the following statements are true about VI characteristic of SCR?
2. SCR will trigger if the applied voltage exceeds forward break over voltage
4. When the SCR is in reverse biased, small leakage current will flow
5. A, B and C
7. B, C, D
8. C, D
Answer: c
6. 1, 2, 3, 4
7. 1, 3, 4
8. 2, 3, 4
Answer: c
10.For a JFET, when VDS is increased beyond the pinch off voltage, the drain current
1. Increases
2. Decreases
3. Remains constant
Answer: c
Answer: d
1. During forward biased small amount of voltage drop will appear across anode
and cathode
6. 1, 2 4
7. 1, 2, 3
8. 2, 3, 4
Answer: c
Options:
5. 1, 2, 4
6. 2, 3
8. 2, 3, 4
Answer: a
1. Diode
2. Thyristor
3. GTO
4. MOSFET
Answer: a
1. MOSFET
2. GTO
3. MCT
4. SCR
Answer: d
16.Which of the following abbreviation is not a power semiconductor device?
Options:
5. 1 and 4
6. 1 only
7. 1, 2, 4
Answer: d
Options:
5. 1, 2, 3
6. 2, 3, 4
Answer: b
1. The breakdown mechanism in a lightly doped p-n junction under reverse biased
condition is called
1. avalanche breakdown
2. zener breakdown
3. breakdown by tunnelling
Answer: a
Answer: c
1. 0.482
2. 1.21
3. 1.79
4. 2.05
Answer: a
3. contains one type of mobile carriers depending on the level of doping of the P or
N regions
Answer: a
Answer: c
6. The value of ripple factor of a half wave rectifier without filter is approximately
1. 1.2
2. o. 2
3. 2.2
4. 2.0
Answer: a
Answer: c
1. 0.6
2. 0.3
3. 0.9
4. 1.1
Answer: b
9. Transistor is a
1. Current controlled current device
Answer: a
10.If the output voltage of a bridge rectifier is 100V, the PIV of diode will be
2. 200/(pi) V
3. 100 * (pi) V
4. 100/2 V
Answer: d
Correct choice is
5. 1 and 2
6. 1, 2, 3
7. All
8. 4 only
Answer: c
Correct choice is
5. 1, 2, 4 only
6. 1, 2 only
7. 4 only
8. All
Answer: d
1. MOSFET
2. IGBT
3. IGCT
4. SCR
Answer: d
1. junction capacitance
3. depletion capacitance
Answer: d
5. In a p-n junction diode under reverse bias, the magnitude of electric field is maximum
at
Answer: c
6. An n-channel JFET has IDSS = 2mA, and Vp = -4V. Its transconductance gm = (in
mA/V) for an applied gate to source voltage VGS = -2V is
1. 0.25
2. 0.5
3. 0.75
4. 1
Answer: b
1. resistor
2. inductor
3. capacitor
4. battery
Answer: c
1. gate voltage
2. drain voltage
3. source voltage
4. body voltage
Answer: b
1. Fast turn-on
2. Fast turn-off
3. Large collector-base reverse bias
Answer: c
Answer: b
1. True, because being majority carrier devices, MOSFETs are voltage driven
3. False, because it can be operated both as current source Inverter (CSI) or a VSI
Answer: d
2. A single phase full-wave half controlled bridge converter feeds an inductive load. The
two SCRs in the converter are connected to a common DC bus. The converter has to
have a free wheeling diode [GATE-2007]
1. because the converter inherently does not provide for free wheeling
2. Because the converter does not provide for free wheeling for high values of
triggering angles
3. Or else the free wheeling action of the converter will cause shorting of the AC
supply
4. Or else if a gate pulse to one of the SCRs is missed, it will subsequently cause a
high load current in the other SCR
Answer: b
3. The power electronic converter shown in the figure has a single pole double throw
switch.
The pole P of the switch is connected alternately to throws A and B. The converter
shown is a [GATE-2010]
2. Half-wave rectifier
Answer: a
4. The fully controlled thyristor converter in the figure is fed from a single-phase source.
When the firing angle is 0 the dc output voltage of the converter is 300 V. What will be
the output voltage for a firing angle of 60 assuming continuous conduction? [GATE-
2010]
1. 150V
2. 210V
3. 300V
4. 100 (pi) V
Answer: a
1. Thermal runaway is not possible in FET because as the temperature of FET increases
Answer: a
Answer: a
3. In a full-wave rectifier using two ideal diodes, Vdc & Vm are the dc & peak values of
the voltage respectively across a resistive load. If PIV is the peak inverse voltage of the
diode, then the appropriate relationships for the rectifier is
Answer: b
1. 50 Hz AC
2. smooth DC
3. pulsating DC
4. 60 hz AC
Answer: c
1. it uses the whole transformer secondary for the entire ac input cycle
2. it costs less than other rectifier types
Answer: a
6. The best rectifier circuit for the power supply designed to provide high power at low
voltage is
Answer: b
7. If a half wave rectifier is used with 165Vpk AC input, the effective dc output voltage is
3. exactly 165V
Answer: a
8. If a full wave bridge circuit is used with a transformer whose secondary provides
50Vrms, the peak voltage that occurs across the diodes in the reverse direction is
approximately
1. 50 Vpk
2. 70 Vpk
3. 100 Vpk
4. 140 Vpk
Answer: b
2. Excessive voltage
3. Insufficient rectification
Answer: d
10.A source follower using an FET usually has a voltage gain which is
4. About-10
Answer: a
Q.3 If the load p.f. is 0.866, then the average p.f. the v-bank is
1. 0.886
2. 0.75
3. 0.51
4. 0.65
Answer: 2
Q.4 AT-T connection has higher ratio of utilization that n a V V connection only when
1. Identical transformers are used
2. Load power factor is leading
3. Load power factor is unity
4. Non-identical transformers are used
Answer: 4
Q.14 To turn a UJT ON, the forward bias on emitter diode should be:
1. more than the peak point voltage
2. less than the peak point voltage
3. Equal to the peak point voltage
4. Equal to the stand off voltage
Answer: 1
Q.15 Which of the following statements is wrong for transistor biasing methods:
1. The base resister method does not provide stabilization of operating point
2. The biasing with feedback resistor provides only some stabilization
3. Base resistor method provides better stabilization than collector feedback method
4. Voltage divider bias is widely used because it has stable operating point
Answer: 3
Q.17 In class-A amplifies conduction extends over 360 because the operating point.
1. Located near saturation point
2. Located at or near cut0off point
3. Located on load line
4. Located in the centre of load line
Answer: 4
Q.19 In a transistor
1. Emitter is heavily doped while the collector is moderately doped
2. Collector base junction is forward biased
3. Emitter is made wider than collector
4. The input resistance is much higher than output resistance
Answer: 1
Q.20 If a transistor were operated with emitter and collector interchanged, then
1. emitter current will increase
2. Collector current will increase
3. Base current will decrease
4. No current flow will take place
Answer: 2
Q.21 When a current flows in a conductor, the order of magnitude of the drift velocity of
electrons in it is
1. IO10 cm/s
2. 10-2 cm/s
3. 104 cm/s
4. 10-1 cm/s
Answer: 2
Q.22 When an alternating potential is applied to a capacitor, the current in the circuit will
1. lead the applied potential
2. lag the applied potential
3. be in phase with the applied potential
4. none
Answer: 1
Q.23 In application of superposition theorem, one is required to solve as many circuits as there
are
1. Nodes
2. Branches
3. Meshes
4. Sources
Answer: 4
Q.25 We require a resistor of 47 k - with 10% tolerance. The sequence of colour band on
this resistor would be
1. Yellow, violet, orange & silver
2. Yellow, brown, orange & silver
3. Yellow, violet, orange & gold
4. Yellow, violet, brown & gold
Answer: 1
Q.26 The high level language can be translated into machine language with the help of
1. Assembler
2. Stack pointer
3. Complier
4. Multiplexer
Answer: 3
Q.28 An analog voltage in the range of 0 to V volts into be converted into 3- bit digital output.
It is divided into eight intervals. The top & the bottom intervals are V/14 & the middle six
intervals are V/7. The maximum quantization error will be:
1. 0
2. v7
3. v14
4. V
Answer: 3
Q.33 These self-inductance of a circuit is defined as twice the work done against the induced
e.m.f. on establishing unit current in the coil. If the current to be established in the coil is
doubled, the work done against the induced e.m.f. will be
1. Doubled
2. Halved
3. four times
4. Quarter times
Answer: 3
Q.34 The drift velocity of free electrons in a conducting wire carrying a current I is V. If in a wire
of the same metal, but of double the radius, the current be 21, then the drift velocity of
electrons will be
1. V
2. v2
3. v4
4. 4V
Answer: 2
Q.39 The chief advantage of Ward-Leonard system D.C motor speed control is that is
1. Can be used even for small motors
2. has high overall efficiency at all speeds
3. Gives smooth, sensitive and wide speed control
4. Uses a flywheel to reduce fluctuations in power demand
Answer: 3
Q.42 The slight curvature at the lower end of the O.C.C. of a self-excited dc generator is due to
1. residual pole flux
2. high armature speed
3. magnetic inertia
4. high field circuit resistan
Answer: 3
Q.43 for the voltage built-up a self-excited D.C. generator, which of the following is not an
essential condition.
1. there must be some residual flux
2. field winding mmf must aid the residual flux
3. total field circuit resistance must be less than t critical value
4. armature speed must be very high
Answer: 4
Q.45 The terms 'soft sectored' and 'hard sectored' are used in connection with
1. P
2. RAM
3. ROM
4. Floppy disk
Answer: 4
Q.48 In a multivibrator
1. Feedback between two stages is 100%
2. Positive feedback is employed
3. When one transistor is on, the other is off
4. All
Answer: 4
Q.50 Amplification factor of a circuit is 50. For oscillator is feedback factor should be
1. 50
2. 100
3. 150
4. 1100
Answer: 3
Q.51 positive feedback is used in
1. Amplifier
2. Rectifier
3. Oscillator
4. Detector
Answer: 3
Q.54 In a tunnel diode, electrons can tunnel through the P-N junction mainly because
1. impurity level is low
2. they have high energy
3. barrier potential is very low
4. depletion layer is extremely thin
Answer: 4
Q.55 Most of the transistors are NPN type and not PNP type because
1. NPN transistor gives large voltage gain
2. NPN transistors are more negative than PNP transistors
3. In NPN transistor, the current conduction is by free electrons which are less obiles than
holes
4. We can have high conduction is NPN transistors
Answer: 4
Q.56 In a transistor
1. Emitter is heavily doped while the collector moderately doped
2. Collector base junction is forward biased
3. Emitter is made wider than collector
4. The input resistance is much larger than output resistance
Answer: 1
Q.57 If the instantaneous current in a ckt is given I=2 cos (t +) amperes, the r.m.s. value of t
current is
1. 2 amp
2. 2 amp
3. 2 2 amp
4. Zero amp
Answer: 2
Q.58 In an A.C. ckt, voltage and current are given V = 100 sin (100t) volts i = 100 sin
(10t+3) mA. The power dissipated in the ckt is
1. 104 watts
2. 10 watts
3. 2.5 watts
4. 5 watts
Answer: 3
Q.59 A 0.05 H-F capacitor charges through a resistor and is discharged through a resistor
20K. The time constant of the circuit is
1. the same both during charging and discharging
2. larger during charging process
3. larger during discharging process
4. none
Answer: 2
Q.60 The basic element of radio communica 1 system which generates radio waves is
1. micro phone
2. transmitter
3. transmitting antenna
4. Loudspeaker
Answer: 2
Q.61 The input frequency of a bridge rectifier is 50 its output frequency will be
1. 25 Hz
2. 50 Hz
3. 75 Hz
4. 100 Hz
Answer: 4
Q.62 Which of the following voltage is used represent binary '1' in digital circuits.
1. 0 V
2. 15 V
3. +5 V
4. 25 V
Answer: 3
Q.68 The external characteristic of a shunt generator can be obtained directly from its
characteristic
1. internal
2. open-circuit
3. load-saturation
4. performance
Answer: 2
Q.70 The biggest advantage of T-T connection over the V-V connection of 3-phase power
transformation is that it provides.
1. a set of balanced voltages under load
2. a true 3-phase, 4-wire system
3. a higher ratio of utilization
4. more voltages
Answer: 3
Q.71 The biggest advantage of T-T connection over the V-V connection of 3-phase power
transformation is that it provides.
1. a set of balanced voltages under load
2. a true 3-phase, 4-wire system
3. a higher ratio of utilization
4. more voltages
Answer: 2
Q.75 The high level language can be translated into machine language with the help of
1. Assembler
2. Stack pointer
3. Compiler
4. Multiplexer
Answer: 3
Q.77 After firing as SCR, the gating pulse is removed. The current in the SCR will
1. remain the same
2. immediately fall to zero
3. rise up
4. None
Answer: 1