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GATE 2023 Electrical Engineering

98 questions across 2 sessions

Gate Ee 2023

PYQ 1

Consider a lead compensator of the form $$K(s) = {{1 + {s \over a}} \over {1 + {s \over {\beta a}}}},\beta > 1,a > 0$$ The frequency at which this compensator produces maximum phas...

Control Systems·MCQ·medium·✓ keyed
PYQ 2

Consider the following equation in a 2-D real-space. $$|{x_1}{|^p} + |{x_2}{|^p} = 1$$ for $$p > 0$$ Which of the following statement(s) is/are true.

Engineering Mathematics·MSQ·medium·✓ keyed
PYQ 3

The expected number of trials for first occurrence of a "head" in a biased coin is known to be 4. The probability of first occurrence of a "head" in the second trial is __________...

Engineering Mathematics·NAT·easy
PYQ 4

Consider the state-space description of an LTI system with matrices $$A = \left[ {\matrix{ 0 & 1 \cr { - 1} & { - 2} \cr } } \right],B = \left[ {\matrix{ 0 \cr 1 \cr } } \right],C...

Control Systems·NAT·medium
PYQ 5

A three-phase synchronous motor with synchronous impedance of 0.1+j0.3 per unit per phase has a static stability limit of 2.5 per unit. The corresponding excitation voltage in per...

Electrical Machines·NAT·medium
PYQ 6

A three phase 415 V, 50 Hz, 6-pole, 960 RPM, 4 HP squirrel cage induction motor drives a constant torque load at rated speed operating from rated supply and delivering rated output...

Electrical Machines·NAT·medium
PYQ 7

A quadratic function of two variables is given as $$f({x_1},{x_2}) = x_1^2 + 2x_2^2 + 3{x_1} + 3{x_2} + {x_1}{x_2} + 1$$ The magnitude of the maximum rate of change of the function...

Electromagnetic Fields·NAT·easy
PYQ 8

The bus admittance ($$Y_{bus}$$) matrix of a 3-bus power system is given below. $$\quad\quad$$$$\matrix{ 1 & \quad\quad\quad2\quad\quad & 3 \cr } $$ $$\matrix{ 1 \cr 2 \cr 3 \cr }...

Power System Analysis·MCQM·✓ keyed
PYQ 9

The period of the discrete-time signal $$x[n]$$ described by the equation below is $$N=$$ __________ (Round off to the nearest integer). $$x[n] = 1 + 3\sin \left( {{{15\pi } \over...

Signals and Systems·NAT·easy
PYQ 10

A continuous-time system that is initially at rest is described by $${{dy(t)} \over {dt}} + 3y(t) = 2x(t)$$, where $$x(t)$$ is the input voltage and $$y(t)$$ is the output voltage....

Signals and Systems·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 11

The Fourier transform $$X(\omega)$$ of the signal $$x(t)$$ is given by $$X(\omega ) = 1$$, for $$|\omega | $$ = 0$$, for $$|\omega | > {W_0}$$ Which one of the following statements...

Signals and Systems·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 12

The Z-transform of a discrete signal $$x[n]$$ is $$X(z) = {{4z} \over {(z - {1 \over 5})(z - {2 \over 3})(z - 3)}}$$ with $$ROC = R$$. Which one of the following statements is true...

Signals and Systems·MCQ·medium·✓ keyed
PYQ 13

Which of the following statement(s) is/are true?

Signals and Systems·MSQ·medium·✓ keyed
PYQ 14

The discrete-time Fourier transform of a signal $$x[n]$$ is $$X(\Omega ) = (1 + \cos \Omega ){e^{ - j\Omega }}$$. Consider that $${x_p}[n]$$ is a periodic signal of period N = 5 su...

Signals and Systems·NAT·medium
PYQ 15

A signal $$x(t) = 2\cos (180\pi t)\cos (60\pi t)$$ is sampled at 200 Hz and then passed through an ideal low pass filter having cut-off frequency of 100 Hz. The maximum frequency p...

Signals and Systems·NAT·medium
PYQ 16

In a given 8-bit general purpose micro-controller there are following flags. C-Carry, A-Auxiliary Carry, O-Overflow flag, P-Parity (0 for even, 1 for odd) R$$_0$$ and R$$_1$$ are t...

Digital Electronics·NAT·medium
PYQ 17

Rafi told Mary, "I am thinking of watching a film this weekend." The following repots the above statement in indirect speech: Rafi told Mary that he _________ of watching a film th...

General Aptitude·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 18

Permit : __________ : : Enforce : Relax (By word meaning)

General Aptitude·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 19

Given a fair six-faced dice where the faces are labelled '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', and '6', what is the probability of getting a '1' on the first roll of the dice and a '4' on the s...

General Aptitude·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 20

A recent survey shows that 65% of tobacco users were advised to stop consuming tobacco. The survey also shows that 3 out of 10 tobacco users attempted to stop using tobacco. Based...

General Aptitude·MCQ·medium·✓ keyed
PYQ 21

Students of all the departments of a college who have successfully completed the registration process are eligible to vote in the upcoming college elections. However, by the time t...

General Aptitude·STMT·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 22

Which one of the options does NOT describe the passage below or follow from it? We tend to think of cancer as a 'modern' illness because its metaphors are so modern. It is a diseas...

General Aptitude·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 23

the digit in the unit's place of the product $$3^{999}\times7^{1000}$$ is __________.

General Aptitude·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 24

For a given vector $${[\matrix{ 1 & 2 & 3 \cr } ]^T}$$, the vector normal to the plane defined by $${w^T}x = 1$$ is

Engineering Mathematics·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 25

Consider a unity-gain negative feedback system consisting of the plant G(s) (given below) and a proportional-integral controller. Let the proportional gain and integral gain be 3 a...

Control Systems·MCQ·medium·✓ keyed
PYQ 26

The following columns present various modes of induction machine operation and the ranges of slip A B Mode of operation Range of Slip a. Running in generator mode p) From 0.0 to 1....

Electrical Machines·MTF·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 27

A 10-pole, 50 Hz, 240 V, single phase induction motor runs at 540 RPM while driving rated load. The frequency of induced rotor currents due to backward field is

Electrical Machines·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 28

The expressions of fuel cost of two thermal generating units as a function of the respective power generation $${P_{G1}}$$ and $${P_{G2}}$$ are given as $$\matrix{ {{F_1}({P_{G1}})...

Power System Analysis·MCQ·medium·✓ keyed
PYQ 29

One million random numbers are generated from a statistically stationary process with a Gaussian distribution with mean zero and standard deviation $$\sigma_0$$. The $$\sigma_0$$ i...

Engineering Mathematics·MCQ·medium·✓ keyed
PYQ 30

A separately excited DC motor rated 400 V, 15 A, 1500 RPM drives a constant torque load at rated speed operating from 400 V DC supply drawing rated current. The armature resistance...

Electrical Machines·NAT·medium
PYQ 31

A 50 Hz, 275 kV line of length 400 km has the following parameters: Resistance, R = 0.035 $$\Omega$$/km; Inductance, L = 1 mH/km; Capacitance, C = 0.01 $$\mu$$F/km; The line is rep...

Power System Analysis·NAT·medium
PYQ 32

In the following differential equation, the numerically obtained value of $$y(t)$$, at $$t=1$$ is ___________ (Round off to 2 decimal places). $${{dy} \over {dt}} = {{{e^{ - \alpha...

Engineering Mathematics·NAT·medium
PYQ 33

Three points in the x-y plane are ($$-$$1, 0.8), (0, 2.2) and (1, 2.8). The value of the slope of the best fit straight line in the least square sense is _________ (Round off to 2...

Engineering Mathematics·NAT·medium

Set Master

Q1

Rafi told Mary, "I am thinking of watching a film this weekend." The following reports the above statement in indirect speech: Rafi told Mary that he ________ of watching a film th...

English·MCQ·medium
Q2

Permit : ________ :: Enforce : Relax (By word meaning)

English·MCQ·easy
Q3

Given a fair six-faced dice where the faces are labelled '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', and '6', what is the probability of getting a '1' on the first roll of the dice and a '4' on the s...

Mathematics·MCQ·easy
Q4

A recent survey shows that 65% of tobacco users were advised to stop consuming tobacco. The survey also shows that 3 out of 10 tobacco users attempted to stop using tobacco. Based...

Logical Reasoning·MCQ·medium
Q5

How many triangles are present in the given figure?

Logical Reasoning·MCQ·medium
Q6

Students of all the departments of a college who have successfully completed the registration process are eligible to vote in the upcoming college elections. However, by the time t...

Logical Reasoning·MCQ·medium
Q7

Which one of the following options represents the given graph?

Electrical Engineering·MCQ·medium
Q8

Which one of the options does NOT describe the passage below or follow from it? We tend to think of cancer as a 'modern' illness because its metaphors are so modern. It is a diseas...

English·MCQ·medium
Q9

The digit in the unit's place of the product $3^{999} \times 7^{1000}$ is _________.

Electrical Engineering·MCQ·medium
Q10

A square with sides of length 6 cm is given. The boundary of the shaded region is defined by two semi-circles whose diameters are the sides of the square, as shown. The area of the...

Math Reasoning·MCQ·medium
Q11

For a given vector w = [1 2 3]$^T$, the vector normal to the plane defined by w$^T$x = 1 is

Electrical Engineering·MCQ·easy
Q12

For the block diagram shown in the figure, the transfer function $\frac{Y(s)}{R(s)}$ is

Electrical Engineering·MCQ·medium
Q13

In the Nyquist plot of the open-loop transfer function $G(s)H(s) = \frac{3s + 5}{s - 1}$ corresponding to the feedback loop shown in the figure, the infinite semi-circular arc of t...

Electrical Engineering·MCQ·medium
Q14

Consider a unity-gain negative feedback system consisting of the plant G(s) (given below) and a proportional-integral controller. Let the proportional gain and integral gain be 3 a...

Electrical Engineering·MCQ·hard
Q15

The following columns present various modes of induction machine operation and the ranges of slip A Mode of operation a. Running in generator mode b. Running in motor mode c. Plugg...

Electrical Engineering·MTF·medium
Q16

A 10-pole, 50 Hz, 240 V, single phase induction motor runs at 540 RPM while driving rated load. The frequency of induced rotor currents due to backward field is

Electrical Engineering·MCQ·medium
Q17

A continuous-time system that is initially at rest is described by $\frac{dy(t)}{dt} + 3y(t) = 2x(t)$, where $x(t)$ is the input voltage and $y(t)$ is the output voltage. The impul...

Electrical Engineering·MCQ·medium
Q18

The Fourier transform X($\omega$) of the signal x(t) is given by $X(\omega) = 1$, for $|\omega| W_0$ Which one of the following statements is true?

Electrical Engineering·MCQ·medium
Q19

The Z-transform of a discrete signal x[n] is $X(z) = \frac{4z}{(z-\frac{1}{2})(z-\frac{2}{3})(z-3)}$ with ROC = R. Which one of the following statements is true?

Electrical Engineering·MCQ·medium
Q20

For the three-bus power system shown in the figure, the trip signals to the circuit breakers B1 to B9 are provided by overcurrent relays R1 to R9, respectively, some of which have...

Electrical Engineering·MCQ·medium
Q21

The expressions of fuel cost of two thermal generating units as a function of the respective power generation PG1 and PG2 are given as F1(PG1) = 0.1aP^2_G1 + 40 PG1 + 120 Rs/hour 0...

Electrical Engineering·MCQ·hard
Q22

The four stator conductors (A, A', B and B') of a rotating machine are carrying DC currents of the same value, the directions of which are shown in the figure (i). The rotor coils...

Electrical Engineering·MCQ·medium
Q23

The chopper circuit shown in figure (i) feeds power to a 5 A DC constant current source. The switching frequency of the chopper is 100 kHz. All the components can be assumed to be...

Electrical Engineering·MCQ·medium
Q24

In the figure, the vectors u and v are related as: Au = v by a transformation matrix A. The correct choice of A is

Electrical Engineering·MCQ·medium
Q25

One million random numbers are generated from a statistically stationary process with a Gaussian distribution with mean zero and standard deviation $\sigma_o$. The $\sigma_o$ is es...

Electrical Engineering·MCQ·medium
Q26

A semiconductor switch needs to block voltage V of only one polarity (V > 0) during OFF state as shown in figure (i) and carry current in both directions during ON state as shown i...

Electrical Engineering·MCQ·medium
Q27

Which of the following statement(s) is/are true?

Electrical Engineering·MCQ·medium
Q28

The bus admittance (Ybus) matrix of a 3-bus power system is given below. Considering that there is no shunt inductor connected to any of the buses, which of the following can NOT b...

Electrical Engineering·MCQ·hard
Q29

The value of parameters of the circuit shown in the figure are R1 = 2Ω, R2 = 2Ω, R3 = 3Ω, L = 10 mH, C = 100 μF For time t < 0, the circuit is at steady state with the switch 'K' i...

Electrical Engineering·NAT·hard
Q30

A separately excited DC motor rated 400 V, 15 A, 1500 RPM drives a constant torque load at rated speed operating from 400 V DC supply drawing rated current. The armature resistance...

Electrical Engineering·NAT·medium
Q31

For the signals x(t) and y(t) shown in the figure, z(t) = x(t) * y(t) is maximum at t = T₁. Then T₁ in seconds is __________. (Round off to the nearest integer).

Electrical Engineering·NAT·medium
Q32

For the circuit shown in the figure, V₁ = 8 V, DC and I₁ = 8 A, DC. The voltage Vab in Volts is __________. (Round off to 1 decimal place).

Electrical Engineering·NAT·medium
Q33

A 50 Hz, 275 kV line of length 400 km has the following parameters: Resistance, R = 0.035 Ω/km; Inductance, L = 1 mH/km; Capacitance, C = 0.01 µF/km; The line is represented by the...

Electrical Engineering·NAT·hard
Q34

In the following differential equation, the numerically obtained value of y(t), at t =1, is ________ (Round off to 2 decimal places). $\frac{dy}{dt} = \frac{e^{-at}}{2 + at}$, α =...

Mathematics·NAT·medium
Q35

Three points in the x-y plane are (-1, 0.8), (0, 2.2) and (1, 2.8). The value of the slope of the best fit straight line in the least square sense is ________ (Round off to 2 decim...

Mathematics·NAT·medium
Q36

The magnitude and phase plots of an LTI system are shown in the figure. The transfer function of the system is

Electrical Engineering·MCQ·hard
Q37

Consider the OP AMP based circuit shown in the figure. Ignore the conduction drops of diodes D1 and D2. All the components are ideal and the breakdown voltage of the Zener is 5 V....

Electrical Engineering·MCQ·medium
Q38

Consider a lead compensator of the form $K(s) = \frac{1 + \frac{s}{a}}{1 + \frac{s}{\beta a}}, \beta > 1, a > 0$ The frequency at which this compensator produces maximum phase lead...

Electrical Engineering·MCQ·hard
Q39

A 3-phase, star-connected, balanced load is supplied from a 3-phase, 400 V (rms), balanced voltage source with phase sequence R-Y-B, as shown in the figure. If the wattmeter readin...

Electrical Engineering·MCQ·medium
Q40

An 8 bit ADC converts analog voltage in the range of 0 to +5 V to the corresponding digital code as per the conversion characteristics shown in figure. For $V_{in} = 1.9922 V$, whi...

Electrical Engineering·DIAGRAM·medium
Q41

The three-bus power system shown in the figure has one alternator connected to bus 2 which supplies 200 MW and 40 MVAr power. Bus 3 is infinite bus having a voltage of magnitude |V...

Electrical Engineering·MCQ·medium
Q42

Consider the following equation in a 2-D real-space. |x1|^p + |x2|^p = 1 for p > 0 Which of the following statement(s) is/are true.

Electrical Engineering·MCQ·medium
Q43

In the figure, the electric field E and the magnetic field B point to x and z directions, respectively, and have constant magnitudes. A positive charge 'q' is released from rest at...

Electrical Engineering·MCQ·medium
Q44

All the elements in the circuit shown in the following figure are ideal. Which of the following statements is/are true?

Electrical Engineering·MCQ·medium
Q45

The expected number of trials for first occurrence of a "head" in a biased coin is known to be 4. The probability of first occurrence of a "head" in the second trial is __________....

Mathematics·NAT·medium
Q46

Consider the state-space description of an LTI system with matrices A = $\begin{bmatrix} 0 & 1 \ -1 & -2 \end{bmatrix}$, B = $\begin{bmatrix} 0 \ 1 \end{bmatrix}$, C = $\begin{bmat...

Electrical Engineering·NAT·hard
Q47

A three-phase synchronous motor with synchronous impedance of 0.1+j0.3 per unit per phase has a static stability limit of 2.5 per unit. The corresponding excitation voltage in per...

Electrical Engineering·NAT·medium
Q48

A three phase 415 V, 50 Hz, 6-pole, 960 RPM, 4 HP squirrel cage induction motor drives a constant torque load at rated speed operating from rated supply and delivering rated output...

Electrical Engineering·NAT·medium
Q49

The period of the discrete-time signal x[n] described by the equation below is N = ____________ (Round off to the nearest integer). x[n] = 1 + 3sin($\frac{15\pi}{8}n + \frac{3\pi}{...

Electrical Engineering·NAT·medium
Q50

The discrete-time Fourier transform of a signal x[n] is X($\Omega$) = (1 + cos$\Omega$)e$^{-j\Omega}$. Consider that x$_p$[n] is a periodic signal of period N = 5 such that x$_p$[n...

Electrical Engineering·NAT·hard
Q51

For the circuit shown, if $i = \sin 1000t$, the instantaneous value of the Thevenin's equivalent voltage (in Volts) across the terminals a-b at time $t = 5$ ms is ________ (Round o...

Electrical Engineering·NAT·medium
Q52

The admittance parameters of the passive resistive two-port network shown in the figure are $y_{11} = 5 S, y_{22} = 1 S, y_{12} = y_{21} = -2.5 S$. The power delivered to the load...

Electrical Engineering·NAT·medium
Q53

When the winding c-d of the single-phase, 50 Hz, two winding transformer is supplied from an AC current source of frequency 50 Hz, the rated voltage of 200 V (rms), 50 Hz is obtain...

Electrical Engineering·NAT·hard
Q54

The circuit shown in the figure is initially in the steady state with the switch K in open condition and K in closed condition. The switch K is closed and K is opened simultaneousl...

Electrical Engineering·NAT·hard
Q55

The circuit shown in the figure has reached steady state with thyristor 'T' in OFF condition. Assume that the latching and holding currents of the thyristor are zero. The thyristor...

Electrical Engineering·NAT·medium
Q56

Neglecting the delays due to the logic gates in the circuit shown in figure, the decimal equivalent of the binary sequence [ABCD] of initial logic states, which will not change wit...

Electrical Engineering·NAT·medium
Q57

In a given 8-bit general purpose micro-controller there are following flags. C-Carry, A-Auxiliary Carry, O-Overflow flag, P-Parity (0 for even, 1 for odd) R0 and R1 are the two gen...

Electrical Engineering·NAT·medium
Q58

The single phase rectifier consisting of three thyristors T1, T2, T3 and a diode D1 feed power to a 10 A constant current load. T1 and T3 are fired at α = 60° and T2 is fired at α...

Electrical Engineering·NAT·hard
Q59

The Zener diode in circuit has a breakdown voltage of 5 V. The current gain β of the transistor in the active region in 99. Ignore base-emitter voltage drop VBE. The current throug...

Electrical Engineering·NAT·medium
Q60

The two-bus power system shown in figure (i) has one alternator supplying a synchronous motor load through a Y-Δ transformer. The positive, negative and zero-sequence diagrams of t...

Electrical Engineering·NAT·hard
Q61

An infinite surface of linear current density K = 5âx A/m exists on the x-y plane, as shown in the figure. The magnitude of the magnetic field intensity (H) at a point (1,1,1) due...

Electrical Engineering·NAT·medium
Q62

The closed curve shown in the figure is described by r = 1 + cosθ, where r = √x² + y²; x = rcosθ, y = rsinθ The magnitude of the line integral of the vector field F = -yî + xĵ arou...

Electrical Engineering·NAT·medium
Q63

A signal x(t) = 2cos(180πt)cos(60πt) is sampled at 200 Hz and then passed through an ideal low pass filter having cut-off frequency of 100 Hz. The maximum frequency present in the...

Electrical Engineering·NAT·medium
Q64

A balanced delta connected load consisting of the series connection of one resistor (R = 15 Ω) and a capacitor (C = 212.21 µF) in each phase is connected to three-phase, 50 Hz, 415...

Electrical Engineering·NAT·hard
Q65

A quadratic function of two variables is given as f(x1,x2) = x₁² + 2x₂² + 3x₁ + 3x₂ + x₁x₂ + 1 The magnitude of the maximum rate of change of the function at the point (1,1) is ___...

Mathematics·NAT·medium