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GATE Analog Electronics: Operational amplifiers and applications – Previous Year Questions

17 GATE previous year questions on Operational amplifiers and applications (Analog Electronics, Instrumentation Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2021 IN Q24 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – The diode has fixed forward drop 0.6 V. The ideal OPAMP receives v s=0.4(100 t) as shown. At the positive peak of v s, OPAMP output v OA is V.
  2. GATE 2021 IN Q40 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – The ideal OPAMP has output V o=5 V. The value of R L in the shown circuit is k.
  3. GATE 2021 IN Q57 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – For the shown ideal OPAMP circuit, output Vo is V (one decimal place).
  4. GATE 2022 IN Q35 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – An OPAMP with gain 104, input impedance 10 M, and output impedance 100 is used in a unity-gain feedback voltage buffer. Its closed-loop output…
  5. GATE 2022 IN Q56 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – The circuit shown is driven by a sinusoidal input voltage, 𝑉௜௡, resulting in the output voltage, 𝑉௢௨௧. The frequency (in kilohertz) at which the…
  6. GATE 2022 IN Q64 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – The switch is initially closed. It opens at t=0 and remains open. The time when comparator output V out becomes LOW is ms (three decimal places).
  7. GATE 2023 IN Q26 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – The opamp shown is ideal except for input bias current 1 nA and input offset voltage 10 μV. The worst-case output voltage is ± μV (nearest integer).
  8. GATE 2023 IN Q59 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – The opamps shown are ideal. Inputs are V S1=3+0.10(300t) V and V S2=-2+0.11(300t) V. The mean output V 0 is V (two decimal places).
  9. GATE 2023 IN Q60 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – The ideal switched-opamp circuit has V in=100 mV. At t=0, the 10 nF capacitor stores 1 nC with the shown polarity. A 1 kHz square wave V s controls…
  10. GATE 2023 IN Q62 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – In the circuit shown, assuming an ideal opamp, the value of the output voltage Vo = V (rounded off to one decimal place).
  11. GATE 2024 IN Q41 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – The opamps A 1,A 2 shown are ideal, except that A 1 has offset voltage V OS=1 mV. For V in=0 V, the output voltages V out1,V out2, respectively, are
  12. GATE 2024 IN Q43 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – In the circuit shown, R = 1 kΩ and C = 0.1 μF. For a DC gain of −10, the 3 dB cutoff frequency (one decimal place) is as follows. Assume the opamp is…
  13. GATE 2024 IN Q59 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – In the circuit shown, assume the opamp is ideal and the initial charge on the capacitor is zero. The output voltage at time t = 2 ms is V (rounded off…
  14. GATE 2025 IN Q20 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – For the ideal-opamp circuit shown, the ratio V/I is
  15. GATE 2025 IN Q31 (1 mark, Multiple select) – The circuits mentioned in the following options are realized using ideal opamp. Among these, the circuit(s) performing non-linear operation on the…
  16. GATE 2026 IN Q45 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – In the circuit shown below, R=1\ k and R f=10\ k. If V in=100\ mV and the op-amps have supply voltages of 15\ V, then V out is V.
  17. GATE 2026 IN Q46 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – In the following active-filter circuit with ideal op-amps, R=1\ k and C=1\ F. The input V in has an amplitude of 1 V at 1000 rad/s. The amplitude of V…