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GATE 1998 Electronics & Communication

71 questions across 1 session

PYQ 1

A loop is rotating about the y-axis in a magnetic field $$$\overrightarrow B\;=\;B_0\cos\left(\mathrm{ωt}\;+\;\mathrm\phi\;\right)\;{\overrightarrow a}_x\;\mathrm T .$$$ The voltag...

Electromagnetics·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 2

The Maxwell's equation $$\nabla\times\overrightarrow H\;=\;\overrightarrow J\;+\;\frac{\partial\overrightarrow D}{\partial t}$$ is based on

Electromagnetics·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 3

The intrinsic impedance of copper at high frequencies is

Electromagnetics·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 4

Superposition theorem is NOT applicable to networks containing

Network Theory·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 5

The noise margin of a TTL gate is about

Digital Circuits·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 6

The Nodal method of circuit analysis is based on

Network Theory·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 7

A voltage source of internal impedance $${\mathrm R}_\mathrm s\;+\;{\mathrm{jX}}_\mathrm s$$ supplies power to a load of impedance $${\mathrm R}_\mathrm L\;+\;{\mathrm{jX}}_\mathrm...

Network Theory·OTHER·medium
PYQ 8

If $$F\left(s\right)\;=\;\frac\omega{s^2\;+\;\omega^2}$$, then the value of $$\underset{t\rightarrow\infty}{\lim\;}f\left(t\right),\;\left\{where\;F\left(s\right)\;is\;the\;L\left[...

Control Systems·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 9

The short-circuit admittance matrix of a two-port network is $$$\begin{bmatrix}0&-\frac12\\\frac12&0\end{bmatrix}$$$ The two port network is

Network Theory·MCQ·medium·✓ keyed
PYQ 10

Consider a unity feedback control system with open-loop transfer function $$G\left(s\right)\;=\;\frac K{s\left(s\;+\;1\right)}$$ . The steady state error of the system due to a uni...

Control Systems·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 11

A network has 7 nodes and 5 independent loops. The number of branches in the network is

Network Theory·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 12

The unit impulse response of a linear time invariant system is the unit step function u(t). For t>0, the response of the system ot an excitation e -at u(t), a > 0 will be

Control Systems·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 13

The number of roots of $$s^3\;+\;5s^2\;+\;7s\;+\;3\;=\;0$$ in the left half of the s-plane are

Control Systems·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 14

For full wave rectification, a four diode bridge rectifier is claimed to have the following advantages over a two diode circuit: (1) less expensive transformer (2) smaller size tra...

Analog Circuits·STMT·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 15

An equivalent 2’s complement representation of the 2’s complement number 1101 is

Digital Circuits·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 16

The emitter coupled pair of BJT’s gives a linear transfer relation between the differential output voltage and the differential input voltage V id only. When the magnitude of V id...

Analog Circuits·MCQ·medium·✓ keyed
PYQ 17

The transfer function of a tachometer is of the form

Control Systems·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 18

Draw a signal flow graph for the following set of algebraic equations: $$$\begin{array}{l}y_2=ay_1-\;gy_3\\y_3=ey_2+\;cy_4\\y_4=by_2-dy_4\end{array}$$$ Hence, find the gains $$\fra...

Control Systems·OTHER·medium
PYQ 19

Consider a feedback control system with loop transfer function $$$G\left(s\right)H\left(s\right)=\frac{K\left(1+0.5s\right)}{s\left(1+s\right)\left(1+2s\right)}$$$ The type of the...

Control Systems·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 20

The open loop transfer function of a unity feedback open-loop system is $$\frac{2s^2+6s+5}{\left(s+1\right)^2\left(s+2\right)}$$. The characteristic equation of the closed loop sys...

Control Systems·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 21

The characteristic equation of a feedback control system is $$$s^4+20s^3+15s^2+2s+K\;=\;0$$$ (i) Determine the range of K for the system to be stable. (ii) Can the system be margin...

Control Systems·OTHER·medium
PYQ 22

The transfer function of a phase lead controller is $${\textstyle{{1 + 3Ts} \over {1 + Ts}}}.$$ The maximum value of phase provided by this controller is

Control Systems·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 23

The advantage of using a dual slope ADC in a digital voltmeter is that

Digital Circuits·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 24

The Nyquist plot of a loop transfer function G$$(j\omega )$$ H$$(j\omega )$$, of a system encloses the (-1, j0) point. The gain margin of the system is

Control Systems·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 25

If $$\,\,\,L\,\,\left\{ {f\left( t \right)} \right\} = {w \over {{s^2} + {w^2}}}$$ then the value of $$\mathop {Lim}\limits_{t \to \infty } f\left( t \right) = $$ ____________.

Engineering Mathematics·MCQ·medium·✓ keyed
PYQ 26

Two 2' s complement numbers having sign bits x and y added and the sign bit of the result is z. Then, the occurrence of overflow is indicated by the Boolean function.

Digital Circuits·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 27

In a differential Amplifier, CMRR can be improved by using an increased

Analog Circuits·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 28

The $${f_T}$$ of a BJT is related to its $${g_{m,}}\,\,{C_\pi }$$ and $${C_\mu }$$ as follows

Analog Circuits·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 29

In the Bode-plot of a unity feedback control system, the value of phase of G($$j\omega $$) at the gain cross over frequency is $$ - 125^\circ $$. The phase margin of the system is

Control Systems·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 30

A plane wave with $$\overrightarrow E = 10\,{e^{j\left( {\omega t - \beta z} \right)\,}}\,\,{\overrightarrow a _{_y}}$$ is incident normally on a thick plane conductor lying in the...

Electromagnetics·NAT·medium
PYQ 31

The probability density function of the envelope of narrow band Gaussian noise is

Communications·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 32

From a measurement of the rise time of the output pulse of an amplifier whose input is a small amplitude square wave, one can estimate the following parameter of the amplifier:

Analog Circuits·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 33

In a series regulated power supply circuit, the voltage gain A v of the ‘pass’ transistor satisfies the condition:

Analog Circuits·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 34

The amplitude spectrum of a Gaussian pulse is

Communications·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 35

The vector $$\mathop H\limits^ \to $$ in the far field of an antenna satisfiels

Electromagnetics·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 36

For a given data rate, the bandwidth B p of a BPSK signal and the band width B 0 of the OOK signal are related as

Communications·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 37

The loop transfer function of a single loop control system is given by $$G(s)H(s) = {{100} \over {s\left( {1 + 0.01s} \right)}}{e^{ - ST}}$$ Using Nyquist criterion, find the condi...

Control Systems·OTHER·medium
PYQ 38

In a PCM system with uniform quantization, increasing the number of bits from 8 to 9 will reduce the quantization noise power by a factor of

Communications·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 39

One input terminal of high gain comparator circuit is connected to ground and a sinusoidal voltage is applied to the other input. The output of comparator will be

Analog Circuits·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 40

The depth of penetration of a wave in a lossy dielectric increases with increasing

Electromagnetics·MCQ·medium·✓ keyed
PYQ 41

The electric field vector of a wave is given as $$$\vec E = {E_0}{\mkern 1mu} {e^{j\left( {\omega t + 3x - 4y} \right)}}{\mkern 1mu} {{8{{\vec a}_x} + 6{{\vec a}_y} + 5{{\vec a}_z}...

Electromagnetics·OTHER·medium
PYQ 42

The ACF of a rectangular pulse of duration T is

Communications·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 43

The wavelength of a wave with propagation constant $$\left( {0.1\,\pi + j\,0.2\pi } \right){m^{ - 1}}$$ is

Electromagnetics·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 44

The time averaged Poynting vector, in W/m 2 , for a wave with $$\vec E = 24{e^{j\left( {\omega t + \beta z} \right)}}{\mkern 1mu} {\overrightarrow a _y}$$ V/m in free space is

Electromagnetics·MCQ·medium·✓ keyed
PYQ 45

The far field of an antenna varies with distance r as

Electromagnetics·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 46

A rectangular waveguide with inner dimensions 6 cm $$ \times $$ 3 cm has been designed for a single mode operation. Find the possible frequency range of operation such that the low...

Electromagnetics·NAT·medium
PYQ 47

An instruction used to set the carry flag in a computer can be classified as

Microprocessors·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 48

The polarization of a wave with electric field vector $$\overrightarrow E = {E_0}\,{e^{j\left( {\omega t - \beta z} \right)}}\left( {\overrightarrow {{a_x}} + \overrightarrow {{a_y...

Electromagnetics·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 49

Compression in PCM refers to relative compression of

Communications·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 50

The radiation resistance of a circular loop of one turn is 0.01 $$\Omega $$. The radiation resistance of five turns of such a loop will be

Electromagnetics·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 51

For an ADC, match the following : if List 1 A. Flash converter B. Dual slope converter C. Successive approximation Converter List 2 1. requires a conversion time of the order of a...

Digital Circuits·MTF·medium
PYQ 52

The eigen values of the matrix $$A = \left[ {\matrix{ 0 & 1 \cr 1 & 0 \cr } } \right]$$ are

Engineering Mathematics·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 53

In a shunt-shunt negative feedback Amplifier, as compared to the basic Amplifier,

Analog Circuits·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 54

Flat top sampling of low pass signals

Signals and Systems·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 55

The trigonometric Fourier series of a periodic time function can have only

Signals and Systems·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 56

For small signal a.c. operation, a practical forward biased diode can be modeled as

Electronic Devices and Vlsi·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 57

The static characteristic of an adequately forward biased p-n junction is a straight line, if the plot is of

Electronic Devices and Vlsi·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 58

The Fourier transform of a voltage of a voltage signal x(t) is X(f). The unit of |X(f)| is

Signals and Systems·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 59

Consider a rectangular pulse g(t) existing between $$t = \, - {T \over 2}\,and\,{T \over 2}$$. Find and sketch the pulse obtained by convolving g(t) with itself. The Fourier transf...

Signals and Systems·OTHER·medium
PYQ 60

The ACF of a rectangular pulse of duration T is

Signals and Systems·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 61

The z - transform of the time function $$\sum\limits_{k = 0}^\infty {\delta \left( {n - k} \right)} $$ is

Signals and Systems·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 62

If L$$\left[ {f\left( t \right)} \right]$$ = $$\omega /\left( {{s^2} + {\omega ^2}} \right),$$ then the value of $$\matrix{ {Lim\,f\,\left( t \right)} \cr {t \to \infty } \cr } $$

Signals and Systems·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 63

The amplitude spectrum of a Gaussian pulse is

Signals and Systems·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 64

The Fourier transform of a function x(t) is X(f). The Fourier transform of $${{dx(t)} \over {dt}}$$ will be

Signals and Systems·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 65

The unit impulse response of a linear time invariant system is the unit step function u(t). For t>0, the response of the system to an excitation e -at u(t), a>0 will be

Signals and Systems·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 66

The transfer function of a zero - order - hold system is

Signals and Systems·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 67

An antenna in free space receives 2$$\mu $$ W of power when the incident electric field is 20 m V/m rms. The effective aperture of the antenna is

Electromagnetics·MCQ·medium·✓ keyed
PYQ 68

Quadrature multiplexing is

Communications·MCQ·✓ keyed
PYQ 69

An I/O processor control the flow of information between

Microprocessors·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 70

The image channel selectivity of super heterodyne receiver depends upon

Communications·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 71

A DSB-SC signal is generated using the carrier $$\cos\left(\omega_ct\;+\;\theta\right)$$ and modulating singal x(t). The envelope of the DSB-SC signal is

Communications·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed