Class : XIIth Subject : PHYSICS
Date : DPP No. :1
Topic :-Alternating Current
1. A resistor 30 Ω, inductor of reactance 10 Ω and capacitor of reactance 10 Ω are connected in
series to an AC voltage source 𝑒 = 300 2sin(𝜔𝑡). The current in the circuit is
b) 10 A 30/ 11 A
a) 10 2 A c) 30 11 A d)
2. The natural frequency (𝜔0) of oscillations in L - C circuit is given by
1 1 1 1 𝐿𝐶
a) b) 𝐿𝐶 c) d)
2𝜋 𝐿𝐶 2𝜋 𝐿𝐶
3. An ac source of angular frequency 𝜔 is fed across a resistor 𝑟 and a capctior 𝐶 in series. The
current registered is 𝐼. If the frequency of source is changed to 𝜔/3 (maintaining the same
voltage), the current in the circuit is found to be halved. Calculate the ratio of reactance to
resistance at the original frequency 𝜔
4
a) 3 b) 2 c) 1 d) 5
5 5 5
4. When a DC voltage of 200 V is applied to a coil of self-inductance (2𝜋3)H, a current of 1 A flows
through it. But by replacing DC source with AC source of 200 V, the current in the coil is
reduced to 0.5 A. Then the frequency of AC supply is
a) 100 Hz b) 75 Hz c) 60 Hz d)50 Hz
5. The power factor of good choke coil is
a) Nearly zero b) Exactly zero c) Nearly one d)Exactly one
6. A resistor of 𝑅 = 6Ω, an inductor of L = 1 H and a capacitor of 𝐶 = 17.36 μF are connected in
series with an AC source. Find the Q - factor.
a) 3.72 b) 40 c) 2.37 d)80
7. Power dissipated in an 𝐿𝐶𝑅 series circuit connected to an a.c. source of 𝑒𝑚𝑓 𝐸 is
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2 2
[ (
a) 𝐸 𝑅/ 𝑅 + 𝐿𝜔 ―
2 2
1
𝐶𝜔 )] b) 𝐸
2
(
𝑅2 + 𝐿𝜔 ―
1
𝐶𝜔 )
𝑅
𝐸𝑅 2
2
c) [ (
𝐸2 𝑅2 + 𝐿𝜔 ―
1
𝐶𝜔)] d) 𝑅2 + 𝐿𝜔 ― 1
( )
2
𝐶𝜔
𝑅
8. A virtual current of 4𝐴 and 50 𝐻𝑧 flows in an ac circuit containing a coil. The power consumed
in the coil is 240 𝑊. If the virtual voltage across the coil is 100 𝑉 its inductance will be
1
1 1 1 𝐻
a) 𝐻 b) 𝐻 c) 𝐻 d) 9𝜋
3𝜋 5𝜋 7𝜋
9. A lamp consumes only 50% of peak power in an a.c. circuit. What is the phase difference
between the applied voltage and the circuit current
𝜋
𝜋 𝜋 𝜋
a) b) c) d) 2
6 3 4
10. A vertical ring of radius r and resistance R falls vertically. It is in contact with two vertical rails
which are joined at the top, figure. The rails are without friction and resistance. There is a
horizontal uniform magnetic field of magnitude B perpendicular to the plane of the ring and the
rails. When the speed of the ring is 𝑣, the current is the section 𝑃𝑄 is
P + + + Q
+ + +
+ + +
a) Zero 8 𝐵𝑟𝑣
2 𝑅𝑟𝑣 4 𝑅𝑟𝑣
b) c) d) 𝑅
𝑅 𝑅
11. Voltage V and current i in AC circuit are given by
𝑉 = 50 sin(50𝑡)volt
𝜋
𝑖 = 50sin (50𝑡 + )mA
3
The power dissipated in circuit is
a) 5.0 W b) 2.5 W c) 1.25 W d)Zero
12. In an 𝐿𝐶𝑅 series resonant circuit which one of the following cannot be the expression for the Q-
factor
𝜔𝐿 1 𝑅
c) 𝐿
1
a) b) d)
𝑅 𝜔𝐶𝑅 𝐶 𝑅 𝐿𝐶
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13. Which one of the following curves represents the variation of impedance (𝑍) with frequency 𝑓
in series 𝐿𝐶𝑅 circuit
a) Z b) Z c) Z d) Z
f f f f
14. The frequency for which a 5 𝜇𝐹 capacitor has a reactance of 1 𝑜ℎ𝑚 is given by
1000
100 1000 1 1000 𝐻𝑧
a) 𝑀𝐻𝑧 b) 𝐻𝑧 c) 𝐻𝑧 d)
𝜋 𝜋 1000
15. The peak value of an alternating current is 5 A and its frequency is 60 Hz. Find its rms value
and time taken to reach the peak value of current starting from zero.
a) 3.536A; 4.167 ms b) 3.536 A;15 ms c) 6.07 A; 10 ms d)2.536 A; 4.167 ms
16. The resistance of an R-L circuit is 10 Ω. An emf 𝐸0 applied across the circuit at 𝜔 = 20 rad s―1.
𝑖0
If the current in the circuit is 2
, what is the value of L?
a) 0.5 H b) 2.25 H c) 3.9 H d)1.0 H
17. In a circuit, the current lags behind the voltage by a phase difference of 𝜋/2, the circuit will
contain which of the following?
a) Only R b) Only C c) R and C d)Only L
18. In the circuit shown below, the key K is closed at t = 0. The current through the battery is
𝑉𝑅1𝑅2 𝑉
at 𝑡 = 0 and at 𝑡 = ∞
a) 𝑅2
𝑅21 + 𝑅22
𝑉 𝑉(𝑅1 +𝑅2)
b) at 𝑡 = 0 and at 𝑡 = ∞
𝑅2 𝑅1𝑅2
𝑉 𝑉𝑅1𝑅2
c) 𝑅2 at 𝑡 = 0 and at 𝑡 = ∞
𝑅 1 + 𝑅2
2 2
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𝑉(𝑅1 +𝑅2) 𝑉
at 𝑡 = 0 and at 𝑡 = ∞
d) 𝑅1𝑅2 𝑅2
19. In a circuit, the value of the alternating current is measured by hot wire ammeter as
10 𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑒. Its peak value will be
7.07 𝐴
a) 10 𝐴 b) 20 𝐴 c) 14.14 𝐴 d)
20. In an electrical circuit 𝑅, 𝐿, 𝐶 and an a.c. voltage source are all connected in series. When 𝐿 is
removed from the circuit, the phase difference between the voltage and the current in the
circuit is 𝜋/3. If instead, 𝐶 is removed from the circuit, the phase difference is again 𝜋/3. The
power factor of the circuit is
a) 1/2 b) 1/ 2 c) 1 d) 3/2
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