1. An A.C.

source of voltage V and of frequency 50 Hz is connected to an inductor of

2H and negligible resistance. A current of r.m.s. value I flows in the coil. When the
frequency of the voltage is changed to 400 Hz keeping the magnitude of V the
same, the current is now:
(a) 8I in phase with V (b) 4I and leading by 90° from V
(c) I/4 and lagging by 90° from V (d) I/8 and lagging by 90° from V
2. A bulb and a capacitor are connected in series to a source of alternating current. If
its frequency is increased, while keeping the voltage of the source constant, then:
(a) bulb will give more intense light
(b) bulb will give less intense light
(c) bulb will give light of same intensity as beore
(d) bulb will stop radiating light
3. 110 volts (rms) is applied across a series circuit having resistance 11 and
impedance 22 . The power consumed is:
(a) 366 W (b) 550 W
(c) 1100 W (d) 275 W
4. In a circuit, an inductance of 0.1 henry and a resistance of 1 are connected in
series with an A.C. source of voltage V = 5 sin 10 t. The phase difference between
the current and applied voltage will be:
(a)  (b)  / 2
(c)  / 4 (d) 0
5. In an electric circuit, a resistance  30  , a capacitance (Reactance 40 ) and an
inductance (Reactance 80 ), are all connected in series to a 180 volt, 50 hertz
source. The total impedance of the circuit is:
(a) 30 (b) 50 (c) 70 W (d) 90 
6. A circuit has three elements, a resistance of 11 , a coil of inductive reactance
120 and a capacitive reactance of 120 in series and connected to an AC. AC
source of 110 V, 60 Hz. Which of the three elements have minimum potential
difference?
(a) Resistance (b) Capacitance
(c) Inductor (d) All will have equal potential difference

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7. In the figure, if I L  0.8 A, I C  0.6A , then I = ?

(a) 0.4 A (b) 0.2 A (c) 1.0 A (d) 1.4 A

8. An inductance L, a capacitance C and a resistane R may be connected to an AC
source of angular frequency  , in three different combinatinos of RC, RL and RLC
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in series. Assume that  L  . The power drawn by the three combinations are
C
P1, P2 , P3 respectively. then:
(a) P1  P2  P3 (b) P1  P2  P3 (c) P1  P2  P3 (d) P1  P2  P3
9. The Ac circuit shown in figure. Find the frequency ( 0 ) of the
AC voltage source of that current through the source will be
in same phase as of voltage of source.

1 R2 1 R2
(a) 0   2 (b) 0   2
LC L LC L

1 1 R2 R
(c) 0  A(d) 0   
LC LC 4L 2L
10. A resistance and ideal inductor is connected in the AC circuit.
Here V1,V2 and V3 are the reading of three hot wire ideal
voltmeter:
(a) V3  V2  V1 (b) V3  V1  V2 

(c) V3  V1  V2 

(d) informations are insufficient to decide

11. The potential difference V and current I flowing through the AC circuit is given by
V  5cos t   / 6 volt and I  10sin t ampere. The average power dissipated in
the circuit is:
25 3
(a) W (b) 12.5 W (c) 25 W (d) 50 W
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12. A capacitor C  2 F and an inductor with L = 10 H and coil resistance 5 are in
series in a circuit. When an alternating current or r.m.s. value 2A flows in the
circuit, the average power in watts in the circuit is:
(a) 100 (b) 50 (c) 20 (d) 10

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13. In the circuit diagram shown, X C  100, X L  200 and R = 100  . The effective
current through the source is:

(a) 2 A (b) 2A (c) 0.5 A (d) 2 2 A

14. In the figure shown hot wire voltmeter and hot wire ammeter are ideal. The
reading of voltmeter is:

(a) 5 2V (b) 5 V (c) 10 V (d) none of these

15. A coil, a capacitor and an AC source of r.m.s. voltage 24 V are connected in series
By varying the frequency of the source, a maximum r.m.s. current of 6 A is
observed. If coil is connected to a battery of e.m.f. 12 volt and internal resistance
4 , the current through it in steady state is:
(a) 2.4 A (b) 1.8 A (c) 1.5 A (d) 1.2 A
16. An RLC series circuit is driven by a sinusoidal e.m.f. with angular frequency d . If
d is increased without changing the amplitude of the e.m.f., the circuit amplitude
increases. If L is the inductance, C is the capacitance, and R is the resistance, this
means that:
(a) d L  1 / d C (b) d L  1 / d C (c) d L  1 / d C (d) d L  R

17. An AC – circuit having supply voltage E consists of a resistor

of resistance 3 and an inductor of reactance 4 as shown
in figure. The voltage across the inductor at t   /  is:
(a) 2 volts (b) 10 volts
(c) zero (d) 4.8 volt
18. An inductive circuit contains resistance of 10 and an inductance of 2.0 H. If an
AC voltage of 120 V and frequency 60 Hz is applied to this circuit, the current
would be nearly:
(a) 0.8 A (b) 0.48 A (c) 0.16 A (d) 0.32 A

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19. In the circuit shown, if the e.m.f. of source at an instant is 5 V, the potential
difference across capacitor at the same instant is 4 V. The potential difference
across R at that instant may be:

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(a) 3 V (b) 9 V (c) V (d) none of these
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20. In a series CR circuit shown in figure, the applied voltae is 10 V and the voltage
across capacitor is found to be 8 V. Then the voltage across R, and the phase
difference between current and the applied voltage will respectively be:

4  3 5
(a) 6V ,tan 1   (b) 3V ,tan 1   (c) 6V ,tan 1   (d) none of these
3  4  3
Paragraph for Q. Nos. 21 – 22
In the RLC series circuit shown, the reading of voltmeters are V1  150V ,V2  50V and the
source has e.m.f. 130 V.

21. Find the powr factor of the circuit:

(a) 3/5 (b) 4/5 (c) 12/13 (d) 5/13
22. Values of V L and VC are respectively:

(a) 90 V and 40 V (b) 100 V and 50 V

(c) 70 V and 20 V (d) 10 V and 40 V
23. At a frequency 0 , the reactance of a certain capacitor equals that of a certain
inductor. If the frequency is changed to 20 , what is the ratio of the reactance of
the inductor to that of the capacitor:
(a) 4 : 1 (b) 2 :1 (c) 1 : 2 2 (d) 1 : 2

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24. A series circuit has an impedence of 50.0  and a power factor of 0.63 at 60 Hz.
The voltage lags the current. To raise the power factor of the circuit:
(a) an inductor should be placed in series
(b) a capacitor should be placed in series
(c) a resistance should be placed in series
(d) an inductor or a resistance should be placed in series
25. When 100 V DC is applied across a solenoid a current of 1 A flows in it. When 100
V AC is applied across the same coil. The current drops to 0.5 A. If the frequency
of the AC source is 50 Hz, the impedance and inductance of the solenoid are:
(a) 100,0.93H (b) 200,1.0 H (c) 10,0.86 H (d) 200,0.55H
26. In the circuit, a shown in the figure, if the vale of R.M.S. current is 2.2 ampere, the
power factor of the box is:

1 3 1
(a) (b) 1 (c) (d)
2 2 2
27. In the circuit diagram shown X C  1000, X L  200 and R  100 . The effective
current through the source is:

(a) 2 A (b) 2A (c) 4 A (d) 2 2 A

28. In the circuit shown, if emf of source at an instant is 5V, the potential difference
across capacitor at the same instant is 4V. The potential difference across R at that
instant may be:

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(a) 3 V (b) 9 V (c) V (d) none of these
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29. Select the correct circuit diagram for a phasor diagram as shows in the adjacent
figure.

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

30. In the shown AC circuit phase difference between current I 1 and I 2 is:

 X X L  XC
(a)  tan 1 L (b) tan 1
2 R R

 X X L  XC 
(c)  tan 1 L (d) tan 1 
2 R R 2

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