GATE EC||NETWORK THEORY||NETWORK FUNCTIONS||PYQS(2000-2025)

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Question 1

The first and the last critical frequency of an RC-driving point impedance function must respectively be

(GATE EC|| 2005 MCQ || 2 MARK)

  • a zero and a pole

  • a zero and a zero

  • a pole and a pole

  • a pole and a zero

Question 2

The driving-point impedance Z(s) of a network has the pole-zero locations as shown in the figure. If Z(0) = 3, then Z(s) is

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(GATE EC|| 2003 MCQ || 2 MARK)

  • [Tex]\frac{3(s+3)}{s^2+2s+3}[/Tex]

  • [Tex]\frac{2(s+3)}{s^2+2s+2}[/Tex]

  • [Tex]\frac{3(s+3)}{s^2-2s-2}[/Tex]

  • [Tex]\frac{3(s-3)}{s^2-2s-3}[/Tex]

Question 3

A negative resistance Rneg is connected to a passive network N having driving point impedance as shown below. For Z2(s) to be positive real

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(GATE EC|| 2006 MCQ || 2 MARK)

  • [Tex]|R_{\mathrm{neg}}|\leq \operatorname{Re} Z_1(j\omega),\quad \forall \omega[/Tex]

  • [Tex]|R_{\mathrm{neg}}|\leq |Z_1(j\omega)|,\quad \forall \omega[/Tex]

  • [Tex]|R_{\mathrm{neg}}|\leq \operatorname{Im} Z_1(j\omega),\quad \forall \omega[/Tex]

  • [Tex]|R_{\mathrm{neg}}|\leq \angle Z_1(j\omega),\quad \forall \omega[/Tex]

Question 4

The first and the last critical frequencies (singularities) of a driving point impedance function of a passive network having two kinds of elements, are a pole and a zero respectively. The above property will be satisfied by


(PYQ || 2006 MCQ || 2 marks)

  • RL network only

  • RC network only


  •  LC network only

  • RC as well as RL networks

Question 5

The transfer function V2(s) / V1(s) of the circuit shown below is:

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(GATE EC|| 2013 MCQ || 1 MARK)

  • [Tex]\frac{0.5s+1}{s+1}[/Tex]

  • [Tex]\frac{3s+6}{s+2}[/Tex]

  • [Tex]\frac{s+2}{s+1}[/Tex]

  • [Tex]\frac{s+1}{s+1}[/Tex]

Question 6

Consider the building block called 'Network N' shown in the figure.

Let C = 100 μF and R = 10 kΩ

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(PYQ || 2014 MCQ || 2 marks

  • Screenshot-2025-09-03-182341


  • Screenshot-2025-09-03-182346


  • Screenshot-2025-09-03-182356


  • Screenshot-2025-09-03-182401


Question 7

Consider the building block called 'Network N' shown in the figure.

Let C = 100 μF and R = 10 kΩ

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(PYQ || 2014 MCQ || 2 marks)

  • Screenshot-2025-09-03-182341


  • Screenshot-2025-09-03-182346


  • Screenshot-2025-09-03-182356


  • Screenshot-2025-09-03-182401


Question 8

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2003 || MCQ || 2 marks

  •  z11 = 2.75 Ω and z12 = 0.25 Ω

  •  z11 = 3 Ω and z12 = 0.5 Ω

  • z11 = 3 Ω and z12 = 0.25 Ω

  • z11 = 2.25 Ω and z12 = 0.5 Ω

Question 9

The impedance parameters z11 and z12 of the two-port networks shown below are:

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(GATE EC|| 2003 MCQ || 2 MARK)

  • z11 = 2.75 Ω and z12 = 0.25 Ω

  • z11 = 3 Ω and z12 = 0.5 Ω

  • z11 = 3 Ω and z12 = 0.25 Ω

  • z11 = 2.25 Ω and z12 = 0.5 Ω

Question 10

A series RLC circuit has a quality factor Q of 1000 at a center frequency of 106rad/s106rad/s. The possible values of R,L and C are

(GATE EC|| 2023 MCQ || 1 MARK)

  • R=1Ω, L=0.1μH and C=2μF

  • R=0.1Ω, L=0.01μH and C=1.3μF

  • R=0.01Ω,L=1.1μH and C=0.1μF

  • R=0.001Ω, L=1μH and C=1μF

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