Electronics and Communication Engineering
GATE ECE format:mcq PYQs
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Question 6
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Mosquitoes pose a threat to human health. Controlling mosquitoes using chemicals may have undesired consequences. In Florida, authorities have used genetically modified mosquitoes to control the overall mosquito population. It remains to be seen if this novel approach has unforeseen consequences.
Which one of the following is the correct logical inference based on the information in the above passage?
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Consider the following inequalities.
(i)
(ii)
Which one of the following expressions below satisfies the above two inequalities?
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Four points P(0, 1), Q(0, −3), R(−2, −1), and S(2, −1) represent the vertices of a quadrilateral.
What is the area enclosed by the quadrilateral?
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In a class of five students P, Q, R, S and T, only one student is known to have copied in the exam. The disciplinary committee has investigated the situation and recorded the statements from the students as given below.
Statement of P: R has copied in the exam.
Statement of Q: S has copied in the exam.
Statement of R: P did not copy in the exam.
Statement of S: Only one of us is telling the truth.
Statement of T: R is telling the truth.
The investigating team had authentic information that S never lies.
Based on the information given above, the person who has copied in the exam is
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Consider the following square with the four corners and the center marked as P, Q, R, S and T respectively.

Let X, Y and Z represent the following operations:
X: rotation of the square by 180 degree with respect to the S-Q axis.
Y: rotation of the square by 180 degree with respect to the P-R axis.
Z: rotation of the square by 90 degree clockwise with respect to the axis perpendicular, going into the screen and passing through the point T.
Consider the following three distinct sequences of operation (which are applied in the left to right order).
(1) XYZ
(2) XY
(3) ZZZ
Which one of the following statements is correct as per the information provided above?
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Consider the two-dimensional vector field
, where
and
denote the unit vectors along the
-axis and the
-axis, respectively. A contour
in the
-
plane, as shown in the figure, is composed of two horizontal lines connected at the two ends by semicircular arcs of unit radius. The contour is traversed in the counter-clockwise sense. The value of the closed path integral
is ________.

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Consider a system of linear equations
, where
This system of equations admits ________.Your answerChoose one option.
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The current
in the circuit shown is ________. 
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Consider the circuit shown in the figure. The current
flowing through the
resistor is ________. 
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The Fourier transform
of the signal
is ________.Your answerChoose one option.
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