GATE EE 2017 Set 2 Free Mock
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Questions
1. There are five buildings called V, W, X, Y and Z in a row (not necessarily in that order). V is to the West of
W, Z is to the East of X and the West of V, W is to the West of Y. Which is the building in the middle?
A. V B. W
C. X D. Y
2. Saturn is _________ to be seen on a clear night with the naked eye.
A. enough bright B. bright enough
C. as enough bright D. bright as enough
3. Choose the option with words that are not synonyms.
A. aversion, dislike B. luminous, radiant
C. plunder, loot D. yielding, resistant
4. There are 3 red socks, 4 green socks and 3 blue socks. You choose 2 socks. The probability that they are
of the same color is
A. 1/5 B. 7/30
C. 1/4 D. 4/15
5. A test has twenty questions worth 100 marks in total. There are two types of questions. Multiple choice
questions are worth 3 marks each and essay questions are worth 11 marks each. How many multiple-
choice questions does the exam have?
A. 12 B. 15
C. 18 D. 19
6. An air pressure contour line joins locations in a region having the same atmospheric pressure. The
following is an air pressure contour plot of a geographical region. Contour lines are shown at 0.05 bar
intervals in this plot.
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If the possibility of a thunderstorm is given by how fast air pressure rises or drops over a region, which of
the following regions is most likely to have a thunderstorm?
A. P B. Q
C. R D. S
7. There are three boxes. One contains apples, another contains oranges and the last one contains both
apples and oranges. All three are known to be incorrectly labelled. If you are permitted to open just one
box and then pull out and inspect only one fruit, which box would you open to determine the contents of all
three boxes?
A. The box labelled Apples B. The box labelled Apples and Oranges
C. The box labelled Oranges D. Cannot be determined
8. “We lived in a culture that denied any merit to literary works, considering them important only when they
were handmaidens to something seemingly more urgent – namely ideology. This was a country where all
gestures, even the most private, were interpreted in political terms.”
The author’s belief that ideology is not as important as literature is revealed by the word:
A. ‘culture’ B. ‘seemingly’
C. ‘urgent’ D. ‘political’
9. X is a 30 digit number starting with the digit 4 followed by the digit 7. Then the number X3 will have
A. 90 digits B. 91 digits
C. 92 digits D. 93 digits
10. The number of roots of in the range [-5,5] is
A. 0 B. 1
C. 2 D. 3
11. In the circuit shown, the diodes are ideal; the inductance is small, and .Which one of the following
statements is true?
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A. D1 conducts for greater than 180o and D2 B. D2 conducts for more than o 180 and D1 conducts
A. B.
C. D.
13. An urn contains 5 red balls and 5 black balls. In the first draw, one ball is picked at random and discarded
without noticing its color. The probability to get a red ball in the second draw is
A. B.
C. D.
14. When a unit ramp input is applied to the unity feedback system having closed loop transfer function
A. 0 B.
C. D.
15. A three-phase voltage source inverter with ideal devices operating in 180o conduction mode is feeding a
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balanced star-connected resistive load. The DC voltage input is . The peak of the fundamental
component of the phase voltage is
A. B.
C. D.
16. The figures show diagrammatic representations of vector fields respectively. Which one of the
following choices is true?
A. B.
C. D.
17. Assume that in a traffic junction, the cycle of the traffic signal lights is 2 minutes of green (vehicle does not
stop) and 3 minutes of red (vehicle stops). Consider that the arrival time of vehicles at the junction is
uniformly distributed over 5 minute cycles. The expected waiting time (in minutes) for the vehicle at the
junction is ________.
18. Consider a solid sphere of radius 5 cm made of a perfect electric conductor. If one million electrons are
added to this sphere, these electrons will be distributed.
A. Uniformly over the entire volume of the sphere B. Uniformly over the outer surface of the sphere
D. Along a straight line passing through the centre of
C. Concentrated around the centre of the sphere
the sphere
19. The transfer function C(s) of a compensator is given below.
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The frequency range in which the phase (lead) introduced by the compensator reaches the maximum is
A. 0.1<ω <1 B. 1<ω<10
C. 10<ω<100 D. ω>100
20. The figure show the per-phase representation of a phase-shifting transformer connected between buses 1
and 2, where is a complex number with non-zero real and imaginary parts.
For the given circuit, Ybus and Zbus are bus admittance matrix and bus impedance matrix, respectively,
each of size 2 2. Which one of the following statements is true?
A. Both bus Y and Zbus are symmetric B. Ybus is symmetric and Zbus is unsymmetric
C. Ybus is unsymmetric and Zbus is symmetric D. Both Ybus and Zbus are unsymmetric
21. A phase-controlled, single-phase, full-bridge converter is supplying a highly inductive DC load. The
converter is fed from a 230 V, 50 Hz, AC source. The fundamental frequency in Hz of the voltage ripple on
the DC side is
A. 25 B. 50
C. 100 D. 300
22. Let x and y be integers satisfying the following equations
The partial derivative of this function with respect to x at the point, x = 2, y = 1 and z = 3 is ________
24. For the given 2-port network, the value of transfer impedance Z21 in ohms is_______
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25. The initial charge in the 1 F capacitor present in the circuit shown is zero. The energy in joules transferred
from the DC source until steady state condition is reached equals ______. (Give the answer up to one
decimal place.)
26. The figure below shows the circuit diagram of a controlled rectifier supplied from a 230 V, 50 Hz, 1-phase
voltage source and a 10:1 ideal transformer. Assume that all devices are ideal. The firing angles of the
thyristors T1 and T2 are 90o and 270o, respectively.
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A. B.
C. D.
Impedance Z=100∠80o-Ω and reactance X=3300-Ω. The magnitude of the characteristic impedance of
the transmission line, in Ω, is _______________. (Give the answer up to one decimal place.)
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31. The pole-zero plots of three discrete-time systems P, Q and R on the z-plane are shown below.
Which one of the following is TRUE about the frequency selectivity of these systems?
A. All three are high-pass filters. B. All three are band-pass filters.
D. P is a low-pass filter, Q is a band-pass filter and R
C. All three are low-pass filters.
is a high-pass filter.
32. The mean square value of the given periodic waveform f(t) is_________
33. A stationary closed Lissajous pattern on an oscilloscope has 3 horizontal tangencies and 2 vertical
tangencies for a horizontal input with frequency 3 kHZ. The frequency of the vertical input is
A. 1.5 kHz B. 2 kHz
C. 3 kHz D. 4.5 kHz
34. Let . The value of equals _________. (Give the answer up to three
decimal places)
35. If a synchronous motor is running at a leading power factor, its excitation induced voltage (Ef) is
A. Equal to terminal voltage (Vt) B. HIGHER than the terminal voltage (Vt)
C. Less than terminal voltage (Vt) D. Dependent upon supply voltage (Vt)
36. Which of the following systems has maximum peak overshoot due to a unit step input?
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A. B.
C. D.
37. Consider an overhead transmission line with 3-phase, 50 Hz balanced system with conductors located at
the vertices of an equilateral triangle of length Dab=Dbc=Dca = 1m as shown in figure below. The
resistances of the conductors are neglected. The geometric mean radius (GMR) of each conductor is
0.01m. Neglecting the effect of ground, the magnitude of positive sequence reactance in Ω/kM (rounded
off to three decimal places) is ________
38. Two generating units rated 300 MW and 400 MW have governor speed regulation of 6% and 4%
respectively from no load to full load. Both the generating units are operating in parallel to share a load of
600 MW. Assuming free governor action, the load shared by the larger unit is _______ MW.
39. For the network given in figure below, the Thevenin’s voltage Vab is
A. -1.5 V B. -0.5 V
C. 0.5 V D. 1.5 V
40. The output y(t) of the following system is to be sampled, so as to reconstruct it from its samples uniquely.
The required minimum sampling rate is
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The input sequence x(n)for which the cascade system produces an output sequence
y(n) = [1,2,1,-1,-2,-1] is
A. x[n] = [2,1,1,2] B. x[n] = [2,1,2,2]
C. x[n] = [1,1,1,1] D. x[n] = [1,2,2,1]
43. For the circuit shown in the figure below, it is given that . The transistor has
A. 43 B. 92
C. 121 D. 129
44. A 3-phase, 2-pole, 50 Hz, synchronous generator has a rating of 250 MVA, 0.8 pf lagging. The kinetic
energy of the machine at synchronous speed is 1000 MJ. The machine is running steadily at synchronous
speed and delivering 60 MW power at a power angle of 10 electrical degrees. If the load is suddenly
removed, assuming the acceleration is constant for 10 cycles, the value of the power angle after 5 cycles
is ________ electrical degrees.
45. For the circuit shown below, assume that the OPAMP is ideal.
The minimum number of clock cycles after which the output Z would again become zero is ________
48. In the circuit shown below, the value of capacitor C required for maximum power to be transferred to the
load is
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A. 1 nF B. 1 µF
C. 1 mF D. 10 mF
49. In the circuit shown all elements are ideal and the switch S is operated at 10 kHz and 60% duty ratio. The
capacitor is large enough so that the ripple across it is negligible and at steady state acquires a voltage as
shown. The peak current in amperes drawn from the 50 V DC source is ________. (Give the answer up to
one decimal place.)
50. In the circuit shown in the figure, Load Resistacne RL=10Ω, & the diode used is ideal. The input power
factor is _______.
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51. Consider the system described by the following state space representation
If u (t) is a unit step input and , the value of output y(t) at t = 1 sec (rounded off to three
is 5:1), then the line current rating of the secondary side (in Ampere) is_____.
55. For the balanced Y-Y connected 3-Phase circuit shown in the figure below, the line-line voltage is 208 V
rms and the total power absorbed by the load is 432 W at a power factor of 0.6 leading.
same reference point at infinity is __________. (Give the answer up to two decimal places.)
Consider the composition of f and g, i.e., (fog)(x)=f(g(x)) The number of discontinuities in (fog)(x) present
in the interval is:
A. 0 B. 1
C. 2 D. 4
59. A 120 V DC shunt motor takes 2 A at no load. It takes 7 A on full load while running at 1200 rpm. The
armature resistance is 0.8Ω, and the shunt field resistance is 240 Ω. The no load speed, in rpm, is
_______________.
60. A digit timer counter possesses a base clock of frequency 100 MHz. When measuring a particular
input, the reading obtained is the same in: (i) Frequency mode of operation with a gating time of one
second and (ii) Period mode of operation (in the x 10 ns scale). The frequency of the unknown input
(reading obtaineD. in Hz is _______.
61. A person decides to toss a fair coin repeatedly until he gets a head and then he stops. There is a condition
that he will make at most 3 tosses.
Let the random variable Y denote the number of heads. The value of var {Y}, where var {.} denotes the
variance, equals
A. B.
C. D.
62. The figure below shows a half-bridge voltage source inverter supplying an RL-load with and
. The desired fundamental frequency of the load voltage is 50 Hz. The switch control signals of
the converter are generated using sinusoidal pulse width modulation with modulation index. M = 0.6. At 50
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Hz, the RL-load draws an active power of 1.44 kW. The value of DC source voltage VDC in volts is
A. B. 500
C. D.
63. The range of K for which all the roots of the equation are in the left half of the
complex s-plane is
A. 0 < K < 6 B. 0 < K < 16
C. 6< K < 36 D. 6< K < 16
64. The eigen values of the matrix given below are
Solutions
1. A
Sol. From the given data, the following is formed
= 4/15
5. B
Sol. Let x & y be the number of MCQ & essay type questions respectively.
x+y=20 x=MCQ
3x+11y=100
After solving both the equations, we get.
x=15, y=5
6. C
Sol.
In general thunder storms are occurred in a region where suddenly air pressure changes (i.e.,) should rise
(or) sudden fall of air pressure. From the given contour map in „R‟ region only more changes in air
pressure. So, the possibility of a thunder storms in this region.
So option (C) is correct.
7. B
Sol. The person who is opening the boxes, he knew that all 3 are marked wrong.
Suppose if 3 boxes are labelled as below.
If he inspected from Box(1), picked one fruit, found orange, then he don’t know whether box contains
oranges (or) both apples and oranges.
Similarly, if he picked one fruit from box (2), found apple then he doesn’t know whether box contain apples
(or) both apples and oranges.
But if he picked one fruit from box (3), i.e., labelled is “apples and oranges‟, if he found apple then he can
decide compulsorily that box(3) contains apples and as he knew all boxes are labelled as incorrect, he can
tell box(2) contains both apples and oranges, box(1) contain remaining oranges. So, he should open box
labelled „Apples and Oranges‟ to determine contents of all the three boxes.
8. B
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10. C
Sol. f(x) =
f(-5)=10.50;f(-4)=6.01,f(-2)=0.135;f(-1)=-1.13;
f(0)=-1.50;f(1)=1.21,f(2)=7.38;f(3),f(4,f(5) also +ve.
As there are 2 sign changes from +ve to –ve and –ve to +ve, two roots will be there in the range [-5, 5].
11. A
Sol. The inductance given in the problem is source inductance due to which there is overlap between the two
diodes. Hence, each diode conducts for (180) +μ where μ is overlap angle.
12. C
Sol.
13. A
Sol. Given Urn contains 5 red & 5 black balls here we come across two cases
Probability of first drawn ball is red and second drawn ball is red= (5/10)x(4/9) = 20/90
Probability of first drawn ball is black and second drawn ball is red = (5/10)x(5/9) = 25/90
15. B
Sol. Fourier series expansion of line to neutral voltage Vao is given by
16. C
Sol.
18. B
Sol. For a perfect conductor, the charge is present only on the surface.
Alternate: Even if we give any number of charges, the charge will resides on its surface only.
19. A
Sol.
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on the basis of above pole-zero diagram, we concluded that this transfer function is of Phase
"Lead-Lag Compensator" or say "Band Pass Filter" & we can draw its bode plot as below
20. D
Sol.
21. C
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Sol.
x + 2y = 11 .......(2)
2(11-2y)2 + y2 = 34
9y2-88y+208 = 0
y = 4 & 52/9
Since x +2y = 11
x = 11 - 8 = 3
so x + y = 7
23. 40
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Sol.
24. 3
Sol.
25. 100
Sol.
⇒10=(5s+1)I(s)
⇒I(s)=10/(5s+1)=2/(s+0.2)
Taking Laplace inverse transform,
i(t)=2e-0.2t
The source voltage is 10 V and current is 2e-0.2t A. The energy delivered by the source is
26. 0
Sol. D3 is freewheeling diode and there is no freewheeling action when load is resistive in nature. Hence, RMS
value of current through the diode D3 = 0 A
27. 61
Sol. Size of the Jacobian matrix is 100 100
PV Buses ⇒ 1 equation
PQ Buses ⇒ 2 equation
Slack Bus ⇒ 1
20 PV Buses ⇒ 20 equations
Total number of equations ⇒ 100
Load Bus equations ⇒ 100 – 20 = 80
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29. A
Sol.
31. B
Sol. =0 rad/samples represent low frequencies
rad/ samples represent high frequencies
Since zeros are located at =0 rad/samples and rad/samples they cannot be high pass and low
pass filters. Thus, they all represent band pass filters.
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32. 6
Sol.
Area =
=16+8=24volt-second
Period=2.7-(-1.3) = 4
35. B
Sol. Higher than the terminal voltage.
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36. C
Sol.
Peak over shoot =
In General
Here which of the following has value less, the system will
have maximum over shoot.
Inductance/phase/m=
= 0.289 ohms
38. 400
Sol. Assume No – load speed regulations are equal
Given that
150x=600
x=4
The load supplied by largest machine is P2=100×4=400MW
39. A
Sol. The equivalent CKT is
Apply nodal
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40. B
Sol.
Consider
If the input signal is defined as w(t) then its Fourier transform can be drawn as follows:
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Given
41. B
Sol. Separately excited d.c. motor
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42. D
Sol.
Sol. Given
45. C
Sol. At node (1)
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At node (2)
At node (3)
46. B
Sol. C.E=
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47. 6
Sol. Output Z can be expressed as:
The three above flip-flops are connected as standard ring counter where output bit is feedback to the input
of first flip-flop.
The three below flip-flops are connected as Johnson ring counter where inverted form of output is
feedback to the input of first flip-flop.
52. From 70 to 72
Sol.
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55. C
Sol. P = √3. VL.IL.CosΦ
432 = 1.732 x 208 x IL x 0.6
= 60∠-53.13o
57. C
Sol.
z = 2 is the singularity lies inside
60. 100000000
Sol. Frequency counter mode of operation
‘n’ number of pulses are counted within a gating time of one second.
i.e., n = 1s * fx …….(1)
Period mode of operation
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Now, equating the expressions(1) and (2).since it is given that same reading is obtained in both modes of
operation.
⇒ 1s * fx = Tx * 100 MHz
⇒ Tx = 1s and fx = 100 MHz
⇒ n = 1s * 100 MHz
= 100 * 106
= 108 pulses
So, the reading is 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
61. C
Sol.
The number of head happening will either be zero or one. If head occurs then he stops to event will be 1 in
that case otherwise it will be zero.
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62. C
Sol.
63. A
Sol. 3 2 C.E=
If system to be stable
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64. A
Sol. Characteristic equation is
= 2.1848 VAR
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= Cos{tan-1(2.1848/3)}
=0.8083 Lag