alternating-currents Question 6
Question: Q. 5. A device ’ $X$ ’ is connected to an ac source $V=V_{0}$ $\sin \omega t$. The variation of voltage, current and power in one complete cycle is shown in the following figure.
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(i) Which curve shows power consumption over a full cycle?
(ii) Identify the device ’ $X$ ‘.
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Solution:
Ans. (i) $A$
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(ii) Capacitor
[CBSE Marking Scheme 2016] 11/2
Detailed Answer :
(i) Power’s frequency is double of current or voltage frequency.
(ii) From the graph, the phase difference between $V$ and $I$ is $\frac{\pi}{2}$ so device ’ $X$ ’ may be an inductor ( $L$ ) or capacitor (C) but since current (graph $C$ ) leads the voltage (graph $B$ ), device is capacitor.
