Alternating Current — NEET Previous Year Questions

How many NEET questions come from Alternating Current?

Alternating Current has contributed 36 questions to National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (UG) papers between 2016 and 2026 — an average of about 4 questions a year. That count is measured from EByAi’s bank of 46,150 NEET questions, not estimated from a syllabus. Every one of the 36 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 NEET papers

These are 5 real questions from the bank — exactly as asked, with the answer one tap away. All 36 Alternating Current questions (with full written solutions) are available in practice.

1. Question 1 · NEET 2026

   The peak value of an alternating current is 5 A and frequency is 60 Hz. How long will the current, starting from zero, take to reach the peak value?
   1. (A)$\frac{1}{120}\mathrm{s}$
   2. (B)$\frac{1}{60}\mathrm{s}$
   3. (C)$\frac{1}{30}\mathrm{s}$
   4. (D)$\frac{1}{240}\mathrm{s}$
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   Answer: (D) $\frac{1}{240}\mathrm{s}$

2. Question 2 · NEET 2023

   The maximum power is dissipated for an AC in a/an:
   1. (A)resistive circuit
   2. (B)LC circuit
   3. (C)inductive circuit
   4. (D)capacitive circuit
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   Answer: (A) resistive circuit

3. Question 3 · NEET 2023

   An ac source is connected to a capacitor C. Due to decrease in its operating frequency
   1. (A)displacement current increases.
   2. (B)displacement current decreases.
   3. (C)capacitive reactance remains constant.
   4. (D)capacitive reactance decreases.
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   Answer: (B) displacement current decreases.

4. Question 4 · NEET 2022

   A standard filament lamp consumes 100 W when connected to 200 V ac mains supply. The peak current through the bulb will be :
   1. (A)2 A
   2. (B)0.707 A
   3. (C)1 A
   4. (D)1.414 A
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   Answer: (B) 0.707 A

5. Question 5 · NEET 2022

   An inductor of inductance 2 mH is connected to a 220 V, 50 Hz ac source. Let the inductive reactance in the circuit be X1. If a 220 V dc source replaces the ac source in the circuit, then the inductive reactance in the circuit is X2. X1 and X2 respectively are :
   1. (A)$$0.628\Omega ,infinity$$
   2. (B)$$6.28\Omega ,zero$$
   3. (C)$$6.28\Omega ,infinity$$
   4. (D)$$0.628\Omega ,zero$$
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   Answer: $(D)0.628\Omega ,zero$

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