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Official PYQ2008Engineering MathematicsLinear AlgebraMCQ · 1 mark
All the four entries of the 2×22 \times 2 matrix P=[p11p12p21p22]\mathbf{P}=\left[\begin{array}{ll}p_{11} & p_{12} \\ p_{21} & p_{22}\end{array}\right] are nonzero, and one of its eigenvalues is zero. Which of the following statements is true?
Official PYQ2008Engineering MathematicsLinear AlgebraMCQ · 1 mark
The system of linear equations 4x+2y=72x+y=6\begin{array}{l} 4 x+2 y=7 \\ 2 x+y=6 \end{array} has
Official PYQ2008Engineering MathematicsCalculusMCQ · 1 mark
For real values of xx, the minimum value of the function f(x)=exp⁡(x)+exp⁡(−x)f(x)=\exp (x)+\exp (-x) is
Official PYQ2008Engineering MathematicsCalculusMCQ · 1 mark
Which of the following functions would have only odd powers of xx in its Taylor series expansion about the point x=0?x=0?
Official PYQ2008ElectromagneticsTransmission LinesMCQ · 1 mark
For a Hertz dipole antenna, the half power beam width (HPBW)\text{(HPBW)} in the E\text{E}-plane is
Official PYQ2008CommunicationsAnalog CommunicationsMCQ · 1 mark
Consider the amplitude modulated (AM) signal Accos⁡ωct+2cos⁡ωmtcos⁡ωctA_{c} \cos \omega_{c} t+2 \cos \omega_{m} t \cos \omega_{c} t. For demodulating the signal using envelope detector, the minimum value of AcA_{c} should be
Official PYQ2008Engineering MathematicsLinear AlgebraMCQ · 1 mark
Consider the matrix P=[01−2−3]\mathbf{P}=\left[\begin{array}{cc}0 & 1 \\ -2 & -3\end{array}\right]. The value of eP\mathbf{e}^{\mathbf{P}} is
Official PYQ2008Engineering MathematicsCalculusMCQ · 1 mark
In the Taylor series expansion of exp⁡(x)+sin⁡(x)\exp (x)+\sin (x) about the point x=πx=\pi, the coefficient of (x−π)2(x-\pi)^{2} is
Official PYQ2008Networks, Signals and SystemsContinuous-time SignalsMCQ · 1 mark
Four messages band limited to W, W, 2W\text{W, W, 2W} and 3W\text{3W} respectively are to be multiplexed using Time Division Multiplexing (TDM).\text{Time Division Multiplexing (TDM)}. The minimum bandwidth required for transmission of this TDM\text{TDM} signal is
Official PYQ2008CommunicationsAnalog CommunicationsMCQ · 1 mark
Consider the frequency modulated signal 10cos⁡[2π×105t+5sin⁡(2π×1500t)+7.5sin⁡(2π×1000t)]10 \cos \left[2 \pi \times 10^{5} t+5 \sin (2 \pi \times 1500 t)+7.5 \sin (2 \pi \times 1000 t)\right] with carrier frequency of 105 Hz10^{5} \mathrm{~Hz}. The modulation index is
Official PYQ2008CommunicationsDigital CommunicationsMCQ · 1 mark
A speech signal, band limited to 4  kHz4 \; \mathrm{kHz} and peak voltage varying between +5V+5 \mathrm{V} and −5V-5 \mathrm{V}, is sampled at the Nyquist rate. Each sample is quantized and represented by 88 bits. If the bits 00 and 11 are transmitted using bipolar pulses, the minimum bandwidth required for distortion free transmission is
Official PYQ2008CommunicationsDigital CommunicationsMCQ · 1 mark
A speech signal, band limited to 4  kHz4 \; \mathrm{kHz} and peak voltage varying between +5V+5 \mathrm{V} and −5V-5 \mathrm{V}, is sampled at the Nyquist rate. Each sample is quantized and represented by 88 bits. Assuming the signal to be uniformly distributed between its peak to peak value, the signal to noise ratio at the quantizer output is
Official PYQ2008CommunicationsDigital CommunicationsMCQ · 1 mark
A speech signal, band limited to 4  kHz4 \; \mathrm{kHz} and peak voltage varying between +5V+5 \mathrm{V} and −5V-5 \mathrm{V}, is sampled at the Nyquist rate. Each sample is quantized and represented by 88 bits. The number of quantization levels required to reduce the quantization noise by a factor of 44 would be