Physics M.

12 -PHY-UNIT- 4(3/3)1

Palanichamy
Time: 1.15 Hours]

4.ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION AND ALTERNATING CURRENT

[Max Marks: 50

(20 x 1 = 20)
1. A coil of area of cross section 0.5 m with 10 turns is in a plane which is perpendicular to a uniform
magnetic field of 0.2 Wb/m2. The flux though the coil is
(a) 100 Wb
(b) 10 Wb
(c) 1 Wb
(d) zero
2. In a magnetic field, magnetic flux is 10 Weber, the magnetic flux density is 0.1 newton / ampere metre
and the flux lines are perpendicular to the area. What is the area of the flux ?
(a) 9.9 m2
(b) 100 m2
(c) 99.0 m2
(d) 110 m2
3. If the flux associated with a coil varies at the rate of 1 Wb / minute, then the induced emf is
(a) 1 V
(b) 1/60 V
(c) 60 V
(d) zero volt
4. The self-inductance of a straight conductor is
(a) zero
(b) infinity
(c) very large
(d) very small
5. A coil has a self inductance of 0.02 H. Calculate the value of induced emf when the current in the coil
changes from 75 A to 25 A in 1/3 second.
(a) 0.3 V
(b) 3 V
(c) 30 V
(d) 300 V
6. A current of 4 A is cut off in 10-3s in a coil of self inductance 2 H. The induced emf is
(a) 103 V
(b) 103 V
(c) 8 x 103 V
(d) 8 x 103 V
7. The unit henry can also be written as
(a) Vs A1
(b) Wb A1
(c) s
(d) all
8. An emf of 12 V is induced when the current in the coil changes at the rate of 40 A S 1. The coefficient of
self induction of the coil is
(a) 0.3 H
(b) 0.003 H
(c) 30 H
(d) 4.8 H
9. A current of 4 ampere flows through one coil produces a magnetic flux of 0.04 Wb in the near by coil.
What is the coefficient of mutual inductance between the two coils?
(a) 0.01 H
(b) 0.005 H
(c) 1 H
(d) 10 H
10. A DC of 5A produces the same heating effect as an AC of
(a) 50 A rms current
(b) 5 A peak current
(c) 5A rms current
(d) none of these
11. A conductor of length 2 m is moving with a speed of 36 km per hour in a magnetic field of 10 -5 T . The
emf
induced
in
the
conductor
is
-5
-5
(a) 20 x 10 V
(b) -20 x10 V
(c) 2 V
(d) 20 V
12. When a coil of an ac generator rotates with an angular speed of 50 rad/sec, the frequency of the induced
current is
(a) 1000 Hz
(b) 100 Hz
(c) 50 Hz
(d) 25 Hz
13. A transformer steps up 240 V to 2400 V. If the secondary coil has 200 turns, the number of turns in the
primary coil is
(a) 20
(b) 200
(c) 22
(d) 2200
14. In a step up transformer, an input voltage of 240 V is stepped up to 12 kV. The ratio of turns in the
primary to secondary is
(a) 50
(b) 1 / 50
(c) 1 / 20
(d) 20
PART-I : ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS

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15. In an ideal transformer, the output is rated as 22 W @ 22 V. If the input voltage is 220 V, the current
drawn by the primary of the transformer will be
(a) 22 A
(b) 10 A (c) 1 A
(c) 1A
(d) 0.1 A
16. A fuse wire of is marked 5 A ac as its current rating. What will be the maximum current the fuse can
withstand
?
(a) 0.707 A
(b) 7.07 A
(c) 3.535 A
(d) 0.3535 A
17. The frequency at which the a coil of self inductance 2 H has an inductive reactance 880 ohm is
(a) 20 Hz
(b) 50 Hz
(c) 70 Hz
(d) 219.8 Hz
18. The capacitative reactance of a 15 F capacitor at a frequency of 2000 Hz is 6.28 ohm. Then the
inductance required to produce resonance is
(a) 5 mH
(b) 0.5 mH
(c) 0.05 mH
(d) 0.005 mH
19. The power factor of a series R L C resonant circuit at resonance is
(a) 1
(b) 0.5
(c) zero
(d) depends on the values of L, C and R which are not given
20. The value of current in an ac circuit containing inductance only is given by

(a) i i0 Sin( t )
(b) i i0 Sin( t )
(c) i i0 Sin( t )
(d)
i i0 Cos ( t

PART-II: Answer all the five of the following

(5 x 3 = 15)

21. The peak voltage and peak current in a circuit containing resistor alone are 220 V and 1 A respectively.
Calculate the power in the circuit.
22. An ideal transformer has turns ratio 1 : 20. If the input power and primary voltage are 0.5 kW and 5 V
respectively, find the primary and secondary currents.
23. An a.c. generator consists of a coil of 10,000 turns and of area 100 cm2. The coil rotates at an angular
speed of 140 rpm in a uniform magnetic field of 3.6 10 2 T. Find the maximum value of the emf
induced.
24. A solenoid of length 1 m and 0.05 m diameter has 500 turns. If a current of 2 A passes through the coil,
calculate the coefficient of self inductance of the coil.
25. Write the equation of a 25 cycle current sine wave having rms value of 30 A.
PART-III:

Answer All of the following

( 3 x 5 = 15)

26. A coil is connected across 250 V, 50 Hz power supply and it draws a current of 2.5 A and consumes
power of 400 W. Find the self inductance and power factor.
27. Two rails of a railway track insulated from each other and the ground are connected to a millivoltmeter.
The train runs at a speed of 180 Km/hr. Vertical component of earths magnetic field is 0.2 10 4 Wb/m2
and the rails are separated by 1m. Find the reading of the voltmeter.
28. A resistance of 50 , an inductance of 0.5 H and a capacitance of 5 F are connected in series with an
a.c. supply of e = 311 sin (314t). Find (i) frequency of a.c. supply (ii) maximum voltage (iii) inductive
reactance (iv) capacitive reactance (v) impedance.

1
c
13
a

2
b
14
b

3
b
15
d

4
a
16
b

5
b
17
c

6
d
18
b

7
d
19
a

8
a
20
b

9
a
21
110 W

10
c

11
b

12
d
22
23
100A, 5A 52.75V

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0.616 mH

25
i = 42.42 sin 157 t

26
0.244 H,
0.64

27
1 mV

28
50 Hz, 311 V, 157 , 636.9 , 482.5

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