Krishna Institute Of Engineering & Technology,

Ghaziabad
Electrical Engineering Department
Tutorial Sheet No. 2
Subject: Electrical Engineering Issue date:
Class: B.TECH.

Q1. A series RLC circuit consisting of a resistance of 20ohm, inductance of 0.2H and
capacitance of 150f is connected across a 320V, 50Hz source. Calculate
(1) the impedance (ii) the current (iii) the magnitude and nature of power factor (iv)
the frequency of supply to be adjusted to make power factor unity.
Ans : (i) 46.16864.330 (ii) 6.931-64.33 0A (iii) 0.433lagging (iv) 29.057 Hz

Q2. The voltage applied to a circuit is v=100sin(wt+300) and the current flowing in the
circuit is I=15 sin (wt+600) .Determine the impedance , resistance, reactance power and
the power factor of the circuit.
Ans : 6.667-300,5.7738, 3.333, 649.52w, 0.866leading

Q3. A resistance and an inductance are connected in series across a voltage v=283 sin
314t. The current expression is found to be 4sin(314t- /4). Find the values of resistance
inductance and power factor. Ans: 50.028, 0.1593H, 0.707 lagging

Q4. A 120V, 100 W lamp is to be connected to a 220 V, 50Hz ac supply . what value of
the pure inductance be connected in series in order that lamp functions satisfactorily on
the rated voltage? Ans: 0.7043H

Q5. A metal filament lamp rated at 750W, 100v is to be connected in series with a
capacitor across a 230V, 50Hz supply. Calculate the value of capacitance required. Also
draw the phasor diagram. Ans: 115.261F

Q6. A coil connected to 100 V D.C. supply draws 10 A current and the same coil when
connected 1000V, a.c supply of frequency 50Hz draws 5 Amp. Calculate the parameters
of the coil and power factor. Ans: R=10, L=55.1328mH, cos= 0.5lagging

Q7. Two impedances given by Z1=10+j15 and Z2=6-j8, are connected in parallel. If
the total current supplied is 15A, calculate the current and power absorbed by each
branch. Ans: 8.59-76.76A, 15.48432.680A, 737.881w, 1438.525w

Q8. A coil of resistance 8 and inductance 0.12 henry is connected in series with a
condenser of capacitance 14 micofarads across a 230 volts, 50Hz supply determine
(i) impedance of the entire circuit
(ii) current flowing through the condenser
(iii) power factor of the circuit
(iv) voltage across the condenser
Ans: 16.967861.8690, 13.555-61.8690A, 0.4715Lagging,308.1919V

Q9. A 100 ohm resistance is carrying a sinusoidal current given by 3 cos wt. Determine
(i) instantaneous power taken by resistance (ii) average power. Ans : 900cos2(wt)w,450w
Q10. A two element series circuit is connected across an ac source v=300cos(314t+200)
volts. The current drawn is 15 cos(314t-100) Amp. Determine the circuit impedance
magnitude and phase angle . what is the average power drawn?
Ans: 20300,1950.173w

Q11. For the circuit shown in Fig. 1 find the current and power drawn from the source.
Ans: 69-53.130A, 9522.022w j4
3

6 j8

230V,50Hz

Fig. 1
Q12. A load having impedance of (1+j1) is connected to an ac voltage represnted as v=
202cos(wt+100)volt. Find
(i) the current in load expressed in the form of I=Imsin(wt+)A
(ii) final real power consumed by the load.
Ans : 20sin(wt+550)A,200w

Q13. A non-inductive resistance of 10 ohms is connected in series with an inductive coil

across 200V, 50Hz ac supply . The current drawn by the series combination is 10 ampere.
The resistance of the coil is 2 ohms . Determine
(i) Inductance of the coil (ii) power factor (iii) voltage across the coil
Ans: 0.0509H, 0.6lagging,161.245V

Q14. A 120V, 60W lamp is to be operated on 220V ,50Hz supply mains in order that
lamp should operate on correct voltage calculate value of (i) non inductive resistance (ii)
pure inductance.
Ans: 200,1.1738H

Q15. Fig. 2 given below shows as series parallel circuit. Calculate

(i) admittance of each parallel branch (ii) total circuit impedance
(iii) total power supplied by the source.
Ans: 0.16-j0.12 S , 0.06+j0.08 S, 1053.130, 600w
j3 Ω
4Ω
j 7.2 Ω
1.6Ω
-j 8 Ω
6Ω
100V,50Hz

Fig. 2

Q16. A series R-L-C circuit has R=10, L=0.1H and C=8F. Determine (i) resonant
frequency (ii) Q factor of the circuit at resonance (iii) the half power frequencies.
Ans: 177.9406Hz,11.18,169.9829Hz,185.8983Hz
Q17. A series R-L-C circuit with R=10, L=0.02H and C=2F is connected to 100V
variable frequency source. Find the frequency for which the current is maximum.
Ans: 795.7747

Q18. If the handwidth of a resonant circuit is 10 kHz and lower half power frequency is
120kHz. Find out the value of the upper half power frequency and the quality factor of
the circuit. Ans: 130kHz,78.4769

Q19. A circuit consists of resistance of 4 and inductor of 0.5 H and a variable capacitor
in series across a 100 V, 500HHz supply. Calculate
(i) the value of capacitance to produce resonance
(ii) the voltage across the capacitance and
(iii) the Q factor of the circuit.
Ans: 20.2642F,3927V,39.27

Q20. A 20 resistor is connected in series with an inductor and a capacitor across a
variable frequency 25V supply. When the frequency is 400Hz, the current is at its
maximum value of 0.5A and the potential difference across the capacitance is 150V,
calculate the resistance and inductance of the inductor. Ans: 30, 0.1193H

Q21. In the circuit shown in Fig. 3 the reactance of capacitor C1 is 4 ohms the reactance
of capacitance C2 is 8 ohm and the reactance of L is 8 ohms. A sinusoidal voltage of
120V is applied to the circuit. Find
(i) current in each branch
(ii) voltage Vab and Vbc
(iii) power loss in the circuit
Ans: 13.41610.290A, 12-53.1310A,24-53.1310 V, 107.32810.290V, 576w
-j 4 Ω
a I b I2 4Ω
120 V

-j 8 Ω j 8Ω
I1
c
Fig. 3

Q22. A voltage wave e(t)=141.4sin(120t) produces a current I(t) =14.14 sin

(120t)+7.07cos(120t+300) in a circuit . Determine
(i) the resultant time expression of the current
(ii) the power factor and power delivered by the source
Ans: 12.245Sin(120t+300)A, 0.866lagging, 749.85w

Q23. An ac voltage e(t)=141.4 sin 120t is applied to a series R-C circuit the current
through the circuit the circuit is obtained as i(t) –14.14 sin 120t+7.07 cos (120 t+300)
determine (i) values of resistance and capacitance (ii) power factor (iii) power delivered
by the source. Ans : 10, 551.2241F, 0.866leading, 749.82w

Q24. In the circuit shown in Fig. 4 find the value of R such that the impedance of whole
circuit should be independent of the frequency of supply if V=200V L=0.16 H and
C=100 F, calculate the power loss in the circuit. Ans: 40, 2000w
 R R

200V
-j XC
j XL

Fig. 4
Q25. An inductor of (6+j8) ohms impedance is connected to 100 v 50Hz ac supply . It is
desired to improve power factor of supply current to 0.8 lagging by connecting a
capacitor (i) in series of the coil (ii) in parallel of the coil Determine value of capacitance
in each case. Ans: 9.095x10-4F, 1.1151x10-4F

Q26. Find average value , rms value, & form factor of half wave rectified alternating
current. Ans: Vm/ π, Vm/2, π/2

Q27. Explain series resonance in R-L-C circuit. Also explain band width & quality factor.

Q28. Derive an expression for the parallel resonance and mention its salient feature for
the circuit given below.
R L
C

Variable Frequency Source

Q29. Find average, rms value and form factor for the following waves.
(a) full wave rectified sine wave
(b) Triangular wave
(c) Square wave