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1. A 100 turn coil of area 0.1 m2 rotates at half a
revolution per second. It is placed in a uniform
magnetic field of 0.01 T perpendicular to the axis of
rotation of the coil. Calculate the maximum voltage
generated in the coil?
a) 256.33 V b) 89.12V
c) 0.314 d) 3.1455 V
2. An a.c. generator consists of a coil of 1000 turns and
cross-sectional area of 3m2, rotating at a constant
angular speed of 60 rad s-1 in a uniform magnetic field
0.04 T. The resistance of the coil is 500Ω. Calculate the
maximum current drawn from the generator.
a) 2500 A b) 1.44 A
c) 6.25 A d) 0.55 A
3. Aditya peddles a stationary bicycle the pedals of
which are attached to a 500 turn coil of area 11 m2. The
coil rotates at half a revolution per second and it is
placed in a uniform magnetic field of 20.5 T
perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the coil. What is
the maximum voltage generated in the coil?
a) 354035 V b) 85000V
c) 111647 V d) 46464 V
4. Identify the principle behind the working of an a.c.
generator.
a) Eddy currents b) Faraday’s law
c) Lenz’s law d) Electromagnetic induction
5. An armature coil consists of 30 turns of wire, each of
area A = 0.05 m2 and total resistance of 10 Ω. It rotates
in a magnetic field of 0.15T at a constant frequency of
\(\frac {140}{\pi }\) Hz. Determine the value of
maximum induced emf produced in the coil.
a) 1 V b) 500 V c) 63 V d) 43 V
6. In an a.c. generator, electrical energy is converted to
mechanical energy by electromagnetic induction.
a) True b) False
7. ‘X’ is a rectangular coil consisting of a large number
of turns of copper wire wound over a soft iron core in
an a.c. generator. Identify X.
a) Slip ring b) Armature
c) Copper brushes d) Field magnet
8. An a.c. generator consists of a coil of 50 turns and an
area 2.5 m2 rotating at an angular speed of 60 rad s-1 in
a uniform magnetic field of 0.3 T between two fixed
pole pieces. What is the flux through the coil, when the
current is zero?
a) Maximum b) Minimum
c) Zero d) Independent of current
1. What is the rms value of the current, if its
instantaneous current value is 8 sin314 t?
a) 2√4 A b) 10 A c) 4√2 A d) 50 A
2. What will be the rms value of the voltage, if the
sinusoidal value voltage is given as E = 100 sin 314 t
applied across a resistor of resistance 15 ohms?
a) 200 V b) 70.71 V c) 100 V d) 33.87 V
3. Determine the rms value of current in the circuit if a
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50 Ω resistor is connected across an ac source of 200 V,
50 Hz?
a) 4 A b) 200 A c) 50 A d) 1 A
4. Calculate the rms voltage, if the peak value of an a.c.
supply is 300 V.
a) 561.4 V b) 969.2 V c) 625.1 V d) 212.1 V
5. Find out the net power consumed over a full cycle, if
a 150 Ω resistor is connected to a 350 V, 100 Hz ac
supply.
a) 2.3 W b) 350 W c) 805 W d) 500 W
6. When a sinusoidal voltage E = 200 sin 314 t is applied
to a resistor of 10 Ω resistance, the power dissipated is
250 Watts.
a) True b) False
7. Which value of the current do you measure with an
a.c. ammeter?
a) Instantaneous current b) Root mean square value
c) Electromotive force d) Peak current
8. Calculate the value of the peak current, if the rms
value of current in an ac circuit is 50 A?
a) 70.7 A b) 65 A c) 50 A d) 1 A
1. Identify the function of a phasor from the following.
a) Phasor is a vector quantity used to represent a
sinusoidal signal
b) Phasor is a scalar quantity used to represent a
sinusoidal signal
c) Phasor is a vector quantity used to represent a cosine
signal
d) Phasor is a scalar quantity used to represent a cosine
signal
2. What is the general expression of a sinusoidal signal?
a) A(t) = Am sin⁡(ωt – Φ)
b) A(t) = sin⁡(ωt + Φ)
c) A(t) = Am sin⁡(ωt + Φ)
d) A(t) = 2Am sin⁡(ωt + Φ)
3. What does a phasor represent?
a) Current and resistance b) Current and voltage
c) Voltage and resistance d) Voltage and power
4. Phasors rotate in the clockwise direction.
a) True b) False
5. Find the true statement.
a) Length of the phasor must be greater than the peak
value of alternating voltage or alternating current
b) When the current reaches its maximum value after
emf becomes maximum, then the current is considered
to be leading ahead of emf
c) When the emf reaches its maximum value after
current becomes maximum, then the emf is considered
to be behind the current
d) Phasors for voltage and current are in the same
direction when the phase angle between voltage and
current is zero
1. What is the reactance of an inductor in a dc circuit?
a) Maximum b) Minimum c) Zero d) Indefinite
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2. In which type of circuit the value of power factor will 8. What will be the reactance of a capacitor at 150 Hz, if
be minimum? it has a reactance of 200 Ω at 50 Hz?
a) Resistive b) Inductive a) 67 Ω b) 40 Ω c) 150 Ω d) 60 Ω
c) Superconductive d) Semi conductive 9. A 1.50 μF capacitor is connected to a 220 V, 50 Hz
3. The frequency of ac is doubled. How does XL get source. If the frequency is doubled, what happens to
affected? the capacitive reactance?
a) XL gets doubled b) XL becomes zero a) Remains the same b) Doubled
c) XL is halve d) XL is indefinite c) Halved d) Becomes zero
4. At what frequency will a coil, which has an 10. Which among the following is the correct
inductance of 2.5 H, have a reactance of 3500 Ω? expression for finding capacitive reactance for an ac
a) 700Hz b) 350 Hz circuit containing capacitor only?
c) 200 Hz d) 223 Hz a) Xc = 2πf
5. Why does an inductor offer an easy path to dc and a b) Xc = \(\frac {1}{2πfC}\)
resistive path to ac? c) Xc = 2πfC
a) XL is maximum for dc and infinite for ac d) Xc = \(\frac {2πf}{C}\)
b) XL is zero for dc and infinite for ac 1. Determine the impedance of a series LCR-circuit if
c) XL is zero for dc and finite for ac the reactance of C and L are 250 Ω and 220 Ω
d) XL is maximum for dc and finite for ac respectively and R is 40 Ω.
6. The inductive reactance for an ac circuit containing a) 250 Ω b) 150 Ω c) 50 Ω d) 80 Ω
only an inductor is \(\frac {E_0}{X_L}\). 2. If a 0.5 H inductor, 80 μF capacitor and a 40 Ω
a) True b) False resistor are connected in series with a 150 V, 60 Hz
7. Determine the peak current if an inductor of supply. Calculate the impedance of the circuit.
inductance 500 mH is connected to an ac source of a) 100 Ω b) 160.3 Ω c) 50 Ω d) 65 Ω
peak emf 650 V and frequency 100 Hz 3. An inductor coil joined to a 6 V battery draws a
a) 1.55 A b) 2.07 A c) 7.89 A d) 9.87 A steady current of 12 A. This coil is connected in series
8. Find out the rms value of current in the circuit to a capacitor and ac source of alternating emf 6 V. If
wherein a 35 mH inductor is connected to 200 V, 70 Hz the current in the circuit is in phase with the emf, find
ac supply. the rms current.
a) 13 A b) 15 A c) 20 A d) 45 A a) 12 A b) 15 A c) 25 A d) 19 A
1. A 1.5 μF capacitor is connected to a 220 V, 50 Hz 4. A resistor of 50 Ω, an inductor of \(\frac {20}{\pi}\) H
source. Find the capacitive reactance in the circuit. and a capacitor of \(\frac {5}{\pi }\) μF are connected in
a) 2120 Ω b) 21.2 Ω c) 212 Ω series to a voltage supply of 230 V – 50 Hz. Find the
d) 2.12 Ω impedance of the circuit.
2. A capacitor of capacitance 10 μF is connected to an a) 150 Ω b) 250 Ω
oscillator giving an output voltage, E = 10 sin ωt volt. If c) 350 Ω d) 50 Ω
ω = 10 rad s-1, find the peak current in the circuit. 5. A series circuit with L = 0.12 H, C = 0.48 mF and R =
a) 197 Ma b) 1 mA 25 Ω is connected to a 220 V variable frequency power
c) 179 mA d) 5 mA supply. At what frequency is the circuit current
3. What is the capacitive reactance of a 5 μF capacitor maximum?
when it is a part of a circuit whose frequency is 50 Hz? a) 79 Hz b) 19 Hz
a) 636.6 Ω b) 1636.6 Ω c) 21 Hz d) 93 Hz
c) 2636.6 Ω d) 4636.6 Ω 6. Voltages across L and C in series are 90° out of phase.
4. How will the capacitive reactance be affected if the a) True b) False
frequency is doubled? 7. A capacitor, resistor of 10 Ω, and an inductor of 70
a) Doubled b) Insignificant mH are in series with an ac source marked 120 V, 70 Hz.
c) Remains the same d) Halved If it is found that voltage is in phase with the current,
5. Give the SI unit of capacitive reactance. then find out the impedance of the circuit.
a) Am b) Ω c) Ωm d) A a) 5 Ω b) 10 Ω c) 100 Ω d) 900 Ω
6. The capacitive reactance varies directly with the 8. When are the voltage and current in LCR-series ac
frequency. circuit in phase?
a) True b) False a) XL = XC b) XL > XC
7. Calculate the rms value of current in the circuit c) XL < XC d) Indeterminant
wherein an 80 μF capacitor is connected to a 100 V, 80 9. What is the reactance of an inductor in a dc circuit?
Hz ac supply. a) Minimum b) Maximum
a) 4 A b) 2 A c) 7 A d) 50 A c) Zero d) Indefinite

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10. If the frequency of the ac source in a series LCR- {N_s}{N_p}\)

circuit is increased, how does the current in the circuit b) k = \(\frac {V_s}{V_p}=\frac {I_s}{I_p}=\frac
change? {N_p}{N_s}\)
a) Decreases then increase c) k = \(\frac {V_s}{V_p}=\frac {I_p}{I_s}=\frac
b) Increases then decrease {N_s}{N_p}\)
c) Becomes zero d) k = \(\frac {V_p}{V_s}=\frac {I_s}{I_p}=\frac
d) Remains constant {N_s}{N_p}\)
1. How many types of power can be defined in an AC 3. Pick out the correct combination for a step-up
circuit? transformer.
a) 3 b) 2 c) 1 d) 5 a) k < 1; Vs > Vp, Is > Ip, Ns > Np
2. Which among the following varies in both magnitude b) k > 1; Vs > Vp, Is < Ip, Ns > Np
and sign over a cycle? c) k > 1; Vs > Vp, Is > Ip, Ns > Np
a) Apparent power b) Effective power d) k < 1; Vs < Vp, Is > Ip, Ns > Np
c) Instantaneous power d) Average power 4. The efficiency of a transformer is the ratio of output
3. Identify the expression for average power. power to input power.
a) Pav=\(\frac {V_o I_o}{2}\)sinΦ a) True b) False
b) Pav=\(\frac {V_o I_o}{2}\)cosΦ 5. Identify the correct combination for a step-down
c) Pav=\(\frac {V_o I_o}{4}\)cos⁡Φ transformer.
d) Pav=2VoIosin⁡Φ a) k < 1; Vs > Vp, Is > Ip, Ns < Np
4. Apparent power is also known virtual power. b) k > 1; Vs < Vp, Is > Ip, Ns > Np
a) True b) False c) k > 1; Vs > Vp, Is < Ip, Ns > Np
5. Which of the following is true about power factor? d) k < 1; Vs < Vp, Is > Ip, Ns < Np
a) sin⁡Φ=\(\frac {True \, power}{Apparent \, power}\) 6. Which of the following is usually taken to make the
b) cosΦ=\(\frac {True \, power}{Apparent \, power}\) core of a transformer?
c) sin⁡Φ=\(\frac {Apparent \, power}{True \, power}\) a) Aluminum b) Copper
d) cosΦ=\(\frac {Apparent \, power}{True \, power}\) c) Soft iron d) Hard iron
6. What is the power factor in a pure resistive circuit? 7. A transformer has an efficiency of 60% and works at
a) 0 b) -1 c) Infinity d) 1 5kW. If the secondary voltage is 150 V, then what is the
7. What is the power factor in a pure inductive or secondary current?
capacitive circuit? a) 10 A b) 20 A c) 30 A d) 40 A
a) -1 b) 0 c) 1 d) Infinity 8. Current remains unchanged in a transformer.
8. Power factor has a unit of Watts. a) True b) False
a) True b) False 9. A transformer is used to light 100 W 25 volt lamp
9. What is the power factor for a series LCR circuit at from 250 Volt ac mains. The current in the main cable is
resonance? 0.5 A. Calculate the efficiency of the transformer.
a) Infinity b) -1 c) 0 d) 1 a) 50% b) 60% c) 90% d) 80%
10. The power in an AC circuit contains an inductor of 10. In a step-down transformer, the number of turns in
30 mH, a capacitor of 300 μF, a resistor of 70 Ω, and an the secondary coil is 20 and the number of turns in the
AC source of 24 V, 60 Hz. Calculate the energy primary coil is 100. If the voltage applied to the primary
dissipated in the circuit in 1000 s. coil is 120 V, then what is the voltage output from the
a) 8.22 J b) 8.22 × 102 J secondary coil?
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c) 8.22 × 10 J d) 82.2 × 103 J a) 24 V b) 12 V c) 6 V d) 18 V
1. Which among the following is true about
transformers?
ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION
a) Transformers are used to convert low alternating
voltage to a high alternating voltage
1. What is the instrument used in Faraday’s
b) Transformers are used to convert low alternating
experiment?
current to a high alternating current
a) Galvanometer b) Ammeter
c) Transformers are based on the phenomena of
c) Voltmeter d) Meter Bridge
mutual electric field
2. Which among the following affects the deflection in
d) Transformers are used only for low alternating
the galvanometer?
voltage
a) Area of the coil
2. Identify the expression for transformation ratio from
b) Current passing through the coil
the following.
c) Speed with which the bar magnet is pulled towards
a) k = \(\frac {V_s}{V_p}=\frac {I_s}{I_p}=\frac

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or away from the coil 10. When is the magnetic flux said to be negative?
d) Resistance offered for current flow a) θ = 180o b) θ = 360o c) θ = 90o d) θ = 0o
3. In the second experiment, Faraday replaced ‘X’ with 1. Which among the following is true about Faraday’s
‘Y’ for checking the deflection in the galvanometer. law of Induction?
Identify X and Y. a) An emf is induced in a conductor when it cuts the
a) X ➔ Current carrying coil; Y ➔ Bar magnet magnetic flux
b) X ➔ Bar magnet; Y ➔ Current carrying coil b) An emf is induced in a conductor when it moves
c) X ➔ Bar magnet; Y ➔ Battery parallel to the magnetic field
d) X ➔ Current carrying coil; Y ➔ Battery c) An emf is induced in a conductor when it moves
4. The galvanometer shows deflection even when the perpendicular to the magnetic field
bar magnet is stationary. d) An emf is induced in a conductor when it is just
a) True b) False entering a magnetic field
5. Find the true statement. 2. What is proportional to the magnitude of the
a) The relative motion between the coils was not induced emf in the circuit?
compulsory for the current in the primary to be a) Rate of change of current in the circuit
generated b) Rate of change of resistance offered
b) The direction of deflection of the pointer does not c) Rate of change of magnetic flux
depend upon the direction of motion of the secondary d) Rate of change of voltage
coil towards or away from the primary coil in the 3. Faraday’s laws are result of the conservation of
second experiment which quantity?
c) When the south-pole of the bar magnet is moved a) Momentum b) Energy
towards or away from the coil, the deflections in the c) Charge d) Magnetic field
galvanometer are same to that observed with the 4. The induced emf persists only as long as the change
north-pole for similar movements in magnetic flux continues.
d) There is a difference in effect when the bar magnet a) True b) False
is kept stationary and the coil is in motion. 5. The magnetic flux in a closed circuit of resistance 20
1. Pick out the SI unit of magnetic flux. Ω varies with time t as Φ = 4t3 + 2t2 – 15t + 3. Calculate
a) Ampere b) Tesla meter the magnitude of induced emf at t = 1s.
c) Weber d) Maxwell a) 3 V b) 4 V c) 5 V d) 6 V
2. Identify the correct dimensions of magnetic flux.
a) [M3 L2 A-1 T-2] b) [M L2 A-1 T-2]
c) [M2 L2 A-1 T-2] d) [M L2 A-1 T2] 1. A closed-loop move normal to the constant electric
3. Which of the following is a unit of magnetic flux? field between the plates of a large capacitor. What is
a) Maxwell b) Gauss the amount of current produced when it is wholly
c) Tesla d) Ampere inside the region between the capacitor plates?
4. Find out the correct relation from the following. a) Maximum
a) 1 Wb = 1 G cm b) 1 Wb = 1 Tm b) Minimum
c) 1 Wb = 1 G cm2 d) 1 Wb = 108 Maxwell c) Zero
5. When is the magnetic flux said to be positive? d) Independent of current
a) θ = 180o b) θ = 360o 2. Which law is used in finding the direction of current
c) θ = 0o d) θ = 90o in an a.c. generator?
6. The total number of magnetic lines of force crossing a) Maxwell’s law
the surface placed in a magnetic field normally is called b) Lenz’s law
the magnetic induction. c) Corkscrew law
a) True b) False d) Ampere circuital law
7. Calculate the magnetic flux when the magnetic field 3. Which of the following statement is valid?
is perpendicular to the surface area. a) Lenz’s law is a consequence of the law of
a) Minimum b) Maximum conservation of energy
c) Zero d) Depends on the surface area b) Lenz’s law is a consequence of the law of
8. Which type of physical quantity is magnetic flux? conservation of momentum
a) Scalar b) Vector c) Isotropic d) Isentropic c) Lenz’s law is a consequence of the law of
9. Calculate the magnetic flux produced when the conservation of force
magnetic field is parallel to the surface area. d) Lenz’s law is a consequence of the law of
a) Maximum b) Minimum conservation of mass
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center of a conducting loop is increasing at a constant
rate. What is the net current induced in the loop?
a) Indefinite b) Maximum c) Minimum d) Zero
5. Which of the following is found using Lenz’s law?
a) Induced emf
b) Induced current
c) The direction of induced emf
d) The direction of alternating current
6. Lenz’s law is invalid. State true or false.
a) True b) False
7. ‘X’ states that the direction of induced current in a
circuit is such that it opposes the cause or the change
which produces it. Identify X.
a) Faraday’s law b) Lenz’s law
c) Maxwell’s law d) Ampere’s law
8. Identify the law used to find the direction of eddy
currents.
a) Lenz’s law b) Maxwell’s law
c)Ampere’s law d) Faraday’s law
1. Identify the expression for the motional
electromotive force from the following?
a) E = -vLB b) E = vLB c) E = Vlb d) E = LBv
2. A bar of length 0.7 m slides along metal rails at a
speed of 1 m/s. The bar and rails are in a magnetic field
of 20 T, pointing out into the page. Calculate the
motional emf.
a) 0.7 V b) 7 V c) 14 V d) 1.4 V
3. A bar of length 0.15 m slides along metal rails at a
speed of 5 m/s. The bar and rails are in a magnetic field
of 40 T, pointing out into the page. The resistance of
two resistors in parallel is both 20 Ω, and the resistance
of the bar is 5 Ω. What is the current in the bar?
a) 1 A b) 2 A c) 3 A d) 5 A
4. Induced emf and motional emf are exactly the same.
a) True b) False
5. A bar of length 2m is said to fall freely in a magnetic
field of magnitude 50 T. What is the motional emf in
the bar when it has fallen 40 meters?
a) 700 V b) 2100 V c) 2800 V d) 1400 V
6. A metal rod is forced to move with constant velocity
along two parallel metal rails, connected with a strip of
metal at one end across a magnetic field (B) of 0.5 T,
pointing out of the page. The rod is of length 45 cm and
the speed of the rod is 70 cm/s. The rod has a
resistance of 10 Ω and the resistance of the rails and
connector is negligible. What is the rate at which
energy is being transferred to thermal energy?
a) 0.225 W b) 22.55 W
c) 2.25 × 10-4 W d) 2.25 × 10-3 W
7. Find the true statement.
a) Motional emf is inversely proportional to speed of
electric conductor
b) Motional emf is inversely proportion to the length of
the conductor
c) Motional emf is directly proportional to the magnetic
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d) Motional emf is inversely proportional to the
magnetic field
1. Give the SI unit of self-inductance.
a) Farad
b) Ampere c) Henry
d) Maxwell
2. Write the dimensions of self-inductance.
a) [M3 L2 T-2 A-2] b) [M L2 T-2 A-2]
c) [M2 L2 T-2 A-2] d) [M L2 T2 A-2]
3. Identify the factor on which self-inductance does not
depend.
a) Number of turns b) Area of cross-section
c) Permeability of the core material
d) The permittivity of the core material
4. Which of the following is the unit of mutual
inductance?
a) VsA-2 b) V3sA2 c) V2s d) VsA-1
5. Identify the factor on which mutual inductance does
not depend.
a) Relative separation
b) The relative orientation of the two coils
c) Reciprocity
d) Permeability of the core material
6. Mutual inductance is called the inertia of electricity.
a) True b) False
7. Calculate the mutual inductance between two coils if
a current 10 A in the primary coil changes the flux by
500 Wb per turn in the secondary coil of 200 turns.
a) 10 H b) 104 H c) 1000 H d) 100 H
8. What is the relative permeability of an air-core
inductor, if its self-inductance increases from 0.5 mH to
50 mH due to the introduction of an iron core into it?
a) 100 b) 0.1 c) 10000 d) 0.0001
9. What is the self-inductance of the coil, if the
magnetic flux of 10 microwebers is linked with a coil
when a current of 5 mA flows through it?
a) 20 mH b) 5 mH c) 2 mH d) 250 mH
10. Determine the self-inductance of a coil, which has a
magnetic flux of 50 milliwebers that is produced when
a current of 5 A flows through it?
a) 1 × 10-2 Wb b) 1 × 10-3 Wb
c) 100 Wb d) 1 × 103 Wb