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Important Questions on AC Circuits

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In the series LCR circuit, the power dissipation is through:
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In an AC circuit, the current flowing is I=5sin100t-π2A and the potential difference is e=200sin(100t). The power consumption is equal to
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What is power dissipation in an a.c. circuit in which voltage and current are given by
V=300sinωt+π/2,I=5sinωt ?
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A lamp consumes only 50% of maximum power in an A.C. circuit. What is the phase difference between the applied voltage and the circuit current?
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An inductor 20mH, a capacitor 50 μF and a resistor 40 Ω are connected in series across a source of emf V=10 sin 340 t. The power loss in AC  circuit is:
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In an AC circuit, current is 3 A and voltage 210 V and power is 63 W. The power factor is
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A current I=I0sinωt-π2 flows in an AC circuit, if potential E=E0sinωt has been applied. The power consumption in the circuit will be
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A resistor of 20Ω and a capacitor are connected in series with an AC current source of 50 Hz. What should be the capacitance to produce a phase difference of 30° between the voltage and current?
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An alternating voltage V=V0sinωt is applied across a circuit and as a result, a current I=I0sinωt+π2  flows in it. The power consumed per cycle is
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In an A.C. circuit, the instantaneous e.m.f. and current are given by, E=100sin30t,I=20sin30t-π4. In one cycle of A.C., the average power consumed by the circuit (in watt) and the watt-less current (in ampere) are, respectively:
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An inductor 20 mH, capacitor 100 μF and a resistor 50 Ω are connected in series across a source of emf, V= 10sin⁡(314t⁡). The power loss in the circuit is
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The potential differences across the resistance, capacitance, and inductance are 80 V, 40 V and 100 V, respectively in an LCR circuit. The power factor of this circuit is
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In a series LR circuit, power of 400 W is dissipated from a source of 250 V, 50 Hz. The power factor of the circuit is 0.8. In order to bring the power factor to unity, a capacitor of value C is added in series to the L and R. Taking the value of C as n3π μF, then value of n is 
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In an a.c. circuit containing L, C, R in series, the ratio of true power to apparent power is (Z= impedance of the circuit, R= resistance, ϕ= phase difference between the r.m.s. values of current and e.m.f.)
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A 100 W bulb is connected to an AC source of 220 V,50 Hz. Then the current flowing through the bulb is
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The power factor for series L-R circuit is :
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The equations of current and voltage in an a.c. circuit are i=2 sinωt ampere and V=5 cosωt volt respectively. Power loss in the circuit will be
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The power factor of R-L circuit is 13. If the inductive reactance is 2Ω. The value of resistance is
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In series LCR circuit R=18 Ω and impedance is 33 Ω. An RMS voltage of 220 V is applied across the circuit. The true power consumed in the AC circuit is
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A series AC circuit containing an inductor 20 mH, a capacitor 120 μF and a resistor 60 Ω is driven by an AC source of 24 V/50 Hz. The energy dissipated in the circuit in 60 s is: