All India Mock Test

GATE ECE

Maximum Marks : 100

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Duration : Three Hours

Read the following instructions carefully.

1. All questions in this paper are of objective type.

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2. Questions must be answered on Optical Response Sheet (ORS) by darkening the

appropriate bubble (marked A, B, C, D) using HB pencil against the question number on
the left hand side of the ORS. Each question has only one correct answer. In case you
wish to change an answer, erase the old answer completely. More than one answer
bubbled against a question will be treated as an incorrect response.

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3. There are a total of 65 questions carrying 100 marks. There are two sections. Section - I
contains 10 questions on General Aptitude. Question no.1 to 5 are one mark each and
question no.6 to 10 are two marks each. Section - II contains 55 questions. Question
no.1 to 25 are one mark each and question no.26 to 55 are two marks each.
4. Un-attempted questions will carry zero marks.
5. Wrong answer will carry NEGATIVE marks. In section - I for Q.1 to Q.5, 1/3 mark will
be deducted for each wrong answer and for Q.6 to Q.10, 2/3 mark will be deducted for
each wrong answer. In section - II for Q.1 to Q.25, 1/3 mark will be deducted for each
wrong answer and for Q.26 to Q.55, 2/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.
6. Calculator (without data connectivity) is allowed in the examination hall.
7. Charts, graph sheets or tables are NOT allowed in the examination hall.
8. Rough work can be done on the question paper itself. Additionally, blank pages are
given at the end of the question paper for rough work.

GATE MOCK TEST ECE

SECTION I
GENERAL APTITUDE
Questions 1 to 5 carry One Mark each.

Questions 6 to 10 carry Two Marks each.

Directions for questions 1 and 2: Select the

correct alternative from the given choices.

Directions for questions 6 to 8: Select the

correct alternative from the given choices.

1.

P = {4, 6, 8, 10}
Q = {8, 10, 12, 14, 16)
Two integers were randomly selected
such that one was selected from set P
and the other was selected from set Q.
What is the probability of the sum of
these integers not being equal to 18?
(A) 0.67
(B) 0.70
(C) 0.75
(D) 0.80

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2.

In a certain code language, if the word

SPRING is coded as TSWPWR, then
how is the word ELASTIC coded in that
language?
(A) FMBTUJD
(B) FOFZEVT
(C) FOFZTCZ
(D) FOFZCTP

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4.

REIMBURSE
(A) Offset
(C) Emanate
RAUCOUS
(A) Hoarse
(C) Phonetic

Directions for question 5: Fill in the blank

with the correct idiom/phrase.
5.

His association with bad companions got

him __________.
(A) a piece of cake
(B) into hot water
(C) back to the drawing board
(D) beating around the bush

10 m

In the figure above, angle PQR = angle

QRS = angle TUR = 90, PQ = 8 m and
SR = 10 m. Find TU (in m).
(A)

8.

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(B) Outshine
(D) Indemnify

(B) Risky
(D) Bitter

8m

Directions for question 3 and 4: Choose the

word from the options given below, that is
most nearly similar in meaning to the given
word.
3.

A right angled triangle GHI is to be

formed in a rectangular coordinate
system such that the triangle is right
angled at H and HI is parallel to the
y-axis. It is also intended for the x-and
the y-coordinates of G, H and I to satisfy
the inequalities -8 x 8 and 7 y 15.
How many triangles can be formed such
that the above conditions are satisfied?
(A) 78 (B) 1224 (C) 19584 (D) 20566

(B)

31
9

34

40

(C)

(D)

There are few pens in one box, few

pencils in another box and a mixture of
pens and pencils in a third box. But each
of these boxes is wrongly labeled and the
labels on the boxes are Pens Pencils and
Mixture. You are allowed to select only
one box and only one item from that box.
Which labeled box would you select to
determine what each box contains?
(A) Pens
(B) Pencils
(C) Mixture
(D) Any one of the above

Directions for question 9: Choose the

appropriate word/phrase, out of the four
options given below, to complete the following
sentence.
9.

Which of the following can be inferred

from the sentence above?

. There is a green party in England.

. Green party is not the name of a
party.
. The green party is going to be floated
in Bengal.
(A) All follow

The child had a _____ birth defect in the

form of a cleft palate.
(A) hereditary
(B) compulsive
(C) congenial
(D) congenital

(B) Only and follow

10. Mr. Dutta, a politician, said that he had

visited England and he wanted to float
the first green party in India. He said his
greens were going to replace red in
Bengal.

(C) Only follows

(D) Only and follow

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SECTION II
ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
Directions for questions 1 to 55: Select the correct alternative from the given choices.
Questions 1 to 25 carry One Mark each.

The length of the curve x = y y from (0, 0)

to (8, 4) is ______
(A) 8.06
(C) 10.07

(B) 9.07
(D) 7.08

5.

For the initial value problem,

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1.

4.

dy
= xy + 2; y(0) = 2,
dx
the value of y at x = 0.2 obtained by the
Taylors series second order method
with step size 0.2 is ________
(A) 2.40
(B) 2.44
(C) 2.48
(D) 2.52

Let V be a vector space with dimension

7. If S is a subset of V with m linearly
dependent vectors that span V, then the
least possible value of m is ________
(A) 9
(B) 10
(C) 8
(D) 7
Let A = 2i + 3 j + 4k and B = i + 2 j + 3k

denote the position vectors of the points

A and B and let O denote the origin.
Then the area of the triangle OAB in
square units is _______
(A)

6.

3
2

(B)

If z = x + iy, where i = 1 and x, y are

real, then all possible values of y for
which e2z = 1 + i is _________
(A)

+ 2n
4

(B)

+ n
4

(C)

+ 2n
8

(D)

+ n
8

(C)

3
2

(D)

3
2

A series RLC circuit is excited by

variable frequency source. The current in
the circuit becomes maximum at a
frequency

3.

3
2

600
Hz and falls to half of the
2

maximum at 400 Hz. If R of the circuit is

2

3 . Find the values of L and C.

(A) 10.4 mH and 267 F
(B) 4.5 mH and 534 F
(C) 10.5 mH and 250 F
(D) None of these

7.

If ID = 4.5mA, then the value of VDS is

______.
(A) 12.75 V
(B) 10.5 V
(C) 8.25 V
(D) 6 V

Consider the circuit shown in below.

A
5H

10 t

10 H

7H

7t
C

9H

9.

(B) 95 V
(D) 55 V

The Region of convergence of the

bilateral Laplace transform of f(t) = e2t
u(t) + et.u(t) is______.
(A) 2 < < 1
(B) < 1
(C) > 2
(D) 1 < < 2

(A) A + B + C

(B) BC

(C) A + BC

(D) A + BC

13. A certain JK filp flop has tpd = 8ns. If the

largest MOD of ripple counter is 12. The
maximum operating frequency of the
counter at last flipflop(MSB) is _____ MHz.
(A) 2.6 (B) 15.75 (C) 5.2
(D) 3.9

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12. The output (Y) of the circuit shown in the

figure is

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M 3H
M 4H
M 1H
M 2H
VAD = _________
(A) 110 V
(C) 119 V

11. The responsivity of a photo diode having

quantum efficiency of 70%, with photons
of energy 1.5 1019 J incident up on it
is _____ A/W.
(A) 0.6 (B) 0.74 (C) 0.5
(D) 1

In a P-type semiconductor the Fermi

level lies 0.25eV above the valance
band. The new position of the Fermi

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level ( EF2 E), if the concentration of

acceptor atoms is doubled is _______.

KT
= 26 mV )
(Assume
q
(A) 8.9 eV
(C) 0.125 eV

(B) 0.5 eV
(D) 0.23 eV

10.

+ 15 V
RD

RG

RS

1 k

0.5 k

14. A memory system has a table of

16 memory chips, each with 13 address
lines and 16 data lines. The total size of
the memory system is .
(A) 256 kB
(B) 384 kB
(C) 19.98 kB
(D) 1248 kB
15. A system is represented by the following
state equations.
1 0
1
X=
x + 2u and y = [- 1 2]x and
2
2

0
x(0) = . The zero input response of
1
the system is
(A) x1(t) = 3.e2tu(t)
x2(t) = (2et 3e2t) u(t)

(B) x1(t) = 0
x2(t) = e2t u(t)
(C) x1(t) = 3.et u(t)
x2(t) = 0
(D) None of these

16. The transfer function of a system is

1+ s
given by G(s ) =
. The Nyquist plot
0.2 s + 1

=0

= 0 Re

2 K

4V

3 K

I0

V0
2 K

20. The step size() required for a Delta

modulator operating at 64 k samples /
second, to track the signal s(t)
= 256 [2t + 3]V so that slope over load
would be avoided is?
(A) = 26 volts
(B) 27 volts
1
volts
(C) 28 volts
(D) <
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Im

(C)

3 V

The current I0 in the circuit is .

(B) 8.66 mA
(A) 6.5 mA
(C) 2.166 mA
(D) 9.2 mA

(B)

Re

6 K

1 K

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19.
2 V

of the system is
(A)
o

18. The gain and distortion of an amplifier

are 160 and 6% respectively without
feedback. If the stage has 12% of its
output voltage applied as negative
feedback, then the distortion of the
amplifier with feedback is %.
(A) 121 (B) 0.297 (C) 0.34 (D) 0.58

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(D)

Re

Im

=0
o

Re

17. In an RC coupled power amplifier, the

a.c. voltage across load RL = 500 has
a peak-to-peak value of 15 V. Then the
maximum possible A.C load power
would be ________.
(A) 56.25 mW
(B) 28 mW
(C) 112.5 mW
(D) 17.9 mW

21. 8 voice signals, each band limited to

4.5 kHz and sampled at 1.5 times of
Nyquit rate are converted into binary
PCM signal using 256 quantization
levels. The bit transmission rate for the
time - division multiplexed signal will be
(A) 576 kbps
(B) 864kbps
(C) 432 kbps
(D) 1728 kbps
22. An AM signal is detected using an
envelope detector. The modulating
frequency fm = 2.5 kHz and maximum
envelop time constant RC = 20 sec.
The modulation index of the envelope
detector is _________.
(A) 0.75 (B) 1.02 (C) 0.8
(D) 0.95

23. The depth of penetration of a wave in

lossy dielectric medium decreases with
increasing
(A) relative permittivity
(B) resistivity
(C) frequency
(D) wave length
24. The system shown in figure is formed by
connecting two systems in cascade. The
impulse response of the systems are
given by h1(t) = e-2t u(t) and h2(t)
= 3.e-t.u(t), then the impulse response of
the overall system is _________.

(D) y = c1

28. The value of xydy y 2dx , c being

2

C
the boundary of the region enclosed by
the circle x2 + y2 = 9 and the coordinate
axes in the first quadrant is _____
(A) 9
(B) 18
(C) 27
(D) 36

29. If the joint probability density function of two

independent random variables X and Y is
e (x + y ); 0 x, y <
given by fXY (x, y) =
0;
otherwise

y(t)

h1(t)

2x 3 + c2(2x 3)2

h2(t)

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x(t)

(B) y = (c1 + c2 x)(2x 3)

(C) y = (c1 + c2 x)e2x 3

then P(X < 2Y/X < 3Y) is _____

(A) 3[e-t e-2t]u(t)

(B) [2.e-t 3.e2t]u(t)
(C) 3[e-2t et].u(t)
(D) 1.5[e-t + e-2t]u(t)

(A)

(B)

3
4

(C)

7
9

(D)

8
9

30. The Taylors series expansion of

f(x) = x3 5x2 + 6x 2 about x = -1 is
_______
(A) (x 1)3 8(x 1)2 + 19(x 1) 14
(B) (x + 1)3 + 16(x + 1)2 19(x + 1) + 14
(C) (x + 1)3 8(x + 1)2 + 19(x + 1) 14
(D) (x 1)3 + 16(x 1)2 19(x 1) + 14

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25. A plane wave travelling in a medium of

r = 2 and r = 1, it has magnetic field

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intensity of 30 A/m. Then the total

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energy density of the electric field is _____.

(B) 2.4 mJ/m3
(A) 3.5 mJ/m3
(C) 1.5 mJ/m3
(D) 1.77 mJ/m3

Questions 26 to 55 carry Two Marks each.

26. If the characteristic equation of a 3 3
matrix A is 3 3 2 + 3 = 0, then the
determinant of the matrix B = 2A7 6A6
+ 2A5 6A4 3A3 + 7A2 3A + 9I3 is
_______
(A) 72 (B) 72 (C) 36
(D) 36
27. The general solution of the differential
equation
(2x 3)2

d2 y
dx

- 3(2x 3)

dy
+ 4y = 0 is
dx

_______
(A) y = c1 e(2x - 3) + c2 e-(2x 3)

31. A continuous time signal shown in figure

x(t)

-1

The fourier coefficient of x(t) would be

______
(A) ao = an = 0, bn =

2
(- 1)n+1; for all n values
n

2
(B) ao = an = 0; bn =

(- 1) n ; for all n values

(C) ao = 1, an = 0, bn =

1
(- 1)n ; for all n
n

34.
2 mF

values
1 k

(- 1)n+1 for all n values

(D) ao = an = 1; bn =
2n

2 k

4 k
2 k

32. Consider a causal discrete-time FIR filter

described by the impulse response h(n)
= {1, 2, -2, -1}. The frequency response

5 mA
3 k
1mF

H() of the filter is ________.

The energy stored in 1mF capacitor,
under steady state conditions is_______
(A) 2.7 mJ
(B) 15.2 mJ
(C) 12.5 mJ
(D) 6.3 mJ

(A) 2j.e-j1.5 {sin1.5 + 2 sin0.5 }

- j3
3
(B) sin + 2 sin .e 2
2
2
3

-j

3
(C) e 2 2 sin + sin
2
2

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35. The Norton equivalent at terminals x y

for the circuit shown in below figure is
.

(D) None of these

33. Consider the sequence x(n) = n. an-1.u[n + 1]

the z-transform of x(n) is _______.

(B) X(z ) =

- z 2 (z - 2a )
a 2 (z - a )
-z

a (z - a )
2

(A) IN = 3A and RN = 3
(B) IN = 1.5A and RN = 16
(C) IN = 3A and RN = 16

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(D)

(z a)2 (z - 2a)
(z - a)
- z 2 (z + a )
X(z ) =
a 2 (z - a )2

(C) X(z ) =

I0

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(A) X(z ) =

8 I0

(D) IN = 1.5A and RN = 8

36. The switch in the circuit of figure has been closed for long time but is opened at t = 0.

15

10
t=0

10

3H

17.5 V

+
-

60
+

The V(t) for t > 0 is

(A) V(t) = [5.23 e0.135 t 0.138e9.848 t] u(t)
(C) V(t) = [9.23.e7.4t 7.24e10t]u(t)

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1
F
4

(B) V(t) = [10.138.e0.135t 0.138.e9.848t]u(t)

(D) None of these

(A) 4.76 1016cm-3

37. A n - type Si crystal has a current density

of 150A/m2. The crystal has a resistivity of

(B) 5.36 1013cm3

0.8 -m and electron mobility of 0.6 m2/V-s.

Then the time taken by the electron to
travel 10 m in the crystal is
(A) 1.23 s

(B) 1.28 s

(C) 0.138 s

(D) 0.13 s

38. For the circuit shown below both

transistors are identical and has
following parameters n.Cox = 3mA/V2,
W
= 10.
VT = 1V and
L

(C) 2.524 1014cm3

(D) 3 1015cm3

40. A 3 to 8 line decoder, with active low

outputs is used to implement a
3 - variable Boolean function as shown
in the figure

A2

D0
D1
D2

A1

3 to 8 D3
decoder D4

A0

D5
D6

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+5 V

D7

M1
I

The simplified form of Boolean function

f(w, x, y) implemented in product of sum
form will be

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The current I in mA is ________.

(A) 40
(B) 45
(C) 67.5
(D) 33.75

39. In a sample of Ge at room temperature,

the electron concentration varies linearly
with distance, as shown in figure. The
current density is 3.5A/cm2 and mobility
of electrons is n = 2500 cm2/V-sec, then
the electron concentration is

)(

(A) w + y w + x + y

(B) x y + wy + w y

)(

(C) w + y w + x + y

)(

(D) x + w w + x + y

41. The Boolean function f = m(0, 1, 3,

5, 9, 10, 14) is realized by the 4 1 mux.
Then the input to the mux would
be (consider B and C as selection
lines)
(A) Io = A + D,I1 = A D,I2 = AD, and I3 = AD

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(B) Io = AD,I1 = AD,I2 = A + D, and I3 = A D

3 1017

(C) I0= A + AD,I1 = A D, I2 = AD

and I3= AD

N0

(D) Io = A + D,I1 = A D,I2 = AD and I3 = AD

0

0.75

x(cm)

42. Three T-flip-flops are cascaded to form the circuit shown in figure.
X

1
T1
To

Q1

T2

Q2

Qo

clock

clr
clr

Q1

clr

Q2

Qo

f = 1.25MHz

The frequency (in kHz) of the wave form at X is _________.

(A) 312.5
(B) 156.25
(C) 200

(D) 208.33

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43. The circuit shown in figure is differential amplifier driven by a bridge network, then the
output voltage Vo is ________.
80 k

20 k

10 k

40 k

Vo

10 mV

60 k

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20 k

(A) 2.32 mV

(B) 3.8 mV

44. The value of the capacitor required for a

full wave bridge rectifier with capacitor
filter given Vm = 8 V, f = 50 Hz, ripple
voltage (Peak - to - peak) = 1.5 V and
RL = 250 is _______.
(A) 1.33 mF
(B) 211.6 F
(C) 193.4 F
(D) 225 F

60 k

(D) 1.25 mV

(C) 3.5 mV

12 V

R c1

5 k
V1

T3
R c2

2 k
V2

45. In the figure, transistors T1 and T2 have

identical characteristics, VCE(sat) of
transistor T3 is 0.2V. The voltage V1 is
high enough to put T3 in saturation, and
VBE of each transistor is 0.7V. Then the
value of (V1 V2) in volts is _____.

T1

(A) 2.26 (B) 5.22

T2

(C) 5.9

(D) 4.3

46. A block diagram is shown below

1

R(s)

1/s

2/s

C(s)

+
3
1

For the unit ramp input the steady state error of the system is _______.
(A) 0.5
(B) 2
(C) 0
(A) Vin 2.83 V

47. The unit step response of a system is

given as c(t) = 3 + 4t 2.5.e-2t. Then the
transfer function of the system is _____.

(C)

0.5 s 2 + 10 s + 8
s 2 + 5s + 4
(B)
s (s + 2)
8(0.5s + 1)
s (s + 2)
8 + 10s + 2s2

(D)

(B) Vin 2.93 V

(C) Vin = 2.78 V

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(D)

(D) 2.78 V Vin 2.93V

0.5s2 + 10s + 8
s3 (s + 2)

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48. A parallel plate capacitor with plate area

of 5cm2 and plate separation of 2mm
has a voltage 30cos 103 t V applied to its
plates. If = 2.5o, the displacement
current is _____.
(A) 165.7 cos 103t nA
(B) 165.7 sin103t nA
(C) 315 cos103t A
(D) 325 sin103t nA

50. 10 signals each band-limited to 5kHz are

to be transmitted over a single channel
by frequency by division multiplexing. If
AM-SSB modulation guard of 1kHz and
1.5kHz are used alternatively, then the
band width (in kHz) of the multiplexed
signal will be _____.
(A) 50 (B) 56
(C) 61
(D) 58

49. For the transistor shown below = 40.

The range of Vi such that 1.5V VCE

3V is

+5 V

1 k
Vi

4 k
10 k
4 V

51. An air filled rectangular wave guide

with cross section 5 cm 2 cm has

E s = Ezo sin (40

x)

sin (50 y)e-j z az

V/m. The mode that is being propagated

in this waveguide is
(A) TM21
(B) TM21
(C) TM12
(D) TE12

52. At a distance of 8 km from a differential

sized antenna, the field strength is
12 V/m. The field at 20 km away from
the antenna is
(A) 75 V/m

(B) 4.8 V/m

(C) 30 V/m

(D) 1.92 V/m

53. A co-axial transmission line with a = 2cm

and b = 3.85 cm has a voltage Vab = 80
sin(109t - z)V between conductors r = r
= 1. Find displacement density in
cylindrical co - ordinates.

1
. erfc (2.58)
2
(B) Pe = 2. erfc (6.66)
1
(C) Pe = . erfc (1.29)
2

(A) Pe =

1
. erfc (2.5)
4

(D) Pe =

(A) 80 cos(10 9 t z ) a p C / m 2

(B) 80 cos(10 9 t z ) a p V / m

(C) 80 cos(10 t z) a p nC / m
9

55. A root locus of unity feed back system is

shown below.

(D) sin(10 9 t z ) a p nC / m 2

+ j2

2
x
4.5

5
x

x(t)

A=2

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54. Two messages are transmitted by wave

and space using a simple binary pulse
shown in figure

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The transfer function of the system is

T =103

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3.2 s2 + 9s + 24.25
(s + 2) (s + 5 )

(B)

0.3125 s 2 + 9s + 24.25
(s + 2)(s + 5)

(C)

1.25 s 2 + 9s + 24.25
(0.5s + 1) (0.2s + 1)

Find error probability of the optimum

receiver, assuming that the probability of
x(t) being present is . Assume that the
channel noise is a white noise of power
spectral density N/2, where N = 10-4.

(A)

(D)

3.2(s + 2) (s + 5 )

(s

+ 9s + 24.25