Department of Electronic Science, University of Pune,
Pune-411007.
Model Question For Entrance Test
Q. 1 Light glows for every 13 seconds. How many times did it glow between 1:57:58 and 3:20:47 ?
a) 380 b) 280
c) 384 d) 400
Q. 2 Two trains move in the same direction at 50 kmph and 32 kmph respectively, a man in the slower train observes the 15 seconds elapse before the faster train completely passes by him. What is the length of faster train?
a) 100m b) 75m
c) 120m d) 50m
Q. 3 A family x went for a vacation. Unfortunately it rained for 13 days when they were there. But whenever it rained in the mornings, they had clear afternoons and vice versa.
In all they enjoyed 11 mornings and 12 afternoons. How many days did they stay there totally?
a) 23 b) 12
c) 11 d) 18
Q. 4 a, e, i, m, q, u,_,_
a) y,c b) b,f
c) g,i d) none
Q. 5 If on an item a company gives 25% discount, they earn 25% profit, if they now give 10% discount then what is the profit percentage.
a) 40% b) 55%
c) 35% d) 30%
Q. 6 A man was engaged on a job for 30 days on the condition that he would get a wage of Rs. 100 for the day he works, but he has to pay a fine of Rs. 20 for each day of his absence. If he gets Rs. 2160 at the end, for how many days he was absent for work.
a) 5 b) 7
c) 10 d) 6
Q. 7 If a man travels at 30 km/hr, he reaches his destination late by 10 minutes, but if he travels at 42 km/hr, then he reaches 10 minutes earlier. Therefore the distance traveled by him is:
a) 36 km b) 35 km
c) 40 km d) 45 km
Q. 8 The age of man is 3 times that of his son. 15 years ago, the man was 9 times as old as his son. What will be the age of the man after 15 years?
a) 45 years b) 60 years
c) 65 years d) 75 years
Q. 9 A two digit number is such that the product of the digit is 8. When 18 is added to the number, then the digit are reversed. The number is
a) 18 b) 24
c) 42 d) 81
Q. 10 A man is facing north-west. He turns 900 in the clockwise direction and then 1350 in the anticlockwise direction. Which direction is he facing now?
a) East b) West
c) North d) South
Q. 11 For a given voltage, four heating coils will produce maximum heat when connected
a) All in series
b) All in parallel
c) With two parallel pairs in series
d) One pair in parallel with the other two in series
Q. 12 How much is the induction of coil that induces 40 V when its current changes at the rate of 4 A/s
a) 40 H b) 20 H
c) 10 H d) 60 H
Q. 13 In an N type FET as V GS is changed from zero to increasing reverse bias, the value of gm
a) Increases b) Decreases
c) Remains constant d) Falls suddenly to zero
Q. 14 Schottky diodes are used in wave shaping circuits because
a) They have small recovery time
b) They have a large reverse resistance
c) They have a large forward current
d) Their peak inverse voltage is small
Q. 15 Hamming code is
a) An error-indication code b) Alphanumeric code
c) Error correction code d) None of above
Q. 16 How many 1’s are present in binary representation of (3 x 512 + 7 x 64 + 5 x 8 + 3 )
a) 8 b) 9
c) 10 d) 11
Q. 17 As compared to full wave rectifier using two diodes, the four diode bridge rectifier has the dominant advantages of
a) Higher efficiency b) Low ripple factor
c) Both a & b d) None of above
Q. 18 Cache is
a) ROM b) EPROM
c) SRAM d) SDRAM
Q. 19 The number of comparisons carried out in a 8 bit flash-type ADC are
a) 256 b) 255
c) 8 d) none of above
Q. 20 The code used to reduce the error due to ambiguity in reading of a binary optical encoder is
a) Octal code b) Excess -3 code
c) Gray code d) BCD code
Q. 21 The program which converts statements written in high level language to object code is known as
a) Assembler b) Compiler
c) Disassembler d) Operating system
Q. 22 The microprograms provided by a manufacturer to be used on his mciroprogrammed computer are generally called
a) Software b) Netware
c) Firmware d) Hardware
Q. 23 The method used to transfer data from I/O units to memory during the bus idle condition is called
a) I/O spooling b) Cycle stealing
c) Line conditioning d) Demand paging
Q. 24 A structure in C
a) Can be read as a single entity
b) Cannot be read as a single entity
c) Can be displayed as a single entity
d) Has member variables that cannot be read individually
Q. 25 A header file is that
a) Is present in current working directory
b) Contains standard library functions
c) Contains definitions and macros
d) Contains user defined functions
Q. 26 The exponential operator in C is
a) ** b) ^
c) % d) Not available
Q. 27 In C sizeof ( ) operator is used for
a) Data type b) Data type & variable
c) Both (a & b) d) None of above
Q. 28 The type of the controlling expression of a switch statement in C cannot be of the type
a) int b) char
c) short d) float
Q. 29 Consider the following C program
int zap(int n)
{
Int z;
If (n<=1) then z = 1; Else z = zap(n-3)+zap(n-1); } What will be the value of z, using call zap(6) ? a) 8 b) 9 c) 6 d) 12 Q. 30 When following C program is executed the value of I will be printed as
main()
{
extern int i;
i = 20;
printf(“%d”,i);
}
a) 0 b) 20
c) Linker error d) None of above
Q. 31 To measure the period of a pulse waveform, you must use
a) a DMM b) a logic probe
c) an oscilloscope d) a pulser
Q. 32 Which of the following memories is preferred in case of calculator
a) dynamic RAM b) dynamic ROM
c) static ROM d) static RAM
Q. 33 Which of the following types of a amplifier operations causes maximum distortion
a) Class A b) Class AB
c) Class B d) Class C
Q. 34 Explain the mathematical function that is performed by the following sequence of 8085 instructions
MVI A, 07 H
RLC
MOV B,A
RLC
RLC
ADD B
a) Division by 20 b) Division by 10
c) Multiplication by 10 d) None of above
Q. 35 A modulus-12 counter must have
a) 12 flip-flops b) 3 flip-flops
c) 4 flip-flops d) synchronous clocking
Q. 36 A 1-mW signal is attenuated at the rate of 5 dB/1,000ft. What is the power level into a receiver that is 6,000 feet from the signal source?
a) 5 dBm b) 10 dBm
c) 20 dBm d) 30 dBm
Q. 37 A compiler is a
a) A program to combine various submodules
b) Translates high level language into machine level language
c) Is a part of CPU
d) Has no relation with type of language
Q. 38 Pick the odd one out
a) malloc() b) calloc()
c) free() d) realloc()
Q. 39 Link list uses
a) Contiguous memory locations
b) Non Contiguous memory locations
c) None of above
d) Can’t say
Q. 40 The impact of two vehicles can cause a lot of ____________ to both
a) Damage b) Damages
c) Damaging d) Damagings
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