Sample questions for Basic Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Basic Electrical
1) Answer the following questions:

b) State and explain the Superposition theorem.

2) (a) Find the loop currents I1, I2 and I3 using mesh analysis.

(b)

3) In a series circuit containing pure resistance and pure inductance, the current and voltage are
expressed as i(t) = 5 sin(100πt+ π/6) and v(t)= 15 sin(100πt+ π/3).
 a) What is the impedance of the circuit? b) What is the value of the resistance? c) What is
the value of inductance? d) What is the average power and power factor of the circuit?
4) A series circuit having resistance of 10 ohm, an inductance of 0.025 H and a variable
capacitance is connected to a 100V 25 Hz single-phase supply. Calculate the capacitance when
the value of the current is 8A. Also find the impedance and power factor of the circuit for the
same value of capacitance.
5) Define Form Factor and Peak factor. Distinguish between RMS value and Average Value.
6) Two bulbs A and B are rated 200W, 240V and 60W, 240V respectively. They are connected in
series across a 120V supply. Calculate the current through each bulb. Which of the bulbs will
consume more energy and which will glow more brightly?
7) Find the RMS value and phase angle of v3(t) with respect to v1(t), where v3(t) = v1(t) +v2(t).
v1(t)=5sin(100πt) and v2(t)=10 sin(100πt+ π/6).
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10) determine the current in the three phases

11) i) What is active and reactive power?

ii) What is the effect of frequency on capacitive reactance?
12) i) A capacitor of 25µF is connected to a supply of 200V, 50 Hz. What will be current
flowing through the capacitor?
ii) The maximum value of a.c current is 14.14, find the r.m.s value.
iii) A sine wave has a frequency of 50 Hz. What is its angular frequency in radian?
iv) A capacitor that stored a charge of 0.5C at 10V. What is the capacitance of the capacitor?
v) Convert (3+2j) into polar form.
vi) State Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction. Explain Fleming’s right-hand rule
vii) V=200Cos 500t, Pav=250W, power factor=0.7 lagging, Calculate the reactive power of
the system.
13. Derive expression for resonance frequency in R-L-C series circuit.
14. State and explain thevenin’s theorem.
15. The potential difference measured across a coil is 4.5 V, when it carries a direct current
of 9A. The same coil carries an alternating current of 9A at 25 Hz, the potential difference is
24V, find current, power and power factor when it is supplied by 50V,50Hz supply.
16. A balanced star connected load of (8+j6) Ω per phase is connected to a balanced 3-phase
400V supply. Find the line current, power factor and total volt-amperes.
17. Determine voltages 1 and 2 of the following network:
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19. i)What is the reactance offered by a 1 F capacitor to alternating current of frequency 50

Hz.
ii)State Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law.
iii)What is an ideal current Source?
iv) What is the internal resistance of an ideal voltage source?
20. Explain with example the conversion of voltage and current sources.
21. Draw the Thevenin’s equivalent circuit and find the load current through 2 Ω resistor for
open circuit voltage and Thevenin’s equivalent resistance of 10V and 4 Ω respectively.
22. When the three identical star connected coils are supplied with 440V ,50Hz,3 phase supply,
the 1 phase wattmeter whose current coil is connected in line R and pressure coil across the
phase R and neutral reads 6kW and the ammeter connected in R phase reads 30 Amps, Assuming
RYB phase sequence find i) Resistance and reactance of the coil ii) the power factor of the load
iii) reactive power of the load.
23. Find the current through a 2 ohm resistor using nodal analysis.
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25. i) Differentiate between Unilateral and Bilateral elements with examples.

ii) Differentiate between Ideal and Practical voltage and current sources.
iii) State and explain KCL and KVL.
iv) A Current Source delivers a current of 2A which divides in two parallel branches. One branch
contains a resistor of 1.5Ω and the other with a 4.5Ω. Find the current flowing through the 4.5Ω
resistor.
v) What is the difference between a Mesh and a Loop?
Basic Electronics

1. Explain the difference between conductors, semiconductor and insulator in terms of

energy band diagram.
2. How doping increases the conductivity of semiconductors? Explain in terms of energy
bands.
3. What is doping?
4. Give examples of donor and acceptor impurities.
5. Explain the crystal structures of intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors.
6. What is a hole in terms of a semiconductor?
7. State the law of mass action.
8. State the equation of current density due to diffusion. Explain the different terms.
9. Explain the formation of depletion region in a pn junction.
10. Is it possible to measure the threshold voltage by connecting the diode terminals to a
voltmeter? Explain your answer.
11. With the help of a suitable diagram plot i) charge density ii) electric field and iii) electric
potential as a function of distance in a pn junction.
12. Write the VI relationship of a forward biased pn junction diode. Explain the different
terms.
13. Explain Zener and Avalanche breakdowns in a pn junction diode.
14. How Zener diodes can be used as a voltage regulator.
15. In the circuit given below a sinusoidal waveform of amplitude 10 V is given as input. Plot
the output waveform measured across the resistor. Assume silicon diode.

16. What is the forbidden gap in semiconductors?

17. At absolute zero temperature, semiconductor behaves as________?
18. Define electrical conductivity.
19. What are the two types of charge carriers in semiconductors?
20. Define hole.

21. Define intrinsic semiconductors.

22. How many valence electrons does a silicon atom have?

23. How many valence electrons does a germanium atom have?

24. The electric current caused by electron motion is called__________?

25. Define extrinsic semiconductors.
26. Define doping.
27. What are the majority charge carriers in p-type semiconductor?
28. Define drift current.
29. Define diffusion current.
30. Why transistor is called current controlled device?
31. What is the significance of the arrow-head in the transistor symbol?
32. Discuss the need for biasing the transistor.
33. Which of the transistor currents is always the largest? Which is always the smallest?
Which two currents are relatively close in magnitude?
34. Why silicon type transistors are more often used than germanium type?
35. Why the width of the base region of a transistor is kept very small compared to other
regions?
36. Why CE configuration is most popular in amplifier circuits?
37. What is meant by operating point?
38. Explain how BJT can be used as an amplifier.
39. What is CMRR?
40. What is characteristic of Ideal OPAMP?
41. What is the Formula for Non Inverting Amplifier?
42. Why OPAMP called operational Amplifier?
43. What is the output of a Differentiator and Integrator if the input is sinusoidal signal?
44. For the CMRR to be infinite what will be the condition?
45. Draw the summer circuit using OPAMP and explain.
46. Explain integrator circuit using OPAMP.
47. Draw the Differentiator circuit using OPAMP and explain.
48. Draw and explain differential circuit using OPAMP.
49. What is virtual ground explain it.
50. Draw and explain inverting amplifier using OPAMP.
51. Draw and explain non-inverting amplifier using OPAMP.
52. What is the output of the circuit if a Sinusoidal signal is applied in the input?
53. What is the output of the circuit if a Sinusoidal signal is applied in the input?

54. What is the output of the circuit if a Sinusoidal signal is applied in the input?