# Power Systems GATE EE PYQ Topic Wise (2016–2026)

> Power Systems GATE EE PYQs: all 69 questions from 11 official papers (2016–2026), by concept with official answers. Asked in 11 of 11 years.

Source: https://previousyearquestions.app/gate/ee/topics/power-systems/

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## Answer first

Power Systems PYQs (previous year questions) for GATE EE: Power Systems (Electrical Engineering) had **69 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: Load Flow, Symmetrical Components, Bus Admittance Matrix.

## Year-wise question count

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## Most-asked concepts

Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.

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## How to practise Power Systems PYQs

1. Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
2. Solve one year's Power Systems 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.

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## Other Electrical Engineering topics

- [Electric Circuits PYQs](/gate/ee/topics/electric-circuits/)
- [Electromagnetic Fields PYQs](/gate/ee/topics/electromagnetic-fields/)
- [Signals and Systems PYQs](/gate/ee/topics/signals-and-systems/)
- [Electrical Machines PYQs](/gate/ee/topics/electrical-machines/)
- [Control Systems PYQs](/gate/ee/topics/control-systems/)
- [Electrical and Electronic Measurements PYQs](/gate/ee/topics/electrical-and-electronic-measurements/)
- [Analog and Digital Electronics PYQs](/gate/ee/topics/analog-and-digital-electronics/)
- [Power Electronics PYQs](/gate/ee/topics/power-electronics/)

## FAQ

### How many Power Systems questions come in GATE EE?
In the official papers we tagged: 7 in 2026, 6 in 2025, 6 in 2024, 6 in 2023, 6 in 2022, 7 in 2021, 6 in 2020, 7 in 2019, 7 in 2018, 6 in 2017 and 5 in 2016. That is 69 questions in all, about 14% of Electrical Engineering.

### Which Power Systems topics repeat in GATE EE?
Asked in the most papers: Load Flow, Symmetrical Components, Bus Admittance Matrix. 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.