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In the half wave rectifier circuit operating from 50Hz mains frequency, the fundamental frequency in the ripple would be

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25Hz
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50Hz
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70.7Hz
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100Hz
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Solution

The correct option is B 50Hz
In half wave rectifier, we get the output only in one half cycle of input a.c. therefore, the frequency of the ripple of the output is same as that of input a.c. i.e. 50Hz

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