GATE Electrical Engineering (EE) Question Papers 2024: Answer Keys, Previous Years PDF

GATE Electrical Engineering (EE) Question Papers have been released on the official website by the exam authorities. It helps students practice questions related to the most important topics.

It also helps in the understanding the pattern of GATE exam 2024, question trends along with required strategic planning to get good scores in the examination. 

Table of Contents

• GATE EE Question Papers with Answer Keys PDF 2024
• GATE EE Previous Year Question Papers with Answer Keys PDF
• Top 20+ GATE EE Questions with Solution 2024
• GATE Exam Pattern 2024

GATE EE Question Papers with Answer Keys PDF 2024

GATE Electrical Engineering question papers with answer keys have been released by the official authorities on the GATE 2024 website. Candidates can find the GATE EE question paper and Answer Key PDF 2024 stated below.

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GATE EE Previous Year Question Papers with Answer Keys PDF

GATE Electrical Engineering (EE) question papers with answer keys containing the most essential topics like Voltage, Current and Resistance, Ohm's Law, Energy and Power, Series Circuits, Parallel Circuits, Series-Parallel Circuits, Circuit Theorems and Conversions, Branch, Loop and Node Analysis forming one of the important part of GATE syllabus.

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Top 20+ GATE EE Question with Solution 2024

Top 20+ GATE Electrical Engineering question with answer keys PDF containing most essential topics like Magnetism and Electromagnetism, Alternating Current and Voltage, Capacitors, Inductors, Transformers, RC Circuits, RL Circuits, RLC Circuits and Resonance.

The link of the PDF of top 20+ GATE Electrical Engineering questions with answer keys are linked below by clicking on it:

Que1. Resistance is measured in

1. henries
2. ohms
3. hertz
4. Watts

Ans. Option B

Que2. The formula to find I when the values of V and R are known is

1. I = VR
2. I = R/V
3. V = IR
4. I = V/R

Ans. Option D

Que3. A resistor is connected across a 50 V source. What is the current in the resistor if the colour code is red, orange, orange, or silver?

1. 2 mA
2. 2.2 mA
3. 214 mA
4. 21.4 mA

Ans. Option B

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Que4. When the pointer of an analogue ohmmeter reads close to zero, the resistor being measured is

1. overheated
2. shorted
3. open
4. Reversed

Ans. Option B

Que5. A certain appliance uses 350 W. If it is allowed to run continuously for 24 days, how many kilowatt-hours of energy does it consume?

1. 20.16 kWh
2. 201.6 kWh
3. 2.01 kWh
4. 8.4 kWh

Ans. Option B

Que6. The currents flow into a junction along two paths. One current is 4 A, and the other is 3 A. The total current out of the junction is

1. 1 A
2. 7 A
3. unknown
4. the larger of the two

Ans. Option B

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Que7. When an additional resistor is connected across an existing parallel circuit, the total resistance

1. remains the same
2. decreases by the value of the added resistor
3. increases by the value of the added resistor
4. decreases

Ans. Option D

Que8. If there is a total of 120 mA in a parallel circuit consisting of three branches, and two of the branch currents are 40 mA and 10 mA, the third branch current is

1. 50 mA
2. 70 mA
3. 120 mA
4. 40 mA

Ans. Option B

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Que9. The conductive loop on the rotor of a simple two-pole, single-phase generator rotates at a rate of 400 rps. The frequency of the induced output voltage is

1. 40 Hz
2. 100 Hz
3. 400 Hz
4. indeterminable

Ans. Option C

Que10. To produce an 800 Hz sine wave, a four-pole generator must be operated at

1. 200 rps
2. 400 rps
3. 800 rps
4. 1,600 rps

Ans. Option B

Que11. In a certain parallel resonant band-pass filter, the resonant frequency is 14 kHz. If the bandwidth is 4 kHz, the lower frequency

1. 7 kHz
2. 10 kHz
3. 12 kHz
4. cannot be determined

Ans. Option C

Que12. In a series resonant band-pass filter, a lower value of Q results in

1. a higher resonant frequency
2. a smaller bandwidth
3. a higher impedance
4. a larger bandwidth

Ans. Option D

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Que13. The maximum output voltage of a certain low-pass filter is 15 V. The output voltage at the critical frequency is

1. 0 V
2. 15 V
3. 10.60 V
4. 21.21 V

Ans. Option C

Que14. Referring to Problem 15, what is the output voltage magnitude if the input voltage is a 6 V sine wave with a DC level of 10 V?

1. 6 V
2. 597 mV
3. 5.97 V
4. 0 V

Ans. Option C

Que15. When a 15 V input pulse with a width equal to two-time constants is applied to an RC integrator, the capacitor charges to

1. 15 V
2. 12.9 V
3. 8.6 V
4. 19.45 V

Ans. Option B

Que16. In a three-phase system, the voltages are separated by

1. 45°
2. 90°
3. 120°
4. 180°

Ans. Option C

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Que17. In a three-phase system, when the loads are perfectly balanced, the neutral current is

1. zero
2. one-third of maximum
3. two-thirds of maximum
4. at maximum

Ans. Option A

Que18. In a certain three-wire Y-connected generator, the phase voltages are 2 kV. The magnitudes of the line voltages are

1. 2,000 V
2. 6,000 V
3. 666 V
4. 3,464 V

Ans. Option D

Que19. In a Y-Y source/load configuration, the

1. phase current, the line current, and the load current are all equal in each phase
2. phase current, the line current, and the load current are 120° out of phase
3. phase current and the line current are in phase, and both are 120° out of phase with the load current
4. line current and the load current are in phase, and both are out of phase with the phase current

Ans. Option A

Que20. In a Y-connected circuit, the magnitude of each line current is

1. one-third of the phase's current
2. three times the corresponding phase current
3. equal to the corresponding phase current
4. zero

Ans. Option C

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Que21. A constant load power means a uniform conversion of

1. mechanical to electrical energy
2. electrical to mechanical energy
3. current to voltage
4. voltage to current

Ans. Option B

Que22. A two-phase generator is connected to two 90-load resistors. Each coil generates 120 V AC. A common neutral line exists. How much current flows through the common neutral line?

1. 1.33 A
2. 1.88 A
3. 2.66 A
4. 1.77 A

Ans. Option D

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GATE Exam Pattern 2024

The conducting board has issued the GATE test pattern 2024 for all 30 papers. MCQs, MSQs, and NAT questions make up the GATE 2024 test design. The exam lasts three hours or 180 minutes. 

• General aptitude will receive 15 marks in papers AR, CY, DA, EY, GG, MA, PH, ST, XH, and XL, and subject questions will receive 85 marks.
• There will be 65 questions in the test. The total mark is 100. Engineering and general aptitude: About 28% of the total points for the examinations will come from mathematics.
• For incorrect MCQ responses, there is a negative marking in GATE; for 1-mark MCQ, 1/3 mark will be deducted, and for 2-mark MCQ, 2/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.

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