1.

The following parameter of an AC signal can be varied by an

oscilloscope
(a) Amplitude (b) Frequency (c) both (a) and (b) (d) none of the above
Ans: C.

2. Which of the following statement is false?

(a) At maximum power transfer condition, the voltage regulation is 100%
(b) At maximum power transfer condition, the efficiency is 100%
(c) At maximum power transfer condition, the loss is 50%
(d) Ammeter does not connect in parallel.
Ans: b.

3. Which of the following statement is true at series resonance condition?

(a) Current is minimum (b) p.f. is lagging
(c) p.f. is unity (d) p.f. is leading
Ans: C.

4. Parallel resonance can be obtained by

(a) varying resistance in capacitive or inductive brunch
(b) varying an inductance
(c) Varying R and XL
(d) none of the above
Ans: C.

5. For Si, diffused impurities with how many valence electrons are called
donor atoms?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 6
Ans: C.

6. For which kind of amplification can the active region of the common
emitter configuration be used?
(a) Voltage (b) Current (c) Power (d) All the above.
Ans: a.

7. The power dissipation of a Si diode having ID = 40 mA would be

(a) 18 mW (b) 28 mW (c) 280 mW (d) Undefined.
Ans: b.

8. In which region are both the collector-base and base-emitter junctions are
forward biased?
(a) Active (b) Cut-off (c) Saturation (d) All of the above
Ans: C.

9. Which of the following device has the highest input Impedance?

(a) Diode (b) JFET (c) MOSFET (d) Bipolar Junction Transistor.
Ans: C.
10.Which of the following is required for oscillation?
(a) βA ≥ 1
(b) The phase shift around the feedback network must be 180
(c) βA ≥ 1 and The phase shift around the feedback network must be 1800
(d) None of the above
Ans: C.

11.An over current relay having a current setting of 125% is connected to a

supply circuit through a CT 400/5. What would be the pickup current?
(a) 5A (b) 6.25A (c) 4A (d) 3.5A
Ans: b.

12.If base KVA is doubled, then impedance in p.u. will be

(a) doubled (b) halved (c) 4 times (d)
Ans: a.

13.In load flow analysis PQ bus is defined as the bus that

(a) has only fixed load connected to it
(b) has both load an generator connected
(c) Consumes power and generates VAR
Ans:

14.A synchronous generator at under-excited condition, operates at

(a) lagging (b) unity (c) leading
Ans: C.

15.The armature resistance variation method of speed control of shunt dc

motor is used to
(a) raise the speed above the base speed
(b) lower the speed bellow the base speed
(c) for both the above purposes
Ans: may be a. (not 100% sure)

16.What could cause voltage build-up occur in a shunt dc generator during

starting to fail.
(a) Lack of residual flux in the field core.
(b) Wrong connection of the field coil.
(c) Field resistance is higher than critical resistance
(d) All of the above.
Ans: d.

17.In how many ways the speed of dc shunt motor can be varied?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) One
Ans: b.

18.Practically in open circuit test of a transformer, the wattmeter measures

(a) Copper loss (b) Core loss (c) A slight copper loss (d) both (b) & (c)
Ans: d.
19.What is the SNR (in dB) of a voice channel if the signal power level is
0.52 mW and noise level is 0.01 mW?
(a) 52 dB (b) 34.32 dB (c) 17.16 dB (d)
Ans: C.

20.What is the voltage at secondary side of a transformer having a turn ratio

of 1:10 if 440V dc is applied at primary?
(a) 0 V (b) 4400 V (c) 44 V (d) 4.4 V
Ans: a.(if 440 v dc), b. (if only 440 v)
(I am not sure which was included in exam)

21.The main reason for the superiority of digital communication over analog
communication is
(a) The use of simple electronic circuitry.
(b) The use of amplifiers periodically
(c) The use of regenerative repeaters
(d) The use of A/D and D/A converters
Ans: C.

22.The signal x(t) = 2 sin ( 500 πt ) + 3 sin ( 1400 πt ) + 2 sin ( 3400 πt ) + 2

sin ( 6900 πt ) has been band limited within (300-3400 Hz). If this signal
is sampled at Nyquist rate, what will be output data rate if this signal is
encoded with a 512 level uniform quantization.
(a) 72 kb/s (b) 62.1kb/s (c) 55.8 kb/s (d) 68.1 kb/s
Ans: b.

23.why is parallel transmission more useful than serial transmission?

(a) For long distance data transmission
(b) For short distance data transmission
(c) For synchronous transmission
(d) For Asynchronous transmission
Ans: b.

24.Envelop detector is helpful for which of the following modulation?

(a) ASK and FSK (b) FSK (c) ASK (d) PSK
Ans: C.

25.Which equation has amplitude 1, duration 2, point 0 and π?

(a) sinπt (b) sin2π t+1 (c) 1+sin2πt (d)
Ans: a.

26.In short circuit test of a transformer in which side supply voltage is

applied?
(a) Low voltage side (b) High voltage side (c) (d)
Ans: b.