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GATE – 2015 – Instrumentation Engineering (IN)

DATE: 01/02/2015 Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Section Name : General Aptitude

01. Choose the statement where underlined 04. Fill in the blank with the correct
word is used correctly.
idiom/phrase.
(A) When the teacher eludes to different
authors, he is being elusive. That boy from the town was a
(B) when the thief keeps eluding the police, __________in the sleepy village.
he is being elusive. (A) dog out of herd
(C) Matters that are difficult to understand,
(B) sheep from the heap
identify or remember are allusive.
(D) Mirages can be allusive, but a better (C) fish out of water
way to express them is illusory. (D) bird from the flock
Ans: (B)
Ans: (C)
02. Five teams have to compete in a league,
with every team playing every other team 05. Tanya is older than Eric.
exactly once, before going to the next Cliff is older than Tanya.
round. How may matches will have to be
Eric is older than Cliff.
held to complete the league round of
If the first two statements are true, then the
matches?
third statement is:
(A) 20 (B) 10 (C) 8 (D) 5
Ans: (B) (A) True (B) False
(C) Uncertain (D) Data insufficient
03. Choose the appropriate word/phrase, out of
Ans: (B)
the four options given below, to complete
the following sentence: 06. Given below are two statements followed
Apparent lifelessness _______________ by two conclusions. Assuming these
dormant life.
(A) harbours (B) leads to statements to be true decide which one
(C) supports (D) affects logically follows.
Ans: (B)
Statement:
ACE Engineering Academy Hyderabad | New Delhi | Bhopal| Bengaluru | Bhubaneswar | Vijayawada | Visakhapatnam | Tirupati | Pune | Chennai
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1. No manager is a leader. Ans: 280 cm2

2. All leaders are executives. 09. Right triangle PQR is to be constructed in
Conclusions: the xy-plane so that the right angle is at P
1 No manager is an executive. and line PR is parallel to the x-axis. The x
2 No executive is a manager. and y coordinate of P.Q, and R are to be
(A) Only conclusion I follows. integers that satisfy the inequalities:
(B) Only conclusion II follows.
–4  x  5 and 6  y  16. How many
(C) Neither conclusion I nor II follows.
(D) Both conclusions I and II follows. different triangles could be constructed with
Ans: (C) these properties?
07. Select the appropriate option in place of (A) 110 (B) 1,100
underlined part of the sentence. (C) 9,900 (D) 10,000

Ans: (C)
Increased productivity necessary reflects
greater efforts made by the employees. 10. A coin is tossed thrice. Let X be the event
(A) Increase in productivity necessary that head occurs in each of the first two
(B) Increase productivity is necessary tosses. Let Y be the event that a tail occurs
on the third toss. Let Z be the event that
(C) Increase in productivity necessarily
two tails occur in three tosses. Based on the
(D) No improvement required
above information, which one of the
Ans: (C)
following statements is TRUE?
08. In the given figure angle Q is a right angle,
(A) X and y are not independent
PS:QS = 3:1, RT:QT = 5:2 and PU:UR =1:1
(B) Y and Z are dependent
If area of triangle QTS is 20 cm2, then the
(C) Y and Z are independent
area of triangle PQR in cm2 is _______
(D) X and Z are independent
R
Ans: (C)
U T
P S Q
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Section Name : Instrumentation Engineering
01. A load resistor RL is connected to a battery
04. The figure show a half-wave rectifier circuit
of voltage E with internal resistance Ri
through a resistance RS a shown in the with input voltage V(t) = 10 sin (100 t)
figure. For fixed values of RL and Ri, the volts. Assuming ideal diode characteristics
with zero forward voltage drop and zero
value of RS ( 0) for maximum power
reverse current, the average power
transfer to RL is
consumed in watts by the load resistance R L
is ________ w.
E R RS RL D
i
10sint ~ 100
(A) 0 (B) RL – Ri
(C) RL (D) RL + Ri
Ans: (A) Ans: 0.25W
02. A system with transfer function 05. The bridge most suited for measurement of
G s   2
1
has zero initial conditions. a four-terminal resistance in the range of
s 1
The percentage overshoot in its step 0.001 to 0.1  is
response is ___________ %
(A) Wien’s bridge
Ans: 100%
(B) Kelvin double bride
03. A light detector circuit using an ideal photo- (C) Maxwell’s bridge
diode is shown in the figure. The sensitivity
of the photo-diode is 0.5A/W, with (D) Schering bridge
Vr = 6V, the output voltage Vo = – 1.0V for Ans: (B)
10 w of incident light. If Vr is changed to
3 V, keeping all other parameters the same, 06. The voltage (Eo) developed across a glass
the value of Vo in volts is ___________ V.
electrode for pH measurement is related to
R
the temperature (T) by the relation
1 1
– (A) E o  (B) E O 
V0
T2 T
Incident +
Light (C) E o T (D) E o T 2
Vr Ans: (C)
Ans: –1.0V
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07. The output voltage of the ideal transformer 10. The logic evaluated by the circuit at the
output is
with the polarities and dots shown in the
X
figure is given by
I:N + output
+
Vi sin(t) ∼ – R Vo
–
Y
(A) NVi sin t (B) –NVi sin t
1
(C) Vi sin t
1
(D)  Vi sin t (A) XY  YX (B) (X  Y )XY
N N (C) (XY ) XY (D) XY  XY  X  Y
Ans: (B)
Ans: (A)
08. Consider the logic circuit with input signal
11. The filter whose transfer function is of the
TEST shown in the figure. All gates in the
s 2  bs  c
figure shown have identical non-zero delay. form G (s)  is
s 2  bs  c
The signal TEST which was at logic LOW (A) a high-pass filter
is switched to logic HIGH. The output (B) a low-pass filter
TEST OUTPUT (C) an all-pass filter

(D) a band-reject filter
Ans: (C)
(A) stays HIGH throughout
12. Let A be an nn matrix with rank r (0 < r <
(B) stays LOW throughout
n). Then AX = 0 has p independent
(C) pulses from LOW to HIGH to LOW
solutions, where p is
(D) pulses from HIGH to LOW to HIGH
(A) r (B) n
Ans: (D)
09. The magnitude of the directional derivative (C) n – r (D) n + r
of the function f(x,y)= x2+3y2 in a direction Ans: (C)
normal to the circle x2 +y2 =2, at the point
(1,1), is 13. Liquid flow rate is measured using
(A) 4 2 (B) 5 2 (A) A Pirani gauge (B) a pyrometer
(C) 7 2 (D) 9 2 (C) An orifice plate (D) a Bourdon tube
Ans: (A)
Ans: (C)
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a y (D) band reject with lower and upper cutoff

14. The double integral   f ( x , y) dx dy is
0 0
frequencies 1 Hz and 200Hz for its stop
equivalent to
band
x y
(A)  
0 0
f ( x , y) dx dy Ans: (A)
 y
(B)   f (x, y) dx dy
0 x 17. Consider the ammeter-voltmeter method of
a a
  f (x, y) dy dx
(C) determining the value of the resistance R
0 x
using the circuit shown in the figure. The
a a
(D)  
0 0
f ( x , y) dx dy maximum possible errors of the voltmeter
Ans: (C) and ammeter are known to be 1% and 2% of
their readings, respectively. Neglecting the
15. The capacitor shown in the figure is initially effects of meter resistances, the maximum
charged to +10 V. The switch closes at time possible percentage error in the value of R
t = 0. Then the value of VC(t) in volts at determined from the measurements, is
time t = 10 ms is _____ V. _____ %.
t=0
R
Source Vi + +
Voltmeter V A Ammeter
– –
C=1F R = 10 k
VC(t)
Ans: 3%
18. A mass-spring-damper system with force as
input and displacement of the mass as
Ans: 3.678V output has a transfer function G(s) =
16. An apparatus to capture ECG signals has a 1/(s2+24s+900). A force input F(t) = 10
filter followed by a data acquisition system. sin(70t) Newton is applied at time t = 0s. a
The filter best suited for this application is beam from an option stroboscope is focused
(A) low pass with cutoff frequency 200 Hz on the mass. In steady state, the strobe
(B) high pass with cutoff frequency 200Hz frequency in hertz at which the mass
(C) band pass with lower and upper cutoff appears to be stationary is
frequencies 100 Hz and 200Hz for its (A) 5/ (B) 15/ (C) 35/ (D) 50/
pass band
Ans: (C)
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19. The torque transmitted by a cylindrical shaft 20. A p–type semiconductor strain gauge has a
is to be measured by using two strain nominal resistance of 1000  and a gauge
gauges. The angles for mounting the strain factor of +200 at 25 C. The resistance of
gauges relative to the axis of the shaft for the strain gauge in ohms when subjected to
maximum sensitivity are a strain of +10–4 m/m at the same
(A)  45 (B) 60 temperature is _______ .
 
(C) 90 (D) 180 Ans: 1020
Ans: (A)
21. A power line is coupled capacitively
through various parasitic capacitances to a
shielded signal line as shown in the figure.
The conductive shield is grounded solidly at
one end. Assume that the length of the
signal wire extending beyond the shield,
and the shield resistance are negligible. The
magnitude of the noise voltage coupled to
the signal line is
(A) directly proportional to C1G
(B) inversely proportional to the power line
frequency
(C) inversely proportional to C1S
(D) zero
Ans: (D)
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22. In the circuit shown, the switch is 1

(A) f max (B) fmax
momentarily closed and then opened. 2
Assuming the logic gates to have equal non- (C) 2fmax (D) 4fmax
zero delay, at steady state, the logic states of Ans: (C)

X and Y are
26. In the circuit shown in the figure, it is found
x y that VBE = 0.7 and VE = 0 V. If dc = 99 for
the transistor, then the value of RB in kilo
1 ohms is _______ k. 10V
(A) X is latched, Y toggles continuously
(B) X and Y are both latched RB
(C) Y is latched, X toggles continuously

(D) X and Y both toggle continuously VE = 0V
1K
Ans: (D)
Ans: 93k -10V
23. Let 3 + 4j be zero of a fourth order linear-
27. Consider a low-pass filter module with a
phase FIR filter. The complex number
which is NOT a zero of this filter is pass-band ripple of  in the gain magnitude.
3 4 If M such identical modules are cascaded,

(A) 3 – 4j (B)  jf
25 25 ignoring the loading effects, the pass-band
3 4 1 1 ripple of the cascade is
(C)  j (D)  j
25 25 3 4 (A) 1 – (1–)M (B) M
Ans: (D) (C) (1 – M) (D) (1 – )M
1 Ans: 
24. The value of  z 2 dz , where the contour is
28. A liquid level measurement system
the unit circle traversed clockwise, is
employing a radio-isotope is mounted on a
(A) –2i (B) 0 (C) 2i (D) 4i
tank as shown in the figure. The absorption
Ans: (B)
coefficient of water for the radiation is 7.7
25. The highest frequency present in the signal m–1. If the height of water in the tank is
x(t) is fmax. The highest frequency present in reduced from 100 mm to 90 mm, the
the signal y(t) = x2(t) is percentage change in the radiation intensity
received by the detector, neglecting
: 10 :
absorption of the radiation by air, is (B) increasing the period of the grating
_____%. (C) decreasing the period of the grating
Detector (D) decreasing the slit-width of the
collimator
Ans: (C)
32. In the figure shown, RT represents a
Water
resistance temperature device (RTD), whose
characteristic is given by RT = Ro(1+T),
where Ro = 100 ,  = 0.0039C–1 and T
denotes the temperature in C. Assuming the
Source op-amp to be ideal, the value of V0 in volts
when T = 100C, is _____ V.
Ans: 8.5% +1V +
– +
RT V0
29. The current in amperes through the resistor –
R in the circuit shown in the figure is
_____A. 100
– 1V +
1 1
1 1=R Ans: 1.39V

1A
I
33. The output frequency of an LC tank
Ans: 1 A oscillator employing a capacitive sensor
acting as the capacitor of the tank is 100
30. The probability density function of a
kHz. If the sensor capacitance increases by
random variable X is px(x) = e–x for x  0
10%, the output frequency in kilo-hertz
and 0 otherwise. The expected value of the
becomes _______kHz.
function gx(x) = e3x/4 is ________.
Ans: 95.34kHz
Ans: 4
34. A system is represented in state-space as
31. The resolving power of a spectrometer   1 2
X = AX + Bu, where A    and
consisting of a collimator, a grating a  6 
1
telescope can be increased by B =   . The value of  for which the
(A) increasing the angular magnification of 1
system is not controllable is _______.
the telescope Ans: –3
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35. The circuit shown in the figure is 1

(C) |z| >
in series resonance at frequency fc Hz. The ||
value of Vc in volts _______ V. 1
(D) |z| < min[||, ]
R=10
0.1 H ||
Ans: (A)
1V ∼ 0.1F Vc
fc Hz 38. If the deflection of the galvanometer in the
bridge circuit shown in the figure is zero,
Ans: 100V
then the value of Rx in ohms is ______ .
36. The Seebeck coefficients, inV/C, for
copper, constantan and iron, with respect to 100Ω 200Ω
100Ω
platinum, are 1.9, – 38.3 and 13.3,
50Ω 100Ω
respectively. The magnitude of the thermo G
100Ω Rx
emf E developed in the circuit shown in the
figure, in millivolts is ______ mV.
Copper 2V
T2=500C Ans: 33.33
T1 =00C
–
39. An ADC is interfaced with a
microprocessor as shown in the figure. All
Constantan E
signals have been indicated with typical
+ notations. Acquisition of one new sample of

0
T3=15 C the analog input signal by the
T1=00C
iron
microprocessor involves
Ans: –1.236 mV D7 D7 Data Analog
Data Data lines D0 to D7 D0 Buffers
D0 input
bus
37. The z-transform of x[n] =  |n|, 0 < || < 1, RD Enable
Address Address Buffers
A15
is X(z). The region of convergence of X(z) Bus
A0
Decode
logic Start
is conversions
WR
INT End of converstion
1 Microprocessor ADC
(A) || < |z| <
||
(A) one READ cycle only
(B) |z| > 
(B) one WRITE cycle only
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(C) one WRITE cycle followed by one 41. The probability that a thermistor randomly
picked up from a production unit is
READ cycle
defective is 0.1. The probability that out of
(D) one READ cycle followed by one 10 thermistors randomly picked up, 3 are
defective is
WRITE cycle
(A) 0.001 (B) 0.057 (C) 0.107 (D) 0.3
Ans: (C) Ans: (B)
42. A transfer function G(s) with the degree of

its numerator polynomial zero and the
40. In the circuit shown in the figure, both the
degree of its denominator polynomial two
NMOS transistors are identical with their
has a Nyquist plot shown in the figure. The
threshold voltages being 5 V. Ignoring
transfer function represents
channel length modulation, the output Im(G(j))
5j
voltage Vout in volt is ______ V. 0 4j
30V 3j
2j
1j
 0
Re(G(j))
NMOS –0.3 –0.2 –0.1 –1j 0.1
V0 (A) a stable, type–0 system
10V NMOS (B) a stable, type–1 system
(C) an unstable, type–0 system
(D) an unstable, type–1 system
Ans: 20V Ans: (D)
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43. The linear I–V characteristics of 2–terminal (B) sin(n/3)/(n)

non-ideal sc sources X and Y are shown in (C) [sin(n/6)/(n)]2
the figure. If the sources are connected to a (D) sin(n/6)/(n)
1 resistor as shown, the current through Ans: (D)
the resistor in amperes is ______ A.
47. In the potentiometer circuit shown in the
Current(A)
3 Source Y Source Y figure, the expression for Vx is

2 Source X – +
V R V
1
+
0 Source X 1 R
0 1 2 3 4 5 –
Voltage(V)
+
Ans: 1.75A Vx
–
44. Consider the circuits shown in the figure.

(A) (1–2)V (B) (1–)V
The magnitude of the ratio of the currents,
(C) (–1)V (D)  V
i.e., |I1/I2|, is ________.
Ans: (A)
5 4 48. The figure shows a spot of light of uniform
3 4 5 3
I1 I2 intensity 50 W/m2 and size 10 mm  10 mm
2V 2V incident at the exact center of a photo-
detector, comprising two identical photo-
Ans: 1A diodes D1 and D2 Each diode has a
sensitivity of 0.4 A/W and is operated in the
45. The open loop transfer function of a system photoconductive mode. If the spot of light is
s 2  6s  10 displaced upwards by 100 m, the resulting
G s   . The angle of arrival of difference between the photocurrents
s 2  2s  2 generated by D1 and D2 in micro amperes, is
its root loci are _______ A.
10 mm
   5
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D)  D1
4 3 2 6
Photo 10 mm
Ans: (A) detector
46. The signal x[n]= sin(n/6)/(n) is processed D2
through a linear filter with the impulse Spot of light
response h[n] = sin(cn)/(n) where c > Ans: 40 A
/6. The output of the filter is

(A) sin(2cn)/(n)
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49. The number of clock cycles for the duration 51. A beam of monochromatic light passes
of an input pulse is counted using a cascade
through two glass slabs of the same
of N decade counters (DC 1 to DC N) as
shown in the figure. If the clock frequency geometrical thickness at normal incidence.
in mega hertz is , the resolution and range
The refractive index of the first slab is 1.5
of measurement of input pulse width, both
in µs, are respectively, and that of the second, 2.0. The ratio of the
N-digit display time of passage of the beam through the
first to the second slab is __________ .
N-digit register Latch Ans: 0.75
52. The fundamental period of the signal x(t) =

DC 1 DC 2 DC N  2 
2 cos  t + cos(t), in second, is ____ s.
Clock
E/ R E/ R E/ R  3 
Generator
Ans: 6sec
E/ R : Enable/ Re set Pulse
shaping
53. For the circuit shown in the figure, the
Input pulse raising edge triggered D –flip flop with
1
(A) and

2N 1  1
(B) and

10 N  1  asynchronous reset has a clock frequency of
f f f f 1 Hz . The NMOS transistor has an ON
(C)
10 N
and

10 N  1  (D)
2N
and
2N 1   resistance of 1000  and an OFF resistance
f f f f of infinity. The nature of the output
Ans: (B) waveform is
50. A signal is band-limited to 0 to 12 kHz. The
Vs HIGH
signal spectrum is corrupted by additive D Q
CLK
noise which is band-limited to 10 to 12 kHz. 1µA
Q
output R
Theoretically, the minimum rate in kilohertz –
+
at which the noisy signal must be sampled 2µF 0.1
so that the UNCORRUPTED PART of the NMOS
signal spectrum can be recovered, is ____
kHz.
Ans: 20 kHz
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(A) 102 (B) 103

(A)
(C) 104 (D) 106
(B) Ans: (D)

55. In the circuit shown, the voltage
V(t) = 15+0.1 sin(100t) volts. The PMOS
(C)
transistor is biased such that it is in
saturation with its gate-source capacitance
(D)
being 4nF and its transconductance at the
Ans: (A) operating point being 1mA/V. Other
parasitic impedances of the MOSFET may
54. An op-amp has ideal characteristics except
be ignored. An external capacitor of
that its open loop gain is given by the
capacitance 2nF is connected across the
10
expression Av(S) =

1  10 3 s 
. This op- PMOS transistor as shown. The input
impedance in mega ohm as seen by the
amp is used in the circuit shown in the
voltage source is __________ M.
figure. The 3-dB bandwidth of the circuit, in
Vs
rad/s, is
Vi PMOS
+ V0
A
 V ~ 2nF
V(t)
9k 2k
1k Ans: 1 M

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GATE – 2015 – Instrumentation Engineering (IN)

Section Name : General Aptitude

1. No manager is a leader. Ans: 280 cm2

underlined part of the sentence. (C) 9,900 (D) 10,000

TEST OUTPUT (C) an all-pass filter

a y (D) band reject with lower and upper cutoff

22. In the circuit shown, the switch is 1

zero delay, at steady state, the logic states of Ans: (C)

(C) Y is latched, X toggles continuously

3 4 If M such identical modules are cascaded,

1 1=R Ans: 1.39V

35. The circuit shown in the figure is 1

+ notations. Acquisition of one new sample of

42. A transfer function G(s) with the degree of

Ans: 20V Ans: (D)

43. The linear I–V characteristics of 2–terminal (B) sin(n/3)/(n)

3 Source Y Source Y figure, the expression for Vx is

44. Consider the circuits shown in the figure.

through a linear filter with the impulse Spot of light

response h[n] = sin(cn)/(n) where c > Ans: 40 A

/6. The output of the filter is

N-digit register Latch Ans: 0.75

52. The fundamental period of the signal x(t) =

(A) 102 (B) 103

(B) Ans: (D)

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