Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Full Paper
1. If E denotes expectation, the variance of a random variable X is given by
1) E[X2] - E2[X]
2) E[X2] + E2[X]
3) E[X2]
4) E2[X]
m
o
2. The following plot shows a function y which varies linearly with x. The value of the integral I
=
is
c
.
rs
e
e
in
g
n
E
O
1) 1.0
2) 2.5
3) 4.0
4) 5.0
o
D
a
a
2) x2
3) 1/x
4) 1/x2
4.
is
1) 0.5
2) 1
3) 2
4) not defined
1/23
gate.edooni.com
4) e-x2
6. For the function e-x, the linear approximation around x = 2 is
1) (3 - x)e-2
2) 1 - x
3) [3 + 22 - (1 + 2)x]e-2
4) e-2
7. An independent voltage source in series with an impedance Z S = RS + jXS delivers a
maximum average power to a load impedance Z L when
1) Z L = RS + jXS
2) Z L = RS
m
o
3) Z L = jXS
c
.
rs
4) Z L = RS - jXS
8. The RC circuit shown in the figure is
e
e
in
g
n
E
O
1) a low-pass filter
o
D
2) a high-pass filter
3) a band-pass filter
a
a
4) a band-reject filter
9. The electron and hole concentration in an intrinsic semiconductor are ni per cm 3 at 300 K.
Now, if acceptor impurities are introduced with a concentration of NA per cm 3 (where NA
>> ni), the electron concentration per cm 3 at 300 K will be
1) ni
2) ni + NA
3) NA - ni
4) (ni2/NA)
10. In a p+ n junction diode under reverse bias, the magnitude of electric field is maximum at
1) the edge of the depletion region on the p-side
2) the edge of the depletion region on the n-side
2/23
gate.edooni.com
3) the p+ n junction
4) the centre of the depletion region on the n-side
11. The correct full wave rectifier circuit is
1)
2)
m
o
c
.
rs
3)
e
e
in
g
n
E
O
4)
o
D
a
a
3/23
gate.edooni.com
14. The Boolean function Y = AB + CD is to be realized using only 2- in put NAND gates.
The minimum number of gates required is
1) 2
2) 3
3) 4
4) 5
2) 0
3) 1
m
o
4) Unbounded
c
.
rs
17. If R() is the autocorrelation function of a real, wide-sense stationary random process,
then which of the following is NOT true?
1) R() = R(-)
e
e
in
2) | R() | R(0)
3) R() = -R(-)
g
n
18. If S(f) is the power spectral density of a real, wide-sense stationary random process, then
which of the following is ALWAYS true?
E
O
1) S(0) S(f)
2) S(f) 0
o
D
3) S(-f) = -S(f)
4)
a
a
19. A plane wave of wavelength is travelling in a direction making an angle 30 with positive
x-axis and 90 with positive y-axis. The field of the plane wave can be represented as
(E0 is a constant)
1)
2)
3)
4)
20. If C is a closed curve enclosing a surface S, then the magnetic field intensity
4/23
the current
gate.edooni.com
density
are related by
1)
2)
3)
4)
m
o
21. It is given that X1, X2, ---- XM are M non-zero, orthogonal vectors. The dimension of the
vector space spanned by the 2M vector X1, X2, .... XM, - X1, X2, ---- - XM, is
c
.
rs
1) 2 M
2) M + 1
e
e
in
3) M
4) dependent on the choice of X1, X2,---XM
22. Consider the function f(x) = x2 - x - 2. The maximum value of f(x) in the closed interval [-4,
4] is
g
n
1) 18
E
O
2) 10
3) -2.25
o
D
4) indeterminate
a
a
23. An examination consists of two papers, Paper 1 and Paper 2. The probability of failing in
Paper 1 is 0.3 and that in Paper 2 is 0.2. Given that a student has failed in Paper 2, the
probability of failing in Paper 1 is 0.6. The probability of a student failing in both the papers
is
1) 0.5
2) 0.18
3) 0.12
4) 0.06
24. The solution of the differential equation k2(d2y/dx2) = y - y2 under the boundary conditions
(i) y = yl at x = 0 and
(ii) y = y2 at x = ,
where k, y1 and y2 are constants, is
1) y = (y1 - y2) exp(-x/k2) + y2
2) y = (y2 - y1) exp(-x/k) + y1
3) y = (y1 - y2) sin h(x/k) + y1
4) y = (y1 - y2) exp(-x/k) + y2
5/23
gate.edooni.com
2) 4/3
3) 1
4) 3/2
26. Three functions f1(t), f2(t) and f3(t), which are zero outside the interval [0, T] are shown in
the figure. Which of the following statements is correct ?
m
o
c
.
rs
g
n
e
e
in
E
O
o
D
27. If the semi-circular contour D of radius 2 is as shown in the figure, then the value of the
a
a
integral
1) j
is
2) -j
3) -
4)
28. Two series resonant filters are as shown in the figure. Let the 3-dB bandwidth of Filter 1
be B1 and that of Filter 2 be B2. The value of (B1/B2) is
6/23
gate.edooni.com
1) 4
2) 1
3) 1/2
4) 1/4
29. For the circuit shown in the figure, the Thevenin voltage and resistance looking into X-Y
are
m
o
c
.
rs
1) 4/3 V, 2
2) 4 V, 2/3
3) 4/3 V, 2/3
e
e
in
4) 4 V, 2
30. In the circuit shown, VC is 0 volts at t = 0, sec. For t > 0, the capacitor current ic(t), where t
is in seconds, is given by
g
n
E
O
o
D
1) 0.50 exp(-25t)mA
a
a
2) 0.25 exp(-25t)mA
3) 0.50 exp(-12.5t)mA
4) 0.25 exp(-6.25t)mA
31. In the AC network shown in the figure, the phasor voltage VAB (in Volts) is
7/23
gate.edooni.com
1) 0
2) 5
30
3) 12.5
4) 17
30
30
32. A p+ n junction has built-in potential of 0.8 V. The depletion layer width at a reverse bias of
1.2 V is 2 m. For a reverse bias of 7.2 V, the depletion layer width will be
1) 4 m
2) 4.9 m
3) 8 m
4) 12 m
m
o
33. Group I lists four types of p-n junction diodes. Match each device in Group I with one of
the options in Group II to indicate the bias condition of that device in its normal mode of
operation.
Group I
Group II
c
.
rs
P. Zener Diode
1. Forward bias
e
e
in
Q. Solar cell
2. Reverse bias
R. LASER diode
S. Avalanche Photodiode
g
n
E
O
o
D
a
a
1) 0.980
2) 0.985
3) 0.990
4) 0.995
35. Group I lists four different semiconductor device. Match each device in Group I with its
characteristic property in Group II.
Group I
Group II
P. BJT
1. Population inversion
Q. MOS capacitor
R. LASER diode
2. Pinch-off voltage
3. Early effect
S. JFET
4. Flat-band voltage
8/23
gate.edooni.com
m
o
1) -2 V
2) -1 V
c
.
rs
3) -0.5 V
4) 0.5 V
e
e
in
37. For the BJT circuit shown, assume that the of the transistor is very large and V BE = 0.7
V. The mode of operation of the BJT is
g
n
E
O
o
D
a
a
1) cut-off
2) saturation
3) normal active
4) reverse active
38. In the Op-Amp circuit shown, assume that the diode current follows the equation
I = Is exp (V/VT). For Vi = 2 V, V0 = V01, and for Vi = 4 V, V0 = V02. The relationship
between V0l and V02 is
9/23
gate.edooni.com
m
o
c
.
rs
1) 0 A
e
e
in
2) 25 A
3) 45 A
4) 90 A
g
n
40. For the Zener diode shown in the figure, the Zener voltage at knee is 7 V, the knee current
is negligible and the Zener dynamic resistance is 10
. If the input voltage (V i) range is
from 10 to 16 V, the output voltage (V0) range from
E
O
o
D
a
a
1) 7.00 to 7.29 V
2) 7.14 to 7.29 V
3) 7.14 to 7.43 V
4) 7.29 to 7.43 V
D+ B +A D
2) Y =
D + BC + A
3) Y = BC +
D+A
4) Y = BC +
D + AB
D + BC + A
D +AB
can be minimized to
D
D
42. The circuit diagram of a standard TTL NOT gate is shown in the figure. When Vi = 2.5 V,
10/23
gate.edooni.com
The circuit diagram of a standard TTL NOT gate is shown in the figure. When Vi = 2.5 V,
the modes of operation of the transistor will be
m
o
c
.
rs
e
e
in
Q4: cut-off;
2) Q1: reverse active;
Q2: saturation;
Q3: saturation;
g
n
Q4: cut-off;
3) Q1: normal active;
Q2: cut-off;
Q3: cut-off;
E
O
o
D
Q4: saturation;
4) Q1: saturation;
Q2: saturation;
Q3: saturation;
a
a
1) X = A
2) X =
+
BC+A
C+ABC
C+AB
3) X = A B + B C + A C
11/23
gate.edooni.com
4) X =
44. The following binary values were applied to the X and Y inputs of the NAND latch shown in
the figure in the sequence indicated below :
X = 0, Y = 1; X = 0; Y = 0; X = 1, Y = 1
The corresponding stable P, O outputs will be
1) P = 1, Q = 0; P = 1, Q = 0;
P = 1, Q = 0 or P = 0, Q = 1
2) P = 1, Q = 0; P = 0, Q = 1 or P = 0, Q = 1;
P = 0, Q = 1
m
o
3) P = 1, Q = 0; P = 1, Q = 1;
P = 1, Q = 0 or P = 0,Q = 1
c
.
rs
4) P = 1, Q = 0; P = 1, Q = 1;
P = 1, Q= 1
e
e
in
45. For the circuit shown, the counter state (Q1 Q0) follows the sequence
g
n
E
O
o
D
a
a
46. An 8255 chip is interfaced to an 8085 microprocessor system as an I/O mapped I/O as
shown in the figure. The address lines A0 and A1 of the 8085 are used by the 8255 chip to
decode internally its three ports and the Control register. The address lines A3 to A7 as
well as the IO
signal are used for address decoding. The range of addresses for which
1) F8H FBH
12/23
gate.edooni.com
2) F8H FCH
3) F8H FFH
4) F0H F7H
47. The 3 - dB bandwidth of the low-pass signal e-t u(t), where u(t) is the unit step function, is
given by
1) (1/2) Hz
2)
3)
4) 1 Hz
48. A Hilbert transformer is a
m
o
1) non-linear system
2) non-causal system
c
.
rs
3) time-varying system
4) low-pass system
e
e
in
49. The frequency response of a linear, time-invariant system is given by H(f) = 5/(1 + j10
f).
The step response of the system is
1) 5(1 - e-5t)u(t)
g
n
2) 5(1 - e-(t/5))u(t)
3) 1/5(1 - e-5t)u(t)
E
O
4) 1/5(1 - e-(t/5))u(t)
o
D
a
a
Let X(ej ) denote the discrete-time Fourier transform of x[n]. The value of
is
1) 5
2) 10
3) 16
4) 5 + j10
51. The z-transform X[z] of a sequence X[n] is given by X[z] = 0.5/(1 - 2z-1). It is given that the
region of convergence of X[z] includes the unit circle. The value of x[0] is
1) -0.5
2) 0
3) 0.25
4) 0.5
52. A control system with a PD controller is shown in the figure. If the velocity error constant Kv
= 1000 and the damping ratio = 0.5, then the values of KP and KD are
13/23
gate.edooni.com
1) KP = 100, KD = 0.09
2) KP = 100, KD = 0.9
3) KP = 10, KD = 0.09
4) KP = 10, KD = 0.9
53. The transfer function of a plant is T(s) = 5/((s + 5)(s2 + s + 1)). The second-order
approximation of T(s) using dominant pole concept is
1) 1/((s + 5)(s + 1))
m
o
c
.
rs
4) 1/(s2 + s + 1)
54. The open-loop transfer function of a plant is given as G(s) = 1/(s2 - 1). If the plant is
e
e
in
operated in a unity feedback configuration, then the lead compensator that can stabilize
this control system is
1) (10(s - 1))/(s + 2)
g
n
2) (10(s + 4))/(s + 2)
3) (10(s + 2))/(s + 10)
E
O
55. A unity feedback control system has an open-loop transfer function G(s) = K/(s(s2 + 7s +
12)). The gain K for which s = -1 + j1 will lie on the root locus of this system is
1) 4
o
D
a
a
2) 5.5
3) 6.5
4) 10
56. The asymptotic Bode plot of a transfer function is as shown in the figure. The transfer
function G(s) corresponding to this Bode plot is
14/23
gate.edooni.com
where is the speed of the motor, i a is the armature current and u is the armature
voltage. The transfer function ((s))/(U(s)) of the motor is
1) 10/(s2 + 11s + 11)
2) 1/(s2 + 11s + 11)
m
o
c
.
rs
e
e
in
g
n
59. The raised cosine pulse p(t) is used for zero ISI in digital communications. The expression
for p(t) with unity roll-off factor is given by
p(t) = (sin 4 Wt)/(4Wt(1 - 16 W2t2)).
The value of p(t) at t = (1/4W) is
1) -0.5
o
D
E
O
2) 0
3) 0.5
4)
a
a
60. In the following scheme, if the spectrum M(f) of m(t) is as shown, then the spectrum Y(f) of
y(t) will be
1)
15/23
gate.edooni.com
2)
3)
4)
61. During transmission over a certain binary communication channel, bit errors occur
independently with probability p. The probability of AT MOST one bit in error in a block of n
bits is given by
m
o
c
.
rs
1) pn
2) 1 - pn
3) np(1 - p)n - 1 + (1 - p)n
e
e
in
4) 1 - (1 - p)n
62. In a GSM system, 8 channels can co-exist in 200 kHz bandwidth using TDMA. A GSM
based cellular operator is allocated 5 MHz bandwidth. Assuming a frequency reuse factor
of (1/5), i.e. a five-cell repeat pattern, the maximum number of simultaneous channels
that can exist in one cell is
g
n
E
O
1) 200
2) 40
3) 25
4) 5
o
D
63. In a Direct Sequence CDMA system the chip rate is 1.2288 x 106 chips per second. If the
processing gain is desired to be AT LEAST 100, the data rate
a
a
64. An air-filled rectangular waveguide has inner dimensions of 3 cm x 2 cm. The wave
impedance of the TE20 mode of propagation in the waveguide at a frequency of 30 GHz is
(free space impedance 0 = 377 )
1) 308
2) 355
3) 400
4) 461
16/23
gate.edooni.com
65. The
=
m
o
1) TE20
2) TM 11
c
.
rs
3) TM 20
4) TE10
e
e
in
g
n
E
O
1)
2)
o
D
a
a
3)
4)
68. The parallel branches of a 2-wire transmission line are terminated in 100
and 200
resistors as shown in the figure. The characteristic impedance of the line is Z 0 = 50 and
each section has a length of (0/2). The voltage reflection coefficient I - at the input is
17/23
gate.edooni.com
1) -j(7/5)
2) ((-5)/7)
3) j(5/7)
4) 5/7
m
o
c
.
rs
e
e
in
1)
g
n
E
O
2)
o
D
a
a
3)
4)
70. A right circularly polarized (RCP) plane wave is incident at an angle of 60 to the normal.
on an air-dielectric interface. If the reflected wave is linearly polarized, the relative
18/23
gate.edooni.com
dielectric constant r2 is
1) 2
2) 3
3) 2
4) 3
m
o
c
.
rs
e
e
in
g
n
1) 50 nm
2) 143 nm
E
O
3) 350 nm
4) 1 m
o
D
a
a
1) 0.143 m
2) 0.857 m
3) 1 m
4) 1.143 m
73. Consider the following statements about the C-V characteristics plot :
S1 : The MOS capacitor has an n-type substrate.
S2 : If positive charges are introduced in the oxide, the C-V plot will shift to the left.
Then which of the following is true ?
1) Both S1 and S2 are true
2) S1 is true and S2 is false
3) S1 is false and S2 is true
4) Both S1 and S2 are false
Two 4-ary signal constellations are shown. It is giventhat
19/23
l and 2 constitute an
gate.edooni.com
orthonormal basis for the two constellations. Assume that the four symbols in both the
constellations are equiprobable. Let (N0/2)denote the power spectral density of white
Gaussian noise.
74. The ratio of the average energy of Constellation 1 to the average energy of Constellation 2
is
m
o
1) 4a2
2) 4
c
.
rs
3) 2
4) 8
e
e
in
75. If these constellations are used for digital communications over an AWGN channel, then
which of the following statements is true ?
1) Probability of symbol error for Constellation 1 is lower
g
n
E
O
4) The value of N0 will determine which of the two constellations has a lower probability of
symbol error
o
D
a
a
20/23
gate.edooni.com
m
o
c
.
rs
78. The contents of the accumulator just after execution of the ADD instruction in line 4 will be
1) C3H
2) EAH
3) DCH
4) 69H
e
e
in
79. Alter execution of line 7 of the program, the status of the CY and Z flags will be
1) CY = 0, Z = 0
2) CY = 0, Z = 1
g
n
3) CY = 1, Z = 0
4) CY = 1, Z = 1
E
O
Consider a linear system whose state space representation is x (t) = Ax (t). If the initial
o
D
a
a
become x(t) =
80. The eigenvalue and eigenvector pairs (i, vi,) for the system are
1) (-1,
) and (-2,
2) (-2,
) and (-1,
3) (-1,
) and (2,
4) (-2,
) and (1,
21/23
gate.edooni.com
2)
3)
4)
An input to a 6-level quantizer has the probability density function f(x) as shown in the
figure. Decision boundaries of the quantizer are chosen so as to maximize the entropy of
the quantizer output. It is given that 3 consecutive decision boundaries are '-1', '0' and '1'.
m
o
c
.
rs
e
e
in
83. Assuming that the reconstruction levels of the quantizer are the mid-points of the decision
boundaries, the ratio of signal power to quantization noise power is
1) 152/9
g
n
2) 64/3
3) 76/3
4) 28
E
O
o
D
a
a
22/23
gate.edooni.com
1) -0.781 V
2) -1.562 V
3) -3.125 V
4) -6.250 V
m
o
c
.
rs
e
e
in
g
n
E
O
o
D
a
a
23/23
gate.edooni.com
Answer Key
1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 1
5) 4
6) 1
7) 4
8) 3
9) 4
10) 3
11) 3
12) 1
13) 3
14) 2
15) 4
16) 1
17) 3
18) 2
19) 1
20) 4
21) 3
22) 1
23) 3
24) 4
25) 2
26) 2
27) 1
28) 4
29) 4
30) 1
31) 4
32) 1
33) 2
34) 2
35) 3
36) 3
37) 2
38) 4
39) 4
40) 3
41) 4
42) 2
43) 1
44) 3
45) 2
46) 3
47) 1
48) 1
49) 2
50) 2
51) 4
52) 2
53) 3
54) 1
55) 4
56) 4
57) 1
58) 4
59) 3
60) 1
61) 3
62) 2
63) 1
64) 3
65) 4
66) 1
67) 2
68) 4
69) 3
70) 4
71) 1
72) 2
73) 3
74) 2
75) 2
76) 1
77) 3
78) 2
79) 3
80) 1
81) 4
82) 1
83) 2
84) 2
85) 3
m
o
c
.
rs
e
e
in
g
n
E
O
o
D
a
a
1/1
gate.edooni.com