Homework Alternating Current
ALTERNATING CURRENT
1. Why the current does not rise immediately in a circuit contianing inductance ?
(A) because of induced emf
(B) because of high voltage drop
(C) because of low power consumption
(D) because of Joule heating
2. The essential difference between a.d.c. dynamo and an a.c. dynamo is that
(A) a.c. has an electromagnet but d.c. has a permanent magnet
(B) a.c. will generate a higher voltage
(C) a.c. has slip rings but the d.c. has a commutator
(D) a.c. dynamo has a coil wound on soft iron, but the d.c. dynamo has a coil wound on
copper
3. A.C. power is transmitted from a power house at a high voltage as
(A) the rate of transmission is faster at high voltage
(B) it is more economical due to less power loss
(C) power cannot be transmitted at low voltages
(D) a precaution against theft of transmission lines
4. Alternating current can not be measured by direct current meters, because
(A) alternating current can not pass through an ammeter
(B) the average value of current for complete cycle is zero
(C) some amount of alternating current is destroyed in the ammeter
(D) None of these
5. The r.m.s. value of potential due to superposition of given two alternating potentials
E1 E0 sin t and E2 E0 cos t will be
(A) E0 (B) 2E0 (C) E0 2 (D) Zero
6. If the instantaneous values of current is I 2cos t amp. in a circuit, the r.m.s. value
of current in amp. will be
(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) 2 2 (D) Zero
7. If a capacitor is connected to two different A.C. generators, then the value of capacitive
reactance is
(A) directly proportional to frequency (B) inversely proportional to frequency
(C) independent of frequency
(D) inversely proportional to the square of frequency
8. A capacitor is connected to an A.C. circuit, then the phase difference between current and
the voltage is
(A) (B) (C) (D) Zero
2 2
9. A capacitor of capacity C is connected in A.C. circuit. If the applied emf is V V0 sin t ,
then the current is
V0 V0
(A) I sint (B) I sin t
L C 2
(C) I V0C sin t (D) I V0C sin t
2
10. Same current is flowing in two alternating circuits. The first circuit contains only inductance
and the other contains only a capacitor. If the frequency of the e.m.f. is increased, the effect
on the value of the current will
(A) increase in first circuit and decrease in the other
(B) increase in both circuits
(C) decrease in both circuits
(D) decrease in first circuit and increase in the other
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11. An inductance and a resistance are connected in series in an A.C. circuit. In this circuit
(A) applied emf leads current by a phase angle
(B) pd across the inductor lags behind current by a phase angle / 2
(C) pd across the resistor lags behind current by a phase angle / 2
(D) Across inductor pd and current are in same phase
12. The phase difference between current and potential in LCR series circuit
(A) is always zero (B) can not be zero
(C) can be equal to zero
(D) will depend on the value of the current and the potential
13. Which of the following statement is wrong for L-R-C series circuit?
(A) The potential difference across the resistance and the applied e.m.f. are always in same
phase
(B) The phase difference across inductive coil is 900
(C) The phase difference between the potential difference across capacitor and potential
difference across inductance is 900
(D) The phase difference between potential difference across capacitor and potential difference
across resistance is 900
14. If the frequency of alternating e.m.f is f in L-C-R circuit, then the value of impedance Z will
change with log (frequency) as
(A) increases
(B) increases and then becomes equal to resistance, then it will start decreasing.
(C) decreases and when it becomes minimum equal to the resistance then it will start increasing
(D) go on decreasing
15. In an A.C circuit inductance and resistance are connected. If the effective voltage across
inductance is VL , across capacitance is VC and across resistance is VR , then the total effective
value of voltage is
(A) VR VL VC (B) VR VL VC
2 2
(C) VR2 VL VC (D) VR2 VL VC
16. Power factor of LR-circuit in a.c. is
R R 1
(A) 2 2 2 (B) zero (C) (D)
R L L R 2 L2
2
17. At resonance the peak value of current in L-C-R series circuit is
E0
2
(A) E0 / R (B) 1
R2 L
C
E0
2 E0
(C) 2
2 1 (D)
2 R L 2 2 2R
C
18. Amplitude of current oscillations in LCR circuit is maximum when when is
1
(A) LC (B) (C) 0 (D)
LC
19. Average power dissipation in a pure capacitor in a.c. circuit is
1
(A) CV 2 (B) 2CV 2 (C) zero (D) CV 2
2
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20. The power factor of a.c. circuit having L and R connected in series to an a.c. source of
angular frequency is given by
R 2 2 L2 R L R
(A) (B) 2 2 2 (C) (D)
R R L R L
21. Power factor of LR-circuit with a.c. applied across it is
R R
(A) (B) R 2 2 L2 (C) (D) zero
L L R2
2 2
22. An inductor has a resistance R and inductance L. It is connected to an A.C. source of e.m.f.
EV and angular frequency , then the current IV in the circuit is given by
EV EV
(A) IV (B) IV
L R
2 2
EV EV EV
(C) IV (D) IV
R2 2 L2 R L
23. At low frequency a condenser offers
(A) high impedance (B) low impedance
(C) zero impedance
(D) impedance of condenser is independent of frequency
24. In general. in an alternating current circuit
(A) the average value of current is zero
(B) the average value of square of the current is zero
(C) average power dissipation is zero
(D) the phase difference between voltage and current is zero
25. Power factor is defined as
(A) apparent power/true power (B) true power/apparent power
(C) true power (apparent power)2 (D) true power × apparent power
26. An alternating voltage (involt) = 200 2 sin 100t is connected to one micro farad capacitor
through an a.c. ammeter. The reading of the ammeter shall be
(A) 10mA (B) 20mA (C) 30mA (D) 80mA
27. A generator produces a voltage that is given by V=240 sin 120t V, where t is in second. The
frequency and r.m.s voltage are
(A) 60Hz and 240V (B) 19Hz and 120 V
(C) 19Hz and 170V (D) 754Hz and 170 V
28. A mixer of 1000 resistance is connected to an A.C. source of 200V and 50 cycles/sec. The
value of average potential difference across the mixer will be
(A) 308 V (B) 264 V (C) 220 V (D) zero
29. If the frequency of the primary voltage in a transformer is increased from 50Hz to 60Hz,
keeping the peak voltage same, the voltage in the secondary will
(A) increase by a factor of 60/50
(B) decrease by a factor of 50/60
(C) be unpredictable for want of sufficient data
(D) not change
1000
30. In a curcuit, the frequency is f Hz and the inductance is 2henry, then the reactance will be
2
(A) 200 (B) 200 (C) 2000 (D) 2000
31. The inductance of a resistance less coil is 0.5 henry. In the coil, the value of A.C. is 0.2 amp
whose frequency is 50Hz. The reactance of circuit is
(A) 15.7 (B) 157 (C) 1.57 (D) 757
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32. The inductance of a coil is 0.70 henry. An A.C. source of 120 volt is connected in parallel
with it. If the frequency of A.C. is 60Hz, then the current which is flowing in inductance, will
be
(A) 4.55 amp (B) 0.355 amp (C) 0.455 amp (D) 3.55 amp
33. In an A.C. circuit, a capacitor of 10 F is connected with source of 240 volts and 60Hz. The
effective value of current in amps will be
(A) 1.9 (B) 0.28 (C) 0.9 (D) 0.14
34. In the circuit shown, a 30V d.c. source E gives a current 2.0 A as recorded in the ammeter
A and 30V a.c. source E of fequency 100Hz gives a current 1.2A. The inductive reactance
is
(A) 10 ohm (B) 20 ohm (C) 5 34 ohm (D) 40 ohm
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35. In an A.C. circuit, capacitance of 5 F has a reactance of . The frequency of A.C in
1000
MHz will be
1000 100
(A) (B) (C) 200 (D) 5000
36. A choke coil has negligible resistance. The alternating potential drop across it is 220 volts and the
current is 5mA. The power consumed is
5 220
(A) 2 2 0 W (B) W
1 00 0 5
(C) zero (D) 2 2 0 5W
37. In an LCR circuit, current is I = 10 sin 100 t from an A.C. source. The value of average voltage
at the ends of the resistance R 10 will be
25
(A) 25 V (B) V (C) zero V (D) 1 V
2
38. In an L-C-R series circuit,
R 5, X L 9, X c 7 . If applied voltage in the circuit is 50 V then impedance of the
circuit in ohm will be
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 2 5 (D) 3 5
39. In an a.c. circuit emf and current are given by the equations E 200sin 314t and
I 50sin 314t / 3 respectively. Then power factor of the circuit is
1 3 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 2 2 3
40. In LCR circuit R 100 , L=8H and C 0.5 F are connected in series, the resonance
frequency is
(A) 6000 radian per sec. (B) 500 radian per sec.
(C) 600 radian per secs (D) 250 radian per sec.
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41. In an A.C. circuit, the instantaneous values of e.m.f. and current are E=200 sin 314t volts and
I sin 314t / 3 ampere. the average power consumed in watts is
(A) 200 (B) 100 (C) 0 (D) 50
42. The equation of an alternating current is I 50 2 sin 400 t amp, then the frequency and
the root mean square value of the current are respectively.
(A) 200 hertz, 50 amp (B) 400 hertz, 50 2 amp
(C) 200 hertz, 50 2 amp (D) 50 hertz, 200 amp
43. A capacitor of 2 F draws a current of 4mA when connected across an a.c. of 300Hz. The
voltage drop across capacitor is
(A) 1.06V (B) 1.5V (C) 2.1V (D) 6.6V
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