GAT- Subject

(Electronics)

Muhammad Sarmad Hafeez

FOREWORD
To the reader of this book.
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concepts extracted from various text books and then the multiple choice questions are created. And
thanks to my wonderful Research Assistants and Teaching Fellows not to miss modern software that
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This book is designed to facilitate the most people who are attempting Graduate Assessment Test Subject aka GAT - Subject. No book under this title is available in the market.
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opportunity.
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Muhammad Sarmad Hafeez

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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1/- Which of the following constitutes an active component?

(a) Semi-conductor Device
(b) Resistors
(c) Capacitors
(d) Inductors
2/- Which of the following is an active device?
(a) Transformer
(b) Silicon Controlled Rectifier
(c) Electric Bulb
(d) Loudspeaker
3/- The conductivity of materials found in nature ranges from 109 ohm-1 m-1 to nearly 10-18 ohm-1 cm-1
will be nearly
(a) 0.5 x 10-15
(b) 0.5 x 10-21
(c) 0.5 x 10-12
(d) 0.5 x 10-3
4/- The process by which impurities are added to a pure semi-conductor is
(a) Diffusing
(b) Drift
(c) Doping
(d) Mixing
5/- Which of the following is a passive component ?
(a) Semmi conductor device
(b) Vacuum Tube device
(c) Capacitors
(d) All of the above
6/- Which of the following is used as a passive component in electronic circuits?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Tunnel Diode
Capacitor
Transistors
Vacuum Diode

7/- A Germanium atom contains

(a) Two electron orbits
(b) Three valence electrons
(c) Four protons
(d) Four valance electrons
8/- If the conductivity of pure Germanium is 1.54 seimens/metre, its resitivity in ohm-metre will be
nearly
(a) 65

(b) 6.5
(c) 0.65
(d) 0.065
9/- The type of atomic bonding most common in semi-conductor is
(a) Metallic
(b) Ionic
(c) Covalent
(d) Chemical
10/- When an atom either gains or loses an electron it is said to be
(a) Ionized
(b) Bonded
(c) Excited
(d) Stabilized
11/- The diameter of an atom is
(a) 10-6metre
(b) 10-10metre
(c) 10-15metre
(d) 10-21metre
12/- The atomic weight of an atom is determined by
(a) The number of protons
(b) The number of nuetrons
(c) The number of protons & nuetrons
(d) The number of protons & electrons
13/- The constituents of an atoms are
I. Protons
II. Neutrons
III. Electrons
IV. Positrons
The mass of which two constitutes is nearly the same ?
(a) I and II only
(b) II and III only
(c) I and III only
(d) II and IV only
14/- The number of protons in an atom is called its
(a) Isotope number
(b) Atomic number
(c) Atomic weight
(d) None of the above

15/- The maximum number of electrons in third orbit can be

(a) 3
(b) 6
(c) 12
(d) 18
16/- Valence electrons are the
(a) Loosely packed electrons
(b) Mobile electrons
(c) Electrons present in the outermost orbit
(d) Electrons that do not transmit any charge
17/- Which of the following element has lowest atomic number ?
(a) B
(b) Al
(c) Ga
(d) In.
18/- Which of the following element does not occur in third group of periodic table ?
(a) Indium
(b) Helium
(c) Aluminium
(d) Boron
19/- The atomic number of silicon is 14. It can be therefore concluded that:
(a) A silicon atom contains 14 protons
(b) A silicon atom contains 14 neutrons
(c) A silicon atom contains 14 electrons
(d) All of these
20/- The atomic number of germanium is 32, the number of electrons in the outcome shell be
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 6
21/- Which of the following does not have three valence electrons ?
(a) Boron
(b) Aluminium
(c) Gallium
(d) Phosphorous
22/- Which of the following element does not have five valance electrons ?
(a) Phosphorous
(b) Arsenic

(c) Antimony
(d) Indium
23/- Which of the following element has four valance electrons ?
(a) Silicon
(b) Germanium
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of the above
24/- The total energy of an electron in an atom will be maximum when it is
(a) Closest to the nucleus
(b) In the even numbered orbit
(c) Odd numbered orbit
(d) In an orbit farthest from the nucleus
25/- Which of the following element has four valance electrons
(a) Silicon
(b) Antimony
(c) Phosphorous
(d) Boron
26/- A germanium atom has
(a) Five valance electrons
(b) Four protons
(c) Three valance electrons
(d) Two electron orbits
27/- If an electron move through a potential difference of 500V, the energy possessed by it will be
(a) 500 ergs
(b) 500 joules
(c) 500 eV
(d) 500 mV
28/- One electron volt is equivalent to
(a) 1.6 x 10-10 joules
(b) 1.6 x 10-13 joules
(c) 1.6 x 10-16 joules
(d) 1.6 x 10-19 joules
29/- The forbidden energy gap for silicon is
(a) 0.12 eV
(b) 1.12 eV
(c) 0.72 eV
(d) 1.12 eV
30/- The forbidden energy gap for germanium is
(a) 0.12 eV

(b) 0.32 eV
(c) 0.72 eV
(d) 0.92 eV
31/- Free electrons exist in
(a) First band
(b) Second band
(c) Third band
(d) Conduction band
32/- The forbidden energy gap between the valence band and conduction band will be least in case
of
(a) Metals
(b) Semi-conductors
(c) Insulators
(d) All of the above
33/- The forbidden energy gap between the valance band and conduction band will be wide in case
of
(a) Semi-conductors
(b) All metals
(c) Good conductors of electricity
(d) Insulators
34/- An insulator will conduct when the
(a) Voltage applied is more than the break down voltage
(b) Temperature is raised to very high level
(c) Elither a or b
(d) None of the above
35/- A semiconductor in its purest form is called
(a) Intrinsic semiconductor
(b) Extrinsic semiconductor
(c) P-type semiconductor
(d) N- type semiconductor
36/- At absolute zero temperature a semiconductor behaves like
(a) An insulator
(b) A superconductor
(c) A good conductor
(d) A variable conductor
37/- When atoms are held together by the sharing of valence electrons
(a) Each atom becomes free to move
(b) Neutrons start shifting
(c) They form a covalent bond
(d) Some of electrons are lost

38/- An electron in the conduction band

(a) Has higher energy than the electron in the valance bond
(b) Has lower energy than the electron in the valance bond
(c) Loses its charge easily
(d) Jumps to the top of the crystal
39/- When an electron breaks a covalent bond and moves away
(a) A hole is created
(b) A proton is also lost
(c) Atom becomes an ion
(d) Rest of the electrons move at a faster rate
40/- EG for silicon us 1.12 eV and that for germanium is 0.72 eV. Therefore it can be concluded that
(a) More number of electron hole pairs will be generated in silicon than in germanium at room
temperature
(b) Less number of electron hole pairs will be generated in silicon than in germanium at room
temperature
(c) Equal number of electron hole pairs will be generated in both at lower temperatures
(d) Equal number of electron hole pairs will be generated in both at higher temperatures
41/- EG for silicon us 1.12 eV and that for germanium is 0.72 eV. Therefore it can be concluded that
(a) The conductivity of silicon will be less than that of germanium at room temperature
(b) The conductivity of silicon will be more than that of germanium at room temperature
(c) The conductivity of two will be same at 6oC
(d) The conductivity of two will be same at 100oC
42/- The resistivity of a semiconductor
(a) Increases as the temperature increases
(b) Decreases as the temperature increases
(c) Remains constant even when the temperature varies
(d) None of the above
43/- Semiconductors have
(a) Zero temperature coefficients of resistance
(b) Positive temperature coefficient of resistance
(c) Negative temperature coefficients
(d) None of the above
44/- The process of deliberately adding impurity to a semiconductor material is called
(a) Impurification
(b) Pollution
(c) Deionisation
(d) Doping
45/- A doped semiconductor is called
(a) Impure semiconductors

(b) Dipole semiconductors

(c) Bipolar semiconductors
(d) Extrinsic semiconductors
46/- Before doping the semiconductor material is
(a) Dehydrated
(b) Heated
(c) Hardened
(d) Purified
47/- Which of the following is donor impurity element ?
(a) Aluminium
(b) Boron
(c) Phosphorous
(d) Indium
48/- Which of the following is acceptor impurity element ?
(a) Antimony
(b) Gallium
(c) Arsenic
(d) Phosphorous
49/- All of the following elements have five valence electrons EXCEPT
(a) Antimony
(b) Arsenic
(c) Gallium
(d) Phosphorous
50/- Which of the following elements has four variance electrons ?
(a) Arsenic
(b) Silicon
(c) Boron
(d) Indium

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END NOTE
Most of the people do acknowledgements in the beginning but we decided to do at the end so you
can only read if you are interested. I would like to start with Dr. Shaista Shehzada the person who
made me realise how amazing and interesting science can be.
Thank You Ahsan Latif for being my partner in crime in asking all those confusing questions to our
instructors in engineering. I have learned more from those few questions than the entire lecture
combined.
To Dr. Habib, Mam Amna, Dr. Saad and Air Commodore (R) Anwar Saeed for teaching me
electronics. It wont be an overstatement to say that all I know about electronic devices and
electronics as a phenomenon in due to these people.
And lastly to Afnan Ansari and Zubair Afzal my colleagues my flatmates and my friends. For pushing
me in compiling and completing this piece.