POST: ASSISTANT MANAGER (ELECTRONICS (SPS-8))

Time allowed 2 hours

½ –ve marking

Calculator allowed WRITTEN TEST (TECHNICAL SECTION ONLY)

 BASIC ELECTRICAL: Basic terms, series & parallel combination. Current,

voltage, resistance, power, capacitor, resistor & inductor concepts &
related problems etc.

 BASIC ELECTRONICS: Transistor basic terms, transistor configuration

(CE, CC, CB with regard of i/p & o/p impedance & power, current &
voltage gain). Basics of transistor biasing (voltage divider biasing),
switching & amplification. Amplifier frequency response. Effect of
Coupling & bypass capacitor, harmonic distortion in amplifiers.
Temperature coefficient of resistance. Diode basics terms, rectifier with
types & related problems.

 INTEGRATED ELECTRONICS: Op amp, configuration & related terms like

slew rate, gain, CMRR, Applications of Op amp, analog filters &
responses.

 DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING: Nyquist sampling theorem, ADC

conversion process, signal representation (Fourier series) & types.

 ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS: Superposition, Thevinan & Norton theorems,

reactance (capacitive, inductive). RC time constant. Basic concepts from
RC, RLC, RL series & parallel circuit. Mutual inductance & KWH. VDR,
CDR, KVL, KCL & related problems.

 COMMUNICATION: Basics of Communication, Modulation techniques (AM,

FM, ASK, FSK, QPSK, PCM etc), Communication transmitters and
receivers, Multiplexing techniques (FDM, TDM),Noise, SNR, channel
capacity Telecommunication technologies & their data rates

 ELECTROMAGNETISM: Antenna terms, electric & magnetic fields, Path

loss, Electromagnetic spectrum ranges, frequency, wavelength & related
problems.

 CONTROL ENGINEERING: Open & Closed Loop system basic concepts,

stability from transfer function & poles & zeros of a system. Closed loop
transfer function of a control system, stability of a discrete time control
system, Nyquist stability criteria, root locus approach, bode plot, 2nd
order system & its response at different values of damping ratio (finding
 related terms including value of K & steady state error) & PID controllers
types & use.

 INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS: THYRISTOR, SCR, TRIAC, DIAC, Protection

techniques for power devices, 3-phase & I-phase controlled rectifiers,
switching regulator & inverter basics. Duty cycle & harmonic distortion in
power devices. Speed (RPM) control & load regulation of dc motor
& types of power electronic devices & circuits.

 CELLULAR COMMUNICATION: Cellular terms like re-use distance, Hands

off & ON, co-channel interference, frequency hopping, cell site, cellular
coverage enhancement techniques

 MICROPROCESSOR: Basic terms, finding no of address lines & memory

problems. Registers, interrupts & addressing modes of 8085 & 8088
microprocessors