Instrumentation Engineering
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Question 31
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In the circuit given, the Thevenin equivalent resistance Rₜₕ across the terminals ‘a’ and ‘b’ is __________Ω (rounded off to one decimal place).

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is a discrete random variable which takes values 0, 1 and 2. The probabilities are
and
. With
denoting the expectation operator, the value of
is _____ (rounded off to one decimal place).Log in to check the answer
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The diode in the circuit is ideal. The current source
mA. The magnitude of the average current flowing through the resistor R is _____ mA (rounded off to two decimal places).

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The full-scale range of the wattmeter shown in the circuit is 100 W. The turns ratio of the individual transformers are indicated in the figure. The RMS value of the ac source voltage
is 200 V. The wattmeter reading will be ______ W (rounded off to the nearest integer).

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The no-load steady-state output voltage of a DC shunt generator is 200 V when it is driven in the clockwise direction at its rated speed. If the same machine is driven at the rated speed but in the opposite direction, the steady-state output voltage will be _______V (rounded off to the nearest integer).
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A silica-glass fiber has a core refractive index of 1.47 and a cladding refractive index of 1.44. If the cladding is completely stripped out and the core is dipped in water having a refractive index of 1.33, the numerical aperture of the modified fiber is ______ (rounded off to three decimal places).
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In the circuit shown,
rad/s,
and
mH. The capacitance
for which
is purely real is ____________ mF (rounded off to two decimal places).

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The R-L circuit with
and
mH is excited by a step current
. At
, there is a current
flowing through the inductor. The minimum time taken for current through the inductor to reach 99% of its final value is ______
s (rounded off to two decimal places).

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Consider a standard negative feedback configuration with
and the controller
. The root-locus of
is presented in the figure below.

The gain
at
rad/s. The value of
is ______ (rounded off to one decimal place).Log in to check the answer
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How many five-digit numbers can be formed using the integers 3, 4, 5 and 6 with exactly one digit appearing twice?
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