GATE Instrumentation Engineering (IN) Practice Papers 2024

Ritoprasad Kundu

Updated On: November 15, 2023 08:00 AM

Candidates those who are preparing for the GATE Instrumentation Engineering paper must ensure to practice GATE practice questions on a daily basis to have a clear knowledge of the Instrumentation Engineering syllabus. Candidates can check the GATE practice papers of IN here in this article. 
GATE Instrumentation Engineering

GATE Instrumentation Engineering (IN) Practice Papers 2024: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore will conduct the GATE Instrumentation Engineering exam as a computer based test (CBT) for a total time duration of 3 hours. GATE 2024 exam will be conducted on February 3, 4, 10 and 11, 2024 in two shifts i.e the morning shift and the afternoon shift by IISc Bangalore. Candidates preparing for Instrumentation Engineering GATE examination 2024 must regularly solve the Instrumentation Engineering GATE Practice Questions 2024. By utilising the GATE Instrumentation Engineering Practice Papers candidates can make the best assessment possible of their preparation level and at the same time will be well versed with the pattern of questions to be asked and marking scheme for the GATE 2024 exam. Candidates attempting the GATE exam for the first time must be well accustomed with the Instrumentation Engineering question paper pattern, which is highly important to avoid panicking during the actual examination. Moreover, solving the GATE Instrumentation Engineering Practice Papers 2024 will significantly boost up the confidence level of the students. Aspirants can check this article to download the GATE general aptitude practice questions and also the core subject i.e. Instrumentation Engineering GATE Practice Questions 2024 here in this article.

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GATE Practice Papers for Instrumentation Engineering 2024 - PDF Download (Core Subject)

GATE Instrumentation Engineering Practice questions 2024 can be downloaded by the candidates by clicking the link provided in the table below. The GATE practice papers of Instrumentation Engineering are quite helpful for every candidate as it gives the candidates a distinct view of the major topics that one must prepare for the GATE exam Instrumentation Engineering paper. Moreover, with GATE practice papers of Instrumentation Engineering candidates will also be able to comprehend the important portions of the GATE  syllabus from which questions are repeated in the previous years.

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GATE Practice Questions 2024 for Instrumentation Engineering - General Aptitude Questions PDF Download

All GATE exam papers include a compulsory section on general aptitude. Students solving the general aptitude questions of GATE correctly, can enhance the level of confidence which is directly evident when they begin attempting questions from the core subject. Therefore, solving general aptitude questions not only help candidates score the requisite marks but it allows them to develop a sense of confidence. Using the PDF download link provided in the table below, aspirants can download the GATE practice papers for the general aptitude section.

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Section Wise Division of GATE 2024 Instrumentation Engineering Syllabus

Candidates preparing for the GATE 2024 Instrumentation Engineering must be aware of the sections that consist of the GATE Instrumentation Engineering syllabus 2024. All the sections of the syllabus are mentioned below.

  • Engineering Mathematics
  • Electricity and Magnetism
  • Electrical Circuits and Machines
  • Signals and Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Analog Electronics
  • Digital Electronics
  • Measurements
  • Sensors and Industrial Instrumentation
  • Communication and Optical Instrumentation

Candidates can check the detailed syllabus of Instrumentation Engineering here in the table below.

GATE Instrumentation Engineering (IN) Syllabus 2024 - Click Here to Download

Important Topics of Instrumentation Engineering

Candidates can check the important topics for the Instrumentation Engineering paper of GATE here from the table below.

Sections

Important Topics

Engineering Mathematics

  • Consistency And Rank
  • Matrix Algebra
  • Stokes, Gauss And Green’s Theorems
  • Theorems Of Integral Calculus
  • Partial Derivatives
  • Second Order Linear Differential Equations With Constant Coefficients
  • Taylor’s And Laurent’s Series
  • Normal, Poisson And Binomial Distributions
  • Matrix Inversion
  • Regression And Correlation Analysis

Electricity and Magnetism

  • Electric Flux Density
  • Gauss's Law
  • Biot‐savart’s Law
  • Ampere’s Law
  • Faraday’s Law
  • Lorentz Force

Electrical Circuits and Machines

  • Mutual Inductance And Capacitor
  • Transient Analysis Of Rlc Circuits With Dc Excitation
  • Kirchoff’s Laws
  • Thevenin, Norton, Maximum Power Transfer And Reciprocity Theorems
  • Series And Parallel Resonance
  • Locus Diagrams
  • Transient Analysis Of Rlc Circuits With Ac Excitation
  • One-Port And Two-Port Networks
  • Three Phase Induction Motors
  • Types Of Losses And Efficiency Calculations Of Electric Machines
  • Starting And Speed Control

Signals and Systems

  • Laplace, Fourier and Z-Transforms
  • Transfer Function
  • DFT and FFT

Control Systems

  • Routh And Nyquist Criteria
  • Tuning Of Pid Controllers And Sizing Of Control Valves
  • Servo Valves
  • State-Space Representation Of Systems
  • Time-Delay Systems
  • Synchro Pair

Analog Electronics

  • Zener Diode
  • BJT and MOSFET
  • Applications of Opamps

Digital Electronics

  • Minimization Of Boolean Functions
  • Sample-And-Hold Circuit
  • Microprocessor And Microcontroller Applications
  • Characteristics of ADC and DAC
  • Schmitt Trigger
  • TTL and CMOS
  • Arithmetic Circuits

Measurements

  • Schering and Wien for Measurement of R, L, C and Frequency
  • Instrument Transformers
  • Digital Multimeter
  • Systematic And Random Errors In Measurement

Communication and Optical Instrumentation

  • Shannon's Sampling Theorem
  • Optical Sources And Detectors
  • UV-VIS
  • Spectrophotometers
  • Pulse Shift Keying For Digital Modulation

GATE Previous Year Question Papers of Instrumentation Engineering

GATE previous year question papers of Instrumentation Engineering have been mentioned below.

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Best Books for GATE Instrumentation Engineering

Candidates can check the list of books to cover the entire Instrumentation Engineering syllabus of GATE 2024.

Sections

Name of the Book

Name of the Author

Engineering Mathematics

Higher Engineering Mathematics

B. S. Grewal

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

Erwin Kreyszig

GATE Engineering Mathematics for all streams

Arihant Publications

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

RK Jain, SRK Iyengar

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

HK Dass

Higher Engineering Mathematics

Bandaru Ramana

Engineering and Mathematics General Aptitude

GK Publication

GATE Engineering and Mathematics

Noida and Company

GATE 2024 Engineering Mathematics

Made Easy Publications

Basics of Circuit and Measurement Systems

Fundamentals of Electric Circuits

Charles K. Alexander, Matthew N. O. Sadiku

Circuit Theory : Analysis and Synthesis

Abhijit Chakrabarti

A Course in Electrical and Electronic Measurements and Instrumentations

A.K. Sawhney, Puneet Sawhney

Network Analysis

M. E. Van Valkenburg

A Course in Electronics and Electrical Measurements and Instrumentation

J. B. Gupta

transducers , Mechanical Measurement and Industrial Instrumentation

Industrial Instrumentation And Control

S K Singh

Instrumentation Devices & Systems

D Patranabis

Principal of Instrumentation and Control

D Patranabis

Instrumentation Devices & Systems

C. S. Rangan

Analog Electronics

Electronic Devices And Circuits Theory

Robert L. Boylestad, Louis Nashelsky

Integrated Electronics: Analog and Digital Circuit

Jacob Millman , Christos Halkias , Chetan D Parikh

Op-Amps and Linear Integrated Circuits

Ramakant A. Gayakwad

Microelectronic Circuits

Adel S. Sedra

Digital Electronics

Digital Principles And Applications

Leach P Donald

Fundamentals of Digital Circuits

A. Anand Kumar

Digital Logic and Computer Design

M. Morris Mano

Signals, Systems, and Communications

Signals And Systems

A Nagoor Kani

Communication Systems

R P Singh and S P Sapre

Communication Systems: Analog and Digital

Sanjay Sharma

Principles of Communication Systems

Goutam Saha, Herbert Taub, Donald Schilling

Electronic Communication Systems

George Kennedy

Electrical and Electronic Measurements

A Course in Electrical And Electronic Measurements And Instrumentation

A.K. Sawhney, Puneet Sawhney

A Course in Electronics and Electrical Measurements and Instrumentation

J. B. Gupta

Control Systems and Process Controls

Control Systems

Kumar A. Anand

Automatic Control Systems

Benjamin C Kuo

Linear Control Systems with MATLAB Application

B. S Manke

Problems and Solution of Control Systems with Essential Theory

A.K Jairath

Modern Control Engineering

Katsuhiko Ogata

Control Systems Engineering

I. J. Nagrath, D. P. Kothari

Analytical, Optical and Biomedical Instrumentation

Handbook Of Biomedical Instrumentation

R. S. Khandpur

Biomedical Instrumentation and Measurements

Leslie Cromwell

Optical Fiber Communications: Principles and Practice

John M. Senior

In this article, we have covered in detail the Instrumentation Engineering GATE practice questions for the core subject, the Instrumentation Engineering paper, as well as the GATE practice papers for the general aptitude part, along with some essential topics and books. This article can be used by candidates to adequately prepare for the GATE Instrumentation Engineering examination.


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