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GATE Electrical and Electronic Measurements: Measurement of voltage, current, power, energy and power factor – Previous Year Questions

9 GATE previous year questions on Measurement of voltage, current, power, energy and power factor (Electrical and Electronic Measurements, Electrical Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2017 EE Q33 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – The following measurements are obtained on a single phase load: V = 220 V 1 %, I = 5.0 A 1% and W = 555 W 2 %. If the power factor is calculated using…
  2. GATE 2017 EE Q44 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – The load shown in the figure is supplied by a 400 V (line-to-line), 3-phase source (RYB sequence). The load is balanced and inductive, drawing 3464…
  3. GATE 2015 EE Q16 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – A (0-50 A) moving coil ammeter has a voltage drop of 0.1 V across its terminals at full scale deflection. The external shunt resistance (in milliohms)…
  4. GATE 2016 EE Q63 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A dc voltage with ripple is given by v(t) = [100 + 10( t) - 5(3 t)] volts. Measurements of this voltage v(t), made by moving-coil and moving-iron…
  5. GATE 2018 EE Q15 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Two wattmeter method is used for measurement of power in a balanced three-phase load supplied from a balanced three-phase system. If one of the…
  6. GATE 2019 EE Q42 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – A moving coil instrument having a resistance of 10\ , gives a full-scale deflection when the current is 10 mA. What should be the value of the series…
  7. GATE 2023 EE Q39 (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…
  8. GATE 2024 EE Q50 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – In the circuit shown, Z 1=50-90\ and Z 2=200-30\ . It is supplied by a three phase 400 V source with the phase sequence being R-Y-B. Assume the watt…
  9. GATE 2025 EE Q58 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – In an experiment to measure the active power drawn by a single-phase RL Load connected to an AC source through a 2 Ω resistor, three voltmeters are…