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GATE Analog Circuits: Op-amp Circuits – Previous Year Questions

30 GATE previous year questions on Op-amp Circuits (Analog Circuits, Electronics and Communication Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2017 EC Q22 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – For the operational amplifier circuit shown, the output saturation voltages are 15 V. The upper and lower threshold voltages for the circuit are,…
  2. GATE 2017 EC Q52 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – The amplifier circuit shown in the figure is implemented using a compensated operational amplifier (op-amp), and has an open-loop voltage gain, A 0 =…
  3. GATE 2015 EC Q50 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – In the circuit shown, assume that the opamp is ideal. The bridge output voltage V 0 (in mV) for = 0.05 is .
  4. GATE 2015 EC Q51 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – The circuit shown in the figure has an ideal opamp. The oscillation frequency and the condition to sustain the oscillations, respectively, are
  5. GATE 2016 EC Q23 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Consider the constant current source shown in the figure below. Let represent the current gain of the transistor. [Figure: A reference voltage V ref…
  6. GATE 2016 EC Q24 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – The following signal V i of peak voltage 8 V is applied to the non-inverting terminal of an ideal opamp. The transistor has V BE = 0.7 V, = 100; V LED…
  7. GATE 2016 EC Q25 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Consider the oscillator circuit shown in the figure. The function of the network (shown in dotted lines) consisting of the 100 kΩ resistor in series…
  8. GATE 2016 EC Q50 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – An ideal opamp has voltage sources V 1, V 3, V 5, , V N-1 connected to the non-inverting input and V 2, V 4, V 6, , V N connected to the inverting…
  9. GATE 2016 EC Q51 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A p-i-n photodiode of responsivity 0.8 A/W is connected to the inverting input of an ideal opamp as shown in the figure, V CC = 15 V, -V CC = -15 V,…
  10. GATE 2018 EC Q12 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – In the circuit shown below, the op-amp is ideal and the Zener voltage of the diode is 2.5 volts. At the input, unit step voltage is applied, i.e. v…
  11. GATE 2018 EC Q13 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – A good transimpedance amplifier has
  12. GATE 2018 EC Q48 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – An op-amp based circuit is implemented as shown below. In the above circuit, assume the op-amp to be ideal. The voltage (in volts, correct to one…
  13. GATE 2020 EC Q18 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – The components in the circuit shown below are ideal. If the op-amp is in positive feedback and the input voltage V i is a sine wave of amplitude 1 V,…
  14. GATE 2020 EC Q28 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – In the circuit shown below, all the components are ideal. If V i is +2 V, the current I o sourced by the op-amp is mA.
  15. GATE 2020 EC Q51 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – The components in the circuit given below are ideal. If R=2\ k and C=1\ F, the -3 dB cut-off frequency of the circuit in Hz is
  16. GATE 2021 EC Q19 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – For the circuit with an ideal OPAMP shown in the figure, V REF is fixed. If V OUT=1 volt for V IN=0.1 volt and V OUT=6 volt for V IN=1 volt, where V…
  17. GATE 2021 EC Q20 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Consider the circuit with an ideal OPAMP shown in the figure. Assuming V IN V CC and V REF V CC , the condition at which V OUT equals to zero is
  18. GATE 2021 EC Q55 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A circuit with an ideal OPAMP is shown in the figure. A pulse V IN of 20 ms duration is applied to the input. The capacitors are initially uncharged.…
  19. GATE 2022 EC Q26 (1 mark, Multiple select) – An ideal OPAMP circuit with a sinusoidal input is shown in the figure. The 3 dB frequency is the frequency at which the magnitude of the voltage gain…
  20. GATE 2022 EC Q41 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – For the following circuit with an ideal OPAMP, the difference between the maximum and the minimum values of the capacitor voltage (V C) is .
  21. GATE 2022 EC Q42 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – A circuit with an ideal OPAMP is shown. The Bode plot for the magnitude (in dB) of the gain transfer function (A V(j)=V out(j)/V in(j)) of the circuit…
  22. GATE 2022 EC Q58 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Consider the circuit shown with an ideal OPAMP. The output voltage V 0 is V (rounded off to two decimal places).
  23. GATE 2023 EC Q39 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – The V OUTV IN of the circuit shown below is
  24. GATE 2024 EC Q49 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – The opamps in the circuit shown are ideal, but have saturation voltages of 10 V. Assume that the initial inductor current is 0 A. The input voltage (V…
  25. GATE 2024 EC Q50 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – In the circuit below, the opamp is ideal. If the circuit is to show sustained oscillations, the respective values of R 1 and the corresponding…
  26. GATE 2025 EC Q29 (1 mark, Multiple select) – Which of the following statements is/are TRUE with respect to an ideal opamp?
  27. GATE 2025 EC Q34 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – All the components in the bandpass filter given below are ideal. The lower -3 dB frequency of the filter is 1 MHz. The upper -3 dB frequency (in MHz,…
  28. GATE 2026 EC Q17 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – The ideal OP-AMP circuit shown in the Figure produces output voltage V o = x when the Switch, S, is open. Which of the options represents the output…
  29. GATE 2026 EC Q53 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – A circuit using an ideal OP-AMP is shown in the Figure. Which of the following options gives the correct value of the current I X?
  30. GATE 2026 EC Q62 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Consider an ideal OP-AMP circuit as shown in the Figure. The resistances R 1=R 2=R 3=R 4=50 kΩ. The magnitude of the closed loop gain is . (rounded…