FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

Code No. 2012

B.E. 2/4 (Civil) I-Semester (Suppl) Examination, June 2013

Subject : Engineering Geology
Time : 3 Hours
Max. Marks: 75
Note: Answer all questions of Part - A and answer any five questions from Part-B.
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PART A (25 Marks)

What is soil liquefaction?

Define the terms porosity and permeability of rocks.
Explain the terms stress and strain and their relationship.
Match the following:
(a) Aquifer
(i) Clay
(b) Aquitard
(ii) Granite
(c) Aquiclude
(iii) Sand
(d) Aquifuse
(iv) Sandy clay
5. Explain plate tectonics theory.
6. Write about Highway aggregates.
7. List out Ground water provinces of India.
8. What is over break?
9. Define Disaster. Classify them.
10. Write about decorative stones.
PART B (50 Marks)
11.(a) Write distinguish features of Igneous and sedimentary rocks.
(b) How do you recognize the fold structures in the field ? Describe the geometric
classification of folds.
12. Explain about Indian soils and their formation.

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13.(a) How do you determine grade of rock weathering by petro graphic and rock
testing?
(b) Explain in detail Aerial photographs.

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14.(a) What are aquifers? Describe different types of aquifers.

(b) Write ground water provinces of India.

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15.(a) Write notes on :

(i) Borehole drilling (ii) Building stores
(b) Write about electrical resistivity surveys.

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(iii) Land slides

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16.(a) Write about Engineering geological investigations for tunnels.

(b) Illustrate the foundation geology of any one of the Indian dam site.

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17. (a) Describe Disaster mitigation measures in India.

(b) Write about geological aspects of earthquakes.
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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

Code No. 2037

B.E. 2/4 (EE / Inst.) I-Semester (Suppl) Examination, June 2013

Subject : Electrical Measurements and Instruments
Time : 3 Hours

Max. Marks: 75

Note: Answer all questions of Part - A and answer any five questions from Part-B.
PART A (25 Marks)
1. Explain the significance of measurement in Electrical measurement system.
2. Discuss how the range of voltmeter can be extended.
3. How can you minimize the phase error and speed error in 1- Energy meter?
4. Define Electrical Resonance.
5. What is the functions of Wagners Earthing devices?
6. Write any four applications of Ac bridge circuits.
7. Write the reasons for using ring type specimens for ballistic tests.
8. Distinguish between a flux meter and ballistic galvanometer.
9. What is meant by standardization of DC potentiometer?
10. Explain calibration of wattmeter with AC potentiometer.

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PART B (50 Marks)

11. With relevant diagrams explain the constructional details and working of
Dynamometer instrument. What is the general characters of scale division of such
an instrument?
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12. A moving coil instrument whose resistance is 25 gives full-scale deflection with
a voltage of 25mV. This instrument is to be used with a series multiplier to extend its
range to 10V. Calculate the error caused by 10oC rise in temperature.
(10)
13.(a) Explain with a neat sketch the working of an Electrical resonance type frequency
meter.
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(b) Discuss in detail the working of a single phase induction type Energy meter.
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14. Explain the Kelvin's Double Bridge for measurement of low resistance and also
derive an expression for unknown resistance in terms of known values.

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15. Derive expression for deflection sensitivity and deflection factor of CRT in an
oscilloscope.

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16. What is meant by ratio and phase angle error of a current transformer ? Derive the
necessary expressions for these errors.
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17. (a) With the help of neat diagram, explain the working of an AC coordinate type
potentiometer.
(b) Explain how to obtain hysteresis loop using C.R.O.
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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

Code No. 2017

B.E. 2/4 (ECE) I-Semester (Suppl) Examination, June 2013

Subject : Electronic Devices
Time : 3 Hours
Max. Marks: 75

Note: Answer all questions of Part - A and answer any five questions from Part-B.

PART A (25 Marks)

1. Draw the equivalent circuit of a diode in Reverse and forward bias.
2. Determine the Temperature coefficient of a 5 V zener diode (rated 25oC value) if
the nominal voltage drops to 4.8 V at a temperature of 100 oC.
3. Define Peak Inverse Voltage and Regulation of a Rectifier.
4. Write the typical specifications of LED.
5. Draw the voltage divider circuit and derive an expression for its stability factor.
6. Explain base width modulation in common base transistor.
7. Draw the T-model of a Common Base Transistor.
8. Define h-parameters for a BJT.
9. Explain the field effect phenomena in JFET.
10. Prove that the transconductance gm of a JFET is given by
2
I DS I DSS
gm =
| Vp |
PART B (5x10=50 Marks)
11.(a) Derive an expression for the total current as a function of the applied voltage
in a diode.
(b) In an n-type silicon the donor concentration is 1 atom per 2x10 8 silicon
atoms. Assume that the effective mass of the electron equals the true mass
and the density of atoms in the silicon in 5x10 22 atoms /Cm3. At what
temperature will the Fermi level coincide with the edge of the conduction
band?
12.(a) Draw the Full wave rectifier and derive the expression for Irms, ripple factor
and TUF.
(b) A 220v, 50 Hz ac voltage is applied to the primary of 4:1 step down
transformer, which is used in bridge rectifier, having a load resistance of
1k, uses Si diode with Rf = 50 . Determine the following :
(i) DC O/P voltage
(ii) DC power delivered to load
(iii) PIV of each diode
(iv) Output frequency (v) Efficiency ()
13.(a) Explain how a transistor acts as an Amplifier.
(b) Explain different components of current flow through the structure of a N-P-N
transistor. How the emitter injection efficiency and base transport factor
influences the amplifications factor?
14.(a) Design a self bias circuit for a silicon transistor having V BE = 0.6V, =99.
Desired operating point VCE=5V and IC =1mA. Assume VCC= 10V, RC=3.0 k
and stability factor S = 5.
(b) Explain the operation of SCR.
15.(a) Draw the hybrid equivalent circuit for common emitter configuration and find the
expressions for current gain, voltage gain, input impedance and O/P Admittance.
(b) A junction transistor has the following h-parameters hie=2000 ; hre = 1.6x10-4,
hfe=49, hoe=50 A/V. Determine the current gain, voltage gain, input resistance
and O/P resistance of the CE amplifier. If the load resistance is 30k and the
source resistance is 600 .

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16.(a) Explain the biasing for zero drift current in JFET and prove that V p VGS = 0.628.
(b) With a neat sketch, explain the working of a p-channel enhancement mode
MOSFET and draw the transfer characteristics.

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17. Write short notes on :

(a) LCD (b) UJT (c) Bias compensation Techniques of BJT
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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

Code No. 2041

B.E. 2/4 (AE) I-Semester (Suppl) Examination, June 2013

Time : 3 Hours

Subject : Automotive Electrical and Electronics

Max. Marks: 75

Note: Answer all questions of Part - A and answer any five questions from Part-B.
PART A (25 Marks)
1. Why should the battery not overcharged?
2. Why do we use a relay in the horn circuit?
3. State problems with inertia a type drive.
4. What improvements in the starting system are possible with an electronic control?
5. What is armature reaction?
6. What is a commutator?
7. What is seebeck effect?
8. Name different sensors used for measurement of pressure.
9. What is a microprocessor?
10. Enumerate the main units of any engine management system.

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PART B (50 Marks)

11. Discuss in detail various tests of ascertaining the fitness of a battery to be used in a
vehicle.
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12.(a) Why is it necessary to aim the headlights correctly? Explain the compute
procedure for the same.
(b) Discuss in detail the characteristics of a DC motor.

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13.(a) Explain the principle of a generator.

(b) What is the necessity of generator output control? Discuss various methods of
achieving the same.

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14.(a) What are the principle aims of engine developer?

(b) What are the various sensor that can be used for displacement and position
sensing in an engine ? Briefly explain them.

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15. Write a short notes on :

(a) On board diagnostics (b) Dash board diagnostics
16. Write a short notes on
(a) EMI and EMC
(b) Bendin drives

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(c) Security and warning systems
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17. Explain the principle of operation of voltage and current regulators in charging
system.
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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

Code No. 2028

B.E. 2/4 (CSE) I-Semester (Suppl) Examination, June 2013

Subject : Computer Architecture
Time : 3 Hours
Max. Marks: 75
Note: Answer all questions of Part - A and answer any five questions from Part-B.
PART A (25 Marks)
1. Distinguish between half adder and full adder.
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2. What logic micro operations can be performed with two variables?
(2)
3. What is the use of control address register in micro programmed control
organization?
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4. How is the effective address calculated in Indexed Addressing mode?
(2)
5. What is an Instruction pipeline? Explain with suitable examples.
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6. What is an array multiplier?
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7. What are the methods of data transfer between I/O peripheral devices and memory?
Explain with example.
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8. What is the advantage of Block Transfer?
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9. What do you understand by match Logic in associative memory device?
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10. Differentiate between register reference and memory reference instruction.
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PART B (50 Marks)
11.(a) What is Register Transfer language? Explain.
(b) Explain instruction cycle with the help of a flow chart.

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12. Explain the different instruction formats with reference to CPU organization with an
example.
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13.(a) Differentiate between general register organization and stack organization of a
computer.
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(b) Write the Assembly language program to perform X=(A+B/C) * (B+D) using three,
two, one and zero address instructions.
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14.(a) Explain the characteristics of RISC and CISC processors.
(b) Explain Booth's Algorithm with an example.

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15.(a) Distinguish between programme I/O and interrupt driven I/O.

(b) Discuss in detail about serial communication.

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16.(a) What do you understand by virtual memory? Explain.

(b) Explain about read and write operations in Associative memory.

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17. Write short notes on the following:

(a) DMA data Transfer (b) Daisy chaining (c) Memory interleaving

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FACULTY OF INFORMATICS

Code No. 2034

B.E. 2/4 (IT) I-Semester (Suppl) Examination, June 2013

Subject : Electrical Circuits and Machines
Time : 3 Hours
Max. Marks: 75
Note: Answer all questions of Part - A and answer any five questions from Part-B.
PART A (25 Marks)
1. What is the apparent power if the active and reactive powers are P and Q
respectively?
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2. Obtain the form factor of a sinusoidal voltage.
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3. How are its phase and line voltages related in a balanced three-phase star and delta
connections?
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4. Draw the no-load equivalent circuit of a single phase transformer and explain the
significance of each parameter.
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5. Show the external characteristic of a shunt generator.
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6. Draw the speed torque characteristics of a separately excited dc motor with voltage
control.
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7. What is the slip of an induction motor of a 4-pole, 50Ha running at a speed of 1425
rpm?
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8. Sketch torque speed characteristics of a three-phase induction motor with voltage
control. Consider rated and half the rated voltage.
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9. What do you understand by synchronous impedance of an alternator?
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10. What are the applications of stepper motors?
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PART B (50 Marks)
11.(a) Explain what you have understood by Thevenin equivalent circuit.
(b) Show the steady current, voltage, and power waveforms in an inductor
conducting cosinusoidal current. Also, show that the average power in
the inductor is zero.

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12. A balanced Y-connected load having an impedance of (72 + j 21) ohms per phase is
connected in parallel with a balance delta connected load having an impedance of
150 0 ohm per phase. The paralleled loads are fed from a line having an
impedance of j1 ohm per phase. The magnitude of the line to neutral voltage of the
Y-loads is 7650 V.
(a) Draw the complete circuit diagram stated above showing all the parameters with
their values.
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(b) Calculate the magnitude of the current in the line feeding the loads.
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13.(a) What are the essential differences between dc motor and dc generator from
energy conversion and V-I relations point of view. Show the necessary diagrams. (6)
(b) List out the different parts of a dc machine.
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14.(a) Show the per phase stator equivalent and rotor equivalent circuit at any slips S of
a three-phase induction motor.
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(b) Neglecting stator losses and no load losses, obtain expressions for air gap power
(Pag), rotor copper losses and gross mechanical power output.
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15.(a) Obtain an expression for the EMF induced in an alternator.
(b) Explain with a neat diagram the operation of a single-phase capacitor start and
capacitor run induction motor. Mention its applications.

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16.(a) Explain the principle of operation of an autotransformers.

(b) A two winding 10 KVA, 440 / 110V transform is reconnected as step down
550 /440V auto transformer. Calculate
(i) primary and secondary currents of the two winding transformer
(ii) Input and output current of autotransformer
(iii) KVA rating of the autotransformer.

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17. Write short notes on the following:

(a) Three-point starts (b) Stepper motor
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