ISRO 2012 Question Paper Along With Key For ECE (Electronics Department)

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This paper is ISRO 2012 Question paper. We have given only 74 Questions out of 80 Questions of 2012 paper. For remaining 6 Qns. we are unable to provide solutions as of now. Thanks, IES,Bangalore.
1)Measurement of Hall coefficient enables the determination of :

[A] Temperature coefficient and thermal conductivity [C]Fermi level and forbidden energy gap
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2)Silicon is not suitable for fabrication of light emitting diodes because it is :

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3)The band gap of elements arranged in ascending order is :

. [QISRA005] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
4)The following statements are made for NMOS &PMOS 1. The carrier mobility in NMOS is higher 2. PMOS require less area than NMOS 3. NMOS circuits are smaller than PMOS 4. PMOS are faster in switching Of these , the true statements are :
. [QISRA006] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[A] 2 and 4 only [C]1 and 3 only
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[A] Diamond , Ge , Si [C]Ge, Si, Diamond
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[A] An indirect band gap semiconductor [C]A wide band gap semiconductor
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5)The following statements are made for FETs 1. In n-channel depletion mode MOS in the active region , the control voltage 2. NMOS in depletion mode is cut off for 3. NMOS in enhancement mode is cut off for 4. There is no path between source and drain in the enhancement mode Of these , the true statements are :
[A] 1 and 2 only [C]3 and 4 only [B] 1 and 3 only [D]1, 3 and 4 only
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[B] Mobility and concentration of charge carriers [D]None of the above
[B] A direct band gap semiconductor [D]A narrow band gap semiconductor
[B] Si, Ge, Diamond [D]Diamond, Si, Ge
[B] 2 and 3 only [D]1, 2 and 3 only
is negative
. [QISRA007] .. ISRO-2012 (
6)Special handling precautions should be taken when working with MOS devices . The statement which is not true is :
. [QISRA008] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[A] All test equipment should be grounded [C]Never remove or insert MOS devices with the power on
[B] MOS devices should have their all leads shorted together during shipment and storage [D]MOS devices do not require grounding straps used for CMOS
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7)If the input to the circuit of figure is a sine wave , then the output will be :
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[A] Half wave rectified sine wave [C]A square wave
[B] A full wave rectified sine wave [D]A triangular wave

. [QISRA011] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
8)For various types of oscillators , the correct statement is :

[A] LC oscillators are more stable than crystal oscillator [C]Phase-shift oscillators have the widest range of frequency [B] Crystal oscillators have highest Q [D]Wien bridge oscillator is used where a single frequency oscillator is required
. [QISRA012] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
9)For Butterworth &Chebyshev filters , the correct statement is :

[A] Butterworth response has a sharp cut-off [C]Butterworth response has ripples in the pass band [B] Chebyshev response has a flat response in the pass band [D]Chebyshev response has ripples in the pass band
10)In a feedback series regulator circuit , the output voltage is regulated by controlling the
[A] Magnitude of the I/P voltage [C]Voltage drop across the series pass transistor
11)A high gain Op-Amp has
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. The correct statement is :

. [QISRA010] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
12)In a full wave rectifier circuit with centre tap transformer , if voltage between one end of secondary winding and centre is 300 V peak , then PIV (peak inverse voltage) is
. [QISRA014] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[A] 300 V [C]600 V
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[A] The non-inverting gain &inverting gain are nearly same [C]The non-inverting gain is very much higher than inverting gain
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13)Following constellation diagram represents :
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[B] Gain of the feedback transistor [D]Reference voltage
[B] The inverting gain is very much higher than noninverting gain [D]The inverting &non-inverting gains are unrelated
[B] 150 V [D]900 V
. [QISRA027] .. ISRO-2012 (
[A] 16 PSK [C]16 APSK
[B] 16 QAM [D]All of above
14)The information rate to be transmitted is 900 bits/sec , FEC is 3/4 , the symbol rate for QPSK modulation scheme is :
. [QISRA028] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[A] 225 symbols /sec [C]600 symbols/sec
[B] 450 symbols/sec [D]675 symbols/sec
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15)The rms value of the periodic waveform as shown in figure is
. [QISRA015] .. ISRO-2012 (
[A] [C]
[B] [D]
16)The approximate equivalent resistance between terminals A and B for the following infinite ladder network comprising of 1 &2 resistors is :
[A] 1 [C]4
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17)If the step response to the input step amplitude of 1 V is given by be represented by :
[A]
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[B] 2 [D]0.5
, the network can

. [QISRA017] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
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[B]
[C]
[D]
18)In this circuit , V is a sinusoid input with frequency f , current i contains :
. [QISRA019] .. ISRO-2012 (
[A] Only f
[B] All harmonics of f
[C]Only even harmonics of f
[D]Only odd harmonics of f
19)Electric displacement density D at any point spherical surface of radius R with a charge Q at the centre in a medium with dielectric constant is :
. [QISRA029] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[A] [C]
[B] [D]
20)The effect of phase error of local oscillator on spectral components in coherent detection of SSB Amplitude modulated signal is :
. [QISRA020] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[A] The frequency of demodulated signals varies with fixed amplitude [C]Both amplitude &frequency vary
[B] Amplitude of demodulated signals varies with fixed frequency [D]The recovered signal has phase offset with fixed amplitude
. [QISRA021] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
21)The maximum transmission power efficiency of DSB-C Amplitude modulation is :

[A] 25 % [C]50 % [B] 33.33% [D]100 %
22)For identical total transmitted power, the ratio of S/N for wide band FM to S/N of DSB-AM (with : (Given &frequency deviation = + / - 75 KHz)
) is
. [QISRA022] .. ISRO-2012 (
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23)An ideal power limited communication channel with additive white Gaussian noise with 1 MHz band width and Signal to Noise ratio of 15 is transmitting the information at theoretical maximum rate . if the Signal to Noise ratio is reduced to 7, how much band width is required to maintain same rate :
. [QISRA026] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
S,B
24)Which of the following does not represent Maxwell's Equation :

. [QISRA030] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[A] [C]
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[A] 15/7 MHz [C]2 MHz
25)For a homogeneous and isotropic medium with a charge density &dielectric constant , the Poisson's equation for electrical potential V is :
. [QISRA031] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[A] [C]
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26)For a plane travelling EM wave , the correct equation for characteristic impedance Z for the medium with permittivity of and permeability of is :
. [QISRA032] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[A] [C]
27)To increase gain of a parabolic reflector antenna by 6dBi , the correct statement is : (Assuming efficiency 70 %)
. [QISRA057] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[A] Diameter is to be increased to 6 folds [C]Diameter is to be increased to 2 folds
28)The waveguide Magic Tee can be used as :
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[B] [D] [B] [D] [B] [D]
[A] 112.5 [C]75
[B] 300 [D]450
[B] 4/3 MHz [D]None of these
[B] Diameter is to be increased to 4 folds [D]None of above
. [QISRA058] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[A] An isolator [C]Adjustable Phase Shifter
[B] T/R switch in trans-receiver [D]All of these
29)A plane wave propagating in the dielectric medium has an electric field given as . The phase velocity of plane wave is :
. [QISRA033] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[A] [C]
[B] [D]
30)A plane wave propagating in the dielectric medium has an electric field given as . The dielectric constant of the medium is :
. [QISRA034] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[A] 1.33 [C]1.01
[B] 1.00 [D]2.15
31)A transmission line of 50 characteristic impedance terminated by a load impedance of 50 - j50 . The magnitude of reflection coefficient at the load is :
. [QISRA035] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[A] [C]
[B] [D]None of above
32)The outer conductor diameter and the inner conductor diameter dimensions of a coaxial cable are made twice to its original value . (Coaxial line is filled with dielectric material having dielectric constant ). The correct statement is :
. [QISRA036] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
33)A non dispersive media has :

[A] Group velocity >Phase velocity [C]Group velocity = Phase velocity
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[A] Impedance remain same to it's original value [C]Impedance increase &becomes twice of original value
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[B] Impedance reduces to half of it's original value [D]None of above
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The wave is
[A] Linearly polarized [C]Unpolarized
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34)A plane wave is characterized by :
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[B] Group velocity <Phase velocity [D]None of above
. [QISRA038] .. ISRO-2012 (
35)A signal to be sampled . What is the minimum sampling rate for band pass sampling for truth full representation :
. [QISRA023] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[A] 2000 Hz [C]5000 Hz
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[B] Circularly Polarized [D]Elliptically Polarized
[B] 3000 Hz [D]10000 Hz
36)Minimum number of bits required to represent maximum value of given analogue signal with 0.1% accuracy is :
. [QISRA024] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[A] 8 bits [C]10 bits
[B] 9 bits [D]12 bits
37)An ideal power limited communication channel with additive white Gaussian noise is having 4 KHz band width and Signal to Noise ratio of 255 . The channel capacity is :
. [QISRA025] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[A] 8 kilo bits/sec [C]16 kilo bits/sec
[B] 9.63 kilo bits/sec [D]32 kilo bits/sec

. [QISRA039] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
38)If a right hand circularly polarised wave is incident on a perfect conductor . The reflected wave is :
[A] Right circularly polarised wave [C]Linear polarised wave [B] Left circularly polarised wave [D]None of above
39)Skin depth at 2 GHz for a gold conductor with &18 GHz is :

[A] 3.00 , 4.50 [C]0.375 , 0.055
is 1.5
[B] 0.75 , 0.50 [D]1.50 , 1.00
. Skin depth (in
) at 8 GHz
)
. [QISRA041] .. ISRO-2012 (
40)The S matrix of a lossless line having length

[A] [C]
is
. [QISRA042] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
41)If the RF transmission is terminated in its Characteristic impedance is wrong :

[A] The input impedance of transmission line becomes [C]The VSWR becomes one
, which of the following statements

. [QISRA044] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[B] The transmission line acts as an infinite long transmission line [D]The VSWR becomes infinite
42)The loss-less , quarter wavelength long , RF transmission of characteristic impedance 50 is terminated in pure resistive load impedance 100 , the input impedance is :
. [QISRA045] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
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43)The true statement for wave propagation in rectangular wave guides filled with air is :
. [QISRA047] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
44)As the wave frequency approaches to cut-off frequency of wave guide , the correct statement is :
. [QISRA048] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
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[A] The phase velocity is equal to velocity of light in air [C]The phase velocity is always less than the velocity of light in air
[A] The phase velocity of waves tends to zero
[C]The phase velocity of waves tends to infinite
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45)The EM wave which does not propagate through a rectangular waveguide with a = 30 mm &b = 15 mm is :
. [QISRA049] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[A] EM wave of frequency 4.5 GHz [C]EM wave of frequency 50 GHz
46)
In this circuit ,
is :
. [QISRA051] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[A] Upper sideband [C]Both Upper and lower Sideband
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[B] The phase velocity is always more than the velocity of light in air [D]The phase velocity is un- defined
[B] The phase velocity of waves tends to velocity of light [D]None of these
[B] EM wave of frequency 5.5 GHz [D]EM wave of frequency 300 GHz
[B] Lower Sideband [D]None of above
[A] 5 [C]25
[B] 10 [D]500
47)For this RF Circuit , the correct statement is :
. [QISRA053] .. ISRO-2012 (
[A] IF Spectrum is inverted and image is at 2.780 GHz [C]IF Spectrum is inverted and image is at 2.360 GHz
[B] IF Spectrum is not inverted and image is at 2.780 GHz [D]IF Spectrum is not inverted and image is 2.220 GHz
48)In a uniform linear array , four isotropic radiating elements are spaced apart . The progressive phase shift between the elements required for forming the main beam at of the end fire is :
. [QISRA055] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[A] [C]- /4
[B] - /2 [D]- /8
49)The radiation resistance of a thin line centre fed

[A] 73 [C]50
antenna with sinusoid current distribution is :
. [QISRA056] .. ISRO-2012 (
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50)The microwave device working on the principal of Faraday rotation is called as :

. [QISRA059] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
51)The phase difference between adjacent anode poles of Magnetron is generally :

[A] Zero radians [C] /2 radians
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[A] Rotary joint [C]Isolator
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[B] 73 + j42.5 [D]75
[B] Circulator [D]None of these

. [QISRA060] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
S,B
[B] /4 radians [D] radians

. [QISRA061] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
52)Which of the following devices cannot be used as microwave oscillator :

[A] IMPATT diode [C]TRPATT diode
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[B] PN Junction diode [D]BARRITT diode

. [QISRA054] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
53)The gain of a parabolic dish antenna of 1 m diameter and 80 % efficiency at 9.5 GHz is :
[A] 39 dB [C]40 dB [B] 78 dB [D]45 dB
54)The RF amplifier A is having 3 dB NF &5 dB of gain , amplifier B is having 3.5 dB NF &15 dB . For overall noise figure of the cascaded system , the correct statement is :
. [QISRA052] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[A] A as first stage &B as second stage offers minimum over all NF [C]Both the combination will offer same overall NF
[B] B as first stage &A as second stage minimum over all NF [D]Over all NF will be less than 3 dB
. [QISRA066] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
55)If
[A] 5 [C]7
, then the value of base x is :

[B] 6 [D]9
56)The truth table for implementing a boolean variable F is given by
Which d represents don't care states . The minimized expression for F is

. [QISRA067] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[A] [C]
57)The register in the 8085A that is used to keep track of the memory address of the next op-code to be run in the program is the :
. [QISRA070] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
58)The Complement Accumulator (CMA) instruction of 8085 processor on execution affects

. [QISRA071] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
an
59)" Cycle Stealing " in microprocessor parlance refers to
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[A] Zero flag [C]Carry Flag
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[A] stack pointer [C]accumulator
[B] program counter [D]None of above
[B] Sign flag [D]None of the flags

. [QISRA072] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
60)For a Phase Locked Loop system , the open loop transfer function is
The phase margin is and the crossover frequency is approximately 1000 rad/s . A time delay is introduced in the phase detector reducing the phase margin to . The maximum permissible time delay (in seconds ) is
. [QISRA062] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[A] [C]
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[A] Special type of DMA access by an external device [C]Interrupt Acknowledge cycle
[B] RESET operation at power ON by microprocessor [D]none of above
[B] 0.174 [D]
61)In this circuit , the relationship between
& is :
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[A] [C]
[B] [D]None of these
62)For a negative feedback system shown in figure ,
The equivalent transfer function is :

. [QISRA065] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[A] [C]
[B] [D]
63)Output impedance of a source follower is :

. [QISRA064] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[A] [C]
[B] [D]None
64)The state transition diagram for a sequence generator is shown in figure
The minimized expressions for O0 , O1 &O2 are :

. [QISRA068] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[A] [C]
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It is designed using D F/Fs and combinational logic blocks
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& and is initialized at
. [QISRA075] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
65)The system of equations x + y + z =6 , 2x + y + z= 7, x + 2y + z = 8 has

[A] A unique solution [C]An infinite number of solutions [B] No solution [D]None of these
66)If A, B &C are vectors and then is :
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and
. [QISRA074] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[A] 2 [C]0
[B] 1 [D]-1
67)The area bounded by the curves

[A] 2/3 [C]1/6
is given by
. [QISRA077] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[B] 1/2 [D]1/3
68) If
[A] (1 - x) [C]1/x
then
is
. [QISRA076] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[B] (1 - x)/x [D]x/(1 - x)
69)The Laplace transform of x(t) formed by convolution operator is :

. [QISRA079] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[A] [C]
[B] [D]
. [QISRA069] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
70)The number of comparators needed in a 8-bit flash type A to D converter is

[A] 8 [C]255 [B] 16 [D]256
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71)The eigen values of the matrix are
e
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72)A random variable X has & are :

[A] 0 &1 [C]1 &4
&
. Form a new random variable Y = 2x + 1 . The values of

. [QISRA080] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
S,B
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73)Person X can solve 80 % of the ISRO and person Y can solve 60 % . The probability that at least one of them will solve a problem from the question paper , selected at random is :
. [QISRA081] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[A] 0.48 [C]0.88
74)Principle of "locality" is used in context of

. [QISRA073] .. ISRO-2012 ( )
[A] Addressing lowest Memory address by microprocessor [C]Accessing Cache memory locations
.
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[A] [C]
[B] [D]
[B] 1 &2 [D]None of these
[B] 0.70 [D]0.92
[B] Addressing Highest Memory address by microprocessor [D]none of above
Key Paper 1. 11. 21. 31. 41. 51. 61. 71. B A B D D D D D 2. 12. 22. 32. 42. 52. 62. 72. B C A A C B C C 3. 13. 23. 33. 43. 53. 63. 73. C B B C B A B D 4. 14. 24. 34. 44. 54. 64. 74. C C C D C A C C 5. 15. 25. 35. 45. 55. 65. B B B D A C A 6. 16. 26. 36. 46. 56. 66. B B A C A B C 7. 17. 27. 37. 47. 57. 67. C A C D B B C 8. 18. 28. 38. 48. 58. 68. B A D B C D B 9. 19. 29. 39. 49. 59. 69. D B B B A A A 10. 20. 30. 40. 50. 60. 70. C D B D B D C
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ISRO 2012 Q.Paper along with Key ___________________________

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1)Measurement of Hall coefficient enables the determination of :

2)Silicon is not suitable for fabrication of light emitting diodes because it is :

3)The band gap of elements arranged in ascending order is :

[A] 2 and 4 only [C]1 and 3 only

[A] Diamond , Ge , Si [C]Ge, Si, Diamond

[B] Mobility and concentration of charge carriers [D]None of the above

[B] Si, Ge, Diamond [D]Diamond, Si, Ge

[B] 2 and 3 only [D]1, 2 and 3 only

[A] Half wave rectified sine wave [C]A square wave

[B] A full wave rectified sine wave [D]A triangular wave

8)For various types of oscillators , the correct statement is :

9)For Butterworth &Chebyshev filters , the correct statement is :

11)A high gain Op-Amp has

. The correct statement is :

[A] 300 V [C]600 V

13)Following constellation diagram represents :

[B] Gain of the feedback transistor [D]Reference voltage

[B] 150 V [D]900 V

[A] 16 PSK [C]16 APSK

[B] 16 QAM [D]All of above

[A] 225 symbols /sec [C]600 symbols/sec

[B] 450 symbols/sec [D]675 symbols/sec

15)The rms value of the periodic waveform as shown in figure is

, the network can

18)In this circuit , V is a sinusoid input with frequency f , current i contains :

[B] All harmonics of f

[C]Only even harmonics of f

[D]Only odd harmonics of f

21)The maximum transmission power efficiency of DSB-C Amplitude modulation is :

24)Which of the following does not represent Maxwell's Equation :

[A] 15/7 MHz [C]2 MHz

[A] Diameter is to be increased to 6 folds [C]Diameter is to be increased to 2 folds

28)The waveguide Magic Tee can be used as :

[A] 112.5 [C]75

[B] 300 [D]450

[B] 4/3 MHz [D]None of these

[B] Diameter is to be increased to 4 folds [D]None of above

[A] An isolator [C]Adjustable Phase Shifter

[B] T/R switch in trans-receiver [D]All of these

[A] 1.33 [C]1.01

[B] 1.00 [D]2.15

[B] [D]None of above

33)A non dispersive media has :

[B] Impedance reduces to half of it's original value [D]None of above

34)A plane wave is characterized by :

[B] Group velocity <Phase velocity [D]None of above

[A] 2000 Hz [C]5000 Hz

[B] Circularly Polarized [D]Elliptically Polarized

[B] 3000 Hz [D]10000 Hz

[A] 8 bits [C]10 bits

[B] 9 bits [D]12 bits

[A] 8 kilo bits/sec [C]16 kilo bits/sec

[B] 9.63 kilo bits/sec [D]32 kilo bits/sec

39)Skin depth at 2 GHz for a gold conductor with &18 GHz is :

. Skin depth (in

40)The S matrix of a lossless line having length

[B] [D]None of above

41)If the RF transmission is terminated in its Characteristic impedance is wrong :