GATE EE 2018
GATE EE
1
A 0-1 Ampere moving iron ammeter has an internal resistance of 50 m$$\Omega $$ and inductance of
0.1 mH. A shunt coil is connected to extend its range to 0-10 Ampere for all operating
frequencies. The time constant in milliseconds and resistance in m$$\Omega $$ of the shunt coil
respectively are
2
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 wattmeters reads half of the
other (both positive), then the power factor of the load is
3
A single-phase 100 kVA, 1000 V / 100 V, 50 Hz transformer has a voltage drop of 5%
across its series impedance at full load. Of this, 3% is due to resistance. The percentage
regulation of the transformer at full load with 0.8 lagging power factor is
4
A transformer with toroidal core of permeability $$\mu $$ is shown in the figure. Assuming
uniform flux density across the circular core cross-section of radius r $$ \ll $$ R, and neglecting
any leakage flux, the best estimate for the mean radius R is


5
A separately excited dc motor has an armature resistance R$$a$$ = 0.05Ω. The field excitation
is kept constant. At an armature voltage of 100 V, the motor produces a torque of 500 Nm
at zero speed. Neglecting all mechanical losses, the no-load speed of the motor (in radian/s)
for an armature voltage of 150 V is _____ (up to 2 decimal places).
6
A 200 V DC series motor, when operating from rated voltage while driving a certain load,
draws 10 A current and runs at 1000 r.p.m. The total series resistance is 1 Ω. The magnetic
circuit is assumed to be linear. At the same supply voltage, the load torque is increased by
44%. The speed of the motor in r.p.m. (rounded to the nearest integer) is ________
7
A 3-phase 900 kVA, 3 kV / $$\sqrt 3 $$ kV (Δ/Y), 50 Hz transformer has primary (high voltage
side) resistance per phase of 0.3 Ω and secondary (low voltage side) resistance per phase of
0.02 Ω. Iron loss of the transformer is 10 kW. The full load % efficiency of the transformer
operated at unity power factor is _______ (up to 2 decimal places).
8
In a salient pole synchronous motor, the developed reluctance torque attains the maximum
value when the load angle in electrical degrees is
9
The equivalent circuit of a single phase induction motor is shown in the figure, where the
parameters are
R1 = R2' = Xl1 = Xl2' = 12 $$\Omega $$, Xm = 240 $$\Omega $$
and s is the slip. At no-load, the motor speed can be approximated to be the synchronous speed. The no-load lagging power factor of the motor is___________ (up to 3 decimal places).
R1 = R2' = Xl1 = Xl2' = 12 $$\Omega $$, Xm = 240 $$\Omega $$
and s is the slip. At no-load, the motor speed can be approximated to be the synchronous speed. The no-load lagging power factor of the motor is___________ (up to 3 decimal places).

10
A positive charge of 1 nC is placed at (0, 0, 0.2) where all dimensions are in metres.
Consider the
x - y
plane to be a conducting ground plane.
Take $${\varepsilon _0} = 8.85 \times {10^{ - 12}}$$ F/m.
The Z component of the E field at (0, 0, 0.1) is closest to
Take $${\varepsilon _0} = 8.85 \times {10^{ - 12}}$$ F/m.
The Z component of the E field at (0, 0, 0.1) is closest to
11
The capacitance of an air-filled parallel-plate capacitor is 60 pF. When a dielectric slab
whose thickness is half the distance between the plates, is placed on one of the plates
covering it entirely, the capacitance becomes 86 pF. Neglecting the fringing effects, the
relative permittivity of the dielectric is _____________ (up to 2 decimal places).
12
The waveform of the current drawn by a semi-converter from a sinusoidal AC voltage
source is shown in the figure. If I0 = 20 A, the rms value of fundamental component of the
current is ___________A (up to 2 decimal places).


13
A phase controlled single phase rectifier, supplied by an AC source, feeds power to an
R-L-E load as shown in the figure. The rectifier output voltage has an average value given
by $${V_0} = {{{V_m}} \over {2\pi }}\left( {3 + \cos \alpha } \right)$$, where $${V_m} = 80\pi $$ volts and $$\alpha $$ is the firing angle. If the power
delivered to the lossless battery is 1600 W, $$\alpha $$ in degree is________ (up to 2 decimal
places).


14
A single phase fully controlled rectifier is supplying a load with an anti-parallel diode as
shown in the figure. All switches and diodes are ideal. Which one of the following is true
for instantaneous load voltage and current?


15
The figure shows two buck converters connected in parallel. The common input dc voltage
for the converters has a value of 100 V. The converters have inductors of identical value.
The load resistance is 1 $$\Omega $$. The capacitor voltage has negligible ripple. Both converters
operate in the continuous conduction mode. The switching frequency is 1 kHz, and the
switch control signals are as shown. The circuit operates in the steady state. Assuming that
the converters share the load equally, the average value of $${i_{S1}}$$, the current of switch S1 (in
Ampere), is _____ (up to 2 decimal places).


16
A dc to dc converter shown in the figure is charging a battery bank, B2 whose voltage is
constant at 150 V. B1 is another battery bank whose voltage is constant at 50 V. The value
of the inductor, L is 5 mH and the ideal switch, S is operated with a switching frequency of
5 kHz with a duty ratio of 0.4. Once the circuit has attained steady state and assuming the
diode D to be ideal, the power transferred from B1 to B2 (in Watt) is ___________ (up to 2
decimal places).


17
Four power semiconductor devices are shown in the figure along with their relevant
terminals. The device(s) that can carry dc current continuously in the direction shown when
gated appropriately is (are)


18
The positive, negative and zero sequence impedances of a three phase generator are Z1, Z2
and Z0 respectively. For a line-to-line fault with fault impedance Zf, the fault current
is If1 = kIf, where If is the fault current with zero fault impedance. The relation between
Zf and k is
19
In the figure, the voltages are
$${v_1}\left( t \right) = 100\cos \left( {\omega t} \right)$$
$${v_2}\left( t \right) = 100\cos \left( {\omega t + {\pi \over {18}}} \right)$$
and $${v_3}\left( t \right) = 100\cos \left( {\omega t + {\pi \over {36}}} \right)$$.
The circuit is in sinusoidal steady state, and R << $${\omega L}$$. P1, P2 and P3 are the average power outputs. Which one of the following statements is true?
$${v_1}\left( t \right) = 100\cos \left( {\omega t} \right)$$
$${v_2}\left( t \right) = 100\cos \left( {\omega t + {\pi \over {18}}} \right)$$
and $${v_3}\left( t \right) = 100\cos \left( {\omega t + {\pi \over {36}}} \right)$$.
The circuit is in sinusoidal steady state, and R << $${\omega L}$$. P1, P2 and P3 are the average power outputs. Which one of the following statements is true?

20
Consider the two bus power system network with given loads as shown in the figure. All
the values shown in the figure are in per unit. The reactive power supplied by generator G1
and G2 are QG1 and QG2 respectively. The per unit values of QG1, QG2, and line reactive
power loss (Qloss) respectively are


21
The series impedance matrix of a short three-phase transmission line in phase coordinates is
$$\left[ {\matrix{
{{Z_s}} & {{Z_m}} & {{Z_m}} \cr
{{Z_m}} & {{Z_s}} & {{Z_m}} \cr
{{Z_m}} & {{Z_m}} & {{Z_s}} \cr
} } \right]$$.
If the positive sequence impedance is (1 + 𝑗 10) $$\Omega $$, and the zero sequence is (4 + 𝑗 31) $$\Omega $$, then the imaginary part of Zm (in $$\Omega $$) is ______(up to 2 decimal places).
If the positive sequence impedance is (1 + 𝑗 10) $$\Omega $$, and the zero sequence is (4 + 𝑗 31) $$\Omega $$, then the imaginary part of Zm (in $$\Omega $$) is ______(up to 2 decimal places).
22
The positive, negative and zero sequence impedances of a 125 MVA, three-phase, 15.5 kV,
star-grounded, 50 Hz generator are 𝑗0.1 pu, j0.05 pu and j0.01 pu respectively on the
machine rating base. The machine is unloaded and working at the rated terminal voltage. If
the grounding impedance of the generator is j0.01 pu, then the magnitude of fault current
for a b-phase to ground fault (in kA) is __________ (up to 2 decimal places).
23
Consider a lossy transmission line with
V1
and
V2
as the sending and receiving end
voltages, respectively.
Z
and
X
are the series impedance and reactance of the line,
respectively. The steady-state stability limit for the transmission line will be
24
The per-unit power output of a salient-pole generator which is connected to an infinite bus,
is given by the expression, P = 1.4 sin $$\delta $$ + 0.15 sin 2$$\delta $$, where $$\delta $$ is the load angle. Newton-Raphson method is used to calculate the value of $$\delta $$ for P = 0.8 pu. If the initial guess is
$$30^\circ $$, then its value (in degree) at the end of the first iteration is
25
A 1000 $$ \times $$ 1000 bus admittance matrix for an electric power system has 8000 non-zero
elements. The minimum number of branches (transmission lines and transformers) in this
system are _____ (up to 2 decimal places).
General Aptitude
1
P, Q, R and S crossed a lake in a boat that can hold a maximum of two persons, with only
one set of oars. The following additional facts are available.
(i) The boat held two persons on each of the three forward trips across the lake and one person on each of the two return trips.
(ii) P is unable to row when someone else is in the boat.
(iii) Q is unable to row with anyone else except R.
(iv) Each person rowed for at least one trip.
(v) Only one person can row during a trip.
Who rowed twice?
(i) The boat held two persons on each of the three forward trips across the lake and one person on each of the two return trips.
(ii) P is unable to row when someone else is in the boat.
(iii) Q is unable to row with anyone else except R.
(iv) Each person rowed for at least one trip.
(v) Only one person can row during a trip.
Who rowed twice?
2
"A common misconception among writers is that sentence structure mirrors thought; the
more _________ the structure, the more complicated the ideas."
The word that best fills the blank in the above sentence is
The word that best fills the blank in the above sentence is
3
The three roots of the equation f(x) = 0 are x = {-2, 0, 3}. What are the three values of x
for which f(x -3) = 0?
4
For what values of k given below is $${{{{\left( {k + 2} \right)}^2}} \over {k - 3}}$$ an integer?
5
"Since you have gone off the ________, the _________ sand is likely to damage the car."
The words that best fill the blanks in the above sentence are
The words that best fill the blanks in the above sentence are
6
An e-mail password must contain three characters. The password has to contain one
numeral from 0 to 9, one upper case and one lower case character from the English
alphabet. How many distinct passwords are possible?
7
In a certain code, AMCF is written as EQGJ and NKUF is written as ROYJ. How will
DHLP be written in that code?
8
A class of twelve children has two more boys than girls. A group of three children are
randomly picked from this class to accompany the teacher on a field trip. What is the
probability that the group accompanying the teacher contains more girls than boys?
9
A designer uses marbles of four different colours for his designs. The cost of each marble
is the same, irrespective of the colour. The table below shows the percentage of marbles of
each colour used in the current design. The cost of each marble increased by 25%.
Therefore, the designer decided to reduce equal numbers of marbles of each colour to keep
the total cost unchanged. What is the percentage of blue marbles in the new design?


10
Functions F(a, b) and G(a, b) are defined as follows:
F(a, b) = (a - b)2 and G(a, b) = |a - b| , where |x| represents the absolute value of x.
What would be the value of G(F(1, 3), G(1, 3))?
F(a, b) = (a - b)2 and G(a, b) = |a - b| , where |x| represents the absolute value of x.
What would be the value of G(F(1, 3), G(1, 3))?