Degree: B.
Tech, Stream: ALL
End Semester Examination, April-2025
Paper Code: IVC203. Paper Name: Basic Electronics Engineering
Full Marks:100 Duration:3 Hours
Part - A
Attempt 10 questions
Each question carries 2 Marks (2 X 10)
1. Write down the difference between active and passive devices. 2
or
1. Write down the name of three semiconductor materials 2
Write the name of the material used for doping in p-type
2. 2
semiconductor.
or
Write the name of the material used for doping in n-type
2. semiconductor. 2
3. What are the basic gates? Write their names. 2
or
3. What are the universal gates? Write their names. 2
4. How many times of breakdown mechanism can occur in a diode? 2
or
4. What do you mean by doping? 2
5. How do semiconductors conduct electricity? 2
or
5. What is a “hole”? 2
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Why does a pure semiconductor behave like an insulator at
6. absolute zero temperature? 2
or
Which of the two semiconductor materials Si or Ge has larger
6. conductivity at room temperature? Why? 2
7. What do you mean by mean life of a carrier? 2
or
7. Define Hall Voltage. 2
8. Why is collector region wider than emitter region in BJT? 2
or
In a BJT, the emitter current is 12 mA and the emitter current is
8. 1.02 times the collector current. Find the base current. 2
9. What is OpAmp? 2
or
9. Define input offset voltage. 2
10. State the full form of MOSFET 2
or
10. How many terminals the MOSFET consists of? 2
Part - B
Attempt 6 questions
Each question carries 5 Marks (5 X 6)
11. Draw the band diagram of p-type and n-type semiconductor. 5
or
11. Write the differences between metal and insulators. 5
Whether the MOSFET is voltage controlled or current controlled
12. device? Why? Describe the different types of MOSFET. 5
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or
What do you mean by the Depletion mode and Enhancement mode
12. 5
in the MOSFET?
13. Differentiate FET and BJT 5
or
A transistor has α=0.99. If it is connected in CE mode what should
13. be the change in collector current for a change of 10µA in base 5
current?
14. What do you mean by early effect and base width modulation? 5
or
14. Why OPAMP called operational Amplifier? 5
15. What are α, β in a transistor? What is the relation between them? 5
or
15. What is I CBO and I CEO in a transistor what is relation between I CEO, 5
I CBO and I CO?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using MOSFETs
16. 5
over other transistors?
or
What conditions need to be met for a transistor to operate in active
16. and saturation mode? 5
Part - C
Attempt 5 questions
Each question carries 10 Marks (10 X 5)
Differentiate between conductors, insulators and semi-conductors
17. on the basis of energy band diagram. Give an overview of it 10
briefly.
or
17. Compare zener diode with a p-n junction diode. 10
Describe the band diagram of pn junction diode with proper
18. diagram. 10
or
18. Write the difference between avalanche and Zener breakdown 10
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mechanism.
Draw the circuit diagram of a Zener diode operating in reverse
19. bias. Explain its working principle. 10
or
Draw the circuit diagram of a Zener diode operating in forwrd
19. bias. Explain its working principle. 10
20. Design the three basic gates using any one of the universal gate. 10
or
20. Design the two universal gates using the basic gates. 10
Explain the different region of operations in transistor.
21. 10
or
Explain the different region of operations in MOSFET.
21. 10
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