QUESTION BANK

Principles of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE112)

UNIT I (DC and AC Circuits)

1. State and explain Kirchhoff’s laws.

2. Three resistances r ohm, 2r ohm and 3r ohms are connected in delta.
Compute the equivalent star resistances.
3. What do you understand by active and passive elements.
4. Define resistor, inductor and capacitor. Give two practical applications of
each in everyday life.
5. Explain current division rule and voltage division rule
6. The equation of an alternating current is given by i = 42.42sin628t.
Determine (a) peak value (b) frequency (c) rms value (d) average value
7. What are the advantages of sinusoidal waveform.
8. Define average value. Find the average value of a sinusoidal signal
9. Define rms value. Find the rms value of a sinusoidal signal
10.Compute equivalent resistance of the following networks across terminal
XY.

(a) (b)
11.Find current I in the given circuits using node voltage method or nodal
analysis.
 (a) (b)

12.Find current I in the given circuit using mesh current method or mesh
analysis.

13.Find current in 8 ohm resistor in circuit (i) below and current I in circuit (ii)
below using mesh analysis.

14.A voltage source of 2 volts having in series a resistance of 2 Ohm is having

a current source 1 Amp shunted across it with a shunting resistance of 2
 Ohm. This entire circuit is feeding the current to a 1 Ohm load connected
across these sources. Fund the current in the 1 Ohm load resistance using
Kirchhoff’s voltage law?
15.A 4 volt d.c. source is connected in series with a resistance R1 of R2 of 2
Ohm resistance and this resistance is connected in series with the parallel
combination of two resistances R2 of 4 Ohm and R3 of 4 Ohm. Find the
current in the resistance R2?
16.Using star delta conversion, find current supplied by the 10 V battery

17.State superposition Theorem. Find current I using Superposition Theorem

for the following circuits.
18.Define apparent power, real power, reactive power and power factor. Also
draw and explain power triangle.
19.What are the advantages of three phase system over single-phase system.
20.Explain three phase star and delta connected system with the help of neat
diagram. Also express how will you relate line and phase quantities in star
and delta connected system