IN Branch GATE Paper 2004

GATE 2004
Instrumentation Engineering

Q. 1 – 30 Carry One Mark Each

1. A zero error in a vernier caliper is termed as

(A) accidental error (C) interference error
(B) systematic error (D) random error

2. Filtering is performed in surface finish measurement as a means of separating roughness and

waviness. In roughness measurement, the wavelengths that are filtered out are
(A) half the cut-off wavelength (C) equal to the cut-off wavelength
(B) shorter than the cut-off wavelength (D) longer than the cut-off wavelength

3. The following terms used in the context of an instrument are numbered as shown:
(1) accuracy, (2) sensitivity, (3) precision and (4) resolution
Match these with their possible definitions listed below
P. Repeatability of readings on successive observations
Q. Smallest perceptible change in the output
R. Deviation of the output from the true value
S. Minimum value of the input from the true value
T. Ratio of the change in the instrument reading to the change in the measured variable.
(A) 1 − P, 2 − Q, 3 − R, 4 − S (C) 1 − R, 2 − T, 3 − P, 4 − Q
(B) 1 − S, 2 − Q, 3 − P, 4 − T (D) 1 − T, 2 − Q, 3 − P, 4 − R

4. For a proving ring used in a press, the value of force and its uncertainty are given as 12355 ±
2354 without any rounding off. If the error should be rounded off at the maximum to two
significant figures only, the value of the reading is rounded off as
(A) 12300 ± 2300 (C) 12400 ± 2300
(B) 12360 ± 2350 (D) 12400 ± 2400

5. A viscous damper consists of a sliding piston and a cylinder filled with oil of kinematic viscosity
5 × 10 / . A damping force of 20N is applied on the piston and the steady state velocity
reached is 10mm/s. The damping co-efficient of the damper is
(A) 2 Ns/mm (C) 10Ns/mm
(B) 4 Ns/mm (D) 20Ns/mm

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6. For a first order instrument a 5% settling time is equal to

(A) three times the time constant
(B) two times the time constant
(C) the time constant
(D) time required for the output signal to reach 5% of the final value

7. To avoid the effect of fringing, the potential of the guard ring of a capacitance transducer, shown
in fig. Q.7 is to be made equal to
Guard ring Moving Plate

Fixed plate
Fig. Q. 7

(A) the ground potential (C) the voltage of the fixed plate
(B) half of the excitation voltage (D) the voltage of the moving plate

8. The excitation frequency of an LVDT is 2 kHz. The maximum frequency of displacement should
be limited to
(A) 200 Hz (C) 2 kHz
(B) 1.5 kHz (D) 2.5 kHz

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9. Assuming ideal diode characteristics, the input/output voltage relationship for the circuit shown
in fig. Q.9 is
R
+ +

vi(t) vo(t)
VR

Fig. Q.9
(A) v (t) = v (t), for all v (t)
(B) v (t) = v (t), for v (t) > v
= 0, otherwise
(C) v (t) = v (t), for v (t), for v (t) < v
= v , otherwise
(D) v (t) = v (t), for v (t) > v
= v , otherwise

10. The output of the opamp in the circuit of fig. Q. 10 is

10 KΩ
10 KΩ
+3 V −
Vo

+
10 KΩ

10 KΩ

Fig Q.10
(A) 0 V (C) + 1.5V
(B) −3 V (D) +3 V

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11. The device shown in Fig. Q. 11 is a

Fig. Q. 11

(A) Variac (C) Quadrac

(B) Triac (D) Diac

12. The vectored address corresponding to the software interrupt command RST7 in 8085
microprocessor is
(A) 0017H (C) 0038H
(B) 0027H (D) 0700H

13. The number of comparators required in an 8-bit flash-type A/D converter is

(A) 256 (C) (8+2)
(B) 255 (D) 8

14. The simplest form of the Boolean expression ̅ + + ̅ + is

(A) (C)
(B) (D) AB

15. The two NAND gates before the latch circuit shown in the figure are used to
CLOCK

Set

Reset
Fig. Q. 15
(A) act as buffers (C) avoid racing problem
(B) operate the latch faster (D) invert the latching action

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16. If the Fourier transform of [ ] is , then the Fourier transform of (−1) [ ] is

( )
(A) (− ) (C)
(B) (−1) (D)

17. The Nyquist rate of sampling of an analog signal ( ) for alias free reconstruction is 5000
samples/s. For a signal ( ) = [ ( )] the corresponding Nyquist sampling rate in samples/s is
(A) 2500 (C) 10000
(B) 5000 (D) 25000

18. A signal ( ) = 5 cos(150 − 60) is sampled at 200Hz. The fundamental period of the
sampled sequence [ ] is
(A) (C) 4
(D) 8
(B)

19. The brake magnet of an error free electromechanical, induction type energy meter is shifted from
its position and moved a small distance towards the edge of the disc. Then the meter will
(A) continue to work correctly without any change in its characteristics
(B) continue to work, but registers a lower kWhr
(C) continue to work, but registers a higher kWhr
(D) stop working

20. A quartz peizo-electric type pressure sensor has a built-in charge amplifier. The sensor has a
sensitivity of 1 µV/Pa. It is subjected to a constant pressure of 120 kPa. The output of the
transducer at steady state is
(A) 0 mV (C) 120 µV
(B) 100 µV (D) 120 mV

21. A dc voltage of magnitude 11 kV is to be measured without loading the source under steady
condition. The best-suited instrument is
(A) a rectifier type voltmeter (C) a megger
(B) an electrodynamic type voltmeter (D) an electrostatic voltmeter

22. In a single beam, single trace analog oscilloscope, a delay line is inserted between
(A) X-input and X-plates (C) X-input and the trigger circuit
(B) Y-input and Y-plates (D) Y-input and the trigger circuit

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23. The dominant poles of a servosystem are located at = (−2 ± 2). The damping ratio of the
system is
(A) 1 (C) 0.707
(B) 0.8 (D) 0.6

24. The steady state error due to a unit-step disturbance input D(s) in figure is
D(s)
−
+ C(s)
R(s) 40
+ ( + )
−

Fig. Q. 24
(A) 0 (C) 0.021
(B) 0.012 (D) 0.025

25. A thermocouple can be considered as a single capacity system with a time constant of 100 ms and
unity gain. It is immersed in a heat bath whose temperature is varying at 1 ̊C/s from 0 ̊C. When
the actual temperature of the heat bath is 70 ̊C, the reading of the thermocouple will be
(A) 70.1 ̊C (C) 69.9 ̊C
(B) 71 ̊C (D) 69 ̊C

26. The proportional band of a PI controller is 50% and the reset time is 0.2s. The transfer function of
the controller is given by
(A) 50 1 + (C) 2 1 +
.
(B) 50 1 + (D) 2 1 +

27. Match the bipolar limb leads to the correct combination of electrodes used in ECG
Group-1 Group-2
1.Left leg and Right arm
P.Lead I
2.Left leg and Right leg
Q.Lead II
3.Left arm and Right arm
R.Lead III
4.Left leg and Left arm
(A) P − 1, Q − 3, R − 4 (C) P − 4, Q − 1, R − 3
(B) P − 3, Q − 1, R − 4 (D) P − 2, Q − 1, R − 4

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28. The refractive index of the core of an optical fiber is and that of the cladding is . If ( −
) = ∆ , then the fiber can be made single mode with numerical aperture unchanged by
(A) reducing core diameter and increasing ∆
(B) reducing both core diameter and ∆n
(C) reducing core diameter alone
(D) reducing ∆n alone
29. For nuclear radiation measurement, a proportional counter has, in comparison to a Geiger
counter,
(A) lower dead time and higher count rate
(B) higher dead time and higher count rate
(C) higher internal amplification
(D) higher internal amplification and lower count rate

30. Water vapour absorbs electromagnetic radiation primarily in the range of

(A) X-ray (C) UV
(B) IR (D) γ-ray

Q. 31 -90 Carry Two Marks Each

31. A device for measuring large internal diameters consists of two arms X and Y of length 50 mm
each and pivoted at A (given figure). These are fitted with 3 equal size rollers of diameter 10mm.
The arms are fitter with tilt sensors, which indicate the angle of inclination of the arms with
reference to the axis of gravity measured in clockwise direction. If these angles of inclination of
the arms X and Y are 90 ̊ and 140 ̊ respectively, then the internal diameter of the measured device
is
Fig. Q. 31

10 mm

140°
Y
50mm

A X
90°

(A) 110.6mm (B) 118.6 mm (C) 120.3 mm (D) 128.3mm

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32. An outside micrometer having an anvil and spindle diameter of 6mm is used for measuring the
diameter of a cylindrical part having a nominal diameter of 12 mm. During measurement,
misalignment of the centerline of the work-piece and measuring instrument has occurred. If the
tilt of the shaft axis is 3 ̊ then the error in the measurement is
(A) 1.74% (C) 2.32%
(B) 2.76% (D) 1.86%

33. A cylindrical piece ground on a center-less grinding machine is uniformly three lobed. The
contour of the lobed surface has the smaller radius r = 10 mm and the larger radius r = 10.3
mm. The size of a truly circular ring gauge, which just fits over this cylindrical piece, is
(A) 20.3 mm (C) 20.465mm
(B) 20.346mm (D) 20.521mm

34. The calibration data for a pressure compensator of a pump is given below
Input x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Output y 9.5 8.4 7.8 7.4 6.1 5.4 5.2 4.6 3.2 1.9 1.1

For the given data, the slope of the best-fit line applying least square method is
(A) 0.921 (C) 0.819
(B) −0.803 (D) −0.945

35. A cantilever-type micro-accelerometer is designed by scaling down each dimension of a macro-

accelerometer by a factor of 100. If the natural frequency of the macro-accelerometer is ω, then
the natural frequency of the micro-accelerometer will be
(A) 100 ω (C) 0.1 ω
(B) 10 ω (D) 0.01 ω

36. A pressure sensor has the following specifications

Sensitivity at the design temperature = 10 V⁄MPa, Zero drift = 0.01 V⁄ ℃,
Sensitivity drift = 0.01 (V⁄MPa)⁄℃
When the sensor is used in an ambient 20 ℃ above the design temperature, the output from the
device is 7.4V. The true value of the pressure will be
(A) 0.71 MPa (C) 0.65 MPa
(B) 0.68 MPa (D) 0.61 MPa

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37. A variable capacitance angular velocity pickup is made with two concentrically mounted parallel
semicircular plates with a small separation between them as shown in the figure. A dc voltage is
connected across the terminals of the capacitance sensor as shown. For a constant angular
velocity , the waveform of the current ( ) will be

i(t) Moving Plate

Fixed Plate

Fig. Q. 37

(A) dc (C) triangular

(B) sinusoidal (D) square

38. A strain gauge of resistance 120Ω and gauge factor 2.0 is at zero strain condition. A
200 Ω fixed resistance is connected in parallel with it. Then the combination will represent an
equivalent strain of
(A) +5290 µm⁄m (C) −123.8 µm⁄m
(B) zero (D) −300 µm⁄m

39. An iron constantan thermocouple is to be used to measure temperature between 0 and 300 ℃.
With reference junction at 0 ℃, the induced at 100 ℃ and 300 ℃ are
E = 5268µV, E = 16325µV
Then the nonlinearity at 100 ℃ as a percentage of full scale is
(A) +3.23% (C) −0.96%
(B) −1.06% (D) +3.23%

40. A quartz clock employs a ceramic crystal with a nominal resonance frequency of 32.768 .
The clock looses 30.32 s every 23 days. The actual resonance frequency of the crystal is
(A) 32.7685kHz (C) 32.7675kHz
(B) 32.768kHz (D) 32.7670kHz

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41. A single-sensor, contact-type ultrasonic flaw detector uses a frequency of 330 kHz. When testing
a specimen, an echo from a flaw is recorded 0.05 mass after the transmitted pulse. If the velocity
of sound in the test object is 6.0 km/s then the flaw is at a depth of
(A) 120cm (C) 30cm
(B) 60cm (D) 15cm

42. A PIN photodetector has a junction capacitance of 16 pF, active area of 10 mm2 and a
responsivity of 0.5 A/W. It is illuminated by a light of intensity 1 mW/cm2. A voltage output is
obtained by connecting a 100 kΩ load resistor RL in series with the detector. The steady state
voltage across RL will be
(A) 0.5 V (C) 5.0 V
(B) 1.5V (D) 7.0 V

43. An electromagnetic flowmeter is used to measure the average flow rate of a liquid in a pipe of
diameter 50 mm. The flux density in the liquid has a peak value of 0.1 T. The output from the
flowmeter is taken to an amplifier of gain 1000 and input impedance of 1 MΩ. If the impedance
of the liquid between the electrodes is 200 kΩ, then the peak value of the amplifier output voltage
for an average flow velocity of 20mm/s is
(A) 1.365 V (C) 0.1V
(B) 1 V (D) 0.083V

44. The wiper of the 20 kΩ potentiometer in Figure is positioned half way. Then the voltage V0 of
the circuit is

20kΩ

2V 15kΩ
+ −
−
10kΩ
+

Fig Q.44

(A) −1.5V (C) −0.75V

(B) −1.0V (D) +2.5V

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45. The parameters of the JFET in figure are: g = 1 mA/V, r = 15 kΩ. Neglecting the effect of the
capacitor for A.C. analysis, the small signal A.C. voltage gain for the circuit is
+12 V

60 KΩ

C
+ 60 KΩ +

Vi
~ VGG Vo

Fig. Q .45

(A) −30 (C) +4

(B) −10 (D) +60

46. The value of V0 in the circuit, shown in the figure is

10 KΩ
0.3 mA −

20 KΩ 30 KΩ
Fig. Q.46

(A) −5V (C) +3V

(B) −3V (D) + 5V

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47. The gain of the amplifier circuit shown in Figure is

3R
R
−

+ +
RL
R 4R −
+
−
-
−
+
Fig. Q. 47

(A) 8 (C) −4
(B) 4 (D)

48. The output voltage in the circuit in the given figure is

+V

R1 R1
R2
−

−
+
R(1+δ) R

Fig. Q. 48

(A) Vδ (C) V

(B) Vδ (D) V
( )

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49. and are the input voltages of an instrumentation amplifier. The output of the
instrumentation amplifier is found to be 100( − ) + 10 ( + ). The gain and the
common mode rejection ratio (CMRR) of the instrumentation amplifier respectively are
(A) (50,60 dB) (C) (100,60 dB)
(B) (50,120 dB) (D) (100,120 dB)

50. The circuit in the given figure is a

(A) band-pass filter with lower cut-off ω = and higher cut off ω =

(B) band-reject filter with lower cut-off ω = and higher cut off ω =

(C) band-pass filter with lower cut-off = and higher cut off =

(D) band-reject filter with lower cut-off = and higher cut off =

_
_
+
+
~
Fig. Q. 50

51. For the circuit shown in Fig. Q. 51, the diode D is ideal. The power dissipated by the 300 Ω
resistor is
100 , 0.5 W

D 200
+ 0.5 W

60 cos 314 t
~ 300
1W

Fig. Q. 51
(A) 0.25 W (B) 0.50 W (C) 0.75 W (D) 1.00 W

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52. The given figure(a) shows a Schmitt trigger circuit and figure(b) the corresponding hysteresis
characteristics. The values of VTL and VTH are
+ 15 V

+ 15 V
_
_

− 15 V − 15 V
5k

+ 10 k

(a)
(b)
Fig. Q. 52
(A) VTL = −3.75V, VTH = +3.75 V (C) VTL = −5V, VTH = +1 V
(B) VTL = −1V, VTH = +5 V (D) VTL = −5V, VTH = +5 V

53. The sink current of the TTL NAND gate shown in Figure is 16 mA and the input capacitance of
the CMOS NAND gate is 10 pF. The minimum pull-up time constant in ns for the CMOS gate
with these specifications is
+12V

+5V

TTL CMOS

Fig. Q. 53

(A) 10.2 (B) 7.5 (C) 8.5 (D) 6.5

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54. In the given figure, if the input C = 0 and D = 0, the output Y can be made 0 by making
+

B C

A D

Fig. Q. 54

(A) A = 0,B = 1 (C) A = 1,B = 1

(B) A = 0,B = 0 (D) A = 1,B = 0

55. In the given figure, initially Q = A = B = 0. After three clock triggers, the states of Q, A and B
will be respectively
1

Mod 3
J Counter
Q

C1 C1
Clock
K

Fig. Q. 55
Q A B

(A) 110 (C) 001

(B) 011 (D) 101

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56. In the digital circuit shown in Q.56, the flip-flops have set time of 5 ns and a worst case delay of
15ns. The AND gate has a delay of 5 ns. Maximum possible clock rate for the circuit to operate
faithfully is

CLOCK

R Q
0 R Q
R Q
C1
C1
C1 S
S
S

Fig. Q. 56

(A) 21 MHz (C) 25 MHz

(B) 22 MHz (D) 30 MHz

57. 7EH and 5FH are XORed. The output is multiplied by 10H. The result is
(A) 0210H (C) 5F7EH
(B) 7E5FH (D) 2100H

58. The following 8085 instructions are executed sequentially.

PROG: XRA A
MOV L, A
MOV H, L
INX H
DAD H
After execution, the content of HL register pair is
(A)0000H (C) 0001H
(B) 0101H (D)0002H

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59. In the circuit of Fig. Q. 59 A, B, C are the inputs and P, Q are the two outputs. The circuit is a
(A) half adder where P is the sum of Q is the carry
(B) half adder where P is the carry and Q is the sum
(C) full adder where P is the sum and Q is the carry
(D) full adder where P is the carry and Q is the sum
A B C

60. Vectors ⃗ = 5 − 2 + and ⃗ = 4 − + 2 are transformed into ⃗ = ⃗ and ⃗ = ⃗

2/3 1/3 2/3
using an orthogonal matrix A= −2/3 2/3 1/3 . The cosine of the angle between ⃗ and
1/3 2/3 −2/3
⃗ is
(A) √ (C) √
(B) √ (D)

61. Due to an amplitude modulation by a sine wave, if the total current in the antenna increases from
4A to 4.8A the depth of modulation in percentage is
(A) 93.8 (C) 40.4
(B) 80.1 (D) 20.2

/ /
62. Given X(z) = + , |a| and |b| <1 with the ROC specified as |a| < |z| < |b| , x[0] of
the corresponding sequence is given by
(A) (C)
(B) (D)

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63. A direct form implementation o f an LTI system with H(z) = is shown in the
. .
figure. The value of , and are respectively
(A) 1.0, 0.7 and −0.13 (C) 1.0, −0.7 and 0.13
(B) – 0.13 ,0.7 and 1.0 (D) 0.13 , −0.7 and 1.0
input output

Fig. Q. 63

64. A low-pass filter has a sampling frequency f = 10 kHZ . The passband (f ) and stop band (f )
edge frequencies are 2 kHz and 3 kHz respectively. The frequency axis is pre-warped before
applying bilinear transformation to get new angular frequencies, Ω and Ω . The ratio of the
Ω
warped edge frequencies . is
Ω
(A) −1.213 (C) 1.575
(B) 1.213 (D) 1.894

65. A casual, analog system has a transfer function H(s) = . Assuming a sampling time of T
seconds, the poles o f the transfer function H(z) for an equivalent digital system obtained using
impulse invariance method are at
(A) e , e
(B) j , −j
(C) e ,e
(D) e , e

66. A discrete−time signal, x[ ], suffered a distortion modeled by an LTI system with H(z) =
( 1 − az ) , a is real and |a| > 1 . The impulse response of a stable system that exactly
compensates the magnitude of the distortion is
(A) u[n] (C) a u[n]
(D) a u – n − 1
(B) − u –n−1

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67. A digital notch filter with a notch frequency of 60 Hz is to be transformed into one operating at a
new notch frequency of 120 Hz. The sampling frequency is 400 Hz. A lowpass-to-lowpass
transformation z = is used on the first to obtain the new notch filter . Then the value of α
should be
(A) −0.95 (B) 0.95 (C) −0.46 (D) 0.46

68. The resistance values of the bridge circuit shown in the figure are R1 = R2 = R3 = R and R4 = R +
ΔR. The bridge is balanced by introducing a small voltage v. The value of ΔR is
(A) (B) (C) (D)

R1 R2

G v

R4 R3

Fig. Q. 68

69. In the ac bridge shown in the figure the detecter D reads zero. Then Z is made of
(A) 50 mH in parallel with 50Ω (C) 50 nF in series with 10 KΩ
(B) 50 mH in series with 50Ω (D) 50 nF in parallel with 5KΩ
100nF

500Ω

10KΩ D

1KΩ Z

+
~
10 cos 314t Fig Q 69

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70. A 3-phase balanced R-L load is connected to a 3-phase balanced symmetrical 400V, 50 Hz, RYB
sequence mains as shown in Fig Q. 70. The wattmeter W reads 1.732 kW. Then
(A) the active power in the load is 1.732kW
(B) the reactive power of the load is 1.732 kVAr
(C) the active power in the load is 3 kW
(D) the reactive power of the load is 3 kVAr

W
R
Balanced symmetrical

M L

Balanced R-L Load

Y
Com
source

V
B

Fig. Q. 70

71. An unknown impedance Z is shunted across an ac current source of value 2cos(10t) A. The
current source develops a voltage of √2 σ cos (10t + 45°)V. The value of the impedance is
(A) 3Ω resistance in series with 0.3 H inductor
(B) 3Ω resistance in parallel with 0.3 H inductor
(C) 3Ω resistance in series with 0.3 F capacitor
(D) 3Ω resistance in parallel with 0.3 F capacitor

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72. An ideal diode has been connected across a 10Ω, 100 mA, center-zero PMMC meter as shown in
Fig. Q. 72. The meter will read
990 Ω

+
+
100 sin 314t V ~ 10 Ω,
100 mA
−

Fig Q. 72
(A) + 100 mA (C) −31.8 mA
(B) + 31.8 mA (D) −67.3 mA

73. A wire potentiometer of length 11 m and resistance 1Ω/m balances a standard cell voltage of
1.018 V at a length of 10 m 18 cm. If the voltage of the battery supplying the current through the
potentiometer is 2.0V, then the value of the series resistance connected to the potentiometer is
(A) 9 Ω (C) 900 Ω
(B) 90 Ω (D) 990 Ω

74. A Q-meter having an insertion resistance of 0.02 Ω is used to measure the inductance of a coil.
Resonance occurs at an angular frequency of 106 rad/s with a capacitance of 40 pF. The
inductance of the coil is
(A) 250 µH (C) 25 mH
(B) 2.5 mH (D) 0.25 H

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75. A symmetrical square wave of frequency 25 kHz and a peak-to-peak amplitude of 10 V is fed to
Y-input of a single channel oscilloscope. The screen appears as shown in Fig. Q. 75. Then the X
and Y sensitivities and the trigger setting respectively are

(A) 5 µs/cm, 2V/cm and + ve slope (C) 10 µs/cm, 1V/cm and + ve slope
(B) 5 µs/cm, 2V/cm and − ve slope (D) 20 µs/cm, 2V/cm and − ve slope

76. A certain system exhibited an overshot of 16% when subjected to an input of 2u(t), where u(t) is a
step input. The damping ration and decay ratio respectively are
(A) (0.8, 0.0810) (C) (1.0, 0.1626)
(B) (0.5, 0.0256) (D) (1.1, 0.0089)

77. The torque-speed curve of a constant field armature controlled DC servomotor is shown in Fig.
Q. 77. The armature resistance in Ω and torque constant in Nm/A of the motor respectively are
Fig. Q. 77

0.5
=4V
Torque Nm

0 ω, rpm
6000
(A) (1.76, 0.68) (C) (2.00, 0.25)
(B) (1.76, 0.85) (D) (0.01, 0.81)

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78. A certain closed loop system with unity feedback has the forward path transfer function given by
G(s) = ( )(
. With the gain set at the ultimate value, the system will oscillate at an angular
)
frequency of
(A) √6 rad/s (C) √2 rad/s
(B) √5 rad/s (D) √3 rad/s

79. Fig. Q. 79 shows the Bode magnitude plot of a system. The minimum phase transfer function of
the system is given by

Fig. Q. 79
−20 dB decade
dB

20

0.2 2 20 ω
( ) ( )
(A) (B) (C) ( )
(D) ( )

80. Fig Q. 80 shows the polar plot of a system. The transfer function of the system is

Fig Q.80
V

ω = 10

ω=0
45°

u
5
(A) 5(1 + 0.1s) (C) 5(1 + 10s)
(B) (1 + 0.5s) (D) 5(1 + s)

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81. The loop transfer function of a system is given by G(s) = . The phase crossover frequency is
given by
(A) (C) .
(B) (D)

82. Consider the following systems:

System 1: G(s) = ( )
System 2: G(s) = ( )
The true statement regarding the system is
(A) Bandwidth of system 1 is greater than the bandwidth of system 2
(B) Bandwidth of system 1 is lower than the bandwidth of system 2
(C) Bandwidth of both the systems are the same
(D) Bandwidth of both the systems are infinite

( )
83. A state space representation for the transfer function = is = = + , where
( )
0 1 0
A= ,B = , and the value of C is =
−6 −5 1
(A) 1 (C) 1 2
2 −1 0
(B) [6 1] (D) [1 −5]

84. The transmittance of a particular solution measured is T. The concentration of the solution is now
doubled. Assuming that Beer-Lambert’s law holds good for both the cases, the transmittance for
the second would be
(A)
(B) 2T
(C) T2
(D) √T

85. In Fick’s method of cardiac output measurement, oxygen consumption is 200 ml/ min., arterial
oxygen content is 0.30 ml/ml and venous oxygen content is 0.20 ml/ml. The cardiac output in
1/min. is
(A) 1 (C) 0.5
(B) 2 (D) 1.5

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86. A He-Ne laser of cavity length 500 mm has an oscillating bandwith of 1500 MHz. The maximum
number of longitudinal oscillating modes that is accommodated within the bandwidth is
(A) 4 (C) 30
(B) 5 (D) 40

87. A step index fiber has a core refractive index of 1.46 and a cladding refractive index of 1.45. The
pulse dispersion in ns/km due to the effect of numerical aperture alone is
(A) 33.6 (C) 29.5
(B) 31.5 (D) 25.2

88. The time taken by an ionized atom, of mass m kg and charge e Coulombs, pulsed into a field-free
region with V volts, to reach a detector L meters away is

(A) (C) m

(B) L (D)

89. In a Michelson’s interferometer illuminated by a coherent and quasi-monochromatic light source,

a very small frequency shift is introduced in the light returning from one of the arms. The effect
on the observed fringe pattern is
(A) a decrease in contrast
(B) an increase in contrast
(C) appearance of two sets of the same pattern
(D) uniform movement across the observation plane

90. In an ideal X-Ray tube operated at 40 kV, the short wavelength limit of X-Ray emission in Å is
(Planck’s constant ℎ = 6.626 × 10 , Charge of an electron = 1.6 × 10 Coulomb,
velocity of light = 3 × 10 / )
(A) 0.155 (C) 0.62
(B) 0.31 (D) 0.93

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