Control Systems forms a very important part of Electronics and Communications course. It finds its application in many areas which is very beneficial for the engineers. We can find its application in day to day life in traffic signals where open loop and closed control systems are employed.

Topics taught in this paper

The topics which are taught in this paper are open and close loop control system, poles and zeroes, frequency domain analysis, etc.

Division of paper:

The question paper is divided into three sections Section A, Section B and Section C. section A of the paper is of 10 marks, Section B is of 15 marks and the Section C of the paper is of 45 marks.

Time and marks allotted:

This paper contains a total of 70 marks and the maximum time duration that is provided to solve this paper is of three hours.

Paper Pattern:

The question paper contains a total of 11 questions. The question paper is divided into three sections. Section A of the paper contains objective type questions with four options in it. Out of these four options only one is correct. The total marks for this section is 10. Section B of the paper contains short answer type questions. There are 5 questions in this paper of which only 3 are to be answered and the maximum marks for this section is 15. Section C of the paper also contains 5 questions of which only three are to be answered and the total marks for this section is 45. There is no negative marking in this paper.

Frequently Asked Questions

The questions which are asked more often includes block diagram reduction, transfer function of an armature controlled DC Motor, Root Locus Plot, Nyquist Plot, Bode Plot, Test for Controllability and Observability, Evaluating static error constants Kv, Ka and Kp for a given system, Finding Z transform, finding transfer function from a signal flow graph using Mason’s Gain Formula, Short notes on PID Controller, Polar Plot, Nyquist Plot, Phase trajectories using isoclines method etc.