GATE || Control Systems || PYQs (2010 to 2025)

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Question 1

The equivalent of the block diagram in the figure is given as 

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  • Screenshot-2025-08-19-150325
  • Screenshot-2025-08-19-150544
  • Screenshot-2025-08-19-150552
  • Screenshot-2025-08-19-150601

Question 2

Despite the presence of negative feedback, control systems still have problems of instability because the 

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  •  Components used have nonlinearities 

  • Dynamic equations of the systems are not known exactly

  •  Mathematical analysis involves approximations 

  •  System has large negative phase angle at high frequencies

Question 3

Negative feedback in a closed-loop control system does not
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  • reduce the overall gain

  • reduce bandwidth

  • improve disturbance rejection

  • reduce sensitivity to parameter variation

Question 4

The transfer function Y(s)/R(s) of the system shown is

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  • [Tex]\frac{1}{s + 1}[/Tex]

  • [Tex]\frac{2}{s + 1}[/Tex]

  • [Tex]\frac{2}{s + 3}[/Tex]

Question 5

For the following system,

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When X1(s) = 0, the transfer function is: Y(s) / X2(s)


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  • (s + 1) / s2

  • 1 / (s + 1)

  • (s + 2) / [s(s + 1)]

  • (s + 1) / [s(s + 2)]

Question 6

By performing cascading and/or summing differencing operations using transfer function block [Tex]G_1(s)[/Tex] and [Tex]G_2(s)[/Tex], one CANNOT realize a transfer function of the form


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  • [Tex]G_1(s)G_2(s)[/Tex]

  • [Tex]\frac{G_1(s)}{G_2(s)}[/Tex]

  • [Tex]G_1(s) \left( \frac{1}{G_1(s)} + G_2(s) \right)[/Tex]

  • [Tex]G_1(s) \left( \frac{1}{G_1(s)} - G_2(s) \right)[/Tex]

Question 7

The block diagram of a feedback control system is shown in the figure. The overall closed-loop gain G of the system is

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  • G = G1G2 / (1 + G1H1)

  • G = G1G2 / (1 + G1G2 + G1H1)

  • G = G1G2 / (1 + G1G2H1)

  • G = G1G2 / (1 + G1G2 + G1G2H1)

Question 8

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  • [Tex]H(s) = \frac{s^2 + 1}{2s^2 + 1}[/Tex]


  • [Tex]H(s) = \frac{s^2 + 1}{s^3 + 2s^2 + s + 1}[/Tex]

  • [Tex]H(s) = \frac{s + 1}{s^2 + s + 1}[/Tex]

  • [Tex]\frac{Y(s)}{X_2(s)} = \frac{\frac{1}{s}}{1 + \frac{1}{s} \cdot \frac{s}{s+1}} = \frac{s+1}{s(s+2)}[/Tex]

Question 9

The block diagram of a feedback control system is shown in the figure.

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The transfer function Y(x)/ X(s) of the system is

  • (G1 + G2) / (1 + G1H)

  • (G1 + G2 + G1G2H) / (1 + G1H)

  • G1(s)[1 / G1(s) + G2(s)]

  • G1(s)[1 / G1(s) + G2(s)]

Question 10

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  • [Tex]\frac{6}{s^2 + 29s + 6}[/Tex]

  • [Tex]\frac{6s}{s^2 + 29s + 6}[/Tex]

  • [Tex]\frac{s(s+2)}{s^{2} + 29s + 6}[/Tex]

  • [Tex]\frac{s(s+27)}{s^{2} + 29s + 6}[/Tex]

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