DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

QUESTION BANK
EC3251 CIRCUIT ANALYSIS
Year/Sem : I / II Faculty: Ms.P.Aileen Sonia Dhas
UNIT –1–DC CIRCUIT ANALYSIS
PART A
1 Define active and passive elements and give examples. (April /May 2022)
2 State ohm’s law and its limitations. (November /December 2022)
3 Define charge.(April /May 2023)
4 Define current.
5 Define linear circuit and non-linear circuit
6 Ten coulombs of charge flow past a given point in a wire in 2s.How many amperes of
current is flowing? (April /May 2022)
7 Define unilateral circuit and bilateral circuit.
8 State kirchoff’s current law.
9 State Kirchoff’s voltage law. (April /May 2018)
10 Define power.
11 Define resistance and specific resistance.
12 Define conductance.
13 Calculate the current supplied to a 100w lamp with 115V supply.
14 Distinguish mesh and a loop
15 Summarize the basic mesh analysis procedure. (November /December 2022)
16 State the characteristics of series circuit.
17 State the characteristics of parallel circuit.
18 Three resistances of 3, 5, and 10 ohms are connected in series. Find the equivalent
resistance for the system.
19 Three resistances of 2, 2, and 4 ohms are connected in parallel. Find the
equivalent resistance for the system.
20 What is Formula to Calculate the Total Resistance of 3 resistances in a Series
Combination?
21 What is Formula to Calculate the Total Resistance of 3 resistances in a Parallel
Combination?
22 What is the Difference between a Series and a Parallel Circuit?
23 Find the current through the 8Ω resistor.
24
Find the voltage drop across across a 13Ω
resistor.

25 What is current divider rule?

PART-B
1 i)Define the terms Modes,Branches,Loops and Meshes (5) (November 2022)
ii) Find thenumber of nodes, branches, loops and meshes present in the given circuit.
(08) (November 2022)

2 i)State and Explain Kirchoff’s laws. (6) (November 2022)

ii)Explain the various types of sources used in dc circuits.
3 Determine the current supplied by each battery in the circuit shown.

4 The four resistances 40Ω,32 Ω,60 Ω and R4 Ω are connected in parallel across dc
supply. Current in 40 Ω is 3 A while the total current from suppy is 25.8 A. Find
i)Supply voltage ii) R4 iii) Equivalent resistance across supply (13)

5 Using Kirchoff’s laws, calculate the current delivered by the battery .(13)
6 For the dc circuit shown, write the kirchoff’s law equations in the branch currents I1,I2
and I3 as shown for the loops ABGHA,BCFGB and CDEFC. Solve these equations to
find current I2 .(13)

7 Use kirchoff’s law to find current supplied by battery for the circuit shown .

8 Determine the current supplied by each battery in the circuit shown by using kirchoff’s
laws.

9 Determine the current in the 4 ohm branch in the given circuit. Use mesh analysis
method.(April 2023)
10 i)List the difference between series and parallel circuits.(03) (November 2022)
ii) The circuit is shown below.
a) Find the equivalent resistance across the supply
b) If the voltage drop across 5Ω is 100V, find the supply voltage.
c) Find the power consumed by each resistance.

11 Using mesh analysis determine the voltage Vs which given a voltage of 50V across the
10 Ω resistor as shown in figure. (April/May 2022)

12 Using nodal analysis, find the currents through resistances R3 and R4 for the circuit
shown.
13 Find the equivalent resistance between the two points A and B shown in the figure.
(07)

14 i)Determine the resistance between nodes A and B in the circuit shown in the figure
(7) (April/May 2022)

ii)Consider the bridge circuit shown in the figure . Determine the resistance between
nodes A and b and the current supplied by the 24V supply. (06) (April/May 2022)

15 Compare series circuit and parallel circuits.

UNIT –2–DC CIRCUIT ANALYSIS

PART A
1 State superposition theorem.
2 State thevenin’s theorem.
3 State Norton’s theorem.
4 Draw equivalent circuit of Norton’s theorem.
5 Draw equivalent circuit of thevenin’s theorem.(April/may 2023)
6 State the limitations of thevenin’s theorem.
7 State the steps to apply thevenin’s theorem.
8 State the steps to apply Norton’s theorem.
9 State the steps to apply maximum power transfer theorem.
10 What is a dual circuit?
11 When is a circuit said to be delta connected?
12 When is a circuit said to be delta connected?
13 Draw a delta connected circuit.
14 Three resistors 10Ω,5 Ω, and 20 Ω are connected in star.What are the equivalent delta
resistors? (November /December 2022)
15 Define dual networks.List out four pairs of dual quantities.( November /December
2022)
16 State Maximum power transfer theorem. (April /May 2022)
17 What is the condition in which maximum power is transferred?
18 Define dependent sources. (April/May 2023)
19 Draw the dual of the network shown in figure.

20 Write maximum power transformation theorem related to circuits those contain

resistive and reactive components. (April /May 2019)
21 Write down the formula for a delta connected network converted into a star network?
22 If a 10V voltage source has internal resistance of 50Ω, find the maximum current that
can be supplied by the source. (April /May 2019)
23 Convert the given delta into equivalent star.

24 Write down the formula for a star connected network converted into a delta network?
25 Draw a star connected circuit.

PART-B
1 Find the current in the 2ohm resistor between A and B for the network using
superposition theorem. (April 2023)

2 Determine Norton and thevenin equivalent across the terminal across the terminals
a-bshow in the figure (13) (April May 2019)

3 Determine the current I in the network by using Thevenin’s theorem (13)

(November 2022)

4 Find the current through 23Ω resistor of the given circuit using superposition
theorem (13) (November 2022)

5 Find the voltage across the 2Ω resistor shown in figure using superposition
theorem. (13) (April/May 2022)
6 State and explain Superposition theorem.(13)
7 State and Explain thevenin theorem.(13)
8 Find the equivalent resistance between terminals B and C of the circuit shown. (13)

9 Obtain the equivalent resistance experienced by the source and power delivered by
the source shown in figure. (13) (April/May 2019)

10 Find the value of RL for maximum power transfer and the magnitude of maximum
power dissipated in the resistor RL in the circuit shown below.
11 Determine the resistance between the terminals X and Y for the circuit shown .

12 Find the equivalent resistance across the terminals A and B shown in the figure

13 Find node voltages in the circuit shown and find the power delivered by the
independent current source (April May 2019)

14 State and explain Maximum power transfer theorem

15 Write short notes on delta to star conversion.

UNIT –3-SINUSOIDAL STEADY ANALYSIS

PART A
1 What is admittance? What are its components? (November / December 2022)
2 Determine the average power delivered to the circuit consisting of impedance Z=
 (5+j8)Ω when the current flowing through the circuit I=5∟30 Amps. (April/May
2022)
3 How to solve the sinusoidal steady-state response by using phasor and
impedance?
4 What is the phase of a sinusoidal function?
5 A resistance 100Ω and capacitive reactance –j150 Ω are connected in series. The voltage
applied is 50 V. Determine the power factor. (April/May 2023)
6 Write the expression for the total admittance of Y1 and Y2 in series and parallel
combination. (April/May 2023)
7 What is the phase of an impedance ? what are in-phase and quadrature?
8 Indicate the following sinusoids in tha phasor diagram:
I1(t) = -6cos(ωt-30o) A ; i2(t) = 6sin(ωt-30o) A; i3(t) = -6sin(ωt+30o) A.
(April/May 2019)
9 The voltage across a 5 µF capacitor is v(t) = 10 cos 6000t V. Calculate the
curremt through it. (April/May 2019)
10 Draw impedance triangle for RL series circuit.
11 Draw power triangle for RL series circuit.
12 Write down the condition for the response of RLC series circuit to be
underdamped for step input?
13 Draw the phasor diagram for RL circuit.
14 Give the relationship between apparent power, average power and relative power
15 Define apparent power.
16 What is power factor?
17 What is reactive factor?
18 What is an impedance triangle?
19 For the circuit shown, find the average power delivered by the dependent current
source. (April/May 2022)

20 What is real power?

21 Write the expression for reactive power.
22 Write the expression for power factor.
23 What is meant by unity power factor?
24 What is volage triangle?
25 Write down few applications of RL,RC,RLC circuits.
PART-B
1 Explain briefly on complex forcing function.
2 A voltage source of 100V with a resistance of 10Ω, an inductance of 50mH and a
capacitance of 50µF are connected in series. Calculate the impedance when frequency
is (i)50Hz ii)500Hz iii) Power factor at 100Hz. (April/May 2023)
3 A coil of resistance 10Ω and inductance 0.1H is connected in series with 150 µF
capacitor across 200V,50Hz supply.Calculate :i)Inductive reactance, capacitive
 reactance,impedance , current and power factor ii) The voltage across the coil and
capacitor. (April/May 2022)
4 A resistance of 100Ω is connected in series with a 50µ F capacitor. When the supply
voltage is 200V,50Hz, find thei)impedance,current and power factor
ii) the voltage across the resistor and across capacitor, phasor diagram(April/May 2022)
5 For the simple RC circuit , substitute an appropriate complex source and use it to solve for the
steady-state capacitor voltage.

6 Determine the equivalent impedance of the network shown in fig, given an operating frequency
of 5 rad/s.

7 Find the current i(t) in the circuit shown in Fig.

8 Explain phasor approach in detail.

9 The data for the two mesh circuit are V1 =110∟O0 V and V2 = -120 ∟450 V, R=4Ω , XL
= 4Ω , Xc = 3 Ω. Determine the current through and voltage across the capacitance.
(April/May 2022)

10 Find Io using mesh analysis

11 Find V1 and V2 using nodal analysis.

12 Solve for V1 and V2 using nodal method for the circuit in the figure. V=100 Volts.
(April/May 2023)

13 Find V1 and V2 using nodal analysis.

14 Find Io using mesh analysis

15 In a RLC series circuit, the applied voltage is 5V.Drops across the resistance and
inductance are 3V and 1V respectively. Calculate the voltage across the capacitor.
Draw the phasor diagram.(November /December 2022)

UNIT –4-TRANSIENTS AND RESONANCE IN RLC CIRCUITS

PART A
1 Define transient response.
2 How the RL circuit behave for step input?
3 What is transient time?
4 Distinguish transient and steady state.
5 What are half power frequencies?
6 How the RC circuit behaves for step input?
7 For a RC circuit with 4Ω and 0.1F, if the initial voltage across capacitor Vc(o) =
15V, find Vc for t>0
8 Define selectivity.
9 Define time constant in RLC circuit.
10 Write the characteristics of parallel resonance.
11 Define quality factor.
12 Find the resonant frequency in the ideal parallel LC circuit with L=40mH and C=
0.01µF
13 Determine the quality factor of a coil for the series circuit consisting R = =10Ω ,
L=0.01H and C= 100µF.
14 Write the condition for series resonance RLC circuit.
15 Give expression for quality factor for series RLC circuits.
16 Give expression for quality factor for parallel RLC circuits.
17 A series RLC circuit has R = 50Ω , L=100µH and C= 300pF.v=20V.Find the
current at resonance.
18 R = =10Ω , L=0.01H and C= 100µF.
19 How the RLC series circuit behaves for the frequencies above and below
resonant frequencies?
20 Determine the type of natural response damping condition) for the series RL with
R= 10Ω , L=5H and C =2mF.
21 An RLC circuit consists of a resistance of 1000Ω, an inductance of 100mJ, a
capacitance of 10µF. Find the Q factor of the circuit. (April/May 2023)
22 What is meant by natural frequency?
23 Write down application of RLC circuits.
24 Define resonance. What is the condition for resonance for an RLC circuit?
(April/May 2023)
25 Determine the quality factor of a coil for the series circuit consisting R =10Ω ,
L=0.1H and C= 10µF. (April/May 2022)
PART-B
1 Find Io,Vx, Vc(assume Vc is fully charged initially).

2 .Write short notes on source free Rl circuit and source free RC circuit.
3 Find i(t) at t > 0

4 Find I(t) for t>0

5 A series RLC circuit has R = 50Ω, L=0.2H and C= 50µF.Constant voltage of 100V is
impressed upon the circuit at t=0. Find the expression for the transient current assuming
initially relaxed conditions.(November/December 2022)
6 In the circuit shown, determine the complete solution for the current when the switch S

(
2
is closed at t=0. Applied voltage is v(t) = 50 cos 10 t+
π
4 )
volts, Resistance R= 10Ω

and capacitance C= 1µF. (April/May 2022)

7 In the circuit,the switch has been closed for a long time and is opened at t=0, find i(t)
for t>0.

8 For the circuit shown, determine the currents i1 and i2 when the switch is closed at t=0.
Assume that the initial current through the inductor is 0. (November / December 2022)

9 Find the value of L when the circuit resonates at a frequency of 1000rad/sec in the
circuit shown. (April/May 2022)

10 Explain parallel resonance and derive the resonance frequency(April/May 2022)

11 Explain in detail about source free series RLC circuit.(April /May 2023)
12 A series RLC circuit has R = 100Ω, L=50mH and C= 100µF and is supplied with with 200V,
50 Hz. Find the impedance , the current , the power factor the power and the voltage drop
across each element. .(April /May 2023)
13 A series L-R-C circuit has a sinusoidal input voltage of maximum value 12V. If
inductance, L=20mH, resistance R=80Ω, and capacitance C=400nF, determine
a) the resonant frequency
 b)the value of the p.d across the capacitor at the resonant frequency
c)the frequency at which the p.d across the capacitor is a maximum and
d) the value of the maximum voltage across the capacitor
14 Derive the expressions for Q-factor of inductor and capacitor.
15 Compare series and parallel resonating circuits.

UNIT –5-COUPLED CIRCUITS AND TOPOLOGY

PART A
1 What is perfect coupling?
2 Two inductively coupled coils have self inductances L1 = 50mH and L2 = 200mH.
If the coefficient of coupling is 0.5, find the value of mutual inductance between
the coils.(April/May 2022)
3 Dufine mutual inductance.
4 Define link.
5 What is the maximum possible mutual inductance of two inductively coupled
coils, with self-inductance L1 = 25mH, L2 = 100mH?
6 Define coupled circuit. Give examples.
7 Two identical coupled coils (L1=L2) have an equivalent inductance of 80mH
when connected in series aiding and 35mH in series opposing.Find L1,L2,M and
the coupling coefficient k. (April/May 2019)
8 Define coefficient of coupling.
9 What is dot convention?
10 Write the expression for equivalent inductances of series connected magnetically
coupled coils.
11 Define bandwidth,
12 State the dote rule for coupled circuits.
13 What is an ideal transformer?
14 List out the properties of tree of a graph.(April/May 2022)
15 Determine the tree analysis.
16 State the functions of an ideal transformer.
17 The primary current to an ideal transformer rated at 2200/110V is 2A. Calculate
the turns ration, the KVA rating and the secondary current. (April/May 2019)
18 What is meant by oriented graph?
19 What is meant by unoriented graph?

20 What is meant by planar graph?

21 What is meant by non planar graph?
22 What is a linear graph?
23 What is meant by rank of a graph?
24 What is meant by degree of a node?
25 What is meant by tree and twig in network topology.
PART-B
1 Explain about the classification of coupling and their functions.
2 For the given coupled circuit, find the voltage across 5Ω resistor.
(November /December 2022)

3 If M=0.2H and Vs = 12cos 10t V in the coupled circuit of fig, find i1 and i2.

(April/May 2019)
4 i)Determine the T-equivalent circuit of the linear transformer shown .(03)
(April/May2023)

ii)For the ideal transformer circuit shown here, find the source current I1, the output
voltage V0 , and the complex power supplied by the source. (10)
5 Discuss and solve two mesh equations of a general linear transformer.
6 Explain magnetically coupled inductors in detail.
7 Explain classification of coupling and coupling of aiding method.
8 Explain in detail about network topology and their functions?
9 In the ideal transformer circuit , find Vo and the complex power supplied by the
source.

10 For the electrical network shown, draw its topological graph and any four
possible trees. (April/May 2022)

11 Calculate the power supplied to an 10Ω in the ideal transformer circuit.

12 For the network given , draw the graph and a tree. Show the link currents. Write the
tie-set schedule for the tree, the equations for branch currents in terms of link
currents. Also write independent equations.(November /December 2022)

13 With relevant diagrams, explain the characteristics of an ideal transformer.

(April/May 2022)
14 Obtain the branch currents of the circuit of fig. using tie set approach. (April/May

2019)
15 Solve for I1,I2 and Vo using T equivalent circuit of an ideal transformer.