ALTERNATING CURRENT

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ALTERNATING CURRENT

Paper Trend’s Analysis in ALTERNATING CURRENT

Year No. of Question Concept Asked

NEET-2023 3 Transformer, Resonance, Impedance of L-C-R
NEET-2022 2 RMS vale, Resonance
NEET-2021 3 Transformer, R-L-C Circuit, Half Power Frequencies
Alternating Current - NEET(PYQ)

NEET-2020 2 AC voltage applied to Pure C, Resonance

NEET-2019 1 R-L Circuit

Section
1. Mean Value, RMS Value

2. AC Voltage applied across Pure R/ Pure L/ Pure C

3. R-L-C Series Circuit

4. R-L-C Series Resonance

5. Power in AC Circuit

6. Transformer

7. LC Oscillation, Q- factor and half Power frequencies

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Different terms related to AC

Q.1 The peak voltage of the ac source is equal to: [NEET-2022]

(1) the rms value of the ac source

(2) 2 times the rms value of the ac source

(3) 1/ 2 time the rms value of the ac source

(4) the value of voltage supplied to the circuit.

Q.2 In an A.C. circuit, Irms and I0 are related as [AIPMT 1994]

I0 I0
(1) I rms = πI0 (2) I rms = 2 I0 (3) I rms = (4) I rms =
π 2
Alternating Current - NEET(PYQ)

Q.3 The r.m.s. value of potential difference V shown in the figure is [AIPMT Mains 2011]
V

V0

t
O T/2 T

V0 V0 V0
(1) (2) V0 (3) (4)
3 2 2

AC Voltage applied to Pure R/ Pure L/ Pure C

Q.4 A capacitor of capacity C has reactance X. If capacitance and frequency become double then reactance
will be [AIPMT 2001]
(1) 4X (2) X/2 (3) X/4 (4) 2X

Q.5 A 40 µF capacitor is connected to a 200 V, 50 Hz ac supply. The r.m.s value of the current in the circuit
is, nearly [NEET 2020]
(1) 1.7 A (2) 2.05 A (3) 2.5 A (4) 25.1 A

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Q.6 In an ac circuit an alternating voltage e = 200 2 sin100t volts is connected to a capacitor of capacity
1 µF. The r.m.s. value of the current in the circuit is:- [AIPMT 2011]

(1) 10 mA (2) 100 mA (3) 200 mA (4) 20 mA

AC VOLTAGE APPLIED TO R-L-C CIRCUIT

Q.7 An ac voltage is applied to a resistance R and an inductor L in series. If R and the inductive reactance
are both equal to 3 Ω, the phase difference between the applied voltage and the current in the circuit is
(1) π / 6 (2) π / 4 (3) π / 2 (4) zero
[AIPMT 2011]
Q.8 In a circuit L, C and R are connected in series with an alternating voltage source of frequency f. The
current leads the voltage by 45°. The value of C is [AIPMT 2005]
1 1 1 1
(1) (2) (3) (4)
Alternating Current - NEET(PYQ)

πf (2πf L − R) 2πf (2πf L − R) πf (2πf L + R) 2πf (2πf L + R)

Q.9 A circuit when connected to an AC source of 12 V gives a current of 0.2 A. The same circuit when
connected to a DC source of 12 V, gives a current of 0.4 A. The circuit is [Odisha NEET 2019]
(1) series LR (2) series RC (3) series LC (4) series LCR

Q.10 A coil has resistance 30 ohm and inductive reactance 20 ohm at 50 Hz frequency. If an ac source, of
200 volt, 100 Hz, is connected across the coil, the current in the coil will be
[AIPMT Mains 2011]
20
(1) 2.0 A (2) 4.0 A (3) 8.0 A (4) A
13

Q.11 The net impedance of circuit (as shown in figure) will be : [NEET-2023]

(1) 15Ω (2) 5 5 Ω (3) 25Ω (4) 10 2 Ω

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Q.12 An inductor of inductance L, a capacitor of capacitance C and a resistor of resistance 'R' are connected
in series to an ac source of potential difference 'V' volts as shown in figure.
Potential difference across L, C and R is 40 V, 10 V and 40 V, respectively. The amplitude of current
flowing through LCR series circuit is 10 2A. The impedance of the circuit is: - [NEET-2021]

40 V 10 V 40 V

~
V

(1) 4 2Ω (2) 5 / 2Ω (3) 4Ω (4) 5Ω

Q.13 A coil of self-inductance L is connected in series with a bulb B and an AC source. Brightness of the
bulb decreases when [NEET 2013]
Alternating Current - NEET(PYQ)

(1) a capacitance of reactance XC = XL is included in the same circuit.

(2) an iron rod is inserted in the coil.
(3) frequency of the AC source is decreased.
(4) number of turns in the coil is reduced.

Q.14 A series R-C circuit is connected to an alternating voltage source. Consider two situations:
(a) When capacitor is air filled
(b) When capacitor is mica filled
Current through resistor is I and voltage across capacitor is V then:
(1) Va = Vb (2) Va < Vb (3) Va > Vb (4) ia > ib

L-C-R Resonance

Q.15 In a series LCR circuit, the inductance L is 10 mH, capacitance C is 1 µ F and resistance R is 100 Ω .
The frequency at which resonance occurs is: - [NEET-2023]
(1) 15.9 kHz (2) 1.59 rad/s (3) 1. 59 kHz (4) 15.9 rad/s

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Q.16 A series LCR circuit with inductance 10 H, capacitance 10 µ F, resistance 50 Ω is connected to an ac

source of voltage, V = 200 sin (100 t) volt. If the resonant frequency of the LCR circuit is ν0 and the

frequency of the ac source is ν , then [NEET-2022]

50 50
(1) ν o = ν = Hz (2)
= νo Hz,
= ν 50Hz
π π
100
(3) ν 100 Hz;
= = νo Hz (4) ν o = ν = 50Hz
π

Q.17 A series LCR circuit is connected to an ac voltage source. When L is removed from the circuit, the
phase difference between current and voltage is π/3. If instead C is removed from the circuit, the phase
difference is again π/3 between current and voltage. The power factor of the circuit is
[AIPMT2012, NEET 2020]
(1) zero (2) 0.5 (3) 1.0 (4) –1.0
Alternating Current - NEET(PYQ)

Q.18 In the given circuit the reading of voltmeter V1 and V2 are 300 volts each. The reading of the voltmeter
V3 and ammeter A are respectively [AIPMT 2010]
L C R = 100 Ω

V1
V2 V3
A

~
220 V, 50 Hz

(1) 150 V, 2.2 A (2) 220 V, 2.2 A (3) 220 V, 2.0 A (4) 100 V, 2.0 A

Q.19 What is the value of inductance L for which the current is maximum in a series LCR circuit with
C = 10 µF and ω = 1000 s–1? [AIPMT 2007]
(1) 1 mH (2) cannot be calculated unless R is known
(3) 10 mH (4) 100 mH

Q.20 An series L-C-R circuit is connected to a source of A.C. current. At resonance, the phase difference
between the applied voltage and the current in the circuit, is [AIPMT 1994]
(1) π (2) zero (3) π / 4 (4) π / 2

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Power in AC Circuit

Q.21 In an A.C. circuit, the current flowing is I = 5 sin (100t – π/2) ampere and the potential difference is
V = 200 sin (100t) volts. The power consumption is equal to [AIPMT 2005]
(1) 20 V (2) 0 W (3) 100 W (4) 40 W

Q.22 The instantaneous values of alternating current and voltages in a circuit are given as

1 1  π
=i sin(100πt) ampere
= e sin 100πt +  volt [AIPMT Mains 2012]
2 2  3

The average power in watts consumed in the circuit is

1 3 1 1
(1) (2) (3) (4)
4 4 2 8
Alternating Current - NEET(PYQ)

Q.23 In an a.c. circuit the e.m.f. (ε) and the current (i) at any instant are given respectively by

=e E 0 sin ω
= t, i I0 sin(ωt − φ) [AIPMT 2008]

The average power in the circuit over one cycle of a.c. is

E 0 I0 E 0 I0 E 0 I0
(1) cos φ (2) E 0 I0 (3) (4) sin φ
2 2 2

Q.24 Power dissipated in an LCR series circuit connected to an A.C. source of emf ε is
2
1 
2  2  1  
 2
ε  R +  Lω −
ε 2 2
R +  Lω −   
 Cω    Cω  
(1) (2) [AIPMT 2009]
R R

ε2R ε2R
(3) (4) 2
 1 
2  2  1  
2
R +  Lω −   R +  Lω −  
 Cω    Cω  

Q.25 An inductor 20 mH, a capacitor 100 µF and a resistor 50 Ω are connected in series across a source of
emf, V = 10 sin 314t. The power loss in the circuit is [NEET 2018]
(1) 0.79 W (2) 0.43 W (3) 2.74 W (4) 1.13 W

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Q.26 An inductor 20 mH, a capacitor 50 µF and a resistor 40 Ω are connected in series across a source of
emf V = 10 sin 340t. The power loss in A.C. circuit is [NEET-I 2016]
(1) 0.76 W (2) 0.89 W (3) 0.51 W (4) 0.67 W

Q.27 The potential differences across the resistance, capacitance and inductance are 80 V, 40 V and 100 V
respectively in an L-C-R circuit. The power factor of this circuit is [NEET-II 2016]
(1) 0.4 (2) 0.5 (3) 0.8 (4) 1.0

Q.28 A coil of inductive reactance 31 Ω has a resistance of 8 Ω. It is placed in series with a condenser of
capacitive reactance 25 Ω. The combination is connected to an a.c. source of 110 V. The power factor
of the circuit is [AIPMT 2006]
(1) 0.33 (2) 0.56 (3) 0.64 (4) 0.80
Alternating Current - NEET(PYQ)

Q.29 A small signal voltage V(t) = V0 sinωt is applied across an ideal capacitor C [NEET-I 2016]
(1) Current I(t) is in phase with voltage V(t).
(2) Current I(t) leads voltage V(t) by 180°.
(3) Current I(t), lags voltage V(t) by 90°.
(4) Over a full cycle the capacitor C does not consume any energy from the voltage source.

Transformer

Q.30 A 12 V, 60 W lamp is connected to the secondary of a step-down transformer, whose primary is

connected to ac mains of 220 V. Assuming the transformer to be ideal, what is the current in the
primary winding? [NEET-2023]
(1) 2.7 A (2) 3.7 A (3) 0.37 A (4) 0.27 A

Q.31 A step down transformer connected to an ac mains supply of 220 V is made to operate at 11V, 44 W
lamp. Ignoring power losses in the transformer, what is the current in the primary circuit?
[NEET-2021]
(1) 0.2 A (2) 0.4 A (3) 2A (4) 4A

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Q.32 A transformer having efficiency of 90% is working on 200 V and 3 kW power supply. If the current
in the secondary coil is 6 A, the voltage across the secondary coil and the current in the primary coil
respectively are [AIPMT 2014]
(1) 300 V, 15 A (2) 450 V, 15 A (3) 450 V, 13.5 A (4) 600 V, 15 A

Q.33 The primary of a transformer when connected to a dc battery of 10 volt draws a current of 1 mA. The
number of turns of the primary and secondary windings are 50 and 100 respectively. The voltage in
the secondary and the current drawn by the circuit in the secondary are respectively
(1) 20 V and 2.0 mA (2) 10 V and 0.5 mA [Karnataka NEET 2013]
(3 Zero volt and therefore no current (4) 20 V and 0.5 mA

Q.34 A 220 volt input is supplied to a transformer. The output circuit draws a current of 2.0 ampere at 440
volts. If the efficiency of the transformer is 80%, the current drawn by the primary windings of the
transformer is [AIPMT 2010]
Alternating Current - NEET(PYQ)

(1) 3.6 ampere (2) 2.8 ampere (3) 2.5 ampere (4) 5.0 ampere

Q.35 The primary and secondary coils of a transformer have 50 and 1500 turns respectively. If the
magnetic flux φ linked with the primary coil is given by φ = φ0 + 4t, where φ is in webers, t is time in
seconds and φ0 is a constant, the output voltage across the secondary coil is [AIPMT 2007]
(1) 120 volts (2) 220 volts (3) 30 volts (4) 90 volts

Q.36 A transformer is used to light a 100 W and 110 V lamp from 220 V mains. If the main current is 0.5
amp, the efficiency of the transformer is approximately [AIPMT 2007]
(1) 50% (2) 90% (3) 10% (4) 30%

Q.37 The core of a transformer is laminated because [AIPMT 2006]

(1) ratio of voltage in primary and secondary may be increased
(2) energy losses due to eddy currents may be minimised
(3) the weight of the transformer may be reduced
(4) rusting of the core may be prevented.

Q.38 A step-up transformer operates on a 230 V line and supplies a load of 2 ampere. The ratio of the
primary and secondary windings is 1: 25. The current in the primary is [AIPMT 1998]
(1) 15 A (2) 50 A (3) 25 A (4) 12.5 A

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Q.39 The primary winding of a transformer has 500 turns whereas its secondary has 5000 turns. The primary
is connected to an A.C. supply of 20 V, 50 Hz. The secondary will have an output of
[AIPMT 1997]
(1) 2 V, 50 Hz (2) 2 V, 5 Hz (3) 200 V, 50 Hz (4) 200 V, 500 Hz

L-C Oscillation Quality factor and half power frequencies

Q.40 The value of quality factor is [AIPMT 2000]

ωL 1
(1) (2) (3) LC (4) L/R
R ωRC

Q.41 Which of the following combinations should be selected for better tuning of an L-C-R circuit used for
communication? [NEET-II 2016]

(1) R = 20 Ω, L = 1.5 H, C = 35 µF (2) R = 25 Ω, L = 2.5 H, C = 45 µF

Alternating Current - NEET(PYQ)

(3) R = 15 Ω, L = 3.5 H, C = 30 µF (4) R = 25 Ω, L = 1.5 H, C = 45 µF

Q.42 A series LCR circuit containing 5.0 H inductor,80 μF capacitor and 40 Ω resistor is connected to230
V variable frequency ac source. The angular frequencies of the source at which power transferred to
the circuit is half the power at the resonant angular frequency are likely to be : [NEET-2021]
(1) 25 rad/s and 75 rad/s (2) 50 rad/s and 25 rad/s
(3) 46 rad/s and 54 rad/s (4) 42 rad/s and 58 rad/s

Q.43 A condenser of capacity C is charged to a potential difference of V1. The plates of the condenser are
then connected to an ideal inductor of inductance L. The current through the inductor when the
potential difference across the condenser reduces to V2 is [AIPMT Mains 2010]
1 1
 C(V1 − V2 ) 2  2 C(V12 − V22 ) C(V22 − V22 )  C(V12 − V22 )  2
(1)   (2) (3) (4)  
 L  L L  L 

Q.44 A transistor-oscillator using a resonant circuit with an inductor L (of negligible resistance) and a
capacitor C in series produces oscillations of frequency f. If L is doubled and C is changed to 4C, the
frequency will be [AIPMT 2006]

(1) f/2 (2) f/4 (3) 8f (4) f/2 2

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ANSWER KEY

Ques. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ans. 2 4 3 3 3 4 2 4 1 2
Ques. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. 2 4 2 3 3 1 3 2 4 2
Ques. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Ans. 2 4 1 4 1 3 3 4 4 4
Ques. 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Ans. 1 2 3 4 1 2 2 1 3 1
Ques. 41 42 43 44
3 3 4 4
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