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Electric Circuits PYQs (previous year questions) for GATE EE: Electric Circuits (Electrical Engineering) had 72 questions across the 11 official GATE EE papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 11 of them. Asked in 11 of 11 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Transients, Network Analysis, Dependent Sources.
Year-wise question count
Asked in 11 of 11 years.
| Year | Questions |
|---|---|
| GATE EE 2026 | 8 |
| GATE EE 2025 | 5 |
| GATE EE 2024 | 5 |
| GATE EE 2023 | 6 |
| GATE EE 2022 | 6 |
| GATE EE 2021 | 12 |
| GATE EE 2020 | 4 |
| GATE EE 2019 | 5 |
| GATE EE 2018 | 7 |
| GATE EE 2017 | 6 |
| GATE EE 2016 | 8 |
Most-asked concepts
Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.
| Concept | Questions | Papers | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transients | 12 | 10 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 |
| Network Analysis | 11 | 8 | 2024, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 |
| Dependent Sources | 6 | 5 | 2026, 2022, 2021, 2017, 2016 |
| Three-Phase Circuits | 6 | 5 | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018 |
| Resonance | 7 | 4 | 2022, 2021, 2018, 2016 |
| Magnetically Coupled Circuits | 5 | 4 | 2025, 2024, 2021, 2016 |
| Maximum Power Transfer | 4 | 4 | 2026, 2021, 2020, 2017 |
| Power in AC Circuits | 4 | 4 | 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 |
| Two-Port Networks | 4 | 4 | 2024, 2023, 2018, 2017 |
| Network Elements | 3 | 2 | 2026, 2025 |
| Network Topology | 2 | 2 | 2024, 2018 |
| Thevenin's Theorem | 2 | 2 | 2026, 2023 |
| AC Power | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| DC Steady State | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Norton's Theorem | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Power Factor | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| RC Circuits | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| RMS Values | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
How to practise Electric Circuits PYQs
- Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
- Solve one year’s Electric Circuits questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
- Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
- Once a concept is clean in two papers, move to the next. Then sit a full paper from the year pages.
Questions by year
Each line gives the question number, type, concept, our one-line summary and the official answer, with a link to the official PDF.
GATE EE2026
- Q.23 · MCQ · Network Elements: Identify the linear elements in a circuit (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.24 · MCQ · Thevenin's Theorem: Thevenin equivalent between two nodes of a circuit (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.25 · MCQ · Dependent Sources: Dependent-source gains that make four circuits realizable (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.26 · MCQ · Power Factor: Power factor of a load drawing harmonic current (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.42 · MCQ · AC Power: Average power over a half cycle for a phase-shifted current (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.43 · MCQ · Transients: Capacitor voltage at three instants after a step source (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.44 · MCQ · Norton's Theorem: Norton equivalent from terminal voltage-current data (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.60 · NAT · Maximum Power Transfer: Load resistance for maximum power from a two-port network (official answer: 2.81–2.91) PDF
GATE EE2025
- Q.18 · MCQ · Network Elements: I-V characteristic of a source-resistor combination (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.19 · MCQ · Network Elements: Behaviour of a nullator in series with a resistor (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.39 · MCQ · RC Circuits: Output of an RC circuit for a high-frequency square wave (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.52 · MSQ · Magnetically Coupled Circuits: Current ratio minimising stored energy of coupled coils (official answer: A, D) PDF
- Q.57 · NAT · Transients: Time for a capacitor to charge to a given voltage (official answer: 4.0–4.2) PDF
GATE EE2024
- Q.12 · MCQ · Network Topology: Number of junctions in a given circuit (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.13 · MCQ · Network Analysis: Power delivered by a voltage source in an ideal circuit (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.14 · MCQ · Transients: Time constant of an RL circuit after a switch closes (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.48 · NAT · Two-Port Networks: ABCD parameter of two cascaded two-port networks (official answer: -19.90–-19.70) PDF
- Q.49 · NAT · Magnetically Coupled Circuits: Thevenin impedance of a circuit with coupled inductors (official answer: 5.32–5.34) PDF
GATE EE2023
- Q.29 · NAT · Transients: Inductor voltage just after a switch opens (official answer: 7.9–8.1) PDF
- Q.32 · NAT · Network Analysis: Voltage between two nodes in a circuit with sources (official answer: 5.9–6.1) PDF
- Q.51 · NAT · Thevenin's Theorem: Thevenin voltage at an instant in a circuit with a dependent source (official answer: -12.1–-11.9) PDF
- Q.52 · NAT · Two-Port Networks: Power to a load from a two-port's admittance parameters (official answer: 237–239) PDF
- Q.54 · NAT · Transients: Switching instant for no capacitor voltage transient (official answer: 1.56–1.58) PDF
- Q.64 · NAT · Three-Phase Circuits: Load terminal voltage of a delta RC load fed through line inductance (official answer: 414–416) PDF
GATE EE2022
- Q.21 · MCQ · Three-Phase Circuits: Load impedance making neutral shift zero in an unbalanced star load (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.27 · NAT · Resonance: Overall Q-factor of series inductor and capacitor with given Q values (official answer: 48) PDF
- Q.28 · NAT · Resonance: Q-factor of a network from resonant frequency and bandwidth (official answer: 250) PDF
- Q.31 · NAT · DC Steady State: Steady-state voltage across a resistor after a switch closes (official answer: 4.95–5.05) PDF
- Q.34 · NAT · Three-Phase Circuits: Ammeter reading with two balanced three-phase loads (official answer: 20) PDF
- Q.55 · NAT · Dependent Sources: Voltage across a resistor in a circuit with dependent sources (official answer: 98–102) PDF
GATE EE2021
- Q.4 · MCQ · Dependent Sources: Thevenin equivalent with a dependent source (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.14 · NAT · Resonance: Capacitor value for zero source current (official answer: 20.00) PDF
- Q.16 · NAT · Dependent Sources: Gain of a dependent source for zero node voltage (official answer: -3.30–-3.20) PDF
- Q.20 · NAT · Resonance: Resistance from a Bode magnitude peak (official answer: 0.09–0.11) PDF
- Q.21 · NAT · Network Analysis: Capacitor value from loaded signal generator output (official answer: 2.30–2.50) PDF
- Q.29 · MCQ · Transients: Inductor current after a switch opens (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.30 · MCQ · Magnetically Coupled Circuits: Input impedance of a coupled-coil network (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.39 · NAT · Three-Phase Circuits: Ratio of line currents in an unbalanced load (official answer: 1) PDF
- Q.40 · NAT · Maximum Power Transfer: Load resistance for maximum power (official answer: 1.40–1.42) PDF
- Q.48 · NAT · RMS Values: Ratio of RMS values of full and clipped rectified waves (official answer: 1.20–1.23) PDF
- Q.50 · NAT · Magnetically Coupled Circuits: Mutual inductance of an RF transformer (official answer: 50.00–52.00) PDF
- Q.51 · NAT · Transients: Capacitance of a CR high-pass filter from output swing (official answer: 12.30–12.60) PDF
GATE EE2020
- Q.18 · NAT · Power in AC Circuits: Ammeter reading from two branch current phasors (official answer: 1.700–1.750) PDF
- Q.19 · NAT · Network Analysis: Thevenin voltage of a network (official answer: 13.80–14.20) PDF
- Q.32 · MCQ · Maximum Power Transfer: Load for maximum power from a current-limited supply (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.45 · NAT · Transients: Change in initial capacitor voltage for a new zero crossing (official answer: 54.00–56.00) PDF
GATE EE2019
- Q.19 · NAT · Network Analysis: Current in a given DC circuit (official answer: 1.3–1.5) PDF
- Q.38 · MCQ · Three-Phase Circuits: RMS neutral current with square-wave line currents (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.41 · NAT · Transients: Discharge time of a capacitor to 1 V (official answer: 0.45–0.47) PDF
- Q.42 · NAT · Network Analysis: Current in a circuit with several sources (official answer: 0) PDF
- Q.43 · NAT · Power in AC Circuits: Average power from voltage and current expressions (official answer: 585.0–590.0) PDF
GATE EE2018
- Q.7 · MCQ · Network Topology: Branches from number of nodes and loops (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.19 · NAT · Two-Port Networks: h11 parameter of a two-port network (official answer: 0.45–0.55) PDF
- Q.31 · MCQ · Transients: Current versus voltage locus of an LC circuit (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.32 · MCQ · Network Analysis: Equivalent impedance of an infinite ladder (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.47 · NAT · Three-Phase Circuits: R for zero neutral current in an unbalanced load (official answer: 5.70–5.85) PDF
- Q.48 · NAT · Power in AC Circuits: Current amplitude for zero average power (official answer: 10.0) PDF
- Q.55 · NAT · Resonance: Impedance when inductor current is in phase with voltage (official answer: 50.0) PDF
GATE EE2017
- Q.9 · MCQ · Power in AC Circuits: Instantaneous power in a two-phase three-wire system (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.18 · NAT · Dependent Sources: Power supplied by a source in a circuit with a CCCS (official answer: 248–252) PDF
- Q.19 · NAT · Network Analysis: Equivalent resistance between two terminals (official answer: 2.9–3.1) PDF
- Q.29 · MCQ · Two-Port Networks: Thevenin equivalent at output of cascaded two-ports (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.41 · MCQ · Transients: Inductor current after a switch opens (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.43 · NAT · Maximum Power Transfer: Maximum power transferred to a resistor (official answer: 3–3.1) PDF
GATE EE2016
- Q.15 · MCQ · Network Analysis: Compare input resistances of two infinite ladders (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.17 · NAT · Network Analysis: Heat generated in one resistor given heat in another (official answer: 1.9–2.1) PDF
- Q.18 · NAT · Dependent Sources: Current supplied by a battery in a given circuit (official answer: 0.5) PDF
- Q.25 · MCQ · Magnetically Coupled Circuits: Inductance seen through an ideal transformer (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.39 · NAT · Transients: Rate of change of inductor current after switching (official answer: 1.9–2.1) PDF
- Q.52 · NAT · Resonance: Peak current through a resistor in a resonant AC circuit (official answer: 1.0) PDF
- Q.54 · NAT · Resonance: Resistance giving purely conductive admittance at all frequencies (official answer: 14.0–14.2) PDF
- Q.55 · NAT · Network Analysis: Node voltage in a given circuit (official answer: 11.25–11.50) PDF
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FAQ
How many Electric Circuits questions come in GATE EE?
In the official papers we tagged: 8 in 2026, 5 in 2025, 5 in 2024, 6 in 2023, 6 in 2022, 12 in 2021, 4 in 2020, 5 in 2019, 7 in 2018, 6 in 2017 and 8 in 2016. That is 72 questions in all, about 14% of Electrical Engineering.
Which Electric Circuits topics repeat in GATE EE?
Asked in the most papers: Transients, Network Analysis, Dependent Sources. The concept table lists every one with its count.
Are these official GATE EE questions?
Yes. Every question is from an official GATE EE paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.