AC Subjective

1. Consider the circuit shown in figure. The oscillating source of emf deliver a sinusoidal emf of
amplitude emax and frequency w to the inductor L and two capacitors C 1 and C2. Find the
maximum instantaneous current in each capacitor.

2. An LCR series circuit with 100W resistance is connected to an ac source of 200 V and angular
frequency 300 rad/s. When only the capacitance is removed, the current lags behind the
voltage by 60°. When only the inductance is removed, the current leads the voltage by 60°.
Calculate the current and the power dissipated in the LCR circuit.
3. A series LCR circuit containing a resistance of 120W has angular resonance frequency 4 × 10 5
rad s–1. At resonance the voltages across resistance and inductance are 60 V and 40 V
respectively. Find the values of L and C. At what frequency the current in the circuit lags the
voltage by 45°?
4. A circuit shown consists of two identical inductors, two identical voltmeters A and B and a
source of alternating voltage v  V0 sin  2 ft  . The voltmeters offer only resistance in the
circuit. If the frequency of the voltage source is changed over a wide range, what maximum
reading will the voltmeter B show?

5. Consider a network shown in the figure consisting of a resistance, a capacitor, an inductor and
three alternating voltage sources 1, 2 and 3. Terminal voltages of the sources 1, 2 and 3 are
v1  V sin  t  , v2  V sin  t  120 0  and v3  V sin  t  240 0  respectively and moduli of the
reactances of the capacitor and the inductor are equal to the resistance. Find the voltage of the
junction P.

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7. Three sources of emf, V0 sin t, V0 cos t and V0 are connected in series as shown. RMS value
of current in the circuit is

V0 V0 V0 2 2V0
A) B) C) D)
R 2 R R R
8. In the circuit shown in figure power factor of box is 0.5 and power factor of circuit is 3 /2.
Current is leading the voltage. The effective resistance of the box is R  . Find R

9. Three identical coils A, B and C are wound symmetrically on a toroidal iron core in the same
sense. An alternating voltage source is connected across the coil A and an ideal voltmeter is
connected across the coil C. If the coil B is left open, the voltmeter reads half of the source
voltage. How much will the voltmeter, if the coil B is short-circuited?

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