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General Aptitude
Q. No. 1 - 5 Carry One Mark Each

1. In the following the question choose the word which best expresses the opposite meaning of
the given word.
SOPORIFIC
(A) Sedative (B) Balmy (C) Conscious (D) Nodding

2. The term lead pencil is a____; pencils are filled with graphite not lead
(A) Misnomer (B) Peccadillo (C) Metaphor (D) Euphemism

3. Choose a pair that has most similar relationship to the given pair:
PLANE: AUSTERE
(A) Neutral : Detached (B) Clean : Sterile
(C) Lonely : Gloomy (D) Deserted : Barren

4. If P means 'add to', Q means 'multiply by', R means 'subtract from' and S means 'divide by'
then 30 S 2 P 3 Q 6 R 5 = ___________.

5. The ratio of the number of scientists and technicians in an organization is 7:8. If the
percentage increase in the number of scientists and technicians be 20% and 10% respectively.
What will be the new ratio?
(A) 21:22 (B) 46:47 (C) 31:32 (D) 6:7

Q. No. 6- 10 Carry Two Marks Each

6. In the question below a statement is given followed by two conclusions numbered I and II.
You have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then consider the two conclusions
together and decide which of them logically follows beyond a reasonable doubt from the
information given in the statement.
Statement:
In a recent survey report, it has been stated that those who undertake yoga and meditation for
at least half an hour a day are less prone to have any heart ailments.
Conclusions:
I. Moderate level of yoga and meditation is necessary for leading a healthy life.
II. All people who do desk-bound jobs definitely suffer from heart ailments.
(A) Only conclusion I follow (B) Only conclusion II follows
(C) Either I or II follows (D) Neither I nor II follows

7. A manufacturer of large truck engines recently developed a new engine with increased horse
power than the earlier engine put out by the company. During the last year, when both engines
were sold, the earlier engine outsold the new model by a factor of two to one. The
management of the truck engine manufacturer concluded that the company's customers do not
care about increased horse power.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the conclusion reached by the
management of the truck engine manufacturer?
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(A) Many types of customers buy this company's truck engines, including private truck
enthusiasts and commercial truck companies.
(B) A number of horse power increasing accessories for the earlier engine sold well during the
last year and these products are not yet available for the new engine.
(C) Many customers of this truck engine manufacturer also purchase truck engines from
companies that did not come out with a new, higher horse power, engine in the last year.
(D) The newer engine can be used in all the same trucks as the earlier engine.

8. A dishonest milkman professes to sell his milk at cost price but he mixes it with water and
there by gains 50%.The proportion of water and milk in the mixture is ________.
(A) 4:5 (B) 3:8 (C) 1:2 (D) 5:7

9. A man travelled a total distance of 1800 km. He travelled one-third of the whole trip by
plane and the distance travelled by train is three-fifth of the distance travelled by bus. If he
travelled by train, plane and bus, then the distance travelled by bus is ______km?

10. A Robot walks around a circular field at the rate of one round per hour while a man runs
around it at the rate of seven rounds per hour. They start in the same direction from the same
point at 11:30 a.m. They shall first cross each other at___________?
(A) 11:40 a.m (B) 11:35 a.m (C) 11:45 a.m (D) 11:50 a.m.

Electronics & Communication Engineering

Q. No. 1 to 25 Carry One Mark Each

1. The system of equations  x+y+z=0, 2x+y-2z=0 and x+2y-3z=0 has trivial solution
Only for  =______
(A) -7 (B) 7
(C) Any real value except -7 (D) Any real values except 7

2. In a city, 6% of all drivers get at least one parking ticket per year, then the probability that the
among 80 drivers, 4 drivers will get at least one parking ticket in a year is__________-(up to
three decimal places)

2
sin x
3. Evaluate  1  cos 3
dx ?
0
x

x2
4.  (ax  b) dx x 2  x1  0 is evaluated analytically as well as Numerically by the Trapezoidal
x1

Rule. If I is the exact value of the integral obtained analytically and J is the approximate value
obtained using the trapezoidal Rule, which of the following
Statement is correct about their relationship.
(A) J  I (B) J  I
(C) J  I (D) Insufficient Data to determine the relationship

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x 2 y2
5. The value of the integral  F.dr; where ‘C’ is the boundary of ellipse   1 oriented
c
a 2 b2
 yi  x j
Anti-clockwise and F  is
x 2  y2

6. The current through the 2mH inductor shown in below circuit is __________mA

sin 1 0 3 t
A m p e re
 2mH 4mH

(A) 667sin103 t (B) 66.7sin103 t

(C) 661sin(103 t  90o ) (D) 667 sin(103 t  90 o )

7. The voltage across the 2 resistor shown in the below circuit is ___________V

2mH

5 cos 103 t
volt
 2

3mH

(A) 1.86cos 103 t  90o  (B) 18.6cos 103 t  68.20o 

(C) 1.86cos(103  68.20 o ) (D) 1.86 cos(10 t  68.20o )

8. A BJT biased in forward active region has the following parameters

I c  1mA, VT  25mV,   1,   1 sec, R c  1k and assume negligible recombination in
base. Vcc
RC
V0

Vi
VBE

Diffusion capacitance across emitter junction is ________________ ( nF )

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9. Zener breakdown voltage

(A) Increases with temperature (B) decreases with temperature
(C) is independent of temperature (D) none of these

10. If electron diffusion coefficient is 20cm2/s and concentration gradient of the electrons is
1019/cm3, then electron current density is ____________A/cm2

11. Consider the circuit shown below. Assume diodes are ideal. If V1 = V2 = 10V then output
voltage V0 is _______V
1 D1
V1

V2 V0
1 D2
9

 5V

12. For the circuit shown, the values of V and I are (diodes are ideal) ____________
I 5V

10k
D1
1V
V

5V
D2
(A) 5V, 0mA (B) 1V, 0.6mA (C) 5V, 0.4mA (D) 6V, 0.4mA

13. For the transistor in circuit shown below   200 . If VB  0V the value of IE and VC are

6V

VC 10k
VC
VB

1k

(A) 6.43mA, 2.4 V (B) 2.18mA, 3.4 V (C) 0 A, 6 V (D) None

14. Schoottky transistor are used widely as switches because

1. Easy to fabricate 2. Cut in Voltage is low
3. There is no stored charge 4. Saturation is reached quickly
True statements are
(A) All (B) 1, 3, 4 (C) 2, 4 (D) 1, 2, 3

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15. IC 7474 is
(A) BCD to seven segment decoder (B) Dual edge triggered D-FF
(C) Quad 2 input XUR gate (D) 4 bit magnitude comparator

16. In the following truth table V=1 if and only if the input is valid.

Inputs Outputs
D0 D1 D2 D3 X0 X1 V
0 0 0 0 X X 0
1 0 0 0 0 0 1
X 1 0 0 0 1 1
X X 1 0 1 0 1
X X X 1 1 1 1

(A) Priority encoder (B) Decoder

(C) Multiplexer (D) De-multiplexer

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1  e  j
17. If X  e  j 3 Then x  n  is
1  j 1  j2 
1 e  e
4 8
 2  1 n 7  1 n   2  1 n 7  1 n 
(A)         u  n  (B)         u  n 
 9  2  9  4    9  2  9  4  
 2  1  n 7  1 n   2  1  n 7  1 n 
(C)         u  n  (D)         u  n 
 9  2  9  4    9  2  9  4  


18. If X  e j    2     0  2K  . then x[n] is _____
K 

(A) 1 (B) e  j0 n (C) e j0n (D) None

1 N  n  N
19. If y  n    then the DTFT {y[n]} is _________
0 otherwise
  1   sin  N 2 
(A) sin    N    sin   (B)
  2 2 sin   2 
2 2
(C) sin  N  sin   2  (D) None

20. In time domain, the performance specifications of a control systems is/are given by
(A) Rise time (B) Maximum over shoot
(C) Settling time or damping ration (D) All the above

21. A first order Process has a static gain of 1, a time constant of 1 sec and transport delay of 0.1
sec its transfer function is
es e10s e 0.1s e 0.1s
(A) (B) (C) (D)
1  0.1s 1 s 1 s 1  0.1s
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22. Consider two message signal m1 (t) and m2 (t) band limited to bandwidth B1 and B2 Hz
respectively.
m1 (t) undergoes DSB-SC modulation and
m2 (t) undergoes SSB-SC modulation.
Transition Bandwidth is same in both cases
The Relationship between B1 and B2 is
(A) B1=B2 (B) B1=2B2
(C) 2B1=B2 (D) cannot be determined

23. An ISI free pulse whose frequency domain representation is P(f) as shown below then
determine the roll of factor  ?
Pf 

1
0.5

0.6 1 1.4 f  MHz 

24. To apply reciprocity theorem the network must be

(A) Linear and positive (B) Linear and active
(C) Linear, passive and bilateral (D) Non linear, passive, unilateral

25. Let D  5x 4 y 4 z 4 a y . The flux enclosed by volume x = 3 and 3.1, y = 1 and 1.1 and z = 2 and
2.1 is ___.

Q. No. 26 to 55 Carry Two Marks Each

26. The two linearly independent Eigen vectors for an Eigen value ‘2’ of the matrix
 6 2 2 
 2 3 1 are
 
 2 1 3 
T T T T
(A) 1 1 1 , 1 0 0 (B)  0 1 1 , 1 0 1
T T T T
(C) 1 1 1 ,  0 1 1 (D)  0 1 1 , 1 1 1

27. It is known that screws produced by a certain company will be defective with probability
0.01, independent of each other. The company sells screws in pack of 10 and offers a money-
back guarantee that at-most 1 of the 10 screws is defective what is probability that a pack will
have to be replaced is ________?

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x
28. Evaluate x 4
dx  ___  x  1
1
 x2 1  1  x2 1 
(A)  n  2 c (B) n c
 x 1 2  x2  1 
1  x2 1  1  x2 1 
(C)  n  2 c (D)  n  2 c
4  x 1 8  x 1

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29. The value of the integral  (x  y 2  z)dxdydz; where D  {x 2  y 2  9, 5  z  5} is_____.
D

(A) 405 (B) 400 (C)  (D) 0

30. The circuit shown below resonates at ________ kHz.

2mH
1F 5

1F

t
di
31. In the circuit shown below, the switch S1 is closed at t=0. The value of and  idt at t  0
dt 0

and t   are respectively.

4 F
2 5m H

i
S1

  t0
50V

A A
(A) 1000 , 2mASec (B) 10000 ,0.2mASec
sec sec
A
(C) 1500A / sec 20 mASec (D) 250 , 2mASec
sec

32. At t = 0 the switch S1 in the circuit below is closed. The nature of the current flowing in the
circuit is.
2mH 5 10F

S1

20V

(A) Over damped (B) Under damped

(C) Critically damped (D) Un-damped

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33. In the circuit shown below, the switch S1 is closed at t = 0. The value of the current i at any
time t is_____
S1 5 i

20V 10 2F


t t t t
6 6 6 6
(A) 4e 6.6610 (B) 4e 6.6610 (C) 5e 6.6610 (D) 6e 510

34. Find the short circuit current and open circuit voltage of a solar cell made of a semiconductor
pn junction. Given the diffusion length of electrons and holes are 4mm and 2mm respectively
and depletion width is 0.5mm.
The cross-sectional area A = 4cm2 and optical generation rate and thermal generation current
is 1018 cm-3 s-1 and 40 mA respectively. (Assume T = 300ok).
(A) 0.416mA, 0.24volt (B) 0.24mA 0.52 volt
(C) 0.614 mA 0.42 volt (D) 0.5mA 0.7 volt

35. The following are the major process steps of CMOS fabrication
1. Active region formation
2. N and P well formation
3. Gate formation
4. Source and Drain formation
5. Contact and local interconnect formation
The correct sequence of the steps is
(A) 5,4,3,2,1 (B) 2,3,5,4,1 (C) 1,2,3,4,5 (D) 3,5,4,2,1

36. A semiconductor is having the hole concentrating profile given by

  x  3
p  x   1015 exp   cm  x  0 
 L 
cm 2
Where L= 12m . The hole diffusion coefficient is D P  12 . Hole diffusion current density
s
at x = 8m is ___________mA/cm2

37. For the transistor shown below   150 . If I Q  0.1mA the value of V0 is ______V

5V
5k
V0

IQ
5V
38. Consider an amplifier circuit shown below. Transistor parameters are given   100 and
VT  25mV. Voltage gain (AV) is _________

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10V

4k

V0
Vi

372k

10V
V0
39. In the circuit shown below the parameter are g m  1mA / V r0  50k; the gain A V 
VS
is_________ VDD

60k 10k
2k V0

VS 300k

40. Figure shows the circuit of a gate in the Resistor transistor logic (RTL). The circuit represent
is
VCC
R R
R V0

R
V1

R
V2

(A) NAND (B) AND (C) NOR (D) OR

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41. Match list I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:-

List-I List-II
(a) TTL (i) Low propagation delay
(b) ECL (ii) Low power consumption
(c) MOS (iii) Higher packing density on Si wafer
(d) CMOS (iv) Saturated bi polar logic
(v) High fan out
Codes:
(A) a-iv, b-i, c-iii, d-ii (B) a-v, b-iii, c-ii, d-i
(C) a-iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i (D) a-v, b-i, c-iii, d-ii

42. The output signal frequency of the circuit shown in figure, if the input clocks signal frequency
is 2 kHz is ________kHz.

D Q

CLOCK Q

43. The DFT of the signal x[n] = [ 2, 3, -1, 1]T is

(A) 5 3  j2 3 3  j2 (B) 5 3  j2 3 3  j2
(C) 5 3  j2 3 3  j2 (D) 5 3  j2 3 3  j2

44. A digital filter is defined by the difference equation y  n   0.99y  n  1  x  n  . The impulse
response h[n] is (h[n] is anti-causal)
n n n n
(A)   0.99  u  n  1 (B)  0.99  u  n  1 (C)  0.99  u  n  (D)   0.99  u  n  1

45. x n hn yn

Causal LTI
System
n
y  n   4  0.75 u  n 
n
x  n   3  0.25 u  n 

Then  h(n)  _______
n 0

C  S K12
46. The values of K1 and K 2 in  function, when the percentage of peak
R S S2  K1K 2S  K12
over shoot and peak time are 10% and 4 sec respectively.
(A) 0.973, 1.213 (B) 9.7, 2.3 (C) 7.2, 3.2 (D) 2, 4

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47. A system is described by the state equation X  AX  BU. The output is given by Y= CX.
 4 1 1
Where A =   B    , C  1 0 the transfer function G (s) of the system is
 3 1 1
s 1 s 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
s 2  5s  7 s 2  5s  7 s 2  3s  2 s 2  3s  2

48. In a semiconductor crystal the probability that a hole injected at x = 0 survives to the distance
x without recombination is (LP-diffusion length of holes in the crystal).
x x x x

(A) e Lp (B) e Lp (C) Pe Lp (D) Po e Lp

49. The area of the triangle on the argand diagram formed by the complex numbers z, iz and
z + iz is ____
2 2 2
2 z z z
(A) z (B) (C) (D)
2 3 4

50. Consider a message signal an shown below going amplitude modulation with modulation
index ‘  ’
A
T
2

T T t
2
A
Assume amplitude sensitivity constant as Ka. Let carrier be Ac cos  2fc t  .
The efficiency of modulation is
2 2 2 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
1  2 2  2 3  2 4  2

51. The capacity of the channel as shown in figure.

½
x1    y1
½
x2  ½  y2
½
½
x3    y3
½
½
½
x4    y4

Assume equal distribution of input symbols gives capacity of channel.

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

52. A parallel plate waveguide filled of a dielectric r  8.4  is constructed for operation in TEM
mode only over the frequency range 0 < f < 1.5 GHz. The maximum allowable separation
between the plates will be ______ (cm)
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53. A micro strip line has the substrate thickness d = 0. 616 cm with r  2.2. if the characteristic
impedance of the guide is 100  then width of micro strip is _____ (cm)

54. A 2cm long Hertzian dipole antenna radiates 2W of power at a frequency of 0.6GHz the rms
current in the Antenna is ________ (A)

55. A transmitting Antenna is being fed by a current source of Amplitude Io = 50A and a
frequency f =180 KHz. The effective length of Antenna is 20m. The maximum field intensity
at a distance of 80km from the Antenna is __________mV/m.

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