Alternating Currents

(1+2+5=8)
For: PU Board 2024
(1 marks)
1. How is rms voltage of AC related to peak value of ac voltage? (2014,2017s)
2. Mention the value of power factor of a pure capacitor (2017s)
3. What is ‘wattless’ current? (2018s)
4. How does capacitive reactance vary with frequency? (2020)
(2 marks)
1. Mention two sources of energy loss in transformer. (2020)

(3 marks)
1. Explain the construction of transformer. Mention its principle. (2014)
2. Derive an expression for resonant frequency of service circuit containing inductor, capacitor
and resistor. (2014s)
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3. Show that voltage leads current by 2 , when A.C voltage applied to pure inductance. (2015)
4. Derive the expression for energy stored in a current carrying coil. (2015s)
5. What is the principle behind the working of a transformer? Mention any two sources of
energy loss in transformers. (2015s)
6. What is a transformer? Mention two sources of energy loss in a transformer.
(2016,2017,2019s)
7. With a diagram, explain the working of a transformer. (2016s)
8. Mention the three types energy loss in a transformer (2019,2021m)
9. Show that the current and the voltage are in phase for the passage of AC through a resistor.
(2021m)
(5 marks)
1. Calculate the resonant frequency and Q-factor of a series LCR circuit containing a pure
inductor of inductance 3H, Capacitor of capacitance 27𝜇f and resistor of resistance 7.4 Ω
given (2014)
2. A pure inductor of 25mH is connected to a source of 220 V and 50 Hz. Find the inductive
reactance, rms value of current and peak current in the circuit. (2014s)
3. A sinusoidal voltage of peak value 283 V and frequency 50 Hz is applied to a series LCR circuit
in which R = 3 Ω, L = 25.48 mH and C = 796 𝜇𝐹. Find (2015,2019s,2021m)
a) Impedance of the circuit.
b) The phase
c) The power dissipated in the circuit.
4. A resistance of 100Ω, a pure inductance coil of L = 0.5 H and capacitor are in series in a
circuit containing an a.c. source of 200V, 50 Hz. In the circuit, current is a head of the
voltage by 300. Find the value of the capacitance (2015s)
5. Calculate the resonant frequency and Q-factor of a series LCR circuit containing a pure
inductor of inductance 4H, Capacitor of capacitance 27𝜇f and resistor of resistance 8.4 Ω
given (2016)
6. An inductor and a bulb are connected in series to an AC source of 220 V, 50 Hz. A rcurrent
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of 11A flows in the circuit and phase angle between voltage and current is 4 radians.
Calculate the impedance and inductance of the circuit. (2016s)

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 Alternating Currents
(1+2+5=8)
For: PU Board 2024
7. A source of alternating current of 220V – 50 Hz is connected in series with a resistance of
200 Ω, an inductance of 100 mH and a capacitance of 30 𝜇F. Does the current lead or lag the
voltage and by what angle? (2017)
8. A sinusoidal voltage of peak value 285 V is applied to series LCR circuit in which resistor of
resistance 5 Ω, pure Inductor of Inductance 28.5 mH and capacitor of capacitance 800 𝜇F are
connected. (2017s)
a) Find the resonant frequency.
b) Calculate the impedance, current and power dissipated at the resonance.
9. A 20 Ω resistor, 1.5 H inductor and 35 𝜇F capacitor are connected in series with a 220 V, 50
Hz ac supply. Calculate the impedance of the circuit and also find the current through the
circuit. (2018s)
10. Derive an expression for the impedance of a series LCR circuit, when an AC voltage is
applied to it. (2018)
11. A series LCR circuit contains a pure inductor of inductance 5.0 H, a capacitor of capacitance
20𝜇F and a resistor of resistance 40 Ω. (2020)
a) Find the resonant frequency of the circuit.
b) Calculate the Quality factor (Q-factor) of the circuit.
c) What is the impedance at resonant condition?
12. Calculate the resonant frequency of a series LCR circuit with L = 2.0 H, C = 32 μF and R =
10 Ω. What is the Q-value of this circuit? (2021m)

13. A sinusoidal voltage of rms value 200 V and frequency 50 Hz is applied to a series RC circuit
in which R = 5Ω and C = 800 µF. Calculate: a) impedance of the circuit and b) the current
through the circuit. (2024m)

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