District Public School & College Depalpur

1st Series - Grade XII - Physics (Chapter# 16) – Test # 04 (05-04-21)

Name: Roll No. Section: Max. Marks: 60

Objective
Q: No: 1:- Encircle or tick () the right option. (1×12=12)
(i) An A.C. voltage has peak value of 10 V. Its mean value is:
(a) 7 V (b) 14.1 V (c) 10 V (d) 0 V
(ii) During each cycle, A.C. reaches its peak:
(a) once (b) twice (c) thrice (d) four times
(iii) The most common source of A.C. is:
(a) A.C. motor (b) A.C. generator (c) solar cell (d) both a & b
(iv) The basic circuit element of a D.C. circuit is:
(a) resistor (b) capacitor (c) inductor (d) all of these
(v) If we double the frequency of A.C., the impedance of a pure resistive circuit
becomes:
(a) double (b) half (c) quadruples (d) unchanged
(vi) In a capacitive circuit, when q = qo , the slope of the q-t curve is:
(a) minimum (b) maximum (c) zero (d) infinite
(vii) In R-L-C parallel circuit, at resonance, the phase difference between
capacitive reactance and inductive reactance is:
(a) 0 (b) π / 2 (c) π (d) none
(viii) The power factor of R-L series circuit is:
(a) 1 (b) less than 1 (c) greater than 1 (d) 0
(ix) An ideal choke consumes:
(a) max. power (b) min. power (c) avg. power (d) no power
(x) In three phase A.C. supply, the coils are inclined at angle of:
(a) 0 (b) π/2 (c) 2 π / 3 (d) 2 π
(xi) At what frequency an inductor of 1 mH will have reactance of 500 Ω?
(a) 8 Hz (b) 800 Hz (c) 80 kHz (d) 8 kHz
(xii) The circuit of metal detector is:
(a) R-C (b) R-L (c) L-C (d) R-L-C
 Subjective
Section I
Q: No. 2:- Write answers to all sixteen of the following. (2×16=32)
i. Why A.C. is used worldwide?
ii. Define peak to peak and instantaneous values of A.C.
iii. How rms value of an A.C. is calculated?
iv. What do you mean by phase of an A.C.?
v. A sinusoidal current has rms value of 10 A. Calculate its peak value.
vi. How many times an incandescent bulb will reach its maximum brilliance when
connected to a 50 Hz source?
vii. How does doubling the frequency affect the reactance of:
a) inductor b) capacitor
viii. Briefly explain A.C. through a resistor.
ix. What is reactance? Write its relations for a capacitor and an inductor.
x. Draw the phasor diagrams when A.C. flows through:
a) capacitor b) inductor
xi. What is power factor?
xii. Define impedance. Write its formula and unit.
xiii. In R-L circuit, will current lead or lag the voltage. Illustrate the answer by diagram.
xiv. Write four properties of parallel resonance circuit.
xv. Write the advantages of three phase A.C. supply.
xvi. What is choke? Write its uses.

Section II
 Attempt all questions. (8×2=16)
Q: No. 3:- (5+3=8)
(a) Explain R-C series circuit. Derive the formula for its impedance and phase.
(b)A 10 mH, 20 Ω coil is connected across 240 V, 180/π Hz source. Calculate the
power dissipated.

Q: No. 4:- (5+3=8)

(a) Explain series resonance circuit. Write its properties.
(b) Calculate the resonant frequency of a circuit which includes a coil of inductance
2.5 H and a capacitance of 40 μF.

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