GATE EC Engineering Mathematics questions

The ROC (region of convergence) of the $z$-transform of a discrete-time signal is represented by the shaded region in the $z$-plane. If the signal $x[n]=(2.0)^{\mid n\mid},-\infty<n<+\infty$, then the ROC of its $z$-transform is represented by

A voice-grade AWGN (additive white Gaussian noise) telephone channel has a bandwidth of $4.0\:kHz$ and two-sided noise power spectral density ${\large\frac{\eta}{2}}=2.5\times10^{-5}Watt\:per\:Hz$. If information at the rate of $52\:kbps$ is to be transmitted over this channel with arbitrarily small bit error rate, then the minimum bit-energy $E_b$ …

The bit error probability of a memoryless binary symmetric channel is $10^{-5}$. If $10^5$ bits are sent over this channel, then the probability that not more than one bit will be in error is _______

Consider a system of linear equations: $$x-2y+3z=-1, \\ x-3y+4z=1, \text{ and } \\ -2x+4y-6z=k.$$ The value of $k$ for which the system has infinitely many solutions is ___________

A function $f(x)=1-x^2+x^3$ 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

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

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

The value of $p$ such that the vector $\begin{bmatrix} 1 \\ 2 \\ 3 \end{bmatrix}$ is an eigenvector of the matrix $\begin{bmatrix} 4 & 1 & 2 \\ p & 2 & 1 \\ 14 & -4 & 10 \end{bmatrix}$ is _________.

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

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

Which one of the following graphs describes the function $f(x)=e^{-x}(x^2+x+1)$?

The maximum area (in square units) of a rectangle whose vertices lie on the eclipse $x^2+4y^2=1$ is __________.

Two sequences $\begin{bmatrix}a, & b, & c \end{bmatrix}$ and $\begin{bmatrix}A, & B, & C \end{bmatrix}$ are related as, …

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 ____________

A source emits bit $0$ with probability $\frac{1}{3}$ and bit $1$ with probability $\frac{2}{3}$. 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 as …

The electric field intensity of a plane wave traveling in free space is given by the following expression $$\textbf{E}(x,t)=\textbf{a}_y \: 24 \: \pi \: \: \cos(\omega t – k_0 x) \: \: (V/m)$$ In this field, consider a square area $10 \: \text{cm} \times 10 \: \text{cm}$ on a plane $x+y=1$. The total time-averaged power (in mW) passing through the square …

Consider a uniform plane wave with amplitude $(E_0)$ of $10 \: V/m$ and $1.1$ GHz frequency travelling in air, and incident normally on a dielectric medium with complex relative permittivity $(\varepsilon _r)$ and permeability $(\mu _r)$ as shown in the figure. The magnitude of the transmitted electric field component (in V/m) after it has …

The value of $x$ for which all the eigen-values of the matrix given below are real is $$\begin{bmatrix} 10&5+j &4 \\ x&20 &2 \\4 &2 &-10 \end{bmatrix}$$

Let $f(z)=\dfrac{az+b}{cz+d}.$ If $f(z_{1})=f(z_{2})$ for all $z_{1}\neq z_{2},a=2,b=4$ and $c=5,$ then $d$ should be equal to ________.

The general solution of the differential equation $\dfrac{\mathrm{d} y}{\mathrm{d} x} = \dfrac{1+\cos 2y}{1-\cos 2x}$ is