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GATE Communications: Random Processes – Previous Year Questions

15 GATE previous year questions on Random Processes (Communications, Electronics and Communication Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2017 EC Q61 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Let X(t) be a wide sense stationary random process with the power spectral density S X(f) as shown in Figure (a), where f is in Hertz (Hz). The random…
  2. GATE 2018 EC Q38 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Consider a white Gaussian noise process N(t) with two-sided power spectral density S N(f)=0.5 W/Hz as input to a filter with impulse response…
  3. GATE 2019 EC Q30 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – Let Z be an exponential random variable with mean 1. That is, the cumulative distribution function of Z is given by F Z(x)=cases1-e-x&if x0\\0&if…
  4. GATE 2019 EC Q55 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Let a random process Y(t) be described as Y(t)=h(t)*X(t)+Z(t), where X(t) is a white noise process with power spectral density S X(f)=5 W/Hz. The…
  5. GATE 2020 EC Q34 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – The random variable Y= -W(t)(t)\,dt,where (t)=cases1;&5 t7\\0;&otherwisecases and W(t) is a real white Gaussian noise process with two-sided power…
  6. GATE 2021 EC Q31 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – The autocorrelation function R X() of a wide-sense stationary random process X(t) is shown in the figure. The average power of X(t) is .
  7. GATE 2022 EC Q23 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – The frequency response H(f) of a linear time-invariant system has magnitude as shown in the figure. Statement I: The system is necessarily a pure…
  8. GATE 2022 EC Q48 (2 marks, Multiple select) – A state transition diagram with states A, B, and C, and transition probabilities p 1,p 2,,p 7 is shown in the figure (e.g., p 1 denotes the…
  9. GATE 2022 EC Q64 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Consider a real valued source whose samples are independent and identically distributed random variables with the probability density function, f(x),…
  10. GATE 2023 EC Q30 (1 mark, Multiple select) – For a real signal, which of the following is/are valid power spectral density/densities?
  11. GATE 2023 EC Q36 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – A random variable X, distributed normally as N(0,1), undergoes the transformation Y=h(X), given in the figure. The form of the probability density…
  12. GATE 2023 EC Q59 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Let X(t) be a white Gaussian noise with power spectral density 12 W/Hz. If X(t) is input to an LTI system with impulse response e-tu(t). The average…
  13. GATE 2024 EC Q20 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – A white Gaussian noise w(t) with zero mean and power spectral density N 02, when applied to a first-order RC low pass filter produces an output n(t).…
  14. GATE 2024 EC Q57 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Let X(t)=A(2 f 0t+) be a random process, where amplitude A and phase are independent of each other, and are uniformly distributed in the intervals…
  15. GATE 2025 EC Q42 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Consider a real-valued random process f(t)= n=1Na n\,p(t-nT), where T>0 and N is a positive integer. Here, p(t)=1 for t[0,0.5T] and 0 otherwise. The…