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Section - I (General Aptitude)

A fair coin is tossed infinite times then find the probability of 4 th head occurs exactly at 10 th times.
Q.1 SOL

Correct Answer is 0.205

Q.2

A man swim 8 km/h in still water. he takes 3 times the time when he swim upstream compare to down stream then find the velocity of water in (km/h)

Correct Answer is 4 km/h Let the velocity of water be x km/h so, we have ^8 + x h = 3 ^8 - x h & 8 + x = 24 - 3x & 4x = 16 & x = 4 km/h
Q.3

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What will be the number of the sequence 7G, 11K, 13M,____ (B) 17 Q

(A) 15 P (C) 17 O
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Correct option is (B)

Q.4

100 bulbs produced by a company having 5 defective bulbs with it. Checking section verifies with by taking 4 bulbs at a time from 100 bulbs. If there is any bulb defective then it will be rejected otherwise it will be allowed to marketing. The probability of getting non defective section of 100 bulbs is Correct Answer is 0.95

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(D) 15 Q

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Q.5

India is a land of rich heritage and cultural diversity, which of the following points corroborates this (A) In Indian cricket team, players are selected from more than 10 states (B) There are more than 25 languages and over 200 dialects (C) India has 29 of states of 7 union tertiaries (D) India population has 1.1 million people

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Correct option is (B) Find the next number of the given sequence 84, 54, 36, 24,___?___ Correct Answer is 18 advice is (B) verb (D) proverb

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(A) noun (C) both

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Correct option is (A)

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Section - II (Electronics & Communication)

Q.8 A series RC circuit is connected to DC voltage source at time t 0 = 0 . The relation between the source voltage Vs , the resistance R , the capacitance C , the current i ^ t h is given as :

Vs = Ri ^ t h + 1 C

# i^t hdt . Which one of the following current i^t h represents?

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Correct option is (A) Consider the circuit shown below

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At t 0 = 0 , the capacitance will be short circuit, so the current at t 0 = 0 is i ^0 h = Vs R At t 0 = 3, the capacitance will be open. so, the current at t 0 = 3 is i ^3h = 0 Thus, we get the waveform for i ^ t h as shown below

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Q.9

Find the resistance R1 from y network

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Correct Answer is 10 ohm Using the formulae for Y to delta network conversion, we have R 1 = 5 # 3 + 3 # 7. 5 + 7. 5 # 5 7.5 = 10 W
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VBE = 0.7 V , VCE sat = 0.2 V , b = 50 , then find the value of Rc

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(A) 100 W , saturation region (C) 200 kW , cut off region

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(B) 300 W , saturation region (D) 120 W , active region

Correct option is (D) Find the steady state error for given system for unit step input

Q.11

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Correct Answer is 1/3 From the given circuit, we have 4 C ^s h + s 1 = 4 s+1 R ^s h 1+ s+1 s+2 4 ^s + 2h = ^s + 1h^s + 6h For the unit step input, we have R ^s h = 1 s Therefore, the steady state error is obtained at ess = lim s 8R ^s h - C _ s iB s"0

Q.12

Consider the multiplexer based logic ckt. What will be the boolean function = ?

4 ^s + 2h = lim s =1 - 1 s s ^s + 1h^s + 6hG s"0 4 ^0 + 2h = 1^0 + 1h^0 + 6h = 1- 4 3 1 = 3

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(A) f = wS1 S2 (C) f = w + S1 + S2

(B) f = wS1 + wS2 + S1 S2 (D) f = w 5 S1 5 S2

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Correct option is (D) For multiplexer, output is f1 = wS1 + wS1 = w 5 S1 For 2nd multiplexer, we have the output f = f1 S2 + f1 S2 = f1 5 S2 = w 5 S1 5 S 2
Q.13

find the current I in the following branch

SOL

Correct Answer is 0.75 A Given the circuit below

Applying KVL to the loop containing voltage source and resistance & 10 - 5 ^I - 1h - 5I - 10I = 0 & 10 - 5I + 5 - 5I - 10I = 0 & 10I = 15 I = 15 = 0.75 A 20

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GATE-2014 Solved Paper The above circuit arrangement represents (A) Jk flip-flop (B) SR flip flop (C) D flip-flip
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(D) Master-slave arrangement

Correct option is (D)

An FM modulated signal is given SFM ^ t h = 10 cos ^2pfc t + b 1 sin 2pf1 t + b 2 sin 2pf2 t h then the maximum frequency deviation
Q.15

(A) b 1 f1 + b 2 f2 (C) b 1 + b 2
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(B) b 1 f2 + f2 f1 (D) none of these

Correct option is (A) Given the modulated signal S fm ^ t h = 10 cos ^2pfc t + b 1 sin f1 t + b 2 sin f2 t h So, the maximum frequency deviation is obtained as 1 d Tf = max 2p dt 6b 1 sin 2pf1 + b 1 sin 2p [f2 t @ = b 1 f1 + b 2 f2
Q.16

Given H1 ^z h = ^1 - az-1h-1 and H2 ^z h = ^1 - bz-1h-1 , H ^z h = H1 ^z h + rH2 ^z h where a, b and r are real number and also a = 1 , b = - 1 , then find the value of r if zero of H ^z h 2 4 lies on the z = 1.
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Correct Answer is 2

Given,

H1 ^z h = ^1 - az-1h-1

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H2 ^z h = ^1 - bz-1h-1

H ^z h = H1 ^z h + rH2 ^z h = ^1 - az-1h-1 + r ^1 - bz-1h-1 Since, H ^z h lies on z = 1. so, for z = 1, H ^z h = 0 . Substituting it in above equation, we get 0 = ^1 - a h-1 + r ^1 - b h-1 substituting a = 1 , b = - 1 2 4
-1 -1 0 = b1 - 1 l + r b1 + 1 l 2 4 r =- 2

So, we obtain

Q.17

Find the V0

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(A) 5 V1 - 3V2 2 (C) 3 V1 - 7 V2 2 2

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(B) 2V1 - 5 V2 2 (D) - 3V1 + 11 V2 2

Correct option is (D) For ideal of amp the voltage at positive and negative terminals are both equal so, we get V+ = V- = V2 so, we have the KCL at negative input terminal V0 - V2 = V2 + V2 - V1 2R R 3R V0 = V2 + V2 + V - V & 2 1 3 3 2 V0 = 11V2 - V & 1 3 6 & V0 =- 3V1 + 11V2 2
Q.18

For the N-Network is given C = 100 mF , R = 10 kW

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if two such ckt are cascade then find the response of the system

(A)

S S+1

(B)

S2 ^S + 1h2

GATE-2014 Solved Paper 1 S (D) 2 S + 1 S + 1h2 ^ h ^ SOL Correct option is (B) For the given circuit, we have the transfer function, Vo = R Vi R+ 1 SC = SRC SRC + 1 Since, we have RC = ^10 # 103h # ^100 # 10-6h =1 Therefore, Vo = S Vi S+1 Thus, the response of cascaded system is V3 = Vo 2 V1 cVi m 2 =c S m S+1 2 = S 2 ^S + 1h (C)
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In p -type semiconductor if uniformly light is distributed than the recombination rate directly proportional to (A) Excess minority carries (C) Excess majnity carries

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Correct option is (A)

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(B) Minority carries life time

(D) Majnity carries

Q.20

Transconductance characteristics depends on

(A) high input resistance and high output resistance (B) high input resistance and low output resistance (C) Low input resistance and high output resistance (D) Low input and low input resistance
SOL

Correct option is (A) f ^x h = 2x3 - 9x2 + 12x - 3 , 2 # x # 3

Q.21

What will be maximum value of f ^x h in the interval.

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Correct Answer is 6 For Given the function f ^x h = 2x3 - 9x2 + 12x - 3 solving the function for maxima/minima point, df ^x h =0 dx & 6x2 - 18x + 12 = 0 & x2 - 3x + 2 = 0 & x = 1, 2 Again, we have d2 f ^x h = 12x - 18 dx2 d2 f ^x h at x = 2 , = 12 # 2 - 18 = 6 > 0 dx2 i.e. x = 2 is point of minima. So, for the region 2 # x # 3 , maximum value will be obtained at x = 3 , f ^x h = 2 ^3h3 - 9 ^3h2 + 12 ^3h - 3 =6
Q.22

Overall transfer function is (A) G1 G2 + G2 + 1 (C) G1 G2 + 1 G1 G 2

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(B) G2 G2 + G1 + 1 G1 G 2 1 - G1 G 2

Correct option is (A) At the first adder, We have, Y ^s h = R ^s h61 + G1@ This is applied to G2 , so, we get the output C ^s h = G 2 Y ^s h + R ^s h = G2 R ^s h^1 + G1h + R ^s h = ^G2 + G1 G2 + 1h R ^s h C ^s h & = G1 G 2 + G 2 + 1 R ^s h

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tx + cos x sin ya ty , curl of F will be_____. A vector F is given by F = sin x cos ya

Correct Answer is 0 Given the vector v = sin x cos y ax t + cos x sin y ay t F so, we obtain the curl of vector as ax ay az 2 2 2 v = d#F 2x 2y 2z sin x cos y cos x sin y 0 = az ; 2 ^cos x sin y h - 2 ^sin x cos y hE 2x 2y = az 6- sin x sin y + sin x sin y@ =0
Q.24

Which one of the given differential equation is non homogeneous, non linear. x and y are independent and dependent variable respectively

dy + xy = 0 dx dy (C) + xy = e-y dx (A)

SOL

Correct option is (C)

Q.25

f ^x h = ln ^1 + x h - x ; x > - 1

Maximum value of f ^x h will be on what value of x ________.

SOL

Correct Answer is 0 Given the function f ^x h = ln ^1 + x h - x For maximum value of f ^x h, we have df ^x h =0 dx 1 -1 = 0 1+x & 1+x = 1 & x =0 Again differentiating the function d 2 f ^x h = -1 2 2 dx ^1 + x h & at x = 0 d2 f ^x h =- 1 dx2

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Q.26 An AM modulated signal S ^ t h = m ^ t h cos 40000pt is given and m ^ t h does not contain frequency component more then 5 kHz , then find the minimum sampling frequency for proper reconstruction of signal. SOL

Correct Answer is 50 kHz Given the AM modulated signal S ^ t h = m ^ t h cos 40000 pt The maximum frequency component of message signal m ^ t h is fm = 5 kHz observing the given modulated signal S ^ t h, we have carrier frequency fc = 40000p 2p = 20000 = 20 kHz Thus, the maximum frequency component in modulated signal is fc + fm = 20 + 5 = 25 kHz Therefore, the minimum sampling frequency for the reconstruction is fs = 2 ^ fc + fm h = 2 # 25 = 50 kHz
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A PCM system has input sin 100pt + cos 10pt and sampled at Nyquist sampling rate and the modulated stelp size T = 0.75 then find the maximum bit rate (bits/sec) Correct Answer is 200 bits/sec Given the input signal, m ^ t h = sin 100 pt + cos 100 pt The frequency component of input signal is fm = 100pt = 50 Hz 2p Since, the input is sampled at Nyquist rate, So we have fs = 2fm = 2 # 50 = 100 Hz Again, the peak to peak amplitude of input is mp = 2 Given step size T = 0.75 so, number of quantization level m q = p = 2 = 2.67 T 0.75 Therefore minimum required number of bits per sample n = log 2 q . 2 bits/sample Thus, the bit rate is
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Find the output

y = ________. (A) wlxly + wxly (C) wlxlyl + xwly + xyw

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(B) wlxyl + wxlyl (D) none

Correct option is (B) For the given multiplexer arrangement, the output of multiplexer 1 is y1 = w x I 0 + wx I1 + wx I2 + wxI 3 = ^wx + wx h Vcc Again the output of multiplexer 2 is y 0 = y z I 0 + y zI1 + yz I2 + yzI 3 = ^y z + yz h y1 = y ^wx + wx h Vcc = wx y + wxy

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^Vcc = 1h

Q.29

In a semiconductor (Si) the donor and accenptor concentrations are 1 # 1016 and 5 # 1018 /cm3 respectively at temperature 300ck , VT = 26 mV then the voltage at equilibrium condition.

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Correct Answer is 0.8589 V At equilibrium, the diode voltage is given by A V = VT ln d ND N n 2 n1 where VT = 26 mV ND = 1 # 1016 /cm3 NA = 5 # 1018 /cm3 ni = 1.5 # 1010 /cm3 (Silicon semiconductor) So, we get the voltage

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Q.30 An air filled rectangular wave guide has diamension 5 cm # 3 cm ,find the cutoff frequency of the wave guide in (MHz) for TE21 mode. SOL

Correct Answer is 7810.25 MHz For TEmn mode, the cut off frequency is defined as 2 2 1 p + d np n fc = cm m a b 2p me Here, we have TE21 mode, i.e. m = 2 , n = 1 Also, the dimension is a = 5 cm = 5 # 10-2 b = 3 cm = 3 # 10-2 so, we obtain the cutoff frequency 2 2 1 2 1 fc = b 5 10-2 l + b 3 10-2 l 2 m0e0 # #
8 = 3 # 10 2

4 1 + 25 # 10-4 9 # 10-4

= 7810249676 Hz = 7810.25 MHz

Q.31

For given pnp transistor VBE = 0.7, b = 50 , find the output voltage

V0 = ______.
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Correct Answer is 3.51 V For the transistor to be working in active region, we have 10 - VEB - 530 IB = 0 & 10 - 0.7 - 530 IB = 0 IB = 9.3 mA 530 & So, we get the collector current

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= 50 # 9.3 530 = 0.8773 Thus the voltage at output terminal is V0 = 4IC = 3.51 V For a function x ^ t h the energy function is S ^ f h, then find the energy function for input x ^2t + 1h
Q.32

f (A) S c m $ e-jpf 2 f (C) 1 S $ c m 2 2

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f (B) 1 S c m e-jpf 2 2 f (D) 1 S c m e-if 2 2

Correct Option is (C) Let the autocorrelation function of x ^ t h be Rx ^t h. Its Fourier transform is energy function, i.e. F.T. S^f h R x ^t h So, for the function x ^2t + 1h, the autocorrelation function will be Rx ^2t h since, autocorrelation on time difference only. Therefore the energy function is given as f F.T "Rx ^2t h, = 1 S c m 2 2

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