AC- Power Loss and RMS Prepared by Sombir Ahlawat Sir

1) An alternating emf given by V = V0sin( ωt) has peak value 10 volt and frequency 50 Hz. The instantaneous
1
s
emf at t = 600 is a) 10 V b) 5 3 V c) 5 V d) 1 V
2) The root –mean-square value of the alternating current is equal to
a) one-fourth the peak value b) half the peak value c) (1/ 2 ) times the peak value d) 2 times the mean value
3) If the instantaneous current in a circuit is given by I=2 cos (ωt+  ) ampere, the rms value of the current
a) 1 A b) 2 A c) 1/2 A d) (1/ 2 ) A
4) If V represents the peak value of the voltage in an ac circuit, the rms value of the voltage will be
a) V/π b) V/2π c) V/2 d) V/ 2
5) A 220 V main supply is connected to a resistance of 100 kΩ. The effective current is
2.2
mA
a) 2.2, mA b) 2.2× 2 mA c) 2 d) none of the above
6) in Q. 5, The power dissipation is
a) 484 mW b) 484 2 mW c) 968 mW d ) 242 mW
7) The rate of heat production in a resistor due to an alternating current of rms value 10 A is same as that due
to a direct current of a)10 A b) 10/ 2 A c) 10 2 A d) 5 A
8) A steady voltage of 10 V produces heat at a rate x in a resistor. The peak value of the alternating voltage
which will produce heat at a rate x/2 in the same resistor is
a) 5 V b) ) 5 2 V c) 10 d) ) 10 2
9) If a current I = I0 sin(ωt –π/2) flows in a circuit across which an alternating potential E = E0 sin ωt has
been applied, then the power consumed in the circuit is
E0 I 0 E0 I 0 E I
a) b) c) d ) zero
2 2 2
10) The heat produced in a given resistor in a given time by the sinusoidal current I0 sin ωt will be the same
as that by a steady current of magnitude
a) I0/ 2 b) I0 c) 2 I0 d) I0 /2
11) An alternating voltage V = 200 2 sin 100 t, where Vis in volts and t in seconds, is connected to a series
combination of 1 μF capacitor and 10 kΩ resistor through an AC ammeter. The reading of the ammeter will
be
a) 2 mA b) 10 2 mA c) 2 mA d) 20 mA
12) power delivered by an AC source of angular frequency ω to an LCR series circuit is maximum when
a) ωL = ωC b) ωL =1/ ωC c) ωL =R-(/ ωC)) d) ωC = R-(1/ωL)
13) In an AC circuit V = 100 sin ( 100 t) volt and I =100 sin (100 t + π/3) mA. The power dissipated in the
circuit is a) 104 W b) 10 W c) 2.5 W d) 5 W
14) An AC voltage E = 200 sin 100 t volt is connected across a 2 μF capacitor. If a hot wire ammeter is used to
measure the current in the circuit, its reading is a) 10 mA b) 20 2 mA c) 10 2 mA d) 20 mA
15) A 10 H inductor of negligible resistance is connected across a source of voltage amplitude 50 V and
5 5
angular frequency 1000 rad/s. The rms value of the current will be a) 5 mA b) 5 2 mA c) 2 mA d) 2 2
mA
16) The rms value of an alternating current, which when passed through a resistor produces heart three
times of that produced by a direct current of 2 A in the same resistor, is
a) 6 A b) 3 A c)2 A d) ) 3 2 A
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17) An inductance , a capacitance and a resistance are connected in series across a source of alternating
voltages. At resonance, the applied voltage and the current flowing through the circuit will have a phase
difference of a) π/4 b) zero c) π d) π/2
18) The impedance of a circuit consists of 3 Ω resistance and 4 Ω reactance. The power factor of the circuit is
a) 0.4 b) 0.6 c) 0.8 d) 1.0
19) A 60 μF capacitor, 0.3 H inductor and a 50 Ω resistor are connected in series with a 120 V, 60 Hz source.
The current in the circuit is
a) 1.5 A b) 2 A c)3 A d) 4 A
20) Two coils A and B are connected in series across a 240 V, 50 Hz supply. The resistance of A is 5 Ω and the
inductance of B is 0.02 H. The power consumed is 3 kW and the power factor is 0.75. The impedance of the
circuit
a) 0.144 Ω b) 1.44 Ω c) 14.4 Ω d) 144 Ω
21) In Q. 20, The resistance of coil B is
a) 0.58 Ω b) 5.8 Ω c) 1.16 Ω d) 11.6 Ω
22) An AC source is connected across a resistance of 10 Ω. The power dissipated in the resistor is 100 W. The
rms values of the current and voltage are
a) 10 A, 1000 V b) 2 10 A, 2 1000 V c) 2 10 A, 1000 V ) d) 10 A, 2 1000 V
23) The power factor of an ac circuit has the value
a) unity when the circuit contains only an inductance b) unity when the circuit contains only a resistance
c) zero when the circuit contains only a resistance d) unity when the circuit contains only a capacitance
24) In an AC circuit containing an inductor and a capacitor in series, the current is found to be maximum
when the inductance is 0.5 H and the capacitance is 8 μF. The angular frequency of the AC source in rad/s is
a) 500 b) 4000 c) 5000 d)5× 105
25) In a pure inductance circuit, the current
a) leads the emf by π/2 b) lags behind the emf by π/2
c) sometimes leads and sometimes lags behind the emf d) is in phase with the emf
26) The source frequency for which a 5 μF capacitor has reactance of 1000 Ω is
100 1000
a) Hz b) Hz  c) 200 Hz       d) 5000 Hz
 
27) A resistance R, an inductance L and a capacitance C are connected in series across an AC source of
angular frequency ω. If the resonant frequency is ω0 then the current will lag behind the voltage if
a) ω < ω0 b) ω > ω0 c) ω = ω0 d) ω = 0
28) In a series resonant circuit the ac voltages across resistance R, inductance L and capacitance C are 5 V, 10
V and 10 V, respectively. The ac voltage applied to circuit is
a) 25 V b) 20 V c) 10 V d) 5 V

29) The power in an AC circuit is give by P = Vrms Irms cos in series LCR circuit at resonance is
a) zero b) 1 c)1/2 d) 1/ 2
30) The impedance of a circuit containing inductance L and resistance R is given by
c) R 2   2 L2 d )  2 R 2  L2
a) LR b) L/R
31) The self inductance of a coil is 5 H. A current of 1 A through the coil changes to 2 A in 5 s. The value of the
emf induced in the coil is
a) 10 V b) 0.1 V c) 1.0 V d) 100 V
32) An alternating voltage E ( in volts) = 200 2 sin( 100 t), where t is in seconds, is connected to a 1 μF
capacitor. The rms value of the current in the circuit is (in mA)
a) 10 b) 20 c) 100 d) 200

1 c 2 c 3 b 4 d 5 a 6 a 7 a 8 c 9 d 10 a
11 12 13 c 14 15 c 16 17 18 19 a 20 c
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b b b d b b
21 22 a 23 24 a 25 26 a 27 28 29 30 c
b b b b d b
31 c 32
b

33) In the given LR circuit ,the source has angular frequency ω. The power factor of the circuit is

Fig……

L R R
a) b) c) d) R  L
R L R 2   2 L2

34) The phase difference between voltage and current during resonance in an LCR series circuit is

a) zero b) π/4 c) π/2 d) π

35) In an A.C. circuit the potential differences across an inductance and a resistance joined in series are,
respectively, 16 V and 20 V. The total potential difference across the circuit is

a) 20.0 V b) 25.6 V c) 31.4 V d) 53.5 V

36) An alternating voltage E =100 2 sin ( 200 t) volts is connected to a 2μF capacitor through an A.C.
ammeter. The reading of the ammeter is

a) 10 mA b) 20 mA c) 40 mA d)80 mA

37) The voltage of an A.C. supply varies with time(t) as V =120 sin 100 πt cos 100 πt . The maximum voltage
and frequency, respectively, are

120
a)120 volts, 100 hertz b) 2 volts, 100 hertz c)60 volts, 200 hertz d)60 volts, 100 hertz

38) An AC circuit consists of a 5 Ω resistor in series with a 0.1 H inductor. The voltage in the circuit is V = 5
sin 50 t where V is in volts and t in seconds. The phase difference between current and voltage is

  
a) b) c) d) 0
2 6 4

39) An LCR series circuit having R = 100 Ω is connected to an A.C. source of 100 V, 50 Hz. The magnitude of
the phase difference between current and voltage becomes 300 when either C or L is removed. The power
dissipated in the LCR circuit is
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a) 50 W b) 86.5 W c) 100 W d)200 W

40) In a series resonant LCR circuit , the voltage across R is 100 volts and R = kΩ with C = 2μF. The resonant
frequency ω is 200 rad/s . At resonance the voltage across L is

a) 4×10-3 V b) 2.5×10-2 V c) 40 V d)250 V

41) An LCR circuit (series) with R = 100 Ω is connected to an ac source of 50 V and frequency = 50/π Hz.
When inductor or capacitor is removed, the phase difference between current and voltage is 30 0. The power
consumed is

a) 250 W b) 6.5 W c) 25 W d)50 W

 
I  I 0 sin   t  
42) In an a.c. circuit the voltage is E = E0 sin ωt . The resulting current in the circuit is  2  . The
power consumption is the circuit is given by

E0 I 0 E0 I 0
a) P  2 E0 I 0 b) P  c) P  zero d)
2 2

43) In an AC circuit, the emf (e)and the current (I) at any instant are given, respectively , by

e= E0 sin ωt, I = I0 sin (ωt -  )

The average power in the circuit over one cycle of AC is

E0 I 0 E0 I 0 E0 I 0
a) b) sin  c) cos  d ) E0 I 0
2 2 2

44) The instantaneous values of alternating current and voltage are given as

1
i sin (100 t ) ampere
2
1
e sin (100 t   / 3) volt
2

The average power in watts consumed in the circuit is

a) 1/4 b) 3 /4 c) 1/2 d) 1/8

45) In a LCR series circuit, the potential difference between the terminals of the capacitor is 30 V and that
across the resistance is 40 V. The supply voltage is

a) 50 V b) 70 V c) 10 V d)130 V

46) 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

c) current through resistor is i and voltage across capacitor is V. Then:

a) Va = Vb b) ) Va < Vb c) ) Va > Vb d) ) ia > ib

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