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1. A small loop lies outside a circuit. The key of the circuit is √3 A

(a) 2 √3 A (b) √ 3 A
closed and opened alternately. The closed loop will show
(c) 2 (d) Zero

7. The voltage of an ac source varies with time according to the

S
+ – equation V = 100 sin(100t) cos(100t) where t is in seconds
and V is in volts. Then
(a) Clockwise pulse followed by another clockwise
(a) The peak voltage of the source is 100 volts
pulse Clockwise pulse followed by another clockwise
(b) The peak voltage of the source is 50 volts
pulse
(b) Anticlockwise pulse followed by another 100/ √ 2 volts
(c) The peak voltage of the source is
anticlockwise pulse
(d) The frequency of the source is 50 Hz
(c) Anticlockwise pulse followed by a clockwise pulse
(d) Clockwise pulse followed by an anticlockwise pulse
8. If the frequency of ac is 60 Hz the time difference
corresponding to a phase difference of 60o is
2. In an ac dynamo, the number of turns in the armature are 1 1
made four times and the angular velocity 9 times, then the sec sec
(b) 1sec (c) 60 (d) 360
peak value of induced emf will become
(a) 60 sec
(a) 36 times (b) 12 times (c) 6 times (d) 18
times
9. The r.m.s. value of the alternating e.m.f. E = (8 sin t + 6 sin
2 t) V is
3. Primary voltage is Vp, resistance of the primary winding is Rp. (a) 7.05 V (b) 14.14 V (c) 10 V (d) 20 V
Turns in primary and secondary are respectively Np and Ns
then secondary current in terms of primary voltage and
secondary voltage respectively will be 10.
2 2 2 2
V pNp VsNp V pNp Vs Np Voltage and current in an ac circuit are given by
, ,
R p N s R p N 2s
(b)
R p N s R p N 2s
(
V =5 sin 100 π t−
π
)
6 and (
i=4 sin 100 π t+
π
6 )
(a) (a) Voltage leads the current by 30°
V pNp V sN 2
V p N 2p V 2s N p (b) Current leads the voltage by 30°
, , (c) Current leads the voltage by 60°
R2p N s R 2p N 2s (d) R p N 2s R 2p N s
(d) Voltage leads the current by 60°
(c)
11. The instantaneous values of current and potential difference
in an alternating circuit are i=sin ω t and E=100 cosω t
4. The equation of an alternating current is i=50 √ 2×sin 400 πt respectively. r.m.s. value of wattless current (in amp) in the
ampere then the frequency and the root mean square of the circuit is
current are respectively
(a) 1 (b) 1/ √ 2 (c) 100 (d) Zero
(a) 200 Hz, 50 amp (b) 400  Hz, 50 √ 2
amp
12. The r.m.s. current in an ac circuit is 2 A. If the wattless
(c) 200 Hz, 50 √ 2 amp (d) 50 Hz, 200 amp
current be √ 3 A , what is the power factor
1 1 1 1
5. What will be the equation of ac of frequency 75 Hz if its
r.m.s. value is 20 A √3 (b) √ 2 (c) 2 (d) 3
(a)
(a)
i=20 sin 150 π t (b) i=20 √ 2sin(150π t )
20 13. r.m.s. value of alternating current in a circuit is 4 A and power
i= sin(150 π t )
(c)
√2 (d) i=20 √ 2sin(75π t ) factor is 0.5. If the power dissipated in the circuit is 100W,
then the peak value of voltage in the circuit is
(a) 50 volt (b) 70 volt (c) 35 volt (d) 100
volt
6. The instantaneous value of current in an ac circuit is
i=2 sin(100 π t+π /3 ) A . The current at the beginning
(t=0 ) will be

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14. The impedance of an ac circuit is 200  and the phase angle

o
between current and e.m.fis 60 . What is the resistance of 21. A resistor R, an inductor L and a capacitor C are connected in
the circuit series to a source of frequency n. If the resonant frequency is
(a) 50  (b) 100  100 √ 3Ω
(c) (d)
nr then the current lags behind voltage, when
300
(a) n = 0 (b) n < nr (c) n = nr (d) n >

nr

√
15. An alternating voltage E=200 2sin(100 t ) is connected to 22. An electron moves along the line AB which lies in the same
a 1 microfaracd capacitor through an ac ammeter. The reading plane as a circular loop of conducting wire as shown in figure.
of the ammeter shall be What will be the direction of current induced if any in the
(a) 10 mA (b) 20 mA (c) 40 mA (d) loop -
80 mA

16. An 120 volt ac source is connected across a pure inductor of

inductance 0.70 henry. If the frequency of the source is 60
Hz, the current passing through the inductor is
(a) 4.55 amps (b) 0.355 amps (a) No current will be induced
(c) 0.455 amps (d) 3.55 amps (b) Induced current will be clockwise
(c) Induced current will be anti clockwise
17. The current and voltage in an ac circuit are respectively given (d) The current will change direction as the electron
by i=sin 314 t ande=200 sin (314 t+π /3 ) If the passes by
resistance is 100, then the reactance of the circuit is

(a)
100/ √ 3 Ω (b) 100 √ 3Ω 23. A 50 Hz ac source of 20 volts is connected across R and C as
shown in figure. The voltage across R is 12 volt. The voltage
(c) 200  (d) 200 √ 3Ω across C is –

18. When 100 volt dc is applied across a solenoid, a current of 1.0

amp flows in it. When 100 volt ac is applied across the same
coil, the current drops to 0.5 amp. If the frequency of ac (a) 8 V
source is 50 Hz the impedance and inductance of the solenoid (b) 16 V
are
(a) 200 ohms and 0.5 henry (b) 100 ohms and 0.86 (c) 10 V
henry (d) Not possible to determine unless values of R and C
(c) 200 ohms and 1.0 henry (d) 100 ohms and 0.93 are given
henry
24. An AC ammeter is used to measure current in a circuit. When
a given direct current passes through the circuit, the AC
19. A sinusoidal voltage Vosint is applied across a series ammeter reads 3 ampere. When another alternating current
combination of resistance R and inductor L. The amplitude of passes through the circuit, the AC ammeter reads 4 ampere.
the current in the circuit is Then the reading of this ammeter if DC and AC flow through
Vo Vo the circuit simultaneously, is -
(a) 3 amper (b) 1 ampere (c) 7 ampere (d) 5
√ R 2+ω 2 L2 (b) √ R 2−ω2 L2 ampere
(a)
Vo 25. If i1 = 3 sin t and i2 = 4 cost, then i3 is–

(c) √ R 2+ω 2 L2 sint (d) Vo/R

20. An ideal choke takes a current of 8 A when connected to an

a.c. source of 100 volt and 50Hz. A pure resistor under the
same conditions takes a current of 10A. If two are connected
in series to an a.c. supply of 100V and 40Hz, then the current
in the series combination of above resistor and inductor is (a) 5 sin (t + 53º) (b) 5 sin (t + 37º)

(a) 10A (b) 8A (c) 5 √ 2 amp (d) 10 √2 (c) 5 sin (t + 45º) (d) 5 cos (t + 53º)

amp
26. For An alternating current :
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(a) R.m.s value may be equal to peak value

(b) Average value may be equal to peak value
(c) R.m.s value may be equal to average value
(d) All of the above

27. A circuit element is placed in a closed box. At time t = 0, a

constant current generator supplying a current of I amp is (a) 5 (b) 1.15 (c) 4 (d) None of these
connected across the box. Potential diff. across the box varies
according to graph as shown in the figure. The element in the 32. If resistance of 100  and inductance of 0.5 henry and
box is- capacitance of 10 × 106 farad are connected in series through
50 Hz A.C. supply, then impedance is -
(a) 1.8765  (b) 18.76  (c) 187.6  (d) 101.3


33. In an a.c. circuit V and I are given by

V = 100 sin (100 t) volts
I = 100 sin (100 t + /3) mA
(a) A resistance of 2 (b) A battery of emf 6V the power dissipated in the circuit is-
(c) An inductance of 2H (d) A capacitance (a) 104 watt (b) 10 watt (c) 2.5 watt (d) 5.0 watt

28. In the given circuit the average power developed is– 34. In an A.C. circuit, a resistance of R ohm is connected in series
with an inductance L. If phase angle between voltage and
current be 45º, the value of inductive reactance will be -
(a) R/4 (b) R/2
(c) R (d) Cannot be found with given
data

35. The power dissipated in the adjacent circuit is –

(a) 50√ 2 watt (b) 200 watt
(c) 150√ 2 watt (d) 200√ 2 watt

29. An inductor 10 /600 is connected to a 5 resistance in

series. Find net impedance –

V 20 V 20 V 20 V 20
(a) 15  (b) 12  (c) 13.2  (d) R (b) 5 R (c) √5 R (d) 10 R
18  (a)

36. In a transformer Np = 500, Ns = 5000. Input voltage is 20V

30. An LCR series circuit with 100  resistance is connected to and frequency is 50Hz. What are the output voltage and
an AC source of 200 V and angular frequency 300 radians per frequency-
second. When only the capacitance is removed, the current (a) 200 V, 40 Hz (b) 100 V, 50 Hz
lags behind the voltage by 60º. When only the inductance is (c) 200 V, 50 Hz (d) 150 V, 40 Hz
removed, the current leads the voltage by 60º. Then the
current and power dissipated in LCR circuit are respectively
(a) 1A, 200 watt (b) 1A, 400 watt 37. In adjacent circuit the instantaneous current equation is–
(c) 2A, 200 watt (d) 2A, 400 watt

31. Find the rms value of the saw tooth wave form shown in
figure -

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(100 t− π4 ) (b) √ 2 sin

( 100 t− )
π
4 2. 5
μF
(a) 2 sin 44. π capacitor and 3000-ohm resistance are joined in
−1
series to an ac source of 200 volt and 50 sec
( ) ( )
π π frequency.
200 t− 100 t+ The power factor of the circuit and the power dissipated in it
√ sin
2 4 (d) √ 2 4
will respectively
(c) (a) 0.6, 0.06 W (b) 0.06, 0.6 W
(c) 0.6, 4.8 W (d) 4.8, 0.6 W
38. The reading of the ammeter and voltmeters are (Both the
instruments are ac meters and measures rms value) - 45. A telephone wire of length 200 km has a capacitance of 0.014
F per km. If it carries an ac of frequency 5 kHz, what should
be the value of an inductor required to be connected in series
so that the impedance of the circuit is minimum
(a) 0.35 mH (b) 35 mH (c) 3.5 mH (d)
Zero

(a) 2A, 110 V (b) 2A, 0V (c) 2A, 55V (d) 1A, 0 46. Assertion: Resonance phenomenon is exhibited by a circuit
V only if both L and C are present m the circuit.
Reason: Voltage across L and C cancel each other and
39. An alternating current is given by i = i1cost + i2sint. the current amplitude is , the total source
Thus rms current is given by voltage appearing across R causes resonance.

√ √
i1 +i 2 |i 1 +i 2| 2 2 i 21 + i22 (a) If both Assertion & Reason are True & the Reason is a
i 1 + i2 correct explanation of the Assertion.
√2 (b) √2 (c) 2 (d) √2 (b) If both Assertion & Reason are True but Reason is not a
(a) correct explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is True but the Reason is False.
(d) If both Assertion & Reason are False.
40. A resistance of 20 ohm is connected to a source of an
alternating potential V = 220 sin (100t). The time taken by
the current to change from its peak value to rms value is- 47. Assertion: In an LC circuit, the charge on the capacitor
(a) 0.2 sec (b) 0.25 sec oscillates simple harmonically.
Reason: The total energy in an LC circuit is a constant.
(c) 25 × 10–3sec (d) 2.5 × 10–3sec
(a) If both Assertion & Reason are True & the Reason is a
correct explanation of the Assertion.
41. In an ac circuit V and I are given by (b) If both Assertion & Reason are True but Reason is not a
V = 150 sin (150 t) V and correct explanation of the Assertion.

I = 150 sin
150 t+
π
(
3 A ) (c) If Assertion is True but the Reason is False.
(d) If both Assertion & Reason are False.
The power dissipated in the circuit is
(a) 5625 W (b) 4825 W (c) 7450 W (d) 3425 W 48. A transformer having efficiency of is working on
and power supply. If the current in the
42. In an ac circuit, V and i are given by secondary coil is , the voltage across the secondary coil
π
V =100 sin (100 t ) volts , and i=100 sin 100 t + mA
3 The
( ) (a)
and the current in the primary coil respectively arc:

(b)
power dissipated in circuit is
(b) 10 watt
4 (c) (d)
(a) 10 watt (c) 2.5 watt (d) 5
watt
49. The overall efficiency of a transformer is The
43. In a circuit an alternating current and a direct current are transformer is rated for an output of . The
supplied together. The expression of the instantaneous current primary voltage is . The ratio of turns in the
is given as i=3+6 sin ωt . Then the r.m.s. value of the
primary to the secondary coil is . The iron losses at full
current is
load are . The primary coil has a resistance of
(a) 3A (b) 6A (c) 3 √ 2 A (d)
3 √3A The voltage in secondary coil is:

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(a) (b) 55. A simple electric motor has an armature resistance of

and runs from a dc source of . When running
(c) (d)
unloaded it draws a current of . When a certain load is
connected, its speed becomes half of its unloaded value. The
50. The overall efficiency of a transformer is The new value of current drawn:
transformer is rated for an output of . The (a) (b)
primary voltage is . The ratio of turns in the (c) (d)
primary to the secondary coil is . The iron losses at full
load are . The primary coil has a resistance of

In the above, the copper loss in the primary coil is:

(a) (b)
(c) (d)

51. The overall efficiency of a transformer is The

transformer is rated for an output of . The
primary voltage is . The ratio of turns in the
primary to the secondary coil is . The iron losses at full
load are . The primary coil has a resistance of

In the above, the current in the secondary coil is:

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

52. In a transformer, number of turns in the primary are 140 and

that in the secondary are 280. If current in primary is 4A,
then that in the secondary is:
(a) (b)
(c) (d)

53. A step down transformer is employed to reduce the main

supply of to . The primary draws of
current and the secondary draws . The efficiency of
the transformer is:
(a) (b)
(c) (d)

54. In an AC circuit, the voltage applied is .

The resulting current in the circuit is

. The power consumption in the circuit is given by:

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

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