Exam Dates/ Eligibility Criteria/ Syllabus/ Previous Year Question Paper/Model Paper/ Exam Pattern-GATE2018

Exam Dates

As per the official notification released by IIT Guwahati, GATE ECE 2018 exams will be conducted on the following dates-

• Commencement of Online Registration - 01.Sep.2017
• Last Date for Online Registration - 09.Oct.2017
• Last Date for Request for Change in the Choice of Exam City - 17.Nov.2017
• Availability of Admit Card - 05.Jan.2018
• GATE Exams Dates – 03-04.Feb-18, 10-11.Feb-18

Eligibility Criteria

Candidates who wish to pursue GATE ECE 2018 Examination has to fulfil the basic eligibility criteria:

Qualifying Degree / Examination	Description of Eligible Candidates	Year of Qualification not later than
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology (4 years after 10+2 or 3 years after B.Sc./Diploma in Engineering /Technology)	Currently in the final year or already completed	2018
Bachelor’s in Architecture (5 years course)	Currently in the final year or already completed	2018
Bachelor’s in Science (Post-Diploma/4 years after 10+2)	Currently in the 4th year or already completed	2018
Master’s degree in any branch of Science/Mathematics/Statistics/ Computer Applications or equivalent	Currently in the final year or already completed	2018
Post-BSc Integrated Master’s degree programs in Engineering/Technology (4 years program)	Currently in the 2nd/ 3rd/4th year or already completed	2020
Integrated Master’s degree program or Dual Degree program in Engineering/Technology (5 years program)	Currently in the 4 th/5th years or already completed	2019
Integrated M.Sc. or 5 years integrated B.S.-M.S. program	Currently in the final year or already completed	2018
B.E./B.Tech./B.Arch. equivalent examinations of Professional Societies, recognized by MHRD/UPSC/AICTE (e.g., AMIE by Institution of Engineers-India, AMICE by the Institute of Civil Engineers-India)	Completed Section A or equivalent of such professional courses	NA

Application Form

Online registration for GATE 2018 Exam has been started from 01^stSeptember 2017. Interested & eligible candidates can directly apply through GATE 2018 Online Form.

Admit Card

Admit Cards can be downloaded from 5^th January 2018 from the official website. We will update it once the downloading of admit cards start.

Syllabus

Understanding detailed syllabus of the exam is essential for its preparation. For instance, unless you have a clear picture of the topics that would be asked in the exam, you won’t be able to prepare for it efficiently. You can go through the detailed GATE 2018 syllabus here.

Previous Year Question Paper/Model Paper

The smart way to prepare for GATE ECE is to solve the GATE ECE previous year question paper. This will not help you prepare for the GATE ECE 2018 but is also a sure-shot way to ace the examination.

Exam Pattern

The Examination will be conducted in an online mode held for 23 papers where the candidate has to opt only for 1 paper which will carry a total of 100 marks with a total exam duration of 3 hours. For more details, you can go through the GATE 2018 Exam Pattern here.

Cut Off

The cut off marks will be announced differently by each participating Institute for JEE 2018 and it will also be distinct for different fields. Candidates can check the GATE Previous year cut off marks to have an estimate of marks to be scored in GATE 2018 Exam.

How to start preparing for GATE

Once you are decided to take up GATE exam and read important information related to it, you are ready to go ahead with preparation. I have few suggestions for students who are serious about cracking GATE exam.

I divided the whole process of preparation in few steps and every individual student who aced the GATE will follow these in one or the other way. These are just simple guidelines but the most important thing is your dedication and determination. If you read these steps and appreciate them but don’t follow them then these are of no use. Therefore, I recommend every student to be very sincere and give a good try. The steps are as follows.

• Buy or get a copy of previous year question papers if possible with solutions. Having a hard copy is very important and we are going to refer it again and again during whole preparation.
• Refer to syllabus and analyze the number of questions asked in each subject. As all subjects don’t have equal marks, few subjects are preferred over others. I mean few subject may have more questions asked in exam than others. I don’t have this subject break up for GATE. If you have done this exercise, please share with us to share with many other students and also we can have a discussion over its validity.
• Make a priority list of subjects based on marks or preference given it in previous exams. Marks distribution of subject will help you prioritize and allocate preparation time to different subjects. If distribution is not prepared we usually end up in a random preparation and finally will have tough time dealing with important subjects.

Just for example, in GATE CS and IT paper, around 15~20% is from Mathematics, and then Programming and Data Structures, Theory of computation, OS and digital logic.

• Allocate realistic time for each subject. And read it all, as there is huge to cover and it’s easy to ask few marks question from anywhere in a subject.
• Finish through reading of a chapter of subject, make short notes of important points, this will help you at last moment to revise what you have read.
• Once finish a chapter, go back to GATE Question papers and solve the problems from that chapter. These days there lots of question banks available in market for GATE do buy one and practice. Also to try to get Test Series from other friends. Solve all of them. This will help you to assess yourself for level of understanding of the chapter you read. Use a single note book for question answer solution because you may refer it while revising.
• Finish detailed reading at least one and half month before. Keep one month for revisions and clearing leftover doubts. Have a look of question you solved during preparation for GATE and remember how you solved them.
• Keep last 15 days for fast practice and revision. Solve as many papers and question banks as you can get from any source.
• Keep documents related to GATE like, acknowledgment of application, like hall tickets, application number and other details, in a safe place. Give it to mom or someone responsible, who can give that back to you when you need them. This is to avoid last minute tension for obvious things.

I hope these points will help many of to take a start off. Please don’t waste time and take a start. The one who start early and work consistently reach early and hope see IITs for M.Tech. GATE is a simple exam just needs constant effort to crack it. Don’t worry about competition by number of candidates appearing for GATE, make highest marks as your competition.

Wish you all a wonderful luck…

How to start preparing for GATE

How to start preparing for GATE

Once you are decided to take up GATE exam and read important information related to it, you are ready to go ahead with preparation. I have few suggestions for students who are serious about cracking GATE exam.

I divided the whole process of preparation in few steps and every individual student who aced the GATE will follow these in one or the other way. These are just simple guidelines but the most important thing is your dedication and determination. If you read these steps and appreciate them but don’t follow them then these are of no use. Therefore, I recommend every student to be very sincere and give a good try. The steps are as follows.

• Buy or get a copy of previous year question papers if possible with solutions. Having a hard copy is very important and we are going to refer it again and again during whole preparation.
• Refer to syllabus and analyze the number of questions asked in each subject. As all subjects don’t have equal marks, few subjects are preferred over others. I mean few subject may have more questions asked in exam than others. I don’t have this subject break up for GATE. If you have done this exercise, please share with us to share with many other students and also we can have a discussion over its validity.
• Make a priority list of subjects based on marks or preference given it in previous exams. Marks distribution of subject will help you prioritize and allocate preparation time to different subjects. If distribution is not prepared we usually end up in a random preparation and finally will have tough time dealing with important subjects.

Just for example, in GATE CS and IT paper, around 15~20% is from Mathematics, and then Programming and Data Structures, Theory of computation, OS and digital logic.

• Allocate realistic time for each subject. And read it all, as there is huge to cover and it’s easy to ask few marks question from anywhere in a subject.
• Finish through reading of a chapter of subject, make short notes of important points, this will help you at last moment to revise what you have read.
• Once finish a chapter, go back to GATE Question papers and solve the problems from that chapter. These days there lots of question banks available in market for GATE do buy one and practice. Also to try to get Test Series from other friends. Solve all of them. This will help you to assess yourself for level of understanding of the chapter you read. Use a single note book for question answer solution because you may refer it while revising.
• Finish detailed reading at least one and half month before. Keep one month for revisions and clearing leftover doubts. Have a look of question you solved during preparation for GATE and remember how you solved them.
• Keep last 15 days for fast practice and revision. Solve as many papers and question banks as you can get from any source.
• Keep documents related to GATE like, acknowledgment of application, like hall tickets, application number and other details, in a safe place. Give it to mom or someone responsible, who can give that back to you when you need them. This is to avoid last minute tension for obvious things.

I hope these points will help many of to take a start off. Please don’t waste time and take a start. The one who start early and work consistently reach early and hope see IITs for M.Tech. GATE is a simple exam just needs constant effort to crack it. Don’t worry about competition by number of candidates appearing for GATE, make highest marks as your competition.

This post is a part of a series of posts called GATE Preparation: A complete Guide. You may find many useful articles related to GATE there. This series is made to help students appearing for GATE exam and want to score really high to join IITs and NITs.

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Microprocessor and Interfacing-Osmania University Question Paper-2012-2016

Previous University Questions

Microprocessor and Interfacing

UNIT-1

PART-A

1.     Write the differences between 8085 microprocessor and 8086 microprocessor? May/June2016-2Marks,

2.     List the interrupt signals in 8085 microprocessor? May/June2016-2Marks

3.     Write an ALP to display digit 7 at the output port01? May/June2016-2Marks

4.     What are the rotate instruction in 8085 Microprocessor May/June2016-2Marks

5.     Draw the STA Timing Diagram- May/June2016-3Marks

6.     Write an ALP to transfer data from (10bytes) XX50 to XX90- May/June2016-3Marks

7.     Write Four differences between Microprocessor and microcontroller- May/June2014-2Marks, May 2013-2Marks, - May/June2012-2Marks

8.     List the Addressing modes of 8085 with examples for each- May/June2014-3Marks, - May/June2012-2Marks

9.     Explain about the DAA instruction of 8085 microprocessor- May/June2014-2Marks

10.  Draw the flag register of 8085 and write the function of each flag with example- May 2015-2Marks

11.  List the four primary operations commonly performed by the MPI.-Dec 2013-2Marks

12.  What the SIM and RIM instructions in 8085MP—Dec-2013-2Marks,May/June2015-3Marks

13.  What determines whether a microprocessor is considered an 8,16,32 bit device. —Dec-2012-2Marks

14.  Identify the Number of machine cycles and T states for STA2050H—Dec-2012-3Marks

15.  Register B has 93H and accumulator holds 15H illustrate the following  -- May/June2012-3Marks

16.  Define instruction cycle, machine cycle and T-state May/June2012-3Marks

PART-B

1.     Describe the Addressing Modes of 8085 Microprocessors with examples. May/June2016-4Marks,

2.     Explain data transfer and arithmetic Instructions of 8085  Microprocessors with examples- May/June2016-6Marks,

3.     Write an ALP to sort N numbers- May/June2016-5Marks,

4.     Write an ALP to find the largest numbers in an array- May/June2015-5Marks,

5.     Draw and describe the Timing Diagram OUT 01H instruction- May/June2014-10Marks, May/June2012-10Marks.

6.     Write an ALP program for sorting list of numbers in descending order using subroutines- May/June2013-5Marks.

7.     Explain the internal architecture of 8085 Microprocessors -Dec2013-10Marks. May/June2012-10Marks.OR

8.     Explain 8085 Microprocessor functional block diagram- June2014-10Marks

9.     Explain the pin out of 8085 Microprocessors -Dec2012-10Marks.OR

10.  Draw the schematic pin diagram of 8085 MP and explain the various functions of 8085MPU- May/June2013-10Marks

11.  Draw and describe the Timing Diagram IN instruction- Dec2012-10Marks.

UNIT-2

PART-A

1.     List the Interrupt Signals in 8085 microprocessor. (3M)May/June-2016,May/June-2014 Dec-2013,May/June-2102

2.     Match the following:

8255  Programmable interrupt controller

8279  Programmable Interval Timer

8254  Programmable peripheral interface.

8259  Programmable keyboard/display controller.(3M) May/June-2015

3.     What are the various registers used in 8259.(2M) May/June-2015

4.     If the memory chip size is 1024* 4 bits, how many chips are require to make up 2K(2048) bytes of memory.(2M)Dec-2013

5.     What is a stack and write applications of stacks.(2M) Dec-2013

6.     Identify the port address in fig(2M) Dec-2013

7.     Write the format of status register in 8257(3M) Dec-2013

8.     Write a code to display digit 4 at Port 01H(3M) May/June-2102

9.     List the subroutine instructions of 8085.(2M) May/June-2102

10.  Draw the format of the mode set register of 8257.(3M) May/June-2102

PART-B

1.     Discuss the stack and subroutine concepts with examples.(5M) May/June-2016,April/May-2013,Dec-2012

2.     Describe the 8257 DMA controller with a neat diagram.(10M) May/June-2016,May/June-2015, April/May-2013

3.     Write short notes on D/A converter of 8085.(5M) May/June-2016

4.     Explain about stack of 8085 with PUSH and POP Instructions.(5M) May/June-2015

5.     Explain about the programmable Interrupt controller 8259A.(10M) May/June-2014,Dec-2012

6.     Write short notes on A/D converter of 8085.(5M) May/June-2014

7.     Write short notes on JMP and CALL Instructions of 8085 microprocessor(2M) May/June-2014

8.     Explain 8085 vectored interrupts.(5M) April/May-2013

9.     Explain about the 9085 vectored interrupts(5M) Dec-2013

10.  Explain the interfacing of DAC and ADC(6M) Dec-2013

11.   

UNIT-3

PART-A

1.     Write short notes on RS-232 C.(3M) May/June-2016, April/May-2013,Dec-2012, May/June-2102

2.     Explain about the control word format of 8255 PPI in I/O mode.(3M) May/June-2014

3.     Write control word Register initialization instructions for the 8255A PPI to set i)port A as an output port in mode 0 ,ii)port B as an output port in mode 1 for I/O iii)PCU as an O/P in mode 0.(3M) April/May-2013.

4.     List out mode in keyboard and display controller 8279 interface (3M) April/May-2013.

5.     What is key bounce, Explain different key bouncing techniques? (3M) April/May-2013, Dec-2013

6.     How many types of errors are there in serial communication(3M) Dec-2013

7.     Show the formats of mode word, command word and status word of 8251(3M) Dec-2013

8.     Define BSR mode in 8255.(2M) May/June-2102

9.     Compare memory mapped I/O and Peripheral mapped I/O.(3M) May/June-2102

PART-B

1.     Draw and explain about the functional block diagram of 8255A (10M). May/June-2016, May/June-2015, May/June-2014

2.     Write short notes on 8253 interval timer of 8085(5M) May/June-2016

3.     Write short notes on USB.(2M) April/May-2013.

4.     Write short notes on modes of 8251 PCI (2M) April/May-2013, Dec-2013

5.     List and explain the modes of 8254 Programmable interval timer(5M) Dec-2013

6.     Explain the procedure foe interfacing keyboard to microprocessor and draw the block diagram of 8279, programmable keyboard/display interface device.(6M) Dec-2013

7.     Write the modes of programmable interface 8255 PPI(4M) Dec-2013

8.     Discuss the function of 8279 with a neat diagram.(10M) May/June-2102

UNIT-4

PART-A

1.     List the addressing modes of 8051 microcontroller.(2M) May/June-2016, April/May-2013.

2.     Explain the importance of bit addressable memory in 805.(2M) May/June-2015

3.     Write an 8051 assembly language program to move the contents of external program memory to register R4.(3M) May/June-2015

4.     Show how LCD is interfaced with 8051 microcontroller Diagrammatically(3M) May/June-2015

5.     What are the interrupts available in 8051 microcontroller and their priorities(3M) May/June-2015

6.     Explain the programming model of 8057 microcontroller with diagram(5M) May/June-2014

7.     Explain the internal RAM organization of 8051 with the diagram(5M) May/June-2014

8.     Discuss the criteria for selecting a microcontroller device (2M) April/May-2013.

9.     Explain the 8051 standard registers(2M) Dec-2013

10.  How interrupts are handled in 8051 microcontroller? Explain(2M) Dec-2013

11.   

PART-B

1.     Explain 8051 stepper motor with a neat diagram.(5M) May/June-2016

2.     Explain the 8051 DAC with a neat diagram.(5M) May/June-2016

3.     Explain about the functional block diagram of 8051 microcontroller (10M) May/June-2015.

4.     Explain 8051 micro controller architecture and pin diagram along with memory organization (10M) April/May-2013, Dec-2013

5.     Write a program to implement subroutines in 8051 microcontroller(4M) Dec-2013

6.      

UNIT-5

PART-A

1.     Write difference s between 8085 microprocessor and 8086 microprocessor.(2M) May/June-2016

2.     Write about Flags of 8086 microprocessor.(3M) May/June-2016, May/June-2014

3.     Write the registers of 8086 microprocessor.(2M) May/June-2016, May/June-2015

4.     What are the advantages memory segmentation in 8086 Microprocessor.(2M) May/June-2015

5.     Explain the branch prediction logic of Pentium.(3M) May/June-2015

6.     What are the advantages of using segment registers in 8086 Microprocessor.(2M) May/June-2014

7.     Write differences between 80386 microprocessor and 80486 micro-processor (2M) April/May-2013.

PART-B

1.     Discuss the features of advanced microprocessor of 80386,80486 and Pentium Processor.(10M) May/June-2016

2.     Explain about the features of Advanced processors.(10M) May/June-2015, May/June-2014

3.     Explain the addressing modes of 8086 Microprocessor. Explain with examples(10M) May/June-2014, April/May-2013

4.     Explain the memory management of 80386.(5M) April/May-2013

5.     Write short notes on real mode and protected mode in Pentium processor(3M) April/May-2013