GATE - 2001 EE : Electrical Engineering Duration : Three Honirs Maximum Marks: 150 FEL. 1a. 12. 14, 15. SECTION-A (TOTAL MARKS = 75) “This question consists of 25 (TWENTY FIVE) sub- sections. (1.1-1.25) of ONE mark each (25 x1= 25) Inaseries RLC circu at resonance, the magnitude of the voltage developed across the capacitor (@) is always zero @ cannever be greater than the input voltage (© can be greater than the input voltage, however, itis 90° out of phase with the input voltage (a) canbe greater than the input voltage, and is in phase with the input voltage. Two incandescent light bulbs of 40 W and 60W rating are connected in series across the mains. Then (@) the bulbs together consume 100 W © thebulbs together consume 50 W © the 60 W bulb glows brighter (@ the 40 bulb glows brighter A.unit step voltage is applied at t = 0 to a series RL circuit with zero initial conditions. (@ Itispossible for the current tobe oscillatory. (®) The voltage across the resistor at t = zero. (© The energy stored in the inductor in the steady state is zero. (@ The resistor current eventually falls to zero. Given two coupled inductors L, and L,, their ‘mutual inductance M satisfies @ M-(2eR & M> (atta) © M> {ile @ Ms JL, A passive 2-port network is in a steady-state. Compared to its input, the steady state output cannever offer (a) higher voltage (6 greater power (lower impedance (@ better regulation 16 ww. 18. 1.10, A single-phase transformer is to be switched to the supply to have minimum inrush current. The switch should be closed at (a) maximum supply voltage (6) zerosupply voltage © E maximum supply voltage @ i maximum supply voltage It is desirable to eliminate 5 harmonic voltage from the phase voltage of an alternator. The coils should be short-pitched by an electrical angle of (@ 30° (36° 7% @ 18 Fig, P18 shows the magnetization curves of an alternator at rated armature current, unity power factor and also at no load. The magnetisation curve for rated armature current, 08 power factor leading is given by ’ = (@ curvea ~ (6) curveB (© curve a (@) curved The core flux of a practical transformer with a resistive load (a) is strictly constant with load changes () incveases linearly with load (©. increases as the square root ofthe load (@) decreases with increased load Xp X', and X", are steady state d-axis synchronous reactance, transient d-axis reactance and sub-transient d-axis reactance ofa synchronous machine respectively. Which of the following statements is true ? (a) Xp>Xp>X" DO XG> XX © Xo XX O XPX PXun. 42, 1.13. 14. 115. A 50 Hz balanced three-phase, Y-connected supply is connected to a balanced three-phase Y-connected load. If the instantaneous phase-a of the supply voltage is Veos(o#) and the phase-a of the load current is [cos (wt ~ 4), the instantaneous three-phase power is (@) aconstant with a magnitude of Vicose © aconstant with a magnitude of (3/2) Vicos (© time-varying with an average value of (3/2) Vicos and a frequency of 100 Hz (time-varying withan average value of Vicosp and a frequency of 50 Hz In the protection of transformers, harmonic restraint is used to guard against (@) magnetizing inrush current (8) unbalanced operation (© lightning (d) switching over-voltages A lossless radial transmission line with surge impedance loading (q)_ takes negative VAR at sending end and zero VaRat receiving end (takes positive VAR at sending end and zero VARatreceiving end (©) has lat voltage profile and unity power factor at all points along it (d) has sending end voltage higher than receiving end vollage and unity power factor al sending end. The polar plot of a type-I, 3-ploe, open-loop system is shown in Fig, Pl.14, The closed-loop system is Gi-plene (a) always stable () marginally stable @_ unstable with one pole on the right half s-plane {d) unstable with two poles on the right half s-plane. Given the homogeneous state-space equation , [3a te |g al 116. 127. 1.18. 1:19. 1.20. the steady state value of x, = lim x(t); given the initial state value of x(0) = [10 ~ 10], is @ xX ol ox, (3) [Fan energy meter disc makes 10 revolutions in 100 seconds when a load of 450 W is connected toit, the meter constant (in rev /KWh) is (@) 1000 @ 500 (© 1600 @ 800 ‘The minimum number of waitmeter (s) required to measure 3-phase, 3-wire balanced or unbalanced power is @t 3 2 a 4 In the single-stage transistor amplifier ciccuit shown in Fig, P1.18, the capacitor C, is removed. Then, the ac small-signal midband voltage gain. ofthe amplifier (®) increases @) decreases (© isunaffected @ drops to zero Among the following four, the slowest ADC {analog-to-digital converter) is (a) parallel-comparator (ie, flash) type successive approximation type (©) integrating type (@) counting type The output of a logie gate is “1” when all its inputs are at logic “0”. The gate is either (@ aNAND oran EX-OR gate () aNOR or an EX-OR gate (@ an AND or am EX-NOR gate (@ _aNOR oran EX-NOR gate1.21. The output f of the 4-to-] MUX shown in Fig, P1L21 is (@) 3 4 @ x+y © *+¥ @ y+ 1.22, An op-amp has an open-loop gain of 10° and an open-loop upper cut-off frequency of 10 Hz. If this op-amp is connected as an amplifier with a closed-loop gain of 100, then the new upper cut-off frequeney is, @ 10Hz () 100 Hz © 10kHz @ 100kFz. 1.23. The main reason for connecting a pulse transformer at the output stage of a thyristor triggering circuit is to @ amplify the power of the triggering pulse (© provide electrical isolation (0) reduce the tur on time of the thyristor (@ avoid spurious triggering of the thyristor due tonoise 1.24. AC-to-DC circulating current dual converters are operated with the following relationship between their triggering angles (c, and «,). (@) @,+0,= 180° () a, +a,=360° =180° (i) a, +a, =90° © 9,- 1.25, In case of an armature controlled separately excited de motor drive with closed-loop speed control, an inner current loop is useful because it (@) limits the speed of the motor toa safe value @) helpsin improving the driveenergy efficiency (© limits the peak current of the motor to the permissible value (@ reduces the steady state speed error EE2. This question consists of TWENTY FIVE sub- sections (2.1-2.25) of TWO marks each. (25x 2=50) 24. ‘The electric field E (in volts/metre) at the point (1,10) due toa point chargeof_ +1 HC located at (1,11) (coordinates in metres) is 10% 10% BiH) © 20 5ne, o 20xe9 (2i- bY 2.2. 23. 24, 25. -10°° 3 © S—ei-m@ 2% % Boone) MO Zope tle Acconnected network of N > 2 nodes has. at most one branch directly connecting any pair of nodes. The graph of the network (@ musthave at leastIN branches for one for one or more closed paths to exist © canhavean untimited number of branches (© canonly have at most N branches (@) can have a minimum number of branches not decided by N Consider the star network shown in Fig. P23. ‘The resistance between terminals A and BwithC ‘open is 6 2, between terminals Band C with A open is 11 0, and between terminals C and A with B open is 92. Then Given the potential function in free space to be (50x? + 50y? + 502”) volts, the magnitude {in volts /metre) and the direction of the electric field at a point (1, 1, 1), where the dimensions are in metres, are (@) 100; +j+%) (0) 100/13; (i-j +k) fo) 100.13, (-i-j-2/ 3) (a 10003; (-i-j-/X31 ‘she hysteresis loop of a magnetic material has an area of 5 em? with the scales given a5 Lem=2AT and Lom = 50 mWb. At SO Hz, the total hysteresis loss is () 15W @ 2W + BW @ sow