Assertion (A) : The part of root locus on the real axis is not dependent upon the poles and zeros which are not on the real axis.
Reason (R) : Poles and zeros which are not on the real axis always occur in conjugate pairs.
UGC NET - 2012,
Answer: A
The keyed answer is that both statements are true and (R) is the correct explanation. On the real axis, a point lies on the root locus if the number of poles and zeros to its right is odd. A complex pole or zero away from the real axis comes with its conjugate, and the two angles they contribute to a point on the real axis cancel, so they do not affect the real-axis part of the locus. The conjugate-pair property in (R) is what gives that cancellation, so (R) explains (A).
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