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12 ISC | PHYSICS | PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS | UNIT 4 | ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION AND ALTERNATING CURRENT |

 

UNIT 4 – AC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION

2025

1.     Figure 3 below shows an ideal transformer. Explain why current flowing through secondary coil is greater than that in primary coil.

2.     Figure 9 shows a metallic rod AB of length l = 3 m moving in an (external uniform magnetic field, B =(1/π) T which is directed into the plane of this paper

 

If the position of the rod changes with time as x = πt, where x is in metre and t is in second, then:

(1) Calculate the motional emf developed in the rod.

(2) Name the law used to find the direction of induced current.

3.     When current flowing through a solenoid decreases from 15 A to 0 in 0.2 s, an emf of 30 V is induced in it. Calculate the coefficient of self-inductance of the solenoid.

4.     An alternating emf E = 5.0 sin (314 t) V is applied to a circuit containing a resistor connected in series with an unknown component X.

The current in the circuit is found to be I = 3.0 sin π (314t-π/3) A.

(a) Identify the component X.

(b) Calculate rms value (Irms) of the current flowing through the circuit.

(c) Find the frequency of the source.

(d) Calculate power factor.

(e) Find the impedance (Z) of the circuit.

2024

5.     (i) What type of transformer is used in a mobile phone charger?

(ii) Why is the core of a transformer made of soft iron and not of steel?

6.     (a) A 220V, 50Hz ac source is connected to a coil having coefficient of self-inductance of 1 H and a resistance of 400Ω. Calculate: (1) the reactance of the coil. (2) the impedance of the coil. (3) the current flowing through the coil.

(b) Draw a labelled graph showing variation of impedance (Z) of a series LCR circuit Vs frequency (f) of the ac supply. Mark the resonant frequency as f0.

7.     (a)When current flowing through a solenoid decreases from 5A to 0 in 20 milliseconds, an emf of 500V is induced in it.

(1) What is this phenomenon called?

(2) Calculate coefficient of self-inductance of the solenoid.

2023

8.     What is meant by “Motional emf”?

9.     When an electric current is passed through a wire or a coil, a magnetic field is produced. Is the reverse phenomenon possible i.e., can a magnetic field produce an electric current? Explain with the help of an appropriate example.

10.  A 60 Ω resistor, a 1.0 H inductor and a 4mF capacitor are connected in series to an ac supply generating an emf e = 300 sin (500t) V. Calculate: 

(a) impedance of the circuit.

(b) peak value of the current flowing through the circuit.

(c) phase difference between the current and the supply voltage.

11.  (a) An ac generator generates an emf which is given by e = 311 sin(240pt)V. Calculate:

(1) frequency of the emf.

(2) r.m.s. value of the emf.

12.  The primary coil of a transformer has 60 turns whereas its secondary coil has 3000 turns.

(1) If a 220V ac voltage is applied to the primary coil, how much emf is induced in the secondary coil?

(2) If a current of 5A flows in the primary coil, how much current will flow in a load in the secondary coil? State the assumption you have made regarding the transformer, in this calculation.

2022

13.  Two coils P and S are wound on a common core. Their coefficient of mutual inductance does not depend on:

(a) Number of turns in the coil P.

(b) Number of turns in the coil S.

(c) Material of the core.

(d) Voltage applied to the coil P or Q.

14.  Which one of the following statements is not true at resonance of a series LCR circuit?

(a) Reactance of the capacitor is equal to the reactance of the inductor.

(b) Impedance of the circuit is minimum

(c) Current in the circuit is minimum

(d) Current is in phase with supply voltage.

15.  A graph of reactance of capacitor Xc vs frequency (f) of an ac source is


16.  Consider a strong bar magnet NS and a solenoid AB as shown in Figure 3 below. G is a central zero galvanometer. Both the bar magnet and the solenoid are at rest.

The bar magnet is now moved slowly to the new position N’S’. The pointer of the galvanometer G

(a) remains undeflected at 0 mark.

(b) shows a constant deflection.

(c) shows a momentary deflection and comes back to zero.

(d) vibrates simple harmonically about 0 mark.

2020

17.  Write an expression for force per unit length between two long current carrying wires,kept parallel to each other, in vacuum and based on that define an ampere, the SI unit of current.

18.  Figure 1 below shows a metallic rod MN of length l = 80 cm, kept in a uniform magnetic field of flux density B – 0.5T, on two parallel metallic rails P and Q. Calculate the emf that will be induced between its two ends, when it is moved towards right with a constant velocity v = 36 km/hr.

19.  When current flowing through one coil changes from 0 Amp to 15 Amp in 0.2 s, an emf of 750 V is induced in an adjacent coil. Calculate the coefficient of mutual inductance of the two coils.

20.  (i) A 400W resistor, a 3H inductor and a 5μF capacitor are connected in series to a 220V, 50Hz ac source. Calculate the :

(1) Impedance of the circuit.

(2) Current flowing through the circuit.

(ii) Draw a labelled graph showing the variation of impedance (Z) of a series LCR circuit versus frequency (f) of the ac supply

21.  (i) When an alternating emf e = 310 sin (100πt) V is applied to a series LCR circuit, current flowing through the circuit can be given by i = 5 sin (100πt + π/3) A.

(1) What is the phase difference between the current and the emf ?

(2) Calculate the average power consumed by the circuit.

(ii) Obtain an expression for the resonant frequency (fo) of a series LCR circuit.

2019

22.  A transformer is used to step up an alternating emf of 200 V to 440 V. If the primary coil has 1000 turns, calculate the number of turns in the secondary coil.

23.  An alternating emf of 200 V, 50 Hz is applied to an L-R circuit, having a resistance R of 10 W and an inductance L of 0.05 H connected in series. Calculate:

(1) Impedance.

(2) Current flowing in the circuit.

(3) Draw a labelled graph showing the variation of inductive reactance (XL) versus frequency (f)

2018

24.  An alternating emf of 220V is applied to a circuit containing a resistor R having resistance of 160Ω and a capacitor ‘C’ in series. The current is found to lead the supply voltage by an angle θ = tan–1(3/4).

(i)              Calculate: (1) The capacitive reactance (2) Impedance of the circuit (3) Current flowing in the circuit

(ii)            If the frequency of the applied emf is 50 Hz, what is the value of the capacitance of the capacitor ‘C’?

25.  An A.C. generator generating an emf of e= 300 sin (100π t) V is connected to a series combination of 16 μF capacitor, 1H inductor and 100 Ω resistor. Calculate:

(i) Impedance of the circuit at the given frequency.

(ii) Resonant frequency ƒ0.

(iii) Power factor at resonance frequency ƒ0.

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