2008 MAIN PAPER BE Q.1-Q. 20 carry one mark each. Ql Q2 Q3 Q4 Qs Q6 ‘The number of chords in the graph of the given circuit will be (a3 (B)4 5 6 ‘The Thevenin’s equivalent of a circuit operating at @=5 rad/s, has V,. =3.714-15.9°V and Z,=2.38 - j0.667 Q.. At this frequency, the minimal realization of the Thevenin’s impedance will have a (A) resistor and a capacitor and an inductor (B) resistor and a capacitor (©) resistor and an inductor (D) capacitor and an inductor A signal e~ sin(@r) is the input to a real Linear Time Invariant system. Given K and @ are constants, the output of the system will be of the form Ke sin(ur-+ @) where (A) B need not be equal to & but v equal to @ (B)_ need not be equal to @ but fF equal to & (© B equal to @ and v equal to @ (D) B need not be equal toa and v need not be equal tow X is a uniformly distributed random variable that takes values between 0 and 1. ‘The value of E{X?} will be (AO (B) U8 © v4 (D) 1/2 ‘The characteristic equation of a (3X3) matrix P is defined as (A) =|AL-P| = 2? + 2? +2241=0. If I denotes identity matrix, then the inverse of matrix P will be (A) (P7+P+21) — B) (P*+P+1) (©) -(P?+P+1) — ) -(P*+P+21) If the rank of a (5%6) matrix Q is 4, then which one of the following statements is correct? (A) Qwill have four linearly independent rows and four linearly independent columns (B) Qwill have four linearly independent rows and five linearly independent columns (©) QQ will be invertible (D) QTQ will be invertible aeMAIN PAPER EE Q7 A function y(t) satisfies the following differential equation: vo 20 « =) dt where (¢)is the delta function, Assuming zero initial condition, and denoting the unit step function by u(t), y(t) can be of the form we (B) e* (C) e'u(t) (D) e*u(t) Q8 The equivalent circuits of a diode, during forward biased and reverse biased conditions, are shown in the figure. wre % ™ ow Sain 10 Sit —ft = ee If such a diode is used in clipper circuit of figure given above, the output voltage (v,) of the circuit will be “ ® av wv f Erie sv 10 © ) tov sso sm 10v Q9 Two 8-bit ADCs, one of single slope integrating type and other of successive approximation type, take T, and Ty times to convert 5 V analog input signal to equivalent digital output. If the input analog signal is reduced to 2.5V, the approximate time taken by the two ADCs will respectively, be (A) Ta. Te (B)T2. Ts (C) Tr .Tw2 @) TY2, To/2 =2008 Qu0 Qu Qu Qu (MAIN PAPER ~ 6 An input device is interfaced with Intel 8085 microprocessor as memory mapped VO. The address of the device is 2500H. In order to input data from the device to accumulator, the sequence of instructions will be (A) LXI 1H, 2500H (B) LXI_H, 2500H MOV A.M MOV M, A (©) LHLD 2500H (D) LHLD 2500H MOV A.M MOV M, A. Distributed winding and short chording employed in AC machines will result in A) increase in emf and reduction in harmonics. (B) reduction in emf and increase in harmonics. (C) increase in both emf and harmonics. (D) reduction in both emf and harmonics. ‘Three single-phase transformers are connected to form a 3-phase transformer bank. The transformers are connected in the following manner: The transformer connection will be represented by (a) Yeo (B) Ya © Yao @) Yai In a stepper motor, the detent torque means (A) minimum of the static torque with the phase winding excited. (B) maximum of the static torque with the phase winding excited. (© minimum of the static torque with the phase winding unexcited. (D) maximum of the static torque with the phase winding unexcited. ‘A two machine power system is shown below. Transmission line XY has positive sequence impedance of Z; © and zero sequence impedance of Zp 2. x Y An ‘a’ phase to ground fault with zero fault impedance occurs at the centre of the transmission line, Bus voltage at X and line current from X to F for the phase ‘a’, are given by V, Volts and 1, Amperes, respectively. Then, the impedance measured by the ground distance relay located at the terminal X of line XY will be given by (A) 22.0 (B) 2/22 (C) ZtZ20 ©) vt,2008 Qus Que Qu Qis MAIN PAPER EE An extra high voltage transmission line of length 300 km can be approximated by a lossless line having propagation constant B= 0.00127 radians per km. ‘Then the percentage ratio of line length to wavelength will be given by (A) 24.24 % B) 12.12% (C) 19.05 % (D) 6.06 % ‘A 3-phase transmission line is shown in the figure: SS B <———a, =e he A Ve L ‘Voltage drop across the transmission line is given by the following equation: AV] [Z, Zn Za] av,|=|Z, Zz, z,ll1, av.) |Z, 2, 2 iz ‘Shunt capacitance of the line can be neglected. Ifthe line has positive sequence impedance of 150 ‘and zero sequence impedance of 48 © then the values of Z, and Z_ will be (B)Z,=269;Z4= 119 )Z,= 119; Z.= 260 In the single phase voltage controller circuit shown in the figure, for what range of triggering angle (a), the output voltage (¥o) is not controllable? Yy json (A)P a, the residue of X(z)z*"' at z =a for n 20 will be z-a a" (B) a" (©) na" (D) na" 34 Consider function f(x) = (x? 4)? where x is a real number. Then the function has (A) only one minimum (B) only two minima (C) three minima (D) three maxima Q.35 Equation e* -1=0 is required to be solved using Newton's method with an initial guess x, = ‘Then, after one step of Newton’s method, estimate x, of the solution will be given by (A) 0.71828 (B) 0.36784, (C) 0.20587 (D) 0.00000, 236 4 is amxn fall rank matrix with m>n and Tis an identity matrix. Let matrix A* ATA)‘ AT ‘Then, which one of the following statements is FALSE? (A) AMAZA (B) (AA*)’ = AA* (© MAI (D) AA*A=A* Qa7 a aes 5 am AA diferential equation "= e"*u(t) has to be solved using trapezoidal rule of imegration with a step size h=0.01 s. Function u(r) indicates a unit step function. If x(0-)=0, then value of x at 150.01 s will be given by: (A) 0.00099 (B) 0.00495 (C) 0.0099 (D) 0.0198 = oe2008 MAIN PAPER — Q38 Let P be a 2x2 real orthogonal matrix and X is a real vector[x,,x)" with length [5] = G? +2)". Then, which one of the following statements is correct? CAPES < |] where atest one vector stses [Ps] | (D) No relationship can be established between [i] ana Px 39 ingae en -~ (where reet(x)=1 for — ; Ses} and zero otherwise). Then if sine(x) =e, the Fourier Transform of x(2)+.x(-) will be given by “ sin 2) B)2 sin 2) 2a. ©2 sine{ Joos 2) o sne( sin 2) 240 Two perfectly matched silicon transistors are connected as shown in the figure. Assuming the f of the transistors to be very high and the forward voltage drop in diodes t¢ be 0.7, the value of 48 (A)OmaA (B)3.6ma (©) 43m @) 5.7 mA Q441 In the voltage doubler circuit shown in the figure, the switch 'S” is closed at t= 0, Assuming diodes Di and Ds to be ideal toad resistance to be infinite and initial capacitor voltages to be zero, the Steady state voltage across capacitors C, and C; will be (A) Ve. = 10V, ¥, (©) vu =5V,2008 Qaa Q43 ca MAIN PAPER = EE The block diagrams of two types of half wave rectifiers are shown in the figure. The transfer characteristics of the rectifiers are also shown within the block. — = It is desired to make full wave rectifier using above two half-wave rectifiers. ‘The resultant circuit will be cy) (B) © @) “Hee jes. A 3 line to 8 line decoder, with active low outputs, is used to implement a 3-variable Boolean function as shown in the figure. 3.x St Decor 5 Zh 1 y: 4 F A x —— ‘ 5| 6 1] ‘The simplified form of Boolean function F(A,B,C) implemented in ‘Product of Sum’ form will be (A) (X+Z).(R+7+Z).(v+z) (B) (X¥+Z).(X+¥+Z).(7+2Z) (© (¥+¥+z)(¥+v42)(x+F +z) (x+¥+2) @) (¥+¥4Z)-(K+¥+Z)(X+¥4z)(x+F+2) Tae2008 MAIN PAPER —EE Q.44 The truth table of a monoshot shown in the figure is given in the table below: Q45 A ia. Tox=0.7 RC |_ = ‘Two monoshots, one positive edge triggered and other negative edge triggered, are connected as shown in the figure. The pulse widths of the two monoshot outputs, Qy and Qs, are Ty, and Toy, respectively ‘The contents (in Hexadecimal) of some of the memory locations in an SO8SA based system are given below: ‘Address | Contents 26FE 00 26FF Oo 2700 2 2701 03, 2702 04 ‘The contents of stack pointer (SP), program counter (PC) and (H.L) are 2700H, 2100H and 0000H respectively. When the following sequence of instructions are executed, 2100H: DAD SP 2101H: = PCHL the contents of (SP) and (PC) at the end of execution will be (A) PC) = 2102H, (SP) = 2700H (B) (PC) (C) (PC) = 2800H, (SP) = 26FEH (D) (PC) 2700H, (SP) 2A02H, (SP|MAIN PAPER — EE 246 A waveform generator circuit using OPAMPs is shown in the figure, It produces a ‘triangular wave at point “P” with a peak to peak voltage of 5 V for v,= 0 V. {the voltage v, is made +2.SV, the voltage waveform at point ‘P* will become “a @B) _ > 80, 2s} sv © ) sv sv Zi wet} sv sv O47, 4 230V, 50 Hz, 4-pole, single-phase ifduction motor is rotsting in the clockwise (forward) dlsection ata speed of 1425 rpm. If the rotor resistance at standsill s 78 ©, then the effective cacy Fesistance in the backward branch of the equivalent circuit will be (29 (4a (732 (D) 156.0 (O48 A 400 V, 50 Hz, 30 hp, three-phase induction tnotor is drawing 50 A current at 0.8 power factor lageing. The stator and rotor copper losses are 1.5 kW and 900 W respectively. The Teton aad ‘indage losses are 1050 W and the core losses are 1200 W. The air-gap power of the motor vill be (A) 23.06 kw (B) 24.11 kW (©) 25.01 kW (D) 26.21 kw TaeMAIN PAPER EE Q49 The core of a two-winding transformer is subjected to a magnetic flux variation as indicated in the figure. ns) ‘The induced emf (¢,.) in the secondary winding as a function of time will be of the form (a) @) off fs 4sy| ay te 1 a] T aa ae 20 25 Ww 4s © @) eS ay at—4 q r as ae Q50 Voltage phasors at the two terminals of a transmission line of length 70 km have a magnitude of 1.0 per unit but are 180 degrees out of phase. Assuming that the maximum load current in the line is 1/S* of minimum 3-phase fault current, which one of the following transmission line protection schemes will NOT pick up for this condition? (A) Distance protection using mho relays with zone-1 set to 80% of the line impedance (B) Directional overcurrent protection set to pick up at 1.25 times the maximum load current (© Pilot relaying system with directional comparison scheme (D) Pilot relaying system with segregated phase comparison scheme Q51 A lossless transmission line having Surge Impedance Loading (SIL) of 2280 MW is provided with a uniformly distributed series capacitive compensation of 30 %. Then, SIL of the compensated transmission line will be (A) 1835 MW (B) 2280 MW (©) 2725 MW (D) 3257 MW = Tas2008 MAIN PAPER ~ EE Q.52 A lossless power system has to serve a load of 250 MW. There are two generators (G1 and G2) in the system with cost curves C; and Cy respectively defined as follows: QFa)= Fa +0.055x 7 C(Pe,)= 3P,, +0.03%P,.? where Poi and Poo are the MW injections from generator Gl and G2 respectively. Then, the ‘minimum cost dispatch will be (B) Poy = 150 MW; Pes = 100 MW (D) Po: = 0 MW; Po» = 250 MW Q.53 A lossless single machine infinite bus power system is shown below: 1.045 pu 120 pu The synchronous generator transfers 1.0 per unit of power to the infinite bus. The critical clearing {ime of circuit breaker is 0.28 s. If another identical synchronous generator is connected in parallel to the existing generator and each generator is scheduled to supply 0.5 per unit of power, then the critical clearing time of the circuit breaker will (A) reduce 10 0.14 s (B) reduce but will be more than 0.14 s (C) remain constant at 0.28 s (D) increase beyond 0.28 s Q.54 Single line diagram of a 4-bus single source distribution system is shown below. Branches, .e,, €,and ¢, have equal impedances. The load current values indicated in the figure are in per unit. 24j0 Distribution company’s policy requires radial system operation with minimum loss. This can be achieved by opening of the branch Ae (B) e, Oe Me, Q55__A single phase fully controlled bridge converter supplies a load drawing constant and ripple free oad current. Ifthe triggering angle is 30”, the input power factor will be (A) 0.65 B) 0.78 © 08s (D) 0.866 = sa2008 MAIN PAPER BE Q.56 A single-phase half controlled converter shown in the figure is feeding power to highly inductive load. The converter is operating at a firing angle of 60°. If the firing pulses are suddenly removed, the steady state voltage (v,) waveform of the converter will become (ay (B) © ) Q57 A 220 V, 20 A, 1000 rpm, separately excited de motor has an armature resistance of 2.5 9. The motor is controlled by a step down chopper with a frequency of 1 kHz. The input de voltage to the chopper is 250 V. The duty cycle of the chopper for the motor to operate at a speed of 600 rpm delivering the rated torque will be (A) 0518 (B) 0.608 (©) 0.852 (D) 0.902 Q.58 A 220 V, 1400 rpm, 40 A separately excited de motor has an armature resistance of 0.4 2. The motor is fed from a single phase circulating current dual converter with an input ac line voltage of 220 V (rms). The approximate firing angles of the dual converter for motoring operation at 50% of rated torque and 1000 rpm will be (A) 43°, 137° (B) 43°, 47° (C39, 141° (D) 39°, 1°2008 Q59 Q060 Qe Q62 MAIN PAPER EE A single phase voltage source inverter is feeding a purely inductive load as shown in the figure. ‘The inverter is operated at 50 Hz in 180° square wave mode. Assume that the load current does not have any de component. The peak value of the inductor current i, will be (A)637A ®)10A (2A (D) 404 A.400 V, 50 Hz, 4 pole, 1400 rpm, star connected squirrel cage induction motor has the following paraneters referred to the stator: Ri= 1.00, X,=X/ = 150 Neglect stator resistance and core and rotational losses of the motor. ‘The motor is controlled from a 3-phase voltage source inverter with constant V/f control. The stator line-to-line voltage (rms) and frequency to obtain the maximum torque at starting will be: (A) 20.6 V,2.7Hz — (B) 133.3.-V, 16.7 Hz (C) 266.6 V, 33.3 Hz (D) 323.3 V, 40.3 Hz A single phase fully controlled converter bridge is used for electrical braking of a separately excited ‘de motor. The de motor load is represented by an equivalent circuit as shown in the figure. Assume that the load inductance is sufficient to ensure continuous and ripple free load current. The firing angle of the bridge for a load current of Ip = 10 A will be aya (B) 51" (©) 129° (D) 136" A three phase fully controlled bridge converter is feeding a load drawing a constant and ripple free load current of 10 A at a firing angle of 30°. The approximate Total Harmonic Distortion (%THD) and the rms value of fundamental component of the input current will respectively be (A) 31% and6.8A — (B)31% and 7.8A — (C) 66% and 68A —(D) 66% and 7.8.A Tas2008, MAIN PAPER ~EE Q.63 In the circuit shown in the figure, the switch is operated at a duty cycle of 0.5. A large capacitor is connected across the load. The inductor current is assumed to be continuous, hs4a i: D 20V ‘The average voltage across the load and the average current through the diode will respectively be (A) 10V,2A (B)10V,8A (©) 40V,24 (D) 40V, 8A Q.64 The transfer function of a linear time invariant system is given as z. G (= yase2 The steady state value of the output of this system for a unit impulse input applied at time instant will be (ayo (Bos © @) 2 Q65 The transfer functions of two compensators are given below: 1064+) ¢__s410 (s+10) * 10 (s+1) Which one of the following statements is correct? (A) C, isa lead compensator and C, is a lag compensator (B) G, is a lag compensator and C, is a lead compensator (©) Both C, and C, are tead compensators (D) Both C, and C, are lag compensators Q.66 The asymptotic Bode magnitude plot of a minimum phase transfer function is shown in the figure: ye 40 dBidecade 0 aBidecade This transfer function has (A) Three poles and one zero (B) Two poles and one zero (©) Two poles and two zeros (D) One pote and two zeros = ineQe7 Q08 Q69 Q70 MAIN PAPER EE Figure shows a feedback system where K > 0. ‘The range of K for which the system is stable will be given by (A) 0390 ‘The transfer function of a system is given as 100 s°+205 +100 This system is (A) an overdamped system (B) an underdamped system (C) acritically damped system (D) an unstable system ‘Two sinusoidal signals p(ayr)= A sin cat and q(@,t) are applied to X and Y inputs of a dual channel CRO. The Lissajous figure displayed on the screen is shown below: y * The signal q(a4t) will be represented as (A) q@)=Asinat, @,=20, (B) g@p)=Asinat, a, =a/2 ©) g@s)=A cosas, «, = 20, @) gw) = Acosms, @,=0,/2 ‘The ac bridge shown in the figure is used to measure the impedance Z. If the bridge is balanced for oscillator frequency f =2 kHz, then the impedance Z will be (A) 260 +0) 2 (B) 0 + j200) 0 (©) (260~}200) 2 (D) (260 + j200) a ca= MAIN PAPER — EE Common Data Questions ‘Common Data for Questions 71, 72 and 73: Consider a power system shown below: Given that: Vi =Vj2 =1.0+ j0.0 pu; ‘The positive sequence impedances are Z,, = Z,» = 1001+ j0.01 pu and Z, = 0.006+ j0.06 pu. S-phase Base MVA = 100 Voltage base = 400 kV (Line to Line) Nominal system frequency = 50 Hz ‘The reference voltage for phase ‘a’ is defined as v(¢) = V,, cos(ax). A symmetrical three phase fault occurs at centre of the line, i.e. point “F” at time t,. The positive sequence impedance from source S, to point “F* equals 0.004+ 0.04 pu. The waveform corresponding to phase ‘a’ fault current from bus X reveals that decaying de offset current is negative and in magnitude at its maximum initial value. Assume that the negative sequence impedances are equal to positive sequence impedances, and the zero sequence impedances are three times positive sequence impedances. Q71_ The instant (t,) of the fault will be (A) 4.682 ms (B) 9.667 ms (©) 14.667 ms (D) 19.667 ms Q.72__ The rms value of the ac component of fault current (1) will be (B) 5.07 kA, (C)7.18kA (D) 10.15 kA. Q.73 Instead of the three phase fault, if single line to ground fault occurs on phase ‘a’ at point “F* with zero fault impedance, then the rms value of the ac component of fault current (Ix) for phase ‘a’ will be (A) 4.97 pu (@B)7.0 pu (C) 14.93 pu (D) 29.85 pu2008, MAIN PAPER EE Common Data for Questions 74 and 75: A 3-phase, 440 V, 50 Hz, 4-pole, slip ring induction motor is fed from the rotor side through an auto- transformer and the stator is connected to a variable resistance as shown in the figure. HE S-phase, 50 He, Supply ‘Auto Transformer 20 The motor is coupled to a 220 V, separately excited, de generator feeding power to fixed resistance of 10 Q. Two-wattmeter method is used to measure the input power to induction motor. The variable resistance is adjusted such that the motor runs at 1410 rpm and the following readings were recorded: Wi = 1800 W, Ws =- 200 W Q.74 The speed of rotation of stator magnetic field with respect to rotor structure will be (A) 90 rpm in the direction of rotation, (B) 90 rpm in the opposite direction of rotation. (C) 1500 rpm in the direction of rotation (D) 1500 rpm in the opposite direction of rotation Q.75 Neglecting all losses of both the machines, the de generator power output and the current through resistance (R,.) will respectively be (A) 96 W, 3.10 A (B) 120 W, 3.46.4 (C) 1504 W, 12.26 A (D) 1880 W, 13.71 A