1. To prevent a DC return between a source and d. about 70.

5 Hz
a load, it is necessary to use
a. a resistor between source and load Explanation:
b. an inductor between source and load
c. a capacitor between source and load
d. either a or b
7. In the figure, V and V. Which
2. For the base current of 10 , what is the diode will conduct?
value of the collector current in a common
emitter circuit if ?
a.
b.
c.
d.

3. Which of the following oscillators is suitable

for frequencies in the range of megahertz?
a. phase shift
b. Wien bridge a. only
c. Hartley b. only
d. Both a and c. c. Both and only
d. Neither nor
Explanation: Only oscillators are suitable
for the MHz range. 8. The load impedance of a CE amplifier has
and in series. The phase difference
4. If the input to the ideal comparator shown in between output and input will be
the figure is a sinusoidal signal of 8 V (peak to a.
peak) without any DC component, then the b.
output of the comparator has a duty cycle of c. more than 90 but less than
d. more than but less than

9. Gain of the amplifier is . Then the I/P

impedance and O/P impedance of the closed
loop amplifier shown below would be
a. 1/2
b. 1/3
c. 1/6
d. 1/12

5. A half-wave diode circuit using an ideal diode

has an input voltage V. Then
the average and RMS values of output voltage
are respectively a.
a. V and 10 V
b. V and 10 V
c. V and 5 V
d. V and 5 V b.

6. An coupled amplifier has an open loop

gain of 200 and a lower cutoff frequency of 50 c.
Hz. If negative feedback with is used,
the lower cutoff frequency will be
a. about 50 Hz d.
b. about 5 Hz
c. about 2.38 Hz
10. If an amplifier with a gain of and
feedback factor of and a gain
change of 20% due to temperature, the
change in gain of the feedback amplifier
would be
a. 10%
b. 5%
c. 0.2%
d. 0.01%

11. In the figure, the minimum and maximum a. 120 k

load currents are b. 110 k
c. Infinity
d. 10 k

14. In a BJT circuit, a PNP transistor is replaced

by an NPN transistor. To analyze the new
circuit,
a. all calculations done earlier have to be
repeated
a. 0 and 60 mA b. replace all calculated voltages by reverse
b. 0 and 120 mA values
c. 10 mA and 60 mA c. replace all calculated currents by reverse
d. 10 mA and 120 mA values
d. replace all calculated voltages and
12. In the figure, V, . Then currents by reverse values
and are
15. To protect the diodes in a rectifier and
capacitor input filter circuit, it is necessary to
use
a. surge resistor
b. surge inductor
c. surge capacitor
d. Both a and b

16. The output in the figure is

a. 9.3 V and 1.98 mA respectively

b. 4.6 V and 1.98 mA respectively
c. 9.3 V and 0.02 mA respectively
d. 4.6 V and 0.02 mA respectively

13. The input impedance of the op-amp circuit of

figure is

a. V
b. mV
c. 10 V
d. 10 mV

17. In a CE amplifier, the input impedance is

equal to the ratio of
 a. the AC base voltage to the AC base current
b. the AC base voltage to the AC emitter
current
c. the AC emitter voltage to the AC collector
current
d. the AC collector voltage to the AC
collector current

18. For a system to work as an oscillator, the total

phase shift of the loop gain must be equal to
a. 90
b. 45
c. 270 a. 0.33
d. 360 b. 0.5
c. 0.66
19. An amplifier has a large AC input signal. The d. 1
clipping occurs on both the peaks. The output
voltage will be nearly a Explanation:
a. sine wave
b. square wave
c. triangular wave
d. a or c
22. The efficiency of a full-wave rectifier using
20. The transistor of the following figure in center-tapped transformer is about twice that
silicon diode with a base current of 40 and in full-wave bridge rectifier.
, if V, and , a. True
, then b. False

23. Assertion: A CE amplifier is the most widely

used BJT amplifier.
Reason: A CE amplifier has zero phase
difference between input and output.
a. Both A and R are correct, and R is a
correct explanation for A.
b. Both A and R are correct, but R is not a
correct explanation for A.
c. A is correct; R is wrong.
d. A is wrong; R is correct.
a. 200 k
b. 265 k 24. Assertion: For large signal variations, an
c. 150 k amplifier circuit has to be analyzed
d. 100 k graphically.
Reason: The output characteristic of a
21. In the amplifier circuit below, and transistor is nonlinear.
. The voltage gain of the a. Both A and R are correct, and R is a
amplifier is about correct explanation for A.
b. Both A and R are correct, but R is not a
correct explanation for A.
c. A is correct; R is wrong.
d. A is wrong; R is correct.

25. Negative feedback reduces noise originating

at the amplifier input.
a. True
b. False
26. The maximum efficiency of a class B power
amplifier is 50%.
a. True
b. False

27. In the figure, what is the base current if

V

a. 5 mA
b. 5
c. 10 mA
d. 10

31. In the figure, the saturation collector current

a. 10 mA is
b. 9.3 mA a.
c. 10 b.
d. 9.3 c.
d. None of the above
28. In the figure, mA. Then
32. In the figure below, V. Which
diode will conduct?

a. only.
a. 20 V b. only.
b. 4.4 V c. Both and .
c. 0.4 V d. Neither nor .
d. 0.44 V
33. A forward voltage of 9 V is applied to a diode
29. The self bias provides in series with a 1-k load resistor. The
a. stable Q-point voltage across load resistor is zero. It
b. large voltage gain indicates that
c. high input impedance a. the diode is short-circuited
d. high base current b. the diode is open-circuited
c. the resistor is open-circuited
30. In the figure below, what is the value of if d. the diode is either short-circuited or
. Neglect . open-circuited

34. Which power amplifier can deliver maximum

load power?
a. Class A
b. Class AB
c. Class B
 d. Class C

35. A CB amplifier has , , and

. The voltage gain is
a. 100
b.
c. 98
d. 6

Explanation:
a. 0.99
b. 1.98
c. 2.0
36. A bridge rectifier circuit has input of 50 Hz d. 400
frequency. The load resistance is , and filter
capacitance is . For a good output wave Explanation:
shape, the time constant should be at
least equal to
a. 10 ms
b. 20 ms
c. 50 ms
d. 100 ms

37. The silicon transistor in the following figure 40. An exponential amplifier has diode in
has , , V, V, feedback path.
mA, then will be a. True
b. False

Explanation: It has resistance in feedback

path.

41. DC amplifiers have a tendency to be unstable.

a. True
b. False
a. 3k
b. 4k 42. A half-wave diode rectifier has a capacitance
c. 5k input filter. If input voltage is , the
d. 4.3 k PIV is
a.
38. In the class C operation of an amplifier circuit, b.
the collector current exists for c.
a. 360 of the input wave d.
b. 180 of the input wave
c. more than 180 of the input wave 43. An amplifier with loop gain will be more
d. less than of the input wave stable for a value of
a. 0.95
39. The parameters of the circuit shown in the b. 0.7
figure are , and c. 1.2
d. 1.5
. The voltage gain is
Explanation: A feedback amplifier is stable if
the loop gain is less than unity.

44. Study the circuit in the figure below and

examine the following statements.
 b. AC signal is low.
c. AC signal is negative.
d. Either a or b.

47. In the op-amp circuit below,

A. It is an active low pass filter.

B. It is a second order filter.
C. The change in gain is 40 dB/decade.

Which of the following above statements are a.

correct? b.
a. A, B and C c.
b. A and B d.
c. A and C
d. B and C 48. The figure shown below shows the self bias
circuit for CE amplifier and its equivalent
45. In the circuit below, power circuit. and respectively are
drawn by the 2- resistor is 4 W. The power
factor is

a. 0.3
b. 0.4
c. 0.6 a. 10 V and 4 k
d. None b. 5 V and 4 k
c. 2 V and 4 k
46. The quiescent collector current , and d. 2 V and 10 k
collector to emitter voltage in a CE
connection are the values when
a. AC signal is zero.