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Electrical Measurements GATE EE PYQ Topic Wise (2016–2026)

Electrical Measurements GATE EE PYQs: all 21 questions from 11 official papers (2016–2026), by concept with official answers. Asked in 11 of 11 years.

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Full name
GATE Electrical Engineering (EE)
Conducted by
IISc / IITs (rotating)
Frequency
Once a year (February window)
Sections
General Aptitude · Engineering Mathematics · EE core
Official site
gate2027.iitm.ac.in ↗

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Electrical and Electronic Measurements PYQs (previous year questions) for GATE EE: Electrical and Electronic Measurements (Electrical Engineering) had 21 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: Power Measurement, Bridge Measurements, Measurement Errors.

Year-wise question count

Asked in 11 of 11 years.

Most-asked concepts

Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.

ConceptQuestionsPapersYears
Power Measurement552025, 2024, 2023, 2018, 2017
Bridge Measurements442026, 2025, 2022, 2021
Measurement Errors332025, 2020, 2017
Measuring Instruments332019, 2018, 2016
Instrument Transformers222024, 2019
Data Converters112016
Decibels112022
Oscilloscopes112017
Transducers112020

How to practise Electrical and Electronic Measurements PYQs

  1. Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
  2. Solve one year’s Electrical and Electronic Measurements questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
  3. Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
  4. 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.57 · NAT · Bridge Measurements: Unknown resistance for balance of a Wheatstone bridge (official answer: 750) PDF

GATE EE2025

  • Q.31 · NAT · Measurement Errors: Maximum error in equivalent of two parallel resistors (official answer: 5) PDF
  • Q.58 · NAT · Power Measurement: Load power using the three-voltmeter method (official answer: 78.0–81.0) PDF
  • Q.59 · NAT · Bridge Measurements: Sensitivity of a Wheatstone bridge (official answer: -2.00–-1.94 OR 1.94–2.00) PDF

GATE EE2024

  • Q.23 · MCQ · Instrument Transformers: Match CT and PT with their features (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.50 · NAT · Power Measurement: Difference between two wattmeter readings in a 3-phase circuit (official answer: 692–693) PDF

GATE EE2023

  • Q.39 · MCQ · Power Measurement: Load power factor from a wattmeter reading in a 3-phase circuit (official answer: C) PDF

GATE EE2022

  • Q.18 · MCQ · Bridge Measurements: Unknown resistance and its accuracy from a balanced Wheatstone bridge (official answer: B) PDF
  • Q.30 · NAT · Decibels: Cable power loss in decibels when 5% of power reaches the output (official answer: 13) PDF

GATE EE2021

  • Q.12 · MCQ · Bridge Measurements: Bridge used for measuring inductance (official answer: B) PDF

GATE EE2020

  • Q.52 · NAT · Measurement Errors: Uncertainty in measured diode current (official answer: 11.50–12.00) PDF
  • Q.53 · NAT · Transducers: Output error of a thermistor op-amp circuit (official answer: Marks to all) PDF

GATE EE2019

  • Q.23 · NAT · Instrument Transformers: VA output of a CT under fault current (official answer: 100) PDF
  • Q.32 · MCQ · Measuring Instruments: Series resistance to make a voltmeter (official answer: D) PDF

GATE EE2018

  • Q.5 · MCQ · Power Measurement: Power factor from two-wattmeter readings (official answer: D) PDF
  • Q.27 · MCQ · Measuring Instruments: Shunt coil for range extension of a moving-iron ammeter (official answer: A) PDF

GATE EE2017

  • Q.12 · MCQ · Oscilloscopes: Delay line needed in a CRO for correct display (official answer: A) PDF
  • Q.23 · NAT · Measurement Errors: Worst-case error in calculated power factor (official answer: 4–4.1) PDF
  • Q.34 · MCQ · Power Measurement: Wattmeter readings after a switch changes position (official answer: D) PDF

GATE EE2016

  • Q.10 · MCQ · Data Converters: Minimum ADC bits for a temperature range and resolution (official answer: B) PDF
  • Q.53 · NAT · Measuring Instruments: Difference of moving-iron and moving-coil readings for ripple voltage (official answer: 0.30–0.33) PDF

Other Electrical Engineering topics

FAQ

How many Electrical and Electronic Measurements questions come in GATE EE?

In the official papers we tagged: 1 in 2026, 3 in 2025, 2 in 2024, 1 in 2023, 2 in 2022, 1 in 2021, 2 in 2020, 2 in 2019, 2 in 2018, 3 in 2017 and 2 in 2016. That is 21 questions in all, about 4% of Electrical Engineering.

Which Electrical and Electronic Measurements topics repeat in GATE EE?

Asked in the most papers: Power Measurement, Bridge Measurements, Measurement Errors. 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.