1.

The controlling authority regarding telecommunication issues is

a. NTC
b. PTA
c. PTCL
d. FAB
2. √17 is equal to
a. 4
b. 4.125
c. 4.115
d. 4.25
1 1
3. + =
2 2
a. 1
b. ½
c. ¼
d. 2
1
4. 1 + 1 =
1−
2
a. -2/3
b. 2/3
c. -1/2
d. 3
5. 24:48 is same as
a. 1:2
b. 6:4
c. 6:8
d. 4:6
6. The geometric mean of -2i and 8i is
a. ±𝟒
b. ±4𝑖
c. +4𝑖
d. −4𝑖
7. Find the nth term from the given 21st and 89th terms of the AP.
8. A certain number of men will complete a work in 60 days. If 8 men join them, it will be finished
earlier by 10 days. How many men were there originally?
a. 32
b. 40
c. 48
d. 38
e. 50
9. A fair coin is tossed five times. What is the probability of getting all heads on top?
a. 1/32
b. 1/25
 c. 1/5
d. 1/10
10. The distance between a point (m, m) and the line is 2 units. If the line is given by 4x+3y+1=0 then find
the value of m?
a. 9/7 or -11/7
b. 11/7 or -9/7
c. 7 or -11/9
d. --
11. In an egg farm, the 600kg of feed, at a price of 1.25 per kg, is given to the chickens for one year. If the
eggs laid during that year, weigh 5000kg then what will be the cost of eggs per kg?
a. 0.025
b. 0.250
c. 0.150
d. 0.015
e. none
12. The reverse recovery time of most commercial switching diodes is in the range of _____.
a. picoseconds
b. a few nanoseconds
c. several microseconds
d. milliseconds

Ref: Boylestad Electronic 8e

MCQs Link (Boylestad ECD Book)

13. Find the minimum required bandwidth for the baseband transmission of a 4-level PAM pulse sequence
having a date rate of R = 2400 bit/sec if the system transmission characteristic consists of a raised
cosine spectrum with 100% excess bandwidth.
a. 1.2 kHz
b. 1.2 MHz
c. 2.4 kHz
d. 2.4 MHz

Ref: Link (Digital Communications: Fundamentals & Applications, 2/E by Sklar)

14. A variable capacitance is one whose capacitance

a. changes with temperature.
b. changes with time.
c. can be changed manually or by mechanical force.
d. changes with voltage.

Ref: Electrical4u
StudySite
 Book: Capacitors: Technology and Trends by R. P. Deshpande

15. A series RLC resonant circuit implies that it has

a. maximum current and unity pf
b. maximum current and zero pf
c. minimum current and zero pf
d. minimum current and unity pf

Ref: Basic Electrical Engg: Prin & Appl by Kulshreshtha

16. The speed of circuit interruption in forced blast circuit breaker is

a. Slow
b. Medium
c. Fast
d. ---

Ref: Objective Electrical Technology by Rohit Mehta

4mechtech.blogspot

17. Current chopping mainly occurs in

a. air-blast circuit breaker
b. oil circuit breaker
c. SF6 circuit breaker
d. vacuum circuit breaker

Ref: Objective Electrical Technology by Rohit Mehta

4mechtech.blogspot

18. The power factor of an alternator depends on

a. Load
b. Speed of rotor
c. Core losses
d. Armature losses

Ref: MCQs Book

electrical-exams

19. Which of the following signal control the flow of data?

a. RTS
b. DTR
c. RTS & DTR
d. None of the mentioned

Ref: allexamreview

LINK 2
20. In microcontroller and LCD interface which line will instruct the LCD that microcontroller is sending
data?
a. DB0
b. RW
c. EN
d. RS?

Ref: MCQ Link LINK 2

21. What is the order decided by a processor or the CPU of a controller to execute an instruction?
a. decode, fetch, execute
b. execute, fetch, decode
c. fetch, execute, decode
d. fetch, decode, execute

Ref: Sanfoundry

22. The power dissipated in a pure capacitor is

a. Zero
b. proportional to applied voltage
c. proportional to value of capacitance
d. both (b) and (c) above

Ref: Grabstudy

23. In ac circuits, resonance occurs when

a. current leads voltage
b. voltage leads current
c. voltage and current are in phase
d. current lags voltage

Ref: Link PDF

24. If an alternator is supplying load of 300 kW at 0.6 pf lagging and its power factor is raised to unity
then to supply the alternator for the same kVA loading, the extra required kilowatts will be
a. 180 kW
b. 200 kW
c. 280 kW
d. 250 kW

Ref: MCQ Book

25. Which devices are specifically being used for converting serial to parallel and from parallel to serial
respectively?
a. Timers
b. Counters
c. Registers
d. Serial communication
 Ref: Sanfoundry

26. A solution to the problem of external fragmentation is:

a. compaction
b. larger memory space
c. smaller memory space
d. relocation
e. none of the mentioned

Ref: Sanfoundry

27. Which of the following policy restricts scanning to one direction only?
a. N-step-SCAN
b. FSCAN
c. C-SCAN
d. SCAN
e. Both B and C

Ref: MCQ Link

28. The slab allocation scheme is used for all memory allocation in the ______ kernel.
a. Linux?
b. Windows
c. Solaris
d. Macintosh

Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slab_allocation

29. A DC series motor is best suited for electrical traction because:

a. It develops high starting torque
b. It runs at very high speed
c. It is cheaper in cost
d. It is more rugged in construction like induction motor

Ref: https://www.scribd.com/document/311006284/Mcq-of-Dc-Machines-Madhuri-New

30. When the power factor in the transmission line is leading, which device is employed at substation to
reduce the power factor:
a. CVT
b. Reactor
c. Synchronous condenser
d. None of the above

Ref: http://www.etipsbd.com/2018/02/most-important-power-factor-mcq.html

https://deepaknarkhede.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/mcq-ele1.doc

31. Which logic is the fastest of all the logic families?

a. TTL
 b. ECL
c. CMOS
d. RTL

Ref: Book

https://studylib.net/doc/9277290/de_unit-_i---wordpress.com

32. The transient currents are associated with the

a. changes in the stored energy in the inductors and capacitors
b. impedance of the circuit
c. applied voltage to the circuit
d. resistance of the circuit

Ref: https://www.examveda.com/the-transient-currents-are-associated-with-the-48503/

33. The RLC series circuit is at resonance with frequency of 100kHz.If the capacitor has a capacitance of
0.001uF then what will be the value of inductance of the inductor?
a. 2.53m H
b. 2.53 H
c. 15.9m H
d. 15.9 H
e. No enough data as resistance value is not given Commented [SAM1]:

Ref: https://www.kopykitab.com/ebooks/2017/05/11114/sample/sample_11114.pdf
1
Use formula for this 𝑓𝑟 = .
2𝜋√(𝐿𝐶)

34. For a Hold and wait condition to prevail

a. A process must be not be holding a resource, but waiting for one to be freed, and then
request to acquire it
b. A process must be holding at least one resource and waiting to acquire additional
resources that are being held by other processes
c. A process must hold at least one resource and not be waiting to acquire additional
resources
d. None of the mentioned

Ref: http://www.stpetershyd.com/Academics/btech/cse/QB/2-2%20OS%20QN%20BANK.pdf

https://www.wiley.com/college/silberschatz6e/0471417432/slides/pdf2/mod8.2.pdf

35. A NAND circuit with positive logic will operate as

a. NOR with negative logic
b. AND with negative logic
c. OR with negative logic input
d. AND with positive logic output

Ref: http://vbmv.ac.in/pdf/Question%20Bank%20of%20Electronics%20B.%20Sc.%20I.pdf
36. The Emitter Follower configuration is used
a. for voltage gain
b. as a voltage buffer
c. in impedance matching applications
d. B and C
e. for power gain
https://www.elprocus.com/common-collector-amplifier-circuit-working/

37. A JFET is always operated with

a. gate to source pn junction forward biased
b. gate to source pn junction reverse biased
c. gate connected to source directly
d. drain to source reversed biased
e. drain to source forward biased

Ref: Boylestad Book

38. The TTL7447 IC is a(n)

a. BCD-to-7-segment decoder/driver
b. LCD Interface decoder
c. Serial Level Converter
d. A/D Converter IC

Ref: DLD by Morris Mano

39. 1k byte = _____ byte

a. 1000
b. 1024
c. 1010
d. 2^8

Ref: DLD by Morris Mano

40. Half Adder circuit is a __________ circuit that has _________.

a. combinational; 2 inputs and 3 outputs
b. combinational; 2 inputs and 2 outputs
c. sequential; 2 inputs and 3 outputs
d. sequential; 2 inputs and 2 outputs

Ref: DLD by Morris Mano

41. The active power, apparent power, and reactive power are measured in ______________.
a. kW, kVA, and kVAR respectively
b. kW, kVAR, and kVA respectively
c. kVA, kVAR, and kW respectively
 d. kVAR, kVA, and kW respectively

42. A data arranged in intelligible form is called

a. Processed Data
b. Program
c. Software
d. Information
43. Which is not true about the thread and process?
a. It takes for less time to create a new thread in an existing process than to create a brand-
new process
b. It takes less time to terminate a thread than a process
c. It takes less time to switch between two threads with in the same processes
d. It can't switch between two threads with in the same processes
44. A PN junction acts as a ___________
a. Controlled switch
b. Bidirectional switch
c. Unidirectional switch
d. Relay
45. The number of independent degrees of freedom is
a. Square root of the square of the difference of total degrees of freedom – number of
constrain equations
b. Square root of the total degrees of freedom – number of constrain equations
c. Total degrees of freedom – number of constrain equations
d. Total degrees of freedom – half the number of constrain equations
ANS: The number of independent degrees of freedom can be found out by subtracting from the
total number of degrees of freedom, the number of constraint relations among them.

46. Suite of products developed by Microsoft Corporation that includes Microsoft Word, Excel, Access,
Publisher, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
a. MS Office
b. MS Windows Suite
c. MS Xbox
d. Microsoft Azure
e. Utility Manager
47. Data redundancy is
a. Data Integrity
b. Duplication of Data
c. Data Inconsistency
d. Software
48. At a given instant, a proton moves in the positive x-direction in a region where there is magnetic field
in the negative z-direction. What is the direction of the magnetic force?
a. the positive x-direction
b. the negative z-direction
 c. the negative y-direction
d. the positive y-direction
49. A disadvantage of GSO satellites is that points on Earth beyond about ______ latitude are not visible.
a. 40°
b. 50°
c. 60°
d. 80°
50. The pulse shaping technique is used
a. to increase inter symbol interference (ISI)
b. to increase spectral width of modulated signal
c. to reduce inter symbol interference (ISI)
d. to reduce power spectral density
51. Duobinary coding is same as
a. Huffman Coding
b. Shannon-Fano Coding
c. Entropy Coding
d. Correlative Coding
52. DIC, an interrupt handling element in multicore processors is
a. Direct Interrupt Controller
b. Data Interrupt Controller
c. Distributed Interrupt Controller
d. Direct Interface Circuit
53. The power factor of the _______ is zero-lagging.
a. purely inductive circuit
b. purely capacitive circuit
c. resistive-inductive circuit
d. purely resistive circuit
54. Which bridge is used for accurate measurement of inductance and resistance of a coil in terms of a
standard capacitance?
a. Kelvin's double bridge
b. Schering bridge
c. Wien bridge
d. Maxwell bridge

[Ans: D; Ref: Fundamentals of Electric Circuits (3 ed Alexander, Sadiku)]

55. Modem is needed to communicate

a. with computers using telephone lines
b. with computers with mobile
c. with Bluetooth technology
d. with serial port
e. none of the above
56. In case of a reluctance motor, when the. load is increased so that it cannot maintain synchronous
speed the motor will
 a. fall out of synchronism and come to stand still
b. run as induction motor
c. become unstable
d. draw excessive armature current and may burn out.
57. Early computer models did not have this capability.
a. Interrupts
b. Memory Protection
c. Kernel-Mode
d. User-Mode
58. Which delay reduces the rate of transmission out of an input buffer?
a. latching delay
b. contention delay
c. latency
d. --
59. The “rendezvous" condition in the context of operating system:
a. In message passing, it is the condition in which both the sender and receiver are
blocked until the message is delivered
b. the condition where CPU is not engaged in any real productive activity during this period
and the process does not progress towards completion
c. this happens in virtual machine schemes when the processes spends most of its time
swapping pages rather than executing instructions (thrashing)
d. none of these
[When both the send and receive are blocking, we have a rendezvous between the sender and the
receiver.]
60. Electroluminescence is a combined optical and electrical phenomenon that causes
a. a solid-state material to generate electricity when light falls on it.
b. a solid-state material to emit visible light when a strong electric field is applied across it.
c. the emission of electrons or other free carriers when light falls on a material.
d. a material to develop voltage across it when irradiated by flash of light.
61. In HDB3 coding, if the number of bipolar pulses after the last substitution is even, the next
substitution pattern will be
a. a violation bit preceded by three zeros
b. a balance bit preceded by three zeros
c. a violation bit preceded by a balance bit and two zeros
d. a balance bit preceded by a violation bit and two zeros
62. *Pre-emptive policies incur greater __________ than non-pre-emptive ones but may provide better
service to the total population of process.
a. Selection function
b. Decision mode
c. Throughput
d. Overhead
63. * Direction of current in an electronic circuit is defined by
a. Polarity of battery
 b. Number of resistors
c. Polarity of capacitors
d. –
64. * A key step in initiating a project is developing a business case for the project.
65. * Performance of stage-gate is the last step or second last step in the product development?
66. * An electrolytic capacitor is one whose dielectric is developed by chemical means.

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