AC Quiz

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1 In an LC circuit, the capacitor has maximum charge q 0 . The value of is
dt max

q0 q0 q0
(A*) (B) (C) 1 (D) none of these
LC LC LC
2 The power factor of the circuit is 1/ 2 . The capacitance of the circuit
is equal to

(A) 400 F (B) 300 F

(C*) 500 F (D) 200 F

3 An ac-circuit having supply voltage E consists of a resistor of resistance 3 and

an inductor of reactance 4 as shown in the figure. The voltage across the
inductor at t = / is

(A) 2 volts (B) 10 volts (C) zero (D*) 4.8 volts

4 In the circuit, as shown in the figure, if the value of R.M.S current is
2.2 ampere, the power factor of the box is

1 3 1
(A*) (B) 1 (C) (D)
2 2 2

5 When 100 V DC is applied across a solenoid a current of 1 A flows in it. When 100 V AC is applied
across the same coil, the current drops to 0.5 A. If the frequency of the AC source is 50 Hz, the
impedance and inductance of the solenoid are:
(A) 100, 0.93 H (B) 200, 1.0 H (C) 10, 0.86H (D*) 200, 0.55 H

6 An inductive circuit contains resistance of 10  and an inductance of 2.0 H. If an AC voltage of 120 V

and frequency 60 Hz is applied to this circuit, the current would be nearly:
 (A) 0.8 A (B) 0.48 A (C*) 0.16 A (D) 0.32 A
7 The power in ac circuit is given by P = E rmsIrmscos.The vale of cos  in series LCR circuit at resonance
is:
1 1
(A) zero (B*) 1 (C) (D)
2 2
8 In the circuit shown if the emf of source at an instant is 5 V, the potential
difference across capacitor at the same instant is 4 V. The potential difference
across R at that instant may be

3
(A) 3V (B*) 9V (C) V (D) none
2
9 An AC current is given by I = I0 + I1 sin wt then its rms value will be
(A*) I 02  0.5 I 12 (B) I 02  0.5 I 02 (C) 0 (D) I 0 2
10 Let f = 50 Hz, and C = 100 F in an AC circuit containing a capicator only. If the peak value of the
current in the circuit is 1.57 A at t = 0. The expression for the instantaneous voltage across the capacitor
will be
(A) E = 50 sin (100 t – /2) (B) E = 100 sin (50 t)
(C*) E = 50 sin 100 t (D) E = 50 sin (100 t + /2)
11 The phase difference between current and voltage in an AC circuit is /4 radian. If the frequency of AC
is 50 Hz, then the phase difference is equivalent to the time difference :
(A) 0.78 s (B) 15.7 ms (C) 0.25 s (D*) 2.5 ms

12 The given figure represents the phasor diagram of a series LCR circuit
connected to an ac source. At the instant t when the source voltage
is given by V = V0cost, the current in the circuit will be

(A) I = I0 cos(t + /6) (B*) I = I0 cos(t – /6)

(C) I = I0 cos(t + /3) (D) I = I0 cos(t – /3)
13 Power factor of an L-R series circuit is 0.6 and that of a C–R series circuit is 0.5. If the element (L, C,
and R) of the two circuits are joined in series the power factor of this circuit is found to be 1. The ratio
of the resistance in the L-R circuit to the resistance in the C–R circuit is
 4 3 3
(A) 6/5 (B) 5/6 (C) (D*)
3 3 4
14 In the circuit diagram shown, XC = 100 , XL = 200  and
R = 100 . The effective current through the source is

(A*) 2 A (B) 2 A (C) 0.5 A (D) 2 2 A

15 In series LR circuit XL = 3R. Now a capacitor with XC = R is added in series. Ratio of new to old power
factor is
1
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) (D*) 2
2
16 In the shown AC circuit phase different between currents I1 and I2 is

 x x  xC  x x  xC 
(A)  tan 1 L (B) tan1 L (C*)  tan 1 L (D) tan 1 L 
2 R R 2 R R 2
17 An a.c source of angular frequency  is fed across a resistor R and a capacitor C in
series. It registers a certain current. The frequency of the source decreases by two –
third of the original value, maintaining the same voltage, the current in the circuit is
found to be halved. Find the ratio of reactance to resistance at the original frequency
3 5 2 3
A*) B) C) D)
5 3 3 2
18 At time t = 0, terminal A in the circuit shown in the figure is connected to B by a key
and an alternating current I(t) = I 0 cos ( t ), with I0 = 1A and  = 500 rad/s starts
7
flowing in it with the initial direction shown in the figure. At t  , the key is
6
switched from B to D. Now onwards only A and D are connected. A total charge Q
flows from the battery to charge the capacitor fully. If C = 20  F, R = 10  and the
battery is ideal with emf of 50 V

50V
 7
(A) Magnitude of the maximum charge on the capacitor before t  is 1  103 C
6
7
(B) The current in the left part of the circuit just before t  is clockwise
6
(C) Immediately after A is connected to D, the current in R is 10 A.
(D) Q  2  10 3 C
1*) C, D are correct 2) B, D are correct
3) A, C are correct 4) B, C are correct
19 The diagram shows an AC circuit with two voltage sources of same frequency. Find
out the value of current I shown in the fig.

V0 sin  t  V cos(t   / 2)
A) I  B) I  0
R R
V cos t 3V0 cos t
C) I  0 D*) I 
R R
20 The circuit shown in figure is energized by a sinusoidal voltage sources V 1 at a
frequency which causes resonance with a current of I.
I
R2 R1

L
V2
~ C
V1 VC

V1

V2
V2 VC
I
I V1 V1 I
V2
V1
V2 I V
1) VC 2*) VC 3) 4) C
21 An a.c source of angular frequency  is fed across a resistor R and a capacitor C in
series. It registers a certain current. The frequency of the source decreases by two –
third of the original value, maintaining the same voltage, the current in the circuit is
found to be halved. Find the ratio of reactance to resistance at the original frequency
3 5 2 3
1*) 2) 3) 4)
5 3 3 2
22 A current is made of two components, a DC component given by I1  3A and an AC
component given by I2  4 2 sin t A, then the reading of the hot-wire ammeter is
 A) 3A B) 4 2 A  
C) 3  4 2 A D*) 5A
23 A circuit shown consists of two resistances R1 and R2 of equal and fixed values, a
variable resistance R, a capacitor of capacitance C and an alternating voltage source.
If the variable resistance is made to vary over a wide range, how does the peak voltage
between the terminals A and B change?

A) First decreases then increases B) First increases then decreases

C) Decreases to a constant value D*) remains unchanged

24 When an AC source of emf e  e 0 sin 100t  is connected across a circuit, the phase
difference between the emf e and the current I in the circuit is observed to be  / 4 , as
shown in the diagram. If the circuit consists possibly only R-C or R-L or L-C in
series, find the relationship between the two elements

A*) R  1k, C  10F B) R  1k, C  1F

C) R  1k, L  10 F D) R  1k, L  1H