Physics
Class-12th
Chapter-7
Alternating current
1. The electric current in a circuit is given by
i = i0(t / T) for some time. Calculate the rms
current for the period t = 0 to t = T
2. The instantaneous value of an alternating
voltage in volts is given by the expression \
mathcalEt= 140sin 300t where t is in second. What
s (i) peak value of the voltage. (ii) its rms value
and (iii) frequency of the supply?
3. . A resistance of 40ohm is connected to an a.c.
source of 220 V, 50 Hz. Find (i) the rms current (ii)
the maxi-mum instantaneous current in the
resistor and (iii) the time taken by the current to
change from its maximum value to the rms value.
[JEE Main June 22]
4. 12. An ideal inductor of connected to a 200 V,
50 Hz ac supply. inductance is 5/π H.
[CBSE F 20]
(a) Calculate the rms and peak value of current in
the inductor.
(b) What is the phase difference between current
through the inductor and the applied voltage ?
How will it change if a small resistance is
connected in series with this inductor in the
circuit ?
5. A current of 1 A flows through a coil when it is
connected across a DC battery of 100 V. If DC
battery is replaced by an AC source of 100 V and
angular frequency 100 rad/s. the current reduces
to 0.5 A. Find
(i) impedance of the circuit,
(ii) self-inductance of coil,
(iii) phase difference between the voltage and the
current. (CBSE D 23]
6.Determine the impedance of a series LCR-
circuit if the reactance of C and L are 250ohm
and 220 Ω respectively and R is 40 Ω.
7. A resistor of 50 ohm, an inductor of (20 /π) H
and a capacitor of (5 / π) µF are connected in
series to a voltage source 230 V, 50 Hz. Find the
impedance of the circuit.
[CBSE OD 06]
8. An inductor L = 0.4H a capacitor C = 10x10-6F
and a resistor R = 400 ohm are connected in
series to an ac source V = 40sin(1000t + π/ 3)
volt. Calculate the
(1) impedance of the circuit, and
(i) peak value of current.
[CBSE 20C]
9.A resistance of 2 ohms, a coil of inductance
0.01 H are connected in series with a capacitor,
and put across a 200 volt, 50 Hz supply.
Calculate :
(1) the capacitance of the capacitor so that the
circuit resonates.
(ii) the current and voltage across the capacitor
at resonance. (Take pi = 3)
10. A 25.0 µF capacitor, a 0.10 henry inductor and
a 25.0 ohm resistor are connected in series with
an A.C source whose emf is given by E =310 sin
314 t (volt).
(i) What is the frequency of the emf?
(ii) What is the reactance of the circuit ?
(iii) What is the impedance of the circuit?
(iv) What is the current of the circuit ?
(v) What is the phase angle of the current by
which it leads or lags the applied emf?
11. An a.c. source is connected un guven LCR
circuit. The rms potential difference across the
capacitor is. ________.
12. In the following circuit, calculate (a) the
capacitance of the capacitor, if the power factor
of the circuit is unity, (b) the Q-factor of this
circuit. (c) Given the angular frequency of the a.c.
source to be 100/s.
Calculate the average power dissipated in the
circuit.
[CBSE D 17C]
13.An alternating current I= 14sun(100πt) A
passes through combination of a resistor of 30
ohm and an inductor of (2/5π) H. Calculate:
(i) rms value of the voltage drops across the
resistor and the inductor, and
(ii) power factor of the circuit.
[CBSE D 23]
14.The primary coil of an ideal step-up trans-
former has 100 turns and the transformation ratio
is also 100. The input voltage and the power are
220 V and 1100 W respectively. Calculate :
(i) number of turns in the secondary
(ii) the current in the primary
(iii) voltage across the secondary
(iv) the current in the secondary
(v) power in the secondary.
[CBSE D 06, 16
15. An ideal transformer having a ferromagnetic
core consists of two coils having 500 turns
(primary) and 50 turns (secondary) respectively.
(i) What is the voltage across the secondary coil,
if the rms voltage across the primary coil is 240 V
?
(ii) What will be the individual currents in the two
coils (primary and secondary), if the secondary
has a resistive load of 20 ohms ?
[CBSE SP 24]
16.A step-up transformer has 200 and 3000 turns in its
primary and secondary coils respectively. The input voltage
given to the primary coil is 90 V. Calculate :
(a) The output voltage across the secondary coil.
(b) The current in the primary coil if the current in the
secondary coil is 2.0 A.
[CBSE OD 24]
17. Why core of transformer is made up of
laminated sheets?
18. How we can increase the sharpness of LCR
circuit?
19. Show the variations if R,XL , Xc & Z with
frequency.
20. How transformer is used in long range
transmission?
