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1. The maximum theoretical efficiency of class A amplifier is ….

a) 12.5% b) 25%
c) 50% d) 75%
2. If we desired to have low output impedance in an amplifier circuit then we should use …..
a) CC Configuration b) CB Configuration
c) CE Configuration d) Either b or c
3. Which amplifier has the highest power gain?
a) CE b) CC
c) CB d) Both b and a
4. Which amplifier has voltage gain of less than 1?
a) CE b) CC
c) CB d) Both b and c
5. In class C operation of amplifier circuit, the collector current exists for
a) 3600 of input wave b) 1800 of input wave
0
c) More than 180 of input wave d) Less than 1800 of input wave
6. For class B operation, the theoretical maximum efficiency is ….
a) 100% b) 78.5%
c) 50% d) 27.5%
7. A push – pull amplifier is a ….
a) Power amplifier b) Voltage amplifier
c) Current amplifier d) Both a and c
8. The purpose of impedance matching in an amplifier is to achieve ….
a) High efficiency b) Reduce distortion
c) Maximum power transfer d) None of them
9. As compared to a BJT amplifier, a JFET amplifier circuit has …..
a) Low input impedance b) High input impedance
c) Very low input impedance d) Either a or b
10. Which of the following amplifier circuit has highest input impedance?
a) BJT b) JFET
c) MOSFET d) Either a or b
11. The theoretical maximum efficiency of a half – wave diode rectifier is …..
a) 40.6% b) 50%
c) 81.2% d) Slightly less than 100%
12. A half – wave rectifier has …… than that of a full – wave rectifier.
a) Higher ripple factor b) Lower ripple factor
c) Either a or b d) Same ripple factor
13. A Hartley oscillator uses ….
a) A tapped inductor b) A tapped capacitor
c) Both a and b d) None of a and b
14. A Colpitt’s oscillator use ……….
a) A tapped inductor b) An inductor and two capacitor
c) Both a and b d) Either a or b
15. An RC oscillator uses ……
a) One RC combination b) Two RC combination
c) At least three RC combination d) Either a or b
16. A Wein bridge oscillator uses Wein bridge for …..
a) Tuning and phase shift b) Tuning
c) Phage shift d) Either b or c
17. A Wein bridge is suitable for ….
a) Audio frequency only b) Radio frequency only
c) Both a and b d) Very much low frequencies only
18. An Op Amp has ……. input and ….. output impedances.
a) Low, low b) Low, high
c) High, low d) High, high
19. For an Op Amp circuit, the voltage follower circuit has input and output voltages …
a) Have same magnitudes b) In phase
c) In phase with different magnitudes d) In phase with same magnitudes
20. The element in the feedback circuit of a log amplifier using Op Amp is …
a) A resistor b) A capacitor
c) An inductor d) A diode
21. In a rectifier circuit, the filter capacitance is increased then the ripple will …..
a) Increase b) Decrease
c) Remain the same d) Either a or b
22. In an amplifier circuit, the emitter is at ac ground potential in a …… circuit.
a) CB b) CC
c) CE d) Both a and c
23. In a self bias circuit for CE amplifier, the base voltage is ……
a) Equal to supply voltage b) More than supply voltage
c) Either a or b d) Less than supply voltage
24. The self bias provides ……………..
a) Stable Q point b) Large voltage gain
c) High input impedance d) High base current
25. In a self bias circuit of CE amplifier, an increase in emitter resistance results in …….
a) Increase in emitter voltage b) Decrease in emitter voltage
c) Increase in emitter current d) Decrease in emitter current
26. In a self bias circuit for CE amplifier, the emitter resistance is made 3 times the original value. The
collector current will ……
a) Remain the same b) Become 3 times
c) Decrease d) Become one – third
27. In the self bias circuit for CE amplifier, the collector supply voltage is made twice. The collector
current will …………
a) Decrease b) Increase
c) Remain the same d) Either of a or b
28. A bypass capacitor produces …..
a) dc ground b) ac ground
c) both a and b d) none of a and b
29. To reduce the distortion in CE amplifier, we should …..
a) reduce emitter current b) reduce collector current
c) reduce ac base voltage d) reduce base emitter voltage
30. In CE amplifier circuit, the output voltage is ……
a) very small b) always constant
c) depends on β d) none of them
31. In CE amplifier circuit, the voltage gain is directly proportional to ………
a) β b) Collector supply voltage
c) Base resistance d) None of them
32. In CE amplifier circuit, the emitter bypass capacitor is removed. The ac output voltage ……
a) Increases b) Remains the same
c) Either of a or b d) Decreases
33. Which configuration is suitable for impedance matching?
 a) CB b) CE
c) CC d) CB and CE
34. Which configuration has high input impedance and low out impedance?
a) CB b) CE
c) CC d) CB and CE
35. A Darlington pair consists of ….
a) Two CB amplifiers b) Two CC amplifiers
c) Two cascaded CC amplifiers d) Two cascaded CE amplifiers
36. The main advantage of CMOS circuit is …..
a) High gain b) High output impedance
c) Low power consumption d) Both a and b
37. The phase angle of a lag circuit is …
a) Between 0 and -900 b) Between 0 and 900
c) 900 d) More than 900
38. The phase angle of a lead circuit is …
a) Between 0 and -900 b) Between 0 and 900
0
c) -90 d) More than 900
39. An oscillator requires an amplifier with ……
a) Negative feedback b) Positive feedback
c) Either a or b d) None of a and b
40. The input voltage for starting oscillations in an oscillator is caused by …….
a) Negative feedback b) Positive feedback
c) Noise voltage in resistors d) A special generator
41. Quartz oscillator has …..
a) Very small Q b) Small Q
c) Very high Q d) Q less than 1
42. The input to integrating Op Amp is a rectangular wave. The output will be ……
a) A sine wave b) A rectangular wave
c) A triangular wave d) None of them
43. Which of the Op Amp circuit uses a resistance in series with input and capacitor in feedback path?
a) Differentiating amplifier b) Integrating amplifier
c) Log amplifier d) Exponential amplifier
44. Which of the Op Amp circuit uses a capacitor in series with input and resistance in feedback path?
a) Differentiating amplifier b) Integrating amplifier
c) Log amplifier d) None of them
45. In which of the following circuit, Op Amp is used in open – loop configuration?
a) Comparator b) Summing amplifier
c) Integrating amplifier d) Log amplifier
46. An Op Amp has zero gain of common mode inputs. The CMRR is …..
a) Zero b) Infinite
c) High d) low
47. The slew rate of an ideal Op Amp is …..
a) very slow b) slow
c) fast d) infinitely fast
48. An ideal Op Amp requires …..
a) zero input offset voltage b) low input offset voltage
c) high input offset voltage d) infinite input offset voltage
50. The open – loop gain of an ideal Op Amp is ….
a) Infinite b) Very high
c) Neither high nor low d) low
51. A Darlington pair is used for …..
 a) Low distortion b) High frequency range
c) High power gain d) High current gain
52. The main advantage of CC amplifier is ….
a) High input impedance and low output b) Low input impedance and high output
impedance impedance
c) High voltage gain d) High current gain
53. In a push – pull circuit, the two transistors are ……
a) Both PNP b) Both NPN
c) One NPN and one PNP d) Either of a or b
54. Class C amplifier is suitable for …..
a) A narrow frequency band b) A wide frequency band
c) Audio frequencies d) Either of b or c
55. Which power amplifier can deliver maximum load power?
a) Class A b) Class AB
c) Class B d) Class C
56. Which of the following are difficult to be fabricated in a monolithic IC?
a) Inductors b) Large capacitors
c) Small capacitors d) Both a and b
57. Wein bridge uses ….
a) Lead networks b) Lag network
c) Lead – lag network d) Both a and b
58. Which of the following has the highest input impedance?
a) CE b) CB
c) CC d) Push – pull
59. Which of the following has the highest output impedance?
a) CE b) CB
c) CC d) Push – pull
60. Which of the following has the highest power gain?
a) CE b) CC
c) CB d) Either b or c
61. Which of the following has a voltage gain of less than 1?
a) CE b) CC
c) CB d) Either a or c
62. The main utility of SCR is due to …..
a) Gate triggering b) High temperature triggering
c) dv/dt triggering d) high breakdown voltage
63. The Triac can be turned on by applying ….
a) A positive signal to gate b) A negative signal to gate
c) Either of a or b d) None of a and b
64. A Triac is equivalent to ………..
a) Two thyristors in series b) Two thyristors in parallel
c) One thyristor and one diode d) One thyristor and one transistor
65. A silicon controlled switch has …… leads.
a) 2 b) 3
c) 4 d) 5
66. The minimum gate current which can turn on SCR is called ………..
a) Trigger current b) Holding current
c) Junction current d) Breakdown current
68. To turn off an SCR, it is necessary to reduce its current to less than ………..
a) current b) Holding current
c) Breakdown current d) None of them
69. Which of the following devices exhibit negative resistance characteristics?
a) UJT b) PUT
c) Both a and b d) UJT, PUT and SBS
70. Which of the devices have four layers?
a) UJT b) SCR
c) TRIAC d) Both b and c
71. UJT can be used for ……
a) Firing an SCR b) Turning off an SCR
c) Both a and b d) None of a and b
72. The valance band and conduction band are overlapped in …..
a) Insulator b) Conductor
c) Semiconductor d) All of them
73. The band gap energy in silicon is …….. ev.
a) 1.12 b) 0.72
c) 1.72 d) 1
74. The band gap energy in germanium is …….. ev.
a) 1.12 b) 0.72
c) 1.72 d) 1
75. Arsenic, Antimony, Bismuth and Phosphorous are …….. type dopants.
a) Donor b) Acceptor
c) Either of a or b d) None of a and b
76. Gallium, Indium and Aluminium are …….. type dopants.
a) Donor b) Acceptor
c) Either of a or b d) None of a and b
77. N type and p type semiconductors are electrically …….
a) Neutral b) Not neutral
c) Either of a or b d) None of a and b
78. The depletion region in a diode ……………. if the reverse voltage is increases.
a) Increases b) Decreases
c) Remains constant d) Both a and b
79. The Zener diode is ……… doped than ordinary diode.
a) Lightly b) Heavily
c) Not a and b d) Either of a or b
80. To use as a voltage regulator, the Zener diode should be operated in …….
a) Forward region b) Breakdown region
c) Both a and b d) None of a and b
81. Voltage regulator maintains constant voltage at output even if there is …..
a) Fluctuation in input supply b) Variation in load
c) Both a and b d) None of a and b
82. The current flows in a BJT due to ……..
a) Free electrons b) Holes
c) Both a and b d) None of a and b
83. The active mode of BJT requires ……. biasing of EBJ and …….. biasing of CBJ.
a) Forward, forward b) Forward, reverse
c) Reverse, reverse d) Reverse, forward
84. The cut off mode of BJT requires ……. biasing of EBJ and …….. biasing of CBJ.
a) Forward, forward b) Forward, reverse
c) Reverse, reverse d) Reverse, forward
85. The saturation mode of BJT requires ……. biasing of EBJ and …….. biasing of CBJ.
a) Forward, forward b) Forward, reverse
c) Reverse, reverse d) Reverse, forward
86. The value of β for a BJT is ………..
a) >>1 b) <<1
c) =1 d) none
87. The value of α for a BJT is ………..
a) >>1 b) <<1
c) Nearly equal to d) none
88. The relation between β and α in a BJT is ….
a) β = α/(1 - α) b) β = α/(1 + α)
c) β = (1 - α)/α d) β =(1 + α)/α
89. The β is the ratio of ……. current to …… current.
a) Base, collector b) Collector, emitter
c) Collector, base d) Base, collector
90. The transconductance of BJT is the ratio of …… current to thermal voltage.
a) Base b) Emote
c) Collector d) All of them
91. In CB configuration, the input is given between ….. terminals and output is taken from …. terminals.
a) EB, BC b) BE,CE
c) BC, CE d) None of them
92. In CE configuration, the input is given between ….. terminals and output is taken from …. terminals.
a) EB, BC b) BE,CE
c) BC, CE d) None of them
93. In CC configuration, the input is given between ….. terminals and output is taken from …. terminals.
a) EB, BC b) BE,CE
c) BC, CE d) None of them
94. Emitter follower is …… circuit.
a) CC b) CB
c) CE d) All of them
95. The highest doping concentration region is ….. in BJT.
a) Emitter b) Base
c) Collector d) Both a and c
96. The lowest doping concentration region is ….. in BJT.
a) Emitter b) Base
c) Collector d) Both a and c
97. The width of the ……. region is the largest in BJT.
a) Emitter b) Base
c) collector d) none
98. The width of the ……. region is the least in BJT.
a) Emitter b) Base
c) collector d) none
99. The current flows within a FET are due to ……
a) free electrons b) holes
c) either of a or b d) both a and b
100. BJT acts as a …….
a) VCCS b) VCVS
c) CCCS d) CCVS
101. The gate terminal is isolated from the body in …..
a) BJT b) JFET
c) MOSFET d) Both b and c
102. The pinch off voltage for n – channel JFET is a ……. quantity.
a) Positive b) Negative
c) Zero d) Both a and b
103. The conductivity of pure semiconductor is ….. than that of conductor.
a) Higher b) Lower
c) The same d) Note a and b
104. E – type MOSFET is also called …..
a) On until turned off b) Off until turned on
c) Either of a or b d) None of a and b
105. D – type MOSFET is also called …..
a) On until turned off b) Off until turned on
c) Either of a or b d) None of a and b
106. The output of a bridge rectifier is ……
a) Pure dc b) Pulsating dc
c) ac d) both a and b
107. The fastest ADC is ……
a) Successive approximation type b) Dual slope type
c) Flash type d) none
108. N bit flash type ADC needs ….. comparator.
a) N b) 2N
c) 2N d) 2N - 1
109. N bit successive type ADC needs ….. clock pulse for conversion.
a) N b) 2N
N
c) 2 d) 2N - 1
110. The BJT acts as an open circuit in …….. region.
a) Active b) Cut off
c) Saturation d) Both b and c

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