II Semester : B.Sc.

Honours - Electronics (Major)

(with effect from 2023-24 admitted batch)

FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRONICS .

QUESTION BANK
Unit - I
1) How does Coulomb's law describe the interaction between electric charges?
2) Explain the concept of electric field and how it is related to electric intensity and potential?
3) What is the electric intensity and potential inside a charged conducting sphere?
4) Explain the concept of an electric dipole and its dipole moment?
5) What is Gauss's law in electrostatics and how is it applied to a uniformly charged solid sphere?

Unit - II
1) What is the definition of capacitance and what is the unit used to measure it?
2) Explain the concept of force of attraction between the plates of a charged parallel plate capacitor?
3) Explain the significance of capacitors in series and parallel configurations in a circuit?
4) What is Kelvin's attracted disc electrometer used for in relation to capacitors?
5) Discuss the working principle and applications of various capacitors in electronic circuits?

Unit - III
1) How does the Carey-Foster Bridge help in determining specific resistance?
2) What is the principle behind the calibration of low and high range voltmeters?
3) How the specific resistance of a material is determined using a potentiometer?
4) Explain the working principle of a moving coil ballistic galvanometer.
5) What is Biot-Savart's law and how is it related to the magnetic effect of current?

Unit - IV
1) Explain the construction and characteristics of PN Junction diode?
2) Explain the concept of half-wave and full-wave rectifiers in terms of efficiency and ripple factor?
3) Explain the working principle of a bridge rectifier and its significance in diode circuits?
4) Describe the functions of clipper and clamper circuits in diode applications?
5) How differentiators and integrators are implemented using resistors and capacitors in electronic
circuits?

Unit - V
1) How do the characteristics of a transistor differ when operating in the common-base (CB) and
common-emitter (CE) modes?
2) Explain the operation and advantages of an RC coupled single-stage amplifier?
3) How do Thevenin's and Norton's theorems contribute to the analysis of transistor circuits?
4) What are h-parameters in transistor circuits and how are they used in analyzing transistor behavior?
5) How are basic logic gates like AND, OR, and NOT constructed using diodes and transistors in
electronic circuits?
6) How does a transistor function as an amplifier in electronic circuits?