WSubject: Elements of Electrical Circuits

UNIT - I
PART - A
Marks
1. What is resistance and what are the factors that affecting it? ( 2M)
2. What is the difference between active and passive elements? ( 2M)
3. What is the difference between unilateral and bilateral elements? ( 2M)
4. Explain the term ‘conductance’. Write the units of conductance? ( 2M)
5. Calculate the voltage of a battery that uses 1000J of energy to move
50C of charge through a conductor? ( 2M)
6. What is the current voltage relation for any two passive elements
with plot? ( 2M)
7. An inductance of 3mH has a current i=5(1-e-5000t). Find the
corresponding value and the maximum stored energy? ( 2M)
8. A voltage source of 20V and 2Ω is connected to a load resistance of
8Ω? ( 2M)
PART - B
Marks Level
1. a) Explain the passive and active elements? ( 6M)
b) Find the current and power supplied by the battery to the circuit
shown in below figure. (i) Under normal conditions and (ii) When a
short circuit occurs across terminals A and B.

( 6M)
2. a) Write a short note on linear and non linear elements. ( M)
b) A voltage waveform shown in below figure is applied across a 1H
inductor. Draw the current waveform.

( M)
3. a) Derive an expression for current voltage relationships in a capacitor. ( M)
 b) A voltage waveform shown in below figure is applied to the
capacitor. Draw the current waveform.

( M)
4. a) Derive an expression for current voltage relationships in an
inductor. ( M)
b) 0, 𝑡 < 0
A voltage is defined by V(t) = { 2𝑡, 0 < 𝑡 < 2𝑠 and is applied to
−(𝑡−2)
4𝑒 , 𝑡 > 2𝑠
the 10µf capacitor find i(t). ( M)
5. a) State and explain volt-ampere relationship for R, L and C elements. ( M)
b) A lamp rated at 100V, 75W is to be connected across a 230V
supply. Find the value of resistance to be connected in series with
the lamp. Also find the power loss occurring in the resistor. ( M)
6. a) What is dependent source? What are the classifications of
dependent sources. ( M)
b) Obtain the branch currents in the network shown below.

( M)
7. a) Define the network elements unilateral and bilateral, lump and
distributed, time variant and time invariant elements. ( M)
b) Find the current in the 4 resistor shown in below network.

( M)
8. a) Define the network elements resistance, capacitance and inductance
with expressions. ( M)
b) Find the voltage across the 4 resistor shown in below network. ( M)
9. a) Explain voltage current relationships for passive elements with plot.
b) What is the potential difference between points x and y in the below
network.

10. a) A resistor R is connected in series with two lamps of 12V, 9W

across a 300V supply. Find the value of R so that both the lamps
operate at rated conditions. If one of the lamps is short circuited,
find the current through the circuit and the power dissipated in each
lamp.
b) Explain briefly about an inductance and capacitance.
 UNIT - II
PART - A
Marks
1. State Kirchhoff’s laws? ( 2M)
2. Define ohm’s law. Draw the relation plot? ( 2M)
3. What is the equivalent capacitance between the terminals A and B in
the network shown below:

( 2M)
4. Write the formulas for star to delta and vice versa? ( 2M)
5. In the circuit shown below. Find the loop equations using mesh
analysis?

( 2M)
6. Replace the given network of below figure with a single current
source and a resistor?

( 2M)
7. Explain the terms super node and super mesh? ( 2M)
8. Explain the nodal analysis with suitable example? ( 2M)

PART - B
Marks Level
1. a) Find an equivalent resistance between A and B in the below
network. ( M)
 b) Find an equivalent resistance between A and B in the below
network.

( M)
2. a) Write the properties of series and parallel combination of
inductance and capacitance for network reduction. ( M)
b) Find an equivalent resistance between A and B in the below
network.

( M)
3. a) Determine the current delivered by the source in the below network.

( M)
b) Find the current delivered by the source in the below network.

( M)
4. a) Explain about source transformation with circuit.

( M)
b) Find the current through the 10 resistor for the network shown
below.

( M)
5. a) Replace the given network with a single voltage source and a
resistor. ( M)
b) Use source transformation to simplify the network until two
elements remain to the left of the terminals A and B in the below
network. ( M)
6. a) Find an equivalent resistance between A and B in the below
network by using star-delta transformation.
( M)
b) Calculate the current flowing the 10 resistor shown in the below
network. ( M)
7. a) State and explain kirchhoff’s voltage law with an example. ( M)
b) Determine the currents I1, I2 and I3 in the below network.

( M)
8. a) What are the steps to be followed in mesh analysis with an
example? ( M)
b) Find the current through the four ohms resistor in the below
network. ( M)
9. a) What are the steps to be followed in node analysis with an example?
b) Find the voltage at nodes 1 and 2 for the below network.

10. a) Find the current through the 10 resistor of the below given
network.

b) Determine the current in the 5 resistor for the below network.

 UNIT - III

PART - A
Marks

1. Write about the terms self inductance and mutual inductance with
equations? ( 2M)
2. Find the equivalent inductance of the network shown in below figure.

( 2M)
3. Write any 3 terms related to alternating quantities and define them. ( 2M)
4. Define an effective value and amplitude factor of alternative
quantities and write the equations for them. ( 2M)
5. Find frequency and average voltage of a voltage V=200 sin314t. ( 2M)
6. Two sinusoidal currents are given as I1 = 10√2 sinωt, I2 = 20√2
sin(ωt+600). Find the expression for the sum of these currents. ( 2M)
7. Two voltages having RMS value of 50V and 75V have a phase
difference of 600. Find the resultant sum of these two voltages and
write in complex form. ( 2M)
8. What is the phasor diagram for voltage and current waveforms of the
circuit shown below:

( 2M)

PART - B
Marks Level
1. a) The combined inductance of two coils connected in series is 0.6H or
0.1H depending on relative directions of currents in the two coils. If
one of the coils has a self-inductance of 0.2H, find (a) mutual
inductance, and (b) coefficient of coupling. ( M)
b) Explain dot convention with a neat diagram. ( M)
2. a) Write about coefficient of coupling and derive the expression for
coefficient of coupling ( M)
 b) Two inductors are connected in parallel. Their equivalent
inductance when the mutual inductance aids the self-inductance is
6mH and it is 2mH when the mutual inductance opposes the self-
inductance. If the ratio of the self inductance is 1:3 and the mutual
inductance between the coils is 4mH, find the self-inductances. ( M)
3. a) An alternating current varying sinusoidally with a frequency of 50
c/s has an rms value of 20A. Write down the equation for the
instantaneous value and find this value at (a) 0.0025s, and (b)
0.0125s after passing through zero and increasing positively. (c) At
what time, measured from zero , will the value of the instantaneous
current be 14.14A? ( M)
b) An alternating current of 60Hz frequency has a maximum value of
110A. Calculate (a) time required to reach 90A after the instant
current is zero and increasing positively, and (b) its value 1/600
second after the instant current is zero and its value decreasing
thereafter. ( M)
4. a) At the instant t=0, the instantaneous value of a 50Hz sinusoidal
current is 5A and increases in magnitude further. Its rms value is
10A. (a) Write the expression for its instantaneous value. (b) Find
the current at t = 0.01s and t = 0.015s. ( M)
b) A non-sinusoidal voltage has a form factor of 1.2 and peak factor of
1.5. If the average value of the voltage is 10V, calculate (a) rms
value, and (b) maximum value. ( M)
5. a) The waveform of a voltage has a form factor of 1.15 and a peak
factor of 1.5. If the maximum value of the voltage is 4500V,
calculate the average value and rms value of the voltage. ( M)
b) A 50Hz sinusoidal current has a peak factor of 1.4 and a form factor
of 1.1. Its average value is 20A. The instantaneous value of the
current is 15A at t = 0. Write the equation of the current. ( M)
6. a) Find the average and rms values of the waveform shown below.

( M)
b) Find the average and rms values of the waveform shown below.

( M)
7. a) In a circuit, four currents as indicated below, are meeting at a point.
Find the resultant current. I1 = 5sinwt, I2 = 10sin(wt - 30), I3 =
5cos(wt - 30), I4 = -10sin(wt + 45) ( M)
b) Obtain the sum of the three voltages. V1 = 147.3cos(wt+98.1), V2 ( M)
 = 294.6cos(wt-45), V3 = 88.4sin(wt+135)
8. a) Two voltage sources have equal emfs and a phase difference .
When they are connected in series, the voltage is 200V. When one
source is reversed, the voltage is 15V. find their emfs and phase
angle . ( M)
b) Two sinusoidal sources of emf have rms value of E1 and E2 and a
phase difference of . When connected in series, the resultant
voltage is 41.1V. When one of the sources is reversed, the resultant
emf is 17.52V. When phase displacement is made zero, the resultant
emf is 42.5V. Calculate E1, E2 and . ( M)
9. a) An ac circuit consists of a pure resistance of 10 and is connected
across an ac supply of 230V, 50Hz. Calculate (a) Current, (b) Power
consumed (c) Power factor, and (d) Write down the equations for
voltage and current.
b) An inductive coil having negligible resistance and 0.1H inductance
is connected across a 200V, 50Hz supply. Find (a) Inductive
reactance, (b) rms value of current, (c) Power, (d) power factor and
(e) equations for voltage and current.
10. a) An alternating voltage of 80+j60V is applied to a circuit and the
current flowing is 4-j2A. Find the (a) impedance, (b) Phase angle
(c) Power factor, and (d) Power consumed.
b) The voltage and current in a circuit are given by V = 150  30V
and I = 2  -15A. If the circuit works on a 50Hz supply, determine
impedance, resistance, reactance, power factor and power loss
considering the circuit as a simple series circuit
11 a) The voltage and current through circuit elements are v =
100sin(314t +45) V, i = 10sin(314t+315)A (a) Identify the circuit
elements. (b) Find the value of the elements. (c) Obtain an
expression for power
b) A capacitor has a capacitance of 30 microfarads which is connected
across a 230V, 50Hz supply. Find (a) Capacitive reactance, (b) rms
value of current, (c) Power, (d) Power factor.
12 a)
b)