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DAY-11 : PHYSICS
Chapter(s) : Alternating current and EM waves
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Topic: Alternating Current
1. Voltage and current in an AC circuit given by
   
V  5sin 100t   and I  4 sin  100t  
 6  6
o
1) voltage leads the current by 30
2) current leads the voltage by 30o
3) current leads the voltage by 60o
4) voltage leads the current by 60o
2. An inductance of 1mH, a condenser of10F
6. The reactance of a coil when used in the
and a resistance of 50 are connected in series. domestic AC power supply (220V, 50 cycles
The reactance’s of inductor and condensers are per second) is 50 . The inductance of the coil
same. The reactance of either of them will be is nearly
1) 100 2) 30 1) 2.2H 2) 1.6H
3) 3.2 4) 10 3) 0.22H 4) 0.16H
3. In L-C-R circuit, the capacitance is changed 7. Which of the following curves correctly
from C to 4C. For the same resonant represent the variation of capacitive reactance
frequency, the inductance should be changed
from L to
 X C  with frequency (f)?
1) 2L 2) L/2 3) L/4 4) 4L
4. A 10 resistance, 5mH coil and 10F capacitor
are joined in series. When a suitable frequency
alternating current source is joined to this
combination, the circuit resonates. If the
resistance is halved, the resonance frequency
1) is halved 2) is doubled
3) remains unchanged 4) in quadrupled 8. A coil having an inductance of1 /  Henry is
5. An alternating emf is applied across a parallel connected in series with a resistance of 300. If
combination of a resistance R, capacitance C 20V and a 200Hz source are impressed across
and an inductance L. If IR , IL and IC are the the combination, the value of the tangent of the
currents through R,L and C respectively, then phase angle between the voltage and the
the diagram which correctly represents, the current is
1) 5/4 2) 4/5 3) 3/4 4) 4/3
phase relationship among IR , IL , IC and source
9. In an AC circuit, a resistance of R ohm is
emf E, is given by connected in series with an inductance L. If
phase angle between voltage and current be
45o , the value of inductive reactance will be
1) R/4 2) R/2
3) R 4) cannot be found with the given data
10. Which of the shown graphs may represent the
reactance of a series L-C combination?

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16. In a series L-C-R circuit the voltage across

resistance, capacitance and inductance is 10V
each. If the capacitance is short circuited, the
voltage across the inductance will be
10
1) V 2) 10V
2
3) 10 2V 4) 20V
17. In an L-C-R series circuit the AC voltage
across R,L and C come out as 10V,10V and
20V respectively. The voltage across the entire
11. An alternating voltage E  200 2 sin 100t  is combination will be
connected to a1F capacitor through an AC 1) 30V 2) 10 3V
ammeter. The reading of the ammeter shall be 3) 20V 4) 10 2V
1) 10mA 2) 20mA 18. The voltage across a pure inductor is
3) 40mA 4) 80mA represented in figure. Which one of the
12. In the circuit shown, the AC source has voltage following curves in the figure will represent the
V  20 cos  t  volt with   2000rad / s the current?
amplitude of the current will be nearest to

1) 2A 2) 3.3A
3) 2 / 5A 4) 5A
13. The rms voltage of the wave form shown is

19. The peak value of an alternating emf E given

1) 10V 2) 7V by E  E 0 cos t is 10V and frequency is 50Hz.
3) 6.37V 4) None of these
14. The output sinusoidal current versus time curve At time t=(1/600)s, the instantaneous value of
of a rectifier is shown in the figure. The emf is
average value of output current in this case is 1) 10V 2) 5 3V
3) 5V 4) 1V
20. An alternating voltage is given by
e  e1 sin t  e 2 cos t . Then the root mean
square value of voltage is given by
I 2I 1) e12  e 22 2) e1e 2
1) 0 2) 0 3) 0 4) I0
2  e1e 2 e12  e 22
15. An L-R circuit has R  10 and L  2H. If 3) 4)
2 2
120V, 60Hz AC voltage is applied, then 21. Two identical electric heaters each marked
current in the circuit will be 1000W, 220V are connected in series. This
1) 0.32A 2) 0.16A combination is connected to an AC apply of
3) 0.48A 4) 0.80A 220V. What will be their combined rate of

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heating? (Assume that resistance of each heater 28. For the series L-C-R circuit shown in the
remains constant) figure, what is the resonance frequency and the
1) 2000W 2) 1000W current at the resonating frequency?
3) 500W 4) 250W
22. An alternating potential V  V0 sin t is applied
across a circuit. As a result the current
 
I  I0 sin  t   flows in it. The power
 2 1) 2500rads 1 and 5 2A 2) 2500rads 1 and 5A
consumed in the circuit per cycle is 5
3) 2500rads 1 and A 4) 25rads 1 and 5 2A
1) zero 2) 0.5V0 I0 2
3) 0.707V0 I0 4) 1.414V0 I0 29. The figure shows variation of R, X L and XC
23. In a heating arrangement an alternating current with frequency f in a series L,C,R circuit. Then
having a peak value of 28A is used. To for what frequency point, the circuit is
produce the same heat energy, if the constant inductive?
current is used, its magnitude must be
1) about 14A 2) about 28A
3) about 20A 4) Cannot say
24. 110V (rms) is applied across a series circuit
having resistance 11 and impedance 22. The
power consumed is
1) 275W 2) 366W 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) All points
3) 550W 4) 1100W 30. An AC source of variable frequency f is
25. An R-L-C circuit containing a 52 resistor, a connected to an L-C-R series circuit. Which
230mH inductor, and a 8.8F capacitor is one of the graphs in figure represents the
variation of current I in the circuit with
driven by an AC voltage source that has an
frequency f?
amplitude of 150V and frequency f=80Hz.
How much average power is dissipated by this
circuit?
1) 78.6W 2) Zero
3) 19.6W 4) 24.8W
26. In an L-R circuit, the inductive reactance is
equal to the resistance R of the circuit. An emf
E  E 0 cos  t  is applied to the circuit. The
power consumed in the circuit is
E 20 E2
1) 2) 0
2R 4R 31. A constant voltage at different frequencies is
E02
E 02 applied across a capacitance C as shown in the
3) 4) figure. Which of the following graphs
2R 8R
27. In an AC circuit V0 , I0 and cos  are voltage
amplitude current amplitude and power factor
respectively, the power consumption is
1  1 
1) V0 I0 cos  2)   V0 I0 cos 
2  2
 1 
3) V0I0 cos  4)   V0 I0 cos 
 3

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The frequency of the power supply is equal to

the resonant frequency of the circuit.

Which ammeter will read zero ampere?

Correctly depicts the variation of current with 1) A1 2) A 2
frequency? 3) A3 4) None of these
32. For the circuit shown in the figure the current 36. In the series L-C-R circuit, the voltmeter and
through the inductor is 1.6A, while the current ammeter readings are
through the condenser is 0.4A. Then

1) the current drawn from the source is

I  2 2A 2) I  1.65A 1) V  100volt, I  2A
3) I  1.2A 4) I  2.0A 2) V  100volt, I  5A
33. In the given figure, a series L-C-R circuit is 3) V  1000volt, I  2A
connected to a variable frequency source of 4) V  300volt, I  1A
230V. The impedance and amplitude of the 37. In the circuit shown in figure, the AC source
current at the resonating frequency will be
gives a voltage V  20 cos  2000t  . Neglecting
source resistance, the voltmeter and ammeter
readings will be (approximately)

1) 20 and 4.2A 2) 30 and 6.9A

3) 25 and 5.8A 4) 40 and 5.75A
34. In figure, which voltmeter reads zero, when  is
equal to the resonant frequency of series L-C-R
circuit?
1) 4V, 2.0A 2) 0V, 2A
3) 0V, 1.4A 4) 8V, 2.0A
38. An AC voltage V  V0 sin100t is applied to the
circuit, the phase difference between current
and voltage is found to the phase difference
between current and voltage is found to be  / 4
, then
1) V1 2) V2
3) V3 4) None of these
35. An inductor of 10mH and a capacitor of16F
are connected in the circuit as shown in figure.

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1 
3) A leading in phase by with voltage
2 4
1 
4) A leading in phase by with voltage
2 6
40. An AC circuit consists of a resistance and a
choke coil in series. The resistance is of 220
and choke coils is of 0.7H. The power
absorbed from 220V and 50Hz, source
1) R  100, C  1F 2) R  1k, C  10F
connected with the circuit, is
3) R  10k, L  1H 4) R  1k, L  10H 1) 55W 2) 110W
39. When an alternating voltage of 220V is 3) 220W 4) 440W
applied across a device P, a current of 0.25A 41. In the given AC circuit, when switch S is at
flows through the circuit and it leads the position 1, the source emf leads current by  / 6
applied voltage by an angle  / 2 radian. When . Now, if the switch is at position 2, then
the same voltage source is connected across
another device Q, the same current is observed
in the circuit but in phase with the applied
voltage. What is the current when the same
source is connected across a series combination
of P and Q
1 
1) A lagging in phase by with voltage
4 2 4
1) current leads source emf by  / 4
1  2) current leads source emf by  / 3
2) A leading in phase by with voltage
4 2 4 3) source emf lead current by  / 4
4) source emf leads current by  / 3
KEY
1) 4 2) 4 3) 3 4) 3 5) 3 6) 4 7) 3 8) 4 9) 3 10) 3,4
11) 2 12) 1 13) 1 14) 3 15) 2 16) 1 17) 3 18) 4 19) 2 20) 4
21) 3 22) 1 23) 3 24) 1 25) 1 26) 2 27) 1 28) 2 29) 3 30) 3
31) 2 32) 3 33) 4 34) 2 35) 3 36) 1 37) 3 38) 2 39) 2 40) 2
41) 1
Solutions
1. Phase different between current and voltage 1
4. Resonant frequency f  does not
   2  1 2 LC
    depend on resistance.
   
6  6 3 5. Current in inductance IL lags behind, current in
2. According to problem XL  XC resistance IR is in phase with voltage, while
1 1 current in capacitance IC leads by a phase of
L   2 
C LC  / 2.
1 1 X 50
   10 4 6. X L   2fL   L  L   0.16H
3
10  10  10 6
10 8 2f  2  50 
4 3
 X L  L  10  10  10 1 1 1
7. XC    XC 
1 L 2C2 C 2fC f
3. For same resonant frequency,   L 
2 L1C1 1  2  200  4
8.   tan 1    tan    tan 1  
 R   300  3
 L 2 4C L L
  1  2 2 ;  L2  X
 LC L 4 9. tan 45o  L  X L  R
R
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10. X C   ; XC  17. V  VR2   VL  VC 
C 2fC C
11. Reading of ammeter  i rms 
18. Current lags the voltage by .
2
V V
i rms  rms  0  C  1 
XC 2 19. E  10 cos  2ft   10 cos  2 50 
 600 
200 2 100  1106  
  2 102 A  20mA  10cos  5 3V
2 6
12. Total resistance of the circuit R  6  4  10 e1
Capacitive reactance 20. e  e12  e 22 sin  t    where cos  
e12  e 22
1 1
XC    10 e2
C 2000  50 106 and sin  
Inductive reactance e1  e 22
2

X L  L  2000  5  10 3  10 e12  e 22

2
i.e., e0  e12  e 22 or e rms 
 Z  R 2   X L  X C   10 2
V0 20 21. For only a resistance, it hardly matters, whether
Amplitude of current  i 0    2A the source is DC or AC. In series,
Z 10 PP
1 T 2 1 T 2 P 1 2
13. Vrms  Vav  V dt  10 dt  10V P1  P2

T 0 T 0
14. Average value of output current in given by 22. Per Cycle mean for one complete Cycle. Power
T/ 2 T/ 2 is zero.
 Idt  I0 sin tdt
0
 0 i
Iav  T/ 2 23. i 0  28A  i rms  0  20A
dt T/2
0
2
T/ 2 24. P  Vrms cos 
2I  cos t 
 0    
2
T  V  R  110  11
0  Vrms  rms     2
 275W
2I  cos  T / 2  cos 0o   Z  Z   22 
 0    2
T     2 1 
25. Z  52 230103 280 6 
122
2I 2I 2I  2808.810 
 0   cos   cos 0o   0 1  1  0
T 2  2 2
V   150 
V
15. i  
V P   rms  .R     52   78.6W
 Z   122 
Z R 2   2fL 
2
26. X L  R  Z  2R
120 2 2
  0.16A V  E / 2 E 02
2
10    2 60  2 
2
P   rms  .R   0  .R 
 Z   2R  4R
16. XC  X L  R 1
2 27. Power Consumption  V0 I0 cos 
V  VR2   VL  VC  but VL  VC 2
1
 V  VR  10 28. Resonance frequency  
LC
When capacitor is short circuited, VC  0 and
1
VR  VL  as R  X L    2500rad / s
8  10  20  106
3

 V  VR2  VL2 or 10  2VL V 220

Resonance current, i    5A
10 R 44
 VL  volt
2
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29. At point A, XC  X L at point B, XC  X L at XC

tan   or X C  R
point C, XC  X L R
So at C, circuit is inductive. 220
39. P is a capacitor, X C   880
30. At resonance frequency current is maximum. 0.25
1 220
31. For capacitive circuits X C  Q is resistance, R   880
C 0.25
V When P and Q are in series.
i   VC  i  
XC Z  R 2  XC2  800 2
32. Current through inductor and through  XC 
  tan 1  o
  45 (current leading)
condenser are out of phase.  R 
V 230 V 1
33. i   5.75A , impedance Z  40 . i  A
R 40 Z 4 2
34. L,C are connected to V2.
40. X L   2fL   2 50  0.7  220
35. A3 is the zero Reading.
36. V  VR2   VL  VC 
2
 Z  R 2  X 2L  220 2
2
Vrms 220 1
 VR2   400  400   VR  100V Irms    A
Z 220 2 2
Reading of ammeter (current passing through 1
it) P  I2rms .R   220  110W
2
V 100 41. In Position- 1
I   2A
Z 50
37. X L  L   2000   5  103   10  L 1000  3  10
tan  
3

or
1

3
6 R R 3 R
1 1
XC    10  R  3
C  2000   50 10 6  In Position- 2
Since, XC  X L  1000 
1/ 1000  106 
X 1/ C 3
V 20 / 2 tan   C     1
I   or I  2A and V  0 R R 3
Z 10
38. In the given graph current is leading the 
 
voltage by 45o . Therefore circuit is C-R 4

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