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GATE Electronics: oscillators, operational amplifiers and their applications, active filters – Previous Year Questions

5 GATE previous year questions on oscillators, operational amplifiers and their applications, active filters (Electronics, Physics) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2023 PH Q37 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – An input voltage in the form of a square wave of frequency 1 kHz is given to a circuit, which results in the output shown schematically below. Which…
  2. GATE 2026 PH Q43 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – In the circuit shown, V(t) = 2 sin(2000πt) Volts, where t is in seconds, which of the following options is correct? (take the opamp to be ideal)
  3. GATE 2026 PH Q60 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – The output signal (current Id) of a reversed biased (with a voltage Vb) photodiode, on which light is incident, is fed to an amplifier (see figure).…
  4. GATE 2025 PH Q65 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – The figure shows an opamp circuit with a 5.1 V Zener diode in the feedback loop. The opamp runs from ±15 V supplies. If a +1V signal is applied at the…
  5. GATE 2024 PH Q63 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Consider the operational amplifier circuit shown in figure. The output voltage V0 is V (in integer).