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capacitance

GATE Electrical Engineering · Measurements · 1992-2025

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2025 Q50

An air filled cylindrical capacitor (capacitance C₀) of length L, with a and b as its inner and outer radii, respectively, consists of two coaxial conducting surfaces. Its cross-se...

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2021 PYQ

A signal generator having a source resistance of $50 \Omega$ is set to generate a 1 kHz sinewave. Open circuit terminal voltage is 10 V peak-to-peak. Connecting a capacitor across...

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2019 Q20

A co-axial cylindrical capacitor shown in Figure (i) has dielectric with relative permittivity εr1 = 2. When one-fourth portion of the dielectric is replaced with another dielectri...

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2018 Q45

The capacitance of an air-filled parallel-plate capacitor is 60 pF. When a dielectric slab whose thickness is half the distance between the plates, is placed on one of the plates c...

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2014 PYQ

The horizontally placed conductors of a single phase line operating at $$50$$ $$Hz$$ are having outside diameter of $$1.6$$ cm, and the spacing between centers of the conductors is...

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2008 PYQ

A capacitor consists of two metal plates each $$500 \times 500\,\,m{m^2}$$ and spaced $$6$$ $$mm$$ apart. The space between the metal plates is filled with a glass plate of $$4$$ $...

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2004 PYQ

A $$110$$ $$kV,$$ single core coaxial, XLPE insulated power cable delivering power at $$50$$ $$Hz,$$ has a capacitance of $$125$$ $$nF/km.$$ If the dielectric loss tangent of XLPE...

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2000 PYQ

Show via the construction of a suitable Gaussian surface, that the capacitance of a spherical capacitor consisting of two concentric shells of radii $$a$$ and $$b$$ is given by $$C...

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1999 PYQ

A 6.6 kV, 50 Hz single core lead sheathed cable has the following data: Conductor diameter: 1.5 cm, length: 4 km. Internal diameter of the sheath : 3 cm Resistivity of insulation :...

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1998 PYQ

A cable has the following characteristics. $$L = 0.201\,\,\mu H/m\,\,$$ and $$\,C = 196.2\,pF/m.\,$$ The velocity of wave propagation through the cable is

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1997 PYQ

The capacitance of an isolated sphere of radius 10 cm in air is equal to _____ pF.

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1995 PYQ

Fringing in capacitive type transducer can be minimized by providing a _________

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1994 PYQ

The charging current of a $$400$$ kV transmission line is more than that of a $$220$$ kV line of the same length.

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1993 PYQ

A three phase overhead transmission line has its conductors horizontally spaced with spacing between adjacent conductors equal to 'd'. If now the conductors of the line are rearran...

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1992 PYQ

In an $$RC$$- coupled common Emitter amplifier which of the following is true?

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