GATE EE 2020 Free Mock
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Questions
1. This book, including all its chapters, ________ interesting. The students as well as the instructor _______
in agreement about it.
A. is, was B. are, are
C. is, are D. were, was
2. People were prohibited ______ their vehicles near the entrance of the main administrative building.
A. to park B. from parking
C. to parking D. to have parked
3. Select the word that fits the analogy:
A. 32.7 B. 33.7
C. 34.1 D. 35.1
11. ax3 + bx2 + cx + d is a polynomial on real x over real coefficients a, b, c, d wherein a ≠ 0. Which of the
following statements is true?
A. d can be chosen to ensure that x = 0 is a root for
B. c alone cannot ensure that all roots are real.
any given set a, b, c.
C. a, b, c, d can be chosen to ensure that all roots D. No choice of coefficients can make all roots
are complex. identical.
12. A lossless transmission line with 0.2 p.u. reactance per phase uniformly distributed along the length of the
line, connecting a generator bus to a load bus, is protected up to 80 % of its length by a distance relay
placed at the generator bus. The generator terminal voltage is 1 p.u. There is no generation at the load
bus. The threshold p.u. current for operation of the distance relay for a solid three phase-to-ground fault
on the transmission line is closest to:
A. 6.25 B. 3.61
C. 1.00 D. 5.00
13. The value of the following complex integral, with C representing the unit circle centered at origin in the
counter clockwise sense, is:
A. –8πi B. –πi
C. πi D. 8πi
14. Consider a negative unity feedback system with forward path transfer function
where K, a, b, c are positive real numbers. For a Nyquist path enclosing the entire imaginary axis and right
half of the s-plane in the clockwise direction, the Nyquist plot of (1 + G(s)), encircles the origin of (1 +
G(s))-plane once in the clockwise direction and never passes through this origin for a certain value of K.
Then, the number of poles of lying in the open right half of the s-plane is _________.
15. Current in ammeters A2 and A3 are 1∠10° and 1∠70° respectively. The reading of the ammeter A1 (round
off to 3 decimal places) is _________ A.
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16. Consider the initial value problem below. The value of y at x = ln 2, (rounded off to 3 decimal places) is
______.
17. A common source amplifier with a drain resistance, RD = 4.7 kΩ is powered using a 10 V power supply.
Assuming that the transconductance, gm = 520 μA/V, the voltage gain of the amplifier is closest to:
A. 2.44 B. –1.22
C. 1.22 D. –2.44
18. A three-phase cylindrical rotor synchronous generator has a synchronous reactance XS and a negligible
armature resistance. The magnitude of per phase terminal voltage is VA and the magnitude of per phase
induced emf is EA. Considering the following two statements, P and Q,
P: For any three-phase balanced leading load connected across the terminals of this synchronous
generator, VA is always more than EA
Q: For any three-phase balanced lagging load connected across the terminals of this synchronous
generator, VA is always less than EA
A. B.
C. D.
22.
Consider a signal x(t) = 1[n], where 1[n] = 0 if n < 0, and 1[n] = 1 if n ≥ 0. The z-transform of x[n–k], k
eliminate the 3rd harmonic component from the output voltage. Under this condition, for v(t), the
magnitude of the 5th harmonic component as a percentage of the magnitude of the fundamental
component is ___________ (rounded off to 2 decimal places).
26. Which of the options is an equivalent representation of signal flow graph shown here ?
A. B.
C. D.
27. A single-phase, full-bridge rectifier fed from 230V, 50 Hz sinusoidal source supply a series combination of
finite resistance ‘R’ and a very large inductance, L. The two most dominate frequency components in the
source current are:
A. 150 Hz, 250 Hz B. 50 Hz, 100 Hz
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29. Out of the following options, the most relevant information needed to specify the real power (P) at the PV
buses in the load flow analysis is
A. Solution of economics load dispatch B. rated voltage of generator
C. rated power output of generator D. base power of generator
30. xR and xA are, respectively, the rms and average values of x(t) = x(t – T), and similarly, yR and yA are,
respectively, the rms and average values of y(t) = kx(t). k, T are independent of t. Which of the following is
true?
A. yA ≠ kxA; yR = kxR B. yA = kxA; yR ≠ kxR
C. yA = kxA; yR = kxR D. yA ≠ kxA; yR ≠ kxR
31. A double pulse measurement for an inductively loaded circuit controlled by the IGBT switch is carried out
to evaluate the reverse recovery characteristics of the diode, D, represented approximately as a piecewise
linear plot of current vs time at diode turn-off. Lpar, is a parasitic inductance due to the wiring of the circuit
and is in series with the diode. The point on the plot (indicate your choice by entering 1, 2, 3 or 4) at which
the IGBT experiences the highest current stress is _______.
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32. Thyristor T1 is triggered at an angle α (in degree) and T2 at angle of 180⁰ + α, in each cycle of sinusoidal
input voltage. Assume both thyristor to be ideal. To control the load power over the range of 0 to 2 kW, the
minimum range of variation in α is:
A. 0° to 120° B. 0° to 60°
C. 60° to 180° D. 60° to 120°
33. A three phase, 50 Hz, 4-pole induction motor runs at no-load with a slip of 1%. With full load, the slip
increases to 5%. The % speed regulation of the motor (rounded off to 2 decimal places) is ___________
34. The Thevenin equivalent voltage, VTH, in V (rounded off to 2 decimal places) of the network shown below,
is __________
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35. A single 50Hz, synchronous generator on droop control was delivering 100 MW power to a system. Due to
increase in load, generator power has to be increased by 10 MW, as a result of which, system frequency
dropped to 49.75 Hz. Further increase in load in the system resulted in a frequency of 49.25 Hz. At this
condition, the power in MW supplied by the generator is_______. (rounded off to 2 decimal places).
36. A stable real linear time-invariant system with single pole at p, has a transfer function with
a dc gain of 5. The smallest positive frequency, in rad/s, at unity gain is closest to:
A. 8.84 B. 122.87
C. 78.13 D. 11.08
37. Let ax and ay be unit vectors along x and y directions, respectively. A vector function is given by F = axy –
ayx
The line integral of the above function, along the curve C, which follows the parabola y = x2 as
shown below is ______ (rounded off to 2 decimal places).
38. Let ar, aϕ, az be unit vector along r, ϕ & z direction respectively in cylindrical coordinate system for the
electric flux density given by D = (15 ar + 2raϕ – 3rz az) C/m2. The total flux in coulomb emanating from
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the volume enclosed by solid cylinder of radius 3 m and height 5 m oriented along the z axis with its base
at origin is
A. 54 π B. 180 π
C. 90 π D. 108 π
39. The static electric field inside a dielectric medium with relative permittivity, εr = 2.25, expressed in
cylindrical coordinate system is given by the following expression
Where ar, aϕ, az are unit vectors along r, ϕ and z directions, respectively. If the above expression
represents a valid electrostatic field inside the medium, then the volume charge density associated with
this field in terms of free space permittivity, ε0, in SI unit is given by :
A. 5ε0 B. 3ε0
C. 9ε0 D. 4ε0
40. Suppose for input x(t) a linear time-invariant system with impulse response h(t) produces output y(t), so
that x(t) ⊗ h(t) = y(t). Further, if |x(t)| ⊗ | y(t)| = z(t), which of the following statement is true?
A. For some but not all t ϵ (–∞, 0), z(t) < y(t) B. For all t ϵ (–∞, ∞), Z(t) > y(t).
C. For some but not all t ϵ(–∞, ∞) Z(t) > y(t) D. For all t ϵ (–∞, ∞), Z ≤ y(t)
41. An 8085 microprocessor accesses two memory location (2001H) and (2002H) that contain 8-bit number
98 H and B1 H respectively. The following program is executed:
LXI H, 2001H
MVI A, 21H
INX H
ADD M
INX H
MOV M, A
HLT
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At the end of this program, the memory locations 2003H contain the number in base (10) form
__________.
42. A non-ideal Si-based pn junction diode is tested by sweeping the bias applied across its terminals from –5
V to +5 V. The effective thermal voltage, VT, for the diode is measured to be (29 ± 2) mV. The resolution of
the voltage source in the measurement range is 1 mV. The percentage uncertainty (rounded off to 2
decimal places) in the measured current at a bias voltage of 0.02 V is ______.
43. Which of the following options is correct for the system shown below?
A. B.
C. D.
48. The vector function represented by F = ax(5y – k1z) + ay (3z + k2x) + az (k3y – 4x) represents a
conservative field, where ax, ay & az represents unit vectors along the x, y, & z-axis respectively. Find the
values of k1, k2 & k3 = ?
A. k1 = 4, k2 = 5, k3 = 3 B. k1 = 3, k2 = 8, k3 = 5
C. k1= 3, k2 = 3, k3 = 7 D. k1 = 0, k2 = 0, k3 = 0
49. The figure below shows the per-phase open circuit characteristics (measured in A) of a 14 kVA, 400 V, 50
Hz, 4-pole, 3-phase, delta connected alternator, driven at 1500 rpm. The field current, if is measured in
A. Readings taken are marked as respective (x, y) coordinates in the figure. Ratio of the unsaturated and
saturated synchronous impedances (Zs(unsat)/Zs(sat)) of the alternator is closest to :
A.
B. 1.000
2.025
C. 2.000 D. 2.100
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50. The number of purely real elements in a lower triangular representation of the given 3 × 3 matrix, obtained
through the given decomposition is ______.
A. 5 B. 6
C. 9 D. 8
51. In the dc-dc converter circuit shown, switch Q is switched at a frequency of 10 kHz with a duty ratio of 0.All
components of the circuit are ideal, and the initial current in the inductor is zero. Energy stored in the
inductor in mJ (rounded off to 2 decimal places) at the end of 10 complete switching cycles is _______
52. For real numbers x and y, with y = 3x2 + 3x + 1, the maximum and minimum value of x ϵ [-2, 0] are
respectively,_________.
A. 7 and 1/4 B. 7 and 1
C. -2 and -1/2 D. 1 and 1/4
53. A cylindrical rotor synchronous generator with constant real power output and constant terminal voltage is
supplying 100A current at 0.9 lagging p.f. load. An ideal reactor is now connected in parallel with load, as
a result of which the total lagging reactive power requirement of the load is twice the previous while the
real power remains unchanged. The armature current is now__________A (rounded off to 2 decimal
places).
54. Bus 1 with voltage magnitude V1 = 1.1 p.u. is sending reactive power Q12 towards bus 2 with voltage
magnitude V2 = 1 p.u. through a lossless transmission line of reactance X. Keeping the voltage at bus 2
fixed at 1 p.u., magnitude of voltage at bus 1 is changed, so that the reactive power Q12 sent from bus 1 is
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increased by 20%. Real power flow through the line under both the conditions is zero. The new value of
the voltage magnitude, V1, in p.u. (rounded off to 2 decimal places), at bus 1 is ______.
55. Consider a permanent magnet dc (PMDC) motor which is initially at rest. At t = 0, a dc voltage of 5 V is
applied to the motor. Its speed monotonically increases from 0 rad/s to 6.32 rad/s in 0.5 sec and finally
settles to 10 rad/sec. Assuming that the armature inductance of the motor is negligible, the transfer
function for the motor is
A. B.
C. D.
56. A conducting square loop of side length 1 m is placed at a distance of 1 m from a long straight wire
carrying a current of I = 2 A as shown below. The mutual inductance in nH (round off to 2 decimal places),
between the conducting loop and the long wire is __________
57. A non-ideal diode is biased with a voltage of –0.03 V, and a diode current of I1 is measured. The thermal
voltage is 26 mV and the ideality factor for the diode is 15/13. The voltage, in V, at which the measured
current increases to 1.5 I1 is closest to:
A. –1.50 B. –0.09
C. –4.50 D. –0.02
58. Consider the diode circuit shown below. The diode, D, obeys the current-voltage characteristic
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, where n > 1, VT > 0, VD is the voltage across the diode and ID is the current through
it. The circuit is biased so that voltage, V > 0 and current, I < 0. If you had to design this circuit to transfer
maximum power from the current source (I1) to a resistive load (not shown) at the output, what values of
R1 and R2 would you choose ?
62. A benchtop dc power supply acts as an ideal 4 A current source as long as its terminal voltage is below 10
V. Beyond this point, it begins to behave as an ideal 10 V voltage source for all load currents going down
to 0 A. When connected to an ideal rheostat, find the load resistance value at which maximum power is
transferred, and the corresponding load voltage and current.
A.
B. 2.5 Ω, 4 A, 5 V
2.5 Ω, 4 A, 10 V
C. Open, 4 A, 0V D. Short, ∞ A, 10 V
63. Windings ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ have 20 turns each and are wound on the same iron core as shown. along with
winding ‘X’ which has 2 turns. The figure shows the sense (clockwise/anti-clockwise) of each of the
windings only and does not reflect the exact number of turns. If windings ‘A’, ‘B’ and 'C' are supplied with
balanced 3-phase voltages at 50 Hz and there is no core saturation, the no-load RMS voltage (in V,
rounded of to 2 decimal places) across winding ‘X’ is ________ .
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64. Consider a negative unity feedback system with the forward path transfer function , where
K is a positive real number. The value of K for which the system will have some of its poles on the
imaginary axis is _______ .
A. 6 B. 7
C. 9 D. 8
65. A 250 V dc shunt motor has an armature resistance of 0.2 Ω and Rf = 100 Ω. When the motor is operated
at no-load at rated voltage, it draws an armature current of 5 A and runs at 1200 rpm. When the load is
coupled to the motor, it draws total line current of 50 A at rated voltage, with a 5% reduction in the air gap
flux due to armature rection voltage drop across the brushes can be taken as 1 V per brush under all
operating conditions. The speed of the motor, (in rpm), under this loaded conditions, is closest to:
A. 1200 B. 1220
C. 900 D. 1000
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Solutions
1. C
Sol. This book, including all its chapters is interesting. The students as well as the instructor are in agreement
about it.
2. B
Sol. People were prohibited from parking their vehicles near the entrance of the main administrative building.
3. C
Sol. Do : Undo : Trust : Distrust
4. B
Sol. Stock market plunged at the news of the coup
5. C
Sol. Teams having member greater than one with Q as his always member
3+3+1=7
6. B
Sol. In 1993, the holding period of loAns. is 360 days & after each revision one quarter of days was reduced.
Hence, the holding period of loAns. in 2004 after the third revision was 90 days.
7. C
Sol.
8. C
Sol.
= 90 + 90 + 100 = 280
= 280
9. A
Sol. Let radius of circle = r = AO = OB = OC
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10. C
Sol. Revenue of Q in 2015 is 20 % more than in 2014.
1.2x = 45
x = 37.5
0.1y = 37.5 – y
1.1.y = 37.5
y = 34.09 or 34.1
11. A
Sol. ax3 + bx2 + cx + d
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Let a = 1, b = 2, c = 2, d = 1
f(x) = x3 + 2x2 + 2x + 1
if x = 0 is a solution
12. A
Sol.
= 6.25
13. B
Sol.
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14. 2
Sol.
Apply KCL,
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I1 = 1.732 A
Integrating factor =
Solution is given as
At x = 0, y = 1
c=3
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At x = ln 2, then y =
17. D
Sol. Voltage gain of common source amplifier, AV = –gmRD
18. A
Sol. The voltage regulation for lagging loads (Ra = 0)
FIG
There is no generalisation like lagging loads, the voltage regulation depends upon two factors for a
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19. D
Sol.
r(t) is Input
y(t) is output
Taking Laplace transform both sides
s2y(s) + 4y(s) = 6 R(s)
s2 + 4 =0
s = ± j2
Poles of this system are
+ 2j, –2j
20. C
Sol. In case of overlapping sequence detector, to detect (1,0,1) in the input sequence
(1,1,0,1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0) is
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21. C
Sol.
1.
2. b
3.
4.
5.
A.
Put l = π in rule 4
Given that, m ≠ n
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(C).
Put l = π in rule 5
Given that m ≠ 0
(D).
When, α → ∞,
22. C
Sol.
23. A
Sol.
24. From 162.41 to 162.59
Sol. Pi = Ph + Pe
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K1 + K2. (50) =
at 160V1, 40 Hz
∴ 100V, 25 Hz
Pe = ph = Kc
= K1.(25) + K2.(25)2
π – 26 = 2d
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sin3d = 0
26. B
Sol. Given signal flow graph is
It can be reduced as
So, given signal flow graph and option (2) are equivalent.
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27. D
Sol. In a single-phase full bridge diode rectifier, since load is a series combination of finite resistance (R) and a
very high Inductance (L). Load current is constant (Io)
Source current is square wave form.
28. 0
Sol. The shematic shown is a MOS capacitor
When + 3V in applied, charge inside the SiO2 layer is + Q. Since it is MOS capacitor, the charge in the
GATE is -Q.
Hence, The total charge contained within the dashed box will be 0.
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29. A
Sol. For generator buses, the solution of economic load dispatch is a processor to the load flow analysis.
30. C
Sol. Given that:
xR = rms value of x(t)
also, as x(t) = x(t - T), i.e., x(t) is a periodic waveform with period T
therefore, the rms value of xR is given as
31. 3
Sol. Voltage across parasitic inductance,
The value of is highest at point 3. Hence voltage across parasitic inductance is highest at point 3.
So, IGBT experiences the highest current stress at point 3.
32. A
Sol. Load Impedance
Z = 10 ∠ –60° = 10 cos 60 – j 10 sin 60°.
= (5 – j 8.66) Ω
Load is capacitive.
Maximum load power = 2 kW = 2000 watts.
f = 50 Hz
P=4
Vth – 4 =10
Vth = 14 V
(Same droop)
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⟹ P3 = 110 = 20
P3 = 130 MW
36. A
Sol.
D.C. gain = 5
D.C. gain = H(s)|s = 0
But y = x2
dy = 2xdx
38. B
Sol.
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= 18 × 5 × 2π = 180π C
39. C
Sol. εx = 2.25
Gauss Law,
40. B
Sol. By Schwarz inequality,
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41. 210
Sol. M ← 2001H
A ← 21H
M ← 2002H
M ← 2003H
Display
21H + B1H
(21)16 = (33)10
(B1)16 = (177)10
= (210)10
43. B
Sol.
s2 (s + 1)(s + 20) + 20 = 0
s4 + 21s3 + 20s2 + 20 = 0
It is 4th order system (degree = 4) It is unstable system because coefficient of s is zero.
from α to (α + μ)
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cos(45° + µ) = 0.6454
45° + µ = 49.804
µ = 4.804°
45. D
Sol.
Now,
47. A
Sol. Let current Ii
&
Similarly
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48. A
Sol. For a conservative field,
=0
⇒ K3 = 3, K1 = 4, K2 = 5
49. D
Sol.
& Zs(Sat) =
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• Extend OE to F
Now,
50. B
Sol.
51. From 4.95 to 5.05
Sol. f = 10 KHz
D = 0.6
TOFF = (1 – D) T = 40 μsec.
During TON
VL = VS = 50 volt
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= 5 × 103× 60 × 10–6
= – 200 mA
Imin = 100 mA
= 5 mJ
52. A
Sol. y = 3x2 + 3x + 1
= 12 – 6 + 1
ymax = 7
ϕ1 = 25.84°
|IL1|= 100A
= 43.58 A
= 100 cm 25.84 + 43.58 cm 90° + 100 sin (–25.84) + I 43.58 sin (–90°)
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= 90.00147 – 87.165
≃ 125.3 ∠ –44°
Q12→
…(1)
Let, for Q12→ 102 Q12(20% increase)
V1→ V′1
Then,
55. A
Sol.
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r(t) = 5u(t)
According to question
C(∞) = 10
5K = 10 ⇒ K = 2
Time constant
where, ϕ is the flux linked with square loop due to current in the wire.
Now,
= 1.386 × 10–7 H
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57. B
Sol. by the diode current equation.
...........(1)
If the current increases to 1.5I1 then the voltage will be-
............(2)
From equation 1 and 2
⇒ VD = –0.0887V ≃ –0.09V
58. B
Sol. For maximum power transfer, R1 should be as small as possible and R2 should be as large as possible.
∴ Option D in correct.
59. D
Sol. y(z) – az–1 y(z) = b x(z) – b z–1 x(z)
0 1
60. From 54 to 56
Sol. we know that voltage across capacitor
In case (i)
0 = 10 + [– V1 – 10] e–0.4t/τ
10 + V1 = 10e8.4 …(i)
In case (ii)
0 = 10 + [–V2 – 10]e–0.2
10 + V2 = 10e0.2 …(ii)
10 + V1 = 10 × 1.491
10 + V1 = 14.91
= 10 × 1.221
10 + V2 = 12.21
V2 = 2.21 volt
61. 0.08
Sol.
Given
RT = 2(1 + 2T) k Ω
Case-i α = –4%
V0 = –1.2
V0 = –1.290
Case-iii α = 4.25
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RT = 2(1 + 2T)
RT = 10.75
V0 = –1.12
V0 = –1.2 ± 0.08
Error = 0.08.
62. A
Sol.
RL = 2.5 Ω
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Vo = IR = 4 × 2.5 = 10 Volt
Io = 4 A
RL = 2.5 Ω , Io = 4 A , Vo = 10 volt.
64. D
Sol. Closed loop characteristic equation
1 + G(s) H(s) = 0
53 + 352 + 35 + K + 1 = 0
Routh array
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Value of K = 8
65. B
Sol. Given—
at No load:–
at loaded condition:
IL = 50A
∴ Ia = 50 – 2.5 = 47.5 A