[MCQ]

1. If ‘→’ denotes increasing order of intensity, then the meaning of the words
[charm → enamor → bewitch] is analogous to [bored → ______ → weary].
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Which one of the given options is appropriate to fill the blank?

(a) jaded (b) baffled
(c) dead (d) worsted
Sol. (a)

[MCQ]
2. P, Q, R, S and T have launched a new startup. Two of them are siblings. The office of
the startup has just three rooms. All of them agree that the siblings should not share the
same room.
If S and Q are single children, and the room allocations shown below are acceptable to
all.

then, which one of the given options is the siblings?

(a) P and T (b) P and S
(c) T and Q (d) T and R
Sol. (a)
[MCQ]
3. Five years ago, the ratio of Aman’s age to his father's age was 1:4, and five years from
now, the ratio will be 2:5. What was his father's age when Aman was born?
(a) 28 years (b) 30 years
(c) 35 years (d) 32 years
Sol. (b)
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4. For a real number x > 1,
1 1 1
+ + =1
log 2 x log 3 x log 4 x
The value of x is
(a) 4 (b) 12
(c) 24 (d) 36
Sol. (c)
[MCQ]
5. The greatest prime factor of (3199 – 3196) is
(a) 13 (b) 17
(c) 3 (d) 11
Sol. (a)
[MCQ]
6. Sequence the following sentences (P, Q, R, S) in a coherent passage:
P: Shifu’s student exclaimed, “Why do you run since the bull is an illusion?”
Q: Shifu said, “Surely my running away from the bull is also an illusion.”
R: Shifu once proclaimed that all life is illusion. PAGE
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 (a) SRPQ (b) SPRQ
(c) RSPQ (d) RPQS
Sol. (c)
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[MCQ]
7. Four identical cylindrical chalk-sticks, each of radius r = 0.5 cm and length l = 10 cm,
are bound tightly together using a duct tape as shown in the following figure.

The width of the duct tape is equal to the length of the chalk-stick. The area (in cm²) of
the duct tape required to wrap the bundle of chalk-sticks once, is
(a) 20 (4 + π) (b) 20 (8 + π)
(c) 10 (8 + π) (d) 10 (4 + π)
Sol. (d)
[MCQ]
8. The bar chart shows the data for the percentage of population falling into different
categories based on Body Mass Index (BMI) in 2003 and 2023.

Based on the data provided, which one of the following options is INCORRECT?
(a) The ratio of the percentage of population falling into overweight category to the
percentage of population falling into normal category has increased in 20 years.
(b) The ratio of the percentage of population falling into underweight category to the
percentage of population falling into normal category has decreased in 20 years.
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 (d) The ratio of the percentage of population falling into obese category to the
percentage of population falling into normal category has decreased in 20 years.
Sol. (c)
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[MCQ]
9. Examples of mirror and water reflections are shown in the figures below

WATER
REFLECTION

MIRROR REFLECTION
An object appears as the following image after first reflecting in a mirror and then
reflecting on water.

The original object is

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

Sol. (a)
[MCQ]
10. Two identical sheets A and B, of dimensions 24 cm × 16 cm, can be folded into half
using two distinct operations. FO1 or FO2.
In FO1, the axis of folding remains parallel to the initial long edge, and in FO2, the
axis of folding remains parallel to the initial short edge.
If sheet A is folded twice using FO1, and sheet B is folded twice using FO2, the ratio
of the perimeters of the final shapes of A and B is
(a) 14:11 (b) 11:14
(c) 18:11 (d) 11:18
Sol. (a)

[MCQ]
11. The general form of the complementary function of a differential equation is given by
y(t) = (At + B)e–2t, where A and B are real constants determined by the initial condition.
The corresponding differential equation is __________
d2y dy d2y
(a) +4 + 4 y = f (t ) (b) + 4 y = f (t )
dt 2 dt dt 2
d2y dy d2y dy
(c) 2
+3 + 2 y = f (t ) (d) +5 + 6 y = f (t )
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 [MCQ]
12. In the context Bode magnitude plots, 40 Db/decade is the same as _____.
(a) 12 dB/octave (b) 6 dB/octave
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(c) 20 dB/octave (d) 10 dB/octave

Sol. (a)

[MCQ]
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13. In the feedback control system shown in the figure below G ( s) = .
s( s + 1)( s + 2)

R(s), Y(s), and E(s) are the Laplace transforms of r(t), y(t), and e(t), respectively. If the
input r(t) is a unit step function, then ________.
(a) lim e(t ) = 0
t →

1
(b) lim e(t ) =
t → 3
1
(c) lim e(t ) =
t → 4
(d) lim e(t ) limit does not exist, e(t) is oscillatory
t →

Sol. (d)

[MCQ]
14. A digital communication system transmits through a noiseless band limited channel
[–W, W]. The received signal z(t) at the output of receiving filter is given by
z (t ) =  b[n]x(t − nT ) where b[n] are the symbols and x(t) is the overall system
n
response to single symbol. The received signal is sampled at t = Mt. The Fourier
transform x(t) is x(f). The Nyquist condition that X(f) must satisfy for zero inter
symbol interference at the receiver is______.
 
 m  m
  X  f + T  = T
1
(a) X  f +  =T (b)
m= –  
T m= – 
 

  X ( f + mT ) = T
1
(c) X ( f + mT ) = T (d)
m= –  m= – 
Sol. (MTA)

[MCQ]
15. Consider a lossless transmission line terminated with a short circuit as shown in the
figure below. As one moves towards the generator from the load, the normalized
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impedances zinA, zinB, zinC and zinD (indicated in the figure) are ________.
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(a) zinA = +1 jΩ, zinB = , zinC = –1 jΩ, zinD = 0

(b) zinA =, zinB = +0.4 jΩ, zinC = 0, zinD = +0.4 jΩ
(c) zinA = –1 jΩ, zinB = 0, zinC = +1 jΩ, zinD = 
(d) zinA = +0.4 jΩ, zinB = , zinC = –0.4 jΩ, zinD = 0
Sol. (a)

[MCQ]
16. Let iˆ and ĵ be the unit vectors along x and y axes, respectively and let A be a positive
constant. Which one of the following statements is true for the vector fields
F1 = A(iy + jx) and F2 = A(iy − jx)?
(a) Both F1 and F2 are electrostatic fields
(b) Only F1 is an electrostatic field
(c) Only F2 is an electrostatic field
(d) Neither F1 nor F2 is an electromatic field
Sol. (b)

[MCQ]
17. In the circuit below, assume that the long channel NMOS transistor is biased in
saturation. The small signal trans-conductance of the transistor is gm. Neglect body
effect, channel length modulation and intrinsic device capacitances. The small signal
input impedance Zin (j) is _______.

− gm 1 1
(a) + +
C1C L 2 jC1 jC L
gm 1 1
(b) + +
C1C L 2 jC1 jC L
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 1 1
(c) +
jC1 jC L
− gm 1
(d) +
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C1C L 2 jC1 + jC L

Sol. (a)

[MCQ]
18. For the closed loop amplifier circuit shown below, the magnitude of open loop low
frequency small signal voltage gain is 40. All the transistors are biased in saturation.
The current source ISS is ideal. Neglect body effect, channel length modulation and
intrinsic device capacitances. The closed loop low frequency small signal voltage gain
vout
(rounded off to three decimal places) is _______.
vin

(a) 0.976 (b) 1.000

(c) 1.025 (d) 0.488
Sol. (a)

[MCQ]
19. For the Boolean function
F (A, B, C, D) = m (0, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15),
the essential prime implicants are ______.
(a) BD, BD (b) BD, AB
(c) AB, BD (d) BD, BD, AB
Sol. (a)

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 N0
20. A white Gaussian noise w(t) with zero mean and power spectral density , when
2
applied to a first-order RC low pass filter produces an output n(t). At a particular time
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t = tk, the variance of the random variable n(tk) is _______.

N0 N0
(a) (b)
4 RC 2 RC
N0 2N0
(c) (d)
RC RC
Sol. (a)

[MCQ]
21. A causal and stable LTI system with impulse response h(t) produces an output y(t) for
an input signal x(t). A signal x(0.5t) is applied to another causal and stable LTI system
with impulse response h(0.5t). The resulting output is ________.
(a) 2y(0.5t) (b) 4y(0.5t)
(c) 0.25y(2t) (d) 0.25y(0.25t)
Sol. (a)

[MCQ]
22. For non-degenerately doped n -type silicon, which one of the following plots represents
the temperature (T) dependence of free electron concentration (n)?

log(n)
(a) (cm–3) (b)

–1
1/T(K )

log(n) log(n)
(c) (cm–3) (d) (cm–3)

1/T(K–1) 1/T(K–1)
Sol. (a)

[MCQ]
2. In the circuit shown, the n:1 step-down transformer and the diodes are ideal. The diodes
have no voltage drop in forward biased condition. If the input voltage (in Volts) is
Vs(t) = 10 sin t and the average value of load voltage VL(t) (in Volts) is 2.5/π, the value
of n is ________.

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(a) 4 (b) 8
(c) 12 (d) 16
Sol. (a)

[MCQ]
24. For a causal discrete-time LTI system with transfer function,
2z2 + 3
H ( z) =
 1  1
 z +  z − 
 3  3
which of the following statements is/are true?
(a) The system is stable.
(b) The initial value of the impulse response is 2.
(c) The initial value of the impulse response is 2.
(d) The final value of the impulse response is 0.
Sol. (a, c, d)

[MCQ]
25. Let (x, y, z, t) and u(x, y, z, t) represent density and velocity, respectively, at a point

(x, y, z) and time t. Assume is continuous. Let V be an arbitrary volume in space
t
enclosed by the closed surface S and n̂ be the outward unit normal of S.

Which of the following equations is/are equivalent to +   (u ) = 0 ?
t

(a)  t dv = −  u  nˆ ds
V S


(b)  t dv =  u  nˆ ds
V S


(c)  t dv = −    (u )dv
V V


(d)  t dv =    (u )dv
V V

Sol. (a, c)

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 26. The free election concentration profile n(x) in a doped semiconductor at equilibrium is
shown in the figure, where the points A, B, and C mark three different positions.
Which of the following statements is/are true?
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(a) For x between B and C, the electron diffusion current is directed from C to B.
(b) For x between B and A, the electric field is directed from A to B.
(c) For x between B and C, the electric field is directed from B to C.
(d) For x between B and A, the electron drift current is directed from B to A.
Sol. (a, b, c)

[NAT]
27. A machine has a 32-bit architecture with 1-word long instructions. It has 24 registers
and supports an instruction set of size 40. Each instruction has five distinct fields,
namely opcode, two source register identifiers, one destination register identifier, and
an immediate value. Assuming that the immediate operand is an unsigned integer, its
maximum value is _______.
Sol. (2047)

[NAT]
28. An amplitude modulator has output (in Volts))
S (t ) = A cos(400t ) + B cos(360t ) + B cos(440t )
The carrier power normalized to 1Ω resistance is 50 Watts. The ratio of the total
sideband power to the total power is 1/9. The value of B (in Volts, rounded off to two
decimal places) is_________.
Sol. (2.49 to 2.51)

[NAT]
29. In a number system of base r, the equation x2 – 12x + 36 = 0 has x = 8 as one of its
solutions. The value of r is _______.
Sol. (11 to 11)

[NAT]
30. Let R and R3 denote the set of real number and the three-dimensional vector space over
respectively. The value of a for which the set of vectors
{[2 – 3 a]. [3 – 1 3], [1 – 5 7}]
does not form a basis of R3 is _________
Sol. (5 to 5)

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Sol. (2 to 2)

[NAT]
32. In the circuit given below, the switch S was kept open for sufficiency long time and is
closed at time t = 0. The time constant (in seconds) of the circuit for t > 0 is _______.
t=0

3H S
5A 2 4 4

Sol. (0.75 to 0.75)

[NAT]
33. Suppose X and Y are independent and identically distributed random variables that are
distributed uniformly in the interval [0, 1]. The probability that X  Y is ________.
Sol. (0.5 to 0.5)

[MCQ]
34. A source transmits symbols from an alphabet of size 16. The value of maximum
achievable entropy (in bits) is _______.
Sol. (4 to 4)

[NAT]
35. As shown in the circuit the initial voltage across the capacitor is 10 V, with the switch
being open. The switch is then closed at t = 0. The total energy dissipated in the ideal
Zener diode (V2 = 5 V) after the switch is closed (in mJ, rounded off to three decimal
places) is _____.

t=0

+
10 kΩ
10µF V(0–)=10V
–
VZ = 5V
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36. Consider the Earth to be a perfect sphere of radius R. Then the surface area of the
region, enclosed by the 60°N latitude circle, that contains the north pole in its interior
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is _____________.
( )
2 − 1 R 2
(a) ( 2 − 3 ) R 2
(b)
2

(c)
2 R 2
(d)
( 2 + 3 ) R2
3 8 2
Sol. (a)

[MCQ]
37. Consider a unity negative feedback control system with forward path gain
K
G (s) = as shown.
( s + 1)( s + 2)( s + 3)

The impulse response of the closed-loop system decays faster than e–t if _____.
(a) 1  K  5 (b) 7  K  21
(c) –4  K  –1 (d) –24  K  –6
Sol. (c)

[MCQ]
38. A satellite attitude control system, as shown below, has a plant with transfer function
1 K ( s + )
G(s) = 2 cascaded with a compensator C ( s ) = , where K and  are positive
s s+4
real constants.

In order the closed-loop system to have poles at –1  j 3, the value of  must be

_____.
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) 3
Sol. (b)

[MCQ]
2x
–j
39. A uniform plane wave with electric field E ( x) = Ay aˆ y e 3 V / m is travelling in the
air (relative permittivity, r = 1 and relative permeability, µr = 1) in the + x direction
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 on an ideal electric conductor (conductivity, σ = ∞) at x = 0. The position of the first
null of the total magnetic field in the air (measured from x = 0, in metres) is
3 3
(a) – (b) –
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4 2
(c) –6 (d) –3
Sol. (a)

[MCQ]
40. A 4-bit priority encoder has inputs D3, D2, D1 and D0 in descending order of priority.
The two-bit output AB is generated as 00,01,10, and 11 corresponding to inputs D3, D2,
D1 and D0. respectively. The Boolean expression of the output bit B is ______.
(a) D3 D2 (b) D3 D2 + D3 D1
(c) D3 D2 + D3 D1 (d) D3 D1
Sol. (b)

[MCQ]
41. The propagation delay of the 2 × 1 MUX shown in the circuit is 10 ns.
Consider the propagation delay of the inverter as 0 ns.

If S is set to 1 then output of Y is ________

(a) A square wave of frequency 100 MHz
(b) A square wave of frequency 50 MHz
(c) Constant at ‘0’
(d) Constant at ‘1’
Sol. (b)

[MCQ]
42. The sequence of states (Q1Q0) of the given synchronous sequential circuit is ____.

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 (c) 01 → 10 → 11 → 00 → 01 (d) 00 → 01 → 10 → 00
Sol. (c)
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[MCQ]
sin(z )
43. Let z be a complex variable. If f ( z ) = and C is the circle in the complex
z 2 ( z – 2)
plane with |z| = 3 then  f ( z)dz is _______.
C

1 
(a) 2 j (b) j  –  
2 
1 
(c) j  +   (d) –2 j
2 
Sol. (d)

[MCQ]
44. Consider two continuous time signals x(t) and y(t) as shown below

If X(f) denotes the Fourier transform of x(t), the Fourier transform of y(t)
(a) –4X(4f)e–jf (b) –4X(4f)e–j4f
1 1
(c) – X ( f / 4)e – jf (d) – X ( f / 4)e – j 4f
4 4
Sol. (MTA)

[MCQ]
45. A source transmits a symbol s, taken from {–4,0,4} with equal probability, over an
additive white Gaussian noise channel. The received noisy symbol r is given by r = s
+ w where the noise w is zero mean with variance 4 and is independent of s. Using
–t 2
1 
Q( x) =
2
x e 2 dt , the optimum symbol error probability is ____.

2 4
(a) Q(2) (b) Q(1)
3 3
2 4
(c) Q(1) (d) Q(2)
3 3
Sol. (b)

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 46. A full-scale sinusoidal signal is applied to a 10-bit ADC. The fundamental signal
component in the ADC output has a normalized power of 1 W, and the total noise and
distortion normalized power is 10 µW. The effective number of bits (rounded off to the
nearest integer) of the ADC is
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(a) 7 (b) 8
(c) 9 (d) 10
Sol. (b)

[MCQ]
47. The information bit sequence {1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1} is to be transmitted by encoding with
Cyclic Redundancy Check 4 (CRC-4) code, for which the generator polynomial is C(x)
= x4 + x + 1. The encoded sequence of bits is _____
(a) {1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0} (b) {1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1}
(c) {1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0} (d) {1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0}
Sol. (a)

[MCQ]
48. A continuous time signal x(t) = 2 cos(8t + π/3) is sampled at a rate of 15 Hz. The
sampled signal xs(t) when passed through an LTI system with impulse response
 sin 2t 
h(t ) =   cos(38t −  / 2)
 t 
produces an output x0(t). The expression for x0(t) is __________.
(a) 15 sin (38t + /3) (b) 15 sin (38t – /3)
(c) 15 cos (38t – /6) (d) 15 cos (38t + /6)
Sol. (MTA)

[MCQ]
49. The op-amps in the circuit shown are ideal, but have saturation voltages of ±10 V.

Assume that the initial inductor current is 0 A. The input voltage (Vi) is a triangular
signal with peak voltages of ±2 V and time period of 8 µs. Which one of the following
statements is true?
(a) V01 is delayed by 2 µs relative to Vi. and V02 is a triangular waveform.
(b) V01 is not delayed relative to Vi and V02 is a trapezoidal waveform.
(c) V01 is not delayed relative to Vi and V02 is a triangular waveform.
(d) V01 is delayed by 1 µs relative to Vi and V02 is a trapezoidal waveform. PAGE
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50. In the circuit below, the op-amp is ideal
R1
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– C R

R +
R C

If the circuit is to show sustained oscillations, the respective values of R1 and the
corresponding frequency of oscillation are __________.
(a) (
29R and 1/ 2 6RC ) (b) 2R and 1/(2RC)

(c) 29R and 1/(2RC) (d) (

2R and 1/ 2 6RC )
Sol. (b)

[MCQ]
51. In the circuit shown below, the transistors M1 and M2 are biased in saturation. Their
small signal transconductances are gm1 and gm2 respectively. Neglect body effect,
channel length modulation and intrinsic device capacitances.

VDD
Iref

M1 VDD

RB RD

Vout
RS C1
M2
Vin

Assuming that capacitor C1 is a short circuit for AC analysis, the exact magnitude of
Vout
small signal voltage gain is __________.
Vin
 1 
g m 2 RD  RB + 
(a) gm2RD (b)  g m1 
1
RB + + Rs
g m1
 1   1 
g m 2 RD  RB + + Rs  g m 2 RD  
(c)  g m1  (d)  g m1 
1 1
RB + + Rs
g m1 s g m1 PAGE
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52. Which of the following statements is/are true for a BJT with respect to its DC current
gain ?
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(a) Under high-level injection condition in forward active mode,  will decrease with
increase in the magnitude of collector current.
(b) Under low-level injection condition in forward active mode, where the current
at the emitter-base junction is dominated by recombination-generation process,
β will decrease with increase in the magnitude of collector current.
(c) β will be lower when the BJT is in saturation region compared to when it is in
active region.
(d) A higher value of  will lead to a lower value of the collector-to-emitter
breakdown voltage.
Sol. (a, c, d)

[MCQ]
53. Consider a system S represented in state space as
dx 0 –2  1 
=  x +   r , y =  2 –5 x.
dt 1 –3 0
Which of the state space representations given below has/have the same transfer
function as that of S?
dx  0 1  0
(a) =  x +   r , y = 1 2 x.
dt  –2 –3 1 
dx  0 1  1 
(b) =  x +   r , y =  0 2 x.
dt  –2 –3 0
dx  –1 0   –1
(c) =  x +   r , y = 1 1 x.
dt  0 –2  3
dx  –1 0  1
(d) =  x +   r , y = 1 2 x.
dt  0 –2  1
Sol. (a, c)

[MCQ]
54. Let F1, F2 and F3 be functions of (x, y, z) Suppose that for every given pair of points A

and B in space, the line integral int C ( F1dx + F2dy + F3dz) evaluates to the same value
along any path C that starts at A and ends at B. Then which of the following is/are true?
(a) For every closed path , we have  ( F1dx + F2 dy + F3dz ) = 0 .

(b) There exists a differentiable scalar function f(x, y, z) such that
f f f
F1 = , F2 = , F3 =
x y z
F1 F2 F3
(c) + + =0
x y z
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 F3 F2 F1 F3 F2 F1
(d) = = = , =
y z z x x y
Sol. (a, b, d)
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[MCQ]
1 k 
55. Consider the matrix   , where k is a positive real number. Which of the following
2 1 
vectors is/are eigenvector(s) of this matrix?
 1   1 
(a)   (b)  
– 2 / k   2/k
 2k   2k 
(c)   (d)  
 1   –1 
Sol. (b, d)

[MCQ]
56. The radian frequency value(s) for which the discrete time sinusoidal signal
 
x ( n ) = A cos  n +  has a period of 40 is/are _________.
 3
(a) 0.15 (b) 0.225
(c) 0.3 (d) 0.45
Sol. (a, d OR a, c, d)

[NAT]
57. Let X(t) = A cos(2 fot + ) be a random process, where amplitude A and phase  are
independent of each other, and are uniformly distributed in the intervals [–2, 2] and [0,
2], respectively. X(t) is fed to an 8-bit uniform mid-rise type quantizer.
2
Given that the autocorrelation of X(t) is Rx () = cos(2f 0 ) , the signal to
3
quantization noise ratio (in dB, rounded off to two decimal places) at the output of the
quantizer is __________.
Sol. (45.00 to 4.30)

[NAT]
58. A lossless transmission line with characteristic impedance Z0 = 50Ω is terminated with
an unknown load. The magnitude of the reflection co-efficient is | | = 0.6 As one
moves towards the generator from the load, the maximum value of the input impedance
magnitude looking towards the load (in Ω) is
Sol. (200 to 200)

[NAT]
59. The relationship between any N-length sequence x[n] and its corresponding N-point
discrete Fourier transform X[k] is defined as
X[k] = F{x[n]}. PAGE
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 y[n] = F{F{F{F{x[n]}}}}.
For the sequence x[n] = {1, 2, 1,3}. the value of Y[0] is
Sol. (112 to 112)
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[NAT]
60. For the two-port network shown below, the value of the Y21 parameter (in Siemens) is
______.

Sol. (1.5 to 1.5)

[NAT]
61. Consider a MOS capacitor made with p-type silicon. It has an oxide thickness of 100
nm, a fixed positive oxide charge of 10–8 C/cm² at the oxide-silicon interface, and a
metal work function of 4.6 eV. Assume that the relative permittivity of the oxide is 4
and the absolute permittivity of free space is 8.85 × 10–14 F/cm. If the flat-band voltage
is 0 V, the work function of the p-type silicon (in eV, rounded off to two decimal places)
is __________.
Sol. (4.10 to 4.50)

[NAT]
62. In the network shown below, maximum power is to be transferred to the load RL.

The value of RL (in Q) is ________.

Sol. (2.5 to 2.5)

[NAT]
63. A non-degenerate n-type semiconductor has 5% neutral dopant atoms. Its Fermi level
is located at 0.25 eV below the conduction band (EC) and the donor energy level (ED)
has a degeneracy of 2. Assuming the thermal voltage to be 20 mV, the difference
between EC and ED (in eV, rounded off to two decimal places) is ______ .
Sol. (0.17 to 0.19)

[NAT]
64. An NMOS transistor operating in the linear region has IDS of 5 µA at VDS of 0.1 V.
Keeping VGS constant, the VDS is increased to 1.5 V. PAGE
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 W
W Given that nCox = 50 µA / V 2 , the transconductance at the new operating point
L
(in µA/V, rounded off to two decimal places) is
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Sol. (52.40 to 52.60)

[MCQ]
65. The photocurrent of a PN junction diode solar cell is 1 mA. The voltage corresponding
to its maximum power point is 0.3 V. If the thermal voltage is 30 mV, the reverse
saturation current of the diode (in nA, rounded off to two decimal places) is_____.
Sol. (4.00 to 4.26)

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