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GATE 1989 Electronics & Communication

23 questions across 1 session

PYQ 1

Indicate which of the following logic gates can be used to realize all possible combinational Logic functions:

Digital Circuits·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 2

A load, Z L = R L + jX L is to be matched, using an ideal transformer, to a generator of internal impedance, Z S = R S + jX S . The turns ratio of the transformer required is

Network Theory·MCQ·medium·✓ keyed
PYQ 3

A 10 Ω resistor, a 1 H inductor and 1 $$\mathrm{μF}$$ capacitor are connected in parallel.The combination is driven by a unit step current.Under the steady state condition, the sou...

Network Theory·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 4

Of the four biasing circuits shown in Fig. For a BJT, indicate the one which can have maximum bias stability:

Analog Circuits·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 5

Nyquist plot consider a feed back system where the OLTF is: $$G(s) = {1 \over {s\left( {2s + 1} \right)\left( {s + 1} \right)}}.$$ Determine the asymptote which the nyquist plot ap...

Control Systems·OTHER·medium
PYQ 6

A part of a communication system consists of an amplifier of effective noise temperature, $$Te = \,\,21\,\,{}^ \circ K\,$$, and a gain of 13 dB, followed by a cable with a loss of...

Communications·MCQ·medium·✓ keyed
PYQ 7

The skin - depth of copper at a frequency of $$3 GHz$$ is $$1$$ micron ($${{{10}^{ - 6}}}$$ metre). At $$12 GHz$$, for a non - magnetic conductor whose conductivity is $$1/9$$ time...

Electromagnetics·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 8

A 50 ohm lossless transmission line has a pure reactance of (j100) ohms as its load. The VSWR in the line is :

Electromagnetics·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 9

The electric field strength at a far-off point P due to a point charge + q, located at the origin O is 100 millivolts/metre. The point charge is now enclosed by a perfectly conduct...

Electromagnetics·MCQ·medium·✓ keyed
PYQ 10

Zero mean Gaussian noise of variance N is applied to a half wave rectifier. The mean squared value of the rectifier output will be:

Communications·MCQ·medium·✓ keyed
PYQ 11

In binary data transmission DPSK is preferred to PSK because

Communications·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 12

The condition AD - BC = 1 for a two-port network implies that the network is a

Network Theory·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 13

In a microprocessor system, the stack is used for

Microprocessors·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 14

A signal of bandwidth 3.5 kHz has peak-to-peak and rms amplitudes of 4 V and 0.2 V, respectively. This signal is passed through a linear PCM coder and then transmitted over a chann...

Communications·NAT·medium
PYQ 15

Design a rectangilar hollow metal waveguide to operate in the X-band such that at an operating free-space wavelength of 3.2 cm (a) The guide-wavelength for the $$T{E_{{{10}^ - }}}$...

Electromagnetics·OTHER·medium
PYQ 16

Two vertically oriented half wave dipoles are spaced 1.5 wavelengths apart to from an array. Calculate the half power beam widths of the major lobes of the array, in the horizontal...

Electromagnetics·OTHER·hard
PYQ 17

A source produces 4 symbols with probabilities $${1 \over 2},\,{1 \over 4},\,{1 \over 8}\,\,and\,\,{1 \over 8}.$$ For this source, a practical coding scheme has an average codeword...

Communications·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 18

The condition AD - BC = 1 for a two-port network implies that the network is a

Network Theory·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 19

Among the digital IC-families-ECL, TTL and CMOS:

Digital Circuits·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 20

From the Nicholas chart, one can determine the following quantities pertaining to a closed loop system:

Control Systems·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 21

For the transfer function of a physical two-port network

Network Theory·MCQ·medium·✓ keyed
PYQ 22

A logic family has threshold voltage $${V_T}$$= 2V, minimum guaranteed output high voltage $${V_{OH}}$$= 4V, minimum accepted input high voltage $${V_{IH}}$$ = 3V, maximum guarante...

Digital Circuits·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 23

In the case of ground wave propagation, at far-off distances from the transmitting tower antenna, the Poynting vector is

Electromagnetics·MCQ·medium·✓ keyed