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GATE Control Systems: Stability analysis using Routh-Hurwitz and Nyquist criteria, Bode plots, Root loci – Previous Year Questions

28 GATE previous year questions on Stability analysis using Routh-Hurwitz and Nyquist criteria, Bode plots, Root loci (Control Systems, Electrical Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2017 EE Q21 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – A closed loop system has the characteristic equation given by s3 + Ks2 + (K + 2)s + 3 = 0. For this system to be stable, which one of the following…
  2. GATE 2017 EE Q32 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – Consider the unity feedback control system shown. The value of K that results in a phase margin of the system to be 30° is . (Give the answer up to…
  3. GATE 2015 EE Q34 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – A Bode magnitude plot for the transfer function G(s) of a plant is shown in the figure. Which one of the following transfer functions best describes…
  4. GATE 2015 EE Q65 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – The open loop poles of a third order unity feedback system are at 0, -1, -2. Let the frequency corresponding to the point where the root locus of the…
  5. GATE 2016 EE Q17 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – The phase cross-over frequency of the transfer function G(s) = 100(s + 1)3 in rad/s is
  6. GATE 2016 EE Q40 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Consider the following asymptotic Bode magnitude plot ( is in rad/s). [Figure: A Bode magnitude plot. The slope is +20 dB/dec, crossing 0 dB at = 0.5,…
  7. GATE 2016 EE Q42 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Loop transfer function of a feedback system is G(s)H(s) = s + 3s2(s - 3). Take the Nyquist contour in the clockwise direction. Then, the Nyquist plot…
  8. GATE 2016 EE Q43 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Given the following polynomial equation s3 + 5.5 s2 + 8.5 s + 3 = 0, the number of roots of the polynomial, which have real parts strictly less than…
  9. GATE 2018 EE Q44 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – The number of roots of the polynomial, s7+s6+7s5+14s4+31s3+73s2+25s+200, in the open left half of the complex plane is
  10. GATE 2019 EE Q24 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – The open loop transfer function of a unity feedback system is given by G(s)= e-0.25ss. In G(s) plane, the Nyquist plot of G(s) passes through the…
  11. GATE 2019 EE Q25 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – The characteristic equation of a linear time-invariant (LTI) system is given by (s)=s4+3s3+3s2+s+k=0. The system is BIBO stable if
  12. GATE 2019 EE Q39 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – The asymptotic Bode magnitude plot of a minimum phase transfer function G(s) is shown below. Consider the following two statements. Statement I:…
  13. GATE 2020 EE Q20 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Consider a linear time-invariant system whose input r(t) and output y(t) are related by the following differential equation: d2y(t)dt2+4y(t)=6r(t) The…
  14. GATE 2020 EE Q34 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – Consider a negative unity feedback system with forward path transfer function G(s)=K(s+a)(s-b)(s+c), where K,a,b,c are positive real numbers. For a…
  15. GATE 2020 EE Q45 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Which of the following options is correct for the system shown below?
  16. GATE 2020 EE Q46 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Consider a negative unity feedback system with the forward path transfer function s2+s+1s3+2s2+2s+K, where K is a positive real number. The value of K…
  17. GATE 2020 EE Q48 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – The causal realization of a system transfer function H(s) having poles at (2,-1), (-2,1) and zeroes at (2,1), (-2,-1) will be
  18. GATE 2020 EE Q51 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – A stable real linear time-invariant system with single pole at p, has a transfer function H(s)=s2+100s-p with a dc gain of 5. The smallest positive…
  19. GATE 2022 EE Q17 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – The Bode magnitude plot of a first order stable system is constant with frequency. The asymptotic value of the high frequency phase, for the system,…
  20. GATE 2022 EE Q19 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – The open loop transfer function of a unity gain negative feedback system is given by G(s)=ks2+4s-5. The range of k for which the system is stable, is
  21. GATE 2022 EE Q38 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – The open loop transfer function of a unity gain negative feedback system is given as G(s)=1s(s+1). The Nyquist contour in the s-plane encloses the…
  22. GATE 2023 EE Q13 (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…
  23. GATE 2024 EE Q57 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Consider the closed-loop system shown in the figure with G(s)=K(s2-2s+2)(s2+2s+5). The root locus for the closed-loop system is to be drawn for 0 K<.…
  24. GATE 2024 EE Q59 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Consider the stable closed-loop system shown in the figure. The magnitude and phase values of the frequency response of G(s) are given in the table.…
  25. GATE 2025 EE Q23 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – The Nyquist plot of a strictly stable G(s) having the numerator polynomial as (s-3) encircles the critical point -1 once in the anti-clockwise…
  26. GATE 2025 EE Q29 (1 mark, Multiple select) – The open-loop transfer function of the system shown in the figure, is G(s)=Ks(s+2)(s+5)(s+7) For K0, which of the following real axis point(s) is/are…
  27. GATE 2025 EE Q41 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Let G(s)=1(s+1)(s+2). Then the closed-loop system shown in the figure below, is
  28. GATE 2026 EE Q29 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – The asymptotic Bode magnitude plot of a system is shown. Which one of the following options best represents the transfer function of the system?