A source of ac voltage V = V₀ sin ωt is connected to a series combination of a resistor ‘R’ and a capacitor ‘C’. Draw the phasor diagram and use it to obtain the expression for
(i) impedance of the circuit and
(ii) phase angle.
(i) impedance of the circuit and
(ii) phase angle.



A source of ac voltage V = V₀ sin ωt, is connected across a pure inductor of inductance L. Derive the expressions for the instantaneous current in the circuit. Show that average power dissipated in the circuit is zero.
An ac voltage V = V₀ sin ωt is applied to a pure inductor L. Obtain an expression for the current in the circuit. Prove that the average power supplied to an inductor over one complete cycle is zero.
A lamp is connected in series with a capacitor. Predict your observation for dc and ac connections. What happens in each if the capacitance of the capacitor is reduced ?
An alternating voltage given by V = 140sin314 t is connected across a pure resistor of 50 Find :
(i) the frequency of the source.
(ii) the rms current through the resistor.
A 200 mH (pure) inductor and a 5 µF (pure) capacitor are connected one by one, across a sinusoidal ac voltage source of V = [70.7sin (1000t)] voltage. Obtain the expression for the current in each case.
Show that in the free oscillations of an LC circuit, the sum of energies stored in the capacitor and the inductor is constant in time.
A 40 mF capacitor is connected to a 200 V, 50 Hz ac supply. The r.m.s value of the current in the circuit is, nearly
(a) 1.7 A
(b) 2.05 A
(c) 2.5 A
(d) 25.1 A
(i) Write two properties by which electric potential is related to the electric field.
(ii) Two point charges q₁ and q₂ separated by a distance of r₁₂ are kept in an external electric field. Derive an expression for the potential energy of the system of two charges in the field.
First a set of n equal resistors of R each is connected in series to a battery of emf E and internal resistance R. A current I is observed to flow. Then the n resistors are connected in parallel to the same battery. It is observed that the current becomes 10 times. What is n ?
Obtain the expression for the potential due to an electric dipole of dipole moment p at a point ‘d’ on the axial line.
An inductor L of inductance is connected in series with a bulb B and an ac source. How would brightness of the bulb change when
(i) number of turns in the inductor is reduced,
(ii) an iron rod is inserted in the inductor and
(iii) a capacitor of reactance is inserted in series in the circuit. Justify your answer in each case.
Two thin concentric and coplanar spherical shells, of radii a and b (b > a) carry charges, q and Q, respectively. Find the magnitude of the electric field, at a point at distance x, from their common centre for :
(i) 0 < x < a
(ii) a x < b
(iii) b x <
The current, in the LCR circuit shown in the figure is observed to lead the voltage in phase. Without making any other change in the circuit, a capacitor,of capacitance C₀, is (appropriately) joined to the capacitor C. This results in making the current,in the ‘modified’ circuit, flow in phase with theapplied voltage.
Draw a diagram of the ‘modified’ circuit and obtain an expression for C₀ in terms of ω, L and C.
A circuit containing an 80 mH inductor and a 250 µF capacitor in series connected to a 240 V,100 rad/s supply. The resistance of the circuit is negligible.
(i) Obtain rms value of current.
(ii) What is the total average power consumed by the circuit ?