Basic Electrical Engineering Assignment-I

1. Find an equivalent resistance between terminals A and B in the figure bellow.

2. A current waveform is applied to a 2 H inductor. Draw the voltage waveform for figure
given below

3. A voltage waveform shown in figure below is applied across a 2 H inductor. Draw the current
waveform.

4. A voltage waveform shown in figure below is applied to the capacitor. Draw the current
waveform.

5. A current waveform shown in figure below is applied to a 0.1 F capacitor. Draw the voltage
waveform.

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6. Find the equivalent resistance between terminals A and B in the figure bellow.

7. Determine the current delivered by the 30 V source in the figure bellow.

8. Find currents in all the branches of the network in the figure bellow.

9. What is the potential difference between points x and y in the network?

10. Find the voltage between points A and B for the network shown below.

11. Find the value of R for the network shown below.

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12. Find the value of R and current flowing through it when the current is zero in the branch
OA.

13. Determine the current supplied by each battery for the network shown below.

14. Find the value of current flowing through the 8 Ω resistor using source transformation.

15. Find an equivalent resistance terminals between A and B using star/delta

16. Find an equivalent resistance terminals between A and B using star/delta

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17. Find an equivalent resistance between terminals A and B using star/delta
transformation.

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18. Determine the current supplied by the battery using star/delta transformation.

19. Determine current flow through the 20 Ω resistor in the following circuit using
star/delta transformation.

20. Find the value of current flowing through the 4 Ω resistor for the network shown below.

21. Find the value of current supplied by the battery for the network shown below.

22. For the network shown below, find the magnitude of V0 and the current supplied by it, given
that power loss in RL = 2 Ω resistor is 18 W.

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23. In the network shown below, find voltage V2 such that Vx = 0.

24. Determine the power delivered by the voltage source and the current in the 10 Ω resistor of
the network shown in below.

25. For the network shown below, find current through the 8 Ω resistor

26. Find the voltage across the 5 Ω resistor using Nodal Analysis.

27. Determine the value of current flowing through the 5 Ω resistor using Nodal Analysis.

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28. For the network shown below, find the node voltages V1 and V2

29. Find voltages Va , Vb and Vc in the network shown below using nodal analysis.

30. In the network shown below, find the node voltages V1 , V2 and V3

31. Find the node voltages in the network shown below using nodal analysis.

32. Determine the form factor and crest factor of the following wave forms given below

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33. An alternating current varying sinusoidally at 50 Hz has its rms value of 10 A. Write down an
equation for the instantaneous value of the current. Find the value of the current at (a) 0.0025
second after passing through the positive maximum value, and (b) 0.0075 second after passing
through zero value and increasing negatively.
34. An alternating current varying sinusoidally with a frequency of 50 Hz has an rms value of
current of 20 A. At what time measured from negative maximum value will the instantaneous
current be 10 √2?
35. Draw the phasor diagram, voltage triangle, impedance triangle and power triangles for
RL, RC, RLC (𝑋𝐿 < 𝑋𝐶 , 𝑋𝐿 > 𝑋𝐶 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑋𝐿 = 𝑋𝐶 ) series circuit with ac input.
36. An inductive coil draws 10 A current and consumes 1 kW power from a 200 V, 50 Hz ac supply.
Determine (a) impedance in Cartesian and polar forms, (b) power factor, and (c) reactive and
apparent power.
37. A choke coil is connected in series with fixed resistor as shown in figure. A 240 V, 50 Hz
supply is applied and a current of 2.5 A flows. If the voltage drops across the coil and fixed
resistor are 140 V and 160 V respectively, calculate the value of the fixed resistance, the
resistance and inductance of the coil, and power drawn by the coil.

38. A capacitor of 35 μF is connected in series with a variable resistor. The circuit is connected
across 50 Hz mains. Find the value of the resistor for a condition when the voltage across the
capacitor is half the supply voltage.
39. An R-L-C series circuit has a current which lags the applied voltage by 45°. The voltage across
the inductance has a maximum value equal to twice the maximum value of voltage across the
capacitor. Voltage across the inductance is 300 sin (1000t) and R = 20 W. Find the value of
inductance and capacitance.
40. A coil having a power factor of 0.5 is in series with a 79.57 µF capacitor and when connected
across a 50 Hz supply, the p.d. across the coil is equal to the p.d. across the capacitor. Find the
resistance and inductance of the coil.
41. A 250 V, 50 Hz voltage is applied to a coil having a resistance of 5 W and an inductance of
9.55 H in series with a capacitor C. If the voltage across the coil is 300 V, find the value of C.
42. A pure resistor R, a choke coil and a pure capacitor of 15.91 µF are connected in series across
a supply of V volts and carries a current of 0.25 A. The voltage across the choke coil is 40 V,
the voltage across the capacitor is 50 V and the voltage across the resistor is 20 V. The voltage
across the combination of R and the choke coil is 45 V. Calculate (i) supply voltage, (ii)
frequency, and (iii) power loss in the choke coil.
43. Draw a vector diagram for the circuit shown in below figure indicating terminal voltages V1
and V2 and the current. Find the value of (i) current, (ii) V1 and V2, and (iii) power factor.

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44. Two impedances, one inductive and the other capacitive, are connected in series across the
voltage of 120 ∠30° V and a frequency of 50 Hz. The current flowing in the circuit is 3∠15°A.
If one of the impedances is (10 + j 48.3) Ω, find the other. Also calculate the values of L and C
in the impedances.
45. A circuit consists of a pure resistor, a pure inductor, and a capacitor connected in series as
shown in figure. When the circuit is supplied with 100 V, 50 Hz supply, the voltages across
inductor and resistor are 240 V and 90 V respectively. If the circuit takes a 10 A leading current,
calculate (a) value of inductance, resistance and capacitance, (b) power factor of the circuit, and
(c) voltage across the capacitor.

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