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VTU-ETR Seat No.

Question Paper Version : A

Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi


Eligibility Test for Research (VTU-ETR) Programmes
Ph.D./M.S. (Research) November – 2022
Electronics and Communication Engineering
/ Telecommunication Engineering
Time: 3 hrs. Max. Marks: 100

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES


1. Ensure that the question paper booklet issued to you is of your opted discipline.
2. If your name, ETR number, OMR No., branch and branch code are not already printed on
the OMR answer sheet, write them in clear handwriting in the space provided.
3. The question paper has 100 multiple choice questions. Each question carries one mark.
4. All the questions are compulsory.
5. Missing data, if any, may be suitably assumed.
6. There shall be no negative marking for wrong answers.
7. The examinees shall select the response which they want to mark/indicate on the response
sheet and shade/darken/blacken completely the inside area of the corresponding checkbox
bubble of circular or oval shape.
8. Candidates should use black ball point pen to shade the checkbox bubble so that it is fully
dark and the computer can detect without fail. Shading should be limited to the checkbox
bubble only.
9. Shading of multiple checkbox bubbles shall be treated as invalid answer.
10. Partial or incomplete shading/darkening of the bubble be avoided.
11. Use of whiteners/correction fluid to change the shaded/filled checkbox bubble to fill another
is prohibited.
12. Erasing of filled checkbox bubble/s to fill another is prohibited.
13. Any type of writing, scribbling etc., on the question paper and ticking the response of a
question/s are prohibited. Violation of this condition shall lead to disciplinary action like
debar from the examination. Also, the OMR answer sheet shall not be considered for
evaluation process.
14. Only non-programmable scientific calculator is permitted. Violation of this condition shall
lead to disciplinary action like debar from the examination. Also, the OMR answer sheet
shall not be considered for evaluation process.
15. Folding/crushing/mutilating of OMR sheet is not permitted.
16. Handover the OMR sheet to the Room Invigilator while leaving the examination hall.
PART – I
(Research Methodology)
[50 MARKS]
1. Research conducted to solve an immediate problem is
a) Fundamental Research b) Analytical Research
c) Action Research d) Survey

2. Research pertaining to pure mathematics or natural laws is the example of


a) Qualitative Research b) Empirical Research
c) Analytical Research d) Fundamental Research

3. Research to study the effect of certain Policies, Plans and Program is


a) Applied Research b) Descriptive Research
c) Evaluation Research d) Causal Research

4. The first step of Research process is


a) Research design b) Analysis of data
c) Review of literature d) Identification of research problem

5. Which of the following helps to compare two or more variables


a) Classification b) Tabulation c) Survey d) Literature review

6. Choose the best answer, which is the most reliable source of information for your literature
review :
a) A TV documentary b) A Newspaper article
c) A peer reviewed research article d) A relevant chapter from a text book

7. Which literature review involves time line based collection of literature review
a) Narrative method b) Systematic method
c) Meta – analysis method of literature review
d) Meta – synthesis method of literature review.

8. Narrative literature review method is also known as


a) Advanced method b) Scientific method
c) Traditional method d) Systematic method.

9. A review of the literature should sort out the information into a _____framework
a) Conceptual b) Selective c) Theoretical d) Universal

10. The internet should not be used for finding published literature
a) True b) False

11. Which one among the following is the most comprehensive source of population data?
a) National sample surveys b) Demographic health surveys
c) National family health surveys d) Census

12. Which one is called non – probability sampling?


a) Cluster sampling b) Systematic sampling
c) Stratified sampling d) Quota sampling
VER-A : EC/TE 1 of 10
13. Which scale is the simplest form of measurement
a) Interval b) Ratio c) Nominal d) Ordinal
14. Absolute zero exists in
a) Ratio scale b) Interval scale c) Nominal scale d) Ordinal scale

15. Which data is cheaper to collect?


a) Primary data b) Collective data c) New data d) Secondary data

16. After the data has been processed and analysed, the research process requires
a) Interpretation of data b) Presentation of data
c) Reporting of data d) Testing of data

17. The process of marking segments of data with symbols, descriptive words or category names is
known as
a) Concurring b) Coding c) Coloring d) Segmentation

18. The most repeated value in the series is called as


a) Mean b) Mode c) Median d) Range

19. A study in statistics that helps to interpret the variability of data known as
a) Standard deviation b) The measure of central tendency
c) The measure of dispersion d) None of the above

20. For a frequency distribution of a variable X, mean = 32 and median = 30. The distribution is
a) Positive skewed b) Negatively skewed c) Mesokurtic d) Platykurtic

21. Which among the following is a probability sampling method?


a) Judgemental sampling b) Quota sampling
c) Simple random sampling d) Convenience sampling

22. The difference between a static and the parameters is called as


a) Non - random b) Probability c) Sampling error d) Random

23. Sampling error increases as we increases the sampling size


a) True b) False c) True to some extent d) None of the above

24. Population under research study is referred as


a) Standard Population b) Final Population
c) Infinite Population d) Target Population

25. The process of finding true but unknown value of population parameter is called as
a) Statistical inference b) Estimation
c) Guess d) Biased

26. Arrange the following steps in the process of hypothesis testing in proper sequence
A) Select the level of significance B) Setup null and alternative hypothesis
C) Establish the decision rule D) Performance computations
E) Select test statistics F) Draw conclusion
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
a) A, B, C, D, E, F b) A, B, E, D, C, F c) B, A, C, D, E, F d) B, A, E, C, D, F

VER-A : EC/TE 2 of 10
27. Which among the following is non parametric statistics?
a) t - test b) F - test
c) 2 - test d) Spearman’s rank order correlation

28. Which test is normally applied for qualitative data :


a) ‘ t’ test b) ‘F’ test c) X2 Chi – square test d) ‘z’ test

29. An investigator commits Type – 1 error in testing hypothesis when he / she


a) Accepts null hypothesis when it is false b) Rejects null hypothesis when it is true
c) Accepts null hypothesis when it is true d) Rejects null hypothesis when it is false

30. If the critical region is located equally in both sides of the sampling distribution of test statistic,
the test is called
a) One tailed b) Two tailed c) Right tailed d) Left tailed

31. What is the function of a post test in ANOVA


a) Describe those groups that have reliable difference between group means
b) Set the critical value for the ‘F’ test (or Chi – Square)
c) Determine if any statistically significant group differences have occurred
d) None of these

32. In ANOVA procedure ‘Factor’ refers to


a) The dependent variable b) The independent variable
c) Different levels of a treatment d) The critical value of F

33. In the ANOVA ‘treatment’ refers to


a) Experimental units b) Different levels of a factor
c) a factor d) Applying antibiotic to a wound

34. When conducting an ANOVA , F DATA will always fall within what range?
a) Between 0 and infinity b) Between 0 and 1
c) Between negative infinity and infinity d) Between 1 and infinity

35. In one way ANOVA which of the following is used within F – ratio as a measurement of the
variance F individual observations
a) SSE b) MSE c) MSRT d) None of the above

36. In regression analysis, the variable that is being predicted is


a) The independent variable b) The dependent variable
c) Usually denoted by x d) Usually denoted by r

37. If the regression equation is equal to Y = 23.6 – 54.2x, then 23.6 is the ____ while – 54.2 is the
____ of the regression line.
a) Slope, intercept b) Slope, regression coefficient
c) Intercept , slope d) Radius, intercept

38. How many coefficients do you need to estimate in a simple linear regression model (one
independent variable).
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4

VER-A : EC/TE 3 of 10
39. Which of the following is not the part of the exploratory factor analysis process
a) Extracting factors
b) Determining the number of factors before the analysis.
c) Rotating the factors d) Refining and interpreting the factors

40. If a researcher wanted to determine which variable were associated with which factors she/he
would look at
a) Factor scores b) Factor loadings c) Factor d) Factor associations

41. What is a complementary event for “At least one head appears” if two coins are tossed
simultaneously?
a) Exactly one head appears b) Atleast one tail appears
c) Atmost one tail appears d) None head appears

42. A bag contains 7 Red and 4 Blue Balls. Two Balls are drawn at random with replacement. The
probability of getting the Balls of different colors is :
a) 28/121 b) 56/121 c) ½ d) None of the above

43. If two coins are tossed simultaneously, what is the probability of getting atleast one head?
a) 1/2 b) 1/3 c) 1/4 d) 3/4

44. What are Independent Events?


a) If the outcome of one event does not affect the outcome of another
b) If the outcome of one event affects the outcome of another
c) Any one of the outcome of one event does not affect the outcome of another.
d) Any one of the outcome of one event does affect the outcome of another

45. In class, 30% of students study Hindi, 45% study Maths and 15% study Both Hindi and Maths.
If a student is randomly selected, what is the probability that he/she study Hindi and Maths?
a) 1/5 b) 3/5 c) 2/5 d) 2/7

46. The normal distribution


a) Mean = Variance = 1 b) Standard deviation = Variance = 0
c) Mean = 0 , Variance = 1 d) Mean = Standard deviation

47. The shape of normal distribution curve


a) Bell shaped b) Flat c) Circular d) Spilled

48. In a Binomial distribution, if ‘n’ is the number of trials and ‘p’ is the probability success, then
the mean value is
a) np b) n c) p d) np (1-p)

49. If ‘m’ is the Poisson distribution, the standard deviation is


a) (sqrt{m}) b) m2 c) m d) m/2

50. The mean of hypergeometric distribution is


a) n* K / N-1 b) n* K-1 / N c) n-1* K / N d) n* K / N

VER-A : EC/TE 4 of 10
PART – II
Discipline Oriented Section
(Electronics and Communication Engineering /
Telecommunication Engineering)
[50 MARKS]

51. The current I in a circuit shown in figure using superposition theorem is

a) 375 mA b) 350 mA c) 1125 mA d) 625 mA

52. The Thevenin’s equivalent voltage and resistance for the circuit shown in Figure across
terminal ab is

a) 20 V 25  b) 30 V 25  c) 30 V 10  d) 10 V 10 

53. For the circuit shown in figure, if the switch is closed at t = 0 then the current i(0+) and voltage
across capacitor are :

a) 0 A 10 V b) 0 A 0 V c) 1 A 0 V d) 1 A 10 V

54. The resistance between terminals ab for the circuit shown in figure is

a) 30  b) 25  c) 28  d) 45 

VER-A : EC/TE 5 of 10
55. In a series RLC circuit, resonance condition the expression for resonant frequency fr and
Quality factor Q are :
1 1 L 1 1 R
a) f r  , Q b) f r  , Q
2 LC R C 2 LC L C
1 1
c) f r  , Q L d) f r  2 LC , Q  LCR
2LC R

56. The Fourier transform of a unit step function is given by


j 1 1
a) F( j)  b) F( j)  c) F( j)  d) F( j)  j
 j j  a

57. When the analog signal x(t) = 3 cos100t is sampled at the rate 75 Hz, the resulting discrete
time signal is
  2 
a) 3 cos 200t b) 3 cos n c) 3 cos n d) 3 cos75n
2  3 

58. Compute the convolution x(n)  h(n) given x(n) = [1, 2, 6] and h(n) = [2, 2, 1]
a) {1, 2, 2, 2, 6, 1} b) {1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 6}
c) {3, 4, 7} d) {2, 6, 17, 14, 6}

59. Given the 4-point DFT samples X(0) = 6; X(1) = –2 + j2 and X(2) = (–2) , find the 4-point
sequence x(n) , (can use FFT algorithms to compute faster)
a) {0, 1, 2, 3} b) {1, 2, 3, 4}
c) {0, 2, 1, 3} d) {1, 2, 0, 3}

n n

60. 3  1


The ROC of the ZT of the signal x(n) =    u ( n  1)    u ( n ) is ________
4  3 
a) 3  | z |  1 b) | z |  1 c) 1  | z |  3 d) | z |  1
4 3 3 3 4 3

61. In an extrinsic Silicon, the Fermi levels for p and n type are:
a) at the same level
b) below conduction band for n-type and above valence bond for p-type
c) above conduction band for n-type and below valence band for -type
d) None of these

62. In a pn junction the diffusion current and drift current is constituted by


a) majority carriers and minority carriers respectively
b) majority carriers only
c) minority carriers
d) None of these

63. In a solar cell, the operation is based on:


a) Photovoltaic effect b) Photoelastic effect c) Piezoelectric effect d) Avalanche effect

64. An SCR combines the features of :


a) A rectifier and resistance b) A rectifier and transistor
c) A rectifier and capacitor d) None of these.

VER-A : EC/TE 6 of 10
65. The diffusion of impurities is done on the _______ layer.
a) substrate layer b) second layer c) SiO2 layer d) All of these

66. A periodic pulse train Vin of 10V amplitude with on-time T ON = 1 ms and off-time TOFF = 1 s
is applied to the circuit shown in the figure.

The difference between the maximum voltage and minimum voltage of the output waveform
V0 is _______ V.
a) 10 b) 5 c) 3 d) 3.5

67. The following symbol represents

a) Tunnel diode b) Varactor diode c) Zener diode d) Photo diode

68. Find the output voltage of the given network if E in = 6V and the zener breakdown voltage of
the zener diode is 10V.

a) 4 V b) 0 V c) 10 V d) 6 V

69. Which of the following BJT configuration has highest power gain?
a) Common collector b) Common Emitter c) Common Base d) All configuration

70. Find the approximate collector current in the given transistor circuit. Assume current gain
 = 100

a) 10 mA b) 1.25 mA c) ≃1 mA d) 11.5 mA
71. In the figure shown, if the number of XOR gates are odd, the final output Y is

a) 0 b) 1 c) X d) X

VER-A : EC/TE 7 of 10
72. For the Karnaugh map shown in figure, the minimum number of essential prime implicants are

a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6

73. Choose the correct statement from the following :


a) PAL contains programmable OR array and fixed AND array
b) PLA contains programmable OR array and fixed AND array
c) PROM contains programmable AND array and fixed OR array
d) PAL contains programmable AND array and fixed OR array

74. The figure shows a binary counter with synchronous clear input. With the logic shown the
counter works as a :

a) mod - 3 counter b) mod - 4 counter c) mod - 5 counter d) mod - 6 counter

75. The output Y of the circuit shown in figure is

a) A B  C b) (A+B) C c) ( A  B) C d) AB + C

76. Let Y(s) be unit step response of a casual system having a transfer function
3s G (s)
G(s) = that is Y (s)  . The forced response of the system is
(s  1)(s  3) s
a) U(t) – 2e–t + e–3t U(t) b) 2U(t) – 2e–t + e–3t U(t)
c) 2U(t) d) U(t)

77. A phase lag lead network introduces in the output


a) Lag at all frequencies
b) Lag at high frequencies and lead at low frequency
c) Lag at low frequency and lead at high frequency
d) None of these

VER-A : EC/TE 8 of 10
78. The characteristic equation of a feedback system is s3 + ks2 + 5s + 10 = 0 , for a stable system
the value of k should not be less than
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4.5

79. Which one of the following statement is corrected?


Nichols chart is useful for detailed study of
a) Closed loop frequency response b) Open loop frequency response
c) Closed & Open loop frequency responses d) None of these

80. In Robotics Denavit-Hartenberg consists of _______ steps and ______ passes in its algorithm.
a) 16, 2 b) 12, 2 c) 12, 4 d) 10, 13

Assuming that m(t) = 10 sinc(104 t), what is the transmission band width of an FM modulated
81. signal with frequency deviation constant kf = 4000.
a) 90 kHz b) 82 kHz c) 72 kHz d) 92 kHz

82. Which of the following is a channelization protocol?


a) CSMA b) ALOHA c) Token passing d) CDMA

83. A pure ALOHA network transmits 200 bit frames on a shared channel of 200 kbps. What is
the throughput in %, if the system produces 1000 frames per second?
a) 36.8 b) 13.5 c) 30.3 d) 18.4

84. Consider the following statements :


1. When the amplitude response |H(f)| of the system is not constant with frequency inside the
frequency band of interest, the frequency component of the input signal are transmitted with
different amounts of gain or attenuation.
2. Constant delay is a requirement for distortionless transmission.
3. Constant phase shift causes signal distortion
Which of the above statements are true?
a) 1 only b) 1, 2 and 3 c) 1, 2 only d) 1 and 3

85. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using code given below the list.
List I List II
A Entropy coding 1 Mc Milan’s Rule
B Channel capacity 2 Redundancy
C Minimum length code 3 Shannon Fano
D Equivocation 4 Shannon’s law
A B C D A B C D
a) b)
1 2 3 4 3 4 1 2
A B C D A B C D
c) d)
1 4 3 2 3 2 1 4
86. Calculate the emf of a material having a flux linkage of 2t2 at time t = 1 sec
a) 2 b) 4 c) 8 d) 16

87. In a homogenous isotropic linear and stationary media, a plane electromagnetic wave has the
following characteristics
a) Both E and H are transverse b)  = 0
c) Both a and b d) Neither a or b
VER-A : EC/TE 9 of 10
88. The transmitter power is 10 W. It is increased by an antenna gain of 30 dB. The effective
radiated power in watts is
a) 100 W b) 30 W c) 10,000 W d) 1000 W

89. What is the skin depth in copper at 10 GHz? Assuming conductivity of copper
 = 5.810 7 mhos/m and permeability equal to that of free space
a) 0.55 m b) 0.33 nm c) 0.44 nm d) 0.66 m

90. Calculate the numerical aperture of an optical fiber whose core and cladding are made of
materials of refractive index 1.6 and 1.5 respectively.
a) 0.55677 b) 55.77 c) 0.2458 d) 0.647852

91. ______ are the multiplier bits in Booth bit pair coding for multiplication of numbers –8  –8
a) –1 –2 1 b) 0 2 0 c) 1 1 0 d) 0 –2 0

92. ______ is the exponent value for representing 571.25 in IEEE single precision floating point
format.
a) 01001011 b) 10110101 c) 10001000 d) 10010001

93. In _______ approach the CPU repeatedly checks the status flag to achieve the required
synchronization between the processor and an input or output device.
a) I/O controlled I/O b) CPU controlled I/O
c) Program – Controlled I/O d) Program – Controlled CPU

94. What is the maximum addressing capacity of a microcomputer which uses 16 bit data bus and
32 bit address bus?
a) 16 MB b) 32 GB c) 8 GB d) 4 GB

95. The ionic feature of the RISC machine among the following is _______
a) Reduced number of addressing modes b) Increased memory size
c) Having a branch delay slot d) All of these

96. The Bus Interface unit of 8086 microprocessor contains instruction queue of how many bytes
size?
a) 8 b) 6 c) 4 d) 16

97. What is the address range of special function registers in 8051 microcontroller?
a) 80H to FFH b) 70H to 7FH c) 80H to 8FH d) 00H to FFH

98. Number of I/O ports in 8051 microcontroller


a) 2 Ports b) 3 Ports
c) 4 Ports with one Port having 5 pins d) 4 Ports

99. In 8086 microprocessor, when overflow flag will set?


a) During only subtraction
b) Sum is more than 10 bits
c) Signed numbers go out of their range after an arithmetic operation
d) Carry and parity flags are set

100. The operation performed by the BIC instruction of ARM Processor is :


a) AND NOT b) Reverse Subtraction
c) Binary Invert d) BIT INVERT CARRY
*****
VER-A : EC/TE 10 of 10
VTU-ETR Seat No. Question Paper Version : B

Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi


Eligibility Test for Research (VTU-ETR) Programmes
Ph.D./M.S. (Research) November – 2022
Electronics and Communication Engineering
/ Telecommunication Engineering
Time: 3 hrs. Max. Marks: 100

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES


1. Ensure that the question paper booklet issued to you is of your opted discipline.
2. If your name, ETR number, OMR No., branch and branch code are not already printed on
the OMR answer sheet, write them in clear handwriting in the space provided.
3. The question paper has 100 multiple choice questions. Each question carries one mark.
4. All the questions are compulsory.
5. Missing data, if any, may be suitably assumed.
6. There shall be no negative marking for wrong answers.
7. The examinees shall select the response which they want to mark/indicate on the response
sheet and shade/darken/blacken completely the inside area of the corresponding checkbox
bubble of circular or oval shape.
8. Candidates should use black ball point pen to shade the checkbox bubble so that it is fully
dark and the computer can detect without fail. Shading should be limited to the checkbox
bubble only.
9. Shading of multiple checkbox bubbles shall be treated as invalid answer.
10. Partial or incomplete shading/darkening of the bubble be avoided.
11. Use of whiteners/correction fluid to change the shaded/filled checkbox bubble to fill another
is prohibited.
12. Erasing of filled checkbox bubble/s to fill another is prohibited.
13. Any type of writing, scribbling etc., on the question paper and ticking the response of a
question/s are prohibited. Violation of this condition shall lead to disciplinary action like
debar from the examination. Also, the OMR answer sheet shall not be considered for
evaluation process.
14. Only non-programmable scientific calculator is permitted. Violation of this condition shall
lead to disciplinary action like debar from the examination. Also, the OMR answer sheet
shall not be considered for evaluation process.
15. Folding/crushing/mutilating of OMR sheet is not permitted.
16. Handover the OMR sheet to the Room Invigilator while leaving the examination hall.
PART – I
(Research Methodology)
[50 MARKS]
1. What is a complementary event for “At least one head appears” if two coins are tossed
simultaneously?
a) Exactly one head appears b) Atleast one tail appears
c) Atmost one tail appears d) None head appears

2. A bag contains 7 Red and 4 Blue Balls. Two Balls are drawn at random with replacement. The
probability of getting the Balls of different colors is :
a) 28/121 b) 56/121 c) ½ d) None of the above

3. If two coins are tossed simultaneously, what is the probability of getting atleast one head?
a) 1/2 b) 1/3 c) 1/4 d) 3/4

4. What are Independent Events?


a) If the outcome of one event does not affect the outcome of another
b) If the outcome of one event affects the outcome of another
c) Any one of the outcome of one event does not affect the outcome of another.
d) Any one of the outcome of one event does affect the outcome of another

5. In class, 30% of students study Hindi, 45% study Maths and 15% study Both Hindi and Maths.
If a student is randomly selected, what is the probability that he/she study Hindi and Maths?
a) 1/5 b) 3/5 c) 2/5 d) 2/7

6. The normal distribution


a) Mean = Variance = 1 b) Standard deviation = Variance = 0
c) Mean = 0 , Variance = 1 d) Mean = Standard deviation

7. The shape of normal distribution curve


a) Bell shaped b) Flat c) Circular d) Spilled

8. In a Binomial distribution, if ‘n’ is the number of trials and ‘p’ is the probability success, then
the mean value is
a) np b) n c) p d) np (1-p)

9. If ‘m’ is the Poisson distribution, the standard deviation is


a) (sqrt{m}) b) m2 c) m d) m/2

10. The mean of hypergeometric distribution is


a) n* K / N-1 b) n* K-1 / N c) n-1* K / N d) n* K / N

11. What is the function of a post test in ANOVA


a) Describe those groups that have reliable difference between group means
b) Set the critical value for the ‘F’ test (or Chi – Square)
c) Determine if any statistically significant group differences have occurred
d) None of these

VER-B : EC/TE 1 of 10
12. In ANOVA procedure ‘Factor’ refers to
a) The dependent variable b) The independent variable
c) Different levels of a treatment d) The critical value of F

13. In the ANOVA ‘treatment’ refers to


a) Experimental units b) Different levels of a factor
c) a factor d) Applying antibiotic to a wound

14. When conducting an ANOVA , F DATA will always fall within what range?
a) Between 0 and infinity b) Between 0 and 1
c) Between negative infinity and infinity d) Between 1 and infinity

15. In one way ANOVA which of the following is used within F – ratio as a measurement of the
variance F individual observations
a) SSE b) MSE c) MSRT d) None of the above

16. In regression analysis, the variable that is being predicted is


a) The independent variable b) The dependent variable
c) Usually denoted by x d) Usually denoted by r

17. If the regression equation is equal to Y = 23.6 – 54.2x, then 23.6 is the ____ while – 54.2 is the
____ of the regression line.
a) Slope, intercept b) Slope, regression coefficient
c) Intercept , slope d) Radius, intercept

18. How many coefficients do you need to estimate in a simple linear regression model (one
independent variable).
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4

19. Which of the following is not the part of the exploratory factor analysis process
a) Extracting factors
b) Determining the number of factors before the analysis.
c) Rotating the factors d) Refining and interpreting the factors

20. If a researcher wanted to determine which variable were associated with which factors she/he
would look at
a) Factor scores b) Factor loadings c) Factor d) Factor associations

21. Which one among the following is the most comprehensive source of population data?
a) National sample surveys b) Demographic health surveys
c) National family health surveys d) Census

22. Which one is called non – probability sampling?


a) Cluster sampling b) Systematic sampling
c) Stratified sampling d) Quota sampling

23. Which scale is the simplest form of measurement


a) Interval b) Ratio c) Nominal d) Ordinal

24. Absolute zero exists in


a) Ratio scale b) Interval scale c) Nominal scale d) Ordinal scale
VER-B : EC/TE 2 of 10
25. Which data is cheaper to collect?
a) Primary data b) Collective data c) New data d) Secondary data

26. After the data has been processed and analysed, the research process requires
a) Interpretation of data b) Presentation of data
c) Reporting of data d) Testing of data

27. The process of marking segments of data with symbols, descriptive words or category names is
known as
a) Concurring b) Coding c) Coloring d) Segmentation

28. The most repeated value in the series is called as


a) Mean b) Mode c) Median d) Range

29. A study in statistics that helps to interpret the variability of data known as
a) Standard deviation b) The measure of central tendency
c) The measure of dispersion d) None of the above

30. For a frequency distribution of a variable X, mean = 32 and median = 30. The distribution is
a) Positive skewed b) Negatively skewed c) Mesokurtic d) Platykurtic

31. Research conducted to solve an immediate problem is


a) Fundamental Research b) Analytical Research
c) Action Research d) Survey

32. Research pertaining to pure mathematics or natural laws is the example of


a) Qualitative Research b) Empirical Research
c) Analytical Research d) Fundamental Research

33. Research to study the effect of certain Policies, Plans and Program is
a) Applied Research b) Descriptive Research
c) Evaluation Research d) Causal Research

34. The first step of Research process is


a) Research design b) Analysis of data
c) Review of literature d) Identification of research problem

35. Which of the following helps to compare two or more variables


a) Classification b) Tabulation c) Survey d) Literature review

36. Choose the best answer, which is the most reliable source of information for your literature
review :
a) A TV documentary b) A Newspaper article
c) A peer reviewed research article d) A relevant chapter from a text book

37. Which literature review involves time line based collection of literature review
a) Narrative method b) Systematic method
c) Meta – analysis method of literature review
d) Meta – synthesis method of literature review.

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38. Narrative literature review method is also known as
a) Advanced method b) Scientific method
c) Traditional method d) Systematic method.

39. A review of the literature should sort out the information into a _____framework
a) Conceptual b) Selective c) Theoretical d) Universal

40. The internet should not be used for finding published literature
a) True b) False

41. Which among the following is a probability sampling method?


a) Judgemental sampling b) Quota sampling
c) Simple random sampling d) Convenience sampling

42. The difference between a static and the parameters is called as


a) Non - random b) Probability c) Sampling error d) Random

43. Sampling error increases as we increases the sampling size


a) True b) False c) True to some extent d) None of the above

44. Population under research study is referred as


a) Standard Population b) Final Population
c) Infinite Population d) Target Population

45. The process of finding true but unknown value of population parameter is called as
a) Statistical inference b) Estimation
c) Guess d) Biased

46. Arrange the following steps in the process of hypothesis testing in proper sequence
A) Select the level of significance B) Setup null and alternative hypothesis
C) Establish the decision rule D) Performance computations
E) Select test statistics F) Draw conclusion
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
a) A, B, C, D, E, F b) A, B, E, D, C, F c) B, A, C, D, E, F d) B, A, E, C, D, F

47. Which among the following is non parametric statistics?


a) t - test b) F - test
c) 2 - test d) Spearman’s rank order correlation

48. Which test is normally applied for qualitative data :


a) ‘ t’ test b) ‘F’ test c) X2 Chi – square test d) ‘z’ test

49. An investigator commits Type – 1 error in testing hypothesis when he / she


a) Accepts null hypothesis when it is false b) Rejects null hypothesis when it is true
c) Accepts null hypothesis when it is true d) Rejects null hypothesis when it is false

50. If the critical region is located equally in both sides of the sampling distribution of test statistic,
the test is called
a) One tailed b) Two tailed c) Right tailed d) Left tailed

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PART – II
Discipline Oriented Section
(Electronics and Communication Engineering /
Telecommunication Engineering)
[50 MARKS]

51. ______ are the multiplier bits in Booth bit pair coding for multiplication of numbers –8  –8
a) –1 –2 1 b) 0 2 0 c) 1 1 0 d) 0 –2 0

52. ______ is the exponent value for representing 571.25 in IEEE single precision floating point
format.
a) 01001011 b) 10110101 c) 10001000 d) 10010001

53. In _______ approach the CPU repeatedly checks the status flag to achieve the required
synchronization between the processor and an input or output device.
a) I/O controlled I/O b) CPU controlled I/O
c) Program – Controlled I/O d) Program – Controlled CPU

54. What is the maximum addressing capacity of a microcomputer which uses 16 bit data bus and
32 bit address bus?
a) 16 MB b) 32 GB c) 8 GB d) 4 GB

55. The ionic feature of the RISC machine among the following is _______
a) Reduced number of addressing modes b) Increased memory size
c) Having a branch delay slot d) All of these

56. The Bus Interface unit of 8086 microprocessor contains instruction queue of how many bytes
size?
a) 8 b) 6 c) 4 d) 16

57. What is the address range of special function registers in 8051 microcontroller?
a) 80H to FFH b) 70H to 7FH
c) 80H to 8FH d) 00H to FFH

58. Number of I/O ports in 8051 microcontroller


a) 2 Ports b) 3 Ports
c) 4 Ports with one Port having 5 pins d) 4 Ports

59. In 8086 microprocessor, when overflow flag will set?


a) During only subtraction
b) Sum is more than 10 bits
c) Signed numbers go out of their range after an arithmetic operation
d) Carry and parity flags are set

The operation performed by the BIC instruction of ARM Processor is :


60. a) AND NOT b) Reverse Subtraction
c) Binary Invert d) BIT INVERT CARRY

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61. Assuming that m(t) = 10 sinc(104 t), what is the transmission band width of an FM modulated
signal with frequency deviation constant kf = 4000.
a) 90 kHz b) 82 kHz c) 72 kHz d) 92 kHz

62. Which of the following is a channelization protocol?


a) CSMA b) ALOHA c) Token passing d) CDMA

63. A pure ALOHA network transmits 200 bit frames on a shared channel of 200 kbps. What is
the throughput in %, if the system produces 1000 frames per second?
a) 36.8 b) 13.5 c) 30.3 d) 18.4

64. Consider the following statements :


1. When the amplitude response |H(f)| of the system is not constant with frequency inside the
frequency band of interest, the frequency component of the input signal are transmitted with
different amounts of gain or attenuation.
2. Constant delay is a requirement for distortionless transmission.
3. Constant phase shift causes signal distortion
Which of the above statements are true?
a) 1 only b) 1, 2 and 3 c) 1, 2 only d) 1 and 3

65. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using code given below the list.
List I List II
A Entropy coding 1 Mc Milan’s Rule
B Channel capacity 2 Redundancy
C Minimum length code 3 Shannon Fano
D Equivocation 4 Shannon’s law
A B C D A B C D
a) b)
1 2 3 4 3 4 1 2
A B C D A B C D
c) d)
1 4 3 2 3 2 1 4
66. Calculate the emf of a material having a flux linkage of 2t2 at time t = 1 sec
a) 2 b) 4 c) 8 d) 16

67. In a homogenous isotropic linear and stationary media, a plane electromagnetic wave has the
following characteristics
a) Both E and H are transverse b)  = 0
c) Both a and b d) Neither a or b
68. The transmitter power is 10 W. It is increased by an antenna gain of 30 dB. The effective
radiated power in watts is
a) 100 W b) 30 W c) 10,000 W d) 1000 W

69. What is the skin depth in copper at 10 GHz? Assuming conductivity of copper
 = 5.810 7 mhos/m and permeability equal to that of free space
a) 0.55 m b) 0.33 nm c) 0.44 nm d) 0.66 m

70. Calculate the numerical aperture of an optical fiber whose core and cladding are made of
materials of refractive index 1.6 and 1.5 respectively.
a) 0.55677 b) 55.77 c) 0.2458 d) 0.647852
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71. In an extrinsic Silicon, the Fermi levels for p and n type are:
a) at the same level
b) below conduction band for n-type and above valence bond for p-type
c) above conduction band for n-type and below valence band for -type
d) None of these

72. In a pn junction the diffusion current and drift current is constituted by


a) majority carriers and minority carriers respectively
b) majority carriers only
c) minority carriers
d) None of these

73. In a solar cell, the operation is based on:


a) Photovoltaic effect b) Photoelastic effect c) Piezoelectric effect d) Avalanche effect

74. An SCR combines the features of :


a) A rectifier and resistance b) A rectifier and transistor
c) A rectifier and capacitor d) None of these.

75. The diffusion of impurities is done on the _______ layer.


a) substrate layer b) second layer
c) SiO2 layer d) All of these

76. A periodic pulse train Vin of 10V amplitude with on-time T ON = 1 ms and off-time TOFF = 1 s
is applied to the circuit shown in the figure.

The difference between the maximum voltage and minimum voltage of the output waveform
V0 is _______ V.
a) 10 b) 5 c) 3 d) 3.5

77. The following symbol represents

a) Tunnel diode b) Varactor diode c) Zener diode d) Photo diode

78. Find the output voltage of the given network if E in = 6V and the zener breakdown voltage of
the zener diode is 10V.

a) 4 V b) 0 V c) 10 V d) 6 V

79. Which of the following BJT configuration has highest power gain?
a) Common collector b) Common Emitter
c) Common Base d) All configuration
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80. Find the approximate collector current in the given transistor circuit. Assume current gain
 = 100

a) 10 mA b) 1.25 mA c) ≃1 mA d) 11.5 mA
81. The current I in a circuit shown in figure using superposition theorem is

a) 375 mA b) 350 mA c) 1125 mA d) 625 mA

82. The Thevenin’s equivalent voltage and resistance for the circuit shown in Figure across
terminal ab is

a) 20 V 25  b) 30 V 25  c) 30 V 10  d) 10 V 10 

83. For the circuit shown in figure, if the switch is closed at t = 0 then the current i(0+) and voltage
across capacitor are :

a) 0 A 10 V b) 0 A 0 V c) 1 A 0 V d) 1 A 10 V

84. The resistance between terminals ab for the circuit shown in figure is

a) 30  b) 25  c) 28  d) 45 
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85. In a series RLC circuit, resonance condition the expression for resonant frequency fr and
Quality factor Q are :
1 1 L 1 1 R
a) f r  , Q b) f r  , Q
2 LC R C 2 LC L C
1 1
c) f r  , Q L d) f r  2 LC , Q  LCR
2LC R

86. The Fourier transform of a unit step function is given by


j 1 1
a) F( j)  b) F( j)  c) F( j)  d) F( j)  j
 j j  a

87. When the analog signal x(t) = 3 cos100t is sampled at the rate 75 Hz, the resulting discrete
time signal is
  2 
a) 3 cos 200t b) 3 cos n c) 3 cos n d) 3 cos75n
2  3 

88. Compute the convolution x(n)  h(n) given x(n) = [1, 2, 6] and h(n) = [2, 2, 1]
a) {1, 2, 2, 2, 6, 1} b) {1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 6}
c) {3, 4, 7} d) {2, 6, 17, 14, 6}

89. Given the 4-point DFT samples X(0) = 6; X(1) = –2 + j2 and X(2) = (–2) , find the 4-point
sequence x(n) , (can use FFT algorithms to compute faster)
a) {0, 1, 2, 3} b) {1, 2, 3, 4} c) {0, 2, 1, 3} d) {1, 2, 0, 3}

n n
90. 3  1
The ROC of the ZT of the signal x(n) =    u (  n  1)    u ( n ) is ________
4  3 
a) 3  | z |  1 b) | z |  1 c) 1  | z |  3 d) | z |  1
4 3 3 3 4 3
91. In the figure shown, if the number of XOR gates are odd, the final output Y is

a) 0 b) 1 c) X d) X
92. For the Karnaugh map shown in figure, the minimum number of essential prime implicants are

a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6
93. Choose the correct statement from the following :
a) PAL contains programmable OR array and fixed AND array
b) PLA contains programmable OR array and fixed AND array
c) PROM contains programmable AND array and fixed OR array
d) PAL contains programmable AND array and fixed OR array

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94. The figure shows a binary counter with synchronous clear input. With the logic shown the
counter works as a :

a) mod - 3 counter b) mod - 4 counter c) mod - 5 counter d) mod - 6 counter

95. The output Y of the circuit shown in figure is

a) A B  C b) (A+B) C c) ( A  B) C d) AB + C

96. Let Y(s) be unit step response of a casual system having a transfer function
3s G (s)
G(s) = that is Y (s)  . The forced response of the system is
(s  1)(s  3) s
a) U(t) – 2e–t + e–3t U(t) b) 2U(t) – 2e–t + e–3t U(t)
c) 2U(t) d) U(t)

97. A phase lag lead network introduces in the output


a) Lag at all frequencies
b) Lag at high frequencies and lead at low frequency
c) Lag at low frequency and lead at high frequency
d) None of these

98. The characteristic equation of a feedback system is s3 + ks2 + 5s + 10 = 0 , for a stable system
the value of k should not be less than
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4.5

99. Which one of the following statement is corrected?


Nichols chart is useful for detailed study of
a) Closed loop frequency response b) Open loop frequency response
c) Closed & Open loop frequency responses d) None of these

100. In Robotics Denavit-Hartenberg consists of _______ steps and ______ passes in its algorithm.
a) 16, 2 b) 12, 2 c) 12, 4 d) 10, 13

*****

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VTU-ETR Seat No. Question Paper Version : C

Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi


Eligibility Test for Research (VTU-ETR) Programmes
Ph.D./M.S. (Research) November – 2022
Electronics and Communication Engineering
/ Telecommunication Engineering
Time: 3 hrs. Max. Marks: 100

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES


1. Ensure that the question paper booklet issued to you is of your opted discipline.
2. If your name, ETR number, OMR No., branch and branch code are not already printed on
the OMR answer sheet, write them in clear handwriting in the space provided.
3. The question paper has 100 multiple choice questions. Each question carries one mark.
4. All the questions are compulsory.
5. Missing data, if any, may be suitably assumed.
6. There shall be no negative marking for wrong answers.
7. The examinees shall select the response which they want to mark/indicate on the response
sheet and shade/darken/blacken completely the inside area of the corresponding checkbox
bubble of circular or oval shape.
8. Candidates should use black ball point pen to shade the checkbox bubble so that it is fully
dark and the computer can detect without fail. Shading should be limited to the checkbox
bubble only.
9. Shading of multiple checkbox bubbles shall be treated as invalid answer.
10. Partial or incomplete shading/darkening of the bubble be avoided.
11. Use of whiteners/correction fluid to change the shaded/filled checkbox bubble to fill another
is prohibited.
12. Erasing of filled checkbox bubble/s to fill another is prohibited.
13. Any type of writing, scribbling etc., on the question paper and ticking the response of a
question/s are prohibited. Violation of this condition shall lead to disciplinary action like
debar from the examination. Also, the OMR answer sheet shall not be considered for
evaluation process.
14. Only non-programmable scientific calculator is permitted. Violation of this condition shall
lead to disciplinary action like debar from the examination. Also, the OMR answer sheet
shall not be considered for evaluation process.
15. Folding/crushing/mutilating of OMR sheet is not permitted.
16. Handover the OMR sheet to the Room Invigilator while leaving the examination hall.
PART – I
(Research Methodology)
[50 MARKS]
1. Which among the following is a probability sampling method?
a) Judgemental sampling b) Quota sampling
c) Simple random sampling d) Convenience sampling

2. The difference between a static and the parameters is called as


a) Non - random b) Probability c) Sampling error d) Random

3. Sampling error increases as we increases the sampling size


a) True b) False c) True to some extent d) None of the above

4. Population under research study is referred as


a) Standard Population b) Final Population
c) Infinite Population d) Target Population

5. The process of finding true but unknown value of population parameter is called as
a) Statistical inference b) Estimation
c) Guess d) Biased

6. Arrange the following steps in the process of hypothesis testing in proper sequence
A) Select the level of significance B) Setup null and alternative hypothesis
C) Establish the decision rule D) Performance computations
E) Select test statistics F) Draw conclusion
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
a) A, B, C, D, E, F b) A, B, E, D, C, F c) B, A, C, D, E, F d) B, A, E, C, D, F

7. Which among the following is non parametric statistics?


a) t - test b) F - test
c) 2 - test d) Spearman’s rank order correlation

8. Which test is normally applied for qualitative data :


a) ‘ t’ test b) ‘F’ test c) X2 Chi – square test d) ‘z’ test

9. An investigator commits Type – 1 error in testing hypothesis when he / she


a) Accepts null hypothesis when it is false b) Rejects null hypothesis when it is true
c) Accepts null hypothesis when it is true d) Rejects null hypothesis when it is false

10. If the critical region is located equally in both sides of the sampling distribution of test statistic,
the test is called
a) One tailed b) Two tailed c) Right tailed d) Left tailed

11. What is a complementary event for “At least one head appears” if two coins are tossed
simultaneously?
a) Exactly one head appears b) Atleast one tail appears
c) Atmost one tail appears d) None head appears

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12. A bag contains 7 Red and 4 Blue Balls. Two Balls are drawn at random with replacement. The
probability of getting the Balls of different colors is :
a) 28/121 b) 56/121 c) ½ d) None of the above

13. If two coins are tossed simultaneously, what is the probability of getting atleast one head?
a) 1/2 b) 1/3 c) 1/4 d) 3/4

14. What are Independent Events?


a) If the outcome of one event does not affect the outcome of another
b) If the outcome of one event affects the outcome of another
c) Any one of the outcome of one event does not affect the outcome of another.
d) Any one of the outcome of one event does affect the outcome of another

15. In class, 30% of students study Hindi, 45% study Maths and 15% study Both Hindi and Maths.
If a student is randomly selected, what is the probability that he/she study Hindi and Maths?
a) 1/5 b) 3/5 c) 2/5 d) 2/7

16. The normal distribution


a) Mean = Variance = 1 b) Standard deviation = Variance = 0
c) Mean = 0 , Variance = 1 d) Mean = Standard deviation

17. The shape of normal distribution curve


a) Bell shaped b) Flat c) Circular d) Spilled

18. In a Binomial distribution, if ‘n’ is the number of trials and ‘p’ is the probability success, then
the mean value is
a) np b) n c) p d) np (1-p)

19. If ‘m’ is the Poisson distribution, the standard deviation is


a) (sqrt{m}) b) m2 c) m d) m/2

20. The mean of hypergeometric distribution is


a) n* K / N-1 b) n* K-1 / N c) n-1* K / N d) n* K / N

21. What is the function of a post test in ANOVA


a) Describe those groups that have reliable difference between group means
b) Set the critical value for the ‘F’ test (or Chi – Square)
c) Determine if any statistically significant group differences have occurred
d) None of these

22. In ANOVA procedure ‘Factor’ refers to


a) The dependent variable b) The independent variable
c) Different levels of a treatment d) The critical value of F

23. In the ANOVA ‘treatment’ refers to


a) Experimental units b) Different levels of a factor
c) a factor d) Applying antibiotic to a wound

24. When conducting an ANOVA , F DATA will always fall within what range?
a) Between 0 and infinity b) Between 0 and 1
c) Between negative infinity and infinity d) Between 1 and infinity
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25. In one way ANOVA which of the following is used within F – ratio as a measurement of the
variance F individual observations
a) SSE b) MSE c) MSRT d) None of the above

26. In regression analysis, the variable that is being predicted is


a) The independent variable b) The dependent variable
c) Usually denoted by x d) Usually denoted by r

27. If the regression equation is equal to Y = 23.6 – 54.2x, then 23.6 is the ____ while – 54.2 is the
____ of the regression line.
a) Slope, intercept b) Slope, regression coefficient
c) Intercept , slope d) Radius, intercept

28. How many coefficients do you need to estimate in a simple linear regression model (one
independent variable).
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4

29. Which of the following is not the part of the exploratory factor analysis process
a) Extracting factors
b) Determining the number of factors before the analysis.
c) Rotating the factors d) Refining and interpreting the factors

30. If a researcher wanted to determine which variable were associated with which factors she/he
would look at
a) Factor scores b) Factor loadings c) Factor d) Factor associations

31. Which one among the following is the most comprehensive source of population data?
a) National sample surveys b) Demographic health surveys
c) National family health surveys d) Census

32. Which one is called non – probability sampling?


a) Cluster sampling b) Systematic sampling
c) Stratified sampling d) Quota sampling

33. Which scale is the simplest form of measurement


a) Interval b) Ratio c) Nominal d) Ordinal

34. Absolute zero exists in


a) Ratio scale b) Interval scale c) Nominal scale d) Ordinal scale

35. Which data is cheaper to collect?


a) Primary data b) Collective data c) New data d) Secondary data

36. After the data has been processed and analysed, the research process requires
a) Interpretation of data b) Presentation of data
c) Reporting of data d) Testing of data

37. The process of marking segments of data with symbols, descriptive words or category names is
known as
a) Concurring b) Coding c) Coloring d) Segmentation

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38. The most repeated value in the series is called as
a) Mean b) Mode c) Median d) Range

39. A study in statistics that helps to interpret the variability of data known as
a) Standard deviation b) The measure of central tendency
c) The measure of dispersion d) None of the above

40. For a frequency distribution of a variable X, mean = 32 and median = 30. The distribution is
a) Positive skewed b) Negatively skewed c) Mesokurtic d) Platykurtic

41. Research conducted to solve an immediate problem is


a) Fundamental Research b) Analytical Research
c) Action Research d) Survey

42. Research pertaining to pure mathematics or natural laws is the example of


a) Qualitative Research b) Empirical Research
c) Analytical Research d) Fundamental Research

43. Research to study the effect of certain Policies, Plans and Program is
a) Applied Research b) Descriptive Research
c) Evaluation Research d) Causal Research

44. The first step of Research process is


a) Research design b) Analysis of data
c) Review of literature d) Identification of research problem

45. Which of the following helps to compare two or more variables


a) Classification b) Tabulation c) Survey d) Literature review

46. Choose the best answer, which is the most reliable source of information for your literature
review :
a) A TV documentary b) A Newspaper article
c) A peer reviewed research article d) A relevant chapter from a text book

47. Which literature review involves time line based collection of literature review
a) Narrative method b) Systematic method
c) Meta – analysis method of literature review
d) Meta – synthesis method of literature review.

48. Narrative literature review method is also known as


a) Advanced method b) Scientific method
c) Traditional method d) Systematic method.

49. A review of the literature should sort out the information into a _____framework
a) Conceptual b) Selective c) Theoretical d) Universal

50. The internet should not be used for finding published literature
a) True b) False

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PART – II
Discipline Oriented Section
(Electronics and Communication Engineering /
Telecommunication Engineering)
[50 MARKS]
51. In the figure shown, if the number of XOR gates are odd, the final output Y is

a) 0 b) 1 c) X d) X
52. For the Karnaugh map shown in figure, the minimum number of essential prime implicants are

a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6
53. Choose the correct statement from the following :
a) PAL contains programmable OR array and fixed AND array
b) PLA contains programmable OR array and fixed AND array
c) PROM contains programmable AND array and fixed OR array
d) PAL contains programmable AND array and fixed OR array

54. The figure shows a binary counter with synchronous clear input. With the logic shown the
counter works as a :

a) mod - 3 counter b) mod - 4 counter c) mod - 5 counter d) mod - 6 counter


55. The output Y of the circuit shown in figure is

a) A B  C b) (A+B) C c) ( A  B) C d) AB + C
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56. Let Y(s) be unit step response of a casual system having a transfer function
3s G (s)
G(s) = that is Y (s)  . The forced response of the system is
(s  1)(s  3) s
a) U(t) – 2e–t + e–3t U(t) b) 2U(t) – 2e–t + e–3t U(t)
c) 2U(t) d) U(t)

57. A phase lag lead network introduces in the output


a) Lag at all frequencies
b) Lag at high frequencies and lead at low frequency
c) Lag at low frequency and lead at high frequency
d) None of these

58. The characteristic equation of a feedback system is s3 + ks2 + 5s + 10 = 0 , for a stable system
the value of k should not be less than
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4.5

59. Which one of the following statement is corrected?


Nichols chart is useful for detailed study of
a) Closed loop frequency response b) Open loop frequency response
c) Closed & Open loop frequency responses d) None of these

60. In Robotics Denavit-Hartenberg consists of _______ steps and ______ passes in its algorithm.
a) 16, 2 b) 12, 2 c) 12, 4 d) 10, 13

61. ______ are the multiplier bits in Booth bit pair coding for multiplication of numbers –8  –8
a) –1 –2 1 b) 0 2 0 c) 1 1 0 d) 0 –2 0

62. ______ is the exponent value for representing 571.25 in IEEE single precision floating point
format.
a) 01001011 b) 10110101 c) 10001000 d) 10010001

63. In _______ approach the CPU repeatedly checks the status flag to achieve the required
synchronization between the processor and an input or output device.
a) I/O controlled I/O b) CPU controlled I/O
c) Program – Controlled I/O d) Program – Controlled CPU

64. What is the maximum addressing capacity of a microcomputer which uses 16 bit data bus and
32 bit address bus?
a) 16 MB b) 32 GB c) 8 GB d) 4 GB

65. The ionic feature of the RISC machine among the following is _______
a) Reduced number of addressing modes b) Increased memory size
c) Having a branch delay slot d) All of these

66. The Bus Interface unit of 8086 microprocessor contains instruction queue of how many bytes
size?
a) 8 b) 6 c) 4 d) 16

67. What is the address range of special function registers in 8051 microcontroller?
a) 80H to FFH b) 70H to 7FH c) 80H to 8FH d) 00H to FFH

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68. Number of I/O ports in 8051 microcontroller
a) 2 Ports b) 3 Ports
c) 4 Ports with one Port having 5 pins d) 4 Ports

69. In 8086 microprocessor, when overflow flag will set?


a) During only subtraction
b) Sum is more than 10 bits
c) Signed numbers go out of their range after an arithmetic operation
d) Carry and parity flags are set

70. The operation performed by the BIC instruction of ARM Processor is :


a) AND NOT b) Reverse Subtraction
c) Binary Invert d) BIT INVERT CARRY

71. Assuming that m(t) = 10 sinc(104 t), what is the transmission band width of an FM modulated
signal with frequency deviation constant kf = 4000.
a) 90 kHz b) 82 kHz c) 72 kHz d) 92 kHz

72. Which of the following is a channelization protocol?


a) CSMA b) ALOHA c) Token passing d) CDMA

73. A pure ALOHA network transmits 200 bit frames on a shared channel of 200 kbps. What is
the throughput in %, if the system produces 1000 frames per second?
a) 36.8 b) 13.5 c) 30.3 d) 18.4

74. Consider the following statements :


1. When the amplitude response |H(f)| of the system is not constant with frequency inside the
frequency band of interest, the frequency component of the input signal are transmitted with
different amounts of gain or attenuation.
2. Constant delay is a requirement for distortionless transmission.
3. Constant phase shift causes signal distortion
Which of the above statements are true?
a) 1 only b) 1, 2 and 3 c) 1, 2 only d) 1 and 3

75. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using code given below the list.
List I List II
A Entropy coding 1 Mc Milan’s Rule
B Channel capacity 2 Redundancy
C Minimum length code 3 Shannon Fano
D Equivocation 4 Shannon’s law

A B C D A B C D
a) b)
1 2 3 4 3 4 1 2

A B C D A B C D
c) d)
1 4 3 2 3 2 1 4

76. Calculate the emf of a material having a flux linkage of 2t2 at time t = 1 sec
a) 2 b) 4 c) 8 d) 16

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77. In a homogenous isotropic linear and stationary media, a plane electromagnetic wave has the
following characteristics
a) Both E and H are transverse b)  = 0
c) Both a and b d) Neither a or b

78. The transmitter power is 10 W. It is increased by an antenna gain of 30 dB. The effective
radiated power in watts is
a) 100 W b) 30 W c) 10,000 W d) 1000 W

79. What is the skin depth in copper at 10 GHz? Assuming conductivity of copper
 = 5.810 7 mhos/m and permeability equal to that of free space
a) 0.55 m b) 0.33 nm c) 0.44 nm d) 0.66 m

80. Calculate the numerical aperture of an optical fiber whose core and cladding are made of
materials of refractive index 1.6 and 1.5 respectively.
a) 0.55677 b) 55.77 c) 0.2458 d) 0.647852

81. In an extrinsic Silicon, the Fermi levels for p and n type are:
a) at the same level
b) below conduction band for n-type and above valence bond for p-type
c) above conduction band for n-type and below valence band for -type
d) None of these

82. In a pn junction the diffusion current and drift current is constituted by


a) majority carriers and minority carriers respectively
b) majority carriers only
c) minority carriers
d) None of these

83. In a solar cell, the operation is based on:


a) Photovoltaic effect b) Photoelastic effect c) Piezoelectric effect d) Avalanche effect

84. An SCR combines the features of :


a) A rectifier and resistance b) A rectifier and transistor
c) A rectifier and capacitor d) None of these.

85. The diffusion of impurities is done on the _______ layer.


a) substrate layer b) second layer
c) SiO2 layer d) All of these

86. A periodic pulse train Vin of 10V amplitude with on-time T ON = 1 ms and off-time TOFF = 1 s
is applied to the circuit shown in the figure.

The difference between the maximum voltage and minimum voltage of the output waveform
V0 is _______ V.
a) 10 b) 5 c) 3 d) 3.5

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87. The following symbol represents

a) Tunnel diode b) Varactor diode c) Zener diode d) Photo diode

88. Find the output voltage of the given network if E in = 6V and the zener breakdown voltage of
the zener diode is 10V.

a) 4 V b) 0 V c) 10 V d) 6 V

89. Which of the following BJT configuration has highest power gain?
a) Common collector b) Common Emitter
c) Common Base d) All configuration

90. Find the approximate collector current in the given transistor circuit. Assume current gain
 = 100

a) 10 mA b) 1.25 mA c) ≃1 mA d) 11.5 mA

91. The current I in a circuit shown in figure using superposition theorem is

a) 375 mA b) 350 mA c) 1125 mA d) 625 mA

92. The Thevenin’s equivalent voltage and resistance for the circuit shown in Figure across
terminal ab is

a) 20 V 25  b) 30 V 25  c) 30 V 10  d) 10 V 10 

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93. For the circuit shown in figure, if the switch is closed at t = 0 then the current i(0+) and voltage
across capacitor are :

a) 0 A 10 V b) 0 A 0 V c) 1 A 0 V d) 1 A 10 V
94. The resistance between terminals ab for the circuit shown in figure is

a) 30  b) 25  c) 28  d) 45 
95. In a series RLC circuit, resonance condition the expression for resonant frequency fr and
Quality factor Q are :
1 1 L 1 1 R
a) f r  , Q b) f r  , Q
2 LC R C 2 LC L C
1 1
c) f r  , Q L d) f r  2 LC , Q  LCR
2LC R

96. The Fourier transform of a unit step function is given by


j 1 1
a) F( j)  b) F( j)  c) F( j)  d) F( j)  j
 j j  a

97. When the analog signal x(t) = 3 cos100t is sampled at the rate 75 Hz, the resulting discrete
time signal is
  2 
a) 3 cos 200t b) 3 cos n c) 3 cos n d) 3 cos75n
2  3 
98. Compute the convolution x(n)  h(n) given x(n) = [1, 2, 6] and h(n) = [2, 2, 1]
a) {1, 2, 2, 2, 6, 1} b) {1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 6}
c) {3, 4, 7} d) {2, 6, 17, 14, 6}
99. Given the 4-point DFT samples X(0) = 6; X(1) = –2 + j2 and X(2) = (–2) , find the 4-point
sequence x(n) , (can use FFT algorithms to compute faster)
a) {0, 1, 2, 3} b) {1, 2, 3, 4} c) {0, 2, 1, 3} d) {1, 2, 0, 3}

n n
100. The ROC of the ZT of the signal x(n) =   3  u ( n  1)    1  u ( n ) is ________
4  3 
a) 3  | z |  1 b) | z |  1 c) 1  | z |  3 d) | z |  1
4 3 3 3 4 3
*****
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VTU-ETR Seat No. Question Paper Version : D

Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi


Eligibility Test for Research (VTU-ETR) Programmes
Ph.D./M.S. (Research) November – 2022
Electronics and Communication Engineering
/ Telecommunication Engineering
Time: 3 hrs. Max. Marks: 100

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES


1. Ensure that the question paper booklet issued to you is of your opted discipline.
2. If your name, ETR number, OMR No., branch and branch code are not already printed on
the OMR answer sheet, write them in clear handwriting in the space provided.
3. The question paper has 100 multiple choice questions. Each question carries one mark.
4. All the questions are compulsory.
5. Missing data, if any, may be suitably assumed.
6. There shall be no negative marking for wrong answers.
7. The examinees shall select the response which they want to mark/indicate on the response
sheet and shade/darken/blacken completely the inside area of the corresponding checkbox
bubble of circular or oval shape.
8. Candidates should use black ball point pen to shade the checkbox bubble so that it is fully
dark and the computer can detect without fail. Shading should be limited to the checkbox
bubble only.
9. Shading of multiple checkbox bubbles shall be treated as invalid answer.
10. Partial or incomplete shading/darkening of the bubble be avoided.
11. Use of whiteners/correction fluid to change the shaded/filled checkbox bubble to fill another
is prohibited.
12. Erasing of filled checkbox bubble/s to fill another is prohibited.
13. Any type of writing, scribbling etc., on the question paper and ticking the response of a
question/s are prohibited. Violation of this condition shall lead to disciplinary action like
debar from the examination. Also, the OMR answer sheet shall not be considered for
evaluation process.
14. Only non-programmable scientific calculator is permitted. Violation of this condition shall
lead to disciplinary action like debar from the examination. Also, the OMR answer sheet
shall not be considered for evaluation process.
15. Folding/crushing/mutilating of OMR sheet is not permitted.
16. Handover the OMR sheet to the Room Invigilator while leaving the examination hall.
PART – I
(Research Methodology)
[50 MARKS]
1. What is the function of a post test in ANOVA
a) Describe those groups that have reliable difference between group means
b) Set the critical value for the ‘F’ test (or Chi – Square)
c) Determine if any statistically significant group differences have occurred
d) None of these

2. In ANOVA procedure ‘Factor’ refers to


a) The dependent variable b) The independent variable
c) Different levels of a treatment d) The critical value of F

3. In the ANOVA ‘treatment’ refers to


a) Experimental units b) Different levels of a factor
c) a factor d) Applying antibiotic to a wound

4. When conducting an ANOVA , F DATA will always fall within what range?
a) Between 0 and infinity b) Between 0 and 1
c) Between negative infinity and infinity d) Between 1 and infinity

5. In one way ANOVA which of the following is used within F – ratio as a measurement of the
variance F individual observations
a) SSE b) MSE c) MSRT d) None of the above

6. In regression analysis, the variable that is being predicted is


a) The independent variable b) The dependent variable
c) Usually denoted by x d) Usually denoted by r

7. If the regression equation is equal to Y = 23.6 – 54.2x, then 23.6 is the ____ while – 54.2 is the
____ of the regression line.
a) Slope, intercept b) Slope, regression coefficient
c) Intercept , slope d) Radius, intercept

8. How many coefficients do you need to estimate in a simple linear regression model (one
independent variable).
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4

9. Which of the following is not the part of the exploratory factor analysis process
a) Extracting factors
b) Determining the number of factors before the analysis.
c) Rotating the factors d) Refining and interpreting the factors

10. If a researcher wanted to determine which variable were associated with which factors she/he
would look at
a) Factor scores b) Factor loadings c) Factor d) Factor associations

11. Research conducted to solve an immediate problem is


a) Fundamental Research b) Analytical Research
c) Action Research d) Survey
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12. Research pertaining to pure mathematics or natural laws is the example of
a) Qualitative Research b) Empirical Research
c) Analytical Research d) Fundamental Research

13. Research to study the effect of certain Policies, Plans and Program is
a) Applied Research b) Descriptive Research
c) Evaluation Research d) Causal Research

14. The first step of Research process is


a) Research design b) Analysis of data
c) Review of literature d) Identification of research problem

15. Which of the following helps to compare two or more variables


a) Classification b) Tabulation c) Survey d) Literature review

16. Choose the best answer, which is the most reliable source of information for your literature
review :
a) A TV documentary b) A Newspaper article
c) A peer reviewed research article d) A relevant chapter from a text book

17. Which literature review involves time line based collection of literature review
a) Narrative method b) Systematic method
c) Meta – analysis method of literature review
d) Meta – synthesis method of literature review.

18. Narrative literature review method is also known as


a) Advanced method b) Scientific method
c) Traditional method d) Systematic method.

19. A review of the literature should sort out the information into a _____framework
a) Conceptual b) Selective c) Theoretical d) Universal

20. The internet should not be used for finding published literature
a) True b) False

21. What is a complementary event for “At least one head appears” if two coins are tossed
simultaneously?
a) Exactly one head appears b) Atleast one tail appears
c) Atmost one tail appears d) None head appears

22. A bag contains 7 Red and 4 Blue Balls. Two Balls are drawn at random with replacement. The
probability of getting the Balls of different colors is :
a) 28/121 b) 56/121 c) ½ d) None of the above

23. If two coins are tossed simultaneously, what is the probability of getting atleast one head?
a) 1/2 b) 1/3 c) 1/4 d) 3/4

24. What are Independent Events?


a) If the outcome of one event does not affect the outcome of another
b) If the outcome of one event affects the outcome of another
c) Any one of the outcome of one event does not affect the outcome of another.
d) Any one of the outcome of one event does affect the outcome of another
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25. In class, 30% of students study Hindi, 45% study Maths and 15% study Both Hindi and Maths.
If a student is randomly selected, what is the probability that he/she study Hindi and Maths?
a) 1/5 b) 3/5 c) 2/5 d) 2/7

26. The normal distribution


a) Mean = Variance = 1 b) Standard deviation = Variance = 0
c) Mean = 0 , Variance = 1 d) Mean = Standard deviation

27. The shape of normal distribution curve


a) Bell shaped b) Flat c) Circular d) Spilled

28. In a Binomial distribution, if ‘n’ is the number of trials and ‘p’ is the probability success, then
the mean value is
a) np b) n c) p d) np (1-p)

29. If ‘m’ is the Poisson distribution, the standard deviation is


a) (sqrt{m}) b) m2 c) m d) m/2

30. The mean of hypergeometric distribution is


a) n* K / N-1 b) n* K-1 / N c) n-1* K / N d) n* K / N

31. Which among the following is a probability sampling method?


a) Judgemental sampling b) Quota sampling
c) Simple random sampling d) Convenience sampling

32. The difference between a static and the parameters is called as


a) Non - random b) Probability c) Sampling error d) Random

33. Sampling error increases as we increases the sampling size


a) True b) False c) True to some extent d) None of the above

34. Population under research study is referred as


a) Standard Population b) Final Population
c) Infinite Population d) Target Population

35. The process of finding true but unknown value of population parameter is called as
a) Statistical inference b) Estimation
c) Guess d) Biased

36. Arrange the following steps in the process of hypothesis testing in proper sequence
A) Select the level of significance B) Setup null and alternative hypothesis
C) Establish the decision rule D) Performance computations
E) Select test statistics F) Draw conclusion
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
a) A, B, C, D, E, F b) A, B, E, D, C, F c) B, A, C, D, E, F d) B, A, E, C, D, F

37. Which among the following is non parametric statistics?


a) t - test b) F - test
c) 2 - test d) Spearman’s rank order correlation

38. Which test is normally applied for qualitative data :


a) ‘ t’ test b) ‘F’ test c) X2 Chi – square test d) ‘z’ test
VER-D : EC/TE 3 of 10
39. An investigator commits Type – 1 error in testing hypothesis when he / she
a) Accepts null hypothesis when it is false b) Rejects null hypothesis when it is true
c) Accepts null hypothesis when it is true d) Rejects null hypothesis when it is false

40. If the critical region is located equally in both sides of the sampling distribution of test statistic,
the test is called
a) One tailed b) Two tailed c) Right tailed d) Left tailed

41. Which one among the following is the most comprehensive source of population data?
a) National sample surveys b) Demographic health surveys
c) National family health surveys d) Census

42. Which one is called non – probability sampling?


a) Cluster sampling b) Systematic sampling
c) Stratified sampling d) Quota sampling

43. Which scale is the simplest form of measurement


a) Interval b) Ratio c) Nominal d) Ordinal

44. Absolute zero exists in


a) Ratio scale b) Interval scale c) Nominal scale d) Ordinal scale

45. Which data is cheaper to collect?


a) Primary data b) Collective data c) New data d) Secondary data

46. After the data has been processed and analysed, the research process requires
a) Interpretation of data b) Presentation of data
c) Reporting of data d) Testing of data

47. The process of marking segments of data with symbols, descriptive words or category names is
known as
a) Concurring b) Coding c) Coloring d) Segmentation

48. The most repeated value in the series is called as


a) Mean b) Mode c) Median d) Range

49. A study in statistics that helps to interpret the variability of data known as
a) Standard deviation b) The measure of central tendency
c) The measure of dispersion d) None of the above

50. For a frequency distribution of a variable X, mean = 32 and median = 30. The distribution is
a) Positive skewed b) Negatively skewed c) Mesokurtic d) Platykurtic

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PART – II
Discipline Oriented Section
(Electronics and Communication Engineering /
Telecommunication Engineering)
[50 MARKS]

51. Assuming that m(t) = 10 sinc(104 t), what is the transmission band width of an FM modulated
signal with frequency deviation constant kf = 4000.
a) 90 kHz b) 82 kHz c) 72 kHz d) 92 kHz

52. Which of the following is a channelization protocol?


a) CSMA b) ALOHA c) Token passing d) CDMA

53. A pure ALOHA network transmits 200 bit frames on a shared channel of 200 kbps. What is
the throughput in %, if the system produces 1000 frames per second?
a) 36.8 b) 13.5 c) 30.3 d) 18.4

54. Consider the following statements :


1. When the amplitude response |H(f)| of the system is not constant with frequency inside the
frequency band of interest, the frequency component of the input signal are transmitted with
different amounts of gain or attenuation.
2. Constant delay is a requirement for distortionless transmission.
3. Constant phase shift causes signal distortion
Which of the above statements are true?
a) 1 only b) 1, 2 and 3 c) 1, 2 only d) 1 and 3

55. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using code given below the list.
List I List II
A Entropy coding 1 Mc Milan’s Rule
B Channel capacity 2 Redundancy
C Minimum length code 3 Shannon Fano
D Equivocation 4 Shannon’s law

A B C D A B C D
a) b)
1 2 3 4 3 4 1 2
A B C D A B C D
c) d)
1 4 3 2 3 2 1 4

56. Calculate the emf of a material having a flux linkage of 2t2 at time t = 1 sec
a) 2 b) 4 c) 8 d) 16

57. In a homogenous isotropic linear and stationary media, a plane electromagnetic wave has the
following characteristics
a) Both E and H are transverse b)  = 0
c) Both a and b d) Neither a or b

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58. The transmitter power is 10 W. It is increased by an antenna gain of 30 dB. The effective
radiated power in watts is
a) 100 W b) 30 W c) 10,000 W d) 1000 W

59. What is the skin depth in copper at 10 GHz? Assuming conductivity of copper
 = 5.810 7 mhos/m and permeability equal to that of free space
a) 0.55 m b) 0.33 nm c) 0.44 nm d) 0.66 m

60. Calculate the numerical aperture of an optical fiber whose core and cladding are made of
materials of refractive index 1.6 and 1.5 respectively.
a) 0.55677 b) 55.77 c) 0.2458 d) 0.647852

61. The current I in a circuit shown in figure using superposition theorem is

a) 375 mA b) 350 mA c) 1125 mA d) 625 mA

62. The Thevenin’s equivalent voltage and resistance for the circuit shown in Figure across
terminal ab is

a) 20 V 25  b) 30 V 25  c) 30 V 10  d) 10 V 10 

63. For the circuit shown in figure, if the switch is closed at t = 0 then the current i(0+) and voltage
across capacitor are :

a) 0 A 10 V b) 0 A 0 V c) 1 A 0 V d) 1 A 10 V

64. The resistance between terminals ab for the circuit shown in figure is

a) 30  b) 25  c) 28  d) 45 
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65. In a series RLC circuit, resonance condition the expression for resonant frequency fr and
Quality factor Q are :
1 1 L 1 1 R
a) f r  , Q b) f r  , Q
2 LC R C 2 LC L C
1 1
c) f r  , Q L d) f r  2 LC , Q  LCR
2LC R

66. The Fourier transform of a unit step function is given by


j 1 1
a) F( j)  b) F( j)  c) F( j)  d) F( j)  j
 j j  a

67. When the analog signal x(t) = 3 cos100t is sampled at the rate 75 Hz, the resulting discrete
time signal is
  2 
a) 3 cos 200t b) 3 cos n c) 3 cos n d) 3 cos75n
2  3 

68. Compute the convolution x(n)  h(n) given x(n) = [1, 2, 6] and h(n) = [2, 2, 1]
a) {1, 2, 2, 2, 6, 1} b) {1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 6}
c) {3, 4, 7} d) {2, 6, 17, 14, 6}

69. Given the 4-point DFT samples X(0) = 6; X(1) = –2 + j2 and X(2) = (–2) , find the 4-point
sequence x(n) , (can use FFT algorithms to compute faster)
a) {0, 1, 2, 3} b) {1, 2, 3, 4}
c) {0, 2, 1, 3} d) {1, 2, 0, 3}

n n
70. 3  1
The ROC of the ZT of the signal x(n) =    u ( n  1)    u ( n ) is ________
4  3 
a) 3  | z |  1 b) | z |  1 c) 1  | z |  3 d) | z |  1
4 3 3 3 4 3

71. ______ are the multiplier bits in Booth bit pair coding for multiplication of numbers –8  –8
a) –1 –2 1 b) 0 2 0 c) 1 1 0 d) 0 –2 0

72. ______ is the exponent value for representing 571.25 in IEEE single precision floating point
format.
a) 01001011 b) 10110101 c) 10001000 d) 10010001

73. In _______ approach the CPU repeatedly checks the status flag to achieve the required
synchronization between the processor and an input or output device.
a) I/O controlled I/O b) CPU controlled I/O
c) Program – Controlled I/O d) Program – Controlled CPU

74. What is the maximum addressing capacity of a microcomputer which uses 16 bit data bus and
32 bit address bus?
a) 16 MB b) 32 GB c) 8 GB d) 4 GB

75. The ionic feature of the RISC machine among the following is _______
a) Reduced number of addressing modes b) Increased memory size
c) Having a branch delay slot d) All of these

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76. The Bus Interface unit of 8086 microprocessor contains instruction queue of how many bytes
size?
a) 8 b) 6 c) 4 d) 16

77. What is the address range of special function registers in 8051 microcontroller?
a) 80H to FFH b) 70H to 7FH c) 80H to 8FH d) 00H to FFH

78. Number of I/O ports in 8051 microcontroller


a) 2 Ports b) 3 Ports
c) 4 Ports with one Port having 5 pins d) 4 Ports

79. In 8086 microprocessor, when overflow flag will set?


a) During only subtraction
b) Sum is more than 10 bits
c) Signed numbers go out of their range after an arithmetic operation
d) Carry and parity flags are set

80. The operation performed by the BIC instruction of ARM Processor is :


a) AND NOT b) Reverse Subtraction
c) Binary Invert d) BIT INVERT CARRY

81. In the figure shown, if the number of XOR gates are odd, the final output Y is

a) 0 b) 1 c) X d) X
82. For the Karnaugh map shown in figure, the minimum number of essential prime implicants are

a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6
83. Choose the correct statement from the following :
a) PAL contains programmable OR array and fixed AND array
b) PLA contains programmable OR array and fixed AND array
c) PROM contains programmable AND array and fixed OR array
d) PAL contains programmable AND array and fixed OR array

84. The figure shows a binary counter with synchronous clear input. With the logic shown the
counter works as a :

a) mod - 3 counter b) mod - 4 counter c) mod - 5 counter d) mod - 6 counter


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85. The output Y of the circuit shown in figure is

a) A B  C b) (A+B) C c) ( A  B) C d) AB + C

86. Let Y(s) be unit step response of a casual system having a transfer function
3s G (s)
G(s) = that is Y (s)  . The forced response of the system is
(s  1)(s  3) s
a) U(t) – 2e–t + e–3t U(t) b) 2U(t) – 2e–t + e–3t U(t)
c) 2U(t) d) U(t)

87. A phase lag lead network introduces in the output


a) Lag at all frequencies
b) Lag at high frequencies and lead at low frequency
c) Lag at low frequency and lead at high frequency
d) None of these

88. The characteristic equation of a feedback system is s3 + ks2 + 5s + 10 = 0 , for a stable system
the value of k should not be less than
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4.5

89. Which one of the following statement is corrected?


Nichols chart is useful for detailed study of
a) Closed loop frequency response b) Open loop frequency response
c) Closed & Open loop frequency responses d) None of these

90. In Robotics Denavit-Hartenberg consists of _______ steps and ______ passes in its algorithm.
a) 16, 2 b) 12, 2 c) 12, 4 d) 10, 13

91. In an extrinsic Silicon, the Fermi levels for p and n type are:
a) at the same level
b) below conduction band for n-type and above valence bond for p-type
c) above conduction band for n-type and below valence band for -type
d) None of these

92. In a pn junction the diffusion current and drift current is constituted by


a) majority carriers and minority carriers respectively
b) majority carriers only
c) minority carriers
d) None of these

93. In a solar cell, the operation is based on:


a) Photovoltaic effect b) Photoelastic effect c) Piezoelectric effect d) Avalanche effect
VER-D : EC/TE 9 of 10
94. An SCR combines the features of :
a) A rectifier and resistance b) A rectifier and transistor
c) A rectifier and capacitor d) None of these.

95. The diffusion of impurities is done on the _______ layer.


a) substrate layer b) second layer
c) SiO2 layer d) All of these

96. A periodic pulse train Vin of 10V amplitude with on-time T ON = 1 ms and off-time TOFF = 1 s
is applied to the circuit shown in the figure.

The difference between the maximum voltage and minimum voltage of the output waveform
V0 is _______ V.
a) 10 b) 5 c) 3 d) 3.5

97. The following symbol represents

a) Tunnel diode b) Varactor diode c) Zener diode d) Photo diode

98. Find the output voltage of the given network if E in = 6V and the zener breakdown voltage of
the zener diode is 10V.

a) 4 V b) 0 V c) 10 V d) 6 V

99. Which of the following BJT configuration has highest power gain?
a) Common collector b) Common Emitter
c) Common Base d) All configuration

100. Find the approximate collector current in the given transistor circuit. Assume current gain
 = 100

a) 10 mA b) 1.25 mA c) ≃1 mA d) 11.5 mA
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