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Discuss the phasor diagram of an a.c circuit with a pure resistance only.

Important Questions on Alternating Current

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A sinusoidal voltage with a frequency of 50 Hz is applied to a series LCR circuit with a resistance of 5 Ω, inductance of 20 mH and a capacitance of 500 μF. The magnitude of impedance of the circuit is close to
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If the input voltage Vi to the circuit below is given by Vit=Acos2πft, the output voltage is given by Vot=Bcos2πft+ϕ.

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Which one of the following four graphs best depict the variation of ϕ vs f?

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A parallel combination of pure inductor and capacitor is connected across a source of alternating EMF e. The currents flowing through an inductor and capacitor are iL and iC respectively. In this parallel resonant circuit, the condition for currents i ,iL and iC is (i=net RMS current in the circuit)

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An alternating voltage V=2002sin(100t) V is connected to a 1 μF capacitor through an AC ammeter. The reading of the ammeter is
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Using P=VrmsIrmscos δ, discuss any two special cases for power consumed in an AC circuit.
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What happens to the inductive reactance and the current in a purely inductive circuit if the frequency is halved ?
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An alternating voltage V(t)=220sin100πt volt is applied to a purely resistive load of 50 Ω . The time taken for the current to rise from half of the peak value to the peak value is:
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A small signal voltage Vt=V0sinωt is applied across an ideal capacitor C:
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At time t=0, terminal A in the circuit shown in the figure is connected to B by a key and an alternating current It=I0cosωt , with I0=1 A and ω=500 rad s-1 starts flowing in it with the initial direction shown in the figure. At t=7π6ω, the key is switched from B to D. Now onwards only A and D are connected. A total charge Q flows from the battery to charge the capacitor fully. If C=20 μF, R=10 Ω and the battery is ideal with of 50 V, identify the correct statement(s).
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An A.C. source is connected to a resistive circuit. Which of the following is true?
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Derive an expression for average or mean value of alternating current for half cycle.
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The phaser diagram of the alternating voltage across an unknown device X and current flowing through it are shown below.

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Draw the graphical variation of current and voltage with ωt through this device.

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An alternating emf source of 100 V at 50 Hz is connected to a circuit of resistance 10π Ω and inductance of 0.173 H. What is the phase difference between current and emf
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In an A.C. circuit, the resistance of R Ω is connected in series with an inductance L. If the phase angle between voltage and current be 45°, the value of inductive reactance will be: 
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The phase difference between the alternating current and emf is π2. Which of the following cannot be the constituent of the circuit?
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The phase relationship between current and voltage in a pure resistive circuit is best represented by
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In series LCR circuit, the phase angle between supply voltage and current is
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The circuit given in figure has a resistanceless choke coil L and a resistance R. The voltage across R and L are given in figure. The virtual value of the applied voltage is


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In an A.C. circuit, the resistance R is connected in series with an inductor of self-inductance L. If phase angle between voltage and current be 45o , the value of inductive reactance XL will be equal to.....
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An alternating emf is applied across a parallel combination of a resistance R, capacitance C and an inductance L. If IR,  IL,  IC are the currents through R, L and C, respectively, then the diagram which correctly represents the phase relationship among IR,  IL,  IC and source emf E is given by