JEE Advanced 2026Paper 1
- Exam
- JEE Advanced
- Year
- 2026
- Paper
- Paper 1
- Subject
- Physics
- Chapter
- Alternating Current
JEE Advanced 2026 · Paper 1 · Physics · Alternating Current
Consider a circuit consisting of a capacitor of capacitance C and a...
Consider a circuit consisting of a capacitor of capacitance and a coil with turns per unit length, cross sectional area and length , where . There is another coil of length , cross sectional area and turns per unit length completely inside the larger coil, as shown in the figure. The ends of this smaller coil are connected with each other by an insulated conducting wire. The self-inductance of the larger coil is . Neglecting edge effects and all the Ohmic resistances, the resonant frequency of the circuit is:

Options
- A
- B
- C
- D
Correct answer
C.
Step-by-step solution
Let the larger coil be coil 1 and the smaller coil be coil 2.
The self-inductance of the larger coil is given by:
The self-inductance of the smaller coil is:
The mutual inductance between the two coils is:
Since the smaller coil is completely inside the larger coil, the common area is and the common length is .
Let be the current in the larger coil and be the current in the smaller coil. The voltage across the larger coil is:
Since the smaller coil is short-circuited, the net voltage across it is zero:
Substituting this into the first equation, we get the effective inductance :
The resonant angular frequency of the circuit is:
Answer:
The self-inductance of the larger coil is given by:
The self-inductance of the smaller coil is:
The mutual inductance between the two coils is:
Since the smaller coil is completely inside the larger coil, the common area is and the common length is .
Let be the current in the larger coil and be the current in the smaller coil. The voltage across the larger coil is:
Since the smaller coil is short-circuited, the net voltage across it is zero:
Substituting this into the first equation, we get the effective inductance :
The resonant angular frequency of the circuit is:
Answer: