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1P AC Circuits

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#81📜 EE Pre-Board August 2017📘 PowerhouseEasy
For which of the following waveforms are the rms value and the mean value the same?
ASine wave
BTriangular wave
CSquare wave
DHalf-wave rectified sine wave
#82📜 EE Pre-Board August 2017📘 PowerhouseEasy
A resistance of 30 ohms and a capacitance of 132.6 μF are connected in series across a 220 V variable frequency ac supply. At what frequency in Hz will the current be 4.4 A?
A60 Hz
B50 Hz
C40 Hz
D30 Hz
#83📜 EE Pre-Board August 2017📘 PowerhouseMedium
A 40 ohm resistor and a pure capacitor are connected in parallel across a 230 V, 60 Hz ac supply. The total current taken from the supply is 8 A. Find the capacitance of the capacitor in μF.
A64.15 μF
B92.3 μF
C48.6 μF
D55.4 μF
#84📜 EE Pre-Board August 2017📘 PowerhouseMedium
A series RLC circuit consists of 20 ohms resistance, 0.2 H inductance and an unknown capacitance. Find the capacitance if the circuit has a leading angle of 45° at 60 Hz.
A47.9 μF
B27.8 μF
C35.2 μF
D13.3 μF
#85📜 EE Pre-Board August 2017📘 PowerhouseEasy
A circuit which has \(\omega_0 = 10^{6}\) rad/s, C = 10 pF and Q = 100 must have a resistance of ____ kΩ.
A10
B0.1
C1
D100
#86📜 EE Pre-Board August 2017📘 PowerhouseHard
A coil of 50 Ω resistance and 150 mH inductance is connected in parallel with a 50 μF capacitor. The source voltage is \(100\sin(\omega t + 30^\circ)\) V at 60 Hz. What is the equation of the line current?
A\(1.25\sin(\omega t - 15.5^\circ)\)
B\(1.77\sin(\omega t + 75.5^\circ)\)
C\(1.25\sin(\omega t + 75.5^\circ)\)
D\(1.88\sin(\omega t - 18.5^\circ)\)
#87📜 EE Pre-Board March 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
A series RLC circuit has R = 10 ohms, \(L = 40 \times 10^{-6}\) H and \(C = 60 \times 10^{-12}\) F. What is the resonant frequency of the circuit in MHz?
A20.17
B3.24
C4.49
D1.62
#88📜 EE Pre-Board March 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
What is considered as the most important value of a sine wave?
AEffective value
BPeak value
CAverage value
DInstantaneous value
#89📜 EE Pre-Board March 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
A circuit has a resistance of 20 ohms and reactance of 30 ohms. What is the p.f of the circuit ?
A0
B0.55
C0.832
D0.99
#90📜 EE Pre-Board March 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
A capacitive load always has a __________ power factor
ALeading
BLagging
CZero
DUnity
#91📜 EE Pre-Board March 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
The rms value of a sinusoidal wave is equal to _________ of maximum value.
A0.637
B0.707
C0.506
D1.414
#92📜 EE Pre-Board March 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
A series RLC circuit has R = 100 ohms, L = 100μH and C = 100 pF. What is the frequency in MHZ at unity power factor?
A1.59
B1.36
C15.9
D13.6
#93📜 EE Pre-Board March 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
The ratio of active power to apparent power is known as _______________ factor.
Ademand
Bload
Cpower
Dform
#94📜 EE Pre-Board March 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
At ________________ frequencies, the parallel R-L circuit behaves as purely resistive.
Avery low
Blow
Chigh
Dvery high
#95📜 EE Pre-Board March 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
In a circuit containing R, L, and C, power loss can take place in
AC only
BL only
CR only
Dall of these
#96📜 EE Pre-Board March 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
A resistance of 40 ohms and inductance of 79.6 mH are connected in parallel across a 240 v, 60 Hz ac supply. Find the total current in amperes.
A11
B12
C10
D14
#97📜 EE Pre-Board March 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
The form factor is the ratio of
Apeak value to r.m.s value
Br.m.s value to average value
Caverage value to r.m.s value
Dnone of these
#98📜 EE Pre-Board March 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
If two sinusoids of the same frequency but of different amplitudes and phase angles are subtracted, the resultant is
Aa sinusoidal of the same frequency
Ba sinusoidal of half the original frequency
Ca sinusoidal of double the freq
Dnot a sinusoid
#99📜 EE Pre-Board March 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
A voltage of \(e = 70.7\sin 50t\) V is applied to a series circuit containing a resistance of 4 ohms and an inductance of 60 mH. What is the impedance of the circuit in ohms?
A\(5\angle 30^\circ\) Ω
B\(5\angle 60^\circ\) Ω
C\(5\angle 53.13^\circ\) Ω
D\(5\angle 36.87^\circ\) Ω
#100📜 EE Pre-Board March 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
A series RL circuit has R = 6 Ω and \(X_L = 8\) Ω. What is the magnitude of the circuit admittance?
A0.06 mho
B0.1 mho
C0.08 mho
D0.125 mho

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