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1) Which terminology deals ANSWER: (b) Automatic 9) The output signal is fed
with the excitation or electric iron back at the input side from
stimulus applied to the the _________point
system from an external 5) How is an output a. Summing
source for the generation of represented in the control b. Differential
an output? systems? c. Take-off
a. Input signal a. r(t) d. All of the above
b. Output signal b. c(t) ANSWER: (c) Take-off
c. Error signal c. x(t)
d. Feedback signal d. y(t) 10) In a parallel
ANSWER: (a) Input signal ANSWER: (b) c(t) combination, the direction of
flow of signals through
2) Which among the 6) The output is said to be blocks in parallel must
following is not an advantage zero state response because resemble to the main _______
of an open loop system? ______conditions are made a. Forward
a. Simplicity in construction equal to zero. b. Feedback
& design a. Initial c. Opposite
b. Easy maintenance b. Final d. Diagonal
c. Rare problems of stability c. Steady state ANSWER: (a) Forward
d. Requirement of system d. Impulse response
recalibration from time to ANSWER: (a) Initial 11) While shifting a take-off
time 7) Basically, poles of transfer point after the summing
ANSWER: (d) Requirement of function are the laplace point, which among the
system recalibration from transform variable values following should be added?
time to time which causes the transfer a. Summing point in series
function to become ___________ with take-off point
3) Which notation a. Zero b. Summing point in parallel
represents the feedback path b. Unity with take-off point
in closed loop system c. Infinite c. Block of reciprocal transfer
representation? d. Average value function
a. b(t) ANSWER:(c) Infinite d. Block of inverse transfer
b. c(t) function
c. e(t) 8) By equating the ANSWER: (a) Summing point
d. r(t) denominator of transfer in series with take-off point
ANSWER: (a) b(t) function to zero, which
among the following will be 12) Consider the assertions
4) Which among the obtained? related to block diagram.
following represents an a. Poles Which among them
illustration of closed loop b. Zeros represents the precise
system? c. Both a and b condition?
a. Automatic washing d. None of the above A. Block diagram is used for
machine ANSWER: (a) Poles analysis & design of control
b. Automatic electric iron system.
c. Bread toaster B. Block diagram also
d. Electric hand drier provides the information
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regarding the physical c. Both a and b c. Acceleration

construction of the system. d. None of the above d. Retardation
ANSWER: (a) At input & ANSWER: (a) Position
a. A is true, B is false output nodes
b. A is false, B is true 21) On the basis of an
c. Both A & B are true 17) According to the output response, into how
d. Both A & B are false property of impulse test many parts can the s-plane be
ANSWER: (a) A is true, B is signal, what is the value of an divided?
false impulse at t = 0? a. 2
a. Zero b. 3
13) In a signal flow graph, b. Unity c. 4
nodes are represented by c. Infinite d. 6
small _____ d. Unpredictable ANSWER: (b) 3
a. Circles ANSWER: (c) Infinite
b. Squares 22) If the complex conjugate
c. Arrows 18) What is the value of poles are located at RHP,
d. Pointers parabolic input in Laplace what would be the nature of
ANSWER: (a) Circles domain? corresponding impulse
a. 1 response?
14) According to signal flow b. A/s a. Exponential
graph, which among the c. A/s2 b. Damping oscillations
following represents the d. A/s3 c. Increasing amplifier
relationship between nodes ANSWER: (d) A/s3 d. Constant amplitude
by drawing a line between oscillations
them? 19) Which among the ANSWER: (c) Increasing
a. Branch following is/are an/the amplifier
b. Self-loop illustration/s of a sinusoidal
c. Semi-node input? 23) Which among the
d. Mesh a. Setting the temperature of following are solely
ANSWER: (a) Branch an air conditioner responsible in determining
b. Input given to an elevator the speed of response of
15) Which type of node c. Checking the quality of control system?
comprises incoming as well as speakers of music system a. Poles
outgoing branches? d. All of the above b. Zeros
a. Source node ANSWER: (c) Checking the c. Speed of input
b. Sink node quality of speakers of music d. All of the above
c. Chain node system ANSWER: (a) Poles
d. Main node
ANSWER: (c) Chain node 20) If a system is subjected 24) If a pole is located at s =
to step input, which type of -5 in left-hand plane (LHP),
16) Where are the dummy static error coefficient how will it be represented in
nodes added in the branch performs the function of Laplace domain?
with unity gain? controlling steady state error? a. 1/ s + 5
a. At input & output nodes a. Position b. 1/ s – 5
b. Between chain nodes b. Velocity
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c. s/ s + 5 ANSWER: (a) c(t) = B sin (ωt a. Internal disturbances

d. s/ s – 5 + Φ) b. Environmental parameters
ANSWER: (a) 1/ s + 5 c. Parametric variations
35) Conventional control d. Input signals (except noise)
25) In second order system, theory is applicable to ______ ANSWER: (d) Input signals
which among the following systems (except noise)
remains independent of gain a. SISO
(k)? b. MIMO 45) For the transfer function
a. Open loop poles c. Time varying given below, where does the
b. Closed loop poles d. Non-linear zero of the system lie?
c. Both a and b ANSWER: (a) SISO G(s) = 5s -1 / s2 + 5s + 4
d. None of the above a. s = -1 & s = -1/4
ANSWER: (a) Open loop poles 41) Which among the b. s = -4 & s = -1
following controls the speed c. s = 1/5
28) While specifying the of D.C. motor? d. s = -1/5
angle and magnitude a. Galvanometer ANSWER: (c) s = 1/5
conditions, angles are added b. Gauss meter
whereas magnitudes get c. Potentiometer 46) If a signal is passed
________ d. Tachometer through an integrator, it
a. Subtracted ANSWER: (d) Tachometer _____the amplitude of noise
b. Multiplied signal.
c. Divided 42) Into which energy signal a. Enhances
d. All of the above does the position sensor b. Reduces
ANSWER: (b) Multiplied convert the measured c. Stabilizes
position of servomotor in d. Factorizes
29) The magnitude & phase servomechanisms? ANSWER: (b) Reduces
relationship between a. Mechanical
_________input and the steady b. Electrical 47) Laplace transform of an
state output is called as c. Thermal impulse response is regarded
frequency domain. d. Light as _____function of the system
a. Step ANSWER: (b) Electrical a. Analytic
b. Ramp b. Parabolic
c. Sinusoidal 43) What is the value of c. Transfer
d. Parabolic steady state error in closed d. Hypothetical
ANSWER: (c) Sinusoidal loop control systems? ANSWER: (c) Transfer
a. Zero
30) If a linear system is b. Unity 48) The fundamental
subjected to an input r(t) = c. Infinity function of a tachometer is
Asin(ωt), what output will be d. Unpredictable the conversion of angular
generated? ANSWER: (a) Zero _______ into voltage
a. c(t) = B sin (ωt + Φ) a. Velocity
b. c(t) = B cos (ωt + Φ) 44) A good control system b. Displacement
c. c(t) = B tan (ωt + Φ) should be sensitive to c. Acceleration
d. c(t) = B cot (ωt + Φ) __________ d. Current
ANSWER: (a) Velocity
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53) In a signal flow graph

49) If finite number of method, how is an overall 57) In time domain system,
blocks are connected in series transfer function of a system which response has its
or cascade configuration, obtained? existence even after an
then how are the blocks a. Poisson’s equation extinction of transient
combined algebraically? b. Block diagram reduction response?
a. By addition rules a. Step response
b. By multiplication c. Mason’s equation b. Impulse response
c. By differentiation d. Lagrange’s equation c. Steady state response
d. By integration ANSWER: (c) Mason’s d. All of the above
ANSWER: (b) By equation ANSWER: (c) Steady state
multiplication response
54) While solving signal flow
50) Associative law for graph using Mason’s gain 58) Which among the
summing point is applicable equation, what does the following is represented by a
only to those summing points second letter in two subscript parabolic input signal?
which are __________connected notation of ‘L’ stand for? a. Position
to each other. a. Serial number of loop b. Force
a. Directly b. Parallel number of loop c. Velocity
b. Indirectly c. Number of touching loops d. Acceleration
c. Orthogonally d. Number of non-touching ANSWER: (d) Acceleration
d. Diagonally loops
ANSWER: (a) Directly ANSWER: (d) Number of non- 59) Type 0 systems are
touching loops unsuitable ___________
51) For the elimination of a. For ramp inputs
feedback loops, the 55) For which systems are b. If the input is parabolic in
derivation based on transfer the signal flow graphs nature
function of ______ loop is used. applicable? c. Both a and b
a. Open a. Causal d. None of the above
b. Closed b. Invertible ANSWER: (c) Both a and b
c. Both a and b c. Linear time invariant
d. None of the above system 60) If a type 0 system is
ANSWER: (b) Closed d. Dynamic subjected to step input, what
ANSWER: (c) Linear time is its effect on steady state
52) In block diagram invariant system error?
representation, what do the a. It increases continuously
lines connecting the blocks, 56) Two loops are said to be b. It remains constant
known as? non-touching only if no c. It decreases monotonically
a. Branches common ______exists between d. It gets subjected to another
b. Nodes them. input
c. Datums a. Loop ANSWER: (b) It remains
d. Sources b. Feedback path constant
ANSWER:(a) Branches c. Branch
d. Node 61) Consider that the pole is
ANSWER: (d) Node located at origin and its
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laplace representation is 1/s. function in frequency interconnected units of state

What would be the nature of domain? diagram representation?
pole response? a. Replacement of ‘jω’ by ‘s’ a. Scalars
a. Rising exponential b. Replacement of ‘s’ by ‘ω’ b. Adders
b. Decaying exponential c. Replacement of ‘s’ by ‘jω’ c. Integrators
c. Sinusoidal d. Replacement of ‘ω’ by ‘s’ d. All of the above
d. Constant value ANSWER: (c) Replacement of ANSWER: (d) All of the above
ANSWER: (d) Constant value ‘s’ by ‘jω’
76) Which among the
62) In accordance to relative 71) According to the following plays a crucial role
stability, the settling time principle of log-scales, if the in determining the state of
exhibits inversely ratio between two points is dynamic system?
proportional nature to same, then the two points get a. State variables
________parts of roots ________equally. b. State vector
a. Real positive a. United c. State space
b. Real negative b. Separated d. State scalar
c. Imaginary positive c. Multiplexed ANSWER: (a) State variables
d. Imaginary negative d. Mixed
ANSWER: (b) Real negative ANSWER: (b) Separated 77) In P-D controller, the
derivative action plays a
63) In Routh array, if zero is 72) If a pole is located at significant role in increasing
found in the first column, origin, how does it get _______ of response.
then by which term it needs represented on the a. Time
to be replaced? magnitude plot? b. Distance
a. δ a. -10 log (ω) dB c. Speed
b. η b. -20 log (ω) dB d. Volume
c. σ c. -40 log (ω) dB ANSWER:(c) Speed
d. ε d. -60 log (ω) dB
ANSWER: (d) ε ANSWER: (b) -20 log (ω) dB 78) In addition to storage
instructions, PLC controls
64) In a second order 74) Consider the system __________
system, if the damping ratio represented by the equation a. Logic sequence timing
is greater than equal to ‘1’, given below. What would be b. Counting
then what would be the the total phase value at ω = c. Arithmetic operations
nature of roots? 0? d. All of the above
a. Imaginary 200/ [s3 (s + 3) (s + 6) (s + ANSWER: (d) All of the above
b. Real and equal 10)]
c. Real but not equal a. -90° 79) Which is the correct
d. Complex conjugate b. -180° sequence of operational steps
ANSWER: (c) Real but not c. -270° necessary for proper
equal d. -360° operation of an elevator (lift)
ANSWER: (c) -270° control mechanism?
70) How is the sinusoidal 1. Up switch
transfer function obtained 75) Which among the 2. Stop switch
from the system transfer following are the
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3. Down switch 84) Which among the c. Greater than

4. Start switch following are the elements of d. None of the above
rotational motion? ANSWER: (b) Equal to
a. 1-2-3-4 a. Mass, Spring, Friction
b. 2-1-4-3 b. Inertia, Damper, Spring 88) In signal flow graph, the
c. 4-2-1-3 c. Work, Energy, Power product of all ______gains
d. 3-1-2-4 d. Force, Pressure, Viscocity while going through a
ANSWER: (c) 4-2-1-3 ANSWER: (b) Inertia, Damper, forward path is known as
Spring ‘Path gain’.
80) How many digital inputs a. Branch
are present in PLCs? 85) Match the following b. Path
a. 4 notations with their c. Node
b. 8 meanings: d. Loop
c. 16 A. G(s) ———- 1) Laplace of ANSWER: (a) Branch
d. 32 error signal
ANSWER: (c) 16 B. H(s) ———- 2) Laplace of 89) If a type 1 system is
output signal subjected to parabolic input,
81) Which system exhibits C. C(s) ———- 3) Forward what will be the value of
the initiation of corrective transfer function steady state error?
action only after the output D. E(s) ———- 4) Feedback a. 0
gets affected? transfer function b. 100
a. Feed forward c. Constant k
b. Feedback a. A- 2, B- 3, C- 1, D- 4 d. Infinite
c. Both a and b b. A- 3, B- 4, C- 2, D- 1 ANSWER: (d) Infinite
d. None of the above c. A- 2, B- 3, C- 4, D- 1
ANSWER: (b) Feedback d. A- 1, B- 2, C- 3, D- 4 90) On which factor does the
ANSWER: (b) A- 3, B- 4, C- 2, steady state error of the
82) What should be the D- 1 system depend?
nature of bandwidth for a a. Order
good control system? 86) At summing point, more b. Type
a. Large than one signal can be added c. Size
b. Small or _________ d. Prototype
c. Medium a. Subtracted ANSWER: (b) Type
d. All of the above b. Multiplied
ANSWER: (a) Large c. Both a and b 91) Consider the equation
d. None of the above S3 + 3s2 + 5s + 2 = 0. How
83) If an impulse response of ANSWER: (a) Subtracted many roots are located in left
a system is e-5t, what would half of s-plane?
be its transfer function? 87) The value of variables at a. Zero
a. 1/ s – 5 each node is _________the b. Two
b. 1/ s + 5 algebraic sum of all signals c. Three
c. (s+1) / (s+5) arriving at that node. d. Four
d. (s2 – 5s)/ (s-5) a. Less than ANSWER: (c) Three
ANSWER: (b) 1/ s + 5 b. Equal to
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92) If the system is 98) If the resonant peak is a. Resonant frequency

represented by characteristic estimated to be ‘5’, which b. Cut-off frequency
equation s6 + s4 + s3 + s2 + s + among the following would c. Gain crossover frequency
3 = 0, then the system be the correct value of d. Phase crossover frequency
is_________ damping? ANSWER: (c) Gain crossover
a. Stable a. ξ = 0.3 frequency
b. Unstable b. ξ = 1
c. Marginally stable c. ξ = 3.2 103) If the phase angle at
d. Unpredictable d. ξ = 5.55 gain crossover frequency is
ANSWER: (b) Unstable ANSWER: (a) ξ = 0.3 estimated to be -105°, what
99) If a system is said to will be the value of phase
95) If ‘ξ’ approaches to zero, have a damping ξ = 0.5532 margin of the system?
the peak resonance would with the natural frequency a. 23°
________ ωn = 2 rad/sec, what will be b. 45°
a. Also be zero the value of resonant c. 60°
b. Be unity frequency (ωr)? d. 75°
c. Tend to infinity a. 1.2456 rad/s ANSWER: (d) 75°
d. Become equal to peak b. 1.7352 rad/s
overshoot c. 2.3421 rad/s 104) The system is said to be
ANSWER: (c) Tend to infinity d. 3.66 rad/s marginally stable, if gain
ANSWER: (a) 1.2456 rad/s margin is ______
96) At which condition of ‘ξ’, a. 0
resonant peak does not exist 100) In frequency response, b. 1
and its maximum value is the resonance frequency is c. +∞
considered to be unity along basically a measure of _______ d. None of the above
with zero resonant of response. ANSWER: (c) +∞
frequency? a. Speed
a. 0 < ξ < 0.707 b. Distance 105) If the constant ‘k’ is
b. ξ > 0.707 c. Angle positive, then what would be
c. ξ = 0 d. Curvature its contribution on the phase
d. ξ = 1 ANSWER: (a) Speed plot?
ANSWER: (b) ξ > 0.707 a. 0°
101) The frequency at which b. 45°
97) If the damping of the the phase of the system c. 90°
system becomes equal to acquires ____ is known as d. 180°
zero, which condition of the ‘Phase crossover frequency’. ANSWER: (a) 0°
resonant frequency is likely to a. 90°
occur? b. -90° 106) If the unity feedback
a. ωr = ωd c. 180° system is given by the open
b. ωr > ωn d. -180° loop transfer function G(s) =
c. ωr < ωn ANSWER: (d) -180° ks2 / [(1 + 0.3s) (1+ 0.05s)],
d. ωr = ωn what would be the initial
ANSWER: (d) ωr = ωn 102) At which frequency slope of magnitude plot?
does the magnitude of the a. 20 dB/decade
system becomes zero dB? b. 40 dB/decade
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c. 60 dB/decade 111) If a Nyquist plot of G 115) Which mechanism in

d. Unpredictable (jω) H (jω) for a closed loop control engineering implies
ANSWER: (b) 40 dB/decade system passes through (-2, j0) an ability to measure the
point in GH plane, what state by taking measurements
107) If the system is would be the value of gain at output?
represented by G(s) H(s) = k margin of the system in dB? a. Controllability
(s+7) / s (s +3) (s + 2), what a. 0 dB b. Observability
would be its magnitude at ω b. 2.0201 dB c. Differentiability
= ∞? c. 4 dB d. Adaptability
a. 0 d. 6.0205 dB ANSWER: (b) Observability
b. ∞ ANSWER: (d) 6.0205 dB
c. 7/10 116) According to the
d. 21 112) Which principle property of state transition
ANSWER: (a) 0 specifies the relationship method, e0 is equal to _____
between enclosure of poles & a. I
108) According to Nyquist zeros by s-plane contour and b. A
stability criterion, where the encirclement of origin by c. e-At
should be the position of all q(s) plane contour? d. -eAt
zeros of q(s) corresponding a. Argument ANSWER: (a) I
to s-plane? b. Agreement
a. On left half c. Assessment 117) Which among the
b. At the center d. Assortment following is a disadvantage of
c. On right half ANSWER: (a) Argument modern control theory?
d. Random a. Implementation of optimal
ANSWER: (a) On left half 113) Which among the design
following constitute the state b. Transfer function can also
109) Consider a feedback model of a system in addition be defined for different initial
system with gain margin of to state equations? conditions
about 30. At what point does a. Input equations c. Analysis of all systems take
Nyquist plot crosses negative b. Output equations place
real axis? c. State trajectory d. Necessity of computational
a. -3 d. State vector work
b. -0.3 ANSWER: (b) Output ANSWER: (d) Necessity of
c. -30 equations computational work
d. -0.03
ANSWER:(b) -0.3 114) State model 118) Which among the
representation is possible following is a unique model
110) For Nyquist contour, using _________ of a system?
the size of radius is _______ a. Physical variables a. Transfer function
a. 25 b. Phase variables b. State variable
b. 0 c. Canonical state variables c. Both a and b
c. 1 d. All of the above d. None of the above
d. ∞ ANSWER: (d) All of the above ANSWER: (a) Transfer
ANSWER:(d) ∞ function
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119) Which architectural

unit/block of PLC decides the
sequence of different
operations to be executed by
means of instructions written
in memory?
a. Memory
b. Programming software
c. I/O interface
d. CPU
ANSWER: (d) CPU

120) Which among the

following units of PLC is
adopted to convey the
control plan to CPU?
a. Memory
b. Power supply unit
c. I/O interface
d. Programming software
ANSWER: (d) Programming
software