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Q. 1 ? Q. 25 carry one mark each.
Q.1 Let ???? be an ???? ? ???? matrix with rank ???? (0 < ???? < ???? ). Then ???????? = 0 has ???? independent solutions,
where ???? is
(A) r (B) n (C) ???? ? ???? (D) ???? + ????
Q.2
The value of ?
1
???? 2
???????? , where the contour is the unit circle traversed clockwise, is
(A) ?2 ???????? (B) 0 (C) 2 ???????? (D) 4 ????????
Q.3
The double integral ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
is equivalent to
(A) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
(B) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? ???? ???? 0
(C) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? ???? ???? 0
(D) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
Q.4 The magnitude of the directional derivative of the function ???? ( ???? , ???? ) = ???? 2
+ 3 ???? 2
in a direction
normal to the circle ???? 2
+ ???? 2
= 2, at the point (1,1), is
(A) 4 ?2 (B) 5 ?2 (C) 7 ?2 (D) 9 ?2
Q.5 The figure shows a half-wave rectifier circuit with input voltage V(t) = 10 sin (100 ? t) volts.
Assuming ideal diode characteristics with zero forward voltage drop and zero reverse current, the
average power consumed in watts by the load resistance R
L
is __________ W .
Q.6 The capacitor shown in the figure is initially charged to +10 V. The switch closes at time t = 0.
Then the value of V
C
(t) in volts at time t = 10 ms is__________ V .
Q.7 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
o
(B) ? 60
o
(C) ? 90
o
(D) ? 180
o
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Q. 1 ? Q. 25 carry one mark each.
Q.1 Let ???? be an ???? ? ???? matrix with rank ???? (0 < ???? < ???? ). Then ???????? = 0 has ???? independent solutions,
where ???? is
(A) r (B) n (C) ???? ? ???? (D) ???? + ????
Q.2
The value of ?
1
???? 2
???????? , where the contour is the unit circle traversed clockwise, is
(A) ?2 ???????? (B) 0 (C) 2 ???????? (D) 4 ????????
Q.3
The double integral ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
is equivalent to
(A) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
(B) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? ???? ???? 0
(C) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? ???? ???? 0
(D) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
Q.4 The magnitude of the directional derivative of the function ???? ( ???? , ???? ) = ???? 2
+ 3 ???? 2
in a direction
normal to the circle ???? 2
+ ???? 2
= 2, at the point (1,1), is
(A) 4 ?2 (B) 5 ?2 (C) 7 ?2 (D) 9 ?2
Q.5 The figure shows a half-wave rectifier circuit with input voltage V(t) = 10 sin (100 ? t) volts.
Assuming ideal diode characteristics with zero forward voltage drop and zero reverse current, the
average power consumed in watts by the load resistance R
L
is __________ W .
Q.6 The capacitor shown in the figure is initially charged to +10 V. The switch closes at time t = 0.
Then the value of V
C
(t) in volts at time t = 10 ms is__________ V .
Q.7 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
o
(B) ? 60
o
(C) ? 90
o
(D) ? 180
o
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Q.8 A p-type semiconductor strain gauge has a nominal resistance of 1000 ? and a gauge factor of
+200 at 25 ?C. The resistance of the strain gauge in ohms when subjected to a strain of
+10
?4
m/m at the same temperature is __________ ?.
Q.9 Liquid flow rate is measured using
(A) a Pirani gauge (B) a pyrometer
(C) an orifice plate (D) a Bourdon tube
Q.10 The output voltage of the ideal transformer with the polarities and dots shown in the figure is given
by
(A) NV
i
sin ?t (B) ? NV
i
sin ?t (C)
1
N
V
i
sin ?t (D) ?
1
N
V
i
sin ?t
Q.11 A load resistor R
L
is connected to a battery of voltage E with internal resistance R
i
through a
resistance R
S
as shown in the figure. For fixed values of R
L
and R
i
, the value of R
S
( ? 0) for
maximum power transfer to R
L
is
(A) 0 (B) R
L
? R
i
(C) R
L
(D) R
L
+ R
i
Q.12 Consider the logic circuit with input signal TEST shown in the figure. All gates in the figure shown
have identical non-zero delay. The signal TEST which was at logic LOW is switched to logic
HIGH and maintained at logic HIGH. The output
(A) stays HIGH throughout
(B) stays LOW throughout
(C) pulses from LOW to HIGH to LOW
(D) pulses from HIGH to LOW to HIGH
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Q. 1 ? Q. 25 carry one mark each.
Q.1 Let ???? be an ???? ? ???? matrix with rank ???? (0 < ???? < ???? ). Then ???????? = 0 has ???? independent solutions,
where ???? is
(A) r (B) n (C) ???? ? ???? (D) ???? + ????
Q.2
The value of ?
1
???? 2
???????? , where the contour is the unit circle traversed clockwise, is
(A) ?2 ???????? (B) 0 (C) 2 ???????? (D) 4 ????????
Q.3
The double integral ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
is equivalent to
(A) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
(B) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? ???? ???? 0
(C) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? ???? ???? 0
(D) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
Q.4 The magnitude of the directional derivative of the function ???? ( ???? , ???? ) = ???? 2
+ 3 ???? 2
in a direction
normal to the circle ???? 2
+ ???? 2
= 2, at the point (1,1), is
(A) 4 ?2 (B) 5 ?2 (C) 7 ?2 (D) 9 ?2
Q.5 The figure shows a half-wave rectifier circuit with input voltage V(t) = 10 sin (100 ? t) volts.
Assuming ideal diode characteristics with zero forward voltage drop and zero reverse current, the
average power consumed in watts by the load resistance R
L
is __________ W .
Q.6 The capacitor shown in the figure is initially charged to +10 V. The switch closes at time t = 0.
Then the value of V
C
(t) in volts at time t = 10 ms is__________ V .
Q.7 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
o
(B) ? 60
o
(C) ? 90
o
(D) ? 180
o
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Q.8 A p-type semiconductor strain gauge has a nominal resistance of 1000 ? and a gauge factor of
+200 at 25 ?C. The resistance of the strain gauge in ohms when subjected to a strain of
+10
?4
m/m at the same temperature is __________ ?.
Q.9 Liquid flow rate is measured using
(A) a Pirani gauge (B) a pyrometer
(C) an orifice plate (D) a Bourdon tube
Q.10 The output voltage of the ideal transformer with the polarities and dots shown in the figure is given
by
(A) NV
i
sin ?t (B) ? NV
i
sin ?t (C)
1
N
V
i
sin ?t (D) ?
1
N
V
i
sin ?t
Q.11 A load resistor R
L
is connected to a battery of voltage E with internal resistance R
i
through a
resistance R
S
as shown in the figure. For fixed values of R
L
and R
i
, the value of R
S
( ? 0) for
maximum power transfer to R
L
is
(A) 0 (B) R
L
? R
i
(C) R
L
(D) R
L
+ R
i
Q.12 Consider the logic circuit with input signal TEST shown in the figure. All gates in the figure shown
have identical non-zero delay. The signal TEST which was at logic LOW is switched to logic
HIGH and maintained at logic HIGH. The output
(A) stays HIGH throughout
(B) stays LOW throughout
(C) pulses from LOW to HIGH to LOW
(D) pulses from HIGH to LOW to HIGH
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Q.13 The logic evaluated by the circuit at the output is
(A) XY
?
+YX
?
(B) (X+Y
? ? ? ? ? ?
)XY (C) XY
? ? ? ?
+XY (D) X
?
Y+XY
?
+X+Y
Q.14 In the circuit shown, the switch is momentarily closed and then opened. Assuming the logic gates to
have equal non-zero delay, at steady state, the logic states of X and Y are
(A) X is latched, Y toggles continuously (B) X and Y are both latched
(C) Y is latched, X toggles continuously (D) X and Y both toggle continuously
Q.15 The highest frequency present in the signal ???? ( ???? ) is ???? max
. The highest frequency present in the signal
???? ( ???? ) = ???? 2
( ???? ) is
(A)
1
2
???? max
(B) ???? max
(C) 2 ???? max
(D) 4 ???? max
Q.16
The filter whose transfer function is of the form G(s) =
???? 2
? ???????? + ???? ???? 2
+ ???????? + ???? is
(A) a high-pass filter (B) a low-pass filter
(C) an all-pass filter (D) a band-reject filter
Q.17 Let 3 + 4 ???? be a zero of a fourth order linear-phase FIR filter. The complex number which is NOT
a zero of this filter is
(A) 3 ? 4 ???? (B)
3
25
+
4
25
???? (C)
3
25
?
4
25
???? (D)
1
3
?
1
4
????
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Q.1 Let ???? be an ???? ? ???? matrix with rank ???? (0 < ???? < ???? ). Then ???????? = 0 has ???? independent solutions,
where ???? is
(A) r (B) n (C) ???? ? ???? (D) ???? + ????
Q.2
The value of ?
1
???? 2
???????? , where the contour is the unit circle traversed clockwise, is
(A) ?2 ???????? (B) 0 (C) 2 ???????? (D) 4 ????????
Q.3
The double integral ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
is equivalent to
(A) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
(B) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? ???? ???? 0
(C) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? ???? ???? 0
(D) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
Q.4 The magnitude of the directional derivative of the function ???? ( ???? , ???? ) = ???? 2
+ 3 ???? 2
in a direction
normal to the circle ???? 2
+ ???? 2
= 2, at the point (1,1), is
(A) 4 ?2 (B) 5 ?2 (C) 7 ?2 (D) 9 ?2
Q.5 The figure shows a half-wave rectifier circuit with input voltage V(t) = 10 sin (100 ? t) volts.
Assuming ideal diode characteristics with zero forward voltage drop and zero reverse current, the
average power consumed in watts by the load resistance R
L
is __________ W .
Q.6 The capacitor shown in the figure is initially charged to +10 V. The switch closes at time t = 0.
Then the value of V
C
(t) in volts at time t = 10 ms is__________ V .
Q.7 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
o
(B) ? 60
o
(C) ? 90
o
(D) ? 180
o
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Q.8 A p-type semiconductor strain gauge has a nominal resistance of 1000 ? and a gauge factor of
+200 at 25 ?C. The resistance of the strain gauge in ohms when subjected to a strain of
+10
?4
m/m at the same temperature is __________ ?.
Q.9 Liquid flow rate is measured using
(A) a Pirani gauge (B) a pyrometer
(C) an orifice plate (D) a Bourdon tube
Q.10 The output voltage of the ideal transformer with the polarities and dots shown in the figure is given
by
(A) NV
i
sin ?t (B) ? NV
i
sin ?t (C)
1
N
V
i
sin ?t (D) ?
1
N
V
i
sin ?t
Q.11 A load resistor R
L
is connected to a battery of voltage E with internal resistance R
i
through a
resistance R
S
as shown in the figure. For fixed values of R
L
and R
i
, the value of R
S
( ? 0) for
maximum power transfer to R
L
is
(A) 0 (B) R
L
? R
i
(C) R
L
(D) R
L
+ R
i
Q.12 Consider the logic circuit with input signal TEST shown in the figure. All gates in the figure shown
have identical non-zero delay. The signal TEST which was at logic LOW is switched to logic
HIGH and maintained at logic HIGH. The output
(A) stays HIGH throughout
(B) stays LOW throughout
(C) pulses from LOW to HIGH to LOW
(D) pulses from HIGH to LOW to HIGH
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Q.13 The logic evaluated by the circuit at the output is
(A) XY
?
+YX
?
(B) (X+Y
? ? ? ? ? ?
)XY (C) XY
? ? ? ?
+XY (D) X
?
Y+XY
?
+X+Y
Q.14 In the circuit shown, the switch is momentarily closed and then opened. Assuming the logic gates to
have equal non-zero delay, at steady state, the logic states of X and Y are
(A) X is latched, Y toggles continuously (B) X and Y are both latched
(C) Y is latched, X toggles continuously (D) X and Y both toggle continuously
Q.15 The highest frequency present in the signal ???? ( ???? ) is ???? max
. The highest frequency present in the signal
???? ( ???? ) = ???? 2
( ???? ) is
(A)
1
2
???? max
(B) ???? max
(C) 2 ???? max
(D) 4 ???? max
Q.16
The filter whose transfer function is of the form G(s) =
???? 2
? ???????? + ???? ???? 2
+ ???????? + ???? is
(A) a high-pass filter (B) a low-pass filter
(C) an all-pass filter (D) a band-reject filter
Q.17 Let 3 + 4 ???? be a zero of a fourth order linear-phase FIR filter. The complex number which is NOT
a zero of this filter is
(A) 3 ? 4 ???? (B)
3
25
+
4
25
???? (C)
3
25
?
4
25
???? (D)
1
3
?
1
4
????
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Q.18 Consider the ammeter-voltmeter method of determining the value of the resistance R using the
circuit shown in the figure. The maximum possible errors of the voltmeter and ammeter are known
to be 1 % and 2 % of their readings, respectively. Neglecting the effects of meter resistances, the
maximum possible percentage error in the value of R determined from the measurements,
is__________%.
Q.19 The bridge most suited for measurement of a four-terminal resistance in the range of
0.001 ? to 0.1 ? is
(A) Wien?s bridge (B) Kelvin double bridge
(C) Maxwell?s bridge (D) Schering bridge
Q.20 A power line is coupled capacitively through various parasitic capacitances to a shielded signal line
as shown in the figure. The conductive shield is grounded solidly at one end. Assume that the
length of the signal wire extending beyond the shield, and the shield resistance are negligible. The
magnitude of the noise voltage coupled to the signal line is
(A) directly proportional to C
1G
(B) inversely proportional to the power line frequency
(C) inversely proportional to C
1S
(D) zero
Q.21 A mass-spring-damper system with force as input and displacement of the mass as output has a
transfer function ???? ( ???? ) = 1/( ???? 2
+ 24 ???? + 900). A force input F(t) = 10 sin (70t) newtons is applied
at time ???? = 0 s. A beam from an optical stroboscope is focused on the mass. In steady state, the
strobe frequency in hertz at which the mass appears to be stationary is
(A) 5/ ???? (B) 15/ ???? (C) 35/ ???? (D) 50/ ????
Q.22
A system with transfer function G(s) =
1
???? 2
+1
has zero initial conditions. The percentage overshoot
in its step response is _________ %.
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Q. 1 ? Q. 25 carry one mark each.
Q.1 Let ???? be an ???? ? ???? matrix with rank ???? (0 < ???? < ???? ). Then ???????? = 0 has ???? independent solutions,
where ???? is
(A) r (B) n (C) ???? ? ???? (D) ???? + ????
Q.2
The value of ?
1
???? 2
???????? , where the contour is the unit circle traversed clockwise, is
(A) ?2 ???????? (B) 0 (C) 2 ???????? (D) 4 ????????
Q.3
The double integral ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
is equivalent to
(A) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
(B) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? ???? ???? 0
(C) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? ???? ???? 0
(D) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
Q.4 The magnitude of the directional derivative of the function ???? ( ???? , ???? ) = ???? 2
+ 3 ???? 2
in a direction
normal to the circle ???? 2
+ ???? 2
= 2, at the point (1,1), is
(A) 4 ?2 (B) 5 ?2 (C) 7 ?2 (D) 9 ?2
Q.5 The figure shows a half-wave rectifier circuit with input voltage V(t) = 10 sin (100 ? t) volts.
Assuming ideal diode characteristics with zero forward voltage drop and zero reverse current, the
average power consumed in watts by the load resistance R
L
is __________ W .
Q.6 The capacitor shown in the figure is initially charged to +10 V. The switch closes at time t = 0.
Then the value of V
C
(t) in volts at time t = 10 ms is__________ V .
Q.7 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
o
(B) ? 60
o
(C) ? 90
o
(D) ? 180
o
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Q.8 A p-type semiconductor strain gauge has a nominal resistance of 1000 ? and a gauge factor of
+200 at 25 ?C. The resistance of the strain gauge in ohms when subjected to a strain of
+10
?4
m/m at the same temperature is __________ ?.
Q.9 Liquid flow rate is measured using
(A) a Pirani gauge (B) a pyrometer
(C) an orifice plate (D) a Bourdon tube
Q.10 The output voltage of the ideal transformer with the polarities and dots shown in the figure is given
by
(A) NV
i
sin ?t (B) ? NV
i
sin ?t (C)
1
N
V
i
sin ?t (D) ?
1
N
V
i
sin ?t
Q.11 A load resistor R
L
is connected to a battery of voltage E with internal resistance R
i
through a
resistance R
S
as shown in the figure. For fixed values of R
L
and R
i
, the value of R
S
( ? 0) for
maximum power transfer to R
L
is
(A) 0 (B) R
L
? R
i
(C) R
L
(D) R
L
+ R
i
Q.12 Consider the logic circuit with input signal TEST shown in the figure. All gates in the figure shown
have identical non-zero delay. The signal TEST which was at logic LOW is switched to logic
HIGH and maintained at logic HIGH. The output
(A) stays HIGH throughout
(B) stays LOW throughout
(C) pulses from LOW to HIGH to LOW
(D) pulses from HIGH to LOW to HIGH
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Q.13 The logic evaluated by the circuit at the output is
(A) XY
?
+YX
?
(B) (X+Y
? ? ? ? ? ?
)XY (C) XY
? ? ? ?
+XY (D) X
?
Y+XY
?
+X+Y
Q.14 In the circuit shown, the switch is momentarily closed and then opened. Assuming the logic gates to
have equal non-zero delay, at steady state, the logic states of X and Y are
(A) X is latched, Y toggles continuously (B) X and Y are both latched
(C) Y is latched, X toggles continuously (D) X and Y both toggle continuously
Q.15 The highest frequency present in the signal ???? ( ???? ) is ???? max
. The highest frequency present in the signal
???? ( ???? ) = ???? 2
( ???? ) is
(A)
1
2
???? max
(B) ???? max
(C) 2 ???? max
(D) 4 ???? max
Q.16
The filter whose transfer function is of the form G(s) =
???? 2
? ???????? + ???? ???? 2
+ ???????? + ???? is
(A) a high-pass filter (B) a low-pass filter
(C) an all-pass filter (D) a band-reject filter
Q.17 Let 3 + 4 ???? be a zero of a fourth order linear-phase FIR filter. The complex number which is NOT
a zero of this filter is
(A) 3 ? 4 ???? (B)
3
25
+
4
25
???? (C)
3
25
?
4
25
???? (D)
1
3
?
1
4
????
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Q.18 Consider the ammeter-voltmeter method of determining the value of the resistance R using the
circuit shown in the figure. The maximum possible errors of the voltmeter and ammeter are known
to be 1 % and 2 % of their readings, respectively. Neglecting the effects of meter resistances, the
maximum possible percentage error in the value of R determined from the measurements,
is__________%.
Q.19 The bridge most suited for measurement of a four-terminal resistance in the range of
0.001 ? to 0.1 ? is
(A) Wien?s bridge (B) Kelvin double bridge
(C) Maxwell?s bridge (D) Schering bridge
Q.20 A power line is coupled capacitively through various parasitic capacitances to a shielded signal line
as shown in the figure. The conductive shield is grounded solidly at one end. Assume that the
length of the signal wire extending beyond the shield, and the shield resistance are negligible. The
magnitude of the noise voltage coupled to the signal line is
(A) directly proportional to C
1G
(B) inversely proportional to the power line frequency
(C) inversely proportional to C
1S
(D) zero
Q.21 A mass-spring-damper system with force as input and displacement of the mass as output has a
transfer function ???? ( ???? ) = 1/( ???? 2
+ 24 ???? + 900). A force input F(t) = 10 sin (70t) newtons is applied
at time ???? = 0 s. A beam from an optical stroboscope is focused on the mass. In steady state, the
strobe frequency in hertz at which the mass appears to be stationary is
(A) 5/ ???? (B) 15/ ???? (C) 35/ ???? (D) 50/ ????
Q.22
A system with transfer function G(s) =
1
???? 2
+1
has zero initial conditions. The percentage overshoot
in its step response is _________ %.
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Q.23 The voltage ( ???? 0
) developed across a glass electrode for pH measurement is related to the
temperature ( ???? ) by the relation
(A) ???? 0
?
1
???? 2
(B) ???? 0
?
1
???? (C) ???? 0
? ???? (D) ???? 0
? ???? 2
Q.24 A light detector circuit using an ideal photo-diode is shown in the figure. The sensitivity of the
photo-diode is 0.5 ?A/?W. With V
r
= 6 V, the output voltage V
o
= ?1.0 V for 10 ?W of incident
light. If V
r
is changed to 3 V, keeping all other parameters the same, the value of V
o
in volts is
__________V.
Q.25 An apparatus to capture ECG signals has a filter followed by a data acquisition system. The filter
best suited for this application is
(A) low pass with cutoff frequency 200 Hz
(B) high pass with cutoff frequency 200 Hz
(C) band pass with lower and upper cutoff frequencies 100 Hz and 200 Hz for its pass band
(D) band reject with lower and upper cutoff frequencies 1 Hz and 200 Hz for its stop band
Q. 26 ? Q. 55 carry two marks each.
Q.26 The probability that a thermistor randomly picked up from a production unit is defective is 0.1. The
probability that out of 10 thermistors randomly picked up, 3 are defective is
(A) 0.001 (B) 0.057 (C) 0.107 (D) 0.3
Q.27 The probability density function of a random variable ???? is ???? ???? ( ???? ) = ???? ? ???? for ???? ? 0 and 0 otherwise.
The expected value of the function ???? ???? ( ???? ) = ???? 3 ???? /4
is __________ .
Q.28
The z-transform of ???? [ ???? ] = ???? | ???? |
, 0 < | ???? | < 1, is ???? ( ???? ). The region of convergence of ???? ( ???? ) is
(A) | ???? | < | ???? | <
1
| ???? |
(B) | ???? | > ???? (C) | ???? | >
1
| ???? |
(D) | ???? | < min [| ???? |,
1
| ???? |
]
Q.29 The current in amperes through the resistor R in the circuit shown in the figure is __________ A.
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Q.1 Let ???? be an ???? ? ???? matrix with rank ???? (0 < ???? < ???? ). Then ???????? = 0 has ???? independent solutions,
where ???? is
(A) r (B) n (C) ???? ? ???? (D) ???? + ????
Q.2
The value of ?
1
???? 2
???????? , where the contour is the unit circle traversed clockwise, is
(A) ?2 ???????? (B) 0 (C) 2 ???????? (D) 4 ????????
Q.3
The double integral ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
is equivalent to
(A) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
(B) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? ???? ???? 0
(C) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? ???? ???? 0
(D) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
Q.4 The magnitude of the directional derivative of the function ???? ( ???? , ???? ) = ???? 2
+ 3 ???? 2
in a direction
normal to the circle ???? 2
+ ???? 2
= 2, at the point (1,1), is
(A) 4 ?2 (B) 5 ?2 (C) 7 ?2 (D) 9 ?2
Q.5 The figure shows a half-wave rectifier circuit with input voltage V(t) = 10 sin (100 ? t) volts.
Assuming ideal diode characteristics with zero forward voltage drop and zero reverse current, the
average power consumed in watts by the load resistance R
L
is __________ W .
Q.6 The capacitor shown in the figure is initially charged to +10 V. The switch closes at time t = 0.
Then the value of V
C
(t) in volts at time t = 10 ms is__________ V .
Q.7 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
o
(B) ? 60
o
(C) ? 90
o
(D) ? 180
o
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Q.8 A p-type semiconductor strain gauge has a nominal resistance of 1000 ? and a gauge factor of
+200 at 25 ?C. The resistance of the strain gauge in ohms when subjected to a strain of
+10
?4
m/m at the same temperature is __________ ?.
Q.9 Liquid flow rate is measured using
(A) a Pirani gauge (B) a pyrometer
(C) an orifice plate (D) a Bourdon tube
Q.10 The output voltage of the ideal transformer with the polarities and dots shown in the figure is given
by
(A) NV
i
sin ?t (B) ? NV
i
sin ?t (C)
1
N
V
i
sin ?t (D) ?
1
N
V
i
sin ?t
Q.11 A load resistor R
L
is connected to a battery of voltage E with internal resistance R
i
through a
resistance R
S
as shown in the figure. For fixed values of R
L
and R
i
, the value of R
S
( ? 0) for
maximum power transfer to R
L
is
(A) 0 (B) R
L
? R
i
(C) R
L
(D) R
L
+ R
i
Q.12 Consider the logic circuit with input signal TEST shown in the figure. All gates in the figure shown
have identical non-zero delay. The signal TEST which was at logic LOW is switched to logic
HIGH and maintained at logic HIGH. The output
(A) stays HIGH throughout
(B) stays LOW throughout
(C) pulses from LOW to HIGH to LOW
(D) pulses from HIGH to LOW to HIGH
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Q.13 The logic evaluated by the circuit at the output is
(A) XY
?
+YX
?
(B) (X+Y
? ? ? ? ? ?
)XY (C) XY
? ? ? ?
+XY (D) X
?
Y+XY
?
+X+Y
Q.14 In the circuit shown, the switch is momentarily closed and then opened. Assuming the logic gates to
have equal non-zero delay, at steady state, the logic states of X and Y are
(A) X is latched, Y toggles continuously (B) X and Y are both latched
(C) Y is latched, X toggles continuously (D) X and Y both toggle continuously
Q.15 The highest frequency present in the signal ???? ( ???? ) is ???? max
. The highest frequency present in the signal
???? ( ???? ) = ???? 2
( ???? ) is
(A)
1
2
???? max
(B) ???? max
(C) 2 ???? max
(D) 4 ???? max
Q.16
The filter whose transfer function is of the form G(s) =
???? 2
? ???????? + ???? ???? 2
+ ???????? + ???? is
(A) a high-pass filter (B) a low-pass filter
(C) an all-pass filter (D) a band-reject filter
Q.17 Let 3 + 4 ???? be a zero of a fourth order linear-phase FIR filter. The complex number which is NOT
a zero of this filter is
(A) 3 ? 4 ???? (B)
3
25
+
4
25
???? (C)
3
25
?
4
25
???? (D)
1
3
?
1
4
????
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Q.18 Consider the ammeter-voltmeter method of determining the value of the resistance R using the
circuit shown in the figure. The maximum possible errors of the voltmeter and ammeter are known
to be 1 % and 2 % of their readings, respectively. Neglecting the effects of meter resistances, the
maximum possible percentage error in the value of R determined from the measurements,
is__________%.
Q.19 The bridge most suited for measurement of a four-terminal resistance in the range of
0.001 ? to 0.1 ? is
(A) Wien?s bridge (B) Kelvin double bridge
(C) Maxwell?s bridge (D) Schering bridge
Q.20 A power line is coupled capacitively through various parasitic capacitances to a shielded signal line
as shown in the figure. The conductive shield is grounded solidly at one end. Assume that the
length of the signal wire extending beyond the shield, and the shield resistance are negligible. The
magnitude of the noise voltage coupled to the signal line is
(A) directly proportional to C
1G
(B) inversely proportional to the power line frequency
(C) inversely proportional to C
1S
(D) zero
Q.21 A mass-spring-damper system with force as input and displacement of the mass as output has a
transfer function ???? ( ???? ) = 1/( ???? 2
+ 24 ???? + 900). A force input F(t) = 10 sin (70t) newtons is applied
at time ???? = 0 s. A beam from an optical stroboscope is focused on the mass. In steady state, the
strobe frequency in hertz at which the mass appears to be stationary is
(A) 5/ ???? (B) 15/ ???? (C) 35/ ???? (D) 50/ ????
Q.22
A system with transfer function G(s) =
1
???? 2
+1
has zero initial conditions. The percentage overshoot
in its step response is _________ %.
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Q.23 The voltage ( ???? 0
) developed across a glass electrode for pH measurement is related to the
temperature ( ???? ) by the relation
(A) ???? 0
?
1
???? 2
(B) ???? 0
?
1
???? (C) ???? 0
? ???? (D) ???? 0
? ???? 2
Q.24 A light detector circuit using an ideal photo-diode is shown in the figure. The sensitivity of the
photo-diode is 0.5 ?A/?W. With V
r
= 6 V, the output voltage V
o
= ?1.0 V for 10 ?W of incident
light. If V
r
is changed to 3 V, keeping all other parameters the same, the value of V
o
in volts is
__________V.
Q.25 An apparatus to capture ECG signals has a filter followed by a data acquisition system. The filter
best suited for this application is
(A) low pass with cutoff frequency 200 Hz
(B) high pass with cutoff frequency 200 Hz
(C) band pass with lower and upper cutoff frequencies 100 Hz and 200 Hz for its pass band
(D) band reject with lower and upper cutoff frequencies 1 Hz and 200 Hz for its stop band
Q. 26 ? Q. 55 carry two marks each.
Q.26 The probability that a thermistor randomly picked up from a production unit is defective is 0.1. The
probability that out of 10 thermistors randomly picked up, 3 are defective is
(A) 0.001 (B) 0.057 (C) 0.107 (D) 0.3
Q.27 The probability density function of a random variable ???? is ???? ???? ( ???? ) = ???? ? ???? for ???? ? 0 and 0 otherwise.
The expected value of the function ???? ???? ( ???? ) = ???? 3 ???? /4
is __________ .
Q.28
The z-transform of ???? [ ???? ] = ???? | ???? |
, 0 < | ???? | < 1, is ???? ( ???? ). The region of convergence of ???? ( ???? ) is
(A) | ???? | < | ???? | <
1
| ???? |
(B) | ???? | > ???? (C) | ???? | >
1
| ???? |
(D) | ???? | < min [| ???? |,
1
| ???? |
]
Q.29 The current in amperes through the resistor R in the circuit shown in the figure is __________ A.
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Q.30 The linear I-V characteristics of 2-terminal non-ideal dc sources X and Y are shown in the figure. If
the sources are connected to a 1 ? resistor as shown, the current through the resistor in amperes is
__________ A.
Q.31 Consider the circuits shown in the figure. The magnitude of the ratio of the currents, i.e., |I
1
/I
2
|,
is __________ .
Q.32 The circuit shown in the figure is in series resonance at frequency f
c
Hz. The value of V
c
in volts is
__________ V.
Q.33 The output frequency of an ???????? tank oscillator employing a capacitive sensor acting as the capacitor
of the tank is 100 kHz. If the sensor capacitance increases by 10 %, the output frequency in kilo-
hertz becomes __________ kHz.
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Q.1 Let ???? be an ???? ? ???? matrix with rank ???? (0 < ???? < ???? ). Then ???????? = 0 has ???? independent solutions,
where ???? is
(A) r (B) n (C) ???? ? ???? (D) ???? + ????
Q.2
The value of ?
1
???? 2
???????? , where the contour is the unit circle traversed clockwise, is
(A) ?2 ???????? (B) 0 (C) 2 ???????? (D) 4 ????????
Q.3
The double integral ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
is equivalent to
(A) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
(B) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? ???? ???? 0
(C) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? ???? ???? 0
(D) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
Q.4 The magnitude of the directional derivative of the function ???? ( ???? , ???? ) = ???? 2
+ 3 ???? 2
in a direction
normal to the circle ???? 2
+ ???? 2
= 2, at the point (1,1), is
(A) 4 ?2 (B) 5 ?2 (C) 7 ?2 (D) 9 ?2
Q.5 The figure shows a half-wave rectifier circuit with input voltage V(t) = 10 sin (100 ? t) volts.
Assuming ideal diode characteristics with zero forward voltage drop and zero reverse current, the
average power consumed in watts by the load resistance R
L
is __________ W .
Q.6 The capacitor shown in the figure is initially charged to +10 V. The switch closes at time t = 0.
Then the value of V
C
(t) in volts at time t = 10 ms is__________ V .
Q.7 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
o
(B) ? 60
o
(C) ? 90
o
(D) ? 180
o
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Q.8 A p-type semiconductor strain gauge has a nominal resistance of 1000 ? and a gauge factor of
+200 at 25 ?C. The resistance of the strain gauge in ohms when subjected to a strain of
+10
?4
m/m at the same temperature is __________ ?.
Q.9 Liquid flow rate is measured using
(A) a Pirani gauge (B) a pyrometer
(C) an orifice plate (D) a Bourdon tube
Q.10 The output voltage of the ideal transformer with the polarities and dots shown in the figure is given
by
(A) NV
i
sin ?t (B) ? NV
i
sin ?t (C)
1
N
V
i
sin ?t (D) ?
1
N
V
i
sin ?t
Q.11 A load resistor R
L
is connected to a battery of voltage E with internal resistance R
i
through a
resistance R
S
as shown in the figure. For fixed values of R
L
and R
i
, the value of R
S
( ? 0) for
maximum power transfer to R
L
is
(A) 0 (B) R
L
? R
i
(C) R
L
(D) R
L
+ R
i
Q.12 Consider the logic circuit with input signal TEST shown in the figure. All gates in the figure shown
have identical non-zero delay. The signal TEST which was at logic LOW is switched to logic
HIGH and maintained at logic HIGH. The output
(A) stays HIGH throughout
(B) stays LOW throughout
(C) pulses from LOW to HIGH to LOW
(D) pulses from HIGH to LOW to HIGH
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Q.13 The logic evaluated by the circuit at the output is
(A) XY
?
+YX
?
(B) (X+Y
? ? ? ? ? ?
)XY (C) XY
? ? ? ?
+XY (D) X
?
Y+XY
?
+X+Y
Q.14 In the circuit shown, the switch is momentarily closed and then opened. Assuming the logic gates to
have equal non-zero delay, at steady state, the logic states of X and Y are
(A) X is latched, Y toggles continuously (B) X and Y are both latched
(C) Y is latched, X toggles continuously (D) X and Y both toggle continuously
Q.15 The highest frequency present in the signal ???? ( ???? ) is ???? max
. The highest frequency present in the signal
???? ( ???? ) = ???? 2
( ???? ) is
(A)
1
2
???? max
(B) ???? max
(C) 2 ???? max
(D) 4 ???? max
Q.16
The filter whose transfer function is of the form G(s) =
???? 2
? ???????? + ???? ???? 2
+ ???????? + ???? is
(A) a high-pass filter (B) a low-pass filter
(C) an all-pass filter (D) a band-reject filter
Q.17 Let 3 + 4 ???? be a zero of a fourth order linear-phase FIR filter. The complex number which is NOT
a zero of this filter is
(A) 3 ? 4 ???? (B)
3
25
+
4
25
???? (C)
3
25
?
4
25
???? (D)
1
3
?
1
4
????
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Q.18 Consider the ammeter-voltmeter method of determining the value of the resistance R using the
circuit shown in the figure. The maximum possible errors of the voltmeter and ammeter are known
to be 1 % and 2 % of their readings, respectively. Neglecting the effects of meter resistances, the
maximum possible percentage error in the value of R determined from the measurements,
is__________%.
Q.19 The bridge most suited for measurement of a four-terminal resistance in the range of
0.001 ? to 0.1 ? is
(A) Wien?s bridge (B) Kelvin double bridge
(C) Maxwell?s bridge (D) Schering bridge
Q.20 A power line is coupled capacitively through various parasitic capacitances to a shielded signal line
as shown in the figure. The conductive shield is grounded solidly at one end. Assume that the
length of the signal wire extending beyond the shield, and the shield resistance are negligible. The
magnitude of the noise voltage coupled to the signal line is
(A) directly proportional to C
1G
(B) inversely proportional to the power line frequency
(C) inversely proportional to C
1S
(D) zero
Q.21 A mass-spring-damper system with force as input and displacement of the mass as output has a
transfer function ???? ( ???? ) = 1/( ???? 2
+ 24 ???? + 900). A force input F(t) = 10 sin (70t) newtons is applied
at time ???? = 0 s. A beam from an optical stroboscope is focused on the mass. In steady state, the
strobe frequency in hertz at which the mass appears to be stationary is
(A) 5/ ???? (B) 15/ ???? (C) 35/ ???? (D) 50/ ????
Q.22
A system with transfer function G(s) =
1
???? 2
+1
has zero initial conditions. The percentage overshoot
in its step response is _________ %.
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Q.23 The voltage ( ???? 0
) developed across a glass electrode for pH measurement is related to the
temperature ( ???? ) by the relation
(A) ???? 0
?
1
???? 2
(B) ???? 0
?
1
???? (C) ???? 0
? ???? (D) ???? 0
? ???? 2
Q.24 A light detector circuit using an ideal photo-diode is shown in the figure. The sensitivity of the
photo-diode is 0.5 ?A/?W. With V
r
= 6 V, the output voltage V
o
= ?1.0 V for 10 ?W of incident
light. If V
r
is changed to 3 V, keeping all other parameters the same, the value of V
o
in volts is
__________V.
Q.25 An apparatus to capture ECG signals has a filter followed by a data acquisition system. The filter
best suited for this application is
(A) low pass with cutoff frequency 200 Hz
(B) high pass with cutoff frequency 200 Hz
(C) band pass with lower and upper cutoff frequencies 100 Hz and 200 Hz for its pass band
(D) band reject with lower and upper cutoff frequencies 1 Hz and 200 Hz for its stop band
Q. 26 ? Q. 55 carry two marks each.
Q.26 The probability that a thermistor randomly picked up from a production unit is defective is 0.1. The
probability that out of 10 thermistors randomly picked up, 3 are defective is
(A) 0.001 (B) 0.057 (C) 0.107 (D) 0.3
Q.27 The probability density function of a random variable ???? is ???? ???? ( ???? ) = ???? ? ???? for ???? ? 0 and 0 otherwise.
The expected value of the function ???? ???? ( ???? ) = ???? 3 ???? /4
is __________ .
Q.28
The z-transform of ???? [ ???? ] = ???? | ???? |
, 0 < | ???? | < 1, is ???? ( ???? ). The region of convergence of ???? ( ???? ) is
(A) | ???? | < | ???? | <
1
| ???? |
(B) | ???? | > ???? (C) | ???? | >
1
| ???? |
(D) | ???? | < min [| ???? |,
1
| ???? |
]
Q.29 The current in amperes through the resistor R in the circuit shown in the figure is __________ A.
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Q.30 The linear I-V characteristics of 2-terminal non-ideal dc sources X and Y are shown in the figure. If
the sources are connected to a 1 ? resistor as shown, the current through the resistor in amperes is
__________ A.
Q.31 Consider the circuits shown in the figure. The magnitude of the ratio of the currents, i.e., |I
1
/I
2
|,
is __________ .
Q.32 The circuit shown in the figure is in series resonance at frequency f
c
Hz. The value of V
c
in volts is
__________ V.
Q.33 The output frequency of an ???????? tank oscillator employing a capacitive sensor acting as the capacitor
of the tank is 100 kHz. If the sensor capacitance increases by 10 %, the output frequency in kilo-
hertz becomes __________ kHz.
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Q.34 The Seebeck coefficients, in ?V/?C, for copper, constantan and iron, with respect to platinum, are
1.9, ?38.3 and 13.3, respectively. The magnitude of the thermo emf E developed in the circuit
shown in the figure, in millivolts is__________ mV.
Q.35 In the figure shown, R
T
represents a resistance temperature device (RTD), whose characteristic is
given by R
T
= R
o
(1+ ?T), where R
o
=100 ?, ? = 0.0039 ?C
?1
and T denotes the temperature in
?C. Assuming the opamp to be ideal, the value of V
o
in volts when T = 100 ?C, is __________ V.
Q.36 In the circuit shown in the figure, it is found that V
BE
= 0.7 V and V
E
= 0 V. If ?
dc
= 99 for the
transistor, then the value of R
B
in kilo ohms is __________ k ?.
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Q.1 Let ???? be an ???? ? ???? matrix with rank ???? (0 < ???? < ???? ). Then ???????? = 0 has ???? independent solutions,
where ???? is
(A) r (B) n (C) ???? ? ???? (D) ???? + ????
Q.2
The value of ?
1
???? 2
???????? , where the contour is the unit circle traversed clockwise, is
(A) ?2 ???????? (B) 0 (C) 2 ???????? (D) 4 ????????
Q.3
The double integral ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
is equivalent to
(A) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
(B) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? ???? ???? 0
(C) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? ???? ???? 0
(D) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
Q.4 The magnitude of the directional derivative of the function ???? ( ???? , ???? ) = ???? 2
+ 3 ???? 2
in a direction
normal to the circle ???? 2
+ ???? 2
= 2, at the point (1,1), is
(A) 4 ?2 (B) 5 ?2 (C) 7 ?2 (D) 9 ?2
Q.5 The figure shows a half-wave rectifier circuit with input voltage V(t) = 10 sin (100 ? t) volts.
Assuming ideal diode characteristics with zero forward voltage drop and zero reverse current, the
average power consumed in watts by the load resistance R
L
is __________ W .
Q.6 The capacitor shown in the figure is initially charged to +10 V. The switch closes at time t = 0.
Then the value of V
C
(t) in volts at time t = 10 ms is__________ V .
Q.7 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
o
(B) ? 60
o
(C) ? 90
o
(D) ? 180
o
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Q.8 A p-type semiconductor strain gauge has a nominal resistance of 1000 ? and a gauge factor of
+200 at 25 ?C. The resistance of the strain gauge in ohms when subjected to a strain of
+10
?4
m/m at the same temperature is __________ ?.
Q.9 Liquid flow rate is measured using
(A) a Pirani gauge (B) a pyrometer
(C) an orifice plate (D) a Bourdon tube
Q.10 The output voltage of the ideal transformer with the polarities and dots shown in the figure is given
by
(A) NV
i
sin ?t (B) ? NV
i
sin ?t (C)
1
N
V
i
sin ?t (D) ?
1
N
V
i
sin ?t
Q.11 A load resistor R
L
is connected to a battery of voltage E with internal resistance R
i
through a
resistance R
S
as shown in the figure. For fixed values of R
L
and R
i
, the value of R
S
( ? 0) for
maximum power transfer to R
L
is
(A) 0 (B) R
L
? R
i
(C) R
L
(D) R
L
+ R
i
Q.12 Consider the logic circuit with input signal TEST shown in the figure. All gates in the figure shown
have identical non-zero delay. The signal TEST which was at logic LOW is switched to logic
HIGH and maintained at logic HIGH. The output
(A) stays HIGH throughout
(B) stays LOW throughout
(C) pulses from LOW to HIGH to LOW
(D) pulses from HIGH to LOW to HIGH
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Q.13 The logic evaluated by the circuit at the output is
(A) XY
?
+YX
?
(B) (X+Y
? ? ? ? ? ?
)XY (C) XY
? ? ? ?
+XY (D) X
?
Y+XY
?
+X+Y
Q.14 In the circuit shown, the switch is momentarily closed and then opened. Assuming the logic gates to
have equal non-zero delay, at steady state, the logic states of X and Y are
(A) X is latched, Y toggles continuously (B) X and Y are both latched
(C) Y is latched, X toggles continuously (D) X and Y both toggle continuously
Q.15 The highest frequency present in the signal ???? ( ???? ) is ???? max
. The highest frequency present in the signal
???? ( ???? ) = ???? 2
( ???? ) is
(A)
1
2
???? max
(B) ???? max
(C) 2 ???? max
(D) 4 ???? max
Q.16
The filter whose transfer function is of the form G(s) =
???? 2
? ???????? + ???? ???? 2
+ ???????? + ???? is
(A) a high-pass filter (B) a low-pass filter
(C) an all-pass filter (D) a band-reject filter
Q.17 Let 3 + 4 ???? be a zero of a fourth order linear-phase FIR filter. The complex number which is NOT
a zero of this filter is
(A) 3 ? 4 ???? (B)
3
25
+
4
25
???? (C)
3
25
?
4
25
???? (D)
1
3
?
1
4
????
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Q.18 Consider the ammeter-voltmeter method of determining the value of the resistance R using the
circuit shown in the figure. The maximum possible errors of the voltmeter and ammeter are known
to be 1 % and 2 % of their readings, respectively. Neglecting the effects of meter resistances, the
maximum possible percentage error in the value of R determined from the measurements,
is__________%.
Q.19 The bridge most suited for measurement of a four-terminal resistance in the range of
0.001 ? to 0.1 ? is
(A) Wien?s bridge (B) Kelvin double bridge
(C) Maxwell?s bridge (D) Schering bridge
Q.20 A power line is coupled capacitively through various parasitic capacitances to a shielded signal line
as shown in the figure. The conductive shield is grounded solidly at one end. Assume that the
length of the signal wire extending beyond the shield, and the shield resistance are negligible. The
magnitude of the noise voltage coupled to the signal line is
(A) directly proportional to C
1G
(B) inversely proportional to the power line frequency
(C) inversely proportional to C
1S
(D) zero
Q.21 A mass-spring-damper system with force as input and displacement of the mass as output has a
transfer function ???? ( ???? ) = 1/( ???? 2
+ 24 ???? + 900). A force input F(t) = 10 sin (70t) newtons is applied
at time ???? = 0 s. A beam from an optical stroboscope is focused on the mass. In steady state, the
strobe frequency in hertz at which the mass appears to be stationary is
(A) 5/ ???? (B) 15/ ???? (C) 35/ ???? (D) 50/ ????
Q.22
A system with transfer function G(s) =
1
???? 2
+1
has zero initial conditions. The percentage overshoot
in its step response is _________ %.
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Q.23 The voltage ( ???? 0
) developed across a glass electrode for pH measurement is related to the
temperature ( ???? ) by the relation
(A) ???? 0
?
1
???? 2
(B) ???? 0
?
1
???? (C) ???? 0
? ???? (D) ???? 0
? ???? 2
Q.24 A light detector circuit using an ideal photo-diode is shown in the figure. The sensitivity of the
photo-diode is 0.5 ?A/?W. With V
r
= 6 V, the output voltage V
o
= ?1.0 V for 10 ?W of incident
light. If V
r
is changed to 3 V, keeping all other parameters the same, the value of V
o
in volts is
__________V.
Q.25 An apparatus to capture ECG signals has a filter followed by a data acquisition system. The filter
best suited for this application is
(A) low pass with cutoff frequency 200 Hz
(B) high pass with cutoff frequency 200 Hz
(C) band pass with lower and upper cutoff frequencies 100 Hz and 200 Hz for its pass band
(D) band reject with lower and upper cutoff frequencies 1 Hz and 200 Hz for its stop band
Q. 26 ? Q. 55 carry two marks each.
Q.26 The probability that a thermistor randomly picked up from a production unit is defective is 0.1. The
probability that out of 10 thermistors randomly picked up, 3 are defective is
(A) 0.001 (B) 0.057 (C) 0.107 (D) 0.3
Q.27 The probability density function of a random variable ???? is ???? ???? ( ???? ) = ???? ? ???? for ???? ? 0 and 0 otherwise.
The expected value of the function ???? ???? ( ???? ) = ???? 3 ???? /4
is __________ .
Q.28
The z-transform of ???? [ ???? ] = ???? | ???? |
, 0 < | ???? | < 1, is ???? ( ???? ). The region of convergence of ???? ( ???? ) is
(A) | ???? | < | ???? | <
1
| ???? |
(B) | ???? | > ???? (C) | ???? | >
1
| ???? |
(D) | ???? | < min [| ???? |,
1
| ???? |
]
Q.29 The current in amperes through the resistor R in the circuit shown in the figure is __________ A.
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Q.30 The linear I-V characteristics of 2-terminal non-ideal dc sources X and Y are shown in the figure. If
the sources are connected to a 1 ? resistor as shown, the current through the resistor in amperes is
__________ A.
Q.31 Consider the circuits shown in the figure. The magnitude of the ratio of the currents, i.e., |I
1
/I
2
|,
is __________ .
Q.32 The circuit shown in the figure is in series resonance at frequency f
c
Hz. The value of V
c
in volts is
__________ V.
Q.33 The output frequency of an ???????? tank oscillator employing a capacitive sensor acting as the capacitor
of the tank is 100 kHz. If the sensor capacitance increases by 10 %, the output frequency in kilo-
hertz becomes __________ kHz.
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Q.34 The Seebeck coefficients, in ?V/?C, for copper, constantan and iron, with respect to platinum, are
1.9, ?38.3 and 13.3, respectively. The magnitude of the thermo emf E developed in the circuit
shown in the figure, in millivolts is__________ mV.
Q.35 In the figure shown, R
T
represents a resistance temperature device (RTD), whose characteristic is
given by R
T
= R
o
(1+ ?T), where R
o
=100 ?, ? = 0.0039 ?C
?1
and T denotes the temperature in
?C. Assuming the opamp to be ideal, the value of V
o
in volts when T = 100 ?C, is __________ V.
Q.36 In the circuit shown in the figure, it is found that V
BE
= 0.7 V and V
E
= 0 V. If ?
dc
= 99 for the
transistor, then the value of R
B
in kilo ohms is __________ k ?.
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Q.37 An opamp has ideal characteristics except that its open loop gain is given by the expression
A
V
(s) = 10
4
/ (1 + 10
?3
s). This op-amp is used in the circuit shown in the figure. The 3-dB
bandwidth of the circuit, in rad/s, is
(A) 10
2
(B) 10
3
(C) 10
4
(D) 10
6
Q.38 In the circuit shown, the voltage source V(t) = 15 + 0.1 sin (100t) volts. The PMOS transistor is
biased such that it is in saturation with its gate-source capacitance being 4 nF and its
transconductance at the operating point being 1 mA/V. Other parasitic impedances of the MOSFET
may be ignored. An external capacitor of capacitance 2 nF is connected across the PMOS transistor
as shown. The input impedance in mega ohm as seen by the voltage source is__________ M ?.
Q.39 An ADC is interfaced with a microprocessor as shown in the figure. All signals have been indicated
with typical notations. Acquisition of one new sample of the analog input signal by the
microprocessor involves
(A) one READ cycle only
(B) one WRITE cycle only
(C) one WRITE cycle followed by one READ cycle
(D) one READ cycle followed by one WRITE cycle
Data lines D0 to D7
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Q. 1 ? Q. 25 carry one mark each.
Q.1 Let ???? be an ???? ? ???? matrix with rank ???? (0 < ???? < ???? ). Then ???????? = 0 has ???? independent solutions,
where ???? is
(A) r (B) n (C) ???? ? ???? (D) ???? + ????
Q.2
The value of ?
1
???? 2
???????? , where the contour is the unit circle traversed clockwise, is
(A) ?2 ???????? (B) 0 (C) 2 ???????? (D) 4 ????????
Q.3
The double integral ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
is equivalent to
(A) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
(B) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? ???? ???? 0
(C) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? ???? ???? 0
(D) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
Q.4 The magnitude of the directional derivative of the function ???? ( ???? , ???? ) = ???? 2
+ 3 ???? 2
in a direction
normal to the circle ???? 2
+ ???? 2
= 2, at the point (1,1), is
(A) 4 ?2 (B) 5 ?2 (C) 7 ?2 (D) 9 ?2
Q.5 The figure shows a half-wave rectifier circuit with input voltage V(t) = 10 sin (100 ? t) volts.
Assuming ideal diode characteristics with zero forward voltage drop and zero reverse current, the
average power consumed in watts by the load resistance R
L
is __________ W .
Q.6 The capacitor shown in the figure is initially charged to +10 V. The switch closes at time t = 0.
Then the value of V
C
(t) in volts at time t = 10 ms is__________ V .
Q.7 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
o
(B) ? 60
o
(C) ? 90
o
(D) ? 180
o
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Q.8 A p-type semiconductor strain gauge has a nominal resistance of 1000 ? and a gauge factor of
+200 at 25 ?C. The resistance of the strain gauge in ohms when subjected to a strain of
+10
?4
m/m at the same temperature is __________ ?.
Q.9 Liquid flow rate is measured using
(A) a Pirani gauge (B) a pyrometer
(C) an orifice plate (D) a Bourdon tube
Q.10 The output voltage of the ideal transformer with the polarities and dots shown in the figure is given
by
(A) NV
i
sin ?t (B) ? NV
i
sin ?t (C)
1
N
V
i
sin ?t (D) ?
1
N
V
i
sin ?t
Q.11 A load resistor R
L
is connected to a battery of voltage E with internal resistance R
i
through a
resistance R
S
as shown in the figure. For fixed values of R
L
and R
i
, the value of R
S
( ? 0) for
maximum power transfer to R
L
is
(A) 0 (B) R
L
? R
i
(C) R
L
(D) R
L
+ R
i
Q.12 Consider the logic circuit with input signal TEST shown in the figure. All gates in the figure shown
have identical non-zero delay. The signal TEST which was at logic LOW is switched to logic
HIGH and maintained at logic HIGH. The output
(A) stays HIGH throughout
(B) stays LOW throughout
(C) pulses from LOW to HIGH to LOW
(D) pulses from HIGH to LOW to HIGH
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Q.13 The logic evaluated by the circuit at the output is
(A) XY
?
+YX
?
(B) (X+Y
? ? ? ? ? ?
)XY (C) XY
? ? ? ?
+XY (D) X
?
Y+XY
?
+X+Y
Q.14 In the circuit shown, the switch is momentarily closed and then opened. Assuming the logic gates to
have equal non-zero delay, at steady state, the logic states of X and Y are
(A) X is latched, Y toggles continuously (B) X and Y are both latched
(C) Y is latched, X toggles continuously (D) X and Y both toggle continuously
Q.15 The highest frequency present in the signal ???? ( ???? ) is ???? max
. The highest frequency present in the signal
???? ( ???? ) = ???? 2
( ???? ) is
(A)
1
2
???? max
(B) ???? max
(C) 2 ???? max
(D) 4 ???? max
Q.16
The filter whose transfer function is of the form G(s) =
???? 2
? ???????? + ???? ???? 2
+ ???????? + ???? is
(A) a high-pass filter (B) a low-pass filter
(C) an all-pass filter (D) a band-reject filter
Q.17 Let 3 + 4 ???? be a zero of a fourth order linear-phase FIR filter. The complex number which is NOT
a zero of this filter is
(A) 3 ? 4 ???? (B)
3
25
+
4
25
???? (C)
3
25
?
4
25
???? (D)
1
3
?
1
4
????
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Q.18 Consider the ammeter-voltmeter method of determining the value of the resistance R using the
circuit shown in the figure. The maximum possible errors of the voltmeter and ammeter are known
to be 1 % and 2 % of their readings, respectively. Neglecting the effects of meter resistances, the
maximum possible percentage error in the value of R determined from the measurements,
is__________%.
Q.19 The bridge most suited for measurement of a four-terminal resistance in the range of
0.001 ? to 0.1 ? is
(A) Wien?s bridge (B) Kelvin double bridge
(C) Maxwell?s bridge (D) Schering bridge
Q.20 A power line is coupled capacitively through various parasitic capacitances to a shielded signal line
as shown in the figure. The conductive shield is grounded solidly at one end. Assume that the
length of the signal wire extending beyond the shield, and the shield resistance are negligible. The
magnitude of the noise voltage coupled to the signal line is
(A) directly proportional to C
1G
(B) inversely proportional to the power line frequency
(C) inversely proportional to C
1S
(D) zero
Q.21 A mass-spring-damper system with force as input and displacement of the mass as output has a
transfer function ???? ( ???? ) = 1/( ???? 2
+ 24 ???? + 900). A force input F(t) = 10 sin (70t) newtons is applied
at time ???? = 0 s. A beam from an optical stroboscope is focused on the mass. In steady state, the
strobe frequency in hertz at which the mass appears to be stationary is
(A) 5/ ???? (B) 15/ ???? (C) 35/ ???? (D) 50/ ????
Q.22
A system with transfer function G(s) =
1
???? 2
+1
has zero initial conditions. The percentage overshoot
in its step response is _________ %.
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Q.23 The voltage ( ???? 0
) developed across a glass electrode for pH measurement is related to the
temperature ( ???? ) by the relation
(A) ???? 0
?
1
???? 2
(B) ???? 0
?
1
???? (C) ???? 0
? ???? (D) ???? 0
? ???? 2
Q.24 A light detector circuit using an ideal photo-diode is shown in the figure. The sensitivity of the
photo-diode is 0.5 ?A/?W. With V
r
= 6 V, the output voltage V
o
= ?1.0 V for 10 ?W of incident
light. If V
r
is changed to 3 V, keeping all other parameters the same, the value of V
o
in volts is
__________V.
Q.25 An apparatus to capture ECG signals has a filter followed by a data acquisition system. The filter
best suited for this application is
(A) low pass with cutoff frequency 200 Hz
(B) high pass with cutoff frequency 200 Hz
(C) band pass with lower and upper cutoff frequencies 100 Hz and 200 Hz for its pass band
(D) band reject with lower and upper cutoff frequencies 1 Hz and 200 Hz for its stop band
Q. 26 ? Q. 55 carry two marks each.
Q.26 The probability that a thermistor randomly picked up from a production unit is defective is 0.1. The
probability that out of 10 thermistors randomly picked up, 3 are defective is
(A) 0.001 (B) 0.057 (C) 0.107 (D) 0.3
Q.27 The probability density function of a random variable ???? is ???? ???? ( ???? ) = ???? ? ???? for ???? ? 0 and 0 otherwise.
The expected value of the function ???? ???? ( ???? ) = ???? 3 ???? /4
is __________ .
Q.28
The z-transform of ???? [ ???? ] = ???? | ???? |
, 0 < | ???? | < 1, is ???? ( ???? ). The region of convergence of ???? ( ???? ) is
(A) | ???? | < | ???? | <
1
| ???? |
(B) | ???? | > ???? (C) | ???? | >
1
| ???? |
(D) | ???? | < min [| ???? |,
1
| ???? |
]
Q.29 The current in amperes through the resistor R in the circuit shown in the figure is __________ A.
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Q.30 The linear I-V characteristics of 2-terminal non-ideal dc sources X and Y are shown in the figure. If
the sources are connected to a 1 ? resistor as shown, the current through the resistor in amperes is
__________ A.
Q.31 Consider the circuits shown in the figure. The magnitude of the ratio of the currents, i.e., |I
1
/I
2
|,
is __________ .
Q.32 The circuit shown in the figure is in series resonance at frequency f
c
Hz. The value of V
c
in volts is
__________ V.
Q.33 The output frequency of an ???????? tank oscillator employing a capacitive sensor acting as the capacitor
of the tank is 100 kHz. If the sensor capacitance increases by 10 %, the output frequency in kilo-
hertz becomes __________ kHz.
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Q.34 The Seebeck coefficients, in ?V/?C, for copper, constantan and iron, with respect to platinum, are
1.9, ?38.3 and 13.3, respectively. The magnitude of the thermo emf E developed in the circuit
shown in the figure, in millivolts is__________ mV.
Q.35 In the figure shown, R
T
represents a resistance temperature device (RTD), whose characteristic is
given by R
T
= R
o
(1+ ?T), where R
o
=100 ?, ? = 0.0039 ?C
?1
and T denotes the temperature in
?C. Assuming the opamp to be ideal, the value of V
o
in volts when T = 100 ?C, is __________ V.
Q.36 In the circuit shown in the figure, it is found that V
BE
= 0.7 V and V
E
= 0 V. If ?
dc
= 99 for the
transistor, then the value of R
B
in kilo ohms is __________ k ?.
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Q.37 An opamp has ideal characteristics except that its open loop gain is given by the expression
A
V
(s) = 10
4
/ (1 + 10
?3
s). This op-amp is used in the circuit shown in the figure. The 3-dB
bandwidth of the circuit, in rad/s, is
(A) 10
2
(B) 10
3
(C) 10
4
(D) 10
6
Q.38 In the circuit shown, the voltage source V(t) = 15 + 0.1 sin (100t) volts. The PMOS transistor is
biased such that it is in saturation with its gate-source capacitance being 4 nF and its
transconductance at the operating point being 1 mA/V. Other parasitic impedances of the MOSFET
may be ignored. An external capacitor of capacitance 2 nF is connected across the PMOS transistor
as shown. The input impedance in mega ohm as seen by the voltage source is__________ M ?.
Q.39 An ADC is interfaced with a microprocessor as shown in the figure. All signals have been indicated
with typical notations. Acquisition of one new sample of the analog input signal by the
microprocessor involves
(A) one READ cycle only
(B) one WRITE cycle only
(C) one WRITE cycle followed by one READ cycle
(D) one READ cycle followed by one WRITE cycle
Data lines D0 to D7
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Q.40 The number of clock cycles for the duration of an input pulse is counted using a cascade of N
decade counters (DC 1 to DC N) as shown in the figure. If the clock frequency in mega hertz is ???? ,
the resolution and range of measurement of input pulse width, both in ?s, are respectively,
(A)
1
???? and
(2
N
?1)
???? (B)
1
???? and
(10
N
?1)
????
(C)
10
N
???? and
(10
N
?1)
???? (D)
2
N
???? and
(2
N
?1)
????
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Q.1 Let ???? be an ???? ? ???? matrix with rank ???? (0 < ???? < ???? ). Then ???????? = 0 has ???? independent solutions,
where ???? is
(A) r (B) n (C) ???? ? ???? (D) ???? + ????
Q.2
The value of ?
1
???? 2
???????? , where the contour is the unit circle traversed clockwise, is
(A) ?2 ???????? (B) 0 (C) 2 ???????? (D) 4 ????????
Q.3
The double integral ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
is equivalent to
(A) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
(B) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? ???? ???? 0
(C) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? ???? ???? 0
(D) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
Q.4 The magnitude of the directional derivative of the function ???? ( ???? , ???? ) = ???? 2
+ 3 ???? 2
in a direction
normal to the circle ???? 2
+ ???? 2
= 2, at the point (1,1), is
(A) 4 ?2 (B) 5 ?2 (C) 7 ?2 (D) 9 ?2
Q.5 The figure shows a half-wave rectifier circuit with input voltage V(t) = 10 sin (100 ? t) volts.
Assuming ideal diode characteristics with zero forward voltage drop and zero reverse current, the
average power consumed in watts by the load resistance R
L
is __________ W .
Q.6 The capacitor shown in the figure is initially charged to +10 V. The switch closes at time t = 0.
Then the value of V
C
(t) in volts at time t = 10 ms is__________ V .
Q.7 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
o
(B) ? 60
o
(C) ? 90
o
(D) ? 180
o
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Q.8 A p-type semiconductor strain gauge has a nominal resistance of 1000 ? and a gauge factor of
+200 at 25 ?C. The resistance of the strain gauge in ohms when subjected to a strain of
+10
?4
m/m at the same temperature is __________ ?.
Q.9 Liquid flow rate is measured using
(A) a Pirani gauge (B) a pyrometer
(C) an orifice plate (D) a Bourdon tube
Q.10 The output voltage of the ideal transformer with the polarities and dots shown in the figure is given
by
(A) NV
i
sin ?t (B) ? NV
i
sin ?t (C)
1
N
V
i
sin ?t (D) ?
1
N
V
i
sin ?t
Q.11 A load resistor R
L
is connected to a battery of voltage E with internal resistance R
i
through a
resistance R
S
as shown in the figure. For fixed values of R
L
and R
i
, the value of R
S
( ? 0) for
maximum power transfer to R
L
is
(A) 0 (B) R
L
? R
i
(C) R
L
(D) R
L
+ R
i
Q.12 Consider the logic circuit with input signal TEST shown in the figure. All gates in the figure shown
have identical non-zero delay. The signal TEST which was at logic LOW is switched to logic
HIGH and maintained at logic HIGH. The output
(A) stays HIGH throughout
(B) stays LOW throughout
(C) pulses from LOW to HIGH to LOW
(D) pulses from HIGH to LOW to HIGH
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Q.13 The logic evaluated by the circuit at the output is
(A) XY
?
+YX
?
(B) (X+Y
? ? ? ? ? ?
)XY (C) XY
? ? ? ?
+XY (D) X
?
Y+XY
?
+X+Y
Q.14 In the circuit shown, the switch is momentarily closed and then opened. Assuming the logic gates to
have equal non-zero delay, at steady state, the logic states of X and Y are
(A) X is latched, Y toggles continuously (B) X and Y are both latched
(C) Y is latched, X toggles continuously (D) X and Y both toggle continuously
Q.15 The highest frequency present in the signal ???? ( ???? ) is ???? max
. The highest frequency present in the signal
???? ( ???? ) = ???? 2
( ???? ) is
(A)
1
2
???? max
(B) ???? max
(C) 2 ???? max
(D) 4 ???? max
Q.16
The filter whose transfer function is of the form G(s) =
???? 2
? ???????? + ???? ???? 2
+ ???????? + ???? is
(A) a high-pass filter (B) a low-pass filter
(C) an all-pass filter (D) a band-reject filter
Q.17 Let 3 + 4 ???? be a zero of a fourth order linear-phase FIR filter. The complex number which is NOT
a zero of this filter is
(A) 3 ? 4 ???? (B)
3
25
+
4
25
???? (C)
3
25
?
4
25
???? (D)
1
3
?
1
4
????
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Q.18 Consider the ammeter-voltmeter method of determining the value of the resistance R using the
circuit shown in the figure. The maximum possible errors of the voltmeter and ammeter are known
to be 1 % and 2 % of their readings, respectively. Neglecting the effects of meter resistances, the
maximum possible percentage error in the value of R determined from the measurements,
is__________%.
Q.19 The bridge most suited for measurement of a four-terminal resistance in the range of
0.001 ? to 0.1 ? is
(A) Wien?s bridge (B) Kelvin double bridge
(C) Maxwell?s bridge (D) Schering bridge
Q.20 A power line is coupled capacitively through various parasitic capacitances to a shielded signal line
as shown in the figure. The conductive shield is grounded solidly at one end. Assume that the
length of the signal wire extending beyond the shield, and the shield resistance are negligible. The
magnitude of the noise voltage coupled to the signal line is
(A) directly proportional to C
1G
(B) inversely proportional to the power line frequency
(C) inversely proportional to C
1S
(D) zero
Q.21 A mass-spring-damper system with force as input and displacement of the mass as output has a
transfer function ???? ( ???? ) = 1/( ???? 2
+ 24 ???? + 900). A force input F(t) = 10 sin (70t) newtons is applied
at time ???? = 0 s. A beam from an optical stroboscope is focused on the mass. In steady state, the
strobe frequency in hertz at which the mass appears to be stationary is
(A) 5/ ???? (B) 15/ ???? (C) 35/ ???? (D) 50/ ????
Q.22
A system with transfer function G(s) =
1
???? 2
+1
has zero initial conditions. The percentage overshoot
in its step response is _________ %.
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Q.23 The voltage ( ???? 0
) developed across a glass electrode for pH measurement is related to the
temperature ( ???? ) by the relation
(A) ???? 0
?
1
???? 2
(B) ???? 0
?
1
???? (C) ???? 0
? ???? (D) ???? 0
? ???? 2
Q.24 A light detector circuit using an ideal photo-diode is shown in the figure. The sensitivity of the
photo-diode is 0.5 ?A/?W. With V
r
= 6 V, the output voltage V
o
= ?1.0 V for 10 ?W of incident
light. If V
r
is changed to 3 V, keeping all other parameters the same, the value of V
o
in volts is
__________V.
Q.25 An apparatus to capture ECG signals has a filter followed by a data acquisition system. The filter
best suited for this application is
(A) low pass with cutoff frequency 200 Hz
(B) high pass with cutoff frequency 200 Hz
(C) band pass with lower and upper cutoff frequencies 100 Hz and 200 Hz for its pass band
(D) band reject with lower and upper cutoff frequencies 1 Hz and 200 Hz for its stop band
Q. 26 ? Q. 55 carry two marks each.
Q.26 The probability that a thermistor randomly picked up from a production unit is defective is 0.1. The
probability that out of 10 thermistors randomly picked up, 3 are defective is
(A) 0.001 (B) 0.057 (C) 0.107 (D) 0.3
Q.27 The probability density function of a random variable ???? is ???? ???? ( ???? ) = ???? ? ???? for ???? ? 0 and 0 otherwise.
The expected value of the function ???? ???? ( ???? ) = ???? 3 ???? /4
is __________ .
Q.28
The z-transform of ???? [ ???? ] = ???? | ???? |
, 0 < | ???? | < 1, is ???? ( ???? ). The region of convergence of ???? ( ???? ) is
(A) | ???? | < | ???? | <
1
| ???? |
(B) | ???? | > ???? (C) | ???? | >
1
| ???? |
(D) | ???? | < min [| ???? |,
1
| ???? |
]
Q.29 The current in amperes through the resistor R in the circuit shown in the figure is __________ A.
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Q.30 The linear I-V characteristics of 2-terminal non-ideal dc sources X and Y are shown in the figure. If
the sources are connected to a 1 ? resistor as shown, the current through the resistor in amperes is
__________ A.
Q.31 Consider the circuits shown in the figure. The magnitude of the ratio of the currents, i.e., |I
1
/I
2
|,
is __________ .
Q.32 The circuit shown in the figure is in series resonance at frequency f
c
Hz. The value of V
c
in volts is
__________ V.
Q.33 The output frequency of an ???????? tank oscillator employing a capacitive sensor acting as the capacitor
of the tank is 100 kHz. If the sensor capacitance increases by 10 %, the output frequency in kilo-
hertz becomes __________ kHz.
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Q.34 The Seebeck coefficients, in ?V/?C, for copper, constantan and iron, with respect to platinum, are
1.9, ?38.3 and 13.3, respectively. The magnitude of the thermo emf E developed in the circuit
shown in the figure, in millivolts is__________ mV.
Q.35 In the figure shown, R
T
represents a resistance temperature device (RTD), whose characteristic is
given by R
T
= R
o
(1+ ?T), where R
o
=100 ?, ? = 0.0039 ?C
?1
and T denotes the temperature in
?C. Assuming the opamp to be ideal, the value of V
o
in volts when T = 100 ?C, is __________ V.
Q.36 In the circuit shown in the figure, it is found that V
BE
= 0.7 V and V
E
= 0 V. If ?
dc
= 99 for the
transistor, then the value of R
B
in kilo ohms is __________ k ?.
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Q.37 An opamp has ideal characteristics except that its open loop gain is given by the expression
A
V
(s) = 10
4
/ (1 + 10
?3
s). This op-amp is used in the circuit shown in the figure. The 3-dB
bandwidth of the circuit, in rad/s, is
(A) 10
2
(B) 10
3
(C) 10
4
(D) 10
6
Q.38 In the circuit shown, the voltage source V(t) = 15 + 0.1 sin (100t) volts. The PMOS transistor is
biased such that it is in saturation with its gate-source capacitance being 4 nF and its
transconductance at the operating point being 1 mA/V. Other parasitic impedances of the MOSFET
may be ignored. An external capacitor of capacitance 2 nF is connected across the PMOS transistor
as shown. The input impedance in mega ohm as seen by the voltage source is__________ M ?.
Q.39 An ADC is interfaced with a microprocessor as shown in the figure. All signals have been indicated
with typical notations. Acquisition of one new sample of the analog input signal by the
microprocessor involves
(A) one READ cycle only
(B) one WRITE cycle only
(C) one WRITE cycle followed by one READ cycle
(D) one READ cycle followed by one WRITE cycle
Data lines D0 to D7
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Q.40 The number of clock cycles for the duration of an input pulse is counted using a cascade of N
decade counters (DC 1 to DC N) as shown in the figure. If the clock frequency in mega hertz is ???? ,
the resolution and range of measurement of input pulse width, both in ?s, are respectively,
(A)
1
???? and
(2
N
?1)
???? (B)
1
???? and
(10
N
?1)
????
(C)
10
N
???? and
(10
N
?1)
???? (D)
2
N
???? and
(2
N
?1)
????
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Q.41 For the circuit shown in the figure, the rising edge triggered D-flip flop with asynchronous reset has
a clock frequency of 1 Hz. The NMOS transistor has an ON resistance of 1000 ? and an OFF
resistance of infinity. The nature of the output waveform is
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Q.42 A transfer function ???? ( ???? ) with the degree of its numerator polynomial zero and the degree of its
denominator polynomial two has a Nyquist plot shown in the figure. The transfer function
represents
(A) a stable, type-0 system (B) a stable, type-1 system
(C) an unstable, type-0 system (D) an unstable, type-1 system
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Q.1 Let ???? be an ???? ? ???? matrix with rank ???? (0 < ???? < ???? ). Then ???????? = 0 has ???? independent solutions,
where ???? is
(A) r (B) n (C) ???? ? ???? (D) ???? + ????
Q.2
The value of ?
1
???? 2
???????? , where the contour is the unit circle traversed clockwise, is
(A) ?2 ???????? (B) 0 (C) 2 ???????? (D) 4 ????????
Q.3
The double integral ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
is equivalent to
(A) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
(B) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? ???? ???? 0
(C) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? ???? ???? 0
(D) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
Q.4 The magnitude of the directional derivative of the function ???? ( ???? , ???? ) = ???? 2
+ 3 ???? 2
in a direction
normal to the circle ???? 2
+ ???? 2
= 2, at the point (1,1), is
(A) 4 ?2 (B) 5 ?2 (C) 7 ?2 (D) 9 ?2
Q.5 The figure shows a half-wave rectifier circuit with input voltage V(t) = 10 sin (100 ? t) volts.
Assuming ideal diode characteristics with zero forward voltage drop and zero reverse current, the
average power consumed in watts by the load resistance R
L
is __________ W .
Q.6 The capacitor shown in the figure is initially charged to +10 V. The switch closes at time t = 0.
Then the value of V
C
(t) in volts at time t = 10 ms is__________ V .
Q.7 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
o
(B) ? 60
o
(C) ? 90
o
(D) ? 180
o
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Q.8 A p-type semiconductor strain gauge has a nominal resistance of 1000 ? and a gauge factor of
+200 at 25 ?C. The resistance of the strain gauge in ohms when subjected to a strain of
+10
?4
m/m at the same temperature is __________ ?.
Q.9 Liquid flow rate is measured using
(A) a Pirani gauge (B) a pyrometer
(C) an orifice plate (D) a Bourdon tube
Q.10 The output voltage of the ideal transformer with the polarities and dots shown in the figure is given
by
(A) NV
i
sin ?t (B) ? NV
i
sin ?t (C)
1
N
V
i
sin ?t (D) ?
1
N
V
i
sin ?t
Q.11 A load resistor R
L
is connected to a battery of voltage E with internal resistance R
i
through a
resistance R
S
as shown in the figure. For fixed values of R
L
and R
i
, the value of R
S
( ? 0) for
maximum power transfer to R
L
is
(A) 0 (B) R
L
? R
i
(C) R
L
(D) R
L
+ R
i
Q.12 Consider the logic circuit with input signal TEST shown in the figure. All gates in the figure shown
have identical non-zero delay. The signal TEST which was at logic LOW is switched to logic
HIGH and maintained at logic HIGH. The output
(A) stays HIGH throughout
(B) stays LOW throughout
(C) pulses from LOW to HIGH to LOW
(D) pulses from HIGH to LOW to HIGH
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Q.13 The logic evaluated by the circuit at the output is
(A) XY
?
+YX
?
(B) (X+Y
? ? ? ? ? ?
)XY (C) XY
? ? ? ?
+XY (D) X
?
Y+XY
?
+X+Y
Q.14 In the circuit shown, the switch is momentarily closed and then opened. Assuming the logic gates to
have equal non-zero delay, at steady state, the logic states of X and Y are
(A) X is latched, Y toggles continuously (B) X and Y are both latched
(C) Y is latched, X toggles continuously (D) X and Y both toggle continuously
Q.15 The highest frequency present in the signal ???? ( ???? ) is ???? max
. The highest frequency present in the signal
???? ( ???? ) = ???? 2
( ???? ) is
(A)
1
2
???? max
(B) ???? max
(C) 2 ???? max
(D) 4 ???? max
Q.16
The filter whose transfer function is of the form G(s) =
???? 2
? ???????? + ???? ???? 2
+ ???????? + ???? is
(A) a high-pass filter (B) a low-pass filter
(C) an all-pass filter (D) a band-reject filter
Q.17 Let 3 + 4 ???? be a zero of a fourth order linear-phase FIR filter. The complex number which is NOT
a zero of this filter is
(A) 3 ? 4 ???? (B)
3
25
+
4
25
???? (C)
3
25
?
4
25
???? (D)
1
3
?
1
4
????
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Q.18 Consider the ammeter-voltmeter method of determining the value of the resistance R using the
circuit shown in the figure. The maximum possible errors of the voltmeter and ammeter are known
to be 1 % and 2 % of their readings, respectively. Neglecting the effects of meter resistances, the
maximum possible percentage error in the value of R determined from the measurements,
is__________%.
Q.19 The bridge most suited for measurement of a four-terminal resistance in the range of
0.001 ? to 0.1 ? is
(A) Wien?s bridge (B) Kelvin double bridge
(C) Maxwell?s bridge (D) Schering bridge
Q.20 A power line is coupled capacitively through various parasitic capacitances to a shielded signal line
as shown in the figure. The conductive shield is grounded solidly at one end. Assume that the
length of the signal wire extending beyond the shield, and the shield resistance are negligible. The
magnitude of the noise voltage coupled to the signal line is
(A) directly proportional to C
1G
(B) inversely proportional to the power line frequency
(C) inversely proportional to C
1S
(D) zero
Q.21 A mass-spring-damper system with force as input and displacement of the mass as output has a
transfer function ???? ( ???? ) = 1/( ???? 2
+ 24 ???? + 900). A force input F(t) = 10 sin (70t) newtons is applied
at time ???? = 0 s. A beam from an optical stroboscope is focused on the mass. In steady state, the
strobe frequency in hertz at which the mass appears to be stationary is
(A) 5/ ???? (B) 15/ ???? (C) 35/ ???? (D) 50/ ????
Q.22
A system with transfer function G(s) =
1
???? 2
+1
has zero initial conditions. The percentage overshoot
in its step response is _________ %.
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Q.23 The voltage ( ???? 0
) developed across a glass electrode for pH measurement is related to the
temperature ( ???? ) by the relation
(A) ???? 0
?
1
???? 2
(B) ???? 0
?
1
???? (C) ???? 0
? ???? (D) ???? 0
? ???? 2
Q.24 A light detector circuit using an ideal photo-diode is shown in the figure. The sensitivity of the
photo-diode is 0.5 ?A/?W. With V
r
= 6 V, the output voltage V
o
= ?1.0 V for 10 ?W of incident
light. If V
r
is changed to 3 V, keeping all other parameters the same, the value of V
o
in volts is
__________V.
Q.25 An apparatus to capture ECG signals has a filter followed by a data acquisition system. The filter
best suited for this application is
(A) low pass with cutoff frequency 200 Hz
(B) high pass with cutoff frequency 200 Hz
(C) band pass with lower and upper cutoff frequencies 100 Hz and 200 Hz for its pass band
(D) band reject with lower and upper cutoff frequencies 1 Hz and 200 Hz for its stop band
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Q.26 The probability that a thermistor randomly picked up from a production unit is defective is 0.1. The
probability that out of 10 thermistors randomly picked up, 3 are defective is
(A) 0.001 (B) 0.057 (C) 0.107 (D) 0.3
Q.27 The probability density function of a random variable ???? is ???? ???? ( ???? ) = ???? ? ???? for ???? ? 0 and 0 otherwise.
The expected value of the function ???? ???? ( ???? ) = ???? 3 ???? /4
is __________ .
Q.28
The z-transform of ???? [ ???? ] = ???? | ???? |
, 0 < | ???? | < 1, is ???? ( ???? ). The region of convergence of ???? ( ???? ) is
(A) | ???? | < | ???? | <
1
| ???? |
(B) | ???? | > ???? (C) | ???? | >
1
| ???? |
(D) | ???? | < min [| ???? |,
1
| ???? |
]
Q.29 The current in amperes through the resistor R in the circuit shown in the figure is __________ A.
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Q.30 The linear I-V characteristics of 2-terminal non-ideal dc sources X and Y are shown in the figure. If
the sources are connected to a 1 ? resistor as shown, the current through the resistor in amperes is
__________ A.
Q.31 Consider the circuits shown in the figure. The magnitude of the ratio of the currents, i.e., |I
1
/I
2
|,
is __________ .
Q.32 The circuit shown in the figure is in series resonance at frequency f
c
Hz. The value of V
c
in volts is
__________ V.
Q.33 The output frequency of an ???????? tank oscillator employing a capacitive sensor acting as the capacitor
of the tank is 100 kHz. If the sensor capacitance increases by 10 %, the output frequency in kilo-
hertz becomes __________ kHz.
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Q.34 The Seebeck coefficients, in ?V/?C, for copper, constantan and iron, with respect to platinum, are
1.9, ?38.3 and 13.3, respectively. The magnitude of the thermo emf E developed in the circuit
shown in the figure, in millivolts is__________ mV.
Q.35 In the figure shown, R
T
represents a resistance temperature device (RTD), whose characteristic is
given by R
T
= R
o
(1+ ?T), where R
o
=100 ?, ? = 0.0039 ?C
?1
and T denotes the temperature in
?C. Assuming the opamp to be ideal, the value of V
o
in volts when T = 100 ?C, is __________ V.
Q.36 In the circuit shown in the figure, it is found that V
BE
= 0.7 V and V
E
= 0 V. If ?
dc
= 99 for the
transistor, then the value of R
B
in kilo ohms is __________ k ?.
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Q.37 An opamp has ideal characteristics except that its open loop gain is given by the expression
A
V
(s) = 10
4
/ (1 + 10
?3
s). This op-amp is used in the circuit shown in the figure. The 3-dB
bandwidth of the circuit, in rad/s, is
(A) 10
2
(B) 10
3
(C) 10
4
(D) 10
6
Q.38 In the circuit shown, the voltage source V(t) = 15 + 0.1 sin (100t) volts. The PMOS transistor is
biased such that it is in saturation with its gate-source capacitance being 4 nF and its
transconductance at the operating point being 1 mA/V. Other parasitic impedances of the MOSFET
may be ignored. An external capacitor of capacitance 2 nF is connected across the PMOS transistor
as shown. The input impedance in mega ohm as seen by the voltage source is__________ M ?.
Q.39 An ADC is interfaced with a microprocessor as shown in the figure. All signals have been indicated
with typical notations. Acquisition of one new sample of the analog input signal by the
microprocessor involves
(A) one READ cycle only
(B) one WRITE cycle only
(C) one WRITE cycle followed by one READ cycle
(D) one READ cycle followed by one WRITE cycle
Data lines D0 to D7
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Q.40 The number of clock cycles for the duration of an input pulse is counted using a cascade of N
decade counters (DC 1 to DC N) as shown in the figure. If the clock frequency in mega hertz is ???? ,
the resolution and range of measurement of input pulse width, both in ?s, are respectively,
(A)
1
???? and
(2
N
?1)
???? (B)
1
???? and
(10
N
?1)
????
(C)
10
N
???? and
(10
N
?1)
???? (D)
2
N
???? and
(2
N
?1)
????
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Q.41 For the circuit shown in the figure, the rising edge triggered D-flip flop with asynchronous reset has
a clock frequency of 1 Hz. The NMOS transistor has an ON resistance of 1000 ? and an OFF
resistance of infinity. The nature of the output waveform is
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Q.42 A transfer function ???? ( ???? ) with the degree of its numerator polynomial zero and the degree of its
denominator polynomial two has a Nyquist plot shown in the figure. The transfer function
represents
(A) a stable, type-0 system (B) a stable, type-1 system
(C) an unstable, type-0 system (D) an unstable, type-1 system
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Q.43 In the circuit shown in the figure, both the NMOS transistors are identical with their threshold
voltages being 5 V. Ignoring channel length modulation, the output voltage V
out
in volt
is__________ V.
Q.44 The signal ???? [ ???? ] = sin( ???????? /6)/( ???????? ) is processed through a linear filter with the impulse response
?[ ???? ] = sin( ???? ???? ???? ) /( ???????? ) where ???? ???? > ???? /6. The output of the filter is
(A) sin(2 ???? ???? ???? ) /( ???????? ) (B) sin( ???????? /3)/( ???????? )
(C) [sin( ???????? /6)/( ???????? )]
2
(D) sin( ???????? /6)/( ???????? )
Q.45 A signal is band-limited to 0 to 12 kHz. The signal spectrum is corrupted by additive noise which is
band-limited to 10 to 12 kHz. Theoretically, the minimum rate in kilohertz at which the noisy signal
must be sampled so that the UNCORRUPTED PART of the signal spectrum can be recovered, is
__________kHz .
Q.46 Consider a low-pass filter module with a pass-band ripple of ???? in the gain magnitude. If ???? such
identical modules are cascaded, ignoring the loading effects, the pass-band ripple of the cascade is
(A) 1 ? (1 ? ???? )
???? (B) ???? ???? (C) (1 ? ???? ???? ) (D) (1 ? ???? )
????
Q.47
The fundamental period of the signal ???? ( ???? ) = 2 cos ?
2 ???????? 3
? + cos( ???????? ) , in seconds, is __________ s.
Q.48 If the deflection of the galvanometer in the bridge circuit shown in the figure is zero, then the value
of R
x
in ohms is __________ ? .
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Q.1 Let ???? be an ???? ? ???? matrix with rank ???? (0 < ???? < ???? ). Then ???????? = 0 has ???? independent solutions,
where ???? is
(A) r (B) n (C) ???? ? ???? (D) ???? + ????
Q.2
The value of ?
1
???? 2
???????? , where the contour is the unit circle traversed clockwise, is
(A) ?2 ???????? (B) 0 (C) 2 ???????? (D) 4 ????????
Q.3
The double integral ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
is equivalent to
(A) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
(B) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? ???? ???? 0
(C) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? ???? ???? 0
(D) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
Q.4 The magnitude of the directional derivative of the function ???? ( ???? , ???? ) = ???? 2
+ 3 ???? 2
in a direction
normal to the circle ???? 2
+ ???? 2
= 2, at the point (1,1), is
(A) 4 ?2 (B) 5 ?2 (C) 7 ?2 (D) 9 ?2
Q.5 The figure shows a half-wave rectifier circuit with input voltage V(t) = 10 sin (100 ? t) volts.
Assuming ideal diode characteristics with zero forward voltage drop and zero reverse current, the
average power consumed in watts by the load resistance R
L
is __________ W .
Q.6 The capacitor shown in the figure is initially charged to +10 V. The switch closes at time t = 0.
Then the value of V
C
(t) in volts at time t = 10 ms is__________ V .
Q.7 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
o
(B) ? 60
o
(C) ? 90
o
(D) ? 180
o
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Q.8 A p-type semiconductor strain gauge has a nominal resistance of 1000 ? and a gauge factor of
+200 at 25 ?C. The resistance of the strain gauge in ohms when subjected to a strain of
+10
?4
m/m at the same temperature is __________ ?.
Q.9 Liquid flow rate is measured using
(A) a Pirani gauge (B) a pyrometer
(C) an orifice plate (D) a Bourdon tube
Q.10 The output voltage of the ideal transformer with the polarities and dots shown in the figure is given
by
(A) NV
i
sin ?t (B) ? NV
i
sin ?t (C)
1
N
V
i
sin ?t (D) ?
1
N
V
i
sin ?t
Q.11 A load resistor R
L
is connected to a battery of voltage E with internal resistance R
i
through a
resistance R
S
as shown in the figure. For fixed values of R
L
and R
i
, the value of R
S
( ? 0) for
maximum power transfer to R
L
is
(A) 0 (B) R
L
? R
i
(C) R
L
(D) R
L
+ R
i
Q.12 Consider the logic circuit with input signal TEST shown in the figure. All gates in the figure shown
have identical non-zero delay. The signal TEST which was at logic LOW is switched to logic
HIGH and maintained at logic HIGH. The output
(A) stays HIGH throughout
(B) stays LOW throughout
(C) pulses from LOW to HIGH to LOW
(D) pulses from HIGH to LOW to HIGH
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Q.13 The logic evaluated by the circuit at the output is
(A) XY
?
+YX
?
(B) (X+Y
? ? ? ? ? ?
)XY (C) XY
? ? ? ?
+XY (D) X
?
Y+XY
?
+X+Y
Q.14 In the circuit shown, the switch is momentarily closed and then opened. Assuming the logic gates to
have equal non-zero delay, at steady state, the logic states of X and Y are
(A) X is latched, Y toggles continuously (B) X and Y are both latched
(C) Y is latched, X toggles continuously (D) X and Y both toggle continuously
Q.15 The highest frequency present in the signal ???? ( ???? ) is ???? max
. The highest frequency present in the signal
???? ( ???? ) = ???? 2
( ???? ) is
(A)
1
2
???? max
(B) ???? max
(C) 2 ???? max
(D) 4 ???? max
Q.16
The filter whose transfer function is of the form G(s) =
???? 2
? ???????? + ???? ???? 2
+ ???????? + ???? is
(A) a high-pass filter (B) a low-pass filter
(C) an all-pass filter (D) a band-reject filter
Q.17 Let 3 + 4 ???? be a zero of a fourth order linear-phase FIR filter. The complex number which is NOT
a zero of this filter is
(A) 3 ? 4 ???? (B)
3
25
+
4
25
???? (C)
3
25
?
4
25
???? (D)
1
3
?
1
4
????
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Q.18 Consider the ammeter-voltmeter method of determining the value of the resistance R using the
circuit shown in the figure. The maximum possible errors of the voltmeter and ammeter are known
to be 1 % and 2 % of their readings, respectively. Neglecting the effects of meter resistances, the
maximum possible percentage error in the value of R determined from the measurements,
is__________%.
Q.19 The bridge most suited for measurement of a four-terminal resistance in the range of
0.001 ? to 0.1 ? is
(A) Wien?s bridge (B) Kelvin double bridge
(C) Maxwell?s bridge (D) Schering bridge
Q.20 A power line is coupled capacitively through various parasitic capacitances to a shielded signal line
as shown in the figure. The conductive shield is grounded solidly at one end. Assume that the
length of the signal wire extending beyond the shield, and the shield resistance are negligible. The
magnitude of the noise voltage coupled to the signal line is
(A) directly proportional to C
1G
(B) inversely proportional to the power line frequency
(C) inversely proportional to C
1S
(D) zero
Q.21 A mass-spring-damper system with force as input and displacement of the mass as output has a
transfer function ???? ( ???? ) = 1/( ???? 2
+ 24 ???? + 900). A force input F(t) = 10 sin (70t) newtons is applied
at time ???? = 0 s. A beam from an optical stroboscope is focused on the mass. In steady state, the
strobe frequency in hertz at which the mass appears to be stationary is
(A) 5/ ???? (B) 15/ ???? (C) 35/ ???? (D) 50/ ????
Q.22
A system with transfer function G(s) =
1
???? 2
+1
has zero initial conditions. The percentage overshoot
in its step response is _________ %.
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Q.23 The voltage ( ???? 0
) developed across a glass electrode for pH measurement is related to the
temperature ( ???? ) by the relation
(A) ???? 0
?
1
???? 2
(B) ???? 0
?
1
???? (C) ???? 0
? ???? (D) ???? 0
? ???? 2
Q.24 A light detector circuit using an ideal photo-diode is shown in the figure. The sensitivity of the
photo-diode is 0.5 ?A/?W. With V
r
= 6 V, the output voltage V
o
= ?1.0 V for 10 ?W of incident
light. If V
r
is changed to 3 V, keeping all other parameters the same, the value of V
o
in volts is
__________V.
Q.25 An apparatus to capture ECG signals has a filter followed by a data acquisition system. The filter
best suited for this application is
(A) low pass with cutoff frequency 200 Hz
(B) high pass with cutoff frequency 200 Hz
(C) band pass with lower and upper cutoff frequencies 100 Hz and 200 Hz for its pass band
(D) band reject with lower and upper cutoff frequencies 1 Hz and 200 Hz for its stop band
Q. 26 ? Q. 55 carry two marks each.
Q.26 The probability that a thermistor randomly picked up from a production unit is defective is 0.1. The
probability that out of 10 thermistors randomly picked up, 3 are defective is
(A) 0.001 (B) 0.057 (C) 0.107 (D) 0.3
Q.27 The probability density function of a random variable ???? is ???? ???? ( ???? ) = ???? ? ???? for ???? ? 0 and 0 otherwise.
The expected value of the function ???? ???? ( ???? ) = ???? 3 ???? /4
is __________ .
Q.28
The z-transform of ???? [ ???? ] = ???? | ???? |
, 0 < | ???? | < 1, is ???? ( ???? ). The region of convergence of ???? ( ???? ) is
(A) | ???? | < | ???? | <
1
| ???? |
(B) | ???? | > ???? (C) | ???? | >
1
| ???? |
(D) | ???? | < min [| ???? |,
1
| ???? |
]
Q.29 The current in amperes through the resistor R in the circuit shown in the figure is __________ A.
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Q.30 The linear I-V characteristics of 2-terminal non-ideal dc sources X and Y are shown in the figure. If
the sources are connected to a 1 ? resistor as shown, the current through the resistor in amperes is
__________ A.
Q.31 Consider the circuits shown in the figure. The magnitude of the ratio of the currents, i.e., |I
1
/I
2
|,
is __________ .
Q.32 The circuit shown in the figure is in series resonance at frequency f
c
Hz. The value of V
c
in volts is
__________ V.
Q.33 The output frequency of an ???????? tank oscillator employing a capacitive sensor acting as the capacitor
of the tank is 100 kHz. If the sensor capacitance increases by 10 %, the output frequency in kilo-
hertz becomes __________ kHz.
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Q.34 The Seebeck coefficients, in ?V/?C, for copper, constantan and iron, with respect to platinum, are
1.9, ?38.3 and 13.3, respectively. The magnitude of the thermo emf E developed in the circuit
shown in the figure, in millivolts is__________ mV.
Q.35 In the figure shown, R
T
represents a resistance temperature device (RTD), whose characteristic is
given by R
T
= R
o
(1+ ?T), where R
o
=100 ?, ? = 0.0039 ?C
?1
and T denotes the temperature in
?C. Assuming the opamp to be ideal, the value of V
o
in volts when T = 100 ?C, is __________ V.
Q.36 In the circuit shown in the figure, it is found that V
BE
= 0.7 V and V
E
= 0 V. If ?
dc
= 99 for the
transistor, then the value of R
B
in kilo ohms is __________ k ?.
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Q.37 An opamp has ideal characteristics except that its open loop gain is given by the expression
A
V
(s) = 10
4
/ (1 + 10
?3
s). This op-amp is used in the circuit shown in the figure. The 3-dB
bandwidth of the circuit, in rad/s, is
(A) 10
2
(B) 10
3
(C) 10
4
(D) 10
6
Q.38 In the circuit shown, the voltage source V(t) = 15 + 0.1 sin (100t) volts. The PMOS transistor is
biased such that it is in saturation with its gate-source capacitance being 4 nF and its
transconductance at the operating point being 1 mA/V. Other parasitic impedances of the MOSFET
may be ignored. An external capacitor of capacitance 2 nF is connected across the PMOS transistor
as shown. The input impedance in mega ohm as seen by the voltage source is__________ M ?.
Q.39 An ADC is interfaced with a microprocessor as shown in the figure. All signals have been indicated
with typical notations. Acquisition of one new sample of the analog input signal by the
microprocessor involves
(A) one READ cycle only
(B) one WRITE cycle only
(C) one WRITE cycle followed by one READ cycle
(D) one READ cycle followed by one WRITE cycle
Data lines D0 to D7
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Q.40 The number of clock cycles for the duration of an input pulse is counted using a cascade of N
decade counters (DC 1 to DC N) as shown in the figure. If the clock frequency in mega hertz is ???? ,
the resolution and range of measurement of input pulse width, both in ?s, are respectively,
(A)
1
???? and
(2
N
?1)
???? (B)
1
???? and
(10
N
?1)
????
(C)
10
N
???? and
(10
N
?1)
???? (D)
2
N
???? and
(2
N
?1)
????
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Q.41 For the circuit shown in the figure, the rising edge triggered D-flip flop with asynchronous reset has
a clock frequency of 1 Hz. The NMOS transistor has an ON resistance of 1000 ? and an OFF
resistance of infinity. The nature of the output waveform is
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Q.42 A transfer function ???? ( ???? ) with the degree of its numerator polynomial zero and the degree of its
denominator polynomial two has a Nyquist plot shown in the figure. The transfer function
represents
(A) a stable, type-0 system (B) a stable, type-1 system
(C) an unstable, type-0 system (D) an unstable, type-1 system
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Q.43 In the circuit shown in the figure, both the NMOS transistors are identical with their threshold
voltages being 5 V. Ignoring channel length modulation, the output voltage V
out
in volt
is__________ V.
Q.44 The signal ???? [ ???? ] = sin( ???????? /6)/( ???????? ) is processed through a linear filter with the impulse response
?[ ???? ] = sin( ???? ???? ???? ) /( ???????? ) where ???? ???? > ???? /6. The output of the filter is
(A) sin(2 ???? ???? ???? ) /( ???????? ) (B) sin( ???????? /3)/( ???????? )
(C) [sin( ???????? /6)/( ???????? )]
2
(D) sin( ???????? /6)/( ???????? )
Q.45 A signal is band-limited to 0 to 12 kHz. The signal spectrum is corrupted by additive noise which is
band-limited to 10 to 12 kHz. Theoretically, the minimum rate in kilohertz at which the noisy signal
must be sampled so that the UNCORRUPTED PART of the signal spectrum can be recovered, is
__________kHz .
Q.46 Consider a low-pass filter module with a pass-band ripple of ???? in the gain magnitude. If ???? such
identical modules are cascaded, ignoring the loading effects, the pass-band ripple of the cascade is
(A) 1 ? (1 ? ???? )
???? (B) ???? ???? (C) (1 ? ???? ???? ) (D) (1 ? ???? )
????
Q.47
The fundamental period of the signal ???? ( ???? ) = 2 cos ?
2 ???????? 3
? + cos( ???????? ) , in seconds, is __________ s.
Q.48 If the deflection of the galvanometer in the bridge circuit shown in the figure is zero, then the value
of R
x
in ohms is __________ ? .
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Q.49 In the potentiometer circuit shown in the figure, the expression for V
x
is
(A) (1 ? 2 ?) V (B) (1 ? ?) V (C) ( ? ? 1) V (D) ? V
Q.50
The open loop transfer function of a system is G(s) =
???? 2
+6 ???? +10
???? 2
+2 ???? +2
. The angles of arrival of its root
loci are
(A) ?
???? 4
(B) ?
???? 3
(C) ?
???? 2
(D) ?
5 ???? 6
Q.51
A system is represented in state-space as x ? = ???????? + ???????? , where A = ?
1 2
???? 6
? and B = ?
1
1
?. The
value of ???? for which the system is not controllable is __________ .
Q.52 A liquid level measurement system employing a radio-isotope is mounted on a tank as shown in the
figure. The absorption coefficient of water for the radiation is 7.7 m
?1
. If the height of water in the
tank is reduced from 100 mm to 90 mm, the percentage change in the radiation intensity received
by the detector, neglecting absorption of the radiation by air, is __________ %.
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Q. 1 ? Q. 25 carry one mark each.
Q.1 Let ???? be an ???? ? ???? matrix with rank ???? (0 < ???? < ???? ). Then ???????? = 0 has ???? independent solutions,
where ???? is
(A) r (B) n (C) ???? ? ???? (D) ???? + ????
Q.2
The value of ?
1
???? 2
???????? , where the contour is the unit circle traversed clockwise, is
(A) ?2 ???????? (B) 0 (C) 2 ???????? (D) 4 ????????
Q.3
The double integral ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
is equivalent to
(A) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
(B) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? ???? ???? 0
(C) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? ???? ???? 0
(D) ? ? ???? ( ???? , ???? ) ???????? ???????? ???? 0
???? 0
Q.4 The magnitude of the directional derivative of the function ???? ( ???? , ???? ) = ???? 2
+ 3 ???? 2
in a direction
normal to the circle ???? 2
+ ???? 2
= 2, at the point (1,1), is
(A) 4 ?2 (B) 5 ?2 (C) 7 ?2 (D) 9 ?2
Q.5 The figure shows a half-wave rectifier circuit with input voltage V(t) = 10 sin (100 ? t) volts.
Assuming ideal diode characteristics with zero forward voltage drop and zero reverse current, the
average power consumed in watts by the load resistance R
L
is __________ W .
Q.6 The capacitor shown in the figure is initially charged to +10 V. The switch closes at time t = 0.
Then the value of V
C
(t) in volts at time t = 10 ms is__________ V .
Q.7 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
o
(B) ? 60
o
(C) ? 90
o
(D) ? 180
o
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Q.8 A p-type semiconductor strain gauge has a nominal resistance of 1000 ? and a gauge factor of
+200 at 25 ?C. The resistance of the strain gauge in ohms when subjected to a strain of
+10
?4
m/m at the same temperature is __________ ?.
Q.9 Liquid flow rate is measured using
(A) a Pirani gauge (B) a pyrometer
(C) an orifice plate (D) a Bourdon tube
Q.10 The output voltage of the ideal transformer with the polarities and dots shown in the figure is given
by
(A) NV
i
sin ?t (B) ? NV
i
sin ?t (C)
1
N
V
i
sin ?t (D) ?
1
N
V
i
sin ?t
Q.11 A load resistor R
L
is connected to a battery of voltage E with internal resistance R
i
through a
resistance R
S
as shown in the figure. For fixed values of R
L
and R
i
, the value of R
S
( ? 0) for
maximum power transfer to R
L
is
(A) 0 (B) R
L
? R
i
(C) R
L
(D) R
L
+ R
i
Q.12 Consider the logic circuit with input signal TEST shown in the figure. All gates in the figure shown
have identical non-zero delay. The signal TEST which was at logic LOW is switched to logic
HIGH and maintained at logic HIGH. The output
(A) stays HIGH throughout
(B) stays LOW throughout
(C) pulses from LOW to HIGH to LOW
(D) pulses from HIGH to LOW to HIGH
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Q.13 The logic evaluated by the circuit at the output is
(A) XY
?
+YX
?
(B) (X+Y
? ? ? ? ? ?
)XY (C) XY
? ? ? ?
+XY (D) X
?
Y+XY
?
+X+Y
Q.14 In the circuit shown, the switch is momentarily closed and then opened. Assuming the logic gates to
have equal non-zero delay, at steady state, the logic states of X and Y are
(A) X is latched, Y toggles continuously (B) X and Y are both latched
(C) Y is latched, X toggles continuously (D) X and Y both toggle continuously
Q.15 The highest frequency present in the signal ???? ( ???? ) is ???? max
. The highest frequency present in the signal
???? ( ???? ) = ???? 2
( ???? ) is
(A)
1
2
???? max
(B) ???? max
(C) 2 ???? max
(D) 4 ???? max
Q.16
The filter whose transfer function is of the form G(s) =
???? 2
? ???????? + ???? ???? 2
+ ???????? + ???? is
(A) a high-pass filter (B) a low-pass filter
(C) an all-pass filter (D) a band-reject filter
Q.17 Let 3 + 4 ???? be a zero of a fourth order linear-phase FIR filter. The complex number which is NOT
a zero of this filter is
(A) 3 ? 4 ???? (B)
3
25
+
4
25
???? (C)
3
25
?
4
25
???? (D)
1
3
?
1
4
????
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Q.18 Consider the ammeter-voltmeter method of determining the value of the resistance R using the
circuit shown in the figure. The maximum possible errors of the voltmeter and ammeter are known
to be 1 % and 2 % of their readings, respectively. Neglecting the effects of meter resistances, the
maximum possible percentage error in the value of R determined from the measurements,
is__________%.
Q.19 The bridge most suited for measurement of a four-terminal resistance in the range of
0.001 ? to 0.1 ? is
(A) Wien?s bridge (B) Kelvin double bridge
(C) Maxwell?s bridge (D) Schering bridge
Q.20 A power line is coupled capacitively through various parasitic capacitances to a shielded signal line
as shown in the figure. The conductive shield is grounded solidly at one end. Assume that the
length of the signal wire extending beyond the shield, and the shield resistance are negligible. The
magnitude of the noise voltage coupled to the signal line is
(A) directly proportional to C
1G
(B) inversely proportional to the power line frequency
(C) inversely proportional to C
1S
(D) zero
Q.21 A mass-spring-damper system with force as input and displacement of the mass as output has a
transfer function ???? ( ???? ) = 1/( ???? 2
+ 24 ???? + 900). A force input F(t) = 10 sin (70t) newtons is applied
at time ???? = 0 s. A beam from an optical stroboscope is focused on the mass. In steady state, the
strobe frequency in hertz at which the mass appears to be stationary is
(A) 5/ ???? (B) 15/ ???? (C) 35/ ???? (D) 50/ ????
Q.22
A system with transfer function G(s) =
1
???? 2
+1
has zero initial conditions. The percentage overshoot
in its step response is _________ %.
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Q.23 The voltage ( ???? 0
) developed across a glass electrode for pH measurement is related to the
temperature ( ???? ) by the relation
(A) ???? 0
?
1
???? 2
(B) ???? 0
?
1
???? (C) ???? 0
? ???? (D) ???? 0
? ???? 2
Q.24 A light detector circuit using an ideal photo-diode is shown in the figure. The sensitivity of the
photo-diode is 0.5 ?A/?W. With V
r
= 6 V, the output voltage V
o
= ?1.0 V for 10 ?W of incident
light. If V
r
is changed to 3 V, keeping all other parameters the same, the value of V
o
in volts is
__________V.
Q.25 An apparatus to capture ECG signals has a filter followed by a data acquisition system. The filter
best suited for this application is
(A) low pass with cutoff frequency 200 Hz
(B) high pass with cutoff frequency 200 Hz
(C) band pass with lower and upper cutoff frequencies 100 Hz and 200 Hz for its pass band
(D) band reject with lower and upper cutoff frequencies 1 Hz and 200 Hz for its stop band
Q. 26 ? Q. 55 carry two marks each.
Q.26 The probability that a thermistor randomly picked up from a production unit is defective is 0.1. The
probability that out of 10 thermistors randomly picked up, 3 are defective is
(A) 0.001 (B) 0.057 (C) 0.107 (D) 0.3
Q.27 The probability density function of a random variable ???? is ???? ???? ( ???? ) = ???? ? ???? for ???? ? 0 and 0 otherwise.
The expected value of the function ???? ???? ( ???? ) = ???? 3 ???? /4
is __________ .
Q.28
The z-transform of ???? [ ???? ] = ???? | ???? |
, 0 < | ???? | < 1, is ???? ( ???? ). The region of convergence of ???? ( ???? ) is
(A) | ???? | < | ???? | <
1
| ???? |
(B) | ???? | > ???? (C) | ???? | >
1
| ???? |
(D) | ???? | < min [| ???? |,
1
| ???? |
]
Q.29 The current in amperes through the resistor R in the circuit shown in the figure is __________ A.
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Q.30 The linear I-V characteristics of 2-terminal non-ideal dc sources X and Y are shown in the figure. If
the sources are connected to a 1 ? resistor as shown, the current through the resistor in amperes is
__________ A.
Q.31 Consider the circuits shown in the figure. The magnitude of the ratio of the currents, i.e., |I
1
/I
2
|,
is __________ .
Q.32 The circuit shown in the figure is in series resonance at frequency f
c
Hz. The value of V
c
in volts is
__________ V.
Q.33 The output frequency of an ???????? tank oscillator employing a capacitive sensor acting as the capacitor
of the tank is 100 kHz. If the sensor capacitance increases by 10 %, the output frequency in kilo-
hertz becomes __________ kHz.
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Q.34 The Seebeck coefficients, in ?V/?C, for copper, constantan and iron, with respect to platinum, are
1.9, ?38.3 and 13.3, respectively. The magnitude of the thermo emf E developed in the circuit
shown in the figure, in millivolts is__________ mV.
Q.35 In the figure shown, R
T
represents a resistance temperature device (RTD), whose characteristic is
given by R
T
= R
o
(1+ ?T), where R
o
=100 ?, ? = 0.0039 ?C
?1
and T denotes the temperature in
?C. Assuming the opamp to be ideal, the value of V
o
in volts when T = 100 ?C, is __________ V.
Q.36 In the circuit shown in the figure, it is found that V
BE
= 0.7 V and V
E
= 0 V. If ?
dc
= 99 for the
transistor, then the value of R
B
in kilo ohms is __________ k ?.
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Q.37 An opamp has ideal characteristics except that its open loop gain is given by the expression
A
V
(s) = 10
4
/ (1 + 10
?3
s). This op-amp is used in the circuit shown in the figure. The 3-dB
bandwidth of the circuit, in rad/s, is
(A) 10
2
(B) 10
3
(C) 10
4
(D) 10
6
Q.38 In the circuit shown, the voltage source V(t) = 15 + 0.1 sin (100t) volts. The PMOS transistor is
biased such that it is in saturation with its gate-source capacitance being 4 nF and its
transconductance at the operating point being 1 mA/V. Other parasitic impedances of the MOSFET
may be ignored. An external capacitor of capacitance 2 nF is connected across the PMOS transistor
as shown. The input impedance in mega ohm as seen by the voltage source is__________ M ?.
Q.39 An ADC is interfaced with a microprocessor as shown in the figure. All signals have been indicated
with typical notations. Acquisition of one new sample of the analog input signal by the
microprocessor involves
(A) one READ cycle only
(B) one WRITE cycle only
(C) one WRITE cycle followed by one READ cycle
(D) one READ cycle followed by one WRITE cycle
Data lines D0 to D7
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Q.40 The number of clock cycles for the duration of an input pulse is counted using a cascade of N
decade counters (DC 1 to DC N) as shown in the figure. If the clock frequency in mega hertz is ???? ,
the resolution and range of measurement of input pulse width, both in ?s, are respectively,
(A)
1
???? and
(2
N
?1)
???? (B)
1
???? and
(10
N
?1)
????
(C)
10
N
???? and
(10
N
?1)
???? (D)
2
N
???? and
(2
N
?1)
????
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Q.41 For the circuit shown in the figure, the rising edge triggered D-flip flop with asynchronous reset has
a clock frequency of 1 Hz. The NMOS transistor has an ON resistance of 1000 ? and an OFF
resistance of infinity. The nature of the output waveform is
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Q.42 A transfer function ???? ( ???? ) with the degree of its numerator polynomial zero and the degree of its
denominator polynomial two has a Nyquist plot shown in the figure. The transfer function
represents
(A) a stable, type-0 system (B) a stable, type-1 system
(C) an unstable, type-0 system (D) an unstable, type-1 system
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Q.43 In the circuit shown in the figure, both the NMOS transistors are identical with their threshold
voltages being 5 V. Ignoring channel length modulation, the output voltage V
out
in volt
is__________ V.
Q.44 The signal ???? [ ???? ] = sin( ???????? /6)/( ???????? ) is processed through a linear filter with the impulse response
?[ ???? ] = sin( ???? ???? ???? ) /( ???????? ) where ???? ???? > ???? /6. The output of the filter is
(A) sin(2 ???? ???? ???? ) /( ???????? ) (B) sin( ???????? /3)/( ???????? )
(C) [sin( ???????? /6)/( ???????? )]
2
(D) sin( ???????? /6)/( ???????? )
Q.45 A signal is band-limited to 0 to 12 kHz. The signal spectrum is corrupted by additive noise which is
band-limited to 10 to 12 kHz. Theoretically, the minimum rate in kilohertz at which the noisy signal
must be sampled so that the UNCORRUPTED PART of the signal spectrum can be recovered, is
__________kHz .
Q.46 Consider a low-pass filter module with a pass-band ripple of ???? in the gain magnitude. If ???? such
identical modules are cascaded, ignoring the loading effects, the pass-band ripple of the cascade is
(A) 1 ? (1 ? ???? )
???? (B) ???? ???? (C) (1 ? ???? ???? ) (D) (1 ? ???? )
????
Q.47
The fundamental period of the signal ???? ( ???? ) = 2 cos ?
2 ???????? 3
? + cos( ???????? ) , in seconds, is __________ s.
Q.48 If the deflection of the galvanometer in the bridge circuit shown in the figure is zero, then the value
of R
x
in ohms is __________ ? .
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Q.49 In the potentiometer circuit shown in the figure, the expression for V
x
is
(A) (1 ? 2 ?) V (B) (1 ? ?) V (C) ( ? ? 1) V (D) ? V
Q.50
The open loop transfer function of a system is G(s) =
???? 2
+6 ???? +10
???? 2
+2 ???? +2
. The angles of arrival of its root
loci are
(A) ?
???? 4
(B) ?
???? 3
(C) ?
???? 2
(D) ?
5 ???? 6
Q.51
A system is represented in state-space as x ? = ???????? + ???????? , where A = ?
1 2
???? 6
? and B = ?
1
1
?. The
value of ???? for which the system is not controllable is __________ .
Q.52 A liquid level measurement system employing a radio-isotope is mounted on a tank as shown in the
figure. The absorption coefficient of water for the radiation is 7.7 m
?1
. If the height of water in the
tank is reduced from 100 mm to 90 mm, the percentage change in the radiation intensity received
by the detector, neglecting absorption of the radiation by air, is __________ %.
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Q.53 The figure shows a spot of light of uniform intensity 50 W/m
2
and size 10 mm ? 10 mm incident at
the exact center of a photo-detector, comprising two identical photo-diodes D
1
and D
2
. Each diode
has a sensitivity of 0.4 A/W and is operated in the photoconductive mode. If the spot of light is
displaced upwards by 100 ?m, the resulting difference between the photocurrents generated by D
1
and D
2
in micro amperes, is __________ ?A .
Q.54 A beam of monochromatic light passes through two glass slabs of the same geometrical thickness at
normal incidence. The refractive index of the first slab is 1.5 and that of the second, 2.0. The ratio
of the time of passage of the beam through the first to the second slab is __________ .
Q.55 The resolving power of a spectrometer consisting of a 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
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