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SUBJECTWISE WEIGHTAGE
One Mark Two Marks No. Of
S.No. Name of the Subject
Questions Questions Questions
1 Verbal Ability 2 - 2
2 Numerical Ability 3 5 8
3 Engineering Mathematics 3 4 7
4 Networks 3 2 5
5 Signals & Systems 2 4 6
6 Electronic Devices 2 5 7
7 Analog Circuits 3 3 6
8 Digital Circuits and Computer Organization 2+1 4 7
9 Control Systems 2 3 5
10 Communications 5 3 8
11 Electromagnetics 2 2 4
Total No. Of Questions 30 35 65

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(GENERAL APTITUDE) 04. For a real number x > 1,


Questions-01 to 05 Carry ONE mark each. 1  1  1 
log 2 x log3 x log 4 x 1
01. Sequence the following sentences (P. Q. R. S) in a The value of x is
coherent passage: (a) 12 (b) 36 (c) 24 (d) 4
P: Shifu’s student exclaimed. “Why do you run 04. Ans: (c)
since the bull is an illusion?”
Q: Shifu said, “Surely my running away from the 05. Five years ago, the ratio of Aman’s age to his
bull is also an illusion.” father’s age was 1:4, and five years from now, the
R: Shifu once proclaimed that all life is illusion. ratio will be 2:5. What was his father’s age when
S: One day, when a bull gave him chase, Shifu Aman was born?
began running for his life. (a) 35 years (b) 28 years
(a) RSPQ (b) RPQS (c) 30 years (d) 32 years
(c) SPRQ (d) SRPQ 05. Ans: (c)
01. Ans: (a)
Questions-06 to 10 Carry TWO marks each.
02. If ‘→’ denotes increasing order of intensity, then
the meaning of the words [charm→ enamor→ 06. The bar chart shows the data for the percentage of
bewitch] is analogous to [bored → _____ → weary]. population falling into different categories based
Which one of the given options is appropriate to on Body Mass Index (BMI) in 2003 and 2023.
fill the blank?
(a) baffled (b) jaded
(c) worsted (d) dead
02. Ans: (b)

03. 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 Based on the data provided, which one of the
folded twice using FO2, the ratio of the perimeters following options is INCORRECT?
of the final shapes of A and B is (a) The ratio of the percentage of population
(a) 18:11 (b) 11:18 falling into underweight category to the
(c) 14:11 (d) 11:14 percentage of population falling into normal
03. Ans: (c) category has decreased in 20 years.
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(b) The ratio of the percentage of population If S and Q are single children, and the room
falling into obese category to the percentage allocations shown below are acceptable to all.
of population falling into normal category has
decreased in 20 years.
(c) The percentage of population falling into then, which one of the given options is the siblings?
normal category has decreased in 20 years. (a) P and T (b) T and Q
(d) The ratio of the percentage of population (c) P and S (d) T and R
falling into overweight category to the 08. Ans: (a)
percentage of population falling into normal
category has increased in 20 years. 09. The greatest prime factor of (3199 - 3196) is
06. Ans: (b) (a) 11 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 17
09. Ans: (b)
07. Four identical cylindrical chalk-sticks, each of
radius r = 0.5 cm and length l = 10 cm. are bound 10. Examples of mirror and water reflections are
tightly together using a duct tape as shown in the shown in the figures below:
following figure.


MIRROR WATER
REFLECTION REFLECTION
An object appears as the following image after
first reflecting in a mirror and then reflecting on
water.
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
The original object is
(a) 20 (4 + π) (b) 10 (8 + π)
(a) (b)
(c) 20 (8 + π) (d) 10 (4 + π)
07. Ans: (d)

(c) (d)
08. 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. 10. Ans: (d)

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(TECHNICAL) (a) For x between B and A, the electric field is


Questions-01 to 25 Carry ONE marks each. directed from A to B.
(b) For x between B and C, the electric field is
01. For a causal discrete-time LTI system with directed from B to C.
2z 2 + 3 (c) For x between B and A, the electron drift
transfer function: H (z)  current is directed from B to A.
b z + 1 lb z  1 l
3 3 (d) For x between B and C, the electron diffusion
Which of the following statements is/are true? current is directed from C to B.
(a) The initial value of the impulse response is 2. 03. Ans: (b, c & d)
(b) The system is stable.
(c) The system is a minimum phase system. 04. A machine has a 32-bit architecture with
(d) The final value of the impulse response is 0. 1-word long instructions. It has 24 registers
01. Ans: (a, b & d) and supports an instruction set of size 40.
Each instruction has five distinct fields, namely
02. A white Gaussian noise w(t) with zero
N opcode, two source register identifiers, one
mean and power spectral density 20 , when destination register identifier, and an immediate
applied to a first order RC low pass filter produces value. Assuming that the immediate operand is
an output n(t). At a particular time an unsigned integer, its maximum value is ____ .
t = tk, the variance of the random variable n(tk) is 04. Ans: 2047
_______ .
N0 2N 05. In the context of Bode magnitude plots, 40 dB/
(a) 2RC (b) RC0
decade is the same as ______.
N0
(c) 4RC
N
(d) RC0 (a) 20 dB/octave (b) 12 dB/octave
02. Ans: (c) (c) 6 dB/octave (d) 10 dB/octave
05. Ans: (b)
03. The free electron concentration profile n(x) in a
doped semiconductor at equilibrium is shown 06. Let ti and tj be the unit vectors along x and y axes,
in the figure, where the points A, B, and C mark respectively and let A be a positive constant. Which
three different positions. Which of the following one of the following statements is true for the
statements is/are true? vector fields Fv1  A ( tiy  tjx) and F
v2  A ( tiy  tjx) ?
(a) Both Fv1 and F v2 are electrostatic fields.
(b) Only F v1 is an electrostatic field.
(c) Neither F v1 nor Fv2 is an electrostatic field.
(d) Only F v2 is an electrostatic field.
06. Ans: (b)

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07. For the closed loop amplifier circuit shown below, gm


(a)  1  1
the magnitude of open loop low frequency small C1 C L  2 jC1 jC L
signal voltage gain is 40. All the transistors are  gm 1
(b) 
biased in saturation. The current source ISS is ideal. C1 C L  2 jC1  jC L
Neglect body effect, channel length modulation 1
(c) jC  jC
1
1 L
and intrinsic device capacitances. The closed loop
v  gm
low frequency small signal voltage gain vout (d)  1  1
in C1 C L  2 jC1 jC L
(rounded off to three decimal places) is ____
vDD 08. Ans: (d)

09. For the Boolean function


vout F(A, B, C, D)= ∑m(0, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15)
the essential prime implicants are ______
vin
(a) BD, AB (b) BD, B D
(c) AB, B D (d) BD, B D , AB
09. Ans: (b)
ISS
10. A digital communication system transmits
(a) 1.025 (b) 1.000 (c) 0.976 (d) 0.488 through a noiseless band-limited channel
07. Ans: (c) [−W, W]. The received signal z(t) at the output
of the receiving filter is given by z(t) = / b [n]
08. In the circuit below, assume that the long channel n
x[t−nT], where b[n] are the symbols and x(t) is the
NMOS transistor is biased in saturation. The small
overall system response to a single symbol. The
signal trans-conductance of the transistor is gm.
received signal is sampled at t = mT. The Fourier
Neglect body effect. channel length modulation
transform of x(t) is X(f). The Nyquist condition
and intrinsic device capacitances. The small signal
input impedance Zin(jω) is _____ . that X(f) must satisfy for zero intersymbol
interference at the receiver is ______ .
(a) / X b f + m l = 1 (b) / X ]f + mTg = 1
3 3

m =-3
T T m =-3
T

X b f + T l = T (d) / X]f + mTg = T


3 3

C1
(c) / m
Zin (jω) m =-3 m =-3

CL 10. Ans: (c)

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11. A causal and stable LTI system with impulse 14. Ans: (a)
response h(t) produces an output y(t) for an input
signal x(t). A signal x(0.5t) is applied to another 15. In the feedback control system shown in the figure
6
causal and stable LTI system with impulse below G (s) 
s (s  1) (s  2)
response h(0.5t). The resulting output is _____ .
R(s) + Y(s)
(a) 4y(0.5t) (b) 0.25y(2t) + E(s)
G(s)
(c) 0.25y(0.25t) (d) 2y(0.5t) −
11. Ans: (d)
R(s), Y(s) and E(s) are the Laplace transforms of
12. A source transmits symbols from an alphabet of r(t), y(t) and e(t), respectively.
size 16. The value of maximum achievable entropy If the input r(t) is a unit step function, then ___ .
(in bits) is _______ . (a) Lim e (t) = 0
t"3
12. Ans: 4
(b) Lim e (t) does not exist, e(t) is oscillatory
t"3

13. An amplitude modulator has output (in Volts) 1


(c) Lim e (t) = 3
s (t)  A cos (400t)  B cos (360t)  B cos (440t) . t"3

The carrier power normalized to 1 Ω resistance is 1


e (t) = 4
(d) Lim
50 Watts. The ratio of the total sideband power to t"3
15. Ans: (b)
the total power is 1/9. The value of B (in Volts,
rounded off to two decimal places) is _____ .
16. Suppose X and Y are independent and identically
13. Ans: 2.5
distributed random variables that are distributed
uniformly in the interval [0, 1]. The probability
14. The general form of the complementary
that X ≥ Y is ______ .
function of a differential equation is given by
16. Ans: 0.5
y(t) = (At + B)e−2t , where A and B are real
constants determined by the initial condition. The
corresponding differential equation is _____. 17. Let ρ(x, y, z, t) and u(x, y, z, t) represent density
d2 y dy and velocity, respectively, at a point (x, y, z) and
(a) 2  4 dt  4y  f (t) 2
dt time t. Assume 2t is continuous. Let V be an
d2 y
(b)  4y  f (t)
dt 2 arbitrary volume in space enclosed by the closed
d2 y dy surface S and nt be the outward unit normal
(c) 3  
dt 2 dt 2y f (t) of S Which of the following equations is/are
d2 y dy 2
(d) 5   equivalent to 2t dv  4 . (u)  0
dt 2 dt 6y f (t)

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2ρ D1
(a) # 2t dv = # 4 . (ρu) dv n:1
v v


(b) # 2t dv = # ρu.n ds
o t
RL

v s
vs(t) −
2 +
(c) # 2t dv = # u.n ds
o t VL(t)
v s

2
(d) # 2t dv =
 # 4 . (u) dv
v v D2
17. Ans: (c & d)
(a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 16 (d) 8
19. Ans: (b)
18. As shown in the circuit, the initial voltage across
the capacitor is 10V, with the switch being open.
The switch is then closed at t = 0. The total energy 20. Let R and R3 denote the set of real numbers
dissipated in the ideal Zener diode (VZ = 5V) and the three dimensional vector space over it,
after the switch is closed (in mJ, rounded off to respectively. The value of α for which the set of
3 decimal places) is ________. vectors {[2 −3 α], [3 −1 3], [1 −5 7]}
t=0 does not form a basis of R3 is _______ .
20. Ans: 5

10 kΩ 21. In the circuit given below, the switch S was kept


+
10µF V(0 ) = 10 V

open for a sufficiently long time and is closed at

Vz = 5V time t = 0. The time constant (in seconds) of the
circuit for t > 0 is ______ .
18. Ans: 0.25 t=0
3H

S
19. In the circuit shown, the n : 1 step down transformer
and the diodes are ideal. The diodes have no 2Ω 4Ω 4Ω
5A
voltage drop in forward biased condition. If the
input voltage (in Volts) is Vs(t) = 10sinωt and the
average value of load voltage VL(t) (in volts) is
2.5/π, the value of n is ________ . 21. Ans: 0.75

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22. In a number system of base r, the equation


(c) (d)
x2 - 12x + 37 = 0 has x = 8 as one of its solutions.
log(n) log(n)
The value of r is _____ . (cm−3) (cm−3)

22. Ans: 11
1 −1 1 −1
(K ) (K )
T T
23. Consider a lossless transmission line terminated
with a short circuit as shown in the figure below. 24. Ans: (b)
As one moves towards the generator from the
load, the normalized impedances z inA , z inB , z inC 25. In the given circuit, the current Ix (in mA) is ____.
and z inD (indicated in the figure) are ______ . 1000 I0

λ/8 λ/8 λ/8 λ/8 − +

1 kΩ 1 kΩ
5 mA 1 kΩ
zinD zinC zinB zinA 2 mA
I0 Ix

25. Ans: 2
−l 0 z
(a) z inA  1j, z inB  0, z inC  1j, z inD  3
Questions-26 to 55 Carry TWO marks each.
(b) z inA  3, z inB  0.4j, z inC  0, z inD  0.4j
(c) z inA  1j, z inB  3, z inC  1j, z inD  0 26. Which of the following statements is/are true for a
(d) z inA  0.4j, z inB  3, z inC  0.4j, z inD  0 BJT with respect to its DC current gain β?
23. Ans: (c) (a) Under low-level injection condition in forward
active mode, where the current at the emitter-
24. For non-degenerating doped n-type silicon, base junction is dominated by recombination-
which of the following plot represents the generation process, β will decrease with
temperature (T) dependence of free electron increase in the magnitude of collector current.
concentration (n)? (b) β will be lower when the BJT is in saturation
region compared to when it is in active region.
(a) (b) (c) Under high-level injection condition in forward
log(n) active mode, β will decrease with increase in
log(n)
(cm−3)
(cm−3) the magnitude of collector current.
(d) A higher value of β will lead to a lower value
1 −1
of the collector-to-emitter breakdown voltage.
(K ) 1 −1
(K )
T T 26. Ans: (b, c & d)

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27. A satellite altitude control system, as shown below, the oxide is 4 and the absolute permittivity of free
1
has a plant with transfer function G (s) = 2 space is 8.85×10-14 F/cm. If the flatband voltage is
s
K (s  ) 0 V, the work function of the p-type silicon (in eV,
cascaded with a compensator C (s)  , rounded off to two decimal places) is _____ .
s4
where K and α are positive real constants. 30. Ans: 4.32
R(s) + Y(s)
+ C(s) G(s)
31. A continuous time signal x (t)  2 cos b8t  3 l is


sampled at a rate of 15 Hz. The sampled signal
In order for the closed-loop system to have poles at xs(t) when passed through an LTI system with
- 1 ! 3 , the value of α must be ______ . impulse response
h (t)  b sin2t t l cos b38t  2 l
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3 
27. Ans: (a)
produces an output x0(t). The expression for x0(t)
is ____ .
28. The photocurrent of a PN - junction diode solar
(a) 15 sin b38t  3 l (b) 15 cos b38t  6 l
cell is 1mA. The voltage corresponding to its  
maximum power point is 0.3V. If the thermal
(c) 15 sin b38t  3 l (d) 15 cos b38t  6 l
 
voltage is 30mV, the reverse saturation current
of the diode (in NA, rounded off to two decimal 31. Ans: (d)
places) is ______ .
28. Ans: (*) Data insufficient 32. A source transmits a symbol s, taken from
{-4,0,4} with equal probability, over an additive
29. A non-degenerate n-type semiconductor has 5% white Gaussian noise channel. The received noisy
neutral dopant atoms. Its Fermi level is located symbol r is given by r = s+w, where the noise w is
at 0.25 eV below the conduction band (EC) and zero mean with variance 4 and is independent of s.
3
the donor energy level (ED) has a degeneracy of 1 # 2t 2

Using Q(x) = e dt , the optimum symbol


2. Assuming the thermal voltage to be 20 mV, the 2 x
difference between EC and ED (in eV, rounded off error probability is _______ .
to two decimal places) is _______ .
2 4
29. Ans: 0.177 (a) 3 Q (1) (b) 3 Q (2)
2 4
30. Consider a MOS capacitor made with p-type (c) 3 Q (2) (d) 3 Q (1)
silicon. It has an oxide thickness of 100 nm. A 32. Ans: (d)
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

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33. A uniform plane wave with electric field 36. The propagation delay of the 2×1 MUX shown in
j 2rx the circuit is 10ns. Consider the propagation delay
E (x) A y at y e 3 V/m is travelling in the
air (relative permittivity, r = 1 and relative of the inverter as 0ns.
permeability, r = 1) in the +x direction (Ay is
a positive constant, ây is the unit vector along
the y axis). It is incident normally on an ideal 0
2 u1
Y
electric conductor (conductivity, σ = ∞) at x = 0. MUX
1
The position of the first null of the total magnetic
field in the air (measured from x = 0, in metres) is
S
_____. If S is set to 1, then output of Y is
3 3
(a)  2 (b) 3 (c)  4 (d) 6 (a) Square wave frequency is 50 MHz
33. Ans: (c) (b) Square wave frequency is 100 MHz
(c) constant at 1
34. The radian frequency value (s) for which the (d) constant at 0
discrete time sinusoidal signal 36. Ans: (a)
S
x [n] A cos b :n  3 l has a period of 40 is /are
37. Consider the Earth to be a perfect sphere of
_____ .
radius R. Then the surface area of the region,
(a) 0.225 (b) 0.15
enclosed by the 60oN latitude circle, that contains
(c) 0.3 (d) 0.45
the north pole in its interior is ___________.
34. Ans: (b & d)
2SR 2 (2  3 ) SR 2
(a) 3 (b)
8 2
35. The sequence of states (Q1 Q0) of the given 
( 2 1) SR 2

synchronous sequential circuit is (c) 2 (d) (2  3 ) SR 2


37. Ans: (d)
T1 Q1 T0 Q0 38. The op-amps in the circuit shown are ideal, but
Q0 have saturation voltages of 10V
Q1
1 k:
+10V
CLK –
1 mH
V01 +10V
OPA1 –
(a) 0110 11 00 01 OPA2 V02
+
(b) 00 01 10 00 10V +
(c) 11 00 10 01 00 10V
(d) 00 10 11 00 k: 0k:

35. Ans: (c) Vi

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Assume that the initial inductor current is 0 A.


g m2 R D c R B + g1 m
The input voltage (Vi) is a triangular signal with (a) gm2RD (b)
m1

peak voltages of ±2 V and time period of 8 µs. 1


R B + g m1 + Rs
Which one of the following statements is true?
(a) V01 is not delayed relative to Vi. and V02 is a g m2 R D c R B + g1 + Rs m g m2 R D c g1 m
(c) (d)
m1 m1
triangular waveform. 1 1
R B + g m1 +
(b) V01 is not delayed relative to Vi, and V02 is a g m1 Rs
trapezoidal waveform. 39. Ans: (b)
(c) V01 is delayed by 1 µs relative to Vi, and V02 is sin ]zg
40. Let z be a complex variable. If f ]z g 
a trapezoidal waveform. z2 ]z  2g
(d) V01 is delayed by 2 µs relative to Vi, and V02 is and C is the circle in the complex plane with |z| = 3
a triangular waveform. then # f]z gdz is _______.
38. Ans: (b) C

(a) j b 2   l
1
(b) -p2j
39. In the circuit shown below, the transistors M1 and
(d) j b 2   l
1
M2 are biased in saturation. Their small signal (c) p2j
transconductances are gm1 and gm2 respectively. 40. Ans: (b)
Neglect body effect, channel length modulation
and intrinsic device capacitances. 41. A lossless transmission line with characteristic
impedance Z0 = 50Ω is terminated with an
VDD
unknown load. The magnitude of the reflection
Iref co-efficient is |Γ| = 0.6. As one moves towards the
generator from the load, the maximum value of the
VDD
M1 input impedance magnitude looking towards the
RD load (in Ω) is ________
RB Vout 41. Ans: 200
M2
RS C1 42. Let F1, F2, and F3 be functions of (x, y, z). Suppose
Vin ∼
that for every given pair of points A and B in space,
the line integral ∫C(F1dx + F2dy + F3dz) evaluates to
Assuming that capacitor C1 is a short circuit for the same value along any path C that starts at A and
AC analysis, the exact magnitude of small signal ends at B. Then which of the following is/are true?
V = 2F 2=F2 2F1 2F3 2F2 = 2F1
voltage gain Vout is_______. (a) 2y3 2z , 2z 2x , 2x 2y
in

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(b) There exists a differentiable scalar function (a) 9 (b) 7


=
f(x,y,z) such that
2F
F1 2=
2F = 2F (c) 8 (d) 10
x , F2 2y , F3 2z
45. Ans: (c)
(c) For every closed path Γ, we have
# ^F1 dx + F2 dy + F3 dzh = 0 . 46. The relationship between any N-length sequence
C x[n] and its corresponding N point discrete Fourier
2 F 2F 2F transform X[k] is defined as
(d) 2x1  2y2  2z3  0
X[k] = Ƒ{x[n]}.
42. Ans: (a, b & c) Another sequence y[n] is formed as below
y[n] = Ƒ {Ƒ {Ƒ {Ƒ {x[n]}}}}.
43. An NMOS transistor operating in the linear region For the sequence x[n] = {1, 2, 1, 3}, then the value
has IDS of 5mA at VDS of 0.1V. Keeping VGS constant, of Y[0] is________.
the VDS is increased to 1.5V. 46. Ans: 112
W
Given that  n C ox L  50A/V2 , the
47. Consider a unity negative feedback control system
transconductance at the new operating point (in
with forward path gain G ] s g 
K
mA/V, rounded off to two decimal places) is _____. ^s  1h^s  2h^s  3h
43. Ans: 52.5 as shown

R(s) + Y(s)
44. For the two port network shown below, the value + G(s)

of the Y21 parameter (in Siemens) is _______.
I1 I2 The impulse response of the closed-loop system
1
+ +2
2Ω decays faster than e-t if ________.
4Ω
(a) 7 ≤ K ≤ 21 (b) -4 ≤ K ≤ -1
V1 V2
− (c) 1 ≤ K ≤ 5 (d) -24 ≤ K ≤ -6
8V1
+ 47. Ans: (c)
− −
1′ 2′
48. In the network shown below, maximum power is to
44. Ans: 1.5 be transferred to the load RL.
2Ω 3Ω

45. A full scale sinusoidal signal is applied to a 10-bit −V +


x

ADC. The fundamental signal component in the − +


ADC output has a normalized power of 1W, and 2Ω
+
50 V Vx
the total noise and distortion normalized power is −
RL
10mW. The effective number of bits (rounded off to
the nearest integer) of the ADC is______.
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The value of RL (in W) is ________. (a) D3 D2 + D3 D1 (b) D3 D2


48. Ans: 2.5 (c) D3 D2 + D3 D1 (d) D3 D1
51. Ans: (a)
49. Consider the matrix = G , where k is a positive
1 k
2 1
real number. Which of the following vectors is/are 52. Let X(t) = Acos(2pf0t + q) be a random process,
eigenvector(s) of this matrix? where amplitude A and phase q are independent
of each other, and are uniformly distributed in
(a) = G (b) = G
2k 1 the intervals [-2, 2] and [0, 2p], respectively.
-1 2/k X(t) is fed to an 8-bit uniform mid-rise type
(c) = G (d) = G
1 2k quantizer. Given that the autocorrelation of X(t) is
- 2/k
R x ] g  3 cos ]2f0 g , the signal to quantization
1 2
49. Ans: (b & c)
noise ratio (in dB, rounded off to two decimal
places) at the output of the quantizer is ______.
50. Consider two continuous time signals x(t) and y(t) 52. Ans: 45.15
as shown below
y(t)
1 53. In the circuit below, the opamp is ideal.
x(t)
R1
−1 −0.5 0
t t
−2 0 2 – C R
−1 R
+ R C
If X(f) denotes the Fourier transform of x(t) then
the Fourier transform of y(t) is ________.

- 4 X b 4 l e (b) - 4 X b 4 l e -j4rf
1 f -j r f 1 f
(a)
If the circuit is to show sustained oscillations, the
(c) - 4X (4f) e -j4rf (d) - 4X (4f) e -jrf
respective values of R1 and the corresponding
50. Ans: (c)
frequency of oscillations are
(a) 29R and 1/(2pRC)
51. A 4-bit priority encoder has inputs D3, D2, D1,
and D0 in descending order of priority. The two- (b) 2R and 1/(2pRC)
bit output AB is generated as 00, 01, 10 and 11 (c) 29R and 1/ ^2 6 RC h
(d) 2R and 1/ ^2 6 RC h
corresponding to inputs D3, D2, D1, and D0,
respectively. The Boolean expression of the output
bit B is ______. 53. Ans: (b)

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54. The information bit sequence {111010101} is to


be transmitted by encoding th 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) (1110101011101) (b) (1110101011110)
(c) (1110101011100) (d) (1110101010100)
54. Ans: (c)

55. Consider a system S represented in state space as


dx  =0  2G  =1 G
x r, y  72  5A x
dt 1 3 0
Which of the state space representations given
below has/have the same transfer function as that
of S?
1 0
(a) dt  = G x  = G r, y  61 2@ x
dx 1
0  2 1
1 1
(b) dt  = G x  = G r, y  61 1@ x
dx 0
0 2 3

(c) dt  = G x  = G r, y  60 2@ x
dx 0 1 1
2 3 0

(d) dt  = G x  = G r, y  61 2@ x
dx 0 1 0
2 3 1

55. Ans: (d)

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