GATE : 2008 EC : Electronics and Communication Engineering Duration : Three Hours —_ Maximum Marks : 150 Read the following instructions carefully Using HB pencil, darken the appropriate bubble under each digit of your registratio rubble un h yur registrat digit ai yn number and the 2. All the questions in this question paper are of objective type. 3. Questions must be answered on Objective 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 a wrong answer. 4. Questions 1 throvgh 20 are 1- mark questions 21 through 85 are 2- mark questions. 5. Questions 71 through 73 is one set of common data questions, questions 74 and 75 is another pair of common data questions. The question pairs (76, 77) , (78,79), (80, 81), 82,83) and (84, 85) are questions ‘vith linked answers, The answer to the second question of the above pairs will depend on the answer to the first question of the pair, If the first question in the linked pair is wrongly answered or is un-attempted, then the answer to the second question in the pair will not be evaluated 6. Un-attempted questions will carry zero marks 7. NEGATIVE MARKING : For @.1 to @.20,, 0.25, marie will be deducted for each wrong answet For Q21 te Q.75, 0.5 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. For the pairs of questions with inked answers, there will be negative marks only for wrong answer Lo the first question, i. for Q. 78, @.78, 80, Q.82 and Q.84, 0.5 mark will be deducted for each wronganswer ‘There is no nogative marking for Q.77, 79, Q.81, Q.83 and Q.85. Calculator without data connectivity is allowed in the examination hall. Charts, graph sheets and tables are NOT allowed in the examination hall 10, Rough work ean be done on the question paper itself, Additional blank pages are: given at the end of the question paper for rough work.@.1- Q.20 carry one mark each. fu Bie Which of the following statements is true? (A) ByPee~ Pras = (0) PyPa- PPro (0) PyPae PoP: = 9 (d) ByPaa* PP: 2, The system of linear equations 4x 429-7 ox ty =6 has fa) a unique solution (b) no solution (©) an infinite number of solutions (d) exactly two distinct solutions 3. The equation sin (z) = 10 has (e) no real or complex solution (®) exactly two distinet complex solutions (ce) unique solution (d) an infinite number of complex solutions For real values of x, the minimum value of the funetion (x) = exp (x) + exp (x) is (a) 2 1 fo) 05 (dy 0 Which of the following functions would have only odd powers of x in its Taylor series expansion about the point x = 0? (@) sin¢e) (6) sin txt) (©) eos(x (a) cos (x") 6. Which ofthe fllowing sa solution tothe differential equation SS + ax) =0? (a) x(t) =e"! () x(t) = 20 fo xtb @ x)=30 7. In the following graph, the number of trees (P) and the number of eut-sets (Q) are (a) P=2,Q=2 (1) () P=2,Q=6 (©) P=4,Q=6 (2) (3) (@) P=4,Q=10 @ 8 In the following ciruit, the switch S is closed at t = 0. The rate of change of current 0 is given by @ 0 Ril Or © & +B 2, (d)9. The input and output of a continuous time syst 1¢ system are respectively denoted by xit) an¢ it the following descriptions corresponds to a causal system? oe (a) yit)= xt 2) + xit #4) (6) yt) =A xit (o) yt (t+ tt =D. (A) yet) = (t+ xt 45) 10. ‘The impules response h(t) of a linear time-invariant continuous time system is described by hit) = exp (atu(t) + exp (Gbut-t], where u(t) denotes the unit step function, and a and § are real constants. This system is stable if (a) ais positive and [is positive (@) cvis negative and P is negative (©) ais positive and Bis negative (cd) ais negative and (is positive LL. The pole-zero plot given below corresponds to a jo (a) Low pass filter Qo (8) Bligh pass filter o {c) Band pass filter ° (a) Notch filter 12, Stop responses of « sot of three second-order underdamped systems all have the same pereentage overshoot, Which of the following diagrams represents the polos of the three systems? @ 7 @) ey (a)