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BASIC ENGINEERING

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Note: 1. Each Question has got 3 or 4 or 5 choices.
2. Tick mark only one most appropriate answer.

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1. Sound waves can travel throught
1) Solids 2) Liquids 3) Gases 4) All of them
2. Velocity of sound in water is

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1) More than in the air 2) Less than in the air

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3) Equal to that in the air 4) Sound does not travel in water
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Leading characteristics that distinguish one musical sound from another are

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1) Loudness 2) Pitch 3) Quality

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4) All of them

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Apparent change in frequency of wave motion between the source and the sound is because of
1) Sabine's effect 2) Newton lapse effect

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3) Doppler effect
Reverberation time is
4) None of the above

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1) Directly proportional to the volume of the enclosed space
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3) Both (1) and (2) are true
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2) Inversely proportional to the absorption coefficient

4) None of them is true

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Which helps most in designing the acoustics of the building.

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1) Doppler effect 2) Sabine's formula
3) Newton's sound formula 4) None of them
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Rutherford's experiment suggested that

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1) Mass of the atom is distributed uniformly

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2) Mass of the atom is concentrated in the periphery
3) Mass of the atom is only because of electrons
4) Mass of the atom is concentrated at the centre
8. Size of the nucleus is about
1) 10-14 m 2) 10-2 m 3) 10-30 m 4) 10-1 m

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9. In an atom, electrons are
1) Moving in a straight line 2) They are at rest
3) Revolving in different orbits 4) None of the statements is true
10. Who discovered neutrons?

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1) Chadwick 2) Rutherford 3) J.J. Thomson

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4) Bohr

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11. Mass number is equal to
1) Sum of protons and electrons
2) Sum of protons and neutrons
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3) Sum of protons, electrons and neutrons

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4) Sum of neutrons only

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Isotopes are atoms of same element, which have different
1) Mass No.
3) Mass No. & Atomic No.
d up 2) Atomic No.
4) None of the above

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13. Atomic number is equal to
1) Number of protons 2) Number of neutrons

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3) Sum of protons and electrons
Reverse biased PN junction
4) Sum of protons and neutrons

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1) Opposes the flow of majority carriers

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2) Opposes the flow of minority carriers
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3) Assists the flow of minority carriers
5) 1 & 3 are true
4) 1 & 2 are true

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15. In a transistor, doping will be more in

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1) Emittor
3) Base
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2) Collector
4) Both Emittor & Collector
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Voltage gain will be near Unity in case of amplifier with
1) Common collector
p 2) Common Emittor

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3) Common Base

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In NPN transistor, quiescent point represents
4) None of the above

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1) Highest current gain
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3) Highest Voltage gain 4) None of the above

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18. In the normal operation of Zener Diode, it will be

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1) Forward biased 2) Reverse biased
3) Used as an amplifier 4) Used for rectifying AC
19. A Tunnel Diode
1) Is a negative resistance device 2) Can be used as an amplifier
3) Both 1 & 2 4) None of the above

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20. FETs are
1) Voltage operated 2) Current operated

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3) Both 1 & 2 4) None of the above
21. Intrinsic semiconductor means semiconductor which is
1) Doped with Donor atoms 2) Doped with Acceptor atoms
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3) Not Doped 4) None of the above

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22. For high speed operations, NPN transistor is preferred to PNP, because
1) Mobility of Electron is higher than Hole
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2) PNP transistor is difficult to make

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3) Doping in PNP is generally higher than in NPN

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4) All the above
23.
1) Emittor - Base - Collector
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In a transistor, the size of Emittor, Base and Collector in terms of area in decreasing order is
2) Collector - Base - Emittor

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3) Base - Collector - Emittor 4) Collector - Emittor - Base
24.

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To make a SCR conducting
1) A brief triggering pulse is to be applied to the gate

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2) Anode to cathode voltage has to be positive

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3) The gate must be continuously connected to positive voltage
4) 2 & 3 are true
5) 1 & 2 are true
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25. Choose the odd one among the following
1) SCR 2) TRIAC 3) Transistor 4) Shockley Diode
26. Which of the following not correct about UJT

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1) It is a 3 layer PNP or NPN device

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2) It is used for timing and oscillator circuitsr
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3) The input voltage is pulled down due to increase in input current

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4) It is a negative resistance device
What is not correct about semiconductors

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1) Holes exists in conduction band & Electrons in valence band
2) Conduction band and valence barid are separated by Forbidden gap

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3) When temperature increases, resistance decreases

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4) Doping is done to improve conductivity
28. Two long parallel conductors carrying currents in the opposite directions. each other
1) Attract 2) Repel 3) No effect on 4) None of the above
29. Reluctance in magnetic circuits is analogous to.. in electric circuit
1) Resistance 2) Voltage 3) Current 4) Power

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30. Large area of hysteresis loop causes... loss
1) Less 2) Large 3) No effect on 4) None of the above
31. Aluminium is classified as... magnetic
1) Ferro 2) Para 3) Dia

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4) Non of the above
32. To shield sensitive instruments from stra magnetic fields, they are surrounded with
1) Copper 2) Silver 3) Aluminium
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4) Soft iron
33.

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The work done by a unit north pole in moving once round any single closed path in a magnetic field is

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numberically equal to number of linked with the path
1) Turns
3) Ampere turns
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2) Flux lines
4) None of the above
34.

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Para magnetic materials have their permet ability r as
1) 1 2) 1

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35. The force between 2 conductors carrying currents of I1 & I2 and length of L mtrs is give by F= ..

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Newton's
1) I1I2L 20d

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3) 0I1I2 2d n 2) 02dL I1I2
4) None of the above
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The permeance of a magnetic circuit is give by the reciprocal of it's

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1) Reluctance 2) Flux density

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3) Permeability
The magnetising force H is a solenoid is give by H =
4) None of the above

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1) IL + N 2) NL + I 3) I NL

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Magnetic materials having high retentivity and high co-ercivity are most suited for making

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1) Electro magnets

3) Transformer core
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2) Permanent magnets

4) None of the above

39.

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Induced EMF in circuit is given by c = ............. volt

1) N dt d

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2) N d dt 3) d dt 4) d N dt

40.

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Co-efficient of mutual inductance M = ... Henry.

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1) N21 I1 2) N22 I2 3) N22 I1 4) N12 I1

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Co-efficient of Self Inductance L = ... Henry

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1) N I 2) I N 3) N I 4) N I

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42. Diamagnetic substance .......

1) Strongly magnetised

2) Repelled by magnetic force

3) Sightly attracted by magnetic circuit

4) None of the above

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43. The current in capacitive circuits .... the voltage.

1) Lags 2) Leads

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3) Inphase with 4) None of the above
44. When a Lead acid cell is re-charged
1) The anode becomes dark chocolage brown colour
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2) Voltage raises

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3) Energy is absorbed by the cell

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4) All the above

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45. An alternator having 20 poles and running at 300 r.p.m will generate AC whose frequency f = .....
1) 20 2) 50 3) 60 4) 300
46. Form factor of AC quantity is

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47.
1) Eav Ems

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2) Ems Eav
The true power in AC circuit P = ... watts
3) 1.11 4) 0.635

1) EI

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2) EI Sin 3) EI Cos 4) 1.2 EI Cos
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1) 1 W

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The power consumed by a pure capacitive circuit is

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A particle of charge Q and mass m travels through a potential difference V from rest. The final momen-

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tum of particle is

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1) 2) 2Q mv 3) 2mQv 4) 2Q

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2

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Three point charges of 0.67nc, 0.97nc and -0.35 nc are placed at the corners A, B & C of a square

square is
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ABCD. Find what charge must he placed at D of the square so that the net potential at the center of the

1) -1.29 nc 2) +1.29 nc

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3) 1.99 nc 4) -1.99 nc
51.
the 2 F capacitor will be
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Two capacitors of 2 F and 3 F are connected in series across 10V. The potential difference across

1) 2V 2) 3V

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52.

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A ray of monochromatic light is incident at an angle 49 on the first phase of an equilateral prism

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placed in minimum deviation position. Find the angle between the emergent and incident ray.
1) 11 2) 22 3) 38 4) 9
53.

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Fringe width observed in a young's Double slit experiment in . If the frequency of the source is

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doubled the fringe width will

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1) Become 2 2) Become 3 3) Remain as 4) Become
2 2
54. A 30V, 90W lamp is to be operated on a 120W D.C. line. For proper glow, a resistor of .. should be
connected in series with the lamp
1) 30 2) 40 3) 10 4) 20

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55. A train in approaching a stationary listener on a Railway platform and the train whistles The apparent
frequency of the whistle hear by the listener will be
1) The same as the frequency of the whistle
2) More than the frequency of the whistle

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3) Depand upon the temperature of the atmosphere

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4) Less than the frequency of the whistle

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In the circuit given here the voltmeter reads 4.5 volts. Calculate the resistance Voltmeter.

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100

r a 400

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E = 6V
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1) 1200 2) 1000 3) 1600 4) 1400
In the circuit given here the galvanometer reads zero. What must be the vl'ue of the resistance
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marked R.

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10
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6V R
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58.
1) 50 2) 75

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At 1000 the Resistance of wire is found to be four times its Resistance at 0 C. Calculate the temper-

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ature coefficient or Resistance of the material of the wire.

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1) 0.002/ C 2) 0.0011/ C 3) 0.004/ C 4) 0.003/ C
59.

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Four resistances of 15 , 12 , 4 and 10 respectively are connected in cyclic order the form a
wheatsone n/w. What is the value Resistance to be connected in parallel with the resistance to bal-

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ance the n/w.
1 1

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1) 2) 10 3) 50 4)
10 100
60. Doping of a semi conductor with small trace of impurity atoms generally changes the resistively as
follows.
1) Decreases 2) Doesnot alter
3) Increases 4) May increase or decrease depending on the dopar

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61. To get n type material from Germanium ......... impurity to be added to the Germanium crystal
1) Iridium 2) Boron 3) Aluminium 4) Arsenic
62. To make a Transistor to conduct, normally
1) eb region to be reverse biases and cb region to be forward biased

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2) eb region to be forward biased no biasing voltage to the cb region
3) cb region to be reverse biases and no biasing voltage to the eb region
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4) eb region to be forward biased and cb region to be reverse biased

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63.
collector current, if the change in base current in 3MA?
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A transistor has 0.9. If the transistor is connected with its emmiter grounded, what will be change in

1) 225 mA 2) 3mA
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3) 27 mA
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4) mA

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64. To get square waves from distorted wave... is used
1) Bistable Multivibrator 2) Schmitt Trigger circuit
3) monostable Multivibrator

a d 4) Astable Multivibrator

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65. In all clocked Flip Flops, If at all any change in o/p occurs, it happens only in
1) absence of clock pulse 2) toggling condition

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3) Set condition 4) None of these

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66. in JK FF if J = 1, K = 1 and clock width is more it corresponds to

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1) Racing condition
3) Set condition
2) Toggling condition
4) Reset Condition
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67. In JK master slave flip flop the o/p of master changes during

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1) ???
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2) Full time of clock pulse

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3) Absence of clock pulse 4) None of these
68.

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In MOSFET if the drain is made +ve w.r.t source and no potential is applied to the Gte when two Ntype
blocks and P substrate are there the drain current is

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1) Zero
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3) Maximum 4) None of these
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Symbol for monostable multivibrator is

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1) I/P

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Q/P 2) Clock
Q

Q 3)
Q
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4) I/P
ST

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20 ms Q/P +1.8 V
I/P
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Simplified version of [A.(AB)]. (CD)
1) AB + CD 2) AB + CD 3) AB + CD
The decimal number represented by the following BCD code 11000 01100000 is
4) AB + CD

1) 12300 2) 1860 3) 606000 4) 14140

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72. The Binary equivalent of (170)8 is
1) 1111000 2) 1110000 3) 1100100 4) None of these

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73. Find the Decimal number of binary 110101.1011

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1) 53.6873 2) 51.6875 3) 53.6875
The value -44 is represented in signed magnitude scheme of the system as
4) 53.6573

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1) 1 0101100 2) 0 0101 100 3) -0101100

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4) 01011001
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In a positional number system the base is equal to the digit which represents the maximum value and

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1) +2 2) -1 3) +0 4) +1

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76. Choose the binary value of decimal number 1.693
1) 11010011101 2) 11001101101 3) 110100011001 4) 10110011101
77.

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The diminished radix compliment of a decimal system is
1) -9 2) 10

d u 3) 9 4) -10

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78. The value of current flowing through R3 in the N/W given below is

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R1 R2

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V1 = 4V R3 = 1 V2 = 10V
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1) 2.5 Amps 2) 3.5 Amps
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3) Amps
7

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79.

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In the N/W shown in diagram the current flowing in 1 Resistor is

+
4

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E1 = 5V

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2
E2 = 10V
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1) ?

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80. The 9's compliment of 376 is
1) 628 2) 381 3) 363 4) 623
81.
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The 2's compliment of 1010 is?
1) 1010 2) 0101 3) 0110 4) 1011
82. The sum of the binary numbers 1110111.10 & 0100101.11 is
1) 100110101.01 2) 10011101.01 3) 010100010.01 4) 10111101.01

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83. The RTL given behaves like a ............... gate

+Voc
RC

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V1 V2 V3
I/P I/P

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1) NAND 2) OR 3) NOR 4) AND
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1) 00.01 d
The difference of the binary numbers 10.00 and 1.11 is

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2) 01.01 3) 00.11 4) 01.11
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The product of binary numbers 1101 and 101 is

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1) 1000001
100011 101 is
2) 1100001 3) 1101101 4) 1011101

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1) 1101 2) 100 3) 110 4) 111

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87. Product of binary numbers 1101.11 and 1.011 is
1) 10011.11101 2) 1000010.11101 3) 110101.11101

h a4) 100010.10101

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88. (Tanx) = ......

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dx
1) Tan x,
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2) Sec x

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3) Sec2x

t 4) Secx Tanx

89. (Sin-1 x) = . .....

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1 1
1) Cos-1x 2) -Cos-1 x 3) -
4)
d
a d 1 - x2 1 - s2

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dx

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(ex) = .......

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1
1) ex 2) -ex 3) logx 4)

. x

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91. (Log x) = ...........

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dx
1 -1
1) x 2)
x 3) -x 4) x
d
92. (sin 3x) = ........
dx
1) 3 sinx 2) sin 3x 3) 3 Cos x 4) -3 Cos 3x

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93. The order of Differential Equation

()
3
d2y dy
+ + y = ......
dx2 dx

1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4) 3
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94. sin x dx = .....
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1) Cosx + C 2) -Cosx + c 3) Sin x + c

h a4) -Sin x + c

Cosec2 x dx = ..........
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95.

1) -Cot x + c 2) -Cosec x + c
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3) Log sinx + c

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4) Log Sec x + c

96. xn dx = ................
r a xn + c
1) nxn - 1 + C 2) nxn + C

u p 3) (n + 1)xn +1 4) + C
n+1
ex dx = ....
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97.

1) ex + C

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2) -ex + C 3) log x + C
1
4)
x +C
98.

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1) m sin mx e
sin mx dx = .....
2) Cos x 3) -Cot2x 4) -Cosec x Cot x

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(Cosec x) = .....
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dx
1) Sec x 2) Cos x 3) -Cot2x
100. A square matrix A = [Aij] is said to be skew-sym, metric, if it is equal to
a . 4) -Cosec x Cot x

1) Its tranpose

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2) Negative of its transpose

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3) Its inverse of transpose
4) Its negative inverse of transpose

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1-4; 2-1; 3-4; 4-2; 5-3; 6-2; 7-4; 8-1; 9-3; 10-1; 11-2; 12-1; 13-1; 14-5; 15-1; 16-1; 17-2; 18-2; 19-1; 20-1;

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21-3; 22-1; 23-4; 24-5; 25-4; 26-1; 27-1; 28-2; 29-1; 30-2; 31-2; 32-1; 33-2; 34-3; 35-3; 36-3; 37-4; 38-2;

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39-3; 40-2; 41-1; 42-2; 43-2; 44-4; 45-2; 46-4; 47-3; 48-4; 49-3; 50-1; 51-3; 52-3; 53-4; 54-2; 55-2; 56-1;

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57-3; 58-4; 59-2; 60-4; 61-4; 62-4; 63-3; 64-2; 65-3; 66-1; 67-1; 68-3; 69-1; 70-4; 71-2; 72-1; 73-3;
75-3; 76-1; 77-3; 78-2; 79-1; 80-4; 81-3; 82-2; 83-3; 84-1; 85-1; 86-4; 87-2; 88-3; 89-4; 90-1; 91-2;
74-1;
92-2;

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93-3; 94-2; 95-1; 96-4; 97-1; 98-4; 99-4; 100-2.

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