KVPY PRACTICE PAPER -1

CURENT ELECTRICITY
01. Given a current carrying wire of non- uniform cross section. Which of the following quantity
or quantities constant throughout the length of the wire
(A) current, electric field and drift speed
(B) drift speed only
(C) current and drift speed (D) current only
02. Find the number of electrons crossing per sec at any section of a conductor carrying a current of
3.2 amp and normal to the direction of flow.
(A) 2  1019 (B) 0.5  1019 (C) 4  1014 (D) 1 1019
03. The charge q flowing through a wire varies with time t as q = (0.1 + 0.2t + 0.3t²)C where t is in
second. Find the current through the wire initially and at t = 2s.
(A) 0.2A, 1.4A (B) 0.5A, 1.4A (C) 0.1A, 2.2A (D) 0.4A, 1.8
04. In a hydrogen tube it is observed that through a given cross - section 3.13 x 1015 electrons per
sec. moving from right to left and 3.12 x 1015 protons per sec are moving from left to right.
The electric current in the discharge tube and its direction is
(A) 1.6A towards left (B) 1.6A towards right
(C) 1 mA towards left (D) 1 mA towards right
05. A copper conductor of area of cross-section 40 mm2 carries a constant current of 32 x 10–6 A.
Then the current density is (in amp/m2)
(A) 1.6 (B) 0.8 (C) 0.4 (D) 3.2
06. A wire has a non-uniform cross-section as shown in the figure . A steady current is flowing
through it . Then the drift speed of the electrons

A
B
(A) is constant throughout the wire (B) decreases from A to B
(C) increases from A to B (D) varies randomly
07. A wire carrying a current of 4A and its cross-sectional area 10–8 m2. If the free electron density
in wire is 1028 m–3 , the drift velocity is (in m/s)

(A) 2.5 (B) 0.25 (C) 250 (D) 125

08. On increasing the temperature of a conductor, its resistance increases because
(A) Relaxation time decreases (B) Mass of the electrons increases
(C) Electron density decreases (D) None of the above
09. The V-I graph for a good conductor makes angle 40° with V-axis, Here V denotes voltage and
I denotes current. The resistance of the conductor will be
(A) sin 40° (B) cos 40° (C) tan 40° (D) cot 40°
10. Resistivity of a conductor depends upon
(A) area of cross section (B) material and temperature
(C) length (D) all the above
11. Constanton wire is used for making standard resistance because it has
(A) low specific resistance
(B) high specific resistance
(C) negligible temperature coefficient of resistance
(D) high melting point
12. The resistance of wire of length L and diameter D is R. The wire stretched to double its length.
The resistance of the wire will now be
(A) R/2 (B) 2R (C) 4R (D) 16R
13. The resistivities, lengths and radii of two wires are in the ratio of 2:3, 3:5 and 2:7 respectively.
Find the ratio of their resistances.

1 1 1 1
(A) 10:49 (B) 49:10 (C) : (D) :
48 10 10 49

14. The ratio of the lengths of two wires of the same material is 2:3 and the ratio of their volumes
is 2:1. Find the ratio of their resistances.
(A)2:9 (B) 9:2 (C)3:6 (D) 6:3
15. Among the two identical copper rods, one is cut into two equal pieces and are joined in parallel.
The resistance is R1. The other is melted and reformed such that its diameter is doubled. The
resistance of that rod is R2. Then find R1 / R2.
(A)4:1 (B) 1:16 (C) 1:4 (D) 16:1
16. If a copper wire is stretched to increase its length by 0.1% . Then percentage of increase in its
resistance will be
(A) 0.2 % (B) 2 % (C) 1 % (D) 0.1%
17. An insulating pipe of cross-section area 'A' contains an electrolyte which has two types of ions
their charges being –e and +2e. A potential difference applied between the ends of the pipe
result in the drifting of the two types of ions, having drift speed = v (–ve ion) and v/4
(+ve ion). Both ions have the same number per unit volume = n. The current flowing through
the pipe is
(A) nev A/2 (B) nev A/4 (C) 5nev A/2 (D) 3nev A/2
18. An electron of mass m,moves around the nucleus in a circular orbit of radius ‘r’ under the
action of centripetal force ‘F’. The equivalent electric current is
e F F e F e mr
(A) (B) 2e (C) (D)
2 mr mr  mr 2 F
19. If an electron revolves in the path of a circle of radius of 0.5  10-10 m at a frequency of 5  1015
cycles/second. The electric current in the circle (charge of electron = 1.6x 10-19 C) is
(A) 0.8 mA (B) 0.6 mA (C) 0.7 mA (D) 0.5 mA

20. An  - particle  2 He 4  is revolving in a circular orbit of radius 3.14 A0 with speed of

8 x 106 m/s . Then the equivalent current is
(A) 6.4 x 10–12 A (B) 12.8 x 10–4 A (C) 12.8 x 10–16 A (D) 6.4 x 10–9 A
21. In a wire of circular cross-section with radius ‘r’ free electrons travel with a drift velocity v,
when a current I flows through the wire. The current in another wire of half the radius and of
the same material when the drift velocity is 2V
I I
(A) 2I (B) I (C) (D)
2 4
22. The current in a metallic conductor is plotted against voltage at two different temperatures T1
and T2. Which is correct

(A) T1 > T2 (B) T1 < T2 (C) T1 = T2 (D) none

23. A non conducting ring of radius R has two positive point charges lying diametrically opposite
to each other, each of magnitude Q. The ring rotates with an angular velocity  . If I is the
equivalent current then ,
2Q Q
(A) I  Q (B) I  (C) I  (D) I= ZERO
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