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GATE 2014 Examination

EC: Electronics & Communications Engineering
Duration: 180 minutes

Maximum Marks: 100

Read the following instructions carefully.

1. To login, enter your Registration Number and password provided to you. Kindly go through the various
symbols used in the test and understand their meaning before you start the examination.
2. Once you login and after the start of the examination, you can view all the questions in the question
paper, by clicking on the View All Questions button in the screen.
3. This question paper consists of 2 sections, General Aptitude (GA) for 15 marks and the subject
specific GATE paper for 85 marks. Both these sections are compulsory.
The GA section consists of 10 questions. Question numbers 1 to 5 are of 1-mark each, while question
numbers 6 to 10 are of 2-mark each.
The subject specific GATE paper section consists of 55 questions, out of which question numbers 1 to
25 are of 1-mark each, while question numbers 26 to 55 are of 2-mark each.
4. Depending upon the GATE paper, there may be useful common data that may be required for
answering the questions. If the paper has such useful data, the same can be viewed by clicking on the
Useful Common Data button that appears at the top, right hand side of the screen.
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answer to be selected for multiple-choice questions using a mouse and to enter a suitable number for
the numerical answer type questions using the virtual keyboard and mouse.
6. Your answers shall be updated and saved on a server periodically and also at the end of the
examination. The examination will stop automatically at the end of 180 minutes.
7. In each paper a candidate can answer a total of 65 questions carrying 100 marks.
8. The question paper may consist of questions of multiple choice type (MCQ) and numerical answer
type.
9. Multiple choice type questions will have four choices against A, B, C, D, out of which only ONE is the
correct answer. The candidate has to choose the correct answer by clicking on the bubble () placed
before the choice.
10. For numerical answer type questions, each question will have a numerical answer and there will not be
any choices. For these questions, the answer should be enteredby using the virtual keyboard that
appears on the monitor and the mouse.
11. All questions that are not attempted will result in zero marks. However, wrong answers for multiple
choice type questions (MCQ) will result in NEGATIVE marks. For all MCQ questions a wrong
answer will result in deduction of marks for a 1-mark question and marks for a 2-mark question.
12. There is NO NEGATIVE MARKING for questions of NUMERICAL ANSWER TYPE.
13. Non-programmable type Calculator is allowed. Charts, graph sheets, and mathematical tables are NOT
allowed in the Examination Hall. You must use the Scribble pad provided to you at the examination
centre for all your rough work. The Scribble Pad has to be returned at the end of the examination.
Declaration by the candidate:
I have read and understood all the above instructions. I have also read and understood clearly the
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violate any of these instructions, my candidature is liable to be cancelled. I also confirm that at the start of
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GATE 2014

SET- 3

General Aptitude -GA

Q. 1 Q. 5 carry one mark each.

Q.1

Choose the most appropriate phrase from the options given below to complete the following
sentence.
The aircraft

take off as soon as its flight plan was filed.

(A) is allowed to
(C) was allowed to
Q.2

(B) will be allowed to

(D) has been allowed to

Read the statements:

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All women are entrepreneurs.

Some women are doctors.

Which of the following conclusions can be logically inferred from the above statements?
(A) All women are doctors
(C) All entrepreneurs are women
Q.3

(B) All doctors are entrepreneurs

(D) Some entrepreneurs are doctors

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following
sentence.

Q.4

(B) dispel

(C) propel

The statistics of runs scored in a series by four batsmen are provided in the following table. Who is
the most consistent batsman of these four?
Average
31.2
46.0
54.4
17.9

(G

Batsman
K
L
M
N

Standard deviation
5.21
6.35
6.22
5.90

(B) L

(C) M

(A) K

(D) N

What is the next number in the series?

A0

Q.5

(D) repel

AT

(A) impel

Many ancient cultures attributed disease to supernatural causes. However, modern science has
largely helped _________ such notions.

35

81

173

357

____

12

Q. 6 Q. 10 carry two marks each.

Q.6

Find the odd one from the following group:

W,E,K,O
(A) W,E,K,O

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(B) I,Q,W,A

I,Q,W,A

F,N,T,X
(C) F,N,T,X

N,V,B,D
(D) N,V,B,D

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Q.7

SET- 3

General Aptitude -GA

For submitting tax returns, all resident males with annual income below Rs 10 lakh should fill up
Form P and all resident females with income below Rs 8 lakh should fill up Form Q. All people
with incomes above Rs 10 lakh should fill up Form R, except non residents with income above Rs
15 lakhs, who should fill up Form S. All others should fill Form T. An example of a person who
should fill Form T is
(A) a resident male with annual income Rs 9 lakh
(B) a resident female with annual income Rs 9 lakh
(C) a non-resident male with annual income Rs 16 lakh
(D) a non-resident female with annual income Rs 16 lakh
A train that is 280 metres long, travelling at a uniform speed, crosses a platform in 60 seconds and
passes a man standing on the platform in 20 seconds. What is the length of the platform in metres?

Q.9

The exports and imports (in crores of Rs.) of a country from 2000 to 2007 are given in the
following bar chart. If the trade deficit is defined as excess of imports over exports, in which year is
the trade deficit 1/5th of the exports?

AT
2000

(B) 2004

2002

2003

2004

2005

(C) 2007

2006

2007

(D) 2006

A0

You are given three coins: one has heads on both faces, the second has tails on both faces, and the
third has a head on one face and a tail on the other. You choose a coin at random and toss it, and it
comes up heads. The probability that the other face is tails is

(A) 1/4

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2001

(A) 2005
Q.10

Imports

Exports

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120
110
100
90
80
70
60
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(B) 1/3

(C) 1/2

(D) 2/3

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GATE 2014

SET1

ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING EC

Q. 1 Q. 25 carry one mark each.

Q.3

Q.4

Q.5

Q.6

In a housing society, half of the families have a single child per family, while the remaining half
have two children per family. The probability that a child picked at random, has a sibling is _____
2 +4

+2

is a closed path in the -plane given by || = 3. The value of the integral

(A) 4(1 + 2)

(B) 4(3 2)

(C) 4(3 + 2)

is

(D) 4(1 2)

A real (4 4) matrix satisfies the equation 2 = , where is the (4 4) identity matrix. The
positive eigen value of is _________.
Let X1, X2, and X3 be independent and identically distributed random variables with the uniform
distribution on [0, 1]. The probability P{X1 is the largest} is ________

For maximum power transfer between two cascaded sections of an electrical network, the
relationship between the output impedance Z1 of the first section to the input impedance Z2 of the
second section is
(A) 2 = 1

(C) 2 = 1

(B) 2 = 1

(D) 2 = 1

Consider the configuration shown in the figure which is a portion of a larger electrical network

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01

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Q.7

(A)( ) =
(B) () = ()
(C) ( + ) = +
(D) =

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Q.2

For matrices of same dimension M, N and scalar c, which one of these properties DOES NOT
ALWAYS hold?

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Q.1

i5
i2
R

i3

i4
i1

i6

For R = 1 and currents 1 = 2 A, 4 = 1 A, 5 = 4 A, which one of the following is TRUE?

Q.8

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(A) 6 = 5
(B) 3 = 4
(C) Data is sufficient to conclude that the supposed currents are impossible
(D) Data is insufficient to identify the currents 2 , 3 , and 6

When the optical power incident on a photodiode is 10W and the responsivity is 0.8 A/W, the
photocurrent generated (in A) is ________.

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Q.9

SET1

ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING EC

In the figure, assume that the forward voltage drops of the PN diode D1 and Schottky diode D2 are
0.7 V and 0.3 V, respectively. If ON denotes conducting state of the diode and OFF denotes nonconducting state of the diode, then in the circuit,
20

1 k

10 V

Q.10

both D1 and D2 are ON

D1 is ON and D2 is OFF
both D1 and D2 are OFF
D1 is OFF and D2 is ON

If fixed positive charges are present in the gate oxide of an n-channel enhancement type MOSFET,
it will lead to
(A) a decrease in the threshold voltage
(B) channel length modulation
(C) an increase in substrate leakage current
(D) an increase in accumulation capacitance
A good current buffer has
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

In the ac equivalent circuit shown in the figure, if is the input current and is very large, the
type of feedback is

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01

(G

Q.12

low input impedance and low output impedance

low input impedance and high output impedance
high input impedance and low output impedance
high input impedance and high output impedance

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Q.11

D2

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(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

D1

small signal
input

iin

RD

RD

vout
M2

M1
RF

(A) voltage-voltage feedback

(B) voltage-current feedback
(C) current-voltage feedback
(D) current-current feedback

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SET1

ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING EC

In the low-pass filter shown in the figure, for a cut-off frequency of 5 kHz , the value of R 2 (in k)
is _____________.

Q.14

In the following circuit employing pass transistor logic, all NMOS transistors are identical with a
threshold voltage of 1 V. Ignoring the body-effect, the output voltages at P, Q and R are,
5V

5V
5V

Q.15

4 V, 3 V, 2 V
5 V, 5 V, 5 V
4 V, 4 V, 4 V
5 V, 4 V, 3 V

(B) Y

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(C) XY

(D) X+Y

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Q.18

Five JK flip-flops are cascaded to form the circuit shown in Figure. Clock pulses at a frequency of
1 MHz are applied as shown. The frequency (in kHz) of the waveform at Q3 is __________ .

1 J4
Q4
clk
1 K4

Q.17

The Boolean expression (X + Y) (X +

Y) + (X
Y) +
X simplifies to

(A) X
Q.16

5V

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(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

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Q.13

J3 Q3
clk
K3

1 J2
Q2
clk
1 K2

J1 Q1
clk
1 K1

1
1

J0 Q0
clk
K0

clock

A discrete-time signal [] = sin( 2 ) , being an integer, is

(A) periodic with period .

(C) periodic with period /2.

(B) periodic with period 2 .

(D) not periodic.

Consider two real valued signals, () band-limited to [ 500 Hz, 500 Hz] and () band-limited
to [1 kHz, 1 kHz]. For () = () (), the Nyquist sampling frequency (in kHz) is ______.

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Q.19

SET1

ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING EC

A continuous, linear time-invariant filter has an impulse response () described by

() =

3 for 0 3
0 otherwise

When a constant input of value 5 is applied to this filter, the steady state output is _____.
Q.20

The forward path transfer function of a unity negative feedback system is given by
() =

( + 2)( 1)

Consider the feedback system shown in the figure. The Nyquist plot of () is also shown. Which
one of the following conclusions is correct?

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

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Q.21

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The value of which will place both the poles of the closed-loop system at the same location,
is ______ .

() is an all-pass filter
() is a strictly proper transfer function
() is a stable and minimum-phase transfer function
The closed-loop system is unstable for sufficiently large and positive

In a code-division multiple access (CDMA) system with N = 8 chips, the maximum number of
users who can be assigned mutually orthogonal signature sequences is ________

Q.23

The capacity of a Binary Symmetric Channel (BSC) with cross-over probability 0.5 is ________

Q.24

A two-port network has scattering parameters given by [ S ] =

01

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Q.22

s11
s21

s12
. If the port-2 of the twos22

port is short circuited, the s11 parameter for the resultant one-port network is

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s11 s11s22 + s12 s21

1 + s22
s +s s +s s
(C) 11 11 22 12 21
1 s22
(A)

Q.25

The force on a point charge + kept at a distance from the surface of an infinite grounded metal
plate in a medium of permittivity is
2

(A) 0

(C) 16 2 towards the plate

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s11 + s11s22 s12 s21

1 + s22
s s s +s s
(D) 11 11 22 12 21
1 s22
(B)

(B) 16 2 away from the plate

2

(D) 4 2 towards the plate

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GATE 2014

SET1

ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING EC

Q. 26 Q. 55 carry two marks each.

The Taylor series expansion of 3 sin + 2 cos is

(A) 2 + 3 2
(B) 2 3 + 2

3
2

(D) 2 3 2 +

3
2

(C) 2 + 3 + 2 +

Q.27

3
2

3
2

+ . . . ..

+ ..

+ .....

+ .....
+

(A) 0

(B)

(C)

(D)

Consider the matrix

AT
E

The volume under the surface (, ) = + and above the triangle in the x-y plane defined by
{0 and 0 12} is _________.
0
0

0
6 =
0

0
1

(G

Q.29

For a function (), it is given that () = 2 for any real value .

If () = () , then () is

Q.28

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Q.26

0
0
0
0
1
0

0
0
0
1
0
0

0
0
1
0
0
0

0
1
0
0
0
0

1
0

0
0
0
0

A Y-network has resistances of 10 each in two of its arms, while the third arm has a resistance of
11. In the equivalent -network, the lowest value (in ) among the three resistances is ________.

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Q.30

01

which is obtained by reversing the order of the columns of the identity matrix 6 .
Let = 6 + 6 , where is a non-negative real number. The value of for which det() = 0
is ________.

Q.31

A 230 V rms source supplies power to two loads connected in parallel. The first load draws 10 kW
at 0.8 leading power factor and the second one draws 10 kVA at 0.8 lagging power factor. The
complex power delivered by the source is

(A) (18 + j 1.5) kVA

(C) (20 + j 1.5) kVA

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(B) (18 j 1.5) kVA

(D) (20 j 1.5) kVA

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SET1

ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING EC

A periodic variable x is shown in the figure as a function of time. The root-mean-square (rms) value
of x is _________.

Q.33

In the circuit shown in the figure, the value of capacitor C (in mF) needed to have critically damped
response i(t) is________.
40

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Q.32

4H
i(t)

Vo

A BJT is biased in forward active mode. Assume VBE = 0.7 V, kT/q = 25 mV and reverse saturation
current IS = 10-13 A. The transconductance of the BJT (in mA/V) is __________.

Q.35

The doping concentrations on the p-side and n-side of a silicon diode are 1 1016 cm-3 and
1 1017 cm-3, respectively. A forward bias of 0.3 V is applied to the diode. At T = 300 K, the

= 26 mV. The electron

intrinsic carrier concentration of silicon ni = 1.5 1010 cm-3 and

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Q.34

concentration at the edge of the depletion region on the p-side is

A depletion type N-channel MOSFET is biased in its linear region for use as a voltage controlled
resistor. Assume threshold voltage VTH = -0.5 V, VGS = 2.0 V, VDS = 5 V, W/L = 100,
Cox = 10-8 F/cm2 and n = 800 cm2/V-s. The value of the resistance of the voltage controlled resistor
(in ) is __________.

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Q.36

01

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(A) 2.3 109 cm-3

(B) 1 1016 cm-3
(C) 1 1017 cm-3
(D) 2.25 106 cm-3

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Q.37

SET1

ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING EC

In the voltage regulator circuit shown in the figure, the op-amp is ideal. The BJT has VBE = 0.7 V
and = 100, and the zener voltage is 4.7 V. For a regulated output of 9 V, the value of R (in )
is _______.

VI = 12 V

VO = 9 V
+

1 k

1 k

VZ = 4.7 V

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Q.38

In the circuit shown, the op-amp has finite input impedance, infinite voltage gain and zero input
offset voltage. The output voltage Vout is

R1

AT
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R2

I1

Vout

(G

I2

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01

(A2 (1 + 2 )
(B) 2 2
(C)) 1 2
(D) 1 (1 + 2 )

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Q.39

SET1

ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING EC

For the amplifier shown in the figure, the BJT parameters are VBE = 0.7 V, = 200, and thermal
voltage VT = 25 mV. The voltage gain (vo/vi) of the amplifier is _______ .
VCC = +12 V

R1
33 k
1 F

vo
1 F

vi

RC
5 k

RS
10

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R2
11 k

RE
1 k

The output in the digital logic circuit shown in the figure is

AT
E

Q.40

CE
1 mF

XOR

AND

(G

XNOR

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01

(A) = +
(B) = +
(C) = +
(D) = +

Q.41

Consider the Boolean function, (, , , ) = + +

+
+ + . Which
one of the following is the complete set of essential prime implicants?

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

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, , ,
, ,
,
, ,

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Q.42

SET1

ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING EC

The digital logic shown in the figure satisfies the given state diagram when Q1 is connected to
input A of the XOR gate.
S=0
S=1

00

01

S=0

D1 Q1

D2 Q2

S=1

S=1
S=0

11

10
S=1

Q2

Q1

CLK

S=0

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Suppose the XOR gate is replaced by an XNOR gate. Which one of the following options preserves
the state diagram?

(A) Input A is connected to 2

(B) Input A is connected to 2
(C) Input A is connected to
1 and S is complemented

(D) Input A is connected to 1

1

(A) is || > 9 .
1

(C) is 3 > || > 9 .

Consider a discrete time periodic signal [] = 5 . Let be the complex Fourier series
coefficients of []. The coefficients { } are non-zero when = 1, where is any
integer. The value of is______.

A system is described by the following differential equation, where () is the input to the system
and () is the output of the system.

01

Q.45

(B) is || < 3 .
(D) does not exist.

(G

Q.44

Let [] = () ( 1). The Region of Convergence (ROC) of the z9

3
transform of []

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Q.43

() + 5() = ()

When (0) = 1 and () is a unit step function, () is

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(A) 0.2 + 0.8 5

Q.46

(B) 0.2 0.2 5

(C) 0.8 + 0.2 5

Consider the state space model of a system, as given below

1
1 1
0 1
0
2 = 0 1 0 2 + 4 ; = [1
3
0
0 2 3
0
The system is

(D) 0.8 0.8 5

1
1 1] 2 .
3

(A) controllable and observable

(B) uncontrollable and observable
(C) uncontrollable and unobservable
(D) controllable and unobservable

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Q.47

SET1

ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING EC

The phase margin in degrees of () =

plot is ________.

calculated using the asymptotic Bode

1
For the following feedback system () = (+1)(+2)
. The 2%-settling time of the step response is
required to be less than 2 seconds.

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Q.48

10
(+0.1)(+1)(+10)

Which one of the following compensators () achieves this?

1

+5

(B) 5(0.03
+ 1)

(A 3

(D) 4

Let be a real-valued random variable with [] and [ 2 ] denoting the mean values of and
2 , respectively. The relation which always holds true is

(A) ([])2 > [ 2 ]

(B) [ 2 ] ([])2
(C) [ 2 ] = ([])2
(D) [ 2 ] > ([])2

Consider a random process () = 2sin(2 + ), where the random phase is uniformly

distributed in the interval [0,2]. The auto-correlation [(1 )(2 )] is

(G

Q.50

+8

+3

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Q.49

(C) 2( + 4)

(A) cos2(1 + 2 )

01

(B) sin2(1 2 )
(C) sin2(1 + 2 )

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(D) cos2(1 2 )

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Q.51

SET1

ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING EC

Let () be the BER of a BPSK system over an AWGN channel with two-sided noise power
spectral density 0 2. The parameter is a function of bit energy and noise power spectral
density.
A system with two independent and identical AWGN channels with noise power spectral density
0 2 is shown in the figure. The BPSK demodulator receives the sum of outputs of both the
channels.
AWGN
Channel 1
BPSK
Demodulator

BPSK
Modulator

0 /1

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0 /1

AWGN
Channel 2

If the BER of this system is (), then the value of is _____.

A fair coin is tossed repeatedly until a Head appears for the first time. Let L be the number of
tosses to get this first Head. The entropy H(L) in bits is ________.

Q.53

In spherical coordinates, let , denote unit vectors along the , directions.

AT
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Q.52

and

100
sin cos( ) /

0.265
sin cos( ) /

(G

represent the electric and magnetic field components of the EM wave at large distances from a
dipole antenna, in free space. The average power (W) crossing the hemispherical shell located at
= 1, 0 /2 is ________
For a parallel plate transmission line, let be the speed of propagation and be the characteristic
impedance. Neglecting fringe effects, a reduction of the spacing between the plates by a factor of
two results in

01

Q.54

halving of and no change in

no changes in and halving of
no change in both and
halving of both and

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(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

Q.55

The input impedance of a

section of a lossless transmission line of characteristic impedance

8
50 is found to be real when the other end is terminated by a load Z L ( =R + jX ) . If X is

30 , the value of R ( in ) is _______

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EC
EC
EC
EC
EC
EC
EC
EC
EC
EC
EC
EC
EC

24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55

SESSION3
Key/Range
Marks
B
1
C
1
A
2
B
2
862to866
2
0.99to1.01
2
29.08to29.10
2
B
2
0.39to0.42
2
9.99to10.01
2
5.7to5.9
2
A
2
499to501
2
1092to1094
2
C
2
240to230
2
A
2
D
2
D
2
C
2
9.99to10.01
2
A
2
B
2
42to48
2
C
2
B
2
D
2
1.4to1.42
2
1.99to2.01
2
55.4to55.6
2
B
2
39to41
2