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GATE Engineering Mathematics: Differential Equations: First order linear ODEs and higher order linear ODEs with constant coefficients – Previous Year Questions

9 GATE previous year questions on Differential Equations: First order linear ODEs and higher order linear ODEs with constant coefficients (Engineering Mathematics, Aerospace Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2021 AE Q11 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – The solution of y+8y+16y=0, with y(0)=1, y(0)=0, is
  2. GATE 2022 AE Q37 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – For y-2y+y=0, y(0)=0 and y′(0)=1, the value y(1/2) is
  3. GATE 2023 AE Q42 (2 marks, Multiple select) – For dy/dx+ay= x, with constants a,ω and y(0)=1, select true statements as x.
  4. GATE 2023 AE Q54 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – For x2y+4xy+2y=0, x≥1, y(1)=0 and y′(1)=1, the value y(2) (two decimal places) is .
  5. GATE 2026 AE Q49 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Consider the differential equation with the initial conditions given below. If y(x) is the solution of the equation, the value of the slope, dydx, at…
  6. GATE 2026 AE Q50 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – An object of mass 1 kg is launched with an initial speed of v o into a large tank filled with a viscous liquid. The liquid exerts a resistive force…
  7. GATE 2025 AE Q43 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Consider the ordinary differential equation: 12dydx + yx = 1. If y = 2/3 at x = 1, then the value of y at x = 3 is (rounded off to the nearest…
  8. GATE 2024 AE Q12 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – The acceleration of a body travelling in a straight line is given by a = -C 1 - C 2v2 where v is the velocity, and C 1, C 2 are positive constants.…
  9. GATE 2024 AE Q36 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Given y = epx qx, where p and q are non-zero real numbers, the value of the differential expression d2ydx2 - 2pdydx + (p2 + q2)y is