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Identify the feedback structure before forming the transfer function. Check the characteristic equation and stability conditions before calculating steady-state behaviour.

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Official PYQ2015Control SystemsNAT · 1 mark
A unity negative feedback system has the open-loop transfer function G(s)=Ks(s+1)(s+3)G(s) = \frac{K}{s(s+1)(s+3)}. The value of the gain K(>0)K (>0) at which the root locus crosses the imaginary axis is ________
Official PYQ2015Control SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
For the signal flow graph shown in the figure, the value of C(s)R(s)\dfrac{C(s)}{R(s)} is
Official PYQ2015Control SystemsNAT · 1 mark
Consider the Bode plot shown in the figure. Assume that all the poles and zeros are real-valued. The value of fH –fL (in Hz)f_{H}\: – f_{L}\:( \text{in}\: Hz) is ___________.
Official PYQ2015Control SystemsNAT · 2 marks
For the system shown in the figure, s=−2.75s=-2.75 lies on the root locus if KK is _______.
Official PYQ2015Control SystemsNAT · 2 marks
A 200 m200\: m long transmission line having parameters shown in the figure is terminated into a load ܴRLR_{L}. The line is connected to a 400 V400\: V source having source resistance RSR_{S} through a switch, which is closed at t=0.t = 0. The transient response of the circuit at the input of the line (z=0)(z = 0) is also drawn in the figure. The value of …
Official PYQ2014Control SystemsNAT · 1 mark
Consider two real valued signals, x(t)x(t) band-limited to [−500 Hz,500 Hz][-500\:Hz,500\:Hz] and y(t)y(t) band-limited to [−1 kHz,1 kHz].[-1\:kHz,1\:kHz]. For z(t)=x(t)⋅y(t),z(t) = x(t)\cdot y(t), the Nyquist sampling frequency (in kHzkHz) is _______.
Official PYQ2014Control SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
Consider the feedback system shown in the figure. The Nyquist plot of G(s)G(s) is also shown. Which one of the following conclusions is correct?
Official PYQ2014Control SystemsNAT · 2 marks
The phase margin in degrees of G(s)=10(s+0.1)(s+1)(s+10)G(s) = \dfrac{10}{(s+0.1)(s+1)(s+10)} calculated using the asymptotic Bode plot is ______.
Official PYQ2014Control SystemsNAT · 1 mark
The natural frequency of an undamped second-order system is 4040 rad/s. If the system is damped with a damping ratio 0.30.3, the damped natural frequency in rad/srad/s is ___________.
Official PYQ2014Control SystemsNAT · 2 marks
A series LCR circuit is operated at a frequency different from its resonant frequency. The operating frequency is such that the current leads the supply voltage. The magnitude of current is half the value at resonance. If the values of L, C and R are 11 H, 11 F and 1Ω1 \Omega, respectively, the operating angular frequency (in rad/s) is _________.
Official PYQ2014Control SystemsNAT · 2 marks
The Bode asymptotic magnitude plot of a minimum phase system is shown in the figure. If the system is connected in a unity negative feedback configuration, the steady state error of the closed loop system, to a unit ramp input, is _________.
Official PYQ2014Control SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
In a Bode magnitude plot, which one of the following slopes would be exhibited at high frequencies by a 44th order all-pole system?
Official PYQ2014Control SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
For the second order closed-loop system shown in the figure, the natural frequency (in rad/s) is
Official PYQ2013Control SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
The Bode plot of a transfer function G(s)G(s) is shown in the figure below. The gain (20log⁡∣G(s)∣)(20\log \mid G(s)\mid) is 32 dB32\:dB and −8 dB-8\:dB at 1 rad/s1\:rad/s and 10 rad/s10\:rad/s respectively. The phase is negative for all ω.\omega. Then G(s)G(s) is
Official PYQ2013Control SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
Assuming zero initial condition, the response y(t)y(t) of the system given below to a unit step input u(t)u(t) is
Official PYQ2013Control SystemsMCQ · 2 marks
The signal flow graph for a system is given below. The transfer function Y(s)U(s)\dfrac{Y(s)}{U(s)} for this system is
Official PYQ2013Control SystemsMCQ · 2 marks
The state diagram of a system is shown below. A system is described by the state-variable equations X˙=AX+Bu;  y=CX+Du\dot{X}= AX+Bu;\:\: y = CX+Du The state transition matrix eAte^{At} of the system shown in the figure above is
Official PYQ2006Control SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
The open-loop transfer function of a unity-gain feedback control system is given by G(s)=K(s+1)(s+2)\text{G}(s)=\frac{\text{K}}{(s+1)(s+2)} The gain margin of the system in dB\text{dB} is given by
Official PYQ2006Control SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
In the system shown below, x(t)=(sin⁡t)u(t)x(t)=(\sin t) u(t). In steady-steady-state, the response y(t)y(t) will be
Official PYQ2006Control SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
Consider the function f(t)f(t) having Laplace transform F(s)=ω0s2+ω02Re⁡[s]>0\text{F}(s)=\frac{\omega_0}{s^2+\omega_0^2} \operatorname{Re}[s]>0 The final value of f(t)f(t) would be