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GATE Electromagnetics: Transmission Lines – Previous Year Questions

15 GATE previous year questions on Transmission Lines (Electromagnetics, Electronics and Communication Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2017 EC Q34 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – The voltage of an electromagnetic wave propagating in a coaxial cable with uniform characteristic impedance is V(l) = e- l + j t Volts, where l is the…
  2. GATE 2016 EC Q35 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – The propagation constant of a lossy transmission line is (2 + j5) m-1 and its characteristic impedance is (50 + j0)\ at = 106 rad s-1. The values of…
  3. GATE 2018 EC Q20 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – The points P, Q, and R shown on the Smith chart (normalized impedance chart) in the following figure represent:
  4. GATE 2018 EC Q31 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – A lossy transmission line has resistance per unit length R=0.05\ /m. The line is distortionless and has characteristic impedance of 50\ . The…
  5. GATE 2020 EC Q23 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – The impedances Z=jX, for all X in the range (-,), map to the Smith chart as
  6. GATE 2020 EC Q31 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – A transmission line of length 3/4 and having a characteristic impedance of 50\ is terminated with a load of 400\ . The impedance (rounded off to two…
  7. GATE 2021 EC Q45 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – The impedance matching network shown in the figure is to match a lossless line having characteristic impedance Z 0=50\ with a load impedance Z L. A…
  8. GATE 2023 EC Q51 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – The S-parameters of a two port network is given as [S]=bmatrixS 11&S 12\ 21&S 22bmatrix with reference to Z 0. Two lossless transmission line sections…
  9. GATE 2023 EC Q52 (2 marks, Multiple select) – The standing wave ratio on a 50 Ω lossless transmission line terminated in an unknown load impedance is found to be 2.0. The distance between…
  10. GATE 2023 EC Q54 (2 marks, Multiple select) – The following circuit(s) representing a lumped element equivalent of an infinitesimal section of a transmission line is/are
  11. GATE 2024 EC Q15 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Consider a lossless transmission line terminated with a short circuit as shown in the figure below. As one moves towards the generator from the load,…
  12. GATE 2024 EC Q58 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A lossless transmission line with characteristic impedance Z 0=50\ is terminated with an unknown load. The magnitude of the reflection co-efficient is…
  13. GATE 2025 EC Q64 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A 50 Ω lossless transmission line is terminated with a load Z L of (50-j75) Ω. If the average incident power on the line is 10 mW, then the average…
  14. GATE 2026 EC Q34 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – For a lossless passive two-port network, S 11 and S 21 intersect at –3 dB. For a lossy passive two-port network, S 11 and S 21 intersect at –4 dB. The…
  15. GATE 2026 EC Q52 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – A complex load (in Ω) is represented as L=0.530 on the Smith chart. A co-axial cable with a characteristic impedance of 50 Ω is connected to the load.…