GATE-2010

Question Paper
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GATE-2010

Index
1. Question Paper Analysis
2. Question Paper & Answer keys

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ANALYSIS OF GATE 2010

Electronics and Communication Engineering

Engineering
Mathematics
12% Network Theory
General Aptitude 8%
Electromagnetic 15%
Theory
7%
Electronic Signals & Systems
Device and 10%
Circuits
10%
Communications Control Systems
9% 11%

Digital Circuits Analog Circuits

9% 9%

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NO OF Total
SUBJECT Topics Asked in Paper
QUESTION Marks
Linear Algebra
Probability & distribution
Engineering 1M:2
Calculus 12
Mathematics 2M:5
Differential Equations
Complex Variables
Network Solution Methodology
1M:2 RLC Circuit
Network Theory 8
2M:3 Sinusoidal Steady State Analysis
Two Port Net works
Linear Time Invariant System
Fourier Representation of Signals
1M:4
Signals & Systems Z-Transform 10
2M:3
Laplace-Transform
Frequency response of LTI systems
Basics of Control System
1M:3 Time Domain Analysis
Control Systems 11
2M:4 Frequency Response Analysis
Compensators & Controllers
DC Biasing-BJTs
1M:3
Analog Circuits Operational Amplifiers And Its Applications 9
2M:3
Feedback And Oscillator Circuits
Logic Gates
1M:3
Digital Circuits Combinational and Sequential digital Circuits 9
2M:3
Microprocessor
Amplitude Modulation
1M:3 Angle modulation
Communications 9
2M:3 Noise Analysis
Digital communication
Semiconductor Theory
Electronic Device 1M:2
P N Junction Theory & Characteristics 10
and Circuits 2M:4
Transistor Theory (BJT, FET)
Electromagnetic 1M:3 EM Wave propagation
7
Theory 2M:2 Transmission Lines
1M:5 Numerical Ability
General Aptitude 15
2M:5 Verbal Ability
Total 65 100

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GATE 2010 Examination

Electronics and Communication Engineering

Q.1 - Q.25 Carry One Mark each.

1. The Eigenvalues of a skew-symmetric matrix are
(A) Always zero (C) Either zero or pure imaginary
(B) Always pure imaginary (D) Always real
[Ans. C]

2. The trigonometric Fourier series for the waveform f(t) shown below contains

(A) Only cosine terms and zero value for the dc component
(B) Only cosine terms and a positive value for the dc component
(C) Only cosine terms and a negative value for the dc component
(D) Only sine terms and a negative value for the dc component.
[Ans. C]

3. A function satisfies the differential equation where L is a constant. The

boundary conditions are: and . The solution to this equation is
(A) (C)
(B) √ (D)
[Ans. D]

4. AFor the two-port network shown below, the short circuit admittance parameter matrix is
Ω
1 2

Ω Ω Ω

(A) * +S (C) * +S

(B) * +S (D) * +S

[Ans. A]

5. For the parallel RLC circuit, which one of the following statements is NOT correct?
(A) The bandwidth of the circuit decreases if R is increased
(B) The bandwidth of the circuit remains same if L is increased

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(C) At resonance, input impedance is a real quantity

(D) At resonance, the magnitude of input impedance attains its minimum value
[Ans. D]

6. At room temperature, a possible value for the mobility of electrons in the inversion layer of a
silicon n channel MOSFET is
(A) 450 /V s (C) 1800 /V s
(B) 1350 /V s (D) 3600 /V s
[Ans. B]

7. Thin gate oxide in a CMOS process is preferably grown using

(A) wet oxidation (C) epitaxial deposition
(B) dry oxidation (D) ion implantation
[Ans. B]

8. In the silicon BJT circuit shown below, assume that the emitter area of transistor Q1 is half that
of transistor Q2.

The value of current is approximately

(A) 0.5 mA (C) 9.3 mA
(B) 2 mA (D) 15 mA
[Ans. B]

9. The amplifier circuit shown below uses a silicon transistor. The capacitors and can be
assumed to be short at signal frequency and the effect of output resistance can be ignored. If
is disconnected from the circuit, which one of the following statements is TRUE?

(A) The input resistance increases and the magnitude of voltage gain decreases
(B) The input resistance decreases and the magnitude of voltage gain increases

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(C) Both input resistance and the magnitude of voltage gain decrease
(D) Both input resistance and the magnitude of voltage gain increase
[Ans. A]

10. Assuming the OP AMP to be ideal, the voltage gain of the amplifier shown below is

( )

( )

[Ans. C]

11. Match the logic gates in Column A with their equivalents in Column B.
Column A Column B
P 1

Q 2

R 3

S 4
(A) P-2, Q-4, R-1, S-3 (C) P-2, Q-4, R-3, S-1
(B) P-4, Q-2, R-1, S-3 (D) P-4, Q-2, R-3, S-1
[Ans. D]

12. For the output F to be 1 in the logic circuit shown, the input combination should be
A
B

(A) A=1, B=1, C=0 (C) A=0, B=1, C=0

(B) A=1, B=0, C=0 (D) A=0, B=0, C=1
[Ans. D]

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13. In the circuit shown, the device connected to Y5 can have address in the range

̅̅̅̅̅̅

̅̅̅̅̅̅

(A) 2000 20FF (C) 2E00 2EFF

(B) 2D00 2DFF (D) FD00 FDFF
[Ans. B]

14. Consider the z-transform

; . The inverse z-transform x[n] is
(A) 5 [ ] [ ] [ ] (C) 5 [ ] [ ] [ ]
(B) 5 [ ] [ ] [ ] (D) 5 [ ] [ ] [ ]
[Ans. B]

15. Two discrete time systems with impulse responses [ ] [ ] and [ ] [ ] are
connected in cascade. The overall impulse response of the cascaded system is
(A) [ ] [ ] (C) [ ]
(B) [ ] (D) [ ] [ ]
[Ans. C]

16. For an N-point FFT algorithm with , which one of the following statements is TRUE?
(A) It is not possible to construct a signal flow graph with both input and output in normal
order
(B) The number of butterflies in the stage in N/m
(C) In place computation requires storage of only 2N node data
(D) Computation of a butterfly requires only one complex multiplication
[Ans. D]

17. The transfer function Y(s)/R(s) of the system shown is

0
[Ans. B]

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18. A system with the transfer function has an output

( ) for the input signal ( ) , a a ‘ ’

(A) √ (C) 1
(B) ⁄√ (D) √ ⁄
[Ans. B]

19. For the asymptotic Bode magnitude plot shown below, the system transfer function can be
a

[Ans. A]

20. Suppose that the modulating signal is and the carrier signal is
. Which one of the following is a conventional AM signal without
over modulation?
(A)
(B) [ ]
(C)
(D)
[Ans. C]

21. Consider an angle modulated signal [ ]

V. The average power of is
(A) 10 W (C) 20 W
(B) 18 W (D) 28 W
[Ans. B]

22. If the scattering matrix [S] of a two port network is

[ ] * +
(A) lossless and reciprocal (C) not lossless but reciprocal
(B) lossless but not reciprocal (D) neither lossless nor reciprocal
[Ans. C]

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23. A transmission line has a characteristic impedance of 50 Ω and a resistance of Ω . If the

line is distortion less, the attenuation constant (in Np/m) is
(A) 500 (C) 0.014
(B) 5 (D) 0.002
[Ans. D]

24. Consider the pulse shape as shown. The impulse response of the filter matched to this
pulse is

[Ans. C]

25. The electric field component of a time harmonic plane EM wave travelling in a nonmagnetic
lossless dielectric medium has an amplitude of 1 V/m. If the relative permittivity of the
medium is 4, the magnitude of the time average power density vector is
(A) ⁄ (C) ⁄
(B) ⁄ (D) ⁄
[Ans. C]

Q.26 - Q.55 Carry Two Mark each.

26. If , then has a
(A) maximum at (C) maximum at
(B) minimum at (D) minimum at
[Ans. A]

27. a a “
a w a a w ”
(A) ⁄ (C) ⁄
(B) ⁄ (D) ⁄
[Ans. D]

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28. If ⃗ â â , then ⃗ ⃗⃗⃗ over the path shown in the figure is

√ √
(A) 0 (C) 1
(B) ⁄√ (D) 2√
[Ans. C]

29. The residues of a complex function at its poles are

(A) , and 1 (C) , and

(B) , and (D) , and
[Ans. C]

30. Consider a differential equation with the initial condition . Using

E ’ w a , a is
(A) 0.01 (C) 0.0631
(B) 0.031 (D) 0.1
[Ans. B]

31. Given
[ ] ,
then the value of K is
(A) 1 (C) 3
(B) 2 (D) 4
[Ans. D]

32. In the circuit shown, the switch S is open for a long time and is closed at . The current
for is
Ω

S t=0
1.5A i(t) 15mH
Ω
Ω

(A) (C)
(B) (D)
[Ans. A]

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33. The current I in the circuit shown is

~ a

(A) –j1 A (B) A (C) 0 A (D) 20 A

[Ans. A]

34. In the circuit shown, the power supplied by the voltage source is

(A) 0 W (C) 10 W
(B) 5 W (D) 100 W
[Ans. A]

35. In a uniformly doped BJT, assume that , and are the emitter, base and collector
dopings in atoms/ , respectively. If the emitter injection efficiency of the BJT is close to
unity, which one of the following conditions is TRUE?
(A) (C) and
(B) and (D)
[Ans. B]

36. Compared to a p n junction with , which one of the following statements

is TRUE for a p n junction with ?
(A) Reverse breakdown voltage is lower and depletion capacitance is lower
(B) Reverse breakdown voltage is higher and depletion capacitance is lower
(C) Reverse breakdown voltage is lower and depletion capacitance is higher
(D) Reverse breakdown voltage is higher and depletion capacitance is higher
[Ans. C]

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37. Assuming that all flips flops are in reset condition initially, the count sequence observed at
in the circuit shown is

̅ ̅ ̅

(A) … (C) …
(B) … (D) …
[Ans. D]

38. The transfer characteristic for the precision rectifier circuit shown below is (assume ideal
OP AMP and practical diodes)

[Ans. B]

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39. The Boolean function realized by the logic circuit shown is

, , ,
MUX

(A) , , , , , , (C) , , , , , ,
(B) , , , , , , (D) , , , , , ,
[Ans. D]

40. For the 8085 assembly language program given below, the content of the accumulator after the
execution of the program is
3000 MVI A, 45H
3002 MOV B, A
3003 STC
3004 CMC
3005 RAR
3006 XRA B
(A) 00H (C) 67H
(B) 45H (D) E7H
[Ans. C]

41. A continuous time LTI system is described by

Assuming zero initial conditions, the response y(t) of the above system for the input

(A) (C)
(B) (D)
[Ans. B]

42. The transfer function of a discrete time LTI system is given by

Consider the following statements:

S1: The system is stable and causal for ROC:
S2: The system is stable but not causal for ROC:
S3: The system is neither stable nor causal for ROC:
Which one of the following statements is valid?
(A) Both S1 and S2 are true (C) Both S1 and S3 are true
(B) Both S2 and S3 are true (D) S1, S2 and S3 are all true
[Ans. B]
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43. The Nyquist sampling rate for the signal is given by

(A) 400 Hz (C) 1200 Hz
(B) 600 Hz (D) 1400 Hz
[Ans. C]

44. A unity negative feedback closed loop system has a plant with the transfer function G(s) =
and a controller in the feed forward path. For a unit step input, the transfer
function of the controller that gives minimum steady state error is

[Ans. D]

45. is a stationary process with the power spectral density for all . The process is
passed through a system shown below.

Let be the power spectral density of . Which one of the following statements is
correct?
(A) for all
(B) for kHz
(C) for , kHz, is any integer
(D) for , kHz, is any integer
[Ans. A]

46. A plane wave having the electric field component ⃗E â V/m and
traveling in free space is incident normally on a lossless medium with and
which occupies the region . The reflected magnetic field component is given by
â

â

â

â
[Ans. A]

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47. In the circuit shown, all the transmission line sections are lossless. The Voltage Standing Wave
a Ω

(A) 1.00 (C) 2.50

(B) 1.64 (D) 3.00
[Ans. D]

Common Data for Questions 48 and 49

Consider the common emitter amplifier shown below with the following circuit parameters:
, A/V, ,
Ω, Ω, Ω,
Ω, Ω,
And

48. The resistance seen by the source is

(A) Ω (C) Ω
(B) Ω (D)
[Ans. B]

49. The lower cut off frequency due to is

(A) 33.9 Hz (C) 13.6 Hz
(B) 27.1 Hz (D) 16.9 Hz
[Ans. B]

Common Data for Questions 50 and 51

The signal flow graph of a system is shown below.

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50. The state variable representation of the system can be

̇ * + * + ̇ * + * +
(A) (C)
[ ] [ ]
̇ * + * + ̇ * + * +
(B) (D)
[ ] [ ]
[Ans. B]

51. The transfer function of the system is

[Ans. C]

Statement for Linked Answer Questions 52 and 53

The silicon sample with unit cross sectional area shown below is in thermal equilibrium. The
following information is given: T = 300 K, electronic charge = 1.6 × , thermal voltage =
26 mV and
electron mobility = 1350

52. The magnitude of the electric field at is

(A) 1 kV/cm (C) 10 kV/cm
(B) 5 kV/cm (D) 26 kV/cm
[Ans. C]

53. The magnitude of the electron drift current density at is

(A) 2.16 × A/ (C) 4.32 × A/
(B) 1.08 × A/ (D) 6.48 × A/
[Ans. A]

Statement for Linked Answer Questions 54 and 55

Consider a baseband binary PAM receiver shown below. The additive channel noise is
white with power spectral density W/Hz. The low pass filter is ideal with
unity gain and cut-off frequency 1 MHz. Let represent the random variable .
if transmitted bit
a if transmitted bit
where represents the noise sample value. The noise sample has a probability density
function, (This has mean zero and variance 2/ ).
Assume transmitted bits to be equiprobable and threshold z is set to a/2 = V.

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{
54. The value of the parameter ) is
(A) (C) 1.414×
(B) (D) 2 ×
[Ans. B]

55. The probability of bit error is

(A) 0.5 × (C) 0.5 ×
(B) 0.5 × (D) 0.5 ×
[Ans. D]

General Aptitude One Marks Question Q. 56 to Q. 60

56. Which of the following options is closest in meaning to the word Circuitous?
(A) cyclic (C) confusing
(B) Indirect (D) crooked
[Ans. B]

57. The question below consists of a pair of related words followed by four pairs of words. Select
the pair that best expresses the relation in the original pair.
Unemployed: Worker
(A) fallow: land (C) wit: jester
(B) unaware: sleeper (D) renovated: house
[Ans. A]

58. Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following
sentence:
If we manage to ____________ our natural resource, we would leave a better planet for our
children.
(A) uphold (C) cherish
(B) restrain (D) conserve
[Ans. D]

59. Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to the complete the following
sentence:
His rather casual remarks on ___________ his lack of seriousness about the politics subject.
(A) masked (C) betrayed
(B) belied (D) suppressed
[Ans. C]

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60. 25 persons are in a room. 15 of them play hockey, 17 of them play football and 10 of them play
both hockey and football. Then the number of persons playing neither hockey nor football is:
(A) 2 (C) 13
(B) 17 (D) 3
[Ans. D]

General Aptitude Two Marks Question Q. 61 to Q. 65

61. Hari (H), Gita (G), Irfan (I) and Saira (S) are siblings (i.e. brothers and sisters). All were born
on 1st January. The age difference between any two successive siblings (that is born one after
another) is less than 3 years. Given the following facts:
a. a ’ a a’ a a ’ a a a’ a
b. The age difference between Gita and Saira is 1 year. However Gita is not the oldest and
Saira is not the youngest.
c. There are no twins.
In what order were they born (oldest first)?
(A) HSIG (C) IGSH
(B) SGHI (D) IHSG
[Ans. B]

62. 5 skilled workers can build a wall in 20 days: 8 semi-skilled workers can build a wall in 25
days; 10 unskilled workers can build a wall in 30 days. If a team has 2 skilled, 6 semi- skilled
and 5 unskilled workers, how long will it take to build the wall?
(A) 20 days (C) 16 days
(B) 18 days (D) 15 days
[Ans. D]

63. Modern warfare has changed from large scale clashes of armies to suppression of civilian
populations. Chemical agents that do their work silently appear to be suited to such warfare;
and regretfully, there exist people in military establishments who think that chemical agents
are useful tools for their cause.
Which of the following statements best sums up the meaning of the above passage:
(A) Modern warfare has resulted in civil strife.
(B) Chemical agents are useful in modern warfare.
(C) Use of chemical agents in warfare would be undesirable.
(D) People in military establishments like to use chemical agents in war.
[Ans. D]

64. Given digits 2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,4 how many distinct 4 digit numbers greater than 3000 can be
formed?
(A) 50 (C) 52
(B) 51 (D) 54
[Ans. B]

65. If how much is ?

(A) 534 (C) 1623
(B) 1403 (D) 1513
[Ans. C]

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