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				This section includes 2171 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your ENGINEERING SERVICES EXAMINATION (ESE) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1951. | 
                                    Two transistors have same value of a but different gain (G) bandwidth (B) product. The transistors have similar geometry. However one of them is germanium and the other is silicon. The transistor with lower GB product | 
                            
| A. | is germanium | 
| B. | is silicon | 
| C. | may be either of two | 
| D. | cannot be identified on the basis of above data | 
| Answer» C. may be either of two | |
| 1952. | 
                                    Figure represents a | 
                            
| A. | JFET shunt switching circuit | 
| B. | JFET series switching circuit | 
| C. | JFET analog switch | 
| D. | multiplexing | 
| Answer» B. JFET series switching circuit | |
| 1953. | 
                                    The input gate current of FET is closer to | 
                            
| A. | few amperes | 
| B. | few milli amperes | 
| C. | few microamperes | 
| D. | negligibly smaller value | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 1954. | 
                                    The depletion type MOSFET can operate in | 
                            
| A. | depletion mode only | 
| B. | enhancement mode only | 
| C. | depletion or enhancement mode | 
| D. | neither depletion nor enhancement mode | 
| Answer» D. neither depletion nor enhancement mode | |
| 1955. | 
                                    Assertion (A): The ac load line is different from dc load lineReason (R): The ac load resistance seen by collector and emitter is different from dc load resistance | 
                            
| A. | Both A and R are correct and R is correct explanation for A | 
| B. | Both A and R are correct but R is not correct explanation for A | 
| C. | A is correct R is wrong | 
| D. | A is wrong R is correct | 
| Answer» B. Both A and R are correct but R is not correct explanation for A | |
| 1956. | 
                                    An amplifier has input impedance of 4 kΩ and output impedance of 80 kΩ. It is used in negative feedback circuit with 10% feedback. If open loop gain is 90, the closed loop input and output impedances are | 
                            
| A. | 40 kΩ and 8 kΩ respectively | 
| B. | 4 kΩ and 80 kΩ respectively | 
| C. | 0.4 kΩ and 800 kΩ respectively | 
| D. | 8 kΩ and 160 kΩ respectively | 
| Answer» B. 4 kΩ and 80 kΩ respectively | |
| 1957. | 
                                    FET amplifier is more difficult to analyse than BJT amplifier. | 
                            
| A. | True | 
| B. | False | 
| C. | May be True or False | 
| D. | can't say | 
| Answer» C. May be True or False | |
| 1958. | 
                                    In a BJT CE amplifier circuit the value of coupling capacitor should be such that | 
                            
| A. | its reactance is small for the lowest frequency in the input and output | 
| B. | its reactance is high for the lowest frequency in the input and output | 
| C. | its reactance is zero for the lowest frequency in the input and output | 
| D. | its reactance is infinite for the lowest frequency in the input and output | 
| Answer» B. its reactance is high for the lowest frequency in the input and output | |
| 1959. | 
                                    Generally the gain of a transistor amplifier falls at high frequencies due to the | 
                            
| A. | internal capacitance of device | 
| B. | coupling capacitor at the I/P | 
| C. | skin effect | 
| D. | coupling capacitor at the O/P | 
| Answer» B. coupling capacitor at the I/P | |
| 1960. | 
                                    Percentage increase in the reverse saturation current of a diode if the temperature is increased from 25°C to 50°C | 
                            
| A. | 50% | 
| B. | 500% | 
| C. | 565.7% | 
| D. | 575.6% | 
| Answer» D. 575.6% | |
| 1961. | 
                                    Output of a phase splitter is | 
                            
| A. | a pair of sine waves of unequal amplitude | 
| B. | a pair of sine waves of equal amplitudes | 
| C. | a pair of sine waves of equal amplitudes and opposite phase | 
| D. | a pair of sine waves of unequal amplitudes and opposite phase | 
| Answer» D. a pair of sine waves of unequal amplitudes and opposite phase | |
| 1962. | 
                                    A BJT amplifier has a power gain of 0.5 from source to base. The power gain in dB is | 
                            
| A. | -0.3 dB | 
| B. | -3 dB | 
| C. | -6 dB | 
| D. | -10 dB | 
| Answer» C. -6 dB | |
| 1963. | 
                                    The transformer cores operating at microwave frequency ranges are generally made up of | 
                            
| A. | silicon steel | 
| B. | ferrites | 
| C. | albino | 
| D. | super alloy | 
| Answer» C. albino | |
| 1964. | 
                                    Assertion (A): Negative feedback reduces the bandwidth of an amplifier Reason (R): Negative feedback stabilizes the gain of an amplifier | 
                            
| A. | Both A and R are correct and R is correct explanation for A | 
| B. | Both A and R are correct but R is not correct explanation for A | 
| C. | A is correct R is wrong | 
| D. | A is wrong R is correct | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 1965. | 
                                    The maximum theoretical efficiency for class A amplifier is | 
                            
| A. | 12.5% | 
| B. | 25% | 
| C. | 50% | 
| D. | 75% | 
| Answer» C. 50% | |
| 1966. | 
                                    The basic amplifier in Weinbridge oscillator consists of | 
                            
| A. | CE stage followed by CE | 
| B. | CE stage followed by CB | 
| C. | CB stage followed by CE | 
| D. | CC stage followed by CE | 
| Answer» B. CE stage followed by CB | |
| 1967. | 
                                    An integrating amplifier has resistance in feedback path. | 
                            
| A. | True | 
| B. | False | 
| C. | May be True or False | 
| D. | can't say | 
| Answer» C. May be True or False | |
| 1968. | 
                                    The current ICBO | 
                            
| A. | increases with increases in temperature | 
| B. | is normally greater for silicon transistor than germanium transistors | 
| C. | mainly depends on the emitter base junction bias | 
| D. | depends largely on the emitter doping | 
| Answer» B. is normally greater for silicon transistor than germanium transistors | |
| 1969. | 
                                    If Rs is the sources resistance, the O/P resistance of an emitter follower using the simplified hybrid model would be | 
                            
| A. | A | 
| B. | B | 
| C. | C | 
| D. | D | 
| Answer» B. B | |
| 1970. | 
                                    In figure, current gain is | 
                            
| A. | α | 
| B. | rₑ | 
| C. | RL/rₑ | 
| D. | rₑ/RL | 
| Answer» B. rₑ | |
| 1971. | 
                                    In which of the following circuits is op-amp used in open loop configuration? | 
                            
| A. | Comparator | 
| B. | Summing amplifier | 
| C. | Integrating amplifier | 
| D. | Logarithmic amplifier | 
| Answer» B. Summing amplifier | |
| 1972. | 
                                    For the circuit in figure the output wave shape is | 
                            
| A. | A | 
| B. | B | 
| C. | C | 
| D. | D | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 1973. | 
                                    An amplifier with loop gain Aβ will be more stable for value of Aβ as | 
                            
| A. | 0.95 | 
| B. | 0.7 | 
| C. | 1.2 | 
| D. | 1.5 | 
| Answer» C. 1.2 | |
| 1974. | 
                                    If a transistor is operating with both of its Junctions forward biased, but with the collector base forward biased, but with the collector base forward bias greater than the emitter-base forward bias, then it is operating in the | 
                            
| A. | forward active mode | 
| B. | reverse saturation mode | 
| C. | reverse active mode | 
| D. | forward saturation mode | 
| Answer» D. forward saturation mode | |
| 1975. | 
                                    To draw ac equivalent circuit for a CE amplifier we should | 
                            
| A. | Reduce all dc sources to zero | 
| B. | Short all capacitors | 
| C. | Reduce all dc sources to zero and short all capacitors | 
| D. | Reduce all dc sources to zero and open all capacitors | 
| Answer» D. Reduce all dc sources to zero and open all capacitors | |
| 1976. | 
                                    A FET is a better clapper than a BJT because it has | 
                            
| A. | lower off-set voltage | 
| B. | higher series ON resistance | 
| C. | lower input current | 
| D. | higher input impedance | 
| Answer» B. higher series ON resistance | |
| 1977. | 
                                    In an amplifier, if the output current flows for 120° of the input cycle, the class of amplifier will be | 
                            
| A. | A | 
| B. | B | 
| C. | C | 
| D. | AB | 
| Answer» D. AB | |
| 1978. | 
                                    Equal amplitude ac signals are given as inputs to both inverting and given as inputs to both inverting and non-inverting terminals of an op-amp. The output will be zero when the phase difference between inputs is | 
                            
| A. | 0° | 
| B. | 90° | 
| C. | 180° | 
| D. | 270° | 
| Answer» B. 90° | |
| 1979. | 
                                    The most widely used diode rectifier circuit is | 
                            
| A. | half wave | 
| B. | full wave with centre tapped transformer | 
| C. | bridge | 
| D. | either (a) or (b) | 
| Answer» D. either (a) or (b) | |
| 1980. | 
                                    In a transistor which of the following region is very lightly doped and is very thin? | 
                            
| A. | Emitter | 
| B. | Base | 
| C. | Collector | 
| D. | None of the above | 
| Answer» C. Collector | |
| 1981. | 
                                    A push pull amplifier balance out | 
                            
| A. | odd harmonics | 
| B. | even harmonics | 
| C. | both odd as well as even harmonics | 
| D. | neither odd nor even harmonics | 
| Answer» B. even harmonics | |
| 1982. | 
                                    In case of a transistor amplifier the emitter resistance Re is removed | 
                            
| A. | the gain of the amplifier will reduce | 
| B. | heat sink will not be required | 
| C. | Q-point will become unstable | 
| D. | base to emitter function will be less forward biased | 
| Answer» D. base to emitter function will be less forward biased | |
| 1983. | 
                                    In the circuit of figure for sinusoidal input the waveform of the output will be as shown in | 
                            
| A. | figure A | 
| B. | figure B | 
| C. | figure C | 
| D. | figure D | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 1984. | 
                                    For input and later stages, BI-FET op-amp use | 
                            
| A. | JFETs and MOSFETs respectively | 
| B. | MOSFETs and JFETs respectively | 
| C. | JFETs and BJTs respectively | 
| D. | BJTs and JFETs respectively | 
| Answer» D. BJTs and JFETs respectively | |
| 1985. | 
                                    Oscillator with best frequency stability is | 
                            
| A. | Crystal oscillator | 
| B. | Phase shift oscillator | 
| C. | Clapp oscillator | 
| D. | Hartley oscillator | 
| Answer» B. Phase shift oscillator | |
| 1986. | 
                                    A voltage gain of a CE amplifier connected in collector to base configuration is 50. Collector to base resistor RF = 1 kΩ, RC = 4Ω, the O/P resistance R0 =? | 
                            
| A. | 800 Ω | 
| B. | 813 Ω | 
| C. | 817 Ω | 
| D. | 819 Ω | 
| Answer» C. 817 Ω | |
| 1987. | 
                                    In a P-N-P junction transistor as compared to base region is more heavily doped so that | 
                            
| A. | leakage current is minimized | 
| B. | recombination will be increased in the base region | 
| C. | the flow across the base regional is only because of electrons | 
| D. | the flow across the base region is mainly because of holes | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 1988. | 
                                    In the circuit of figure β = 100 and quiescent value of base current is 20 μA. The quiescent value of collector | 
                            
| A. | 0.2 μA | 
| B. | 2 μA | 
| C. | 2 mA | 
| D. | 20 mA | 
| Answer» D. 20 mA | |
| 1989. | 
                                    In a CE class A amplifier the quiescent current and voltage are ICQ and VCEQ. The maximum power output can be | 
                            
| A. | A | 
| B. | B | 
| C. | C | 
| D. | D | 
| Answer» C. C | |
| 1990. | 
                                    In full wave rectification, if the input frequency is 50 Hz, then frequency at the output of filter is | 
                            
| A. | 50 Hz | 
| B. | 0 Hz | 
| C. | 100 Hz | 
| D. | 75 Hz | 
| Answer» C. 100 Hz | |
| 1991. | 
                                    An engineer designs an amplifier to have a voltage gain of 60, but when constructed it only had a gain of 50. Which of the following will increases from this type of operation? | 
                            
| A. | Stability | 
| B. | Bandwidth | 
| C. | Distortion | 
| D. | Input resistance | 
| Answer» D. Input resistance | |
| 1992. | 
                                    Consider 49 cascaded amplifiers having individual rise time as 2 n sec. 3 n sec. ... 50 n sec. The input waveform rise time is 1 n sec. Then the output signal rise time is given time by (Assume output signal rise time is measured within 10 percent range of the final output signal.) | 
                            
| A. | 39 - 28 μsec | 
| B. | 2.28 μsec | 
| C. | 0.228 μsec | 
| D. | 39.28 μsec | 
| Answer» D. 39.28 μsec | |
| 1993. | 
                                    A rectifier circuit has load resistance R. It uses a capacitance filter having capacitance C. For low ripple in the output | 
                            
| A. | RC should be 1 | 
| B. | RC should be low | 
| C. | RC should be high | 
| D. | RC should be neither low nor high | 
| Answer» D. RC should be neither low nor high | |
| 1994. | 
                                    In a 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. | increase or decrease | 
| Answer» C. remain the same | |
| 1995. | 
                                    In a crystal | 
                            
| A. | the frequencies of series and parallel resonance are equal | 
| B. | the frequency of series resonance is more than frequency of parallel resonance | 
| C. | the frequency of parallel resonance is more than frequency of series resonance | 
| D. | None of the above | 
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 1996. | 
                                    Figure shows a | 
                            
| A. | bipolar transistor | 
| B. | JFET | 
| C. | p-channel MOSFET | 
| D. | n-channel enhancement MOSFET | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 1997. | 
                                    As per miller theorem the circuit of figure (1) can be replaced by that in figure (2) If V1/V2 = K, then Y1 and Y2 are equal to | 
                            
| A. | A | 
| B. | B | 
| C. | C | 
| D. | D | 
| Answer» D. D | |
| 1998. | 
                                    The source of the harmonic distortion in a RC coupled transistor amplifier is usually | 
                            
| A. | power supply | 
| B. | capacitor | 
| C. | R-C circuit | 
| D. | transistor | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 1999. | 
                                    CE mode input V-I characteristic can be shown by a plot of | 
                            
| A. | VBE versus iB for constant values of VCE | 
| B. | VCB versus iC for constant values of IE | 
| C. | VCE versus iE for constant values of VEB | 
| D. | VCE versus iE for constant values of VCE | 
| Answer» B. VCB versus iC for constant values of IE | |
| 2000. | 
                                    Figure shows a zener circuit and characteristic of the zener used. If R2 is the lowest load resistance, then for proper voltage regulation R1 must be | 
                            
| A. | A | 
| B. | B | 
| C. | C | 
| D. | D | 
| Answer» D. D | |