Power factor of the circuit will be zero, if circuit is

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The correct option is C L
In a purely reactive circuit, the current and voltage waveforms are out-of-phase with each other by $90^{\circ}$ . As the phase difference is $90^{\circ}$ , the power factor will be $cos$ $90^{\circ}$ i.e. zero.

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