Practice Questions

(Including board questions)

Unit 2- Current Electricity

Q. Find equivalent resistance in the following circuits:

 Unit 3- Moving Charges and Magnetism
Q. Two long parallel straight wires A and B are 2•5 cm apart in air. They carry 5•0 A and 2-5 A
currents respectively in opposite directions. Calculate the magnitude of the force exerted by
wire A on a 10 cm length of wire B.
Q. What do you mean by current sensitivity of a moving coil galvanometer? On what factors
does it depend?

Q. With the help of diagram explain how a galvanometer can be converted into an ammeter
and a voltmeter.

Q. The susceptibility of a magnetic material is -4.2 x 10-6. Name the type of magnetic
materials it represents.

Q. (a) Two similar bars, made from two different materials P and Q are placed, one-by-one,
in a non- uniform magnetic field. It is observed that
(i) Bar P tends to move from the weak to the strong field region.
(ii) Bar Q tends to move from the strong to the weak field region.
What is the nature of the magnetic materials used for making these two bars? Justify.

Q. The relative magnetic permeability of a magnetic material is 800. Identify the nature of
magnetic material.
 Unit 4 – EMI and AC
1. A solenoid of 500 turns, diameter 20cm and resistance 2 ohm is rotated about its
vertical diameter through π radian in .025s, when horizontal field of 3x 10-5 T acts
normal to its plane. Find the e.m.f induced and the current thereof.

2. On what factors does the self-inductance of a solenoid depend?

3. How the mutual inductance of a pair coils affected when i) separation between the
coils is increased ii) the no. of turns of each of the coil is increased iii) a thin iron
sheet is placed between the two coils.

4. Calculate the magnitude of induced emf in a coil of inductance 1m H in which

current is changing from 0.1A to 2.1A in 0.01s

5. A bar magnet is moved in the direction indicated by the arrow between two coils PQ
and CD. Predict the direction of the induced current in each coil.

6. A conducting loop is held above a current carrying wire PQ as shown in the figure.
Depict the direction of the current induced in the loop when the current in the wire PQ
is constantly increasing.

7. A conducting loop is held below a current carrying wire PQ as shown in the figure.
Predict the direction of the induced current in the loop when the current in the wire is
PQ constantly increasing.

8. What is the direction of induced currents in metal rings 1 and 2 when current I in the
wire is increasing steadily?
9. Predict the polarity of the capacitor in the situation shown below:

10. Write a relation between

(i) mean or average value of ac and peak value of ac.
(ii) root mean square value ac and peak value of ac.

11. The instantaneous current from an ac source is I=I0sin314t. What is rms value of
current. Also find the frequency of ac source

12. What is the (i) average value of ac over a full cycle? (ii) peak value of 220 volt ac?

13. A coil of inductance 0.50 H and resistance 100 ohm is connected to a 240 V, 50 Hz ac
supply. What is the maximum current in the coil?

14. A sinusoidal voltage of peak value 283 V and frequency 50 Hz is applied to a series
LCR circuit in which R = 3 Ω, L = 25.48 mH, and C = 796µ F. Find

(a) the impedance of the circuit;

(b) the phase difference between the voltage across the source and the
current.
(c) the power dissipated in the circuit.

15. A power transmission line feeds input power at 2300 V to a stepdown transformer with
its primary winding having 4000 turns. What should be the number of turns in the
secondary in order to get output power at 230 V?

16. Current in a circuit falls from 5 A to 0 A in 0.1s. If an average emf of 200V induced,
give an estimate of the self-inductance of the circuit.

17. The current flowing through a pure inductor of inductance 4mH is i = 12 cos 300t
ampere. What is the (i) rms (ii) average value of current for a complete cycle?

18. When an inductor L and a resistor R in series are connected across a 12 V, 50 Hz

supply, a current of 0.5A flows in the circuit. The current differs in phase from applied
voltage by π/3 radian. Calculate the value of R.

19. Discuss the phenomenon of resonance in LCR series circuit. A capacitor of 15 Ω and
101.5mH inductor are placed in series with a 50 Hz AC source. Calculate the capacity
of capacitor if the current is observed in phase with voltage.

20. The area of a coil of 25 turns is 1.6 cm2. This coil is inserted in 0.3 sec in a magnetic field
of 1.8 Wb/m2 such that its plane is perpendicular to the flux line of the field. Calculate
the emf induced in the coil. Also calculate the total charge that passes through the wire,
if its resistance is 10Ω.
Q. You are given three circuits X, Y and Z when the element X is connected across an a.c. source
of a given voltage, the current and voltage are in same phase. When element Y is connected in
series with X across the source, voltage is ahead of voltage by π/4. But the current is ahead of
voltage by π/4, when Z is connected series with X, across the source. Identify the circuit
elements X, Y and Z.

When all the three elements are connected in series across the same source, determine the
impedance of the circuit . Draw a plot of current versus the frequency of applied source and
mention the significance of this plot.

In series LCR circuit, obtain the conditions under which (i) impedance is minimum and (ii)
wattless current flows in the circuit.
Q. A coil of inductance 0.50 H and resistance 100 ohm is connected to a 240 V, 50 Hz ac
supply. What is the maximum current in the coil?

Q. A sinusoidal voltage of peak value 283 V and frequency 50 Hz is applied to a series LCR
circuit in which R = Draw graphs showing the variations of inductive reactance and capacitive
reactance with frequency of applied ac source. 3 Ω, L = 25.48 mH, and C = 796m F. Find the
impedance of the circuit.

Q. When an alternating voltage of 220V is applied across a device X, a current of 0.25A flows
which lags behind the applied voltage in phase by π/2 radian. If the same voltage is applied
across another device Y, the same current flows but now it is in phase with the applied
voltage.
(i) Name the devices X and Y.
(ii) Calculate the current flowing in the circuit when the same voltage is applied across the
series combination of X and Y.

Q. A series LCR circuit is connected to an ac source. Using the phasor diagram, derive the
expression for the impedance of the circuit.
b. Plot a graph to show the variation of current with frequency of the ac source , explaining the
nature of its variation for two different resistances R1 and R2 (R1< R2) at resonance.
 Unit 5 – EM Waves
Q. Write the order of frequency range and one use of each of the following electromagnetic radiations:
(i) microwaves (ii) ultra-violet rays (iii) gamma rays.

Q. Arrange following em waves in the order of decreasing wavelength and write frequency range of
each of them: (i) Radiowaves (ii) infrared rays (iii) X rays

Q. Sketch a schematic diagram depicting electric and magnetic fields for an electromagnetic wave
propagating along the Z-direction. How is velocity related to ε0 and μ0 ?

Q. Name the constituent radiation of electromagnetic spectrum which

(a) has its wavelength range b/w 390 nm & 770 nm - visible
(b) is used in the treatment of cancer - Gamma
(c) reach Earth’s surface from space? - Visible

Q. Among X-rays, infra-red rays, ultraviolet rays and visible radiations, which one has (i) highest
frequency (ii) longest wavelength?

Q. Name the constituent radiation of electromagnetic spectrum which

(a) is used in satellite communication - microwave
(b) is used for studying crystal structure - x ray
(c) is similar to the radiation emitted during decay of radioactive nuclei - Gamma

Q. Name the constituent radiation of electromagnetic spectrum which

(a) is used in water purification.- UV
(b) is highly penetrating and radioactive.- Gamma
(c) is used in RADAR.- Microwave

Q. Name the electromagnetic waves which are

(i) produced during decay of a nucleus,
(ii) also known as heat waves,
(iii) absorbed by ozone layer in the atmosphere.
Write one use each of these electromagnetic waves. 3