Name of Post: Engineering Assistant ( Electronics)/
Overseer Gr I (Electronics)
Department: PWD (Electronics Wing)
Cat. Number: 192/2019
Date of Test: 28.12.2021
Question Code: 137/2021
1. A semiconductor has_______ valence electrons.
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
2. In a ______ the energy gap between the conduction band and valence band of a substance is of the order of 0.7 eV
(A) conductor
(B) semiconductor
(C) insulator
(D) none of the above
3. In a Zener regulator, change in load current produces change in
(A) Zener current
(B) Zener voltage
(C) A & B
(D) None of the above
4. Maximum efficiency of a half wave rectifier is______
(A) 50%
(B) 25%
(C) 40.6%
(D) 81.2%
5. A center tap full wave rectifier consists of_______ diodes.
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
7. In a transistor there are_______depletion layers.
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
8. If the value of α in a transistor is 0.9, then value of β is ____
(A) 9
(B) 10
(C) 90
(D) 100
9. Where should be the bias point set in order to make transistor work as an amplifier?
(A) active
(B) cutoff
(C) saturation
(D) none of the above
10. Emitter follower is used for______
(A) current gain
(B) voltage gain
(C) impedance matching
(D) none of the above
11. Which among the following does not belong to the category of LC oscillators?
(A) Hartley oscillator
(B) Colpitts oscillator
(C) crystal oscillator
(D) none of the above
12. The channel of a JFET is between the______
(A) input and output
(B) gate and drain
(C) gate and source
(D) drain and source
13. Choose the correct statement
(A) MOSFET is a unipolar, voltage controlled, two terminal device
(B) MOSFET is a bipolar, current controlled, two terminal device
(C) MOSFET is a unipolar, voltage controlled, three terminal device
(D) MOSFET is a bipolar, current controlled, three terminal device
14. What are the working regions of a unijunction transistor?
(A) Negative Resistance region
(B) Saturation region
(C) Linear region
(D) Cutoff region
15. Which of the following is/are optoelectronic devices?
(A) photodiodes
(B) light emitting diodes
(C) solar cells
(D) all of the above
16. An optocoupler provides ________between input and output
(A) induction
(B) amplification
(C) isolation
(D) oscillation
17. Clamping is the process of introducing a/an_____
(A) dc level to a dc signal
(B) dc level to an ac signal
(C) ac level to a dc signal
(D) ac level to an ac signal
18. A square wave oscillator is a/an______multivibrator.
(A) astable
(B) monostable
(C) bistable
(D) none of the above
19. The Op-amp can amplify_______
(A) dc signals only
(B) ac signals only
(C) both dc and ac signals
(D) none of the above
20. The common-mode voltage gain of an Op-amp is________
(A) equal to differential voltage gain
(B) smaller than differential voltage gain
(C) greater than differential voltage gain
(D) none of the above
21. What is the feedback factor of voltage follower circuit?
(A) zero
(B) unity
(C) between zero and one
(D) infinity
22. The internal circuitry of the 555 timer consists of______ , an R-S flip-flop, a transistor switch, an output buffer amplifier, and a voltage divider.
(A) a peak detector
(B) a comparator
(C) a voltage amplifier
(D) two comparators
23. The 7912 regulator IC provides_______
(A) 5v
(B) -5v
(C) 12v
(D) -12v
24. The fastest A/D converter is______ ADC
(A) single slope ramp comparator
(B) dual slope integrator
(C) successive approximation
(D) counter type
25. What is the disadvantage of binary weighted type DAC?
(A) slow switching
(B) requires wide range of resistors
(C) high operationg frequency
(D) high power consumption
26. The phase velocity of a waveguide at cutoff frequency is
(A) Zero
(B) Finite
(C) Infinite
(D) One
27. For a short circuited loss-less line having length less than a quarter wavelength will have input impedance
(A) Purely Inductive
(B) Purely resistive
(C) Resonative
(D) Purely capacitive
28. The main reason for occurring of standing waves is due to
(A) Dispersion
(B) Impedance mismatch
(C) Reflection
(D) Transmission mode
29. The speakers which cover the frequencies from 16Hz to 1000Hz are called
(A) Squawkers
(B) Tweeters
(C) Baffle
(D) Woofers
30. The ratio of the current or voltage entering the network to the current or voltage leaving the network is known as
(A) Characteristic Impedance
(B) Propagation Constant
(C) Iterative Impedance
(D) Image Impedance
31. A number of identical parallel antennas arranged along a line perpendicular to the line of array axis and each element fed with current of equal magnitude and same phase is known as
(A) Broad side array
(B) Log periodic array
(C) End fire array
(D) Collinear array
32. RF amplifier in a super heterodyne receiver is used to
(A) increase tracking
(B) increase adjacent-channel rejection
(C) increase the tuning range
(D) increase rejection of the image frequency
33. In TV circuits the equalizing pulses are sent during
(A) horizontal blanking
(B) horizontal retrace
(C) vertical retrace
(D) vertical blanking
34. Frequencies in the UHF range are normally propagated by
(A) space waves
(B) sky waves
(C) surface waves
(D) ground waves
35. An example for multiband HF receiving antenna is
(A) conical horn
(B) folded dipole
(C) rhombic loop
(D) log periodic
36. A PIN diode is
(A) a semiconductor point-contact diode
(B) used as a microwave switch
(C) often used as a microwave detector
(D) a microwave mixer diode
37. The modulation system which is commonly used in telegraphic communication is
(A) pulse-code modulation
(B) two-tone modulation
(C) frequency-shift keying
(D) single-tone modulation
38. The code which is used for parity checks is
(A) Gray
(B) ASCII
(C) EBCDIC
(D) Baudot
39. The transmission rate of data in a modem is measured in
(A) bytes per second
(B) Gigahertz
(C) bits per second
(D) word per minute
40. The On-Off keying method of data transmission is otherwise known as
(A) ASK
(B) FSK
(C) PSK
(D) BPSK
41. The type of microphone used in telephone is
(A) Condenser microphone
(B) Ribbon microphone
(C) Peizo electric
(D) Carbon microphone
42. The type of noise which is having greater impact at high frequencies is
(A) random noise
(B) Johnson noise
(C) transit-time noise
(D) shot noise
43. Which of the following modulation system is the most noise resistant one?
(A) PWM
(B) Delta
(C) PCM
(D) Differential PCM
44. The reason for Rayleigh scattering loss in optical fibre is
(A) bending of fibre
(B) structural fault in glass
(C) impurities present
(D) due to dispersion
45. Quantizing noise occurs in
(A) amplitude modulation
(B) frequency modulation
(C) pulse-code modulation
(D) pulse-width modulation
46. The main disadvantage of CW Doppler radar is
(A) does not give target range
(B) does not give target position
(C) does not give target velocity
(D) does not give angular position of target
47. The circuit that separates sync pulses from the composite video waveform is
(A) Schmitt trigger
(B) a clipper
(C) an integrator
(D) a differentiator
48. Optical fibres used for communication purpose are mostly fabricated using
(A) Silica
(B) Plastic
(C) Ceramics
(D) Copper
50. The A scope displays
(A) target position and range
(B) the target velocity
(C) the target position
(D) the target range only
51. According to Kepler's law, the orbit of any smaller body about a larger body is always_____
(A) Circular
(B) Polar
(C) Ellipse
(D) Inclined
52. Perigee is
(A) the point on the satellite orbit farthest from the centre of earth
(B) the point on the satellite orbit nearest to the centre of earth
(C) the point on the earth that is farthest from the centre of satellite orbit
(D) the point on the earth nearest to the centre of satellite orbit
53. The inclination of a retrograde orbit lies between
(A) 0° and 90°
(B) 90° and 180°
(C) 180° and 270°
(D) 270° and 360°
54. Geosynchronous orbit is at a distance of________above the surface of the earth
(A) 5000 KM
(B) 46756 KM
(C) 34000 KM
(D) 35786 KM
55. The project Iridium is the most important application of
(A) LEO satellites
(B) MEO satellites
(C) GEO satellites
(D) HEO satellites
56. 'The apogee and perigee are always exactly opposite to each other' — the statement is
(A) True
(B) False
(C) Partially True
(D) Irrelevant
57. The basic cassegrain antenna consists of
(A) a main paraboloid and a sub reflector, which is an ellipsoid
(B) a main paraboloidal reflector
(C) a main paraboloid and a sub reflector which is hyperboloid
(D) a main hyperboloid and a sub reflector which is paraboloid
59. Satellites known as 'spinners' are used for
(A) Spin control
(B) Attitude control
(C) Power control
(D) Orbit control
60. Station keeping is applicable for
(A) Orbit control of Geostationary satellites
(B) Attitude control of Geostationary satellites
(C) Power control of Geostationary satellites
(D) Thermal control of Geostationary satellites
61. The system which allows the antenna to handle transmit or receive signals simultaneously is known as
(A) Diplexer
(B) Duplexer
(C) Combiner
(D) Divider
62. Which was the first communication satellite placed in the Geostationary orbit?
(A) MSAT
(B) INSAT
(C) VSAT
(D) INTELSAT
63. The series of interconnected units which forms a single communication channel between transmit and receive antennas in a communication satellite is known as
(A) Transceivers
(B) Demultiplexers
(C) Transponders
(D) Duplexers
64. The TV system employs a single outdoor unit so that all channels are made available simultaneously at the indoor receiver is named as
(A) MA TV
(B) DBS TV
(C) FM TV
(D) CA TV
65. The ascending nodes of orbits in the GPS constellation are separated by and the inclination of each orbit is
(A) 70°, 65°
(B) 60°, 55°
(C) 50°, 45°
(D) 40°, 35°
66. 'The passive satellite cannot generate power of its own and it reflects the incident power'; the statement is
(A) True
(B) False
(C) Partially True
(D) Irrelevant
67. Which co-ordinate system is used with GPS system?
(A) Geosynchronous-equatorial co-ordinate system
(B) Earthcentric-equatorial co-ordinate system
(C) Geocentric-equatorial coordinate system
(D) Both (B) & (C)
68. The effects of eclipse does not affect the operation of Geostationary satellite, if the satellite longitudes are_____ of earth station.
(A) North East
(B) North West
(C) East
(D) West
69. Solar panels in satellites are arranged in the form of_______ to obtain high power.
(A) rectangular arrays
(B) cylindrical arrays
(C) rectangular solar sails
(D) cylindrical solar sails
70. The system which transmits information about the satellite to earth station and receives command signals from the earth station is known as
(A) Transponder
(B) TT&C
(C) Transceiver
(D) LNA
71. The temperature extremes experienced from solar flux and cold background of deep space can be minimized by
(A) Spinning satellites
(B) Body stabilized satellites
(C) Both (A) & (B)
(D) None of the above
72. 'Space Transportation System (STS) is an expendable launch vehicle’ — the statement is
(A) True
(B) False
(C) Irrelevant
(D) None of these
73. Which band of frequencies are used for the satellite services in MSAT?
(A) C-band
(B) Ka-band
(C) Ku-band
(D) L-band
74. In C-band, the nominal up link and downlink frequencies are
(A) 8GHz and 6GHz
(B) 12GHz and 4GHz
(C) 6GHz and 4GHz
(D) 12GHz and 6GHz
75. The conditions required for an orbit to be geostationary
(A) the orbit must be elliptical
(B) the orbit must be circular
(C) the orbit must be polar
(D) the orbit must be inclined
76. First version of GSM used
(A) 64 full duplex channels
(B) 124 full duplex channels
(C) 64 half duplex channels
(D) 124 half duplex channels
77. The minimum distance which allows the same frequency to be reused will depend on
(A) Number of co-channel cells in the vicinity of center cell
(B) The type of geographic terrain
(C) The antenna height and transmitted power at each cell site
(D) All of the above
78. Transmission power of a cell has to be limited in order to
(A) Achieve higher capacity
(B) Avoid interference with the next cell using the same frequency
(C) Avoid multipath propagation
(D) None of the above
79. The time over which a call is made within a cell without handoff is called
(A) delay time
(B) dwell time
(C) seek time
(D) guard time
80. In fast fading
(A) Coherence time is greater than symbol period
(B) Coherence time is lesser than symbol period
(C) Coherence time is equal to symbol period
(D) Coherence time is independent of symbol period
81. In FDM, frequency band overlapping is avoided using
(A) Guard band
(B) Framing band
(C) Synchronizing pulses
(D) None of the above
82. In a cell, which is the radio channel used for transmission of call setup, call request and call initiation_____ ?
(A) Forward channel
(B) Control channel
(C) Uplink channel
(D) Reverse channel
83. The handoff operation involves
(A) Identifying the MSC and the call will be connected to the MSC
(B) Identifies the voice channel to instruct the mobile telephone to ring
(C) Identifying a new base station and reallocating the channels with the new base station.
(D) Instructs the base station to move the call to an unused voice channel within the cell
84. Code Division multiple access scheme is based on
(A) QPSK
(B) BPSK
(C) Spread spectrum technology
(D) BFSK
85. Delay spread is due to
(A) Multipath reflection
(B) Frequency dispersion
(C) Fresnel zone
(D) Doppler effect
86. Which of the following is true in a DECT system?
(A) The range is limited to about 300m from base station
(B) Can handle handover, but it is not designed to work at high speed
(C) Works at a frequency range of 1880-1990 MHz
(D) All of the above
87. The channel capacity may be improved by using
(A) Cell splitting
(B) Hand off
(C) Frequency hopping
(D) Channel spacing
88. If bandwidth over which the channel has constant gain and linear phase response is smaller than the bandwidth of the transmitted signal, the received signal undergoes
(A) Flat fading
(B) Rayleigh fading
(C) Frequency selective fading
(D) Slow fading
89. ______is a dynamic database which stores all important information needed for users currently associated to the MSC.
(A) ISDN
(B) VLR
(C) HLR
(D) EIR
90. In mobile communication, the commonly used shape of a cell is hexagon because
(A) Fewer number of cells are required
(B) Provides maximum processing density than any other geometrical shape
(C) It leaves no uncovered area
(D) All of the above
91. Which of the following multiple access scheme is using soft handover?
(A) FDMA
(B) TDMA
(C) SDMA
(D) CDMA
92. The operation subsystem of GSM has OMC, AuC and EIR. Here EIR stands for
(A) Enhanced identity register
(B) Equipment identity register
(C) Electronic identity register
(D) Equipment inbuilt register
93. Crosstalk from two different radio transmitters using the same channel may result in________
(A) Adjacent channel interference
(B) Multiple access interference
(C) Co-channel interference
(D) Self-interference
94. ______resolves the problem of limited radio spectrum.
(A) handover
(B) cell splitting
(C) frequency hopping
(D) MAC
95. The statistical measure of the range of frequency over which the channel can be considered flat is known as_____
(A) Coherence time
(B) Transmission bandwidth
(C) Coherence bandwidth
(D) Propagation time
96. In a GSM system identify the function of MSC.
(A) Takes care of handoff from one BTS to the other
(B) Stores dynamic information while logged onto GSM
(C) Co-ordinates all the activities of base station and connects the entire cellular system to PSTN.
(D) All of the above
97. In GSM______ is used to separate uplink and downlink
(A) TDM
(B) FDD
(C) TDD
(D) FDM
98. Suppose there are N cells in a cellular system and each cell is allocated K channel the total number of available channel is given by
(A) S=N+K
(B) S=K/N
(C) S=N/K
(D) S—K*N
99. Before a subscriber can use any service from GSM network, he must be authenticated. This authentication is based on______
(A) ISDN
(B) SIM
(C) DTMF
(D) BTS
100. Near-far effect is a severe problem in wireless networks using
(A) TDMA
(B) FDMA
(C) SDMA
(D) CDMA
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