IIT MADRAS M.S (CONTROL & INSTRUMENTATION) TEST EXPERIENCE



IIT MADRAS M.S - CONTROL  &  INSTRUMENTATION 

Hi, i am  ABHINAV !

Well let me explain my experience at IIT Madras MS coourse (CONTROL AND INSTRUMENTATION ).I am from kerala,I reached madras on june 12th.Its  a good city and climate was also fine.Around 10am we checked in at the HOSTEL of IIT Madras.I had my written test on 13th june.Test was scheduled at 9am,We reached at 8am about 160 students were there.Initially 
there was document verification for 1 hour,Then one sir came and told those who wish to write instrumentation part go to other room.As expected only 10-20 students went from for that.
Now it was control students' turn.We were split to 3 groups.and by 9.15 exam, the exam started.





There were 12 questions.It was a descriptive exam.We need to write answer as well as the steps behind it.Questions were mainly from:
  • State space analysis( 7 questions) 
  • Mathematics( 3)
  • Analog Electronics (1)
  • Digital(1).


Maths questions like eigenvector problem,differential equation etc.analog part is to find equivalent capacitor in a ckt,digital is like to implement full adder using look up table method ( I dnt knw that method)  and the control part was the most difficult,the following questions were asked.

  1. Find impulse response of a system such that A,B,C matrix form is given
  2. Derive a the condition for a transfer function with type 1.(a feed back system given G(S)) and H(S) ..we need to find parameters in G(S) like p,q,r,s that satisfy the condition).
  3. A,B,C,state transition matrix is given..in it state matrix is unbounded( e^T term present)..output matrix is bounded( e^-t) term was there)...comment on why it is like that?

My Attempt:
  1. found the characteristics eqn using A matrix..and  wrote system roots are purely imaginary..so marginally stable.many of my friends wrote the same.dnt knw correct answer..

  2. Draw 1/(s^2+1) +1/(s^2+4) pole zero plot root locus plot.

Rest of questions I can't recall.After 1 hour results were published.

Only 10 got shortlisted and they had interview from 12.30 onwards.Out of 10 mostly 5 will get admission to control MS.         


Thank you Abhinav.He did his bachelor's in APPLIED ELECTRONICS & INSTRUMENTATION from College of Engineering Trivandrum.He has  secured an AIR under 450 at GATE 2016.                                                                                             

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