A transformer on no load is switched on to a source of voltage. it will a current

1. which is same as the steady state magnetizing current.
2. which is several times the steady state magnetizing current , depending upon the initial state of the residual flux in the transformer core.
3. which is several times the steady state magnetizing current , independent of the initial state of the residual flux in the transformer core.
4. which is twice the steady state magnetizing current provided the core has no residual flux.

Answer: 

which is several times the steady state magnetizing current , depending upon the initial state of the residual flux in the transformer core.