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India’s Best Institute for IES, GATE & PSUs A_ teBetegt) + MADE EASY has taken due care in making solutions. If you find any discrepency/ typo/technical error, kindly mail us at: info@madeeasy.in + Students are requested to share their expected marks in ISRO 2018, www.madeeasy.in Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi-110016 | Ph: 011-45124612, 9958995830 ce ane Pano Indias Boot Institute for ES, GATE & PSUS ESN Q.1__Ifanetwork consists of ‘n! number of prinoiple nodes and ‘b’ number of branches. Then, mesh analysis becomes simpler than nodal analysis if ‘r’ is greater than (@ b-1 (b) b+ 4 b b © 2-1 @ 241 Os @ > Ans. (d) oe Q.2 — What is the equivalent resistance between the terminals A and 6? 20 40 aa a5 6a ANA (@) 259 (b) 283.2 (9) 333.9 (d) 2862 Ans. (d) eI Q3 Find R,,,. across the terminals A and B. Ans. (c) . cee Page 2 G3 MADE EASY a4 Ans. as Ans. ae Ans. a7 Ans. eon i's Bost Inetivute for IES, GATE & PSUS Determine the steady state voltage across the capacitor C, and C, shown in the circuit below. Initial voltage across Vz, = 0 V. ov c= 6F & (a) What is the dynamic impedance offered by Ideal tank circuit in a network? (@ Zero (b) Resistive © infinty (@) None of the above (c) Find the voltage drop (V,) across Silicon diode in the circuit below. Me Diode aA 203 (@) o7V () 03 V (©) 0.42 (d) 0.052 V (a) If the terminal voltage of a DC shunt motor is halved, keeping load torque varying as square of speed, Then, which of the following statements are correct? (i) Speed is halved (ji) Speed remains unaltered (ii) Armature current is doubled (iv) Armature current is unaltered (@) () and (il) (©) (i) and (wv) (©) (i) and (ii) (@) (i) and (wv) ) Indias Boot Institute for ES, GATE & PSUS Q.8 ADC shunt motor is excited from voltage source and its brush axis rotated by an angle ‘a from the geometrical neutral axis. The torque developed will be proportional to: (@) sin a (b) cos a (©) tana (A) cos 20 ‘Ans. (b) CEE 9 If the current drawn by a DC series motor is increased from 10 A to 12 A (neglect saturation), what is the increase in torque expressed as percentage of initial torque? (@) 21% (b) 25% (©) 41% (@) 44% Ans. (4) EEN Q.10 Following data are obtained by slip test on a salient pole machine: Tama = 108 Lapin = 65 A Vamax = 30V Varn = 25V What is the direct axis reactance ‘X,’ and quadrature axis reactance 'X, (@) X,= 39, X,= 3869 (0) X,= 4619, X,=252 (©) X,=32,X,=259 (a) X, = 461 @ X= 386 0 ‘Ans. (b) Q.11 Which among the following are suitable for improving the transient stability limits of a power system? () Increase system voltage by AVR (i) Use high speed excitation system (ii) Use high speed reclosing breakers (iv) Increase system frequency (@ (0, (id and (iv) (©) (0, fil) andl (iv) (©) (0. id, i) and tiv) (2) (, Ci) and Gi) Ans. (d) . Q.12 The ¥,,, matrix of a 100 bus interconnected system is 80% sparse, Then, the number of transmission lines in the system must be (@) 950 (b) 3000 (c) 1900 (d) 1500 Ans. (a) EET eon G3 MADE EASY Indias Boot Institute for IES, GATE & PSUS Q.13- Whatis the size of a Jacobian matrix for a 100 bus power system wit controlled buses? 29 nos. of voltage (@) 29x 29 (b) 170 x 170 (©) 169 x 169 (a) 30 x 30 ‘Ans. (b) CEE Q.14 The inductance of power transmission line increases with (a) Decrease in line length (b) Increase in diameter of conductor (0) Increase in spacing between phase conductors (d) Increase in load current carried by the conductor Ans. (4) . Q.15 A mod-6 counter is realized using 8 Nos. of flip-flops. The counter will skip (@) 4 Counts (b) 3 Counts (©) 2 Counts (@) Zero Counts ‘Ans, (c) Q.16 An amplifier with negative feedback has overall gain of 100. The percentage change in gain with feedback and without feedback is 3% and 18% respectively. What is the feedback factor? (@) 0.05 (b) 0.02 (©) 0.04 (@ 010 Ans. (a) EET Q.17 Two voltmeters with ranges of 0 to 100 V has sensitivities as 10 kQ/V and 20 kQIV. Wnatis the maximum voltage that can be measured when these voltmeters are connected in series? (@) 200 (b) 150 () 100 (d) None of the above ‘Ans. (b) . Q.18 An ammeter with range 0 to 2 mA has internal resistance of 10 2. What is the value of shunt resistance in order to inorease the range of ammeter to 100 A? (a) 200 2 (b) 200 ma, (9 2na (A) 2000 ma cee Page 5 Indias Boot Institute for ES, GATE & PSUS ‘Ans. (a) Q.19 Matrix A has following eigen values A, = +3), % = +5), 2g = +1/, then the matrix is (a) Symmetric matrix (b) Skew Hermitian matrix (6) Orthogonal matrix (@) None of the above ‘Ans. (b) Q.20 Ina school, 45% of the students play football, 30% of students play cricket and 15% of students play both. If a student is selected at random what is the probability that he plays football or cricket? 1 2 @ 5 > 3 4 ©§ Oe Ans. (c) o °° EI ES Q.21 Tho maximum value of function (xy}* on the ollipse “+ y* = 1 occur at a point (x, y) for which y¥* is equal to v2 1 @ > > 2 5 OF OF ‘Ans. (b) 2 =tant{ = ceva ax 4 @ Gey ©) G@eF) a o te © GA © @A Ans. eon G3 MADE EASY Indias Boot Institute for IES, GATE & PSUS Q.23 In the system shown below, what is steady state error in unit ramp response? Ry 77] 1s) 0 a eT] en |__| a @ 2 we oz oz ‘Ans. (b) . Q.24 Typical root locus diagram of a system is shown below. Find the point where the system is critically damped, (@) At Point ‘A’ (b) At Point “6 (0) At Point ‘C and ‘0 (d) None of the above ‘Ans. (b) the Switch Sis closed? Q.25 Whatis the time constant of the circuit shown below, when t= 20 toy | 20 20 Ove ne I e (@) 26.67 "Sec (b) 80 pSec (©) 16 uSec (@) 24 ySec Page 7 eon Indias Boot Institute for ES, GATE & PSUS Ans. (a) Q.26 At time t = 0 Switch Sis closed in the circuit shown. What is the expression for the current (9) through the inductor? (@) 6-(@x e"%) (b) 6 = (3 x e"%) (©) 6- (3x e%) (d) 6- (8 x eS") Ans, (b) . Q.27 Asingle phase inverter has a square wave output voltage. What is the percentage of fith harmonic component in lation to fundamental component present in the output voltage? (@) 40% (©) 30% (©) 20% (a) 10% Ans. (c) Q.28 In the LC circuit shown in the figure initial current through the inductor is zero, initial voltage across the capacitor is 100 V. Switch Sis closed at f= 0 sec. The curtent through the circuit is 05D s| ce20mi | er 00v (@) 7.07 sin (7.07 x 109) (©) 0.707 cos (7.07 x 10°) (©) 0.707 sin (7.07 x 10% (A) 7.07 cos (7.07 x 10° Ans. (c) Q.29 Two DC machines are mechanically coupled. One is operating as a motor and the other ‘as generator. The iron and frictional losses of the machines will be identical when: (@) Their speeds are identical (b) Their speeds and excitation are identical (©) Their speeds are equal and back emfs are half the supply voltage (d) Their armature sizes are identical eon Page 8 G3 MADE EASY Indias Boot Institute for IES, GATE & PSUS ‘Ans. (b) Q.30 Impedance of single phase, two winding transformer referred to primary side is 0.1 +/0.6 pu The rating of the transformer is 200 V/400 V, 1 kVA. The per unit impedance is calculated on transformer base, then what is the equivalent impedance of transformer referred to secondary in ohms? (@) 80 + 00 a (b) 5+ 250 (©) 16+ p09 (@) None of the above Ans. (4) Q.31 What is the order of sequence of impedance in salient pole alternator? @ Z>Z>2Z )Z<%Z>-Z (d) None of the above ‘Ans. (a) Q.82 A schematic diagram of an alternator is shown below where Vi, = Vig = Ven = Vj R a » ¥ tr 3 of P If a single phase to ground fault occurs at location ‘a’, what will be the voltage at ‘b’ (@) Vin = Ven = V8 (©) Von = Ven = Vy © Vy, (a) None of the above Ans. (a) oe «EEE Q.33 Insulation resistance of cable of length 20 km is 2 MQ. What will be the insulation resistance of the same cable but for a length of 200 km? (@) 2Ma (b) 20 Ma (9) 02 Ma (0) 200 Ma. Ans. (0) eon Indias Boot Institute for ES, GATE & PSUS Q.34 Whats the 2's Complement of binary number 0010 0110 1001 1101 ? (@) 0010 0110 1001 1110 (b) 1101 1001 0110 0010 (©) 1101 1001 0110 1101 (A) 1101 1001 0110 0011 Ans. (a) Q.35 Zero has two representations in (a) Sign magnitude (b) 1's complement (c) 2's complement (d) None of the above Ans. (a & b) Q.86 What is the output of XOR gate with A and B as input? (@) AB+ AB () (AFBWA+B) (©) (A+B)AB (d) (A+B)+ AB Ans. (c) Q.37 How many numbers of half adders are required for mbit numbers? (@) 2xm-1 () 2m—4 (c) 2xm+1 (d) 2x Ans. (a) Q.38 Traffic light at one particular crossing change after every 40 seconds. The traffic light at the next crossing changes after every 32 seconds. At a certain time they change together. After what time they will change together? (a) 2 min 40 sec (b) 1 min 20 sec (c) 3 min 20 sec (a) 2 min 20 sec Ans. (a) Enema Q.39 A merchant has 120 kg of rice. He sells a part of it at a profit of 10% and the rest at a profit of 25%. He gains 15% an the whole. the quantity of rice sold at a profit of 25% is (@) 50 kg (b) §5 kg (0) 40 kg (d) 30 kg Ans. (ce) cee Page 10 Q.40 Ans. a4 Ans. Q.4a2 Ans. Q.43 Ans. MADE EASY Indias Boot Institute for IES, GATE & PSUS A software engineer has a capability of thinking 100 lines of code in § minutes and can type 100 lines of code in 10 minutes. He takes a break of 5 minutes ater every 10 minutes. How many lines of codes will be completely typing in 8 hours? (@) 1600 lines (b) 2100 lines (©) 2133 lines (@) 2400 lines () ore What is the value of K= f |sinx|ax? a (@) 617 (b) 1234 (©) Ze0 (@ 617 () ‘ 10(s -2) For the step response C{s) = —WS—2) — find initial and final value of C(s) a{s? + 45+5) (@) nial value = 0, Final value = 0 (b) Initial value = 0, Final value = ~4 (©) Initial value = 0, Final value = cannot determine (@ Initial value = cannot determine, Final value = 0 (b) . What is the condition for the below system to be oritically damped? 0 i ae i TA (b) (d) eon Page 11 Indias Boot Institute for ES, GATE & PSUS Q.44 Transfer function of two compensators are: 100(s+3) 8200 & = (64200) & = FoKs+3) Which of the following statement is correct? (@) C,- lead and C, - lag (b) C, = lag and C, - lead (©) Both C, and ©, are lag (d) Both C, and C, are lead Ans. (a) @.45._ Forthe circuit given below, whatis the value of Thevenin equivalent resistance (R,,) across the terminals x and y. Oy =% (a) +172 2 (b) -172 a (19 (@ 29 Ans. (b) °° RIT Q.46 What is the resonant frequency of circuit shown below? Where A = 109, L, L, = 20 mH, Mutual Inductance M = 5 mH, C , Ys c i, Dla 5 (a) 4.18 kHz, (b) 2.88 kHz (c) 5.18 kHz (d) 3.18 kHz Ans. (d) eon Page 12, MADE EASY Indias Boot Institute for IES, GATE & PSUS Q.47 If a boost converter operates with a duty ratio D = 1 then output vollage is (2) Infinity (©) Input voltage (6) Zero (@) Two times the input voltage Ans. (c) Q.48 In a single phase asymmetrical half controlled rectifier with firing angle ‘a! feeds a constant current load. What will be conduction angle of diodes? @ nto (0) ro © a (@) & Ans. (a) . Q.49__ Inathree phase half controlled rectifier with constant currentload and freewheeling diode, what is the fraction of cycle the diode conducts? Consider firing angle (a) of thyristors greater than 60°. («-2) ast @ V3} & “3 oe x)\3 x), 3 a=) at®)x 3 © ( abe (6 («+S Ans. (c) Q.50 A step down chopper operates from a D.C. voltage source V, = 400 V and feeds a DC motor armature with a back emf E, = 300 V, From the oscilloscope traces itis found that the current rises for a time {, = 10 msec and falls to zero over time t, = § msec and remains zero for a time of f, = 6 msec in every chopping cycle. Then, average DC voltage across the freewheeling diode will be (@) 276 (©) 257 (o) 262 (@) 300 v Ans. (a) Q.51_A4KVA, 400/200 V single phase transformer has resistance of 0.02 p.u. and reactance of 0.06 p.u, The resistance and reactance referred to HV side are (@) 0.2 @ and 06 a (©) 08 @ and 24.0 (6) 0.08 @ and 0.24 @ (@) 2Qand60 Ans. (b) EE eon Indias Boot Institute for ES, GATE & PSUS Q.62 A 100/5 A bar primary current transformer supplies an overcurrent relay set at 25% pick up and it has a burden of 5 VA. The secondary voltage is @1v (b) 1.25 (9) 25V (d) 4v Ans, (d) Q.53_The distribution system indicated below is to be protected with overcurrent protection Identify the locations where essentially directional overcurrent relays will be required considering power fault discrimination aust aus bur ert 2| ors id eS rd Br6 Bees (eler-7 oad Bus4— ne (a) Brt, Br-4, Br8 and Br7 (b) Br2, 83, BrS and Br (0) Br2, Br3 and Bré (d) Brt, Br-4, Br-7, Brs ‘Ans. (b) Q.54 Three networks are connected in cascade as shown as shown below % ABCD parameters of the system is ‘A B]_[202-10° 5230" CD] |1.02-20" 4.0210" What is the value of Z,? (a) 5230" (b) 2210" (©) 0.2220" (6) 1220" eon Page 14 G3 MADE EASY Indias Boot Institute for IES, GATE & PSUS Ans. (a) Q.55 The surge impedance of 400 km long overhead transmission line is 300 2. For a 200 km length of the same transmission line surge impedance will be (a) 1502 (b) 600 Q (c) 3002 (d) 752 ‘Ans. (c) Q.56 In a power network, 380 kV is recorded at a 400 kV bus. A 60 MVAR, 400 KV shunt reactor is connected to the bus, What is the reactive power absorbed by the shunt reactor? (@ 57 MVAR (b) 54.15 MVAR (©) 66.48 MVAR (@) 63.16 MVAR Ans. (a) Q.87 The pressure coil of a dynamometer type wattmeter is (@) Highly inductive (b) Highly resistive (©) Purely resistve (@) Purely inductive Ans. (b) Q.58 What is the octal equivalent of Hexadecimal number CD.AB? (a) 320.506 (b) 215.546 (c) 205.516 (d) 315.526 ‘Ans. (d) Q.59 The present age of father is twice that of the elder son, 10 years later the age of the father will be three times that of the younger son. If the difference of ages of the two sons is 15 years, the age of father is (@) 50 years (b) 100 years (©) 70 years. (@) 60 years. Ans. (a) SEE cee Page 15, Indias Boot Institute for ES, GATE & PSUS Q.60 The volume of a cone is equal to that of a cylinder whose height is 9 cm and diameter 60 cm, Find the radius of the base of cone if its height is 108 cm. (@) 120m (b) 18 om (©) 100m (d) 15 om Ans. (a) ce: eo EIEEmma Q.61 For the system to be stable, in a negative feedback systems, with increase of feedback loops the range of gain (K) (@) Reduces (©) Increases (©) Does not change (@) Exponentially increases Ans. (a) EEN Q.62 What is the impulse response for the system indicated below? Re) es reese) @ te Tut (&) TeX) T @ tet (@) te" T Ans. (a) ee 63 The open loop transfer function of a unity feedback control system is K ——__K_____gtermine the range of gain’ for the unity feedback (5 +2)(s+ is" + 6s +25) ais) = control system to be stable. (@) +200 < K < 666.25 (b) -200 < K <112.17 (©) -200 < K < 666.25 (d) 0

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