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Q. 1 - Q. 5 carry one mark each.
Q.1 For the following circuits, assume that all gates have finite propagation delay.

Which of the above circuits generate a periodic square wave output?
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 3 and 4
(C) 2,3 and 4 (C) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q.2 For an 8-bit 2R network with a voltage supply of 25.6V, what will be the output if
binary number 78 were placed on the digital input?
(A) 3.9 V (B) 7.8 V
(C) 15.6 V (D) None of these
Q.3 Consider the 4-bit serial-in-parallel-out, right-shift register shown in figure below. The
initial contents of the register is 0110.
After three clock pulses, the contents of the shift register will be
(A) 0000 (B) 0101
(C) 1010 (D) 1111
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Q.4 The circuit shown below implements a two input NAND gate using two 2 1
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multi-
plexers.
The values of X , Y & Z are, respectively
(A) 0, 1, A (B) 0, 1, B
(C) 1, 0, A (D) None of these
Q.5 In a 4-bit digital system, the 2s complement representation of 8 is
(A) 1000 (B) 0111
(C) 1111 (D) Not valid
Q. 6 - Q. 15 carry two marks each.
Q.6 Which of the following J K flip flop inputs form the counter .....0 1 2 3 4 0 " " " " "
.....?
(A)
, ,
, ,
J Q J Q J Q Q
K K K Q 1 1
A C B A C A B
A B C A
= = =
= = =
(B)
, ,
, ,
J Q J Q J Q Q
K K Q K 1 1
A C B A C A B
A B A C
= = =
= = =
(C)
, ,
, ,
J Q J Q J Q Q
K Q K Q K Q
A C B A C A B
A B B C C A
= = =
= = =
(D) None of these
Q.7 In an 8085 microprocessor, after the execution of XRA A instruction, the status of
carry and auxiliary carry flags will be (Where CY " carry and AC " Auxiliary carry)
(A) CY 1 = , AC 0 = (B) CY 0 = , AC 1 =
(C) CY 1 = , AC 1 = (D) CY 0 = , AC 0 =
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Q.8 Consider the arrangement for a memory chip, shown in figure below.
The address range for the memory chip is
(A) 2800H BFFH 2 - (B) 00H BFFH 30 2 -
(C) 2800H BFEH 2 - (D) 00H BFFH 30 3 -
Q.9 In 8085 micro-controller, the following program is executed.
XRA A
LXI B, 0010H
LOOP: DCX B
MOV C,B
J NZ LOOP
How many times the loop will be executed ?
(A) 10 times
(B) Once
(C) 16 times
(D) Infinite
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Q.10 It is claimed that the following circuit may be operated as a logic gate. Assume that
MOS devices are acting like ideal switches.
Which of the following logic operation is performed by the circuit?
(A) Y = A NAND B
(B) Y = A OR B
(C) Y = A XOR B
(D) Y = A XNOR B
Q.11 Consider the logic diagram shown below.
The output G for the logic is
(A) R S 5
(B) R S T 5 5
(C) P Q 5
(D) Tl
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Numerical Answer Questions
Q.12 Assume that all inputs in the open-collector TTL gate shown in figure is in the high
state of 5V. What will be the voltage at the base of transistor Q
1
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Q.13 Consider the sequential circuit shown below for which all J and K are HIGH. What
will be the MOD number of the counter ?
Linked Answer Questions
Statement For Linked Answer Questions 14 and 15:
Consider the 8085 assembly language given below. Initially, the different values in the
registers (in Hex) are 05 A = ; 000 BC = ; 5472 DE = ; 4528 HL = and all flags are set to 1.
MOV, A, E 1
ADD L 2
DAA 3
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MOV L, A 4
MOV A, D 5
ADC H 6
DAA 7
MOV H, A 8
MVI A, 00H 9
RAL 10
RET 11
Q.14 What will be the contents of HL after 8th instruction ?
(A) 5472 (B) 4528
(C) 1010 (D) 0000
Q.15 The 8085 program accomplishes
(A) BCD subtraction (B) Two binary numbers addition
(C) BCD addition (D) None of these
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