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GATE 2023 EE – Previous Year Questions with Solutions

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  1. Question 1 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – 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…
  2. Question 2 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Permit : : : Enforce : Relax (By word meaning)
  3. Question 3 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – 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…
  4. Question 4 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – 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…
  5. Question 5 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – How many triangles are present in the given figure?
  6. Question 6 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Students of all the departments of a college who have successfully completed the registration process are eligible to vote in the upcoming college…
  7. Question 7 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Which one of the following options represents the given graph?
  8. Question 8 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – 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…
  9. Question 9 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – The digit in the unit’s place of the product 399971000 is .
  10. Question 10 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – 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…
  11. Question 11 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – For a given vector w=[1\ 2\ 3]T, the vector normal to the plane defined by wT x=1 is
  12. Question 12 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – For the block diagram shown in the figure, the transfer function Y(s)R(s) is
  13. Question 13 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – In the Nyquist plot of the open-loop transfer function G(s)H(s)=3s+5s-1 corresponding to the feedback loop shown in the figure, the infinite…
  14. Question 14 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Consider a unity-gain negative feedback system consisting of the plant G(s) (given below) and a proportional-integral controller. Let the proportional…
  15. Question 15 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – The following columns present various modes of induction machine operation and the ranges of slip A: Mode of operation B: Range of slip a. Running in…
  16. Question 16 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – 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…
  17. Question 17 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – A continuous-time system that is initially at rest is described by dy(t)dt+3y(t)=2x(t), where x(t) is the input voltage and y(t) is the output…
  18. Question 18 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – The Fourier transform X() of the signal x(t) is given by X()=1, for <W o; \ \ =0, for >W o Which one of the following statements is true?
  19. Question 19 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – The Z-transform of a discrete signal x[n] is X(z)=4z(z-15)(z-23)(z-3)with ROC=R. Which one of the following statements is true?
  20. Question 20 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – For the three-bus power system shown in the figure, the trip signals to the circuit breakers B 1 to B 9 are provided by overcurrent relays R 1 to R 9,…
  21. Question 21 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – 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 F 1(P…
  22. Question 22 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – 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…
  23. Question 23 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – 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…
  24. Question 24 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – In the figure, the vectors u and v are related as: A u= v by a transformation matrix A. The correct choice of A is (In the figure, u goes from (0,0)…
  25. Question 25 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – One million random numbers are generated from a statistically stationary process with a Gaussian distribution with mean zero and standard deviation o.…
  26. Question 26 (1 mark, Multiple select) – 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…
  27. Question 27 (1 mark, Multiple select) – Which of the following statement(s) is/are true?
  28. Question 28 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – The bus admittance (Y bus) matrix of a 3-bus power system is given below. Y bus=bmatrix-j15&j10&j5\10&-j13.5&j4\5&j4&-j8bmatrix Considering that there…
  29. Question 29 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – The value of parameters of the circuit shown in the figure are R 1=2\ , R 2=2\ , R 3=3\ , L=10 mH, C=100\ F For time t<0, the circuit is at steady…
  30. Question 30 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – 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…
  31. Question 31 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – For the signals x(t) and y(t) shown in the figure, z(t)=x(t)*y(t) is maximum at t=T 1. Then T 1 in seconds is (Round off to the nearest integer).
  32. Question 32 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – For the circuit shown in the figure, V 1=8 V, DC and I 1=8 A, DC. The voltage V ab in Volts is (Round off to 1 decimal place).
  33. Question 33 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – A 50 Hz, 275 kV line of length 400 km has the following parameters: Resistance, R=0.035\ /km; Inductance, L=1 mH/km; Capacitance, C=0.01\ F/km; The…
  34. Question 34 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – In the following differential equation, the numerically obtained value of y(t), at t=1, is (Round off to 2 decimal places). dydt=e- t2+ t,=0.01\ and\…
  35. Question 35 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – 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…
  36. Question 36 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – The magnitude and phase plots of an LTI system are shown in the figure. The transfer function of the system is
  37. Question 37 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Consider the OP AMP based circuit shown in the figure. Ignore the conduction drops of diodes D 1 and D 2. All the components are ideal and the…
  38. Question 38 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Consider a lead compensator of the form K(s)=1+ sa1+ s a,>1,\ a>0 The frequency at which this compensator produces maximum phase lead is 4 rad/s. At…
  39. Question 39 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – 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…
  40. Question 40 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – 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…
  41. Question 41 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – 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…
  42. Question 42 (2 marks, Multiple select) – Consider the following equation in a 2-D real-space. x 1 p+ x 2 p=1for p>0 Which of the following statement(s) is/are true.
  43. Question 43 (2 marks, Multiple select) – 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…
  44. Question 44 (2 marks, Multiple select) – All the elements in the circuit shown in the following figure are ideal. Which of the following statements is/are true?
  45. Question 45 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – 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…
  46. Question 46 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Consider the state-space description of an LTI system with matrices A=bmatrix0&1\\-1&-2bmatrix,\ B=bmatrix0\\1bmatrix,\ C=[3\ \ -2],\ D=1. For the…
  47. Question 47 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – 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…
  48. Question 48 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – 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…
  49. Question 49 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – 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(158n+34)-5(3n-4)
  50. Question 50 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – The discrete-time Fourier transform of a signal x[n] is X()=(1+)e-j. Consider that x p[n] is a periodic signal of period N=5 such that x p[n]=x[n],…
  51. Question 51 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – For the circuit shown, if i=1000t, the instantaneous value of the Thevenin’s equivalent voltage (in Volts) across the terminals a-b at time t=5 ms is…
  52. Question 52 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – 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…
  53. Question 53 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – 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…
  54. Question 54 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – 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…
  55. Question 55 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – 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…
  56. Question 56 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – 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…
  57. Question 57 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – 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…
  58. Question 58 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – The single phase rectifier consisting of three thyristors T 1, T 2, T 3 and a diode D 1 feed power to a 10 A constant current load. T 1 and T 3 are…
  59. Question 59 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – The Zener diode in circuit has a breakdown voltage of 5 V. The current gain of the transistor in the active region is 99. Ignore base-emitter voltage…
  60. Question 60 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – 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…
  61. Question 61 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – An infinite surface of linear current density K=5 a x A/m exists on the x-y plane, as shown in the figure. The magnitude of the magnetic field…
  62. Question 62 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – The closed curve shown in the figure is described by r=1+, where r=x2+y2; x=r, y=r. The magnitude of the line integral of the vector field F=-y i+x j…
  63. Question 63 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A signal x(t)=2(180 t)(60 t) is sampled at 200 Hz and then passed through an ideal low pass filter having cut-off frequency of 100 Hz. The maximum…
  64. Question 64 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A balanced delta connected load consisting of the series connection of one resistor (R=15\ ) and a capacitor (C=212.21\ F) in each phase is connected…
  65. Question 65 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A quadratic function of two variables is given as f(x 1,x 2)=x 12+2x 22+3x 1+3x 2+x 1x 2+1 The magnitude of the maximum rate of change of the function…