ADITYA ENGINEERING COLLEGE

(Affiliated to JNTK, Approved by AICTE, and Accredited by NBA)

NAME OF THE SUBJECT : CONTROL SYSTEMS

NAME OF THE FACULTY: V.SATYANARAYANA
DEPARTMENT : ECE
OBJECTIVE QUESTION PAPER -1

1 . which statement is not correct for open loop control system ?

( a) Simple construction and ease of maintenance
( b ) Less expensive
( c ) To maintain the required quality in the output , recaliberation is not required
( d ) Disturbances cause errors

2 . In a system , if forward gain is 76 an done fourth of the voltage is feedback , the output error is
( a) 5 percent of the error with out feedback
( b ) 20 percent of the error without feed back
( c ) 15 percent of the error with out feed back
( d ) 10 percent of the error with out feed back

3 . In a negative feed back system with loop gain T , the noise ( N ) as input to the amplifier leads to ( S
=Signal )
( a) No effect on S/Nratio
( b ) increase in S/N ratio by ( 1- T )
( c ) decrease i n S/N ratio by ( 1 +T )
( d ) decrease in S/N ratio by ( 1 - T )

4 . The describing equation of a mass damper spring system is given by 2d 2x/dt2 + dx/dt + 0.5x =f( t )
.Where f( t ) is the external force acting on the system and x is the displacement of mass . The steady state
displacement corresponding to a force of 2 Newtons is given by
( a) 4 m
(b)2m
( c ) 0 .25 m
( d ) 0 .5m

5 . A rotational system is described by the first order differential equation 2dw / dt + w = 5. where the right
hand side gives the constant torque acting on the system and ‘ w ’ represents the angular velocity. The solution
for w is given by
( a) 5 e - t/2
( b ) 5( 1 - e t /2 )
( c ) 5( 1 + e - t/ 2 )
(d)5

6 . Which of the following is disadvantage of a dc servo motor ?

( a) It requires high starting torque
( b ) It requires high storing Torque , draws large currents and its speed regulation is poor
( c ) It draws large currents
( d ) Its speed regulation is poor
 7 . The transfer function is (1+0.5s) /( 1+ s ) . It represents a
( a) lead network
( b ) proportional controller
( c ) lag-lead network
( d ) lag network

8 . Two blocks having respective functions as G1 and G2 are connected in series cascade . Their resultant will
be
( a) G2 /G1
( b ) G1 /G2
( c ) G1G2
( d ) G1 + G2

9 . The product of the branch gains of the loop is

( a) feed back path gain
( b ) For ward path gain
( c ) path gain
( d ) loop gain

10. Natural frequency of a unity feed back control system of transfer function G( s ) = 10 /s( s + 1 ) is
( a) 3 . 16 rad /s e c
( b ) 4 . 16 rad /s e c
( c ) 0 . 5 rad / s e c
( d ) 4 . 6 rad / s e c

1 1. The characteristic equation of the second order system is given by s2 +2 ξ ¸wns + wn2= 0.If ξ = 0.1,
the s are
( a) + or - j w 0
( b ) + or - j ¸c w 0 2
( c ) + or - j w 0 2
( d ) + or - j¸c w 0

1 2. A unity feed back system has transfer function G(s) = 9 /S( s + 3 )

(a) damping ratio= 0 . 6
(b) damping ratio= 0. 8
( c) natural frequency = 9
(d) natural frequency = 3

1 3. The type 0 system has at the origin

( a) simple
( b ) n o pole
( c ) two poles
( d ) net pole

1 4. Error constant of the system are a measure of

( a) steady state as well transient response
( b ) transient state response
( c ) relative stability
( d ) steady state response
1 5. The number of operational amplifier required to design an electric PID - controller is
( a) 4
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 3

1 6. A system has some roots with real parts equal to zero, but none with positive real part is
( a) absolutely unstable
( b ) absolutely stable
( c ) marginally stable
( d ) relatively stable

1 7. Given ,G(s) =1/s (1 +6 s ) the system is

( a) unstable
( b ) marginally stable
( c ) unconditionally stable
( d ) stable

1 8. which of the following statements is not true for root locus technique
( a) it is most useful for single - input and single - out put system
(b) it provides the pattern of movement of closed- loop poles when open-loop gain varies
(c) it is used to obtain closed - loop pole configuration from open - loop poles and zeros
(d) can’t tell from the options given

1 9. The transfer function is K /( s + 1)( s + 2)( s + 3) then , the break away point will be between
( a) Beyond - 3
(b) -1 and -2
(c) 0 and -1
(d) -2 and -3

2 0. Adding a zero very close to origin in the T.F has impact on

( a) impulse response
( b) transient response
( c ) steady state response
( d ) no effect on response

Answers : 1 -C, 2 –A,3 –C,4 –A,5- B,6- B,7- D, 8 –C,9- D,10- A,

11- A,12- D,13- B,14- D,15- B,16- C,17- B,18- D,19- B,20- B.
 ADITYA ENGINEERING COLLEGE
(Affiliated to JNTK, Approved by AICTE, and Accredited by NBA)

NAME OF THE SUBJECT : CONTROL SYSTEMS

NAME OF THE FACULTY: V.SATYANARAYANA
DEPARTMENT : ECE
OBJECTIVE QUESTION PAPER -2

1. THe polar plot is drawn as

a) Decibel versus w
b) secibel versus log w
c) Decibel versus phase angle
d) Magnitude and pahse incoparated in the x-y pleane

2. For a transfer function with pure transportation lag, the polar plot is
a) A semicircle with center at(-1,o) and radius 1 in the clockwise direction
b) A simicircle with center at(-1,0) and radius 1 in the anti clockwise direction
c) A circle with origin as the center and radius 1 in the clockwise direction
d) Polar plot does not exit

3. for a transfer function with pure transportation lag , the Bode magnitude plot is a
a) Horizontal straight line with 0 dB/dec.slope starting from 0 dB height
b) Horizontal straight line with 0 dB/dec. slope starting from +10 dB height
c) Horizontal straight line with 0 dB/dec. slope starting from-10 dB height
d) 20 dB/dec. straight line

4. The Bode magnitude plot is drawn as

a) decible versus w
b) decible versus log w
c) decible versus log10(w)
d) magnitude versus w

5. A system is said to be a stable if

a) Area under the impluse response curve is finite
b) Area under the step response curve is finite
c) Area under the ramp response curve is finite
d) none of the above

6. A closed loop system is said to be a stable if

a) all the poles of openloop transfer function is lie in LHP
b) all the zeros of openloop transfer function is lie in HRP
c) all the zeros of the characteristic equation lie in LHP
d) all the poles of the characteristic equation lie in LHP

G
7.The polar plot of a closed-loop system with a transfer function is drawn for
1 + GH
 G
a)G b)1+GH c)GH d)
1 + GH

8. The gain of a system is 10 at some frequency. In terms of db ,it is

a)0db b)1db c)20db d)100db
9. 20db/decade corresponds to
a)3db/octave b)6db/octave c) 9db/octave d) 20db/octave

10. if the gain of the open-loop system is doubled , the gain margin
a)is not affected b)gets doubled c)becomes half d)becomes one fourth
11. A lag network for compensation normally consists of
a)R only b)R and C elements c)R and L elements d)R,L and C elements
1 + 0.5s
12. The transfer function is . It represents a
1+ s
a)lead network b)lag network c)lead-lag network d)proportional controller
13. A network has a pole at s= -1 and a zero at s= -2. If this network is excited why sinusoidal
input ,the output
a)leads the input b)lags the input
c)is in phase with input d)decays exponentially to zero
14. In a system with rotating mass ,the time constant of the system can be decreased by
a) increasing the inertia of the system b)output rate feedback
c) increasing input to system d)reducing friction

15. In the following ,pick out the linear systems

d 2 y (t ) dy (t )
i) 2
+ a1 + a 2 y (t ) = u (t )
dt dt
dy (t )
ii) y + a1 y (t ) = a 2 u (t )
dt
d2y dy 2
iii) 2 2 + t + t y (t ) = 5
dt dt
a) (i) and (ii) b)(i) only
c) (i) and (iii) d) (ii) and (iii)
16. A unity feedback system has an open-loop transfer function
K
G(j ώ) = . The phase cross-over frequency of he nyquist plot is
jω ( j 0.2ω + 1)( j 0.05ω + 1)
given by
a) 1 rad/sec b) 100 rad/sec
c) 10 rad/sec d) 0.1 rad/sec
17. If the Nyquist plot of a certain feedback system crosses the negative real axis of -0.1
point, the gain margin of ht system is given by
a)0.1 b)10 c)100 d)1000
18. If the gain margin of a certain feedback system is given as 20 db, the Nyquist plot will cross the
negative real axis at the point
a) s = -0.05 b) s = -0.2
c) s = -0.1 d) s = -0.01
19. If the open-loop transfer function G(j ώ) of a unity feedback system has a phase angle of -150 at
the gain cross-over frequency, the phase margin of the system is equal to
 a) -1500 b) +2100
0
c) 30 d) 900
20. From the Nichol’s chart, one can determine the following quantities pertaining to
closed- loop system
a) Magnitude and phase b) bandwidth
c) Magnitude only d) a and b
ANSWERS::
1. c 2. c 3. b 4.b 5.b 6.b 7.b 8.b 9.c 10.c

11. b 12. c 13. c 14. d

Answers : 1 -D, 2 –C,3 –A,4 –C,5- A,6- C,7- C, 8 –C,9- B,10- B,

11- B,12- B,13- B,14- B,15- C,16- C,17- B,18- C,19- C,20- D.