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PRACTICE SHEET - 15 (Physics)

Electromagnetic Wave and Alternating Current

1. A direct current of 5 A is superimposed on an 6. In an AC circuit V and I are given by V = 100 sin 100t
alternating current I = 10 sin t flowing through a volt and I = 100 sin (100t + /3) milliampere. The
wire. The effective value of the resulting current will power dissipated in the circuit is
be
(1) 104 watt (2) 10 watt
(1) (15/2) A (2) 5 3A (3) 2.5 watt (4) 5 watt
(3) 5 5A (4) 15 A 7. The power factor of an AC circuit having resistance
R and inductance L (connected in series) and an
2. A coil of inductance 5.0 mH and negligible resistance
angular velocity  is
is connected to an alternating voltage V = 10 sin
(100t). The peak current in the circuit will be R R
(1) (2) 2 2 2 1/2
(1) 2 A (2) 5 A L (R L )

(3) 10 A (4) 20 A L R
(3) (4) 2 2 2 1/2
R (R L )
3. An alternating voltage E (in volt) 200 2 sin (100t) is
connected to a 1 F capacitor through an AC 8. A current as a function of time can be described as
ammeter. The reading of the ammeter shall be i = t 2 for 0 < t < T. The rms value of this current is

(1) 10 mA (2) 20 mA
T2 T
(1) (2)
(3) 40 mA (4) 80 mA 5 3
4. In an AC circuit the emf (e) and the current (i) at any
instant are given respectively by T3 T
(3) (4)
7 2
e = E0 sint, i = I0 sin(t – )
9. A coil of inductive reactance 31 ohm has a resistance
The average power in the circuit over one cycle of AC
of 8 ohm. It is placed in series with a condenser of
is
capacitive reactance 25 ohm. The combination is
E0I0 connected to an AC source of 110 V. The power factor
(1) cos (2) E0I0 of the circuit is
2
(1) 0.33
E0I0 E0I0
(3) (4) sin (2) 0.56
2 2
(3) 0.64
5. In an AC circuit containing an inductance and a
capacitor in series, the current is found to be (4) 0.80
maximum when the value of the inductance is 0.5 H 10. An alternating voltage = 200 sin 100t is applied to a
and capacitance is 2 F. The angular frequency of series combination of R = 30  and an inductor of
the input AC voltage must be equal to 400 mH. The power factor of the circuit is
(1) 100 rad/s (2) 1000 rad/s (1) 0.01 (2) 0.6
(3) (1000/2) rad/s (4) (1000/) rad/s (3) 0.05 (4) 0.042
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11. Power dissipated in an LCR series circuit connected 17. For a series LCR circuit, the power loss at resonance
to an AC source of emf E is is

E 2R V2
(1) (1) (2) I 2 L
2 1
1 L
R2 L C
C
V2
E 2R (3) I 2R (4)
(2) C
2
1
R2 L 18. Two 220 volt, 100 watt bulbs are connected first in
C
series and then in parallel. Each time the combination
is connected to a 220 volt AC supply line. The power
2
1 drawn by the combination in each case respectively
E 2 R2 L
C will be
(3)
R
(1) 50 watt, 100 watt (2) 100 watt, 50 watt
2
1 (3) 200 watt, 150 watt (4) 50 watt, 200 watt
E 2 R2 L
C
19. In a circuit L, C and R are connected in series with
(4)
R an alternating voltage source of frequency f. The
12. In an oscillating LC circuit the maximum charge on current leads the voltage by 45°. The value of C is
the capacitor is Q. The charge on the capacitor when 1 1
the energy is stored equally between the electric (1) (2)
2 f (2 fL R ) 2 f (2 fL R )
and magnetic fields is
1 1
(1) Q/2 (3) (4)
f (2 fL R ) f (2 fL R )
(2) Q/ 3 20. What is the value of inductance L for which the
(3) Q/ 2 current is maximum in an LCR circuit with C = 10 F
and = 1000 s–1?
(4) Q
(1) 10 mH
13. In an LCR series AC circuit, the voltage across each
(2) 100 mH
of the components L, C and R is 50 V. The voltage
across the LC combination will be (3) 1 mH
(4) Cannot be calculated unless R is known
(1) 50 V (2) 50 2 V
21. In the given circuit the reading of voltmeter V1 and V2
(3) 100 V (4) 0
are 300 volts each. The reading of the voltmeter V3
14. In an LCR circuit, capacitance is changed from C to and ammeter A are respectively
2C. For the resonant frequency to remain unchanged,
the inductance should be changed from L to
(1) 4 L (2) 2 L
(3) L / 2 (4) L / 4
15. The self-inductance of the motor of an electric fan is
10 H. In order to impart maximum power at 50 Hz, it 220 V, 50 Hz
should be connected to a capacitance of (1) 100 V, 2.0 A (2) 150 V, 2.2 A
(1) 4 F (2) 8 F (3) 220 V, 2.2 A (4) 220 V, 2.0 A
(3) 1 F (4) 2 F 22. The impedance of a circuit, when a resistance R and
an inductor of inductance L are connected in series
16. A circuit has a resistance of 12  and an impedance
in an AC circuit of frequency (f) is
of 15 . The power factor of circuit will be
(1) 0.8 (2) 0.4 (1) R 4 fL2 (2) R 4 2f 2L2
(3) 1.25 (4) 0.125 (3) R2 4 2f 2L2 (4) R2 2 2f 2L2
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23. A capacitor of capacitance 2 F is connected in the 29. Consider following series RLC circuit
tank circuit of an oscillator oscillating with a frequency
of 1 kHz. If the current flowing in the circuit is 2 mA,
the voltage across the capacitor will be
(1) 0.16 V (2) 0.32 V
(3) 79.5 V (4) 159 V

24. In an AC circuit an alternating voltage e 200 2 The maximum voltage drop across inductance is
sin100t V is connected to a capacitor of capacity (1) 50 volt (2) 25 volt
1 F. The rms value of the current in the circuit is
(3) 12.5 volt (4) 5 volt
(1) 10 mA
30. An electrical device operates at 12 A current and
(2) 100 mA 120 V DC. If it is connected with 250 V and 30 Hz
(3) 200 mA ac. The power consumption will

(4) 20 mA (1) 625 W (2) 1250 W

25. An AC voltage is applied to a resistance R and (3) 6250 W (4) Zero

inductor L in series. If R and the inductive reactance 31. A coil of self-inductance L is connected in series
are both equal to 3 , the phase difference between with a bulb B and an AC source. Brightness of the
the applied voltage and the current in the circuit is bulb decreases when
(1) An iron rod is inserted in the coil
(1) (2)
6 4 (2) Frequency of the AC source of decreased
(3) Number of turns in the coil is reduced
(3) (4) Zero
2
(4) A capacitance of reactance XC = XL is included
26. A coil has resistance 30 ohm and inductive reactance in the same circuit
20 ohm at 50 Hz frequency. If an AC source of
32. An L–C resonant circuit contains a 400 pF capacitor
200 volt, 100 Hz, is connected across the coil, the
and a 100 H inductor. It is set into oscillation coupled
current in the coil will be
to an antenna. The wavelength of the radiated
(1) 2.0 A (2) 4.0 A electromagnetic waves is
20 (1) 377 mm (2) 377 m
(3) 8.0 A (4) A
13 (3) 377 cm (4) 3.77 cm
27. The rms value of potential difference V shown in the 33. Consider an electromagnetic wave that propagates
figure is in the +z direction with an electric field strength of
1 V/m pointing in the +y direction. Then the direction
and magnitude of the magnetic field pulse that travels
along with the electric field is
(1) 3.33 × 10–9 T in –y direction
(2) 3.33 × 10–9 T in –x direction
(3) 3.33 × 10–9 T in +x direction
V0 (4) 9.99 × 10–7 T in –x direction
(1) (2) V0
3 34. An astronaut floating freely in space decides to use
V0 V0 his flash light as a rocket. He shines a 10 watt light
(3) (4) beam in a fixed direction so that he acquires
2 2
momentum in the opposite direction. If his mass is
28. In a parallel LCR circuit spring constant K is analogous 80 kg, how long must he need to reach a velocity of
to 1 ms–1?
(1) L (2) C (1) 9 s (2) 2.4 × 103 s
(3) 1/L (4) 1/C (3) 2.4 × 106 s (4) 2.4 × 109 s
(3)
35. A parallel plate capacitor consists of two circular (1) 1.5 m (2) 1.5 × 10–1 m
plates with radius R = 10 cm separated by
(3) 1.5 × 10–2 m (4) 1.5 × 10–3 m
d = 0.5 mm. The capacitor is being charged at a
uniform rate by applying a changing potential 40. Electromagnetic waves travel in a medium which has
difference between the two plates. Assume that the relative permeability 1.3 and relative permittivity 2.14.
field is due to displacement current only and that Speed of electromagnetic waves in this medium will
the rate at which the electric field between the plates be
changes is 5 × 1013 (V/m-s). The displacement
(1) 13.6 × 106 m/s (2) 1.8 × 106 m/s
current in the capacitor is
(3) 3.6 × 108 m/s (4) 1.8 × 108 m/s
(1) 1.39 A (2) 13.9 A
41. Which of the following rays are not electromagnetic
(3) 139 A (4) 0.139 A
waves?
36. The oscillating electric and magnetic vectors of an
electromagnetic wave are oriented along (1) Cosmic rays (2) -rays

(1) The same direction but differ in phase by 90° (3) -rays (4) X-rays

(2) The same direction and are in phase 42. If the source of power 4 kW produces 1020 photons/
second, the radiation belongs to apart of the
(3) Mutually perpendicular directions and are in
spectrum is called
phase
(1) -ray (2) X-rays
(4) Mutually perpendicular directions and differ in
phase by 90° (3) Ultraviolet rays (4) Microwaves

37. Poynting vector (which gives the direction of 43. The frequency order for -rays (a), X-rays (b),
electromagnetic waves) is defined as UV-rays (c)
      (1) b > a > c (2) a > b > c
(1) J E B (2) J E B
  (3) c > b > a (4) a > c > b
 E B     
(3) J (4) J E B E B
2 44. The velocity of electromagnetic wave is parallel to
38. A brilliant arc lamp delivers a luminous flux of 100 W    
(1) B E (2) E B
to a 1 cm2 absorber. The force due to radiation  
pressure is (3) E (4) B

(1) 3.3 × 10–4 N (2) 16.5 × 10–7 N 45. The velocity of electromagnetic radiation in a medium
of permittivity 0 and permeability 0 is given by
(3) 3.3 × 10–6 N (4) 3.3 × 10–7 N
1 0
39. In a plane electromagnetic wave, the electric field (1) (2)
oscillates sinusoidally at a frequency of 2.0 × 1010 0 0 0

Hz and amplitude 48 V m–1. The wavelength of the 0

wave is (3) (4) 0 0
0

(4)