MODELPAPERI(2011) BCAI Time:3hrsElectricalCircuitandCircuitAnalysisMM:50

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Q.1. Thedimensionalformulaforcapacitanceis: (b)M1L2T4A2 (a)ML2T2A2 (c)M1L2A2 (d)M1L2T2A2 Q.2. AchargeqisplacedatthecentreofthelinejoiningtwoexactlyequalpositivechargesQ.The systemofthreechargeswillbeinequilibriumifqisequalto: (a)Q/4 (b)+Q/2 (c)Q (d)+Q Q.3. Onheatingthedielectricconstantofaninsulator: (a)Remainconstant (b)Increases (c)Decreases (d)Nothingcanbepredicted. Q.4. Twoparallelwirescarryingcurrentsinthesamedirectionattracteachotherbecauseof: (a)potentialdifferencebetweenthem. (b)mutualinductancebetweenthem. (c)electricforcesbetweenthem. (d)magneticforcesbetweenthem. Q.5. Diamagnetismisa: (a)distortioneffect. (b)orientationeffect. (c)bothdistortionandorientationeffect. (d)cooperativephenomena. Q.6. 1WB/m2equals: (a)1Gauss (b)102Gauss 3 (d)104Gauss (c)10 Gauss Q.7. ThefunctionofD.C.motoris: (a)toconvertmechanicalenergytoelectricalenergy. (b)toconvertelectricalenergytomechanicalenergy. (c)toconvertelectricalenergytomagneticenergy. (d)toconvertmagneticenergytoelectricalenergy. Q.8. TheaveragevalueofanA.C.overonetimeperiodis: (a) (b)2 (c)zero (d)infinity Q.9. Amultimetercannotbeusedtomeasure: (a)current (b)voltage (c)resistance (d)capacitance Q.10. Atheveninequivalentcircuitconsistsof: (a)Avoltagesource. (b)Acurrentsource. (c)Boththesources. (d)Noneoftheabove. Q.11.TimeconstantofaLRcircuitis: (a)LR (b)L/R (c)R/L (d)1/RL Q.12.Thelengthofawireisdoubledandradiusofthewireisalsodoubledthenthenewresistanceof thewirebecomes: (a)RemainUnchanged (b)Double (c)Half (d)Noneoftheabove Q.13.Ohmslawdoesnotapplyto: (a)ACcircuits (b)conductors (c)semiconductors (d)Conductorswhenthereischangeintemperature. Q.14.A100Vbatteryisconnectedtoa10Fcapacitor,thechangeoneachplateis: (b)107C (a)107C

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 (c)103C Q.15.Thedimensionofthepotentialaresameasthatof: (a)Work (c)forceperunitcharge Q.16 InLCRcircuit (a)Iismin,Zismin. (c)Iismax.,Zismin. Q.17 Earthlingisused (a)asaneutralline (c)toreducevoltagefluctutation Q.18 Lenzslawisaconsequenceofthelawofconservationof (a)charge (c)momentum Q.19 Thephenomenonofhysteresisis (a)lackofretracebility (c)lackofsmallsusceptibility Q. 20.Fe3O4 (a)paramagnetic (c)antiferromagnetic

(d)Noneoftheabove (b)Electricfieldperunitcharge (d)workperunitcharge (b)Iismin.,Zismax. (d)Iismax.,Zismax. (b)tosavepower (d)asasafetymeasure (b)mass (d)energy (b)lackofnegativesusceptibility (d)lackofusingsmallcurrent (b)ferromagnetic (d)ferimagnetic

II)Attemptanythreequestions.Eachquestioncarries10marks.
Q.1 (a) AnalternatevoltageisappliedtoaRLcircuit.Calculatetheimpedanceofthecircuitand phasedifferencebetweenvoltageandcurrent.Explainthemeaningofphasedifferenceby drawingvectordiagram. (b) HowdoesthecurrentchangeinaLCRseriescircuit,whatfrequencyofappliedvoltageis changed?Showthevariationgraphicallyandexplainthemeaningofresonanceandband width. Q.2 (a). Howcanamovingcoilgalvanometerbeconvertedtoworkasanammeterandvoltmeter. Explainbydrawingthecircuitdiagramandcalculatetheresistancetobeused. (b) Describebrieflytheprincipleconstructionandusesofatransformer. Q.3 (a) ObtainanexpressionforpowerconsumedinanA.C.circuitanddefinepowerfactor. (b) What are the Star and Delta connection of a three phase A.C. circuit? Explain the connectionwiththehelpofcircuitdiagrams. Q.4 (a) StateBioSavartsLaw.Usingthisobtainan expressionfor magneticinductionatpointon theaxisofacurrentcarryingcoil. (b) Calculate the magnetic induction inside a solenoid 50 cm long with number of turns per unitlengthas100.Thecurrentflowingthroughthesolenoidis 10amp. Q5 (a) Explain the series and parallel combination of resistances. Obtain expressions for the equivalentresistanceinbothcases. (b) Astudenthastworesistors.Byjoiningtheseresistorsindifferentwayshecanobtainthe resistanceof3,4,12and16ohm.Whataretheresistancesofthetworesistors? Q.6 (a) Whatisacapacitor?Showthatcapacityofaparallelplatecapacitorisgivenas: C=A/d Howdoesthecapacityofacapacitorincreasewhendielectricmediumisinsertedbetween plates? (b) A100Vbatteryisconnectedtoa10Fcapacitor.Whatisthechargeoneachplate?

MODELPAPERII(2011) BCAI Time:3hrsElectricalCircuitandCircuitAnalysisMM:50

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Q.1.

Ifanelectronhasaninitialvelocityinthedirectiondifferentfromthatofelectricfield,thepath oftheelectronis (a)Straightline (b)parabola (c)hyperbola (d)ellipse Q.2. Inachargedcapacitortheenergyresides (a)onthepositiveplate (b)onboththepositiveandnegativeplates (c)inthefieldbetweentheplates (d)aroundtheedgeofcapacitorplates Q.3. Onheatingthedielectricconstantofaninsulator (a)remainsconstant (b)increases (c)decreases (d)nothingcanbepredicted Q.4. Thetemperaturecoefficientofresistanceispositivefor (a)carbon (b)copper (c)Si (d)Ge Q.5. Theexampleofnonohmicresistanceis (a)copperwire (b)carbonresistance (c)diode (d)tungstenwire Q.6. Twoparallelwirescarryingcurrentsinthesamedirectionattractseachotherbecauseof (a)potentialdifferencebetweenthem (b)mutualinductancebetweenthem (c)electricforcesbetweenthem (d)magneticforcesbetweenthem Q.7. Magneticfielddonotinteractwith (a)stationaryelectriccharges (b)movingelectriccharges (c)stationarypermanentmagnets (d)movingpermanentmagnets Q.8. Theresistanceofastraightwiredoesnotdependuponits (a)temperature (b)length (c)material (d)shapeofcrosssectionalarea Q.9 Thecoiloftheheaterismadeof (a)copper (b)analloy (c)aluminium (d)iron Q.10 Thecommercialunitofelectricenergyis (a)joules (b)watt (c)Kilowatt (d)Killowatthour Q.11 Theunitofcapacitanceis (a)Farad (b)Ohms (c)Henery (d)Newton Q.12 Adiamagneticmaterialcontains (a)oneunpairedelectron (b)morethanoneunpairedelectron (c)onlypairedelectrons (d)Noneoftheabove Q.13 WhichiswrongaboutCoulombsforce? (a)Itisalongrangeforce (b)Itfollowsinversesquarelaw (c)Itdoesnotdependonmedium (d)Itmaybeattractiveaswellasrepulsive Q.14 Whichisthepropertyofconductors?

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 (a)havefreeelectrons. (c)negligiblebandgap Q.15 Ohmslawdoesnotapplyto (a)Accircuits (c)Semiconductors Q.16 Theresistivityofawiredependson (a)itslength (c)both(a)and(b) Q.17.Electricfieldintensityduetoapointcharge (a)isinverselyproportionaltothedistance

(b)resistanceincreaseswithtemperature (d)containselectronsholepairs (b)Conductors (d)Conductorwhenthereischangein Temperature (b)itscrosssection (d)onthematerial

(b)isinverselyproportionaltothesquarerootofthedistance (c)doesnotchangewithdistance (d)isinverselyproportionaltosquareofthedistance Q.18 Thevoltageofdomesticpowersupplyis220volts(r.m.s.).Whatdoesthisvoltagerepresent? (a)meanvoltage (b)meansquarevoltage (c)rootmeansquarevoltage (d)peakvoltage Q.19 Asquareisformedbyawire,theresistanceofeacharmisRohm.Theeffectiveresistance betweentheendsofthediagonalofthesquarewillbe (a)R/2 (b)R (c)2R (d)4R Q.20 Kirchoffscurrentlawisbasedonthelawofconservationof (a)Energy (b)Charge (c)Momentum (d)Angularmomentum

II)Attemptanythreequestions.Eachquestioncarries10marks.
Q.1 (a)Whatareelectriclinesofforce?Whatisitsimportance? (b)WhatistheimportanceofGaussslaw?Explaintheelectrostaticshielding. Q.2 Definethefollowingphysicalquantities: (a)MagneticFlux (b)Intensityofmagnetizingfield (c)Permeability (d)MagneticSusceptibility Q3 (a) WritethestatementsofTheveninandNortontheorems. (b) Whatisthemaximumpowerthatcanbedeliveredbygeneratorofe.m.f.andinternal resistancerwhentheloadresistanceisR? Q.4 (a) Whatissolenoid?Givethemagnitudeofmagneticfielddevelopedatapointwellinsidea currentcarryingsolenoid. (b)Whatarehysteresiscurves?Whataretheirusesforagivenmaterial? Q.5 (a) Whatisthefunctionofdielectricinacapacitor? (b) Calculatethecapacitanceofseriesandparallelcombinationofthreecapacitors. Q.6 (a) StateKirchhoffslawsandexplaintheirapplicationwiththehelpofexamples. (b) ExplainthemeaningoftimeconstantofaRCcircuit.Findthecurrentflowingthroughthe resistances4ohmand8ohmsinthegivencircuit.