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CURRENT ELECTRICITY -SHEET: 2(Lecture – 2)

Level-I
1. Consider a wire of length 4 m and cross-sectional area 1 mm2 carrying a current of 2A. If each cubic metre of
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the material contains 10 free electrons, find the average time taken by an electron to cross the length of the
wire.
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2. Calculate the electric field in a copper wire of cross-sectional area 2.0 mm carrying a current of 1 A. The
resistivity of copper = 1.7 108 –m.

3. A wire has a length of 2.0 m and a resistance of 5.0 . Find the electric field existing inside the wire if it
carries a current of 10 A.

4. A potential difference V is applied to a copper wire of diameter d and length L. What is the effect on the
electron drift speed of doubling (i) voltage V, (ii) length L and (iii) diameter d?

5. Drift velocity v d varies with the intensity of electric field as per the relation
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(A) v d  E (B) v d  (C) v d  constant (D) v d  E 2
E
6. 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

7. The specific resistance of a wire is  , its volume is 3 m 3 and its resistance is 3 ohms, then its length will be
1 3 1 1
(A) (B) (C) 3 (D) 
   3

8. A current of 2.0 A exists in a wire of cross sectional area 1.0 mm2. If each cubic meter of the wire contains 6.0
 1028 free electrons, find the drift speed.
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9. What length of a copper wire of cross-sectional area 1 mm will be needed to prepare a resistance of 1 k?
Resistivity of copper = 1.7  108 –m.

10. A wire of length 1 m and radius 0.1 mm has a resistance of 100 . Find the resistivity of the material.

Level-II
1. In the figure shows a conductor of length  having a circular cross-section. a b
The radius of cross-section varies linearly from a to b. The resistivity of the
material is . Assuming that b  a , find the resistance of the conductor. 

2. A copper wire of radius 0.1 mm and resistance 1 k is connected across a power supply of 20 V. (a) How
many electrons are transferred per second between the supply and the wire at one end? (b) Write down the
current density in the wire.
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3. Calculate the electric field in a copper wire of cross-sectional area 2.0 mm carrying a current of 1 A. The
resistivity of copper = 1.7 108–m.

4. The resistances of an iron wire and a copper wire at 20C are 3.9  and 4.1  respectively. At what
temperature will the resistance be equal? Temperature coefficient of resitivity for iron is 5.0  103 K1 and for
copper it is 4.0  103 K1. Neglect any thermal expansion.
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5. A copper wire of cross sectional area 3  102 m carries a current of 10 A. Find:
(i) The dirft speed of the electron in the wire. Assume that each copper atom contributes one free electron to
the body of material.
(ii) The average time between collision for electron in the copper at 20C. The density of copper is 8.95
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g/cm +, motor mass of copper 63.5 g/mol, Avogadro number 6.02  10 electron/mol and resistivity of copper.
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6. Find the total momentum of electron in a straight wire of length  = 1000 m carrying current I = 704 A.

9 A conductor of variable cross-section is connected across a battery. Let us consider two A a

cross-sections A and a. Let V and v be drift speeds of electrons at those cross-sections
respectively then V v
(A) AV > av (B) AV = av
(C) Av = Av (D) AV < av

10. A current I flows through a flat metal specimen of constant thickness P1 P2 P3

and of the shape as shown in the figure. Given that v1, v2 and v3 are
mean drift speeds of the electron crossing the sections P1, P2 and
P3, respectively. Then
(A) v 2  v1  v3 (B) v1  v 2  v3
(C) v1  v3  v 2 (D) v1  v 2  v3

d d

11. A wire has a non-uniform cross-section as shown in figure. A steady current flows
through it. The electric field at points P and Q is Ep and Fq.
(A) Ep = Fq (B) Ep < FQ
(C) Ep > Fq (D) Data insufficient

12. A battery of emf E is connected across a conductor as shown B

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as one observe from A to B. Match the following r1 r2

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E
Column – I Column – II
(A) Current (p) increases
(B) Drift velocity of electron (q) decreases
(C) Electric field (r) remains same
(D) Potential drop across the length (s) cannot be determine

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ELECTROSTATICS -SHEET: 2(Lecture – 2)
ANSWER KEY
Level-I
1. 3.2  104 s = 8.9 hours

2. 8.5 mV/m

3. 25 V/m

4. (i) as vd and V, on doubling V, drift velocity will be doubled

(ii) Ad vd  (1/L), on doubling L, drift velocity will be halved.
(iii) As drift velocity is independent of diameter d, it will not change on doubling the diameter.
5. A
e V e El
5. vd    or v d  .  (Since V  El )
m l m l
 vd  E
6. (A)
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6. Resistance of conductor depends upon relation as R  . With rise in temperature rms speed of free electron

inside the conductor increase, so relaxation time decrease and hence resistance increases
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7. (B) Volume  Al  3  A 
l
l   l l 2 9 3
Now R   3   l2  
A 3/l 3  
8. 2.1  104 m/s

9. 0.6 km

10.  106–m

Level-II

1.
ab
2. (a) 1.25  1017 (b) 6.37  105 A/m2
3. 8.5 mV/m

4. 84.5C

5. (a) 2.46  104 m/s (b) 2.5  1014

6. P = 0.40  Ns
9. B

10. A

11. C

12. (A) (r), (B) (q), (C) (q), (D) (p)

Apply KVL in EBCDE
dQ Q dQ Q
iR  R 0  i  
dt C dt RC
 V  2t 3RL V   V  1 e 2t 3RC  V   2t 3RC
 i=  e  1  e  2t 3RC    i =     = e  3
 3R 2R  R 2 6  6R

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