JEE VP AIR (2025-26) Physics

PRACTICE SHEET
[Alternating Current ]

JEE MAIN
[AVERAGE, PEAK AND RMS VALUE] 8v0 3v0
1. Find the Average and rms value for the saw-tooth (1) (2)
9 2 2
voltage of peak value V0 from t = 0 to t = 2T as 5v0 4v0
shown in figure. (3) (4)
+V 0 4 3

+ + 2T 5. Two alternating voltage generators produce emf

V t
0– – of the same amplitude E0 but with a phase
T T 3
T
2 2 difference of π/3. The resultant emf is:
–V 0
(1) E0 sin[t + ( / 3)]
V V0 (2) E0 sin[t + ( / 6)]
(1) 0, 0 (2) 0,
1 5
(3) 3E0 sin(t + ( / 3))
V0 V0
(3) 0, (4) 0, (4) 3E0 sin[t + ( / 2)]
3 6
6. An ac ammeter is used to measure current in a
2. A generator produces a voltage that is given by circuit. When a given direct current passes
v = 240sin120t, where t is in seconds. The through the circuit, the ac ammeter reads 3A.
frequency and r.m.s. voltage are When another alternating current passes through
(1) 60 Hz and 240 V the circuit, the ac ammeter reads 4A. Then find
(2) 19 Hz and 120 V the reading of this ammeter (in A), if dc and ac
(3) 19 Hz and 170 V flow through the circuit simultaneously.
(4) 754 Hz and 70 V
[A.C. ACROSS PURE RESISTOR, INDUCTOR &
3. The output current versus time curve for a rectifier CAPACITOR]
is shown in the figure. The average value of output 7. An alternating voltage E = 200 2 sin(100t) is
current in this case is connected to 1F capacitor through an ideal ac
ammeter. The reading of the ammeter shall be:
(1) 10 mA (2) 20 mA
(3) 40 mA (4) 80 mA

8. A choke coil has:

(1) High inductance and low resistance
(2) Low inductance and high resistance
I0 (3) High inductance and high resistance
(1) 0 (2) (4) Low inductance and low resistance
2
2I0
(3) (4) I0 9. Consider a circuit with an alternating source and
 contains inductor and capacitor. Given reading of
4. Time dependence of sinusoidal voltage is shown A1 and A2 as 3 ampere and 5 ampere respectively.
in the figure. The rms value of voltage, is Find the reading of A (in ampere).

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10. In the circuit shown, reactance of each capacitor is 14. There is a 5 resistance in an AC, circuit.
4R, and that of each inductor is 4R, and that of Inductance of 0.1 H is connected with it in series.
R If equation of AC e.m.f. is 5sin 50t then the phase
each inductor is . If R = 5 then find reading of
3 difference between current and e.m.f. is
ammeter (in amperes)  
(1) (2)
2 6

(3) (4) 0
4

15. In an AC circuit, the potential differences across

an inductance and resistance joined in series are,
respectively, 16 V and 20 V. The total potential
difference across the circuit is
[A.C. ACROSS LC, LR AND RC CONNECTIONS] (1) 20 V (2) 25.6 V
(3) 31.9V (4) 53.5 V
11. The circuit given in Fig. has a resistanceless
choke coil L and a resistance R. The voltages 16. For the circuit shown in figure
across R and L are also given in the figure. The
virtual value of the applied voltage is

(1) Phase difference between current I and

(1) 100 V (2) 200 V applied voltage source is 30°
(3) 300 V (4) 400 V (2) Impedance of circuit is 2 W
(3) Impedance of circuit is 2 2 Ω
1 (4) Phase difference between current I1 and I2 is
12. A resistance of 300  and an inductance of
 90°
henry are connected in series to a A.C. voltage of
20 volts and 200 Hz frequency. The phase angle 17. For the circuit shown in figure, current (I) through
the circuit is 5sin(ωt + ϕ) A. At a particular instant
between the voltage and current is :-
potential difference across capacitor is 24 V. Then
4 3
(1) tan –1   (2) tan –1   the potential difference across resistance at that
3 4 instant, is
3 2
(3) tan –1   (4) tan –1  
2 3

13. A bulb is rated at 100 V, 100 W, it can be treated

as a resistor. Find out the inductance of an
(1) 18 V (2) 24 V
inductor (called choke coil) that should be (3) 40 V (4) 30 V
connected in series with the bulb to operate the
bulb at its rated voltage with the help of an ac 18. When 100V DC is applied across a solenoid, a
source of 200 V and 50 Hz. current of 1 A flows in it. When 100V AC is
 applied across the same coil, the current drops to
(1) H (2) 100 H 0.5A. If the frequency of the AC source is 50 Hz,
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the impedance and inductance of solenoid are:
2 3 (1) 100, 0.93 H (2) 200, 1.0 H
(3) H (4) H
  (3) 10, 0.86 H (4) 200, 0.55 H
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19. A circuit shown consist of two resistance R1 and
R2 of equal and fixed values, a variable resistance
R, a capacitance C and an alternating voltage
source. If the variable resistance is made to very
over a wide range, how does the peak value of
voltage difference between the terminal A and B
change?

[AC SOURCE WITH RLC CONNECTED IN SERIES]

24. In a series LCR circuit, the voltage across the
resistance, capacitance and inductance is 10 V
(1) First decreases then increases each. If the capacitance is short circuited, the
(2) First increases then decreases voltage across the inductance will be
(3) Decreases to a constant value
10
(4) Remains unchanged (1) 10 V (2) V
2
20. For the given circuit, for a given angular (3) (10/3) V (4) 20 V
frequency ω, reactance of capacitor is R, then rms
reading of voltmeter (v), will be 25. In the circuit given below, what will be the
reading of the voltmeter
V 100V 100V

5v0 7v0
(1) (2) 200V, 100 Hz
2 2 3 2
v0 5 v0 7 (1) 300 V (2) 900 V
(3) (4) (3) 200 V (4) 400 V
6 6
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21. Given L = 4H, = R = 28 and C = 400F, in the 26. In the given circuit, L = ×10–2H, C = 200μF
given circuit, the resonance angular frequency (in π2
rad/s) is: and R = 100. An alternating voltage V = 5
sin100πt is applied across the circuit. Find current
I in the resistance R and voltage v across inductor
as a function of time t.

22. A current of 6A flows in a coil when connected to

a dc source of 18V. If the same coil is connected
to an ac source of 20V, 50 rad/s, a current of 4A
flows in the circuit. The inductance of the coil is
10x mH. Find out the value of x. (1) I = 0A, v = 5sin100t
(2) I = 0.05sin100t, v = 5sin100t
23. A lossy capacitor C1 behaves as though it had a
(3) I = 0.05sin100t, v = 0 volt
resistance R1 in parallel with it. Using the bridge
circuit shown, a balance is obtained at 150 Hz (4) None of these
when R3 = R4 = 500 , C2 = 1 F, R2 = 300 .
Find the values of C1 and R1.
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27. The power factor of the circuit in Figure is 1/ 2 . between A and B is equal to x × 10–1 volt. When it
The capacitance of the circuit is equal to: is half of the voltage output source at that instant.
Find out value of x.

(1) 400F (2) 300F

(3) 500F (4) 200F
33. A box contains an inductor of inductance L, a
28. The frequencies at which the current amplitude in capacitor of capacitance C and a resistor of
1 resistance R. When 250 V d.c. is applied to the
an LCR series circuit becomes times its terminals of the box, a current of 1.0 A plus an
2 oscillating current flow in the circuit. When an
maximum value, are 212 rad s−1 and 232 rad s−1 a.c. source of 250 V (r.m.s) at 2250 rad/sec is
. connected, an rms current of 1.25 A is produced.
The value of resistance in the circuit is R = 5 Ω . This current rises with frequency and becomes
The self inductance in the circuit is maximum at 4500 rad/sec. Evaluate 2R C / L.
________________ mH .
34. A resistance (R), inductance (L) and capacitance
29. The effective current I in the given circuit at very (C) are connected in series to an ac source of
high frequencies will be voltage V having variable frequency. If the energy
delivered by the source to the circuit during one
period if the operating frequency is twice the
R LCV 2
resonance frequency is . Find P.
L
R + P 
2
C
[POWER CONSUMED IN AN AC CIRCUIT]
35. For an AC circuit the potential difference and
30. In the given LCR series circuit find the reading
(in A) of the hot wire ammeter. (here all hot wire current are given by V = 10 2sin t (in V) and
meters are ideal) I = 2 2cos t (in A) respectively. The power
dissipated in the instrument is
(1) 20 W (2) 40 W
(3) 40 2 W (4) Zero

36. The impedance Z1 in figure can be regarded as a

pure resistance R1 = 12, whereas the impedance
Z2 is associated with a series resistance R2 = 8
and a capactiacne C = 1F. If f = 5000 Hz and
31. An inductor of 0.5mH , a capacitor of 200 μF V0 = 30V, what is the power dissipated in Z2
(in W)? Take π2 = 10.
and a resistor of 2 Ω are connected in series with
a 220 V ac source. If the current is in phase with
the emf, the frequency of AC source will be
_____________ 102 Hz .

32. An inductor (XL = 2) a capacitor (XC = 8) and

a resistance (8) is connected in series with an ac
source. The voltage output of A.C source is given (1) 2.57 (2) 3.12
by V = 10cos100πt. The instantaneous p.d. (3) 257 (4) None of these

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37. A resistor R is connected in series with a coil. The 42. For a series LCR circuit, at resonance frequency
system is subjected to an A.C supply of rms 2
(0), inductive reactance 0 L = R and P0 is
voltage v0. If the voltages drop across the resistor 3
R and the coil are v1 and v2 respectively, then the power dissipated across the circuit. If now
operating frequency increased to  = 20 and ‘P’
power dissipated in the coil is
is the power dissipation across the circuit, then
P
find the ratio 0 .
P
v02 + v12 − v22
(1) [L-C OSCILLATOR]
2R
43. A fully charged capacitor C with initial charge q0
 v2 − v2  is connected to a coil of self-inductance L at t = 0.
(2)  0 1 
 2R  The time at which the energy is stored equally
  between the electric and the magnetic fields is :
 v2 − v2 − v22  
(3)  0 1  (1) LC (2) 2 LC
 2R 4
 
(3) LC (4)  LC
 v2 − v2 + v22 
(4)  0 1 
 2R 44. Switch is in position A for long time. At time t = 0
 
it is shifted to position B. Find the maximum
charge that will accumulate on capacitor:
38. A series RLC circuit with 100Ω resistance is
connected to an AC source of 200V and angular
frequency 300rad/s. When only the capacitance is
removed, the current lags behind the voltage by
60° when only inductor is removed the current
leads the voltage by 60°. Calculate the average
power dissipated in RLC circuit. (1) ( ) ER (2)
E
( )
LC
LC R
39. An AC source is connected to an inductance of  L E  C E
(3) 
100 mH , a capacitance of 100 μF and a resistance  C  R (4) 
 L  R
   
of 120 Ω as shown in figure. The time in which 45. An LC circuit contains a 20 mH inductor and a
the resistance having a thermal capacity 2 J /°C 50F capacitor with an initial charge 10 mC. The
will get heated by 16 C is ____________ s. resistance of circuit is negligible. At this instant,
the circuit is closed at t = 0. At what time is the
energy stored in the circuit is completely
40. To light, a 50 W,100 V lamp is to be connected,
magnetic?
50
in series with a capacitor of capacitance μF (1) t = 0
π x (2) t = 1.57 ms
with 200 V,50 Hz AC source. The value of x (3) t = 3.14 ms
will be _________. (4) t = 6.28 ms

41. A coil of inductance L = 5/8 H and of resistance R 46. A capacitor of capacitance 500 μF is charged
= 62.8  is connected to the mains alternating completely using a dc supply of 100 V . It is now
voltage of frequency 50 Hz. What can be the connected to an inductor of inductance 50 mH to
capacitance of the capacitor (in F) connected in
form an LC circuit. The maximum current in LC
series with the coil if the power dissipated has to
circuit will be _____________ A.
remain unchanged?
Take 2 = 10.

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 [TRANSFORMER] 49. A transformer has turns ratio NS /Np = 4. If a 200V
AC voltage is applied across its primary and it
47. An ideal transformer has 100 turns in the primary
carries 1A current, find current in circuit
and 250 turns in the secondary. The peak value of
connected to secondary coil if transformer is 80%
the ac is 28 V on primary Voltage. The r.m.s.
efficient.
secondary voltage is nearest to
(1) 50 V (2) 70 V
50. In a transformer there are 10000 turns in primary
(3) 100 V (4) 40 V
coil and 25000 turns in secondary coil. An AC
EMF e = 50sinπt is applied across primary coil,
48. An ideal transformer has 50 turns in its primary
find the peak EMF across secondary coil in ideal
winding and 25 turns in its secondary winding. If
conditions.
the current in the secondary winding is 4A what is
the current in primary winding if a 200V AC is
applied across it?

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[AVERAGE, PEAK AND RMS VALUE] 5. An inductor 4H and a resistance 5 are connected
in series with an AC source. At a particular
Paragraph Type Questions (1 to 2)
instant, voltage across inductor is 3 volt and
across resistor is 4 volt. For that particular instant,
choose correct options:
(A) Voltage across source is 5 volt
(B) Voltage across source may be 7 volt
(C) Voltage across source may be 1 volt
(D) Current in circuit is 0.8 amp
1. The average value of the wave-form shown in
figure is: 6. For the circuit shown in figure, the emf of the
(A) 15 2 (B) 10 2 generator is E. The current through the inductor is
(C) 10 (D) 15 1.6 A, while the current through the condenser is
0.4 A. Then
2. The rms value of the signal is:
7
(A) 10
3
10
(B)
3
(C) 10 7
(D) 10 3 (A) Current drawn from the generator is I = 2A
(B) Current drawn from the generator is I = 1.2A
[A.C. ACROSS PURE RESISTOR, INDUCTOR & 1
(C)  =
CAPACITOR] 2 LC
3. An alternating voltage E = 200 2 sin(100t) is 1
(D)  =
connected to 1F capacitor through an ideal ac 4 LC
ammeter. The reading of the ammeter shall be:
(A) 10 mA (B) 20 mA Paragraph Type Questions (7 to 9)
(C) 40 mA (D) 80 mA When 100 V dc is applied across a coil, a current of 1 A
flows through it and when 100 V ac of 50 Hz is applied
[A.C. ACROSS LC, LR AND RC CONNECTIONS] to the same coil, only 0.5 A flows.
4. In the given circuit the AC source has  = 100 7. The resistance is
rad/s. Considering the inductor and capacitor to be (A) 200Ω (B) 50Ω
ideal, the correct choice(s) is (are) (C) 100Ω (D) 50 3

8. The inductance of coil is

(A) 5.5 H (B) 3/π H
(C) 3H (D) 2.5 H

9. Find the phase difference between i1 and i2 in the

(A) The current through the circuit, I is 0.3A two branches of the circuit shown.
(B) The current through the circuit, I is 0.3 2 A
(C) The voltage across 100 resistance
= 10 2V
(D) The voltage across 50 resistor = 10V

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Paragraph Questions (10 to 12) (B) In the series LCR circuit, current is zero at
Two capacitors of capacitance C and 3C are charged to resonance
potential difference V0 and 2V0, respectively and (C) Alternating current measuring instruments
connected to an inductor of inductance L as shown in should have a non-linear scale
figure. Initially the current in the inductor is zero. Now (D) In an AC circuit, the applied rms voltage is
the switch S is closed. not equal to algebraic sum of rms voltage
across series elements

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14. For the figure shown, R = 100, L = H and

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C = F are connected in series with an AC

source 200V and frequency f. V1 and V2 are two
10. Potential difference across capacitor of hot wire voltmeters. If the reading of V1 and V2 are
capacitance 3C when the current in the circuit is same, then:
maximum is :
V V
(A) 0 (B) 0
4 3
5V0
(C) (D) None of these
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(A) f = 125Hz
11. Potential difference across capacitor of (B) f = 250πHz
capacitance C when the current in the circuit is (C) current through R is 2A
maximum is : (D) V1 = V2 = 1000V
V
(A) 0
4 Paragraph Type Questions (15, 16, 17, 18)
3V0 A box P and a coil Q are connected in series with an ac
(B) source of variable frequency. The emf of the source is
4
5V0 constant at 10 V. Box P contains a capacitance of 1 F
(C) in series with a resistance of 32 . Coil Q has a self
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(D) None of these inductance of 4.9 mH and a resistance of 68  in series.
The frequency is adjusted so that maximum current
12. The maximum current in the inductor is : flows in P and Q.
3V0 3C 3C
(A) (B) V0
2 L L
3C C
(C) 2V0 (D) V0
L L
15. The impedance of P at this frequency is
[AC SOURCE WITH RLC CONNECTED IN SERIES] approximately.
13. Which of the following is/are correct for (A) 77  (B) 36 
alternating current circuit? (C) 40  (D) 125 
16. The impedance of Q at this frequency is
(A) 200  (B) 1350
(C) 55 (D) 9524

17. The voltage across P is

(A) In LCR series circuit, current through R at (A) 12 V (B) 7.7 V
resonance is maximum (C) 10 V (D) 24 V

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18. The voltage Q is
(A) 20V
1350
(B)
10
(C) 5.5V
9524
(D) V
10 (A) 400F (B) 300F
(C) 500F (D) 200F
19. In an LCR series circuit connected to an ac source,
the supply voltage is
22. Two alike discharge lamps are operated from the
 
V = V0 sin 100t +   VL = 40V , mains, 230 V and 50 Hz, and they are both
 6 connected to inductors in series. The inductors are
VR = 40 V, Z = 5 and R = 4 alike. A condenser is connected in series to one of
the discharge tubes. With this arrangement it is
ensured that when the current through one of the
lamps is maximum, then the current through the
other one is minimum and vice-versa. The average
value of the power is 8W for each discharge lamp.
List–I List–II Then which of the following is(are) correct?
I Peak current (in A) P 10 2 (Assume discharge lamps as resistors)
II V0 (in volts) Q 50 2 (A) The value of resistance of discharge tube is
III Effective value of R 50 3.3k
applied voltage (in volts) (B) The capacitance of condenser is 6.6F
IV XC (in ) S 1 (C) The total impedance of the discharge tube
T 2 2, where and the inductor together is 4.67k
, is resonance
(D) The capacitive reactance is double of
frequency of inductive reactance.
the LCR
circuit 23. In an ac circuit shown below, voltage VXY and VYZ
I II III IV are 100 V each. If the main line current is 5A,
(A) P Q R S then [All given values are RMS values]
(B) Q P S R
(C) Q P R S
(D) P Q S R

20. When a device P is connected across a 220 V, 50

Hz alternating supply the voltage leads current by
/3. When a device Q is connected across the
same supply the current leads voltage by /6. The
two devices have same resistance and different (A) power consumed in circuit is 250 3 watt.
reactance. These two devices are connected in (B) The capacitor reactance of circuit will be
series with voltage V and current i lags the voltage 40
by . If value of  is /k then find k. (C) If Vsource = 100 2 sin(100t ) , then current
5 3  
[POWER CONSUMED IN AN AC CIRCUIT] through resistor I R = sin 100t − 
2  3
21. The power factor of the circuit in Figure is 1/ 2 .
(D) Current in capacitor C is lagging voltage VYZ
The capacitance of the circuit is equal to:
by 30°

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24. In an RLC series circuit shown in figure the (A) Q,S P P Q,R
readings of voltmeters V1 and V2 are 100V and (B) Q R R,S P
120 V, respectively. The source voltage is 130 V.
(C) S,Q R P,Q S
For this situation, mark out the correct
statement(s). (D) P,Q R P,R S

26. An alternating voltage of 260V and  = 100

radian/second, is applied in an LCR series circuit
where L = 0.01H, C = 4 × 10–4 F and R = 10 .
The power supplied by the source is 200k. Find
the value of k.
(A) Voltage across resistor, inductor and
capacitor 50 V,50 3 V and 120 + 50 3 V, [L-C OSCILLATOR]
(B) Voltage across resistor, inductor and 27. A capacitor C is charged to potential difference V0
capacitor 50 V,50 3V and 120 − 50 3V, at t = 0. It is connected to LC circuit as shown.
Switch S is closed at t = 0. Maximum current
5 passing through inductor, is
(C) Power factor of the circuit is
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(D) The circuit is capacitive in nature

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25. For series R-L-C circuit, R = 100 , C = F
 2C
100 (A) V0
and L = mH are connected to an AC source as 3L

C
shown in figure. The main value of AC voltage is (B) V0
220V and its frequency is 50Hz. In Column I, 3L
some physical quantities are mentioned while in C
(C) V0
column II information about quantities are 2L
provided. Match the following columns and select V C
the correct option from the codes gives below. (D) 0
2 L

28. In the circuit shown in figure, capacitor c is

initially charged to potential v0 as shown.
Maximum charge on capacitor (after the switch is
closed) will be

List–I List–II
I Average power dissipated P Zero
in the resistor is
II Average power dissipated Q Non-zero
in the inductor is (A) 2cv0
III Average power dissipated R 163 (B) 3cv0
in the capacitor is SI units (C) cv0
IV rms voltage across the S 265.7 3cv0
(D)
capacitor is SI units 2
I II III IV

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 ANSWER KEY

JEE MAIN
1. (3) 18. (4) 34. (2.25)
2. (3) 19. (4) 35. (4)
3. (3) 20. (3) 36. (1)
4. (2) 21. (24) 37. (3)
5. (3) 22. (8) 38. (200)
6. (5) 23. (R1=4.1kΩ and C1 = 0.93 39. (15)
7. (2) µF) 40. (3)
8. (1) 24. (2) 41. (8)
9. (2) 25. (3) 42. (04)
10. (2) 26. (1) 43. (1)
11. (2) 27. (3) 44. (1)
12. (1) 28. (250) 45. (2)
13. (4) 29. (44) 46. (10)
14. (3) 30. (4) 47. (1)
15. (2) 31. (5) 48. (2)
16. (4) 32. (48) 49. (3)
17. (2) 33. (2.25) 50. (125)

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1. (D) 11. (C) 21. (C)
2. (A) 12. (A) 22. (A, C, D)
3. (B) 13. (A, C, D) 23. (A, B, D)
4. (A, C) 14. (A, C, D) 24. (A, C, D)
5. (B, C, D) 15. (A) 25. (A)
6. (B, C) 16. (D) 26. (5)
7. (C) 17. (B) 27. (A)
8. (C) 18. (D) 28. (B)
9. (90°) 19. (A)
10. (C) 20. (6)

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