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GATE 2015_ Forenoon Session
GATE 2015 Electronics & Communication Engineering (EC)
DATE: 31/01/2015
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
General Aptitude:
01. Operators , , are defined by : a b =
ab
ab
; ab =
; ab = ab.
ab
ab
Find the value of (66 6) (66 6) .

(a) 2
(b) 1
(c) 1
(d) 2
Ans: (c)
02. Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following
sentence.
The principal presented the chief guest with a ________, as token of appreciation.
(a) momento
(b) memento
(c) momentum
(d) moment
Ans: (b)
03. Choose the appropriate word/phrase, out of the four options given below, to complete the
following sentence:
Frogs__________.
(a) Croak
Ans: (a)
(b) Roar
(c) Hiss
(d) Patter
04. Choose the word most similar in meaning to the given word: ( educe)
(a) Exert
(b) Educate
(c) Extract
(d) Extend
Ans: (c)
05. If logx (5/7) = 1/3, then the value of x is
(a) 343/125
Ans: (a)
(b) 125/343
(c) 25/49
(d) 49/25
06. A cube of side 3 units is formed using a set of smaller cubes of side 1 unit; Find the proportion of
the number of faces of the smaller cubes visible to those which are NOT visible.
(a) 1:4
(b) 1:3
(c) 1:2
(d) 2:3
Ans: (c)
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07. The following question presents a sentence, part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you
find four ways of phrasing the underlined part. Following the requirements of the standard written
English, select the answer that produces the most effective sentence.
Tuberculosis, together with its effects, ranks one of the leading causes of death in India.
(a) ranks as one of the leading causes of death.
(b) rank as one of the leading causes of death.
(c) has the rank of the leading causes of death.
(d) are one of the leading causes of death.
Ans: (a)
08.
Humpty Dumpty sits on a every day while having lunch. The wall sometimes breaks. A person
sitting on the wall falls if the wall breaks.
Which one of the statements below is logically valid and can be inferred from the above
sentences?
(a) Humpty Dumpty always falls while having lunch.
(b) Humpty Dumpty does not fall sometimes while having lunch.
(c) Humpty Dumpty never falls during dinner.
(d) When Humpty Dumpty does not sit on the wall, the wall does not break.
Ans: (b)
09. Find the missing Value:
6
7 4
1 9
1 2
Ans: 3
10. Read the following paragraph and choose the correct statement.
Climate change has reduced human security and threatened human well being. An ignored reality
of human progress is that human security largely depends upon environmental security. But on the
contrary, human progress seems contradictory to environment security. To keep up both at the
required level is a challenge to be addressed by one and all. One of the ways to curb the climate
change may be suitable scientific innovations, while the other may be the Gandhian perspective on
small scale progress with focus on sustainability.
(a) Human progress and security are positively associated with environmental security.
(b) Human progress is contradictory to environmental security.
(c) Human security is contradictory to environmental security.
(d) Human progress depends upon environmental security.
Ans: (d)
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Technical Questions
01. Suppose A & B are two independent events with probabilities P(A) 0 and P(B) 0. Let
their complements Which of the following statement is FALSE?
A & B be
(a) P(A B) = P(A)P(B)
(c) P(A B ) = P(A) + P(B)
Ans: (c)
02.
(b) P(A/B) = P(A)

(d) P( A B) P( A ).P( B)
A region of negative differential resistance is observed in the current voltage characteristics of a

silicon PN junction if
(a) both the P-region and the N-region are heavily doped
(b) the N-region is heavily doped compared to the P-region
(c) the P-region is heavily doped compared to the N-region
(d) an intrinsic silicon region is inserted between the P-region and the N-region
Ans: (a)
03. Consider a four bit D to A converter. The analog value corresponding to digital signals of values
0000 and 0001 are 0 V and 0.0625 V respectively. The analog value (in Volts) corresponding to
the digital signal 1111 is ________.
Ans: 0.9375
04. In the circuit shown, the switch SW is thrown from position A to position B at time t= 0. The
energy (in J) taken from the 3V source to charge the 0.1 F capacitor from 0V to 3V is
3V
120
SW
A
t=0
0.1 F
(a) 0.3
Ans: (c)
05.
(b) 0.45
(c) 0.9
(d) 3
The result of the convolution x (t) * (t to) is
(a) x(t+to)
Ans: (d)
(b) x(tto)
(c) x(t + to)
(d) x(tto)
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A function f(x) = 1 x2 + x3 is defined in the closed interval [1,1]. The value of x, in the open
interval (1,1) for which the mean value theorem is satisfied, is
1
1
1
1
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
2
3
3
2
Ans: (b)
06.
07.
The electric field component of a plane wave traveling in a lossless dielectric medium is given
by E(z, t ) a y 2 cos10 8 t
V / m.The wavelength(in m) for the wave is
2
Ans: 8.885
08.
Negative feedback in a closed loop control system DOES NOT

(a) reduce the overall gain
(b) reduce bandwidth
(c) improve disturbance rejection
(d) reduce sensitivity to parameter variation
Ans: (b)
09. For the circuit with ideal diodes shown in the figure, the shape of the output (Vout) for the given
sine wave input (Vin) will be
0.5T
V in
Vout
(a)
(b)
0
0 0.5T
0.5T
(c)
(d)
0
0.5T T
0.5T
Ans: (c)
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10.
A silicon sample is uniformly doped with donor type impurities with a concentration of 1016/cm3.
The electron and hole mobilities in the sample are 1200cm2/V-s and 400cm2/V-s respectively.
Assume complete ionization of impurities. The charge of an electron is 1.6 10-19 C. The
resistivity of the sample (in -cm) is _______.
Ans: 0.5208
11.
The waveform of a periodic signal x(t) is shown in the figure.

x(t)
3
4
2
3
4
0
t 1
A signal g(t) is defined by g(t) = x
. The average power of g(t) is ______.
2
Ans: 2
12. The polar plot of the transfer G(s) =
(a) first quadrant
(c) third quadrant
10(s 1)
for 0 will be in the
(s 10)
(b) second quadrant
(d) fourth quadrant
Ans: (a)
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K
. The
s(s 1)(S 3)
value of the gain K(>0) at which the root locus crosses the imaginary axis is ______.
Ans: 12
13.
A unity negative feedback system has the open-loop transfer function G (s)
14. In the given circuit, the values of V1 and V2 respectively are

4
+
V2 5A
(a) 5V,25V
2I
(b) 10V, 30V
V1
(c) 15 V, 35V
(d) 0V, 20V
Ans: (a)
15.
2
1
4 1
The value of p such that the vector 2 is an eigenvector of the matrix P 2 1 is .

3
14 4 10
Ans: 17
16. Consider a straight, infinitely long, current carrying conductor lying on the z axis. Which one of
the following plots (in linear scale) qualitatively represents the dependence of H on r, where H is
the magnitude of the azimuthal component of magnetic field outside the conductor and r is the
radial distance from the conductor?
a)
b)
r
c)
r
d)
Ans: (c)
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17.
In the network shown in the figure, all resistors are identical with R= 300 . The resistance
Rab (in ) of the network is __________.
a
R
R
R
R=300
R
Rab
R
R
Ans: 100
18.
In the circuit shown below, the Zener diode is ideal and the Zener voltage is 6V. The output
voltage Vo (in volts) is _______.
1k
+
1k
10V
V0
Ans: 5
19.
In an 8085 microprocessor, the shift registers which store the result of an addition and the
overflow bit are, respectively.
(a) B & F
Ans: (b)
20.
(b) A & F
(c) H & F
(d) A & C
In the circuit, shown at resonance, the amplitude of the sinusoidal voltage (in Volts) across the
capacitor is ______ .
(1 M)
0.1mH
4
10 cos t
(Volts)
+
~
1F
Ans: 25
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21.
A sinusoidal signal of 2 kHz frequency is applied to a delta modulator. The sampling rate and stepsize of the delta modulator are 20,000 samples per second and 0.1 V, respectively. To prevent
slope overload, the maximum amplitude of the sinusoidal signal (in Volts) is
(a)
1
2
(b)
(c)
(d)
Ans: (a)
( t ) sin(2 fct) where m

( t ) denotes the Hilbert
22. Consider the signal s(t) = m(t) cos (2 fct) + m
transform of m(t) and band width of m(t) is very small compared to fc. The signal s(t) is a.
(a) High pass signal
(b) Low pass signal
(c) Band pass signal
(d) Double side band suppressed carrier signal
Ans: (c)
23. Let Z = x + iy be a complex variable consider continuous integration is performed along the unit
circle in anti clockwise direction. Which one of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
z
1
(a) The residue of 2
at z =1 is
z 1
2
2
(b) z dz 0
C
(c)
1
1
dz 1
C
2i
z
(d) z (complex conjugate of z) is an analytical function

Ans: (d)
24.
A 16kb (=16,384 bit) memory array is designed as a square with an aspect ratio of one (number of
rows = number of columns). The minimum number of address lines needed for the row decoder is
______.
Ans: 7
25.
Consider the system of linear equations :

x 2y +3z = 1
x 3y + 4z = 1 and
2x +4y 3z = k,
The value of k for which the system has infinitely many solutions is _______.
Ans: 2
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26. Two sequences [a,b,c] and [A,B,C] are related as,
1
1 a
A 1
2
B 1 W 1 W 2 b Where W e j 3 .
3
3
3

C 1 W3 2 W3 4 c
If another sequence [p, q, r] is derived as,
p 1 1
q 1 W 1
3

r 1 W32
1 1 0
W32 0 W32
W 34 0 0
0 A / 3
0 B / 3 ,
W34 C / 3
then the relationship between the sequences [p, q, r] and [a, b, c] is

(a) [p, q, r] = [b, a, c]
(b) [p, q, r] = [b, c, a] (c)[p, q, r] = [c, a, b] (d) [p, q, r] = [c, b, a]
Ans: (c)
27. The maximum area (in sqare units) of a rectangle whose vertices lie on the ellipse x2 + 4y2 = 1 is
______.
Ans: 1
28.
In the circuit shown, switch SW is closed at t = 0. Assuming zero initial conditions, the value of
vc(t) (in Volts) at t = 1sec is _____.
t=0
SW
10V
Ans: 2.528
Vc(t)
5/6 F
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29.
A 3 input majority gate is defined by the logic function M(a,b,c) = ab+bc+ca. Which one
of the following gates is represented by the function
M M a, b, c , M a, b, c , c ?
(a) 3-Input NAND gate

(c) 3-Input NOR gate
Ans: (b)
(b) 3-Input XOR gate

(d) 3-Input XNOR gate
A vector P is given by P =x3y a x x2y2 a y x2yz a z . Which one of the following statements is
TRUE?
(a) P is solenoidal, but not irrotational
(b) P is irrotational, but not solenoidal
(c) P is neither solenoidal nor irrotational
(d) P is both solenoidal and irrotational

Ans: (a)
30.
31. A lead compensator network includes a parallel combination of R and C in the feed-forward path.
s2
If the transfer function of the compensator G C (S)
. The value of RC is .
s4
Ans: 0.5
32. A MOSFET in saturation has a drain current of 1 mA for VDS =0.5V. If the channel length
modulation coefficient is 0.05 V-1, the output resistance (in k) of the MOSFET is _____
Ans: 20
d 2 y 2 dy
y 0 with y(0) = y(0) = 1 is

dt
dt 2
(b) (1+2t)e-t
(d) (1 2t)et
33. The solution of the differential equation

(a) (2 t)et
(c) (2 +t)e-t
Ans: (b)
34. The input X to the Binary Symmetric Channel (BSC) shown in the figure is 1 with probability
0.8. The cross-over probability is 1/7. If the received bit Y = 0, the conditional probability that 1
was transmitted is _______.
P[X = 0] = 0.2
6/7
X
0
Y
0
1/7
1/7
P[X = 1] = 0.8
Ans: 0.4
6/7
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35. For the discrete time system shown in the figure, the poles of the system transfer function are
Y(n)
X(n)
z-1
located at
(a) 2, 3
(b) 1/2 , 3
z-1
(c) 1/2, 1/3
(d) 2, 1/3
Ans: (c)
36. The damping ratio of a series RLC circuit can be expressed as
(a)
R 2C
2L
(b)
2L
R 2C
(c)
R C
2 L
2 L
R C
(d)
Ans: (c)
37. For the NMOSFET in the circuit shown, the threshold voltage is Vth, where Vth>0. The source
voltage VSS is varied from 0 to VDD. Neglecting the channel length modulation, the drain current ID
as a function of VSS is represented by
VDD
ID
(a)
ID
(b)
VDD Vth
VSS
Vth
VSS
VSS
(c)
(d)
ID
VSS
VDD Vth
ID
VSS
VDD Vth
Ans: (a)
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38. In the circuit shown, assume that the opamp is ideal. The bridge output voltage V0 (in mV) for =
0.05 is ____.
100
250(1+)
250(1-)
+
250(1+)
V0
250(1-)
++
-
1V
100
50
Ans: 250
39.
The electric field intensity of a plane wave traveling in free space is given by the following
expression E(x,t) = ay 24 cos(t k0x) (V/m). In this field, consider a square area 10 cm 10 cm
on a plane x+y = 1. The total time-averaged power (in mW) passing through the square area is
_______.
Ans: 53.33
40.
In the given circuit, the maximum power (in Watts) that can be transferred to the load RL is ____.
2
40 Vrms
j2
RL
Ans: 1.656
41. In the system shown in Figure (a), m(t) is a low-pass signal with bandwidth W Hz. The frequency
response of the band-pass filter H(f) is shown in Figure (b).If it is desired that the output signal z(t)
= 10x(t), the maximum value of W (in Hz) should be strictly less than ________
x(t)=m(t) cos(2400f) Amplifier
y(t) = 10x(t)+x2(t)
H(f)
Band Pass
Filter
z(t)
(a)
H(f)
-1700
Ans: 350
-700
0
(b)
700
1700
f(in Hz)
42. The longitudinal component of the magnetic field inside an air-filled rectangular waveguide made
of a perfect electric conductor is given by the following expression
HZ (x,y,z,t) = 0.1 cos(25x) cos(30.3 y) cos(12 109t z) (A/m)
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The cross-sectional dimensions of the waveguide are given as a = 0.08 m and b = 0.033 m. The
mode of propagation inside the waveguide is
(a) TM12
(b) TM21
(c) TE21
(d) TE12
Ans: (c)
43. The Boolean expression F(X, Y, Z) XYZ XY Z XYZ XYZ . converted into the canonical
product of sum (POS) form is
(a) F = (X Y Z)(X Y Z)(X Y Z)( X Y Z)
(b) F = (X Y Z)( X Y Z)( X Y Z)( X Y Z)
(c) F = (X Y Z)( X Y Z)(X Y Z)( X Y Z)
(d) F = (X Y Z)( X Y Z)( X Y Z)(X Y Z)
Ans: (a)
44.
For a silicon diode with long P and N regions, the accepter and donor impurity concentrations are
1 1017 cm-3 and 11015 cm-3, respectively. The lifetimes of electrons in P region and holes in N
region are both 100 s. The electron and hole diffusion coefficients are 49 cm2/s and 36 cm2/s,
respectively. Assume kT/q = 26mV, the intrinsic carrier concentration is 1 1010 cm-3and q = 1.6
10-19 C. When a forward voltage of 208 mV is applied across the diode, the hole current density
(in nA/cm2) injected from P region to N region is _________.
Ans: 514.54
2
45. Which one of the following graphs describes the function f(x) = e x ( x x 1) ?
(a)
(b)
f(x)
f(x)
1
1
x
f(x)
(c)
(d)
1
f(x)
1
Ans: (b)
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46. The pole zero diagram of a causal and stable discrete-time system is shown in the figure. The zero
at the origin has multiplicity 4. The impulse response of the system is h[n]. If h[0] = 1, we can
Im(z)
conclude.
(a) h(n) is real for all n
(b) h(n) is purely imaginary for all n
(c) h(n) is real for only even n
(d) h(n) is purely imaginary for odd n
0.5
-0.5
0.5
0.5
Re(z)
Ans: (c)
47
The transmitted signal in a GSM system is of 200 kHz bandwidth and 8 users share a common
bandwidth using TDMA. If at a given time 12 users are talking in a cell, the total bandwidth of the
signal received by the base station of the cell will be at least (in kHz) _______.
Ans: 300
48.
All the logic gates shown in the figure have a propagation delay of 20 ns. Let A = C = 0 and B =1
until time t = 0. At t = 0, all the inputs flip (i.e, A = C = 1 and B = 0) and remain in that state. For t
> 0, output Z =1 for a duration (in ns) of
A
B
Ans: 40
49. The built in potential of an abrupt p-n junction is 0.75 V. If its junction capacitance (CJ) at a
reverse bias (VR) of 1.25 V is 5 pF, the value of CJ (in pF) when VR = 7.25V is_________.
Ans: 2.5
50.
In the circuit shown, I1 = 80 mA and I2 = 4mA. Transistors T1 and T2 are identical. Assume that
the thermal voltage VT is 26 mV at 27C. At 50oC, the value of the voltage V12 = V1 V2 (in mV)
is _____.`
Vs
I2
V2
V12 +
Q2
T2
I1
V1
Q1
T1
Ans: 83.85
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51. Consider a uniform plane wave with amplitude (E0) of 10 V/m and 1.1 GHz frequency travelling in
air, and incident normally on a dielectric medium with complex relative permittivity (r) and
permeability (r) as shown in the figure.
Air
=
120
Dielectric
r = 1j2
r = 1 j2
10
cm
| E | ?
|E0| = 10V/m
Freq = 1.1 GHz
The magnitude of the transmitted electric field component (in V/m) after it has travelled a distance
of 10 cm inside dielectric region is ________.
Ans: 0.1
K 1
, When the plant operates in a

A plant transfer function is given as G(s) = K p I
s ss 2
unity feedback configuration, the condition for the stability of the closed loop system is
K
(a) K P I 0
(b) 2KI > Kp > 0
(c) 2KI < Kp
(d) 2KI > Kp
2
Ans: (a)
52.
53.
The open loop transfer function of a plant in a unity feedback configuration is given as G(s) =
K (s 4)
. The value of the gain K (>0) for which the point 1 + j2 lies on the root locus is
(s 8)(s 2 9)
_____.
Ans: 25.54
54.
The circuit shown in the figure has an ideal opamp. The oscillation frequency and the condition
to sustain the oscillations, respectively, are
R1
R2
Vout
C
2C
2R
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1
and R1 = R2
CR
1
(c)
and R1 R 2 ,
2CR
1
and R1 4R 2
CR
1
(d)
and R 1 4R 2
2CR
(a)
(b)
Ans: (d)
55.
1
2
and bit 1 with probability . The emitted bits are
3
3
communicated to the receiver. The receiver decides for either 0 or 1 based on the received value R.
It is given that the conditional density functions of R are as
A source emits bit 0 with probability
1
1
, 1 x 5,
, 3 x 1,
and f R|| (r ) 6
f R |0 (r ) 4
0 otherwise,
0 otherwise.
The minimum decision error probability is
(a) 0
(b) 1/12
(c)1/9
(d) 1/6
Ans: (b)

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GATE 2015_ Forenoon Session

GATE 2015 Electronics & Communication Engineering (EC)

Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Find the value of (66 6) (66 6) .

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(b) P(A/B) = P(A)

A region of negative differential resistance is observed in the current voltage characteristics of a

The result of the convolution x (t) * (t to) is

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(c) x(t + to)

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Negative feedback in a closed loop control system DOES NOT

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The waveform of a periodic signal x(t) is shown in the figure.

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14. In the given circuit, the values of V1 and V2 respectively are

(b) 10V, 30V

(d) 0V, 20V

The value of p such that the vector 2 is an eigenvector of the matrix P 2 1 is .

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( t ) sin(2 fct) where m

(d) z (complex conjugate of z) is an analytical function

Consider the system of linear equations :

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26. Two sequences [a,b,c] and [A,B,C] are related as,

then the relationship between the sequences [p, q, r] and [a, b, c] is

(b) [p, q, r] = [b, c, a] (c)[p, q, r] = [c, a, b] (d) [p, q, r] = [c, b, a]

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(a) 3-Input NAND gate

(b) 3-Input XOR gate

(a) P is solenoidal, but not irrotational

(b) P is irrotational, but not solenoidal

(c) P is neither solenoidal nor irrotational

(d) P is both solenoidal and irrotational

y 0 with y(0) = y(0) = 1 is

33. The solution of the differential equation

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(c) 1/2, 1/3

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, When the plant operates in a

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A source emits bit 0 with probability

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