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Circuit Laws & Theorems

GATE Electrical Engineering · 20 questions across 13 years (1994-2025) · 33% recurrence rate

Recurrence sparkline

1994–2025
199420102025

Difficulty mix

easy 65%
med 35%

Question types

MCQ16
NAT4

All 20 questions on Circuit Laws & Theorems

2025 PYQ

A nullator is defined as a circuit element where the voltage across the device and the current through the device are both zero. A series combination of a nullator and a resistor of value, $R$, will behave as a

Easy✓
2020 PYQ

A benchtop dc power supply acts as an ideal 4 A current source as long as its terminal voltage is below 10 V. Beyond this point, it begins to behave as an ideal 10 V voltage source for all load currents going down to 0 A...

Med✓
2015 PYQ

In a linear two-port network, when 10 V is applied to Port 1, a current of 4 A flows through Port 2 when it is short-circuited. When 5V is applied to Port1, a current of 1.25 A flows through a 1 Ω resistance connected ac...

Med
2014 PYQ

A non-ideal voltage source V S has an internal impedance of Z S . If a purely resistive load is to be chosen that maximizes the power transferred to the load, its value must be

Easy✓
2014 PYQ

An incandescent lamp is marked 40W, 240V. If resistance at room temperature $$\left(26^\circ\mathrm C\right)\;\mathrm{is}\;120\mathrm\Omega$$ and temperature coefficient of resistance is $$4.5\;\times\;10^{-3}/^\circ C$$...

Med
2013 PYQ

A source $$v_s\left(t\right)=V\cos100\mathrm{πt}$$ has an internal impedance of (4 + j3) Ω.If a purely resistive load connected to this source has to extract the maximum power out of the source, its value in Ω should be

Easy✓
2009 PYQ

How many 200 W/200 V incandescent lamps connected in series would consume the same total power as a single 100 W/200 V incandescent lamp?

Easy✓
2007 PYQ

The matrix $$A$$ given below is the node incidence matrix of a network. The columns correspond to braches of the network while the rows correspond to nodes. Let $$V = {\left[ {{v_1}\,\,{v_2}....{v_6}} \right]^T}$$ denote...

Med✓
2007 PYQ

A $$3$$ $$V$$ $$dc$$ supply with an internal resistance of $$2$$ $$\Omega $$ supplies a passive non-linear resistance characterized by the relation $${V_{NL}} = {{\rm I}^2}{}_{NL}$$. The power dissipated in the non-linea...

Easy✓
2007 PYQ

A $$3$$ $$V$$ $$dc$$ supply with an internal resistance of $$2\,\,\Omega $$ supplies a passive non-linear resistance characterized by the relation $${V_{NL}} = {\rm I}_{NL}^2.$$ The power dissipated in the non-linear res...

Easy✓
2002 PYQ

The graph of an electrical network has $$N$$ nodes and $$B$$ branches. The number of links, $$L$$, with respect to the choice of a tree, is given by

Easy✓
2001 PYQ

Two incandescent light bulbs of $$40$$ $$W$$ and $$60$$ $$W$$ rating are connected in series across the mains. Then

Easy✓
2000 PYQ

A current amplifier has an input resistance of $$10\Omega ,$$ an output resistance of $$10\,\,k\Omega $$ and a Current gain of $$1000.$$ It is feed by a current source having a source resistance of $$10$$ $$k\Omega $$ an...

Med
1999 PYQ

When a periodic triangular voltage peak amplitude $$1$$ $$V$$ and frequency $$0.5$$ $$Hz$$ is applied to a parallel combination of $$1\,\Omega $$ resistance and $$1$$ $$F$$ capacitance, the current through the voltage so...

Med✓📊
1999 PYQ

The colour code of a $$1k\Omega $$ resistance is

Easy✓
1999 PYQ

Currents $${{\rm I}_1},\,{{\rm I}_2}$$ and $${{\rm I}_3}$$ meet at a junction (node) in a circuit. All currents are marked as entering the node. If $${{\rm I}_1} = - 6\sin \left( {\omega t} \right)$$ $$mA$$ and $${{\rm I...

Easy✓
1999 PYQ

The mobility of an electron in a conductor expressed in terms of

Easy✓
1999 PYQ

When a resistor $$R$$ is connected to a current source, it consumes a power of $$18$$ $$W.$$ when the same $$R$$ is connected to a voltage source having the same magnitude as the current source, the power absorbed by $$R...

Easy✓
1997 PYQ

A $$10$$ $$V$$ battery with an internal resistance of $$1\,\Omega $$ is connected across a nonlinear load whose $$V-1$$ characteristic is given by $$7{\rm I} = {V^2} + 2V.$$ The current delivered by the battery is .........

Med
1994 PYQ

Superposition principle is not applicable to a network containing time-varying registors.

Easy✓