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GENERAL APTITUDE
Q. No. 1 to 5 Carry One Mark Each

1. Which one of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word given below?
Latitude
(A) Eligibility (B) Freedom (C) Coercion (D) Meticulousness
Answer: (B)

2. One of the parts (A, B, C, D) in the sentence given below contains an ERROR. Which one the
following is INCORRECT?
I requested that he should be given the driving test today instead of tomorrow.
(A) requested that (B) should be given
(C) the driving test (D) instead of tomorrow
Answer: (B)

If 1.001  3.52and 1.001  7.85, then 1.001 

1259 2062 3321
3.
(A) 2.23 (B) 4.23 (C) 11.37 (D) 27.64
Answer: (D)

4. Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the following
sentence:
If the tried soldier wanted to lie down, he _________ the mattress out on the balcony
(A) should take (B) shall take
(C) should have taken (D) will have taken
. Answer: (C)

5. Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following sentence:
Given the seriousness of the situation that he had to face, his __ was impressive.
(A) beggary (B) nomenclature (C) jealousy (D) nonchalance
Answer: (D)

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Q. No. 6 to 10 Carry Two Marks Each

6. The data given in the following table summarizes the monthly budget of an average household.
Category Amount (Rs)
Food 4000
Clothing 1200
Rent 2000
Savings 1500
Other expenses 1800
The approximate percentage of the monthly budget NOT spent on saving is
(A) 10% (B) 14% (C) 81% (D) 86%
Answer: (D)

7. A and B are friends. They decide to meet between 1 PM and 2 PM on a given day. There is a condition
that whoever arrives first will not wait for the other for more than 15 minutes. The probability that they
will meet on that day is
(A) 1/4 (B) 1/16 (C) 7/16 (D) 9/16
Answer: (C)

8. One of the legacies of the Roman legions was discipline. In the legions, military law prevailed and
discipline was brustal. Discipline on the battlefield kept units obedient, intact and fighting, even when
the odds and conditions were against them.
Which one of the following statements best sums up the meaning of the above passage?
(A) Through regimentation was the main reason for the efficiency of the Roman legions even in adverse
circumstances
(B) The legions were treated inhumanly as if the men were animals
(C) Discipline was the armies’ inheritance from their seniors
(D) The harsh discipline to which the legions were subjected to led to the odds and conditions being
against them.
Answer: (A)

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9. Raju has 14 currency notes in his pocket consisting of only Rs.20 notes and Rs. 10 notes. The total
money value of the notes is Rs.230. The number of Rs. 10 notes that Raju has is
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 9 (D) 10
Answer: (A)

10. There are eight bags of rice looking alike, seven of which have equal weight and one is slightly heavier.
The weighting balance is of unimited capacity. Using this balance, the minimum number of weighings
required to identify the heavier bag is
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (4) 8
Answer: (A)

ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING

Q. No. 1 – 25 Carry One Mark Each

1. Two independent random variables X and Y are uniformly distributed in the interval [-1, 1]. The
probability that max [X, Y] is less than ½ is
(A) 3/4 (B) 9/16 (C) 1/4 (D) 2/3
Answer: (B)

2. If x  1, then the value of x x is

(A) e/2 (B) e /2 (C) x (D) 1

Answer: (A)

1 2
3. Given f  z    . If C is a counterclock wise path in the z-plane such that z  1  1, the value of
z 1 z  3
1
 C f  z  dzis
2j 
(A) –2 (B) –1 (C) 1 (D) 2
Answer: (C)

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4. In the circuit shown above, current through the inductor is

j1
1
10A
10V
10V
 ~  
~ 
10A

 j1 1

2 1 1
(A) A (B) A (C) A (D) 0A
1 j 1 j 1 j
Answer: (C)

5. The impedance looking into modes 1 and 2 in the given circuit is

ib
1k 99 i b

1
9k 100
2

(A) 50 (B) 100 (C) 5 (D) 10.1k

Answer: (A)

6. A system with transfer function

G s 
s 2
 9 s  2
 s  1 s  3  s  4 

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is excited by sin  t  . The steady-state output of the system is zero at

(A)   1rad / s (B)   2rad / s (C)   3rad / s (D)   4rad / s

Answer: (C)

7. In the sum of product function f(X, Y, Z)  (2,3, 4,5) , the prime implicates are

(A) XY, XY (B) XY, XYZ, XYZ

(C) XYZ, XYZ, XY (D) XYZ, XYZ, XYZ, XYZ
Answer: (A)

8. If x[n] = (1/3)|n| - (1/2)n u[n], then the region of convergence (ROC) of its Z-transform in the Z-plane will
be
1 1 1 1 1
(A)  z 3 (B)  z (C)  z 3 (D)  z
3 3 2 2 3
Answer: (C)

9. The radiation pattern of an antenna in spherical co-ordinates is given by

F   cos4 ; 0     / 2
The directivity of the antenna is
(A) 10dB (B) 12.6dB (C) 11.5dB (D) 18 dB
Answer: (A)

10. A coaxial cable with an inner diameter of 1mm and outer diameter of 2.4 mm is filled with a dielectric
109
of relative permittvity 10.89. Given 0  4  107 H / m, 0  F / m, the characteristic impedance
36
of the cable is
(A) 330 (B) 100 (C) 143.3 (D) 43.4
Answer: (B)

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11. A source alphabet consists of N symbols with the probability of the first two symbols being the same. A
source encoder increases the probability of the first symbol by a small amount  and decreases that of
the second by . After encoding, the entropy of the source
(A) increases (B) remains the same
(C) increases only if N = 2 (D) decreases
Answer: (D)

12. The diodes and capacitors in the circuit shown are ideal. The voltage V(t) across the diode D1 is

C1 D2
vt


cos  t  D1 C2


(A) cos  t   1 (B) sin  t  (C) 1  cos  t  (D) 1  sin  t 

Answer: (C)

13. In the circuit shown

5Volts

A
C
B
Y
C

A B

(A) Y  A B  C (B) Y   A  B c (C) Y  A  B C   (D) Y  AB  C

Answer: (A)

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dx
14. With initial condition x(1) = 0.5, the solution of the differential equation, t  x  t is
dt
1 1 t2 t
(A) x  t  (B) x  t 2  (C) x  (D) x 
2 2 2 2
Answer: (D)

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15. The unilateral Laplace transform of f(t) is . The unilateral Laplace transform of tf(t) is
s  s 1
2

s 2s  1 s 2s  1
(A)  (B)  (C) (D)
s  s  1 s  s  1 s  s  1 s  s  1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Answer: (D)

16. The average power delivered to an impedance  4  j3  by a current 5cos 100t  100 A is
(A) 44.2W (B) 50W (C) 62.5W (D) 125W
Answer: (B)

17. In the following figure, C1 and C2 are ideal capacitors. C1 has been charged to 12 In the following figure,
C1 and C2 are ideal capacitors. C1 has been charged to 12V before the ideal switch S is closed at t = 0.
The current i(t) for all t is

S t 0

C1 C2

it

(A) zero (B) a step function

(C) an exponentially decaying function (D) an impulse function
Answer: (D)

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18. The i-v characteristics of the diode in the circuit given below are
 v  0.7
 A, v  0.7V
i   500
 0A, v  0.7V
The current in the circuit is
1k
i
 
10V v
 

(A) 10mA (B) 9.3mA (C) 6.67mA (D) 6.2mA

Answer: (D)

19. The output Y of a 2-bit comparator is logic 1 whenever the 2-bit input A is greater than the 2-bit input B.
The number of combination for which the output is logic 1, is
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 10
Answer: (B)

20. Consider the given circuit

CLK

In this circuit, the race around

(A) Does not occur (B) occurs when CLK = 0
(C) occurs when CLK = 1 and A = B = 1 (D) occurs when CLK = 1 and A = B = 0
Answer: (A)

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21. The electric field of a uniform plane electromagnetic wave in free space, along the positive x direction,

is given by E  10  aˆ y  jaˆ z  e j25x . The frequency and polarization of the wave, respectively, are

(A) 1.2 GHz and left circular (B) 4 Hz and left circular
(C) 1.2 GHz and right circular (D) 4 Hz and right circular
Answer: (A)


22. A plane wave propagating in air with E  8aˆ x  6aˆ y  5aˆ z  e jt 3x 4y V / m is incident on a perfectly

conducting slab positioned at x  0 . The E field of the reflected wave is

(A)  8aˆ x  6aˆ y  5aˆ z  e jt 3x 4y V / m (B)  8aˆ x  6aˆ y  5aˆ z  e jt 3x 4y V / m

(C)  8aˆ x  6aˆ y  5aˆ z  e jt 3x 4y V / m (D)  8aˆ x  6aˆ y  5aˆ z  e jt 3x 4y V / m

Answer: (C)

23. In a baseband communications link, frequencies upto 3500 Hz are used for signaling. Using a raised
cosine pulse with 75% excess bandwidth and for no inter-symbol interference, the maximum possible
signaling rate in symbols per seconds is _________.
(A) 1750 (B) 2625 (C) 4000 (D) 5250
Answer: (C)

24. The power spectral density of a real process X(t) for positive frequencies is shown below. The values of
E X2  t  and Ext , respectively, are

sx  
400   104 
6

0 9 10 11 103 rad / s 

(A) 6000 / ,0 (B) 6400 / ,0

(C) 6400 / , 20 /  2   (D) 6000 / , 20 /  2  

Answer: (B)

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25. The current ib through the base of a silicon npn transistor is 1  0.1 cos 10000 t  mA. At 300 K, the r
in the small signal model of the transistor is

(A) 250 (B) 27.5 (C) 25 (D) 22.5

Answer: (C)

Q. No. 26 – 55 Carry Two Marks Each

26. Given that

 5 3 1 0 
A  and I   3
 , the value of A is
 2 0   0 1 
(A) 15A  12I (B) 19A  30I (C) 17A  15I (D) 17A  21I
Answer: (B)

27. The maximum value of f(x) = x3 – 9x2 + 24x + 5 in the interval [1, 6] is
(A) 21 (B) 25 (C) 41 (D) 46
Answer: (B)

28. If VA  VB  6V then VC  VD is

R VA 2 VB R

R
R
R 
R R 1 10V

R

  VC VD
5V 2A

(A) –5V (B) 2V (C) 3V (D) 6V

Answer: (A)

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29. The voltage gain Av of the circuit shown below is

13.7 Volts

12 k

C
100 k Vo
C
  100
Vi ~ 10k

(A) Av  200 (B) Av  100 (C) Av  20 (D) A v  10

Answer: (D)

30. The state transition diagram for the logic circuit shown in

2-1 MUX

D Q X1

Y
CLK Q X0
Select

A0 A0 A0

(A) A 1 (B)
A 1 A 1

Q0 Q0 Q0 Q 1

A0 A 1

A0 A 1 A 1 A 1
(C) (D) A0
A0

Q0 Q 1
Q0 Q 1
A0
A 1

Answer: (D)

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31. Let y[n] denote the convolution of h[n] and g[n], where h[n] = (1/2)n u[n] and g[n] is a causal sequence.
If y[0] = 1 and y[1] = 1/2, then g[1] equals
(A) 0 (B) ½ (C) 1 (D) 3/2
Answer: (A)

32. The circuit shown below is a

R2

C
R1 5V 
 
output
input



5V

1
(A) low pass filter with f3dB  rad / s
 R1  R 2  C
1
(B) high pass filter with f3dB  rad / s
R1C

1
(C) low pass filter with f3dB  rad / s
R1C

1
(D) high pass filter with f3dB  rad
 R1  R 2  C s
Answer: (B)

33. The magnetic field along the propagation direction inside a rectangular waveguide with the cross section
shown in the figure is
Hz  3cos  2.094 102 x  cos  2.618 102 y 
cos  6.283 1010 t  z 
Y

1.2cm

3cm X

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The phase velocity v p of the wave inside the waveguide satisfies

(A) vp  c (B) vp  c (C) 0  vp  c (D)  p  0

Answer: (A)

34. The signal m(t) as shown is applied both to a phase modulator (with kp as the phase constant) and a frequency
modulator (with kf as the frequency constant) having the same carrier frequency.
The ratio kp/kf (in rad/Hz) for the same maximum phase deviation is ___________.

(A) 8 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) 

Answer: (B)

35. A binary symmetric channel (BSC) has a transition probability of 1/8. If the binary transmit symbol X is
such that P(X = 0) = 9/10, then the probability of error for an optimum receiver will be
(A) 7/80 (B) 63/80 (C) 9/10 (D) 1/10
Answer: (A)

36. In the CMOS circuit shown, electron and hole mobilities are equal, and M1 and M2 are equally sized.
The device M1 is in the linear region if

5V
M1

VTp  1V

Vin

VTh  1V

M2

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(A) Vin  1.875V (B) 1.87V  Vin  3.125V

(C) Vin  3.125V (D) 0  Vin  5V

Answer: (A)

37. A fair coin is tossed till a head appears for the first time. The probability that the number of required
tosses is odd, is
(A) 1/3 (B) 1/2 (C) 2/3 (D) ¾
Answer: (D)

38. The direction of vector A is radially outward from the origin, with A  kr n where r 2  x 2  y 2  z 2 and
k is a constant. The value of n for which .A  0 is
(A) –2 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 0
Answer: (D)

39. Consider the differential equation

d2 y  t  dy  t  dy
2
2  y  t     t  with y  t  t 0  2 and 0
dt dt dt t 0

dy
The numerical value of is
dt t 0
(A) –2 (B) –1 (C) 0 (D) 1
Answer: (D)

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40. Assuming both the voltage sources are in phase, the value of R for which maximum power is transferred
from circuit A to circuit B is

2 R

 
10V ~  j1 ~ 3V


Circuit A Circuit B

(A) 0.8 (B) 1.4 (C) 2 (D) 2.8

Answer: (A)

41. The state variable description of an LTI system is given by

 x 1  0 a 1 0   x1   0   x1 
 x    0 0 a 2   x 2   0  u , y  1 0 0   x 2 
 2 
 x 3  a 2 0 0   x 3  1   x 3 

where y is the output and u is the input.

The system is controllable for
(A) a1  0, a 2  0, a 3  0 (B) a1  0, a 2  0, a 3  0

(C) a1  0, a 2  0, a 3  0 (D) a1  0, a 2  0, a 3  0
Answer: (D)

42. The fourier transform of a signal h(t) is H  j =  2cos   sin 2 /  . The value of h  0  is
(A) 1/4 (B) 1/2 (C) 1 (D) 2
Answer: (D)

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43. The feedback system shown below oscillates at 2 rad/s when

 k  s  1
R  s Y s
s  as  2s  1
3 2


(A) k = 2 and a = 0.75 (B) k = 3 and a = 0.75

(C) k = 4 and a = 0.5 (D) k = 2 and a = 0.5
Answer: (A)

t
44. The input x(t) and output y(t) of a system are related as y(t) =  
x   cos 3  d .The system is

(A) time-invariant and stable (B) stable and not time-invariant

(C) time-invariant and not stable (D) not time-invariant and not stable
Answer: (B)

45. A transmission line with a characteristic impedance of 100 is used to match a 50 section to a
200 section. If the matching is to be done both at 429 MHz and 1 GHz, the length of the transmission
line can be approximately
(A) 82.5 cm (B) 1.05 m (C) 1.58 m (D) 1.75 m
Answer: (B)

46. A BPSK scheme operating over an AWGN channel with noise power spectral density of N0 /2, uses
2E
equiprobable signals s1  t   sin  c t  and s 2  t    2E sin  c t  over the symbol interval  0,T  . If
T T
the local oscillator in a coherent receiver is ahead in phase by 45 with respect to the received signal, the
probability of error in the resulting system is
 2E   E   E   E 
(A) Q   (B) Q   (C) Q   (D) Q  
 N0   N0   2N 0   4N 0 
Answer: (B)

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47. The source of a silicon ni  1010 per cm3   n-channel MOS transistor has an area of 1 sq m and a
depth of 1m . If the dopant density in the source is 1019 / cm3 , the number of holes in the source region
with the above volume is approximately
(A) 107 (B) 100 (C) 10 (D) 0
Answer: (D)

Common Data Questions: 48 & 49

In the three dimensional view of a silicon n-channel MOS transistor shown below,   20 nm. The
transistor is of width 1 m .
The depletion width formed at every p-n junction is 10nm. The relative permitivities of Si and SiO2
respectively, are 11.7 and 3.9, and  0  8.9 1012 F / m
1m

1m
D 1nm

0.2 m 0.2 m
D   S

0.2 m p substrate 0.2 m

48. The source-body junction capacitance is approximately

(A) 2fF (B) 7fF (C) 2pF (D) 7pF
Answer: (A)

49. The gate-source overlap capacitance is approximately

(A) 0.7fF (B) 0.7pF (C) 0.35fF (D) 0.24pF
Answer: (A)

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Common Data for Questions: 50 & 51

With 10V dc connected at port A in the linear nonreciprocal two-port network shown below, the
following were observed:
(i) 1 connected at port B draws a current of 3 A
(ii) 2.5 connected at port B draws a current of 2 A

A N B

50. For the same network, with 6V dc connected at port A, 1  connected at port B draws 7/3 A. If 8V dc is
connected to port A, the open circuit voltage at port B is
(A) 6V (B) 7V (C) 8V (D) 9V
Answer: (B)

51. With 10V dc connected at port A, the current drawn by 7  connected at port B is
(A) 3/7A (B) 5/7A (C) 1 A (D) 9/7A
Answer: (C)

Linked Answer Questions: Q.52 to Q.55 Carry Two Marks Each

Statement for Linked Answer Questions: 52 & 53

sa
The transfer function of a compensator is given as G C  s  
sb

52. GC(S) is a lead compensator if

(A) a = 1, b = 2 (B) a = 3, b = 2 (C) a = –3, b = –1 (D) a = 3, b = 1
Answer: (A)

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53. The phase of the above lead compensator is maximum at

(A) 2 rad / s (B) 3 rad / s (C) 6 rad / s (D) 1/ 3 rad / s
Answer: (A)

Statement for Linked Answer Questions: 54 & 55

An infinitely long uniform solid wire of radius a carries a uniform dc current of density j .

54. The magnetic field at a distance r from the center of the wire is proportional to
(A) r for r  a and 1 / r 2 for r  a (B) 0 for r  a and 1/ r for r  a

(C) r for r  a and 1/ r for r  a (D) 0 for r  a and 1 / r 2 for r  a

Answer: (C)

55. A hole radius b(b < a) is now drilled along the length of the wire at a distance d from the centre of the
wire as shown below.

b
d

The magnetic field inside the hole is

(A) uniform and depends only on d (B) uniform and depends only on b
(C) uniform and depends on both b and d (D) non uniform
Answer: (B)

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