JEE-ADV PHYSICS- VOL- III CURRENT ELECTRICITY

8. A carbon filament has resistance of 120 

LEVEL-II (H. W)
at 0o C what must be the resistance of a
ELECTRIC CURRENT AND DRIFT copper filament connected in series with
VELOCITY carbon so that combination has same
1. An electron of mass 9 x 10-31kg moves around resistance at all temperatures
a nucleus in a circular orbit of radius 2A0 un- (carbon  5104 / o C,  copper  4  10 3 / o C )
der the action of centripetal force 3.2N. Then
the equivalent electric current is 1) 120  2) 15 3) 60  4) 210 
32 3 16 3 9. The equivalent resistance across XY in fig.
1) 2) 3) 4)
3 32 3 16 r
2r
r
2. The current in a conductor varies with time 1) r 2) 2r
X Y
r r
‘t’ as I = 2- 0.02t ampers. The electric charge 2r
that passes from t = 0 to t = 100 sec is 3) 4r 4) r / 2
1) 50 C 2) 100 C 3) 25 C 4) 75 C 10. If the resistance of a circuit having 12V source
OHM’s LAW AND COMBINATION is increased by 4  , the current drops by 0.5A.
OF RESISTANCES What is the original resistance of circuit
3. Four resistances 10  , 5  ,7  and 3  are 1
connected so that they form the sides of a 1) 4 2) 8 3) 16  4) 
16
rectangle AB, BC, CD and DA respectively. 11. An electric current is passed through a cir-
Another resistance of 10  is connected cuit containing two wires of the same mate-
across the diagonal AC. The equivalent rial connected in parallel. If the lengths and
resistance between A and B is
radii of the wire are in the ratio 4/3 and 2/3,
1) 2  2) 5  3) 7  4) 10 
then the ratio of the currents passing through
4. A 3  resistor and a 6  resistor are
the wires will be
connected in parallel and the combination is
connected in series to a battery of 5V and a 1) 1/3 2) 3/1 3) 4/3 4) 3/4
3  resistor. The potential difference across 12. When ‘n’ wires which are identical are con-
the 6  resistor nected in series, the effective resistance ex-
1) 2V 2) 4V 3) 3V 4) 1V ceeds that when they are in parallel by X/Y
5. You are given a wire of length 100 cm and  . Then the resistance of each wire is
linear resistance of 1 ohm/cm. If it is cut into xn yn xn yn
two parts, so that when they are in parallel, 1) 2 2) 2 3) 4)
the effective resistance is 24 ohm. The y (n  1) x(n  1) y (n  1) x (n  1)
lengths of the two parts are 13. The equivalent resistance across A and B is
1) 30cm & 70cm 2) 60cm & 40cm 6
3) 70cm & 30cm 4) 20cm & 80cm 6
6
6. The resistance of a platinum wire of a 1) 2  2) 4 
platinum resistance thermometer at the 6
ice point is 5  and at steam point is 3) 8  4) 12  A 8
B
5.4  . When the thermometer is inserted 14. An ammeter A is connected as shown in the
in a hot bath, the resistance of the platinum diagram. Ammeter reading is
E
wire is 6.2  . Find the temperature of the r
hot bath. r
1) 3000o C 2) 30o C 3) 300o C 4) 300 K r
7. Three unequal resistors in parallel are E 2E
equivalent to a resistance 1 ohm. If two 1) 2)
r r A
of them are in the ratio 1 : 2 and if no r
resistance value is fractional, the largest r E
of the three resistance in ohm is 3) 4) r
2E 2r
1) 4 2) 6 3) 8 4) 12
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15. A current of 7A flows thorugh the circuit as 23. The pd across terminals of a cell is found to be
shown in the figure the potential difference 29 volt and 28 volt respectively when it delivers
across points B and D is a current of 1 ampere and 2 ampere
5 B 1 respectively. The emf and internal resistance
of a cell are respectively
7A 1)30V, 2  2) 30V,1  3) 29V, 1  4) 28V,2 
1) 5 V 2) 3 V
D 24. The current in a circuit containing a battery
3) 10 V 4) 7 V connected to 2  resistance is 0.9 A. When a
10 5
16. If a wire is stretched to make it 0.1% longer, resistance of 7  connected to the same
its rsistance will : [Mains-2011] battery, the current observed in the circuit is
1) increase by 0.2% 0.3A. Then the internal resistance of the
2) decrease by 0.2% battery is
3) decrease by 0.05% 1) 0.1  2) 0.5  3) 1  4) Zero
4) increase by 0.05% 25. Th e p ot en t i al d i fferen ce across t h e
ELECTRIC POWER terminals of a battery is 10 V when there
is a current of 3A in the battery from the
17. Two resistances R1 and R2 when connected
negative to the positive terminal. When
in series consume power equal to 25W. When the current is 2A in the reverse direction,
connected in parallel they consume 100W. The the potential difference becomes 15V. The
ratio of power of each is internal resistance of the battery is
1) 1/4 2) 1/3 3) 1/2 4) 1 1) 1 2) 0.4 3) 0.6 4) 0.8
18. Two electric bulbs marked 500 W, 220 V are 26. Two cells of emf 3V and 5V and internal re-
put in series with 110V line. The power sistance r1 and r2 respectively are in series
dissipated in each of the bulb is with an external resistance R. If the p.d.
125 25 225 325 across 1st cell is zero, then R is
1) W 2) W 3) W 4) W
4 4 4 4 5r  3r2 2r  3r2 3r  5r2 4r  5r2
19. A conductor of resistance 3 ohm is stretched 1) 1 2) 1 3) 1 4) 1
uniformly till its length is doubled. The wire 3 4 3 3
27. A battery when connected by a resistance of
now is bent in the form of an equilateral
triangle. The effective resistance between the 16 gives a terminal voltage of 12V. and
ends of any side of the triangle in ohms is when connected by a resistance of 10 gives
1) 9/2 2) 8/3 3) 2 4) 1 a terminal voltage of 11V. Then the emf of
20. The energy in kilowatt hour is consumed in the battery and its internal resistance
operating ten 50W bulbs for 10 hours per day 1) 12.8 V 2) 13.7 V 3) 10.7 V 4) 9 V
in a month of 30 days is 28. When a resistor of 11 ohm is connected in
1) 1500 2) 15000 3) 15 4) 150 series with an electric cell the current flow-
21. Two electric bulbs rated 25 W - 220 V and ing in it is 0.5A. Instead, when a resistor of
100 W – 220 V are connected in series to a 5 is connected to the same electric cell in
440 V supply. Which of the bulbs will fuse? series, the current increases by 0.4A. The in-
[Mains-2012] ternal resistance of cell is
1) Both 2) 100 W 3) 25 W 4) Neither 1) 1.5  2) 2  3) 2.5 4) 6 
INTERNAL RESISTANCE AND EMF 29. Two cells of emf 4V and 8V are connected to
22. Two batteries of different emf and internal two resister 4 and 6 as shown. If 8V cell
resistances connected in series with each is short circuited. Then current through re-
other and with an external load resistor. The sistance 4 and 6
current is 3.0 A. When the polarity of one 4

battery is reversed, the current becomes 1.0

4V 6 8V
A. The ratio of the emf of the two batteries
is 1) 2 A 2) 1 A 3) 2.5 A 4) 3 A
1) 2.5 : 1 2) 2 : 1 3) 3 : 2 4) 1 : 1
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30. If in the circuit shown below, the internal 2 7
resistnce of the battery is 1 andVp and VQ
are the potentials at P and Q respectively, 15V
1) 1 A 2) 3 A 1
the potential difference between the points P 6
and Q is 10V 0.5
P
3) 2 A 4) 5 A
 
8 10

1) 9 V 2) 11 V
KIRCHOFF’S LAWS AND WHEAT
14 4 SHONE’S BRIDGE
36. The current i drawn from the 5 volt source
3) 7 V 4) 6 V Q will be 10
4 14
31. Voltmeter reading in the given circuit is (volt- 10 20
meter is ideal) 14V.1
5
1) 0.5 2) 2 A I
10
3) 1.5 A 4) 3 A 5V
1) 6 V 2) 8 V 37. In the given circuit which is a part of a closed
20hm 4
cirucit the current i1, i2 are respcetively
12V
3) 10 V 4) 14 V V
30V i1
32. For a cell the graph between the p.d(v) across 20
the terminals of the cells and the current (I) 1) 0.4 A 2) 0.6 A 10
i2

drawn from the cell as shown. The emf and 30

inernal resistance is 3) 1.6 A 4) 2 A 2V

38. A 5V battery with internal resistance 2 

V 2 and a 2V battery with internal resistance 1 
3 1 are connected to a 10  resistor as shown in
1)  2)  in volt the figure [Mains-2008]
2 3 P 2

2
3) 3 4)  0 3
3 1in amp 5V
10
2V

33. The minimum number of cells in mixed group- 2 1

ing required to produced a maximum current

of 1A through external resistance of 20 P 1

given the emf of each cell is 2V and internal The current in the 10  resistor is
resistance 1 is 1) 0.27 A P2 to P1 2) 0.03 A P1 to P2
1) 25 2) 20 3) 16 4) 30 3) 0.03 A P2 to P1 4) 0.27 A P1 to P2
34. A battery of emf ‘E’ and internal resistance METRE BRIDGE
‘r’ is connected to a resistor of restance ‘ r1 ’ 39. When a conductor is connected in the left gap
and Q Joules of heat is produced in a certain and known resistance in the right gap the bal-
time ‘t’. When the same battery is connectted ancing length is 50cm. If the wire is stretched
so that its length increased by 20% , New bal-
to another resistor of resistance r2 the same ancing length is
quantity of heat is produced in the same time 1)40.98cm 2)38.23cm 3)42.56cm 4)48.21cm
‘t’. Then, the value of ‘r’ is (M-2011) 40. In a meter bridge experiment when a resis-
tance wire is connected in the left gap, the
r12 r22 1 balance point is found at the 30th cm. When
1) 2) 3) ( r1  r2 ) 4) r1 r2 the wire is replaced by another wire, the bal-
r2 r1 2
35. The emf of a cell E is 15 V as shown in the ance point is found at the 60th cm. find the
balance point when the two wires connectd
figure with an internal resistance of 0.5  . in series and in parallel in the left gap succes-
Then the value of the current drawn from the sively
cell is (M-2013) 1) 20 cm 2) 25 cm 3) 23 cm 4) 30 cm
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41. Shown in the figure below is a meter-bridge set LEVEL - II (H. W ) KEY
up with null deflection in the galvanometer. 1) 1 2) 2 3) 2 4) 1 5) 2 6) 3
7) 2 8) 2 9) 4 10) 2 11) 1 12) 1
55 R
13) 2 14) 2 15) 1 16) 1 17) 4 18) 1
19) 2 20) 4 21) 3 22) 2 23) 2 24) 2
25) 1 26) 1 27) 2 28) 3 29) 2 30) 1
G
31) 2 32) 4 33) 2 34) 4 35) 1 36) 1
21cm 37) 2 38) 3 39) 1 40) 2 41) 2 42) 1
43) 4 44) 3 45) 2
LEVEL - II (H . W ) - HINTS
The vlaue of the unknown resistor R is q qv
1. i 
[Mains-2008] t 2 r
1) 13.75  2) 220  3) 110  4) 55 
 mv 2 
POTENTIO METER  F 
 r 
42. A potentiometer wire 10 m long has a
resistance of 40 . It is connected in series t2

with a resistanced box and a 2 v storage cell. 2. q   idt

t1
If the potential gradient along the wire is
0.01V/m the resistance unplugged in the box 3. Combination of resistors
is 4. Combination of resistors
1) 760 2) 260 3) 1060 4) 960 5. Combination of resistors
43. The ratio of potential gradients is 1 : 2, 6. R2  R1 1  T 
the resistance of two potentiometer wires
1 1 1
of same length are 2  & 4 respectively.. 7.   1
R1 R2 R3
The current flowing through them are in
the ratio R2 : R3  1: 2
1) 1 : 2 2) 2 : 1 3) 1 : 3 4) 1 : 1
8. R11  R2 2
44. The length of potentiometer wire is 100
9. Combination of resistors
cm and the emf of its standard cell is E
volts. It is employed to measure the emf
10. V = iR
of a battery whose internal resistance is
12 = ( i – 0.5) (R + 4 )
0.5 ohm. If the balance point is obtained
at l = 30 cm from positive end, the emf 11. V - iR V = constant
of the battery is
i1R1  i2 R2
30 E 30 E 30 E 100 E
1) 2) 3) 4) i1 R2
100.5 100  0.5 100 30 
45. 1 ohm resistance is in series with an i2 R1
Ammeter which is balanced by 75 cm of l
potentiometer wire. A standard cell of R 
A
1.02 V is balanced by 50 cm. The ammeter
shows a reading of 1.5 A. The error in X
12. Rs  R p   
the ammeter reading is Y 
1) 0.002 A 2) 0.03 A 3) 1.01 A 4) no error 13. Combination of resistors

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5E 3E 26. V = E – ir
14. i =   --------
r r V
27. E   R  r   co ns tan t
i  R2 R
15. i1  R  R 28. E = i(R + r)
1 2
29. V = iR
i  R1 V
i2  30. i =
R1  R1 R
16. R  l 2 31. V = iR

P1 P2 E
32. i =
17. Ps  P  P ; PP  P1  P2 r
1 2
33. No. of cells = m × n
V2 imax = mR = nr
18. R1  R2  R
P V2 E 2 r1
34. Q  
V r1 (r  r1 )2
i
2R
V2 E 2 .r2
P  i R 2 Q 
r2 (r  r2 )2
2 R1 R2 35. using wheastone bridge
19. R  L , Reff  R  R
1 2

20. P  i 2 36. using kirchoff’s laws

37. Applying kirchoff’s law
21. P  Vi
X l
V2 38. 
R R 100  l
P
X l
E1  E2 39. 
22. 3  r  r  R      1 R 100  l
1 2
X l
40. 
1
E1  E2
     2 ;
1 R 100  l
r1  r2  R 2 E
41. i 
R
 E V 
23. r   R E R
 V 
42. K   R  R  L
s
E
24.  0.9      1
2r i1 V1 R2
E 43. i  V R
 0.3       2  2 2 1
7r
E ' 30
1 7r
3
44. V  l , 
E 100
2  2r
V1 l1 75
25. E  3r  10 .......  i  45. V  l  50  V1  1.53V
2 2

E  2r  15 .......  ii  V1
I1   1.53 A , error = 1.53-1.50=0.03
solving (i) & (ii) r = 1 1
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