GATE EC question library

For the circuit with ideal diodes shown in the figure, the shape of the output $v_{\text{out}}$ for the given sine wave input $v_{\text{in}}$ will be

In the circuit shown below, the Zener diode is ideal and the Zener voltage is $6$ V. The output voltage $V_o$ (in volts) is ________.

In the circuit shown, the switch SW is thrown from position $A$ to position $B$ at time $t=0$. The energy (in $\mu J$) taken from the $3$ V source to charge the $0.1 \: \mu F$ capacitor from $0$ V t $3$ V is

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

A $16$ Kb ($=16,384$ bits) memory array is designed as a square with an aspect ratio of one (number of rows is equal to the number of columns). The minimum number of address lines needed for the row decoder is ___________

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 _________

The result of the convolution $x(-t) * \delta (-t-t_0)$ is

The waveform of a periodic signal $x(t)$ is shown in the figure. A signal $g(t)$ is defined by $g(t) = x \big( \frac{t-1}{2} \big)$. The average power of $g(t)$ is ________

Negative feedback in a closed-loop control system $\textbf{ DOES NOT}$

A unity negative feedback system has the open-loop transfer function $G(s) = \frac{K}{s(s+1)(s+3)}$. The value of the gain $K (>0)$ at which the root locus crosses the imaginary axis is ________

The polar plot of the transfer function $G(s) = \frac{10(s+1)}{s+10}$ for $0 \leq \omega < \infty$ will be in the

A sinusoidal signal of $2$ kHz frequency is applied to a delta modulator. The sampling rate and step-size $\Delta$ of the data 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

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

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 $H_{\phi}$ 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?

The electric field component of a plane wave traveling in a lossless dielectric medium is given by $\overrightarrow{E}(z,t) = \hat{a}_y 2 \cos \bigg( 10^st-\frac{z}{\sqrt{2}} \bigg) \: V/m$. The wavelength (in m) for the wave 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 __________.

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