JSPM Narhe Technical Campus

Department of First Year Engineering

Basic Electronics Engineering
Question Bank for SPPU exam
Unit 1:

1) Explain impact of electronics on society and industry.

2) What is resistor? Write a short note on different type of resistors?
3) Explain working of Capacitor. State different types of capacitor.
4) Differentiate between Active components and Passive components.
5) Write a short note on Passive components.
6) Draw and explain Full wave rectifier with output waveforms.
7) Define rectifier circuit and mention its types. Draw and explain any one with
waveforms. (May-18)(6M)
8) Explain with neat circuit diagram bridge rectifier with its input and output
waveforms. (Dec-18)(6M)
9) In a Bridge rectifier circuit, main supply voltage is 220v, the transformer turns ratio is
8:1 and resistances of transformer, diode and load are 10Ω, 2Ω and 5KΩ respectively
then find a) IDC b)VDC c) η d) voltage regulation e) ripple factor
10) Compare Performance of HWR, and FWR with respect to following Parameters.
a) IDC b)VDC c) Vrms d) Rectifier efficiency e) TUF f) PIV of diodes used. (Dec-12)(6M)
11) Compare performance of half wave rectifier and full wave rectifier with respect to
following parameters: 1) IDC 2)Irms 3) Rectifier Efficiency 4) Ripple Factor
5) PIV 6) TUF. (Dec-14)(6M)
12) Explain working principal of photodiode with characteristics. Why photodiode is
operated in reverse biased mode when used as an optical detector?
. (May-14)(6M)
13) Compare half wave and full wave rectifier. (Dec-15)(6M)
14) Explain with V-I characteristics the working of Zener diode as voltage regulator.
(May-16)(6M)
15) For a given circuit if Vz = 12v, Iz min = 1mA, Iz max = 50mA calculate Min & Max IL &
RL for which zener diode maintains its regulation.
 JSPM Narhe Technical Campus
Department of First Year Engineering
Basic Electronics Engineering
Question Bank for SPPU exam

(Dec-17)(6M)

16) Explain principle of operation of LED.

17) Explain Construction and working principle of photo diode. (Dec-17)(4M)
18) Draw and explain the working principle of photodiode and LED along with its
characteristics. (Dec-18)(6M)