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301.

Two similar coupled coils are connected in series. The total inductance in series aiding connection is 100 mH. If currents is 3 A, the energy stored in magnetic field is

Answer» Energy = 0.5 LI2.
302.

The Voltage in the figure,

Answer» Req = 4 || 4 + 4 6Ω I = 2A I = I1 + I2 1 + 1 e0 = 4 x 1 4v.
303.

A 1 μF capacitor is connected to 12 V battery. The energy stored in the capacitor is

Answer» Energy x 1 x 10-6 x 144 = 72 x 10-6 J
304.

The poles with greater displacement from the real axis correspond to

Answer» As distance from real axis increases, the frequency of oscillation increases.
305.

In figure, the capacitor is charged to 1 V. At = 0 the switch is closed so that = . When = 0.37 A, the voltage across capacitor is

Answer» During discharge of capacitor vC = vR = 0.37 x 1 = 0.37 V
306.

In the circuit of figure the current through C at = ∞ is

Answer» At t = ∞ capacitor behaves as open circuit.
307.

The average value of the waveform is

Answer»
308.

In a series RLC circuit p.f is lagging when < resonance frequency.

Answer» When f < fr, XC > XL and p.f is leading.
309.

Thevenin's impedance of an ac network is in general

Answer» Thevenin's impedance may be inductive or capacitive.
310.

If operator '' = 1 ∠120° then (1 - ) =

Answer» 1 - a = 1 - 1∠120° = 1 + 0.5 - j 0.866 = 1.5 - j 0.866 = 3∠-30°.
311.

A system is at rest for < 0. It is given by If steady state is reached at = 0, then the value of angle A is given by

Answer» = U(t) sin (2t + A) y(s).s + 2y(s) = char.eqn S + 2 = 0 jω + 2 = 0 j2 + 2 = 0 1 + j = 0 tan-1(1) 45°.
312.

An RLC series circuit has Q = 100 and ω = 20 rad/sec. The bandwidth is

Answer»
313.

For making a capacitor, the dielectric should have

Answer» A high ∈r will lead to high value of capacitance.
314.

In an unloaded transformer, the fluxes limiting the primary and secondary are 30 mWb and 20 mWb. The coefficient of coupling is

Answer» Φ11 = (1 - k) Φ1 φ11 = φ1 - φ2 30 - 20 10 mWb 10 mWb = (1 - k) 30m 0.33 = 1 - k k = 0.67 .
315.

Heat in calories = IR/4.186.

Answer» Calories and joules are related by mechanical equivalent of heat which is 4.186 .
316.

Poles and zeros of a driving point function of a network are simple and alternate on ω axis. The network consists of

Answer» In network having only L and C, poles and zeros of driving point function are simple and alternate on jω axis.
317.

The distance between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor is . The dielectric is in two parts, each of equal thickness but dielectric constants ∈ and ∈ respectively. The total capacitance will be proportional to

Answer» The combination is equal to two capacitors in series. Hence, .
318.

An air cored coil has an inductance of 0.3 H. If another coil has an iron core of μ = 500, the remaining quantities being the same, the inductance of the second coil will be

Answer» Inductance a μr.
319.

The units for apparent power are watts.

Answer» Apparent power has units of volt-amperes.
320.

In a series RLC circuit the phase angle θ of impedance Z ∠θ is positive. The circuit will behave as

Answer» In RL circuits phase angle of Z is positive.
321.

A two branch parallel tuned circuit has a coil of resistance 100 &ohm; and inductance 0.005 H in one branch and 10 F capacitor in the second branch. At resonance frequency is

Answer» = = 44.67 x 104 rad/sec.
322.

For the circuit in figure, fed by a unit step voltage, =

Answer» At t = 0, vc = 0 and at t = ∞, vc = 1. This condition is satisfied only by 1 - e-t/RC.
323.

For the network of figure, =

Answer»
324.

A circuit is replaced by its Thevenin's equivalent to find current through a certain branch. If V = 10 V and R = 20 &ohm;, the current through the branch

Answer» Hence less than 0.5 A.
325.

An ideal transformer has a turn ratio of 2 : 1. Taking side as port 1 and side as port 2, transmission parameters of transformer are

Answer» For the given data V1 = 2V2 and I1 = 0.5 I2 .
326.

The voltage in the figure

Answer» Apply mesh analysis in both the mesh by converting 8A current source into voltage source. 80 = 18 I1 - 6I2 + 16 1 - 12I2 - 6I2 + 6I1 = - 16 I1 = 4.3A, I2 = 2.3A Hence e0 = 13I2 13 x 2.3 28 volts.
327.

In the given circuit, viewed from AB, the circuit can be reduced to an equivalent circuit as

Answer» For RTh, Voltage source will be short circuited RTh = 2.4 &ohm;, VAB = 10 - 6 I 7 V.
328.

For the network of figure KVL for first loop is

Answer» M term is negative because i1, is entering the dotted terminal and i2, is leaving the dotted terminal.
329.

An RC series circuit is charged by a voltage E. After a long time the battery is removed and a short circuit is placed across R-C. Then

Answer» Direction of current during discharging is opposite to that during charging.
330.

If A = 3 + 1, A =

Answer» 3 + j1 = 10∠18.43° = (10)4
331.

In a two terminals network the O.C. voltage measured at the given terminals is 100 V and s.c., currents at the same terminals 5 A. If a load of 80 &ohm; resistance is connected at the terminals, load current is

Answer»
332.

Figure shows a dc circuit fed by a current source. With respect to terminals AB, Thevenin's voltage and Thevenin's resistance are

Answer»
333.

Colour code of carbon resistors has only two bands.

Answer» It has four bands.
334.

A coil has resistance R and inductance L. At ω = ∞ the phase angle between voltage and current is

Answer» When ω = ∞, XL = ωL = ∞.
335.

Two coils having self inductances of 10 mH and 40 mH are mutually coupled. The maximum possible mutual inductance is

Answer» Maximum mutual inductance = L1L2 = 20 mH.
336.

In the circuit shown in figure the current of sinusoidal source is

Answer» Currents in resistance and inductance are out of phase by 90°. Hence I = 122 + 162 = 20 A.
337.

In an RL series circuit the inductance is 1H and current at an instant is 0.6 A. The energy stored in magnetic field is

Answer» Energy = 0.5 LI2 = 0.5 x 1 x 0.62 = 0.18 J.
338.

In a series ac circuit a voltage of 20 V at 25 Hz causes a current of 0.20 A, while the same voltage at 75 Hz causes a current of 0.12 A. The circuit consists of

Answer» As f increases impedance increases and current decreases in RL circuit.
339.

The resistance of a 230 V, 100 W lamp is

Answer»
340.

System function , For a signal sin 2, the steady state response is

Answer» .
341.

A network has two branches in parallel. One branch contains impedance Z and the other branch has impedance Z. If it is fed from an ac voltage V of frequency f, the current through Z depends, on

Answer» In parallel branches, the current through any branch depends only on voltage, impedance and frequency only.
342.

An RLC series circuit has R = 7.07 &ohm;, L = .707 H and C = 7.07 μF. At Half power frequencies the circuit impedance is likely to be

Answer» At half power frequency the circuit impedance is 2 times resistance.
343.

In a series R, L, C circuit the impedance triangle is the same when X < X and X > X .

Answer» The quadrants are different.
344.

The zinc can of a dry cell serves as positive terminal.

Answer» Zinc can serves as negative terminal.
345.

A magnetic circuit has an iron length of 20 cm and air gap length 0.1 cm. If μ = 200 then

Answer»
346.

A circuit is fed by two sources of the same frequency and values 100 ∠0° V and 20 ∠30°V. The current in a particular branch is 5 ∠19° A. If the magnitudes of the sources and changed to 200 ∠0° V and 40 ∠30° V, the current in that branch should be

Answer» Since strengths of both sources are doubled, the current would become twice.
347.

Two coils X and Y have self inductances of 5 mH and 10 mH and mutual inductance of 3 mH. If the current in coils X change at a steady rate of 100 A/s, the emf induced in coil Y is

Answer»
348.

Two capacitors of 2 μF and 4 μF capacitance are connected in series across a 30 V dc battery. After the capacitors have been charged, the voltage across them will be

Answer» Charge will be the same. Since Q = C V voltage will be inversely proportional to Q. Hence 20 V and 10 V.
349.

A 50 Hz current has an amplitude of 10 A. The rate of change of current at = 0.005 after = 0 and is increasing is

Answer» i = 10 sin 314.16 t, At t = 0.005, i = 314.16 cos (314.16 x .005) = 0.
350.

In the circuit of figure the voltage across C at = 0 is

Answer» Voltage across a capacitor cannot change instantaneously.