Electronics and Communication Engineering
GATE ECE topic:control-systems PYQs
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Question 46
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A unity feedback control system is characterized by the open-loop transfer function
. The value of
for which the system oscillates at
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A linear time invariant (LTI) system with the transfer function
is connected in unity feedback configuration as shown in the figure.

For the closed loop system shown, the root locus for
intersects the imaginary axis for
. The closed loop system is stable forYour answerChoose one option.
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A second-order LTI system is described by the following state equations,
,
, where
and
are the two state variables and
denotes the input. The output
. The system isYour answerChoose one option.
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Which one of the following options correctly describes the locations of the roots of the equation
on the complex plane?Your answerChoose one option.
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A unity feedback control system is characterized by the open-loop transfer function
. The Nyquist path and the corresponding Nyquist plot of
are shown in the figures below. 
If
, then the number of poles of the closed-loop transfer function that lie in the right-half of the
-plane isYour answerChoose one option.
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The Nyquist plot of the transfer function
does not encircle the point
for
but does encircle the point
for
. Then the closed loop system (having unity gain feedback) isYour answerChoose one option.
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