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GATE Engineering Mathematics: Differential Equations: First order ODEs, higher order ODEs with constant coefficients, Cauchy and Euler equations, Laplace transforms – Previous Year Questions

8 GATE previous year questions on Differential Equations: First order ODEs, higher order ODEs with constant coefficients, Cauchy and Euler equations, Laplace transforms (Engineering Mathematics, Biotechnology) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2022 BT Q11 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – What is the order of the differential equation d2y/dx2-6x=3x4-2x3+2?
  2. GATE 2026 BT Q27 (1 mark, Multiple select) – The equation d2ydx2 - y = 0 has a solution of the form y = eAx. The value(s) of A satisfying this is/are:
  3. GATE 2026 BT Q54 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A heat exchanger during operation in a bioprocess has a steady temperature of 90 oC. After completion of its operation, it was shut down and it was…
  4. GATE 2026 BT Q58 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – From the following plot of dydx versus x and if y(2) = 5, the value of y(3) is . (rounded off to one decimal place)
  5. GATE 2025 BT Q13 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Let y(t) be a bacterial population whose growth is given by dydt = (y + 2) where is the growth rate constant. If y(0) = 1 and y(1) = 4, then the value…
  6. GATE 2025 BT Q45 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Let m and n be fixed real numbers. If the function y(t) = C 1et + C 2e-t is a solution of d2ydt2 + mdydt + ny = 0 for any constants C 1 and C 2, then…
  7. GATE 2024 BT Q30 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – The solution of the differential equation dydx = y + e-x that satisfies y(0) = -12 is .
  8. GATE 2024 BT Q64 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Let y(x) = x2 x for x > 0, be a solution of x2d2ydx2 + 4y = xdydx. Then the value of is .