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UNIT- I DC CIRCUITS 07 Hrs.

1) Kirchhoff’s current and voltage laws.

2) Mesh and Nodal analysis.
3) Super node and Super mesh analysis.
Question KIRCHOFF”S LAW Answer
No. Question
1) What is the voltage Vs across the open switch in the circuit below.

V2 V3

D A
50V 30V

-
Vs = 30V
Vs
V1
20V +

V4
B

C 10V

2) Find the current that flows and also the P.d. across each resistor.
10 ohm 20 V

I = 3A
V1 = 30V
110 V
5 ohm V2 = 15V
V3 = 45V

15 ohm

3) Find V1 and V2 from Fig. below.

V1= -15V
V2= -30V
4) For the circuit shown in Fig. below ,Calculate the potential of points A,B,C and E
w.r. to D .Find also the value of V1 if I100Ω = 500mA.

A B
R2
C
VAD = 50V
100ohm VBD = 15V
V1
VCD = 50V
VGD = 50V
R1
200 ohm
50V

E D

50V

5) Find the voltage drop across R1 and R2.

I = 2A
V1 = 20V
V2 = 40V

The voltage drop across the 15Ω resistance in the fig. below is 30V having the
6) polarity indicated . Find R.

R = 17.5Ω
7) For the circuit shown in Fig. find Vce , Vag
6 ohm 8 ohm
A B E F

5 ohm Vce = 5V
20 V 5 ohm 40 V
Vag = 30V
10 V

D C H G

9 ohm 7 ohm
8) Find the unknown voltage V1 in the circuit .
A B C

-
V1 R1 16 A
+
10 A
V1 = 16V
40 V 3 ohm
R2

F E D
2 ohm 4 A

9) Using Kirchoff”s current law and Ohm”s law find the magnitude and polarity of
voltage V in below fig.

V= 24V
Current flows
from A to B
10) Determine the value of resistance R and Current I.

I = 12.5mA
R =2.4 KΩ
Question MESH ANALYSIS Answer
No. Question
1) In the fig. below find the magnitude and direction of each branch current by using
mesh analysis.

40 ohm 60 ohm
I1 = 1.886A
I2 = -0.3409A

120 Vdc 65 Vdc

20 ohm

2) In the circuit below find the voltage V across the 6Ω resistance using mesh method.

I1 = -0.2340A
I2 = 1.787A
V = 10.722V

3) Find the current through 2Ω resistor.

I1 = 1.340A
6 ohm 2 ohm I2 = -0.617A
I3 = -1.680A
I2Ω = -0.617A
10 V 1ohm 3 ohm 10 ohm

20 V
4) Find the current in the 5Ω resistor using mesh analysis

16 V 6 ohm 9 ohm
I1 = 0.869A
I2 = 0.347A
I3 = 0.347A
I5Ω = 0A
5 ohm

8 ohm 12 ohm
10 ohm

5) Find the current which flows through 20 Ω resistors.

10 ohm

I1 = 1A
I2 = 0.25A
60 ohm
120 V 20 ohm I20Ω = 0.75A

65V

30 ohm

6) For the network shown in the below fig. Find the value of the battery current using
mesh analysis.
8 ohm B 15 ohm
I1 = 0.5318A
A C
I2 = 0.312A
4 ohm
I3 = 0.278A
I battery =
D
0.5318A
12 ohm 16 ohm
10 ohm

12 V
7) Using mesh analysis find current I1, I2, I3 in the circuit .Also find the power supplied
by the two current sources.
20 ohm 40 ohm

I1 = 0.162A
15 ohm
I2= -0.3068
100 ohm
0.5 A 60 ohm 0.6 A I3= 0.4688A

10 V

8) Find the voltage between points A and B.

B

I1 = -1.33A
4 ohm 6 ohm I2 = 1.5A
10 ohm VAB = 17.65V
20 V

A
5 ohm 5V 12 ohm 15 V

9) What is the p.d. between points X and Y .

4V I1 = -9.4A
2 ohm X I2 = -0.5A
Vxy = -3.7V

2V 3 ohm 3 ohm 5 ohm

4V

Y
10) Find p.d. across VAB for the given network .

I1 = 2.5A
I2 = -2A
VAB = 7V

11) Find out the direction and magnitude of current flow in the milliammeter A having
a resistance of 10 Ω.
2V

I1 = -0.0426A
I2 = -0.0693A
4V
25 ohm I = 26.7mA
A

100 ohm
12) Apply loop current method to find loop current I1,I2 and I3 in the circuit below.
10 ohm

10 ohm 10 ohm 10 ohm

I1 = 3.75A
I2 = 0
I3 = 1.25A
50 V
100V 10 ohm

13) Find the voltage VAB shown in fig. below.

I1 = -1.176A
I2 = 1.5A
Vab = 25.88V

14) Find the value of E which permit a power dissipation of 180w in 20Ω resistance.
5 ohm

i20 Ω = 3 A
i2 = 7 A
i1 = 34.5 A
8 ohm 24 ohm 20 ohm
E 15 ohm E = 165 V

10 ohm
uestion SUPERMESH ANALYSIS Answer
No.
1) Find I100 Ω
20 ohm 30 ohm

50 ohm 100 ohm

I100Ω =
1A 0.48A(↓)
60V
40V

2) The value of current in 2 Ω resistor.

2 ohm

1 ohm
2A I2Ω = 1.33A
10 V
4V

3) The current delivered by 50V source for the network below.

10 ohm
2 ohm
I50V = 20A
5 ohm
50 V
5 ohm 3A
1ohm

4) Find current through the 8Ω resistance.

I8Ω=6.834A
5) Determine the power delivered by the voltage source and the current in the 10Ω Power
resistor of the network . delivered by
5 ohm the voltage
source = 488w
I2 I10Ω= 3.24A
3A
5 ohm I1
10 ohm
1 ohm
50 V I3 10 A
Question NODAL ANALYSIS Answer
No. Question
1) Find the current in the 100Ω resistor.
20 ohm 1 30 ohm 2
V1 = 67.24V
50 ohm
V2 = 47.92V
60V 100 ohm I1oo =
1A 40V 0.4792A
3

2) Find VA and VB.

1 5ohm 2 3 ohm

2 ohm
VA = 9.394V
1/3 A
10ohm 15ohm 18V VB =
10 V 12.578V
3

3) Find the voltage at node 1 and node 2.

1 ohm 1 2 ohm 2

V1 = 2V
1A
2A V2 = 2V
2 ohm 1ohm
3

4) Find the voltage across the 5Ω resistor

9A

V1 = 6.35V
4 ohm V2 = 11.76V
V3 = 25.88V
1 2 ohm 2 5 ohm 3 V5 Ω =
4 ohm 14.12V
100ohm 20 ohm
12 V
4
5) Find current I1, I2, I3 and Voltage Va and Vb.
0.2 ohm 0.3ohm 0.1 ohm Va =
112.001V
120 V + + Vb =
110 V
Va Vb 108.99V
-- -- I1 = 39.995A
I2 = 10.03A
30A 20A I3 = 10.1A

6) Find V1 and V2.

2A
50 ohm 1

+ V1 -- + V2 -- 3 Va = 3.07V
80 V 2 Vb = 7.69V
10 ohm 20 ohm
Vc = 20V
20 V
V1 = -4.62V
50 ohm V2 = 12.31V

7) Find the voltage across the 100 Ω resistor.

50 ohm

20 ohm 20 ohm
1 2 3
12 V Vc = 31.68V
60 V 0.6A

50 ohm 20 ohm
50 ohm 100 ohm

4
8) Using node-pair voltage method, find the current 100 Ω resistor in the network.
100 ohm 1 20 ohm 2
30 ohm VA = -17.78V
VB = -1.11V
I R1,100 Ω =
10 V 100 ohm
2A 0.289A(→)
20 ohm 20 ohm I R2,100 Ω =
100 V
-0.78A( )

9) Find the current through 6 Ω resistance by nodal analysis.

A 8 ohm B
VA = 24V
VB = 0V
24 V I6 Ω = 4A
6 ohm

D C

12 ohm

10) Calculate the power dissipation in each resistor.

VA =
48.005V
I1 = 3A
P1 =144w
I2 =6A
P2 =288w
I3 =4A
P3 =192w
Question SUPERNODE Answer
No.
1) Find the current through 4Ω resistor in the network shown.
6V

5A 2 ohm 2A 4 ohm I4Ω = (1.34A)

2) Find the current through 4Ω resistor in the network shown.

2A 2 ohm

2 ohm 6V 2V

I4Ω = (1A)
3 ohm
4 ohm
2 ohm

3A

3) Find the node voltages V1, V2 and V3.

0.5 ohm

0.33 ohm 5V
V1 V2 V3

(2.62V, -0.17V,
4.83V)
4A 0.2 ohm 1 ohm

0
4) Determine the current in the 5Ω resistor for the network. shown.
20 V
2 ohm

5 ohm

10 A 3 ohm 1 ohm 2 ohm I 5Ω = (3.68A)

10 V

5) Find the power delivered by the 5A current source in the network

shown.
10 V

3 ohm 1 ohm

(18.6w)
2A 5A 5 ohm

2 ohm