Instrumentation Engineering
GATE IN AC Circuits PYQs
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Question 16
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The RLC filter shown below acts as a _______.

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In a series
circuit shown in the figure, the current through the resistor lags the AC source voltage by 45°. Let
Ω and
H.

The frequency of the source is ____ Hz. (rounded off to the nearest integer)
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Three parallel admittances
,
, and
connected in parallel with a voltage source
, draw a total current
from the source. The currents flowing through each of these admittances are
,
, and
, respectively. Let
. The phase relation between
and
isYour answerChoose one option.
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Consider an AC bridge shown in the figure with
,
,
,
, and a detector
. The source voltage is
. At the bridge balance condition, the frequency of the excitation source
is ________ kHz (rounded off to two decimal places).

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A series RLC circuit resonates at 750 rad/s for inductance L = 20 mH and resistance R = 10
. The uncertainties in the measurement of L and R are 0.8 mH and 0.3
, respectively. The percentage uncertainty in the measurement of quality factor is ______% (rounded off to one decimal place).Log in to check the answer
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For the circuit shown in the figure, the active power supplied by the source is ______ W (rounded off to one decimal place).

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