Basic Electrical Engineering Assignment-I

1. Find an equivalent resistance between terminals A and B in the figure bellow.

2. A current waveform is applied to a 2 H inductor. Draw the voltage waveform for

3. A voltage waveform shown in figure below is applied across a 2 H inductor. Draw the
current waveform.

4. A voltage waveform shown in figure below is applied to the capacitor. Draw the
current waveform.

5. Find the equivalent resistance between terminals A and B in the figure bellow.

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6. Determine the current delivered by the 30 V source in the figure bellow.

7. Find currents in all the branches of the network in the figure bellow.

8. Find currents in all the branches of the network in the figure bellow.

9. What is the potential difference between points x and y in the network?

10. Find the voltage between points A and B.

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11. Find the value of R.

12. Find the value of R and current flowing through it when the current is zero in the
branch OA.

13. Find the value of current flowing through the 8 Ω resistor using source
transformation.

14. Find the value of current flowing through the 8 Ω resistor using source
transformation.

15. Find an equivalent resistance between A and B using star/delta transformation.

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16. Find an equivalent resistance between A and B using star/delta transformation.

17. Find an equivalent resistance between A and B using star/delta transformation.

18. Determine current flow through the 20 Ω resistor in the following circuit using
star/delta transformation.

19. Find the value of current flowing through the 4 Ω resistor using mesh analysis.

20. Find the value of R and current flowing through it when the current is zero in the
branch OA.

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21. Determine the current supplied by each battery using mesh analysis.

22. Determine the value of current flowing through the 5 Ω resistor using mesh analysis.

23. For the network shown in Figure, find the mesh currents I1 , I2 and I3 .

24. For the network shown in Figure, find the magnitude of V0 and the current supplied by it,
given that power loss in RL = 2 Ω resistor is 18 W using mesh analysis.

25. Find the value of current supplied by the battery using mesh analysis.

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26. In the network shown in Figure, find voltage V2 such that Vx = 0 using mesh analysis.

27. For the network shown in Figure, find current through the 8 Ω resistor using mesh
analysis.

28. For the network of Figure, find current through the 8 Ω resistor using mesh analysis.

29. Find the voltage across the 5 Ω resistor using Nodal Analysis.

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30. Find the voltage across the 100 Ω resistor for the network shown in Figure using
Nodal Analysis.

31. Determine the value of current flowing through the 5 Ω resistor using Nodal Analysis.

32. For the network shown in Figure, find the node voltages V1 and V2 using Nodal
Analysis.

33. In the network of Figure, find the node voltages V1 , V2 and V3 using Nodal Analysis.

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34. Find the node voltages in the network shown in Figure using Nodal Analysis.

35. Determine the form factor and crest factor of the following wave forms given below

36. An alternating current varying sinusoidally at 50 Hz has its rms value of 10 A. Write
down an equation for the instantaneous value of the current. Find the value of the
current at (a) 0.0025 second after passing through the positive maximum value, and
(b) 0.0075 second after passing through zero value and increasing negatively.
37. An alternating current varying sinusoidally with a frequency of 50 Hz has an rms
value of current of 20 A. At what time measured from negative maximum value will
the instantaneous current be 10 √2?
38. Draw the phasor diagram, voltage triangle, impedance triangle and power triangles for
RL, RC, RLC (𝑋𝐿 < 𝑋𝐶 , 𝑋𝐿 > 𝑋𝐶 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑋𝐿 = 𝑋𝐶 ) series circuit with ac input.
39. A choke coil is connected in series with fixed resistor as shown in figure. A 240 V, 50
Hz supply is applied and a current of 2.5 A flows. If the voltage drops across the coil
and fixed resistor are 140 V and 160 V respectively, calculate the value of the fixed
resistance, the resistance and inductance of the coil, and power drawn by the coil.

40. A capacitor of 35 μF is connected in series with a variable resistor. The circuit is

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41. An R-L-C series circuit has a current which lags the applied voltage by 45°. The
voltage across the inductance has a maximum value equal to twice the maximum
value of voltage across the capacitor. Voltage across the inductance is 300 sin (1000t)
and R = 20 W. Find the value of inductance and capacitance.
42. A pure resistor R, a choke coil and a pure capacitor of 15.91 µF are connected in
series across a supply of V volts and carries a current of 0.25 A. The voltage across
the choke coil is 40 V, the voltage across the capacitor is 50 V and the voltage across
the resistor is 20 V. The voltage across the combination of R and the choke coil is 45
V. Calculate (i) supply voltage, (ii) frequency, and (iii) power loss in the choke coil.
43. Draw a vector diagram for the circuit shown in below figure indicating terminal
voltages V1 and V2 and the current. Find the value of (i) current, (ii) V1 and V2, and
(iii) power factor.

44. Two impedances, one inductive and the other capacitive, are connected in series
across the voltage of 120 ∠30° V and a frequency of 50 Hz. The current flowing in
the circuit is 3∠15°A. If one of the impedances is (10 + j 48.3) Ω, find the other. Also
calculate the values of L and C in the impedances.
45. A circuit consists of a pure resistor, a pure inductor, and a capacitor connected in
series as shown in figure. When the circuit is supplied with 100 V, 50 Hz supply, the
voltages across inductor and resistor are 240 V and 90 V respectively. If the circuit
takes a 10 A leading current, calculate (a) value of inductance, resistance and
capacitance, (b) power factor of the circuit, and (c) voltage across the capacitor.

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