GATE 2016 Electrical Engineering

Given the following polynomial equation $${s^3} + 5.5{s^2} + 8.5s + 3 = 0$$ the number of roots of the polynomial which have real parts strictly less than $$-1$$ is _____________.

In a 100 bus power system, there are 10 generators. In a particular iteration of Newton Raphson load flow technique (in polar coordinates), two of the PV buses are converted to PQ...

A DC shunt generator delivers 45 A at a terminal voltage of 220 V. The armature and the shunt field resistance are 0.01 Ω and 44 Ω respectively. The stray losses are 375 W. The per...

Two electric charges q and -2q are placed at (0,0) and (6,0) on the x-y plane. The equation of the zero equipotential curve in the x-y plane is

In cylindrical coordinate system, the potential produced by a uniform ring charge is given $$\phi=f\left(r,\;z\right)$$, where f is a continuous function of r and z. Let $$\overrig...

A 4-pole, lap-connected, separately excited dc motor is drawing a steady current of 40 A while running at 600 rpm. A good approximation for the waveshape of the current in armature...

A single-phase, 22 kVA, 2200 V/220 V, 50 Hz, distribution transformer is to be connected as an autotransformer to get an output voltage of 2420 V. Its maximum kVA rating as an auto...

A single-phase 400 V, 50 Hz transformer has an iron loss of 5000 W at the condition. When operated at 200 V, 25 Hz, the iron loss is 2000 W. When operated at 416 V, 52 Hz, the valu...

In a constant V/f induction motor drive, the slip at the maximum torque

The value of the integral $$\oint\limits_c {{{2z + 5} \over {\left( {z - {1 \over 2}} \right)\left( {{z^2} - 4z + 5} \right)}}} dz$$ over the contour $$\left| z \right| = 1,$$ take...

Let $$\,\,S = \sum\limits_{n = 0}^\infty {n{\alpha ^n}} \,\,$$ where $$\,\,\left| \alpha \right| < 1.\,\,$$ The value of $$\alpha $$ in the range $$\,\,0 < \alpha < 1,\,\,$$ such t...

The maximum value attained by the function $$f(x)=x(x-1) (x-2)$$ in the interval $$\left[ {1,2} \right]$$ is _________.

The phase cross-over frequency of the transfer function $$G\left( s \right) = {{100} \over {{{\left( {s + 1} \right)}^3}}}\,\,$$ in $$rad/s$$ is

Consider $$3 \times 3$$ matrix with every element being equal to $$1.$$ Its only non-zero eigenvalue is __________.

A single-phase transmission line has two conductors each of 10 mm radius. These are fixed at a center-to-center distance of 1 m in a horizontal plane. This is now converted to a th...

Candidates were asked to come to an interview with $$3$$ pens each. Black, blue, green and red were the permitted pen colours that the candidate could bring. The probability that a...

The magnitude of three-phase fault currents at buses A and B of a power system are 10 pu and 8 pu, respectively. Neglect all resistances in the system and consider the pre-fault sy...

A function $$y(t),$$ such that $$y(0)=1$$ and $$\,y\left( 1 \right) = 3{e^{ - 1}},\,\,$$ is a solution of the differential equation $$\,\,{{{d^2}y} \over {d{t^2}}} + 2{{dy} \over {...

Let the eigenvalues of a $$2 \times 2$$ matrix $$A$$ be $$1,-2$$ with eigenvectors $${x_1}$$ and $${x_2}$$ respectively. Then the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the matrix $${A^2}...

A three-phase, $$50$$ $$Hz$$ salient-pole synchronous motor has a per-phase direct-axis reactance $$\left( {{X_d}} \right)$$ of $$0.8$$ $$pu$$ and a per-phase quadrature-axis react...

A 30 MVA, 3-phase, 50Hz, 13.8 kV, star-connected synchronous generator has positive, negative and zero sequence reactances, 15%, 15% and 5% respectively. A reactance (X n ) is conn...

A three-phase cable is supplying $$800$$ kW and $$600$$ kVAr to an inductive load. It is intended to supply an additional resistive load of $$100$$ kW through the same cable withou...

Loop transfer function of a feedback system is $$G\left( s \right)H\left( s \right) = {{s + 3} \over {{s^2}\left( {s - 3} \right)}}.$$ Take the Nyquist contour in the clockwise dir...

The transfer function of a system is $${{Y\left( s \right)} \over {R\left( s \right)}} = {s \over {s + 2}}.$$ The steady state $$y(t)$$ is $$Acos$$$$\left( {2t + \phi } \right)$$ f...

Let $$A$$ be a $$4 \times 3$$ real matrix which rank$$2.$$ Which one of the following statement is TRUE ?

The output of a continuous-time, linear time-invariant system is denoted by T{x(t)} where x(t) is the input signal. A signal z(t) is called eigen-signal of the system T, when T{z(t...

The value of $$\int_{-\infty}^{+\infty}e^{-t}\partial\left(2t-2\right)dt$$. where $$\partial\left(t\right)$$ is the Dirac delta function, is

Consider a continuous-time system with input x(t) and output y(t) given by $$y\left(t\right)=x\left(t\right)\cos\left(t\right)$$. This system is

A dc voltage with ripple is given by $$v\left( t \right)\,\,\,\, = \,\,\,\,\left[ {100 + 10\sin \left( {\omega t} \right) - 5\sin \left( {3\omega t} \right)} \right]$$ volts. Measu...

Let $$y(x)$$ be the solution of the differential equation $$\,\,{{{d^2}y} \over {d{x^2}}} - 4{{dy} \over {dx}} + 4y = 0\,\,$$ with initial conditions $$y(0)=0$$ and $$\,\,{\left. {...

The value of line integral $$\,\,\int {\left( {2x{y^2}dx + 2{x^2}ydy + dz} \right)\,\,} $$ along a path joining the origin $$(0, 0, 0)$$ and the point $$(1, 1, 1)$$ is

Consider the function $$f\left( z \right) = z + {z^ * }$$ where $$z$$ is a complex variable and $${z^ * }$$ denotes its complex conjugate. Which one of the following is TRUE?

The line integral of the vector field $$\,\,F = 5xz\widehat i + \left( {3{x^2} + 2y} \right)\widehat j + {x^2}z\widehat k\,\,$$ along a path from $$(0, 0, 0)$$ to $$(1,1,1)$$ param...

The solution of the differential equation, for $$t > 0,\,\,y''\left( t \right) + 2y'\left( t \right) + y\left( t \right) = 0$$ with initial conditions $$y\left( 0 \right) = 0$$ and...

Three single-phase transformers are connected to form a delta-star three-phase transformer of 110 kV/ 11 kV. The transformer supplies at 11 kV a load of 8 MW at 0.8 p.f. lagging to...

The value of the integral $$\,\,2\int_{ - \infty }^\infty {\left( {{{\sin \,2\pi t} \over {\pi t}}} \right)} dt\,\,$$ is equal to

Let the probability density function of a random variable $$X,$$ be given as: $$${f_x}\left( x \right) = {3 \over 2}{e^{ - 3x}}u\left( x \right) + a{e^{4x}}u\left( { - x} \right)$$...

$$A$$ $$3 \times 3$$ matrix $$P$$ is such that , $${p^3} = P.$$ Then the eigen values of $$P$$ are

The direction of rotation of a single-phase capacitor run induction motor is reversed by

A single-phase, 2 kVA, 100/200 V transformer is reconnected as an auto-transformer such that its kVA rating is maximum. The new rating, in kVA, is ______.

A full-bridge converter supplying an RLE load is shown in figure. The firing angle of the bridge converter is 120º. The supply voltage $$${v_m}\left( t \right) = 200\pi \sin \left(...

Let $$P = \left[ {\matrix{ 3 & 1 \cr 1 & 3 \cr } } \right].$$ Consider the set $$S$$ of all vectors $$\left( {\matrix{ x \cr y \cr } } \right)$$ such that $${a^2} + {b^2} = 1$$ whe...