251. A circuit draws a current of (3 – j8) A from C. 3.

69 Ω
a source of (100 + j37) V. Find the true power of
the circuit. D. 3.96 Ω

A. 4 W View Answer:

B. 596 W Answer: Option A

C. 300 W Solution:

D. 296 W 254. A series RL circuit has L = 0.02 H and an

impedance of 17.85 Ω. When a sinusoidal
View Answer: voltage is applied, the current lags the voltage by
63.5°. What is the value of the angular
Answer: Option A frequency?

Solution: A. 400 rad/sec

252. A resistor and a coil are connected in B. 500 rad/sec

series with a voltage source. If the voltage
across the coil is 10 sin (866t + 70°) V and C. 600 rad/sec
the current flowing through the resistor is 2 cos
(866t – 80°) A, what is the resistance of the coil? D. 800 rad/sec

A. 4.92 Ω View Answer:

B. 2.5 Ω Answer: Option D

C. 5 Ω Solution:

D. 4.33 Ω 255. A 50 Ω resistance is connected in series

with a coil having 25 Ω resistance and 150 mH
View Answer: inductance. The circuit is connected to a voltage
source of 200 sin ωt. Calculate the instantaneous
Answer: Option B current.

Solution: A. 2.9 sin ωt

253. A coil has a resistance of 6 ohms and an B. 1.7 sin (ωt + 37°)
inductance of 0.02 H. When a noninductive
resistor is connected in series with the coil, the C. 2.1 sin (ωt – 37°)
current drawn when connected to 220 V DC
source is equal to the current drawn by the coil D. 5.11 sin (ωt – 37°)
alone across a 220 V, 60 Hz source. Determine
the resistance of the non-inductive resistor. View Answer:

A. 3.63 Ω Answer: Option C

B. 6.39 Ω Solution:
256. A coil having a resistance of 25 Ω and an C. 160 V
inductance of 150 mH is connected in series
with a 80 μF capacitor across a voltage D. 120 V
source of 200 sin 377t. What is its
instantaneous current? View Answer:

A. 5.84 cos (377t – 43°) Answer: Option C

B. 5.84 sin 377t Solution:

C. 5.84 sin (377t + 43°) 259. A ½ HP, 110 V, 60 Hz, single-phase

induction motor has an efficiency of 88%
D. 5.84 sin (377t – 43°) and a power factor of 0.707 lagging at rated
load. This motor is to be connected temporarily
View Answer: on a 220 V, 60 Hz line. Determine the
resistance required to be placed in series with the
Answer: Option D motor in order to prevent the machine from
experiencing overcurrent?
Solution:
A. 25.2 ohms
257. A coil with a 15 Ω resistance is connected
in series with a capacitor. At 60 Hz source, the B. 23.5 ohms
impedance is measured at 15 + j11.27 Ω while in
30 Hz source it is measured as 15 – j7.24 Ω. C. 19.5 ohms
Calculate the inductance of the coil.
D. 27.6 ohms
A. 52.7 mH
View Answer:
B. 65.8 mH
Answer: Option B
C. 41.2 mH
Solution:
D. 11.27 mH
260. Two coils A and B known to have the
View Answer: same resistance are connected in series across
a 110 V, 60 cycle line. The current and power
Answer: Option A delivered by the source are respectively 4.1 A
and 300 W. If the voltage across coil A is twice
Solution: that across coil B, calculate the inductance of
coil B.
258. An impedance coil has a resistance and
inductance of 20 ohms and 0.05 H respectively. A. 8.63 mH
What value of dc voltage can be applied to the
coil in order that it will take the same power B. 7.36 mH
from a 220 V 60 Hz mains?
C. 9.02 mH
A. 188 V
D. 4.49 mH
B. 220 V
View Answer:
Answer: Option A View Answer:

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Solution:
261. The total voltage in a series RL circuit
____ the current by an angle ____.
264. In the impedance triangle the inductive
reactance and impedance phasor are analogous
A. lags, of 90°
to the ____ and ____ phasor respectively in the
voltage triangle.
B. lags, between 0° and 90°
A. inductive voltage, total voltage
C. leads, between 0° and 90°
B. inductive current, total current
D. leads, between 90° and 180°
C. inductive voltage, resistive current
View Answer:

Answer: Option C D. inductive current, resistive current

Solution: View Answer:

Answer: Option A
262. In a series RL circuit, the inductor current
____ the resistor current.
Solution:
A. lags
265. In a series RL circuit, phasor diagram, total
voltage may be represented by the ____ phasor
B. is equal
and the resistor voltage may be represented
by the ____ voltage.
C. leads
A. current, voltage
D. is negative
B. impedance, resistance
View Answer:

Answer: Option A C. current, resistance

Solution: D. impedance, inductance

263. The impedance triangle is similar to the View Answer:

____ triangle with the resistance phasor in Answer: Option B
place of the ____.
Solution:
A. current, resistor current
266. The phase angle of a series RL circuit is
B. current, resistor voltage
the angle between the ____ phasor and the ____
phasor.
C. voltage, impedance
A. resistance, inductive reactance
D. voltage, resistor voltage
B. resistance, impedance Answer: Option A

C. inductive reactance, impedance Solution:

D. none of the above 269. A(n) ____ stores and returns energy to a
circuit while a(n) ____ dissipates energy.
View Answer:
A. resistor, impedance
Answer: Option B
B. resistor, inductor
Solution:
C. inductor, resistor
267. The phase angle of a series RL circuit may
be computed ____ as ____ or ____.
D. inductor, reactance
A. cos-1 R/XL, sin-1 XL/R, tan-1 R/Z
View Answer:

B. cos-1 R/Z, sin-1 XL/R, tan-1 R/XL Answer: Option C

C. cos-1 Z/XL, sin-1 R/Z, tan-1 XL/R Solution:

D. cos-1 R/Z, sin-1 XL/Z, tan-1 XL/R 270. For an RL circuit, the power factor cannot
be less than ____ or greater than ____.
View Answer:
A. 0, 1
Answer: Option D
B. 1, 0
Solution:
C. 0, -1
268. In the circuit of figure shown the effective
value of the resistor voltage is ____ volts.
D. –1, 0

View Answer:

Answer: Option A

Solution:

271. The voltage across a capacitor ____ the

A. 5 √2 current through it by ____.

B. 5 A. lags, 45°

C. 5/√2 B. lags, 90°

D. 10 C. leads, 0°

View Answer: D. leads, 90°

View Answer: C. down, impedance
Answer: Option B D. up, total voltage
Solution: View Answer:

272. If the resistance in a series RC circuit Answer: Option C

is increased the magnitude of the phase angle
Solution:
A. increases
275. The phase angle for a series RC circuit is
B. remains the same defined as the angle between the ____ and the
____ phasors.
C. decreases
A. current, resistance voltage
D. changes to an indeterminate manner
B. current, total voltage
View Answer:
C. resistance voltage, capacitor voltage
Answer: Option C
D. R, XC
Solution:
View Answer:
273. In a series RC circuit, the current ____ the
total voltage by an angle. Answer: Option B

A. lags, of 45° Solution:

B. lags of 0° 276. The phase angle for a series RC circuit

may be computed as the angle between the
C. leads, between 0° and 90° ____ and the ____ phasors.

D. leads, of 90° A. resistance, impedance

View Answer: B. resistance, reactance

Answer: Option C C. resistance, impedance

Solution: D. none of these

274. The resistance phasor for a series RC View Answer:

circuit points to the right. The capacitive
reactance phasor points ____ while the diagonal Answer: Option A
of the rectangle having there two phasors as
sides represents the ____. Solution:

A. up, impedance 277. If a series RC circuit with 10 ohms and X C

= 10 ohms carries a current of 1 ampere
B. left, current effective value the resistor voltage is ____
volts effective and the capacitor voltage is Answer: Option C
____ volts effective.
Solution:
A. 10/√2 , 10/√2
280. The power dissipated in the circuit shown
B. 10, 10 is ____ watts.

C. 10√2 , 10√2

D. 5, 10

View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Solution:
A. 60
278. The power dissipated in a series RL
circuit with R =10 ohms and XC = 10 ohms B. 80
carrying an effective current of 3 amps is ____
watts. C. 100

A. 30 D. 120

B. 30√2 View Answer:

Answer: Option D
C. 90
Solution:
D. 90√2
281. The net reactance in an RLC circuit is
View Answer:

Answer: Option C A. XL

Solution: B. XC – XL

279. The magnitude of the power factor of an C. XC

RC circuit with R = 10 ohms, XC = 10 ohms. I =
2 amp effective is ____. D. XL – XC

A. 1 View Answer:

B. 0.5 Answer: Option D

C. 0.707 Solution:

D. 0.02 282. The impedance of a series RLC circuit is

____.
View Answer:
A. √(R2 + XL2 + XC2)
B. √(R2 + XL2 – XC2) 285. To a highly inductive circuit, a small
capacitance is added in series. The angle
C. √(R2 + (XL + XC)2) between voltage and current will

D. √(R2 + (XL – XC)2) A. increase

View Answer: B. decrease

Answer: Option D C. remain nearly the same

Solution: D. become indeterminant

283. In a series RC circuit, the voltage across View Answer:

the capacitor and the resistor are 60 V and 80 V
respectively. The input voltage should be Answer: Option B

A. 70∠45° V Solution:

B. 100∠-37° V 286. In a series R-L circuit. VL ____ VR by

____ degrees.
C. 105∠-42° V
A. lags, 45
D. 108∠-60° V
B. lags, 90
View Answer:
C. leads, 90
Answer: Option B
D. leads, 45
Solution:
View Answer:
284. The transient current are due to
Answer: Option C
A. voltage applied to circuit
Solution:
B. resistance of the circuit
287. The voltage applied across an R-L circuit
C. impedance of the circuit is equal to _____ of VR and VL.

D. changes in stored energy in inductance and A. arithmetic sum

capacitance
B. algebraic sum
View Answer:
C. phasor sum
Answer: Option D
D. sum of the squares
Solution:
View Answer:

Answer: Option C
Solution: View Answer:

288. The power in an a.c. circuit is given by Answer: Option B

A. VI cos φ Solution:

B. VI sin φ 291. In an R-L-C circuit, v(t) = 20 sin (314t +

5π/6) and i(t) = 10 sin (314t + 2π/3). The p.f. of
the circuit is ____ and power drawn is ____
C. I² Z
watt.
D. I² XL
A. 0.5 lead, 200
View Answer:
B. 0.886 lag, 186.6
Answer: Option A
C. 0.866 lead, 173.2
Solution:
D. 0.5 lag, 50
289. The p.f. of an R-C circuit is
View Answer:
A. often zero
Answer: Option B
B. between zero and 1
Solution:
C. always unity
292. The input of an a.c. circuit having p.f. of
0.8 lagging is 20 kVA. The power drawn by the
D. between zero and -1.0 circuit is ____ kW.
View Answer: A. 12
Answer: Option B
B. 20
Solution:
C. 16
290. Which phasor diagram is correct for a
series R-C circuit? D. 8

View Answer:

Answer: Option C

Solution:
A. Figure 1
293. The power factor of an a.c. circuit is given
B. Figure 2 by

C. Figure 3 A. cosine of the phase angle

D. Figure 4 B. tangent of the phase angle

C. the ratio R/XL B. load factor

D. the ratio XL/Z C. form factor

View Answer: D. diversity factor

Answer: Option A
View Answer:

Solution: Answer: Option A

294. In series R-L-C circuit, R = 100 Ω, XL = Solution:

300 Ω and XC = 200 Ω. The phase angle Φ of
the circuit is _____ degrees. 297. If p.f. of a circuit is unity, its reactive
power is
A. 0
A. a maximum
B. 90
B. equal to I²R
C. 45
C. zero
D. -45
D. a negative quantity
View Answer:
View Answer:
Answer: Option C
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Solution:
295. The phase angle of a series R-L-C circuit is
leading if 298. An R-L-C circuit has R = 10 Ω, XL = 20
Ω and XC = 30 Ω. The impedance of the circuit
A. XL = 0 is given by the expression.

B. R = 0 A. Z = 10 + j20

C. XC > XL B. Z = 10 + j50

D. XC < XL C. Z = 10 – j20

View Answer: D. Z = -10 + j20

Answer: Option C View Answer:

Solution: Answer: Option C

296. In an a.c. circuit, the ratio of kW/kVA Solution:

represents
299. An alternating voltage e = 200 sin 314t is
A. power factor applied to a device which offers an ohmic
resistance of 20 Ω to the flow of current in one
direction while entirely preventing the flow in
the opposite direction. The average value of
current will be

A. 5 A

B. 3.18 A

C. 1.57 A

D. 1.10 A

View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Solution:

300. A 10 mH inductor carries a sinusoidal

current of 1 A rms at a frequency of 50 Hz. The
average power dissipated by the inductor is

A. 0 W

B. 0.25 W

C. 0.5 W

D. 1.0 W

View Answer:

Answer: Option A