Given below are two statements : Statement I : In an LCR series circuit, current is maximum at resonance. Statement II : Current in a purely resistive circuit can never be less than that in a series LCR circuit when connected to the same voltage source. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct from the options given below :

Both Statement I and Statement II are true

Statement I is true but Statement II is false

Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Both Statement I and Statement II are false

Given below are two statements: Statement I : An AC circuit undergoes electrical resonance if it contains either a capacitor or an inductor. Statement II : An AC circuit containing a pure capacitor or a pure inductor consumes zero power due to its non-zero power factor. In the light of above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Both Statement I and Statement II are false

Statement I is true but statement II is false

Statement I is false but statement II is true

Both Statement I and Statement II are true

Alternating Current — JEE Main Previous Year Questions

164 solved PYQs · 2016–2026 · Physics

Solved PYQs: 164
Years covered: 2016–2026
Avg / year: ~15
Subject: Physics

How many JEE Main questions come from Alternating Current?

Alternating Current has contributed 164 questions to Joint Entrance Examination (Main) papers between 2016 and 2026 — an average of about 15 questions a year. That count is measured from EByAi’s bank of 55,289 JEE Main questions, not estimated from a syllabus. Every one of the 164 questions carries a written, step-by-step solution, and each is tagged to Alternating Current within Physics, so you can drill this chapter across every year at once instead of hunting through paper PDFs. Practising a chapter’s full PYQ history is the fastest way to learn the patterns examiners reuse.

Sample Alternating Current questions from real JEE Main papers

These are 5 real questions from the bank — exactly as asked, with the answer one tap away. All 164 Alternating Current questions (with full written solutions) are available in practice.

Question 1 · JEE Main 2024
A bulb and a capacitor are connected in series across an ac supply. A dielectric is then placed between the plates of the capacitor. The glow of the bulb :
1. (A) $becomes zero$
2. (B) $remains same$
3. (C) $increases$
4. (D) $decreases$
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$Answer: (C) increases$
Question 2 · JEE Main 2024
A LCR circuit is at resonance for a capacitor C, inductance L and resistance R. Now the value of resistance is halved keeping all other parameters the same. The current amplitude at resonance will be now:
1. (A) $halved$
2. (B) $same$
3. (C) $zero$
4. (D) $double$
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$Answer: (D) double$
Question 3 · JEE Main 2024
In an ac circuit, the instantaneous current is zero, when the instantaneous voltage is maximum. In this case, the source may be connected to : A. pure inductor. B. pure capacitor. C. pure resistor. D. combination of an inductor and capacitor. Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
1. (A) $A, B and C only$
2. (B) $A and B only$
3. (C) $A, B and D only$
4. (D) $B, C and D only$
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$Answer: (C) A, B and D only$
Question 4 · JEE Main 2024
Given below are two statements : Statement I : In an LCR series circuit, current is maximum at resonance. Statement II : Current in a purely resistive circuit can never be less than that in a series LCR circuit when connected to the same voltage source. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct from the options given below :
1. (A) $Statement I is true but Statement II is false$
2. (B) $Statement I is false but Statement II is true$
3. (C) $Both Statement I and Statement II are true$
4. (D) $Both Statement I and Statement II are false$
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$Answer: (C) Both Statement I and Statement II are true$
Question 5 · JEE Main 2023
Given below are two statements: Statement I : An AC circuit undergoes electrical resonance if it contains either a capacitor or an inductor. Statement II : An AC circuit containing a pure capacitor or a pure inductor consumes zero power due to its non-zero power factor. In the light of above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. (A) $Both Statement I and Statement II are false$
2. (B) $Statement I is true but statement II is false$
3. (C) $Statement I is false but statement II is true$
4. (D) $Both Statement I and Statement II are true$
Show answerAnswer
$Answer: (A) Both Statement I and Statement II are false$

Alternating Current questions by year

Year	Questions	Share of chapter questions
2026	10
2025	11
2024	26
2023	24
2022	32
2021	38
2020	7
2019	10
2018	3
2017	1
2016	2

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How many JEE Main questions have been asked from Alternating Current?

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164 questions over 11 papers make Alternating Current a moderate-weightage chapter in JEE Main Physics. The year-wise table above shows exactly how often it appears.

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