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PHYSICS PART 2
Assignment 16

SHORT QUESTIONS
1. How does doubling the frequency affect the reactance of (a) an inductor (b) a capacitor?
2. Name the device that will (a) Permit flow of direct current but oppose the flow of alternating current (b) Permit flow
of alternating current but not the direct current.
3. How the reception of a particular radio station is selected on your radio set?
4. Differentiate between A.M. and F.M.
5. How many times per second will an incandescent lamp reach maximum brilliance when connected to a 50 Hz source?
6. What is the root mean square value of current? Give its expression.
7. Write two properties of series resonance circuit.
8. What is the difference between alternating and direct current?
9. Define impedance. Give its expression with units.
10. When 10 V are applied to an A.C. circuit, the current flowing in it is 100mA. Find its impedance.
11. What is choke? Write its two uses
12. A sinusoidal current has RMS value of 10A. What is the maximum or peak value?
13. What is meant by inductive reactance and capacitive reactance?
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14. Prove that
2 π √ LC
15. What is meant by peak value and peak to peak value?
16. What is the source of transmitting electromagnetic waves?
17. Write advantages of three phase A.C supply.
18. In a R-L circuit will the current lag or lead the voltage? illustrate your answer by a vector diagram

LONG QUESTIONS

1. Explain R-L-C Parallel Resonance circuit. Also write-down the properties of Parallel resonance circuit.
2. Discuss alternating current through RL series circuit. Find an expression for impedance and draw its diagram.
3. Describe the series resonance circuit and calculate resonance frequency. Write the properties of the series resonance
circuit.

PROBLEMS

1. Find the value of the current flowing through a capacitance 0.5 µF when connected to a source of 150 V at 50 Hz.
2. At what frequency will an inductor of 10.0 H have a reactance of 500 Ω?
3. What is the resonant frequency of a circuit which includes a coil of inductance 2.5 H and capacitance 40 μF?
4. Find the capacitance required to construct a resonance circuit of frequency 1000 kHz with an inductor of 5 mH.
6. Find the value of current and inductive reactance when A.C voltage of 220 V at 50 Hz is passed through an inductor of
10 H.
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7. A 10 mH, 20 Ω coil is connected across 240V and Hz source. How much power does it dissipate?
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OBJECTIVE PART

1. At resonance frequency, the impedance of RLC series circuit is:

(a) Zero (b) Minimum (c) Maximum (d) Moderate
2. The unit of impedance is:
(a) ampere (b) seimen (c) henry (d) ohm
3. Resistance of choke is:
(a) Zero (b) Large (c) Very small (d) Infinite
4. If Vrms is the root mean square value of voltage, then peak value of voltage is:
√2
(a) √2 Vrms (b) 2Vrms (c)
V rms
(d) None of these

5. In three phase A.C supply, the phase difference in voltage of any two phases is:
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(a) 90 ° (b) 120 ° (c) 180 ° (d) 360 °

(6) If Vrms=10 √ 2 volts, then peak voltage V ο will be:

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(a) 10 volts (b) 20 volts (c) 40 volts (d) volts
√2
(7) At resonance the value of current in RLC series circuit is equal to:
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(a) Vο/R (b) Zero (c) VοR (d) A
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(8) At resonance frequency, the current in RLC series circuit is:
(a) Infinity (b) Maximum (c) Minimum (d) Zero
(9) At high frequency, RLC series circuit shows the behavior of______ circuit:
(a) Pure resistive (b) Pure inductive (c) Pure capacitive (d) Pure RLC
(10) The device which allows only the continuous flow of an A.C through a circuit is:
(a) Capacitor (b) Inductor (c) D.C motor (d) Battery
(11) At high frequency, the current through the capacitor of A.C circuit will be:
(a) Large, (b) Small (c) Infinite (d) Zero
(12) In a pure resistive A.C circuit, instantaneous value of voltage or current:
π
(a) Current lags behind voltage (b) Current leads voltage by
2
π
(c) Both are in phase (d) Voltage leads current by
2
(13) The highest value reached by voltage or current are always equal to number of:
(a) Peak to peak value (b) Peak value (c) Instantaneous value (d) Root mean square
value
(14) The power dissipation in A.C circuit is expressed as:
(a) P=Irms×Vrms cos θ (b) P=I×Vcos θ (c) P=Irms x Vrm sin θ (d) P=IVsin 2 θ
(15) The condition for resonance in R-L-C series circuit is:
(a) XL=XC (b) XL¿XC (c) XL¿ XC (d) All of
these
(16) The frequency of A.C in Pakistan is:
(a) 30 Hz (b) 40 Hz (c) 50 Hz (d) 100 Hz
(17) The resonance frequency fr =
1 1 1
(a) (b) 2 2 (c) 2 (d)
2 πLC 2π L C 2π L C
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2 π √ LC
(18) The amplitude modulated transmission frequencies range from:
(a) 540 Hz to 1600 Hz (b) 540 kHz to 1600 kHz
(c) 540 MHz to 1600 MHz (d) 88 MHz to 108 MHz
(19) The frequency modulated transmission frequencies range from:
(a) 540 Hz to 1600 Hz (b) 540 kHz to 1600 kHz
(c) 540 MHz to 1600 MHz (d) 88 MHz to 108 MHz.
(20) Power factor is equal to:
(a) sinθ (b)cosθ (c) tanθ (d) secθ
(21) Electromagnetic waves have frequency of the range of:
(a) 104 Hz (b) 102 Hz (c) 106 Hz (d) 105 Hz
(22) When ‘n’ number of transmitting stations operate simultaneously. then in space we have number of waves
of:
(a) Radio waves of same frequencies (b) Radio waves of different frequencies
(c) Longitudinal waves of different frequencies (d) Transverse waves of same frequencies
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(23) The low frequency signal is known as:

(a) Modulation signals (b) Modulated carrier signals
(c) De-modulated signals (d) Carrier signals
(24) An L-C circuit behaves like an:
(a)Oscillating mass-spring system, (b) Oscillating pendulum (c) Amplifier
(d) All of these
(25) Three phase a.c generator has___termianls:
(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) 8
(26) RLC series resonance circuit is also called as:
(a) Acceptor (b) Oscillator (c) Rejecter, (d) Both A & C
(27) which one is independent from frequency of current:

(a) Choke (b) Resistance (c) Inductor (d) Capacitor

(28) When electrons in the transmitting antenna vibrate 94000 times each second, they produced radio waves
having frequency:
(a) 94 kHz (b) 92 kHz (c) 90 kHz (d) 88 kHz
(29) What is the reactance of 10 μF capacitance when connected to a D.C source of 100 volt?
(a) Zero (b) Unity (c) Infinity (d) All of above
(30) The electric supply line in houses works at 220 V. What will be the amplitude of emf?
(a) 120 V (b) 220 V (c) 311 V (d) 440 V
(31) What is the range of power factor?
(a) 0 to -1 (b) 0 to +1 (c) 0 to +2 (d) -2 to +3
(32) What is the time constant of RL circuit?
2
R L
(a) LR (b) (c) L/R, (d)
L R
(33) How the fuse wire in electric supply line is connected to protect the electrical appliances?
(a) In series (b) In parallel (c) In random order (d) None of these
(34) The combined effect of XC and XL is known as:
(a) Resistance (b) Inductance (c) Capacitance (d) Impedance
(35) Electric field, magnetic field and the direction of propagation of electromagnetic waves are mutually:
(a) Orthogonal (b) Parallel (c) Anti-parallel (d) Triangular
(36) Which one wave travels with speed of light?
(a) IR radiation (b) Visible rays (c) Gamma rays (d) All
(37) Which radiation has highest frequency?
(a) X-rays (b) Gamma rays (c) UV radiations (d) Radio waves
(38) The net change in energy over a complete cycle of a.c in capacitor/inductor is:
(a) Zero (b) Negative (c)Positive (d) None of these

Prof. Muhammad Kashif

Punjab College, Faisalabad
0333-6543560