GATE EC 2017 (Set - 1) Questions

PAGE GATE 2017 [Forenoon Session (Set - 01)] Technical
1 Electronics & Communication Engineering

Question 1
XOR
A B C D
CLK
In the given right shift SIPO shift register, initial value of ABCD is 1101, A is MSB and D is LSB. The
number of clock cycles after which the content of shift register will become 1111 is __________.
Ans. 10.0 to 10.0
Question 2
Following program has been written for microprocessor 8085. The content of accumulator after 5th
instruction is ____________H.
MVI A, 78 H
MVI B, 33 H
ADD B
CMA
ANI 33 H
Ans. 10
Question 3
Consider polynomial, s 4 s 2 1 0 , poles are
(A) All four, complex poles in LHS
(B) Two poles on the RHS, Two poles on the LHS
(C) One pole on the RHS, one pole on the LHS and two poles on the imaginary axis
(D) All poles lie on the imaginary axis
Ans. (B)
Question 4
Consider BJT amplifier shown in below figure.
12 V
2 kW
73 kW
C1 C2
8 kW V0
Vin 47 kW
2 kW C3
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kT
If 25 mV, VBE 0.7 V and assume base current to be negligible, then the magnitude of midband
q
V0
gain is _________.
Vin
Ans. 128
Question 5
The Op-Amp circuit shown in below figure has open loop gain 105 and cut off frequency is 8 Hz.
79 W
1W
V0
Vin
The value of voltage gain at 15 kHz is ___________.

Ans. 44.37
Question 6
s p b1s p 1 ....
A system has G ( s) . Into bode plot of this transfer function if 60 dB slope at
s q a1s q 1 ....
the possible combination of p and q is
(A) p 0, q 3 (B) p 1, q 7 (C) p 2, q 3 (D) p 3, q 5
Ans. (A)
Question 7
In 8085 microprocessor, if clock frequency is 5 MHz and time required for each instruction is 1.4 sec .
The number of possible T-states are __________.
(A) 7 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 2
Ans. (A)
Question 8
If a function is expressed in SOP form and is given by f 0 m0 m2 m3 m5 . f 0 has three variable A, B
and C where A is MSB and C is LSB then the expression of f 0 is
(A) AB ABC ABC (B) AC AB ABC

(C) AC AB ABC (D) ABC AC ABC
Ans. (B)
Question 9
An open loop transfer function is given by,
K
G ( s) H ( s)
( s 2s 2)( s 2)
2
If K = 10, Nyquist plot do not encloses 1 j 0 .

If K = 100, Nyquist plot encloses 1 j 0 .
System is
(A) Stable for K 10 and unstable for K 100 (B) Stable for both K 10 and K 100
(C) Unstable for both K 10 and K 100 (D) Unstable for K 10 and stable for K 100
Ans. (A)
Question 10
Consider Schmitt trigger circuit shown in below figure.
Vi
V0
+
2 kW
1 kW
+ 3V

The upper threshold and lower threshold voltage when power supply is 15 V are respectively
(A) 3 V, 7 V (B) + 7 V, 3V (C) 2 V, 6 V (D) + 5 V, 5 V
Ans. (B)
Question 11
Graph of drift velocity Vs electric field is shown in figure. Doping concentration is 11017 atoms/cm3 and
charge of electron is 1.6 1019 C . 5 V is applied across the 1 m length. Calculate the current density
__________ kA/cm 2 .
Vd (cm/sec)
107
E (V/cm)
5 105
Ans. 16
Question 12
If x(t ) is input of LTI system is given by x(t ) 4 cos 200t 8cos 400t . If impulse response of system
is given by,
2sin 300t
; t0
h(t ) t
600 ; t0
And y (t ) is output of the system then y (t ) max is ______
Ans. 8
Question 13
x(n) and y(n) are input and output response respectively.
n x(n) ; 0 n 10
If y ( n)
x(n) x(n 1); otherwise
Then system will be,
(A) Causal but not stable (B) Causal and stable
(C) Non causal but stable (D) Non causal and non stable
Ans. (B)
Question 14

In below circuit if magnitude of phase difference between V1 and V2 is at an angular frequency 0
4
then the value of 0 is __________ rad/sec.
V2
1W 1H
100 cos wt 1W V1
Ans. 1
Question 15

If x(t ) is periodic signal and is represented by x(t ) a0 (an cos n0t bn sin n0t ) have
n 1

x(t ) x( t ) x t
0
then x(t ) is
(A) Having all terms an zero, even term bn zero and only odd terms of bn exist
(B) Having all terms an zero, odd terms of bn zero and even term of bn exist
(C) Having all terms of an and bn zero
(D) Having odd term of an and bn zero
Ans. (A)
Question 16
kT
If a n n diode having N D1 1018 / cm3 , N D2 1015 /cm3 and 25 mV and intrinsic concentration
q
11010 /cm3 then built-in voltage is _______
(A) 0.748 V (B) 0.460 V (C) 0.288 V (D) 0.173 V
Ans. (D)
Question 17
N A1 N D1 N A2 N D2
1014 1014 1016 1016

P N P N
If two diode having doping concentration N A1 = N D1 1014 /cm3 and N A2 = N D2 1016 /cm3 respectively,
if reverse bias voltage is much more greater than V0 and same value of reverse bias has been applied
C
across both diode, then the ratio of capacitance 2 is ___________.
C1
Ans. 10
Question 18
+ V1
4W 1H
+
5W
V(t) = 10 coswt
V2
w = 3 rad/sec
1
F
36
V2
The magnitude of is __________
V1
Ans. (2.6)
Question 19
W
Given MOSFET is in saturation. Given that nCox 1 mA/V . Threshold voltage VTN 1 V
L
VDD = +12 V
ID
R1 = 2 kW RD
NMOS
R2 = 1 kW Rs = 0.5 kW
The value of I D in mA is ________.

Ans. 2
Question 20
dx(t )
Let x(t ) be a signal with Nyquist rate 0 . Determine the Nyquist rate of
dt
0
(A) 0 (B) 02 (C) 20 (D)
2
Ans. (A)
Question 21
x
N-type
L
Carrier are injected such that carrier profile is
x
G ( x) GLo 1 , GLo 10 /cm , D p 100 cm / V-sec
17 3 2
Lp
L
p hole carrier life time 10 4 sec, q 1.6 1019 C . The hole diffusion current density at x , is
2
__________ A/cm 2
Ans. 16
Question 22
1 1 1 0, for 0
Given h(0) , h(1) , h(2) . It is given that H () .
3 3 3 1, otherwise
The value of in radian is ___________.
2
Ans. 2.093
3
Question 23
A discrete sequence is given by,
x(0) 1, x (1) 2, x(2) 1, h(0) 1
Where length of h(n) is 3 and output input relation is given by,
y[n] x[n] h[n]
If y[1] 3, y[2] 4 , then value of (10 y[3] y[4]) will be _____________.
Ans. 31
Question 24
By using newton Raphson method till to iteration, the roots of the equation x3 x 1 , for which the initial
value of x is 1, will be __________.
Ans. 0.686
Question 25
The constant voltage source is applied across the given circuit at t = 0. Then time (in seconds) at which
current through 2 H inductor becomes 2 A, will be ____________.
1W I
+
15 V 1H 2H
Ans. 0.61
Question 26
Consider the open loop transfer function a unity feedback system as shown below. The steady state error
for unit step input is zero and 6 for unit ramp input. The value of P is ___________.
1
G ( s)
s ( s 3)( s 2 2s 2)
P
Ans. 1
Question 27
For the given matrix A, one of the Eigen value is real. The real Eigen value is _________.
1 2 3 4 5
5 1 2 3 4

A 4 5 1 2 3

3 4 5 1 2
2 3 4 5 1
(A) 2.5 (B) 0 (C) 15 (D) 25
Ans. (C)
Question 28
A good trans-conductance amplifier has which one of the following property?
(A) High input and low output resistance (B) Low input and high output resistance
(C) Low input and output resistance (D) High input and output resistance
Ans. (D)
Question 29
Pole zero pattern of phase lag controller (Lag compensator) is
(A) jw (B) jw
s s
(C) jw (D) jw
s s
Zero - Pole -
Ans. (A)
Question 30
The rank of given below matrix M is
5 10 10
M 1 0 2
3 6 6
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

Ans. (C)
Question 31
If f ( x) e x x then Taylor series approximation of f ( x) around x 0 including all power of x less than
2
or equal to 3 is
3 2 3 2 7 3
(A) 1 x x 2 x3 (B) 1 x x x3 (C) 1 x x x (D) 1 x 3x 2 7 x3
2 2 2
Ans. (C)
Question 32
Three pair of cubical dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability that all three dice have same number
of dots on their faces is _____________.
1
Ans.
36
Question 33
The Open loop transfer function with unity feedback system is given below. If at K = 1.5, root of the
system will lie on imaginary axis, then for the system to be stable, range of K is _________.
K ( s 2 2 s 2)
G ( s)
s 2 3s 2
Ans. K > 1.5
Question 34
dy
Solve differential equation ( x y 1) 2
dx
(A) y 1 x tan 1 ( x c) , where c is a constant (B) y 1 x tan 1 ( x c) , where c is a constant
(C) y 1 x tan 1 ( x c) , where c is a constant (D) y 1 x tan ( x c) , where c is a constant
Ans. (D)
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PAGE GATE 2017 [Forenoon Session (Set - 01)] Technical

1 Electronics & Communication Engineering

The value of voltage gain at 15 kHz is ___________.

(A) AB ABC ABC (B) AC AB ABC

If K = 10, Nyquist plot do not encloses 1 j 0 .

1014 1014 1016 1016

The value of I D in mA is ________.

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

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