APS CLEMENTTOWN PHYSICS CLASS 12 PRACTICE SHEET
1. How does the self-inductance of an air coil change, when (i) the number of
turns in the coil is solenoid increased (ii) an iron rod is introduced in te coil.
2. The instantaneous current in an ac circuit is i=2.0 sin314t, what is (i)
frequency and (ii) rms value of the current.
3. What is phase difference between voltage and current in LCR series circuit
at resonance?
4. Sketch a graph showing variation of reactance of an inductor with frequency of
the applied voltage
5. The frequency of ac is doubled, what happens to (i) inductive reactance (ii)
capacitive reactance
6. State Lenz’s law. Show that it is in accordance with the law of conservation of
energy.
7. Prove that average power consumed over a complete cycle of ac through
an ideal inductor is zero.
8. An a.c. generator consist a coil of 50 turns and area 2.5 m2 rotating at an
angular speed of 60rad/s in a uniform magnetic field B = 0.30T between two
fixed pole pieces . The resistance of the circuit including that coil the coil is
500W. Find emf and current produced.
9. A 100 μF capacitor is connected to a 50Hz ac generator having a peak
amplitude of 220V. Calculate the current that will be recorded by an rms ac
ammeter connected in series with the capacitor.
10. Explain why current in a capacitor connected to an ac generator increases
with capacitance.
11. . A capacitor is connected to an ac generator having a fixed peak value
(Vm) but variable frequency. Will you expect the current to increase as the
frequency decreases?
12. . Will average power delivered to a capacitor by an ac generator to be zero?
Justify your answer.
13. . Why do capacitive reactances become small in high frequency circuits,
such as those in a TV set?
14. (a) Why is the rms value of an ac current always less than its peak value?
(b) The current in a 2.5μF capacitor connector to an ac source is given by I
= – 4.71 sin 377t μA. Calculate the maximum voltage across the capacitor.
15. (a) Calculate the capacitive reactance (for C = 2 μF) and the inductive
reactance (for L = 2 mH) at (i) 25Hz and (ii) 50Hz. (b) Calculate the
maximum and rms currents in a 22 μH inductor connected to a 5V (rms)
100MHz generator.
16. A series LCR circuit with R = 580Ω, L = 31mH, and C =47 nF is driven by
an ac source. The amplitude and angular frequency of the source are 65 V
and 33 krad/s. Determine (a) the reactance of the capacitor, (b) the
reactance of the inductor, (c) the impedance of the circuit, (d) the phase
difference between the voltage across the source and the current, and (e)
the current amplitude. Does current lead behind or lag the voltage across
the source?
