2015| SET 1 - (ECE GATE Exam) - Previous Question Paper Solution

Description: GATE Exam Previous Year Question Paper Solution Electronics and Communication (ECE) - 2015 (SET 1)
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Choose the word most similar in meaning to the given word:

Educe

  1. Exert

  2. Educate

  3. Extract

  4. Extend


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct Answer: Extract

Choose the appropriate word/phrase, out of the four options given below, to complete the following sentence:

Frogs _______.

  1. croak

  2. roar

  3. hiss

  4. patter


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct Answer: Croak

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.

  1. momento

  2. memento

  3. momentum

  4. moment


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct Answer: memento 

If log $x(\frac{5}{7}) = - \frac{1}{3}$, then the value of x is

  1. $\frac{343}{125}$

  2. $\frac{125}{343}$

  3. $\frac{-25}{49}$

  4. $\frac{-49}{25}$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

$log x \Big(\frac{5}{7}\Big) = - \frac{1}{3} \\ \Big(\frac{5}{7}\Big) = (x^{\frac{-1}{3}})$

Or, $x^{\frac{1}{3}}=(\frac{7}{5})$
Hence, x = $(\frac{7}{5})^3 = \frac{343}{125}$

Humpty Dumpty sits on a wall 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?

  1. Humpty Dumpty always falls while having lunch.

  2. Humpty Dumpty does not fall sometimes while having lunch.

  3. Humpty Dumpty never falls during dinner.

  4. When Humpty Dumpty does not sit on the wall, the wall does not break.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct Answer: Humpty Dumpty does not fall sometimes while having lunch.

The following question presents a sentence, part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will 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.

  1. ranks as one of the leading causes of death

  2. rank as one of the leading causes of death

  3. has the rank of one of the leading causes of death

  4. are one of the leading causes of death


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct Answer: ranks as one of the leading causes of death

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 environmental 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.

  1. Human progress and security are positively associated with environmental security.

  2. Human progress is contradictory to environmental security.

  3. Human security is contradictory to environmental security.

  4. Human progress depends upon environmental security.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct Answer: Human progress is contradictory to environmental security.

A region of negative differential resistance is observed in the current voltage characteristics of a silicon PN junction if

  1. both the P-region and N-region are heavily doped

  2. the N-region is heavily doped compared to the P-region

  3. the P-region is heavily doped compared to the N-region

  4. an intrinsic silicon region is inserted between the P-region and the N-region


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In case of tunnel diode formed by PN junction, tunnel diode gives negative resistance and works in forward bias. In a tunnel diode, both N and P regions are heavily doped.

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 that of those which are NOT visible.

  1. 1 : 4

  2. 1 : 3

  3. 1 : 2

  4. 2 : 3


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Consider the cube of side 1 unit shown below.

Now, a set of similar cubes as shown above is joined to form a cube of side 3 units, and we have to determine the ratio of faces of smaller cubes visible to those which are not visible. Complete surface area of the cube of side 3 units is determined as: A = 6 (3)2 = 54 Again, the area of one face of cube of side 1 unit is: A1 = (1)2 = 1 So, the total number of visible faces is: Nvisible = $\frac{A}{A_1} = 54$ Again, total number of smaller cubes required to form the big cube is: Number of smaller cubes = $\frac{\text{volume of cube of side unit}}{\text{volume of cube of side out}}$                                     = $\frac{(3)^3}{(1)^3} = 27$

So, the total number of faces of smaller cubes is given as Ntotal = 6 x (number of smaller cubes)             = 6 27 = 162 Therefore, number of invisible faces is N invisible = Ntotal - Nvisible             = 162 - 54 = 108 Hence, the desired ratio is $\frac{N_{visible}}{N_{visible}} = \frac{54}{108} = \frac{1}{2}$ or 1 : 2

 

Operators $\square$,$\diamond$ and $\rightarrow$ are defined by: a $\square$ b = $\frac{a - b}{a + b}$; a $\diamond$ b = $\frac{a + b}{a - b}$; a $\rightarrow$ b = ab. Find the value of (66 $\square$ 6) $\rightarrow$ (66 $\diamond$ 6).

  1. -2

  2. -1

  3. 1

  4. 2


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

(66 $\square$ 6) $\rightarrow$ (66 $\diamond$ 6)

                 = $\frac{66 - 6}{66 + 6} \times \frac{66 + 6}{66 - 6} = 1$

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

  1. 5 V and 25 V

  2. 10 V and 30 V

  3. 15 V and 35 V

  4. 0 V and 20 V


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The polar plot of the transfer function G(s) = $\frac{10(s+1)}{s + 10}$ for $\leq \omega < \infty$ will be in the

  1. first quadrant

  2. second quadrant

  3. third quadrant

  4. fourth quadrant


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Let z = x + iy be a complex variable. Consider that contour integration is performed along the unit circle in anticlockwise direction. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?

  1. The residue of $\frac{z}{z^2 - 1}$ at z = 1 is $\frac{1}{2}$.

  2. $\oint_c z^2 dz = 0$

  3. $\frac{1}{2 \pi i}\oint_c \frac{1}{z} dz = 1$

  4. $\bar{z}$(complex conjugate of z) is an analytical function.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

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


Correct Option: C

In an 8085 microprocessor, the shift registers which store the result of an addition and the overflow bit are

  1. B and F, respectively

  2. A and F, respectively

  3. H and F, respectively

  4. A and C, respectively


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The shift registers A and F store the result of an addition and the overflow bit, respectively.

Negative feedback in a closed-loop control system does not

  1. reduce the overall gain

  2. reduce bandwidth

  3. improve disturbance rejection

  4. reduce sensitivity to parameter variation


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Negative feedback in a closed-loop control system does not reduce bandwidth.

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. $\frac{-1}{2}$

  2. $\frac{-1}{3}$

  3. $\frac{1}{3}$

  4. $\frac{1}{2}$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The result of the convolution x(-t) $\star$$\delta$(- t - t0 ) is

  1. x(t + t0 )

  2. x(t - t0 )

  3. x(- t + t0 )

  4. x(- t - t0 )


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A sinusoidal signal of 2 kHz frequency is applied to a delta modulator. The sampling rate and step-size $\triangle$ of the delta modulator are 20,000 samples per second and 0.1V, respectively. To prevent slope overload, the maximum amplitude of the sinusoidal signal (in Volts) is

  1. $\frac{1}{2\pi}$

  2. $\frac{1}{\pi}$

  3. $\frac{2}{\pi}$

  4. $\pi$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Consider the signal s(t) = m(t)cos (2$\pi$ fc t) +$\hat{m}$ (t) (2$\pi$fc t), where $\hat{m}$ (t) denotes the Hilbert transform of m(t) and the bandwidth of m(t) is very small compared to fc. The signal s(t) is a

  1. high-pass signal

  2. low-pass signal

  3. band-pass signal

  4. double side-band suppressed carrier signal


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

We have the signal, s(t) = m(t)cos (2$\pi$fc t) + $\hat{m}$ (t) sin (2$\pi$fc t) Here, s^t h represents SSB - Lower side band, and thus a band pass signal.

For the discrete-time system shown in the figure, the poles of the system transfer function are located at

  1. 2, 3

  2. $\frac{1}{2}$, 3

  3. $\frac{1}{2}, \frac{1}{3}$

  4. 2, $\frac{1}{3}$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Consider a straight, infinitely long, current carrying conductor lying on the z-axis. Which of the following plots (in linear scale) qualitatively represents the dependence of $H_{\phi}$ on r , where $H_{\phi}$ is the magnitude of the azimuthal component of magnetic field outside the conductor and r is the radial distance from the conductor?


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A source emits bit 0 with probability 1/3 and bit 1 with probability 2/3. The emitted bits are 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

fR/0 (r) = and fR/1 (r) =

The minimum decision error probability is

  1. 0

  2. $\frac{1}{12}$

  3. $\frac{1}{9}$

  4. $\frac{1}{6}$


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

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


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The circuit shown in the figure has an ideal op amp. The oscillation frequency and the condition to sustain the oscillations, respectively, are

  1. $\frac{1}{CR}$ and R1 = R2

  2. $\frac{1}{CR}$ and R1 = 4 R2

  3. $\frac{1}{2CR}$ and R1 = R2

  4. $\frac{1}{2CR}$ and R1 = 4 R2


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The damping ratio of a series RLC circuit can be expressed as

  1. $\frac{R^2C}{2L}$

  2. $\frac{2L}{R^2C}$

  3. $\frac{R}{2}\sqrt{\frac{C}{L}}$

  4. $\frac{2}{R}\sqrt{\frac{L}{C}}$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A plant transfer function is given as G(s) = $\bigg(k_p + \frac{K_i}{s} \bigg) \frac{1}{s(s+2)}$. When the plant operates in a unity feedback configuration, the condition for the stability of the closed loop system is

  1. $K_P > \frac{K_I}{2} > 0$

  2. $2K_I > K_P > 0$

  3. $2K_I < K_P$

  4. $2K_I > K_P$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A 3-input majority gate is defined by the logic function M(a, b, c) = ab + bc + ca. Which of the following gates is represented by the function $M(\overline{M(a, b, c)}, M(a, b, \bar{c}),c)$?

  1. 3-input NAND gate

  2. 3-input XOR gate

  3. 3-input NOR gate

  4. 3-input XNOR gate


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A vector $\overrightarrow{P}$ is given by $\overrightarrow{P}$ =$x^3 y^2 \overrightarrow{a}_z$. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

  1. $\overrightarrow{P}$ is solenoidal, but not irrotational.

  2. $\overrightarrow{P}$ is irrotational, but not solenoidal.

  3. $\overrightarrow{P}$ is neither solenoidal nor irrotational.

  4. $\overrightarrow{P}$ is both solenoidal and irrotational.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The solution of the differential equation $\frac{d^2 y}{dt^2} + 2 \frac{dy}{dt} + y = 0$ with y(0) = y’ (0) = 1 is

  1. (2 - t) et

  2. (1 + 2t)e -t

  3. (2 + t)e -t

  4. (1 - 2t)et


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Which of the following graphs describes the function f (x) = e-x (x2 + x + 1)?


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

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 conclude that

  1. h[n] is real for all n

  2. h[n] is purely imaginary for all n

  3. h[n] is real for only even n

  4. h[n] is purely imaginary for only odd n


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

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 (25$\pi$x) cos (30.3$\pi$y) x cos (12$\pi$ x 109t - $\beta$z)(A/m)

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

  1. TM12

  2. TM21

  3. TE21

  4. TE12


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

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

where $W_3 = e^{j\frac{2 \pi}{3}}$

If another sequence [p, q, r ] is derived as:

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

  1. [p, q, r ] = [b, a, c]

  2. [p, q, r ] = [b, c, a]

  3. [p, q, r ] = [c, a, b]

  4. [p, q, r ] = [c, b, a]


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Boolean expression F(X, Y, Z) = $\bar{X}Y \bar{Z} + X\bar{Y}\bar{Z} + XY\bar{Z} + XYZ$ converted into the canonical product of sum (POS) form is

  1. (X + Y + Z) (X + Y + $\bar{Z}$) (X + Y + $\bar{Z}$) ($\bar{X}$ + Y + $\bar{Z}$)

  2. (X + $\bar{Y}$ + Z) ($\bar{X}$ + Y + $\bar{Z}$) ($\bar{X}$ + $\bar{Y}$ + Z) ($\bar{X}$ + $\bar{Y}$ + $\bar{Z}$)

  3. (X + Y + Z) ($\bar{X}$ + Y + $\bar{Z}$) (X + $\bar{Y}$ + Z) ($\bar{X}$ + $\bar{Y}$ + $\bar{Z}$)

  4. (X + $\bar{Y}$ + $\bar{Z}$) (X + Y + Z) (X + $\bar{Y}$ + Z) (X + Y + Z)


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Suppose A and B are two independent events with probabilities P(A) $\neq$ 0 and P(B) $\neq$ 0. Let $\bar{A}$ and $\bar{B}$ be their complements. Which of the following statements is FALSE?

  1. P(A $\cap$ B) = P(A) P(B)

  2. P$\Big(\frac{A}{B}\Big)$= P(A)

  3. P(A $\cup$ B) = P(A) + P(B)

  4. $P (\bar{A} \cap \bar{B}) = P(\bar{A}) P(\bar{B})$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

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