Question:
Which general register or general register pair of 8085 processor is incremented/decremented by 2 during PUSH and POP instructions?
Which general register or general register pair of 8085 processor is incremented/decremented by 2 during PUSH and POP instructions?
Show Hint
The stack pointer in 8085 is used to keep track of memory locations used by PUSH and POP operations.
Updated On: May 4, 2025
- H-L
- D-E
- Stack pointer
- Program counter
Hide Solution
Verified By Collegedunia
The Correct Option is C
Solution and Explanation
In the 8085 processor, the stack pointer is incremented or decremented by 2 during PUSH and POP instructions as data is pushed or popped in pairs of bytes.
Thus, the correct answer is Stack pointer.
Was this answer helpful?
0
0
Top Questions on Microprocessors
- It is desired to multiply the numbers 0AH by 0BH and store the result in the accumulator. The numbers are available in registers B and C, respectively. A part of the 8085 program for this purpose is given below: MVI A, 00H; Loop:---; ---; ---; ---. The sequence of remaining 4 instructions to complete the program would be
- CUET (PG) - 2025
- Electronics Engineering
- Microprocessors
- What is the size of the address bus in a 16-bit microprocessor?
- A \( m \)-bit microprocessor has a \( m \)-bit:
- TS PGECET - 2024
- Instrumentation Engineering
- Microprocessors
- The stack pointer in a microprocessor is a register containing:
- TS PGECET - 2024
- Instrumentation Engineering
- Microprocessors
- LEA CX,[BX][SI] instruction of 8086 microprocessor indicates where (BX) and (SI) represent the content of BX and SI respectively
View More Questions
Questions Asked in AP PGECET exam
- The absolute humidity of air at 101.325 kPa is measured to be 0.02 kg of water per kg of dry air. Then the partial pressure of water vapour in the air is:
- AP PGECET - 2025
- Thermodynamics
- If the vapour pressure at two temperatures of a solid phase in equilibrium with its liquid phase is known, then the latent heat of fusion can be calculated by the:
- AP PGECET - 2025
- Thermodynamics
- 1 mole of Argon gas is heated at constant pressure from 200 K to 600 K.
If \( C_p = 4\ \text{cal} \cdot \text{deg}^{-1} \cdot \text{mol}^{-1} \), then the change in entropy will be:
(Given \( \ln 3 = 1.09 \))
- AP PGECET - 2025
- Thermodynamics
- The minimum amount of work required to operate a refrigerator which removes 1000 Cal heat at $0^\circ$C and rejects at $50^\circ$C will be:
- AP PGECET - 2025
- Thermodynamics
- The entropy of single crystalline Silicon at absolute zero will be:
- AP PGECET - 2025
- Thermodynamics
View More Questions